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1. Hannah, Jelani H. Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

► Semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) has experienced a revival of interests over the past ten years. Realized as a strong candidate for blue and UV LED… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Pulsed laser deposition

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Hannah, J. H. (2014). Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18760

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Hannah, Jelani H. “Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18760.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hannah, Jelani H. “Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Hannah JH. Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18760.

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Hannah JH. Morphology and Physical Properties of Au-doped Zinc Oxide by Pulsed Laser Deposition. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18760

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2. Conner, M Shelly. Everyman.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18761

► The novel depicts the story of Every (Eve) Mann’s journey to discover her family lineage. Raised in Chicago during the explosive 1950-60’s civil rights era,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: fiction; African American literature; black queer fiction

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Conner, M. S. (2014). Everyman. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18761

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Conner, M Shelly. “Everyman.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18761.

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Conner, M Shelly. “Everyman.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

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Conner MS. Everyman. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18761.

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Conner MS. Everyman. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18761

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3. Gavin, Bianca. Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18762

► Previous research on incidental vocabulary learning has examined how participants gained vocabulary knowledge mostly through reading tasks (Ferrell Tekmen, & Daloglu, 2006, Pigada, & Schmitt,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: incidental vocabulary learning; communicative approach; reading in a foreign language

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Gavin, B. (2014). Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18762

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gavin, Bianca. “Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18762.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gavin, Bianca. “Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Gavin B. Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18762.

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Council of Science Editors:

Gavin B. Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18762

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4. Bennett, Mark S. Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18763

► Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction examines a set of writers, as novelists but also as political and social commentators, in the public discourse that… (more)

▼ Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction examines a set of writers, as novelists but also as political and social commentators, in the public discourse that they have contributed to, in shaping the conversation about incidents of political violence in different time periods throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. I am re-examining these authors in regards to the political critique of terrorism they provide in their fiction precisely through their attention to the phenomena of terrorism’s spectacularity and theatricality. Ranging back to the decade before the Great War, certain twentieth-century authors who addressed political violence in their fiction—Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway, V.S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, and Don DeLillo—were uniquely attuned in different ways to the function of these performative dynamics of violence, even as they lived with instances of terroristic violence in their own times and societies. Each chapter deals with a different time period in the twentieth century, the century of total war, in which terrorist violence was rife. Terrorism’s spectacularity and theatricality are transhistorical, though the particular instances of the violence are unique to their historical coordinates. All of these authors were attuned to these operative dynamics of terrorism, and critiqued the violence and the violent rhetoric that spurred it in public discourse, in their fiction. More importantly, though, all of these authors conspicuously revealed the emotional dynamics associated with the acts as experienced by the victims and the killers themselves through foregrounding these visceral experiences in their narratives. In these novels, terrorism and the regime’s retaliatory violence against it can no longer be only apprehended through public, politicized discourse. The emotional experiences of the sufferers complicate and destabilize the political discourse upon public violence. If only in the realm of fiction, this eruption of emotion serves as a political challenge to the discourses upon terrorism, in a way that resists political coordinates. Advisors/Committee Members: Messenger, Christian K. (advisor), Brown, Nicholas (committee member), Canuel, Mark (committee member), Huntington, John (committee member), Kurczaba, Alex (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: terrorism; terrorism in fiction; twentieth-century fiction; sentiment in twentieth-century fiction; terrorism and spectacle in fiction

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Bennett, M. S. (2014). Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18763

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bennett, Mark S. “Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18763.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bennett, Mark S. “Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Bennett MS. Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18763.

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Bennett MS. Terrorism and Sentiment in Twentieth-Century Fiction: Conrad to DeLillo. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18763

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5. Rosen, John J. Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18764

► “Guardians of the Black Working Class” tells two intersecting stories of postwar urban America. First and foremost, it examines the impact of the “Second Great… (more)

▼ “Guardians of the Black Working Class” tells two intersecting stories of postwar urban America. First and foremost, it examines the impact of the “Second Great Migration” on San Francisco and in particular the way in which black labor migrants experienced and transformed the city in the decades following World War II. Second, it provides a different perspective from which to view the “urban crisis” and the fate of postwar liberalism. Contrary to the dominant declension narrative that dominates the historical writing about postwar cities and liberalism, San Francisco seemed to survive the urban crisis comparatively well and represents a place where liberalism remained preeminent in the local political culture. Drawing upon an array of union archives, manuscript collections, government records, African-American newspapers, and oral histories, this dissertation argues that black trade unionists, with the support of their unions and especially the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU), had a lot to do with this. Arriving in a city with a weak black political and civil rights tradition, a cadre of African-American workers who settled in San Francisco during and shortly after World War II emerged as influential community and civic leaders in the 1950s and 1960s. This study suggests that black trade unionists, who considered themselves the guardians of the city’s black working class in the postwar period, occupied a unique social, economic, and political niche from which they sought to lead the fight for racial justice and strengthen liberalism in the postwar era. Placing them at the center of the story of civil rights, urban crisis, and liberalism sheds new light on the history of race, class, and politics in postwar urban America. Although San Francisco’s past does not always conform to the dominant Midwest-Northeast-centered postwar narrative of African American, political, and urban history, it should not be dismissed an exception or an anomaly. Rather, its distinct and regional characteristics should be considered as variations, alternatives, and contingencies that existed alongside the more well-known histories of its thoroughly-studied counterparts. This dissertation contends that San Francisco can draw our attention to historical developments that might not be as apparent in other places. Advisors/Committee Members: Fink, Leon (advisor), Arnesen, Eric (committee member), John, D'Emilio (committee member), Schultz, Kevin (committee member), Gellman, Erik S. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Unions (ILWU); San Francisco; Joseph Alioto; Transport Workers Union (TWU); Black Panther Party; National Association of Minority Contractors; Negro American Labor Council; National Negro Labor Council; Liberalism; Civil Rights; Labor; Revels Cayton; William Chester; Joseph Debro; Ray Dones

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Rosen, J. J. (2014). Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18764

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Rosen, John J. “Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18764.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Rosen, John J. “Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Rosen JJ. Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18764.

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Council of Science Editors:

Rosen JJ. Guardians of the Black Working Class: Labor and Racial Politics in Postwar San Francisco. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18764

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6. Ma, Kai. Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18765

► Determining the location and scale of a particular object class in a 2D image is usually referred as object detection in computer vision area. Object… (more)

▼ Determining the location and scale of a particular object class in a 2D image is usually referred as object detection in computer vision area. Object detection is a well-studied topic and many successful algorithms have been proposed during last two decades. However, recent experimental surveys reveal that the performance of the state-of-the-art detection systems still have low performance on images under unconstrained environment. The major reasons are due to high intra-class variation and object self-occlusion. Here we present a novel exemplar-based object detection framework that outperforms the state-of-the-art systems in terms of accuracy. The proposed method, Vector Array Recognition by Indexing and Sequencing (VARIS), is designed to fulfill two requirements in object detection: Generalization and Reliability. The foundation of VARIS is to dynamically assemble an object exemplar that maximizes the similarity to the input image. Experimental results show that VARIS achieves better results than its competitors even with a very compact training dataset. Meanwhile, the computational speed is significantly increased with the help of a modified random forest module, which allows the full system to run in real time on standard images. Beyond 2D object detection topic, I also explored the 3D computer vision domain. Cooperated with Siemens Corporate Research, I designed and implemented a novel framework that estimated human body shape and pose simultaneously, which is named as parametric deformable model (PDM). PDM demonstrates the ability to recover the true human body pose and shape even by given a noisy and occluded 3D depth image as the input. PDM brings many potential applications, such as better body joints estimation. Once the joint locations are determined, we can extend the 1D VARIS system to recognize the human activity. Advisors/Committee Members: Ben-Arie, Jezekiel (advisor), Graupe, Daniel (committee member), Zefran, Milos (committee member), Di Eugenio, Barbara (committee member), Ansari, Rashid (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Compound Exemplar; Object Detection; Vector Array Recognition by Indexing and Sequencing (VARIS); Computer Vision

…UIC University of Illinois at Chicago VARIS Vector Array Recognition by Indexing and…

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Ma, K. (2014). Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18765

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ma, Kai. “Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18765.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ma, Kai. “Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Ma K. Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18765.

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Ma K. Compound Exemplar based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18765

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7. LaForte, Erica M. Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18766

► Research has shown the positive impacts of early intervention for children who experience developmental delay. Several challenges exist for professionals tasked with identifying children with… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: BDI-2; Battelle Developmental Inventory, 2nd Edition; Rasch model; test validity

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LaForte, E. M. (2014). Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18766

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LaForte, Erica M. “Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18766.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

LaForte, Erica M. “Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

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LaForte EM. Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18766.

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LaForte EM. Validation of Score Interpretations for the BDI-2 Using Rasch Methodology. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18766

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8. Chin, Lisa. Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18767

► The purpose of this study was to determine the differential effects of unilateral and bilateral STN DBS on motor and cognitive aspects of eye movements.… (more)

▼ The purpose of this study was to determine the differential effects of unilateral and bilateral STN DBS on motor and cognitive aspects of eye movements. We studied 10 right-handed patients with Parkinson’s disease with bilateral STN stimulators and 10 sex- and age-matched healthy controls. The patients were tested after a 12-hour overnight withdrawal from their anti-parkinsonian medication under 4 conditions on 4 separate days. The conditions were OFF stimulation, RIGHT stimulator on, LEFT stimulator on, and BOTH stimulators on. For each condition, the patients were rated on a Parkinson’s disease clinical rating scale, the MDS-UPDRS part III, and they performed 2 eye movement tasks: a prosaccade task and an anti-saccade task. We found that unilateral STN DBS improved clinical ratings on the MDS-UPDRS, yet bilateral STN DBS had a significantly greater effect than unilateral stimulation. We found that unilateral stimulation did not improve saccadic eye movements. When BOTH stimulators were on, velocity and gain were significantly improved for the prosaccade and anti-saccade task, yet saccadic latency was not improved. Latency for the prosaccade task was significantly reduced when BOTH stimulators were on, but this reduction moved the average latency further from the average latency of the control subjects. There was no change in latency during the anti-saccade task when BOTH stimulators were on. Additionally, the amount of erroneous prosaccades in the anti-saccade task increased when BOTH stimulators were on but did not increase when only one stimulator was on. The increase in erroneous prosaccades when BOTH stimulators were on indicates that bilateral STN DBS impairs saccadic inhibition. In summary, unilateral STN DBS does not improve eye movements as it does limb movements. Although bilateral STN DBS improves certain aspects of eye movement control, it also appears to abnormally increase the reflexive response to visual stimuli and deleteriously affect the processes underlying saccadic inhibition. Advisors/Committee Members: Corcos, Daniel (advisor), Brown, Michael (committee member), David, Fabian (committee member), Sweeney, John (committee member), Vaillancourt, David (committee member), Verhagen, Leo (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Subthalamic Nucleus; Deep Brain Stimulation; Parkinson's; Saccades

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Chin, L. (2014). Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18767

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Chin, Lisa. “Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18767.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Chin, Lisa. “Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

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Chin L. Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18767.

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Council of Science Editors:

Chin L. Effects of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Eye Movements. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18767

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9. Monson-Rosen, Madeleine C. Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18768

► This dissertation offers a historically specific account of the emergence of particular technologies within a particular literary and scientific moment. It identifies in three postmodern… (more)

▼ This dissertation offers a historically specific account of the emergence of particular technologies within a particular literary and scientific moment. It identifies in three postmodern novels contemporary with the appearance of first-order cybernetics, digital computing, and computer networks, a specifically historicist incorporation of new technologies. This incorporation includes an embrace of new technologies in both a formal and material sense: the language of information technoscience becomes a new repository for literary signification, yet the novels also mark the material consequences of the emergence of cybernetic, information, and computer science. Those material consequences represent the register of the human in this project. In these novels, the human is always constrained by the conditions of labor, property, and embodiment. Yet these constraints, I argue, do not separate the human from the machinic. Rather, they represent a terrain of vital connection, which these novels, and this project, attempt to map. This dissertation considers three novels, published in the years 1964-1972. Each negotiates with the emergence of what science historian Lily E. Kay characterizes as the “scriptural” modality of science in the cybernetic period. For these novels, the “scriptural” includes traditions of writing and print culture, as well as cyphers and codes, that constitute a shared ground on which literary and scientific discourse constructs a mutual intelligibility. In Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49, the computer communications network emerges in the midst of the displacement of intellectual labor and the rise of speculative economics. Mumbo Jumbo, by Ishmael Reed, negotiates the media virus as a technological, biological, and cultural contagion, situating it in a history of communication. Angela Carter’s The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman reckons with the effects of a media network that distributes images, constructed by the intersection of biological bodies and technological bodies, that is, automata. Carter refuses to privilege the real over the simulated, instead locating the work of ideology in the exploitation of bodies and of resources. Each of these novels is contextualized with additional primary sources, including research and communication within the fields of computer and genetic science, and additional chapters situate this research within contemporary debates about the human, as well as about the “two cultures” of science and literature. Advisors/Committee Members: Tabbi, Joseph (advisor), Dubey, Madhu (committee member), Freeman, Lisa (committee member), Kornbluh, Anna (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: literature; novel; postmodernism; postmodern fiction; information; cybernetic; computers; networks; virus; media virus; computer virus; automata

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Monson-Rosen, M. C. (2014). Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18768

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Monson-Rosen, Madeleine C. “Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18768.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Monson-Rosen, Madeleine C. “Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Monson-Rosen MC. Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18768.

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Monson-Rosen MC. Digital Humanity: The Novel and the Computer in the Information Age. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18768

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10. Hantehzadeh, Reza. Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18769

► Graphene is a one atom thick sheet of carbon, joined together in a honeycomb structure. It is being considered as a way to overcome some… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Graphene; Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD); Grain Boundary; Thermal Conductivity; Electrical thermometry

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Hantehzadeh, R. (2014). Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18769

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Hantehzadeh, Reza. “Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18769.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hantehzadeh, Reza. “Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Hantehzadeh R. Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18769.

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Hantehzadeh R. Role of an Individual Grain Boundary in Thermal Transport across Single Crystalline CVD Graphene. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18769

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11. Pelot, David D. Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18770

► This work deals with mechanical behavior and rheological characterization of construction materials. In particular, it describes self-healing fibers, characterization techniques, and two apparatuses, all of… (more)

▼ This work deals with mechanical behavior and rheological characterization of construction materials. In particular, it describes self-healing fibers, characterization techniques, and two apparatuses, all of which serve to improve on already developed construction materials. Self-healing core-shell nanofibers are created using emulsion electrospinning, coelectrospinning, and emulsion solution blowing. Fiber crush test and interlayer pull out test are conducted to verify the expulsion of the core material under stress. The mechanical properties of foams with different surfactant concentrations, air contents, and the addition of PEO are measured using free drainage in a gravity settler. It was found that an increase in concentration and the addition of PEO both reduce drainage rates of the foam, making it more stable, and the air content only effects the total liquid volume in the foam. Constant volume squeeze flow of soft solids, modeled under the assumption that normal stresses are dominant, relates the axisymmetrical spreading rate to the force applied divided by the viscosity of the fluid. Also, the material’s yield stress is calculated. Then, an experimental apparatus was constructed in concert with the theory and the known rheological parameters of bentonite and Carbopol were used to validate the squeezing apparatus. Furthermore, the squeezing apparatus can measure the rheological properties of abrasive joint compounds and correlates component variation to changes in viscosity and yield stress. The same squeezing apparatus was modified in order to vary the applied force in time and identifies a transition of bentonite dispersions when squeezed from liquid-like (flowing) to solid-like (cracking) behavior. The stress required for bentonite dispersions to crack was investigated for concentrations of 11 wt% to 13 wt% and an aging time of 0 hours to 72 hours. The spreading of thick dispersions by a knife or trowel was simulated by spreading Carbopol solution with seeding particles to reveal an experimental velocity profile under a wedge at three angles and two heights using a moving plate pulled at two velocities. The experimental velocity profile is compared to the one-dimensional analytical result for a Newtonian fluid in the lubrication approximation and with the Bingham fluid model. Advisors/Committee Members: Yarin, Alexander (advisor), Minkowycz, W J. (committee member), Ansari, Farhad (committee member), Natesaiyer, Kumar (committee member), Sinha-Ray, Suman (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Bingham fluids; squeeze flow; foam; soft solids; spreading; bentonite

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Pelot, D. D. (2014). Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18770

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Pelot, David D. “Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18770.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Pelot, David D. “Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Pelot DD. Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18770.

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Pelot DD. Mechanics and Rheological Characterization of Construction Materials. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18770

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12. Steele, Charles A. Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18771

► Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) bags are used to package a variety of legal and illegal products including illicit drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine. In… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Axis Inversion (AXI); Axis Inversion Dyeing; Fingerprinting; Low Density Polyethylene, LDPE

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Steele, C. A. (2014). Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18771

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Steele, Charles A. “Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18771.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Steele, Charles A. “Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Steele CA. Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18771.

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Steele CA. Improving the Stability of Stored Fingermarks on Plastic Bags by Axis Inversion Development. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18771

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13. Pajak, Anna K. The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18773

► Doesn’t immigrating to Germany also mean immigrating to, entering into, the arena of Germany’s recent past?” Turkish-German author Zafer Şenocak discusses this question in his… (more)

▼ Doesn’t immigrating to Germany also mean immigrating to, entering into, the arena of Germany’s recent past?” Turkish-German author Zafer Şenocak discusses this question in his essay “Germany-Home for Turks?” (1990). His novel Gefährliche Verwandtschaft (1998) offers a literary examination of the role of recent German history, especially the Holocaust, in contemporary German identity. The text was published in a decade of fundamental changes in Germany: most notably German reunification and the radical liberalization of citizenship laws. Vladimir Vertlib, a German-language Austrian writer of Russian-Jewish descent, deals in his work Am Morgen des zwölften Tages (2009) with Germany’s long-standing political and cultural connections with the Middle East. Written in the first decade of the 21st century it engages with the continuing “Leitkultur” debates, especially the place of Islam in Europe. Sascha of Gefährliche Verwandtschaft feels increasingly “othered” by German society in the 1980s and 1990s when the increasing appearance of “Ausländerliteratur” put all “foreigners” and “guest workers” into a certain “oppressed worker category,” into which he doesn’t fit. Astrid Heisenberg of Am Morgen des zwölften Tages, whose daughter doesn’t know about her mixed German-Muslim heritage, and who after her failed relationship with her daughter’s Iraqi father, has yet another unhappy affair with a Muslim man, feels lost in her fascination for the Orient and delves into her grandfather’s notes from the Anglo-Iraqi War. She also joins a support group for German women who suffer abuse from their Muslim partners. The group’s discussions reveal an Islamophobia verdant with stereotypes of Muslim men as misogynist terrorists. My thesis deals with a question that is central to discussions of German collective identity today: If National Socialism occupies such a prominent position in the German collective identity, what does that mean for immigrants? Conversely, might a true integration of immigrants create a space in the collective identity and lead to a “positive symbiosis”? I explore this question through the analysis of the role of grandfather memoirs in the two novels. My readings are informed by the theoretical insights of cultural memory studies. Advisors/Committee Members: Loentz, Elizabeth (advisor), Lorenz, Dagmar (committee member), Weible, David (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Memoir; Autobiography; Collective Identity; Collective Memories; Collected Memories; German National Identity.

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Pajak, A. K. (2014). The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18773

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Pajak, Anna K. “The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18773.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Pajak, Anna K. “The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Pajak AK. The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18773.

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Council of Science Editors:

Pajak AK. The Role of Memoirs in Questions of German Collective Identity in Z. Şenocak’s and V. Vertlib’s Novels. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18773

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14. Gonzalez, Mark H. Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18774

► Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) has become a very popular procedure in the world today. As people are living longer and requiring improved function, the indications… (more)

▼ Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) has become a very popular procedure in the world today. As people are living longer and requiring improved function, the indications and frequency of performing total hip arthroplasty have expanded. As a result there are an increasing number of patients who have failed total hip arthroplasties that need revision. Failure generally occurs as a result of the biological response to wear particles. Polyethylene particles are generates by frictional wear both at the articulation between the femoral head and the polyethylene liner and between the liner and the metal cup. The particles are opsonized by macrophages initiating a cascade that causes acetabular bone loss as a result the acetabular implant loosens and has to be revised. The challenge to the surgeon is to place a new acetabular implant in the bone deficient acetabulum. Other causes of bone loss about the acetabulum include congenitally or developmentally dislocated hips and trauma about the hip. Our purpose is to better understand acetabular wall (rim) defects, and the acetabular bone cup interface stability and fixation. To this end several FEA models will be developed to investigate the different scenarios involved in THA in the presence of rim defects. The first step is to create and validate a FEA Model. A cadaver pelvis is implanted with acetabular cups bilaterally. On one side a defect is created in the pelvis. Each construct is loaded with a physiologic load followed by a supraphysiologic load and the micromotion of the cups noted. Based on Ct scans a model is created of both hemipelvis acetabular cups are implanted virtually. Boundary conditions are generated based on the previous literature and each pelvis is loaded with a profile identical to the experimental profile. Once the model is validated the model is used to examine three scenarios that will provide information to the hip surgeon contemplating hip revision in the case of bone deficiency. The scenarios are 1: The effect of the varying degrees of cup fixation on cup stability. 2: The effect of defect position on cup stability, 3: The effect of defect size and cup stability. The results show that the cup stability is sensitive to the degree of equatorial fixation. Decreasing the fixation especially on the rim side can greatly increase the micromotion of a cup under physiologic stress. The position of a defect is critical. Defects that are superior or inferior and are outside the anterior and posterior columns have a minimal effect on cup stability. Defects of the anterior or posterior columns create instability and are sensitive to size of defect. Advisors/Committee Members: Amirouche, Farid (advisor), Cetinkunt, Sabri (committee member), Scott, Michael (committee member), Royston, Thomas (committee member), Mejia, Alfonso (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Acetabular defect; Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA); Finite element analysis; Micromotion; Cementless Acetabular Cup; Osteolysis

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Gonzalez, M. H. (2014). Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18774

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gonzalez, Mark H. “Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18774.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gonzalez, Mark H. “Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Gonzalez MH. Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18774.

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Council of Science Editors:

Gonzalez MH. Cementless Acetabular Revision with Rim Acetabular Defects: Experimental and FEA Investigation. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18774

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15. Zhubi, Adrian. Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18775

► Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social communication and social interactions as well as repetitive and restrictive behaviors. Recently, there… (more)

▼ Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social communication and social interactions as well as repetitive and restrictive behaviors. Recently, there has been increase interest in studying epigenetic mechanisms operative in ASD etiopathogenesis. These mechanisms involve DNA methylation and histone modifications. Several lines of evidence implicate cerebellum as one of the brain areas involved in the pathology of ASD. Furthermore, postmortem cerebellar studies have consistently reported abnormalities in the expression of genes associated with GABAergic neurons, such as glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD1) and 65 (GAD2), as well as genes associated with glutamatergic neurons, such as Reelin (RELN). This project focuses on studying epigenetic mechanisms implicated in the transcriptional regulation of the candidate genes in cerebella of ASD, including the binding of Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2), DNA-methyltransferase 1(DNMT1) and Ten eleven translocator 1(TET 1) to the promoters and gene bodies of GAD1, GAD2 and RELN. For quantification of methylation (5-mC enrichment) and hydroxymethylation (5-hmC enrichment) status of these genes, we performed methyl DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) and hydroxymethyl DNA immunoprecipitation (hMeDIP) assays. Lastly, Tet assisted bisulfite (TAB) pyrosequencing was utilized to validate findings obtained by MeDIP and hMeDIP measurements. The results showed increased binding of MeCP2 and TET1 to the promoter regions of GAD1 and RELN, but not to the corresponding gene bodies in cerebellar cortex of ASD. In contrast, DNMT1 expression and the level of binding to the promoters or gene body regions of corresponding genes did not change in ASD compared to CON. Finally, we detected enrichment in the level of 5-hmC, but not 5-mC, at the promoters of GAD1 and RELN in ASD when compared with CON. In conclusion, increased expression and binding of TET1 to the promoters of GAD1 and RELN facilitates 5-hmC enrichment, which enhances binding of MeCP2 to the same gene domains and ultimately results in reduced expression of the corresponding target genes in ASD cerebella. Advisors/Committee Members: Guidotti, Alessandro (advisor), Guidotti, Alessandro (committee member), Cook, Jr., Edwin (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; cerebellum; epigenetics; postmortem; RELN; GAD 1; GAD 2; TET; methylation; Hydroxymethylation.

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Zhubi, A. (2014). Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18775

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhubi, Adrian. “Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18775.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhubi, Adrian. “Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Zhubi A. Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18775.

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Council of Science Editors:

Zhubi A. Alterations of Epigenetic Mechanisms in post-mortem Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subjects. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18775

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16. Hodge, Natalia. An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18776

► Purpose: To assess the occlusal characteristics of individuals with conditions associated with growth deficiencies. Methods: Data about the stage of dentition, diastemas, maxillary transverse deficiency,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Malocclusion; Russell- Silver Syndrome; Dwarfism, Pituitary

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Hodge, N. (2014). An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18776

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Hodge, Natalia. “An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18776.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hodge, Natalia. “An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Hodge N. An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18776.

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Hodge N. An Assessment of the Occlusal Characteristics of Individuals With Growth Deficiencies. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18776

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17. VandeVrede, Lawren. Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18777

► The primary goal of my PhD was to provide a mechanistic understanding of observed effects of nitrate chimeras, a novel class of drugs developed by… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease; Nitric Oxide

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VandeVrede, L. (2014). Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18777

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VandeVrede, Lawren. “Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18777.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

VandeVrede, Lawren. “Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

VandeVrede L. Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18777.

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VandeVrede L. Nitrate Chimeras: A New Class of Disease Modifying Agents for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18777

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18. Riordan, Brittney T. DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18778

► Ample declarations have been established in efforts to enhance forensic science. More specifically, a lot of devotion has been exerted on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). With… (more)

▼ Ample declarations have been established in efforts to enhance forensic science. More specifically, a lot of devotion has been exerted on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). With acts such as the DNA Backlog Reduction Program, and the DNA Fingerprinting Act and even the DNA Identification Act – it has become obvious that assistance is continually appraised. Provisions are commonplace for forensic DNA analysis; and these amendments can serve as a platform that contributes a large majority to the DNA backlog. The introduction of robotics and automation into laboratories has shifted the delay from sample preparation to DNA analysis. With mixture interpretation systems becoming more profuse in laboratories, analyst are spending less time at the bench and more time where human intervention is desired – areas that are controversial to automate, such as the DNA interpretation aspect. The purpose of this study was to explore the capabilities of novel DNA interpretation software, namely ArmedXpert™. Allele calls designated between GeneMapper®ID and ArmedXpert™ were compared. It was found that overall the frequency of differences between the software were minimal. Of those differences that did result – it was recognized that validated thresholds for software are not transferable and that a validation study for any new software would be necessary before implementing it into a laboratory. Even so, ArmedExpert™ can assist the analyst in a variety of ways. Calculations including peak-height ratios and random match probabilities are completed in a matter of seconds. The user-friendly interface is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it also allows the freedom to view the data as desired; whether that be in relative fluorescence units, base pairs or allele calls. Forensic laboratories that choose to implement their workflow analysis with ArmedXpert™ can greatly increase their time efficacy and potentially aid in the reduction of the ever-growing DNA backlog. As recognized in this study, utilizing what this software has to offer can enhance forensic casework. Advisors/Committee Members: Larsen, Albert K. (advisor), Negrusz, Adam (committee member), Anderson, Rodney (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Forensic Science; Forensics; Forensic DNA; DNA; DNA Interpretation Software; ArmedXpert(TM); Open Source Independent Review Interpretation System (OSIRIS)

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Riordan, B. T. (2014). DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18778

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Riordan, Brittney T. “DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18778.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Riordan, Brittney T. “DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Riordan BT. DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18778.

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Council of Science Editors:

Riordan BT. DNA Interpretation Software Enhancing Forensic Casework. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18778

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19. Lozano Huerta, Cesar A. Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18779

► Let X be the moduli space of complete (n-1)-quadrics. In this thesis, we study the birational geometry of X using tools from the minimal model… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: algebraic gemeotry; birational geometry; complete quadrics; minimal model program; Mori's program; Hassett-Keel program; moduli spaces

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Lozano Huerta, C. A. (2014). Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18779

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Lozano Huerta, Cesar A. “Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18779.

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Lozano Huerta, Cesar A. “Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Lozano Huerta CA. Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18779.

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Lozano Huerta CA. Birational Geometry of the Space of Complete Quadrics. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18779

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20. Reynolds, Stephanie L. Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18780

► Abstract Expressionism, gestural painting, The New York School; these are some of the names used to describe the artwork produced by a group of New… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Pat Passlof; Abstract Expressionism; Second Generation; Milton Resnick; William de Kooning; Female Artists; In Her Own Right; Black Mountain College

…department at UIC trying to gauge if art historians were familiar with her work; none were. I…

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Reynolds, S. L. (2014). Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18780

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Reynolds, Stephanie L. “Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18780.

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Reynolds, Stephanie L. “Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Reynolds SL. Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18780.

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Reynolds SL. Pat Passlof: In Her Own Right. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18780

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21. Manning, Florence H. On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18781

► This research investigated the notion of the ‘all important first impression’ as it relates to digital learning by (1) looking in more detail at just… (more)

▼ This research investigated the notion of the ‘all important first impression’ as it relates to digital learning by (1) looking in more detail at just what constitutes students’ impressions of an impending educational task via the measurement of this construct and (2) examining how manipulations designed to elicit differing initial perceptions about what is essentially the same task might affect different aspects of the educational experience and how well students learn. The first major goal of the research was addressed via the development of a new scale, Impressions of the Task. By capturing various perceptions a student might have with respect to a computer-based task’s quality characteristics, the scale measures a students’ overall impressions regarding the task at hand while providing a means for understanding what quality characteristics constitute the impressions students form. In addition, exploratory factor analysis revealed three underlying dimensions of the Impressions of the Task construct: Social Experience, Caliber, and Demands on the Learner. To address the second major goal of this research, the effects of two vehicles of first impression formation—each representing a different channel leading to the first impression effect—were investigated: (1) the aesthetic elements of computer interface design and (2) verbal (i.e., in the form of words, written or spoken) information pertaining to the educational quality of the task. Both were examined with respect to elements of the learning process with respect to that task: students’ first impressions; the formation of achievement motivation with respect to expectancies and task values; achievement-related choices; and finally the quality of learning that results, in terms of surface level and deep level knowledge. By addressing both factors together within the same study, this research uncovered an interaction effect that exists between the two, yielding results that suggest some complexity with respect to just how they can affect learning. Whether the hypotheses for this study were supported depended on the website’s aesthetic design. Type of knowledge also played a role in understanding these effects. Findings demonstrate the intricacies involved regarding the influence of multiple contextual influences with respect to an educational task and how it is received. Advisors/Committee Members: Lawless, Kimberly A. (advisor), Thorkildsen, Theresa (committee member), Moher, Tom (committee member), Yin, Yue (committee member), Sheridan, Kathleen (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: interface design; graphic communication; aesthetics; educational technology; educational psychology; social cognition; social psychology; expectancies; motivation; achievement motivation; digital learning; digital media; instructional design; e-learning; visual communication; visual aesthetics; interface; first impressions; expectancy-value theory; Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM); elaboration likelihood; computer-based learning; CBL; perception; impression formation; priming; self-fulfilling prophecy

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Manning, F. H. (2014). On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18781

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Manning, Florence H. “On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18781.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Manning, Florence H. “On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Manning FH. On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18781.

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Manning FH. On Leveraging the First Impression: Learning, Achievement Motivation, and the Design of Digital Tasks. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18781

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22. Cooper, Jeffrey R. Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18782

► We study the independence number and chromatic number of hypergraphs which contain no copies of a fixed subgraph. Let H be a 3-uniform hypergraph with… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: hypergraphs; independent sets; chromatic number

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Cooper, J. R. (2014). Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18782

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cooper, Jeffrey R. “Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18782.

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Cooper, Jeffrey R. “Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Cooper JR. Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18782.

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Cooper JR. Independent Sets in Sparse Hypergraphs. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18782

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23. Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak. SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18783

► Purpose: SNAPPS is a learner-centered approach to clinical case presentations that was shown, in American studies, to facilitate the expression of clinical reasoning and uncertainties… (more)

▼ Purpose: SNAPPS is a learner-centered approach to clinical case presentations that was shown, in American studies, to facilitate the expression of clinical reasoning and uncertainties in the outpatient setting. The purpose of this study was to replicate these studies in an Asian medical school. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental trial comparing the SNAPPS technique to the usual-and-customary method of case presentations (usual) for fifth-year medical students in an ambulatory internal medicine clerkship rotation at Khon Kaen University, Thailand. The experimental time was 3 weeks; one week shorter than the US study. There were 12 outcomes measured at the end of the rotation including, the number of basic attributes, completeness of summary thoroughness, number of differential diagnoses, number of justifications in the differential diagnoses, expression of uncertainties, student-initiated management discussion, student-initiated reading selections, total presentation time, summary time, discussion time, number of supportive evidence, and student-initiated diagnosis discussion. The last three outcomes were new for this study. Results: SNAPPS users (90 case presentations), compared with the usual group (93 presentations), had more diagnoses in their differentials (1.81 vs. 1.42) and more differential justifications (0.90 vs. 0.78), more student-initiated diagnosis discussions (76.7% vs. 59.1%) and student-initiated reading selections (6.67% vs. 0%), and included more supportive attributes for the differential (2.39 vs. 1.22). Thai students expressed fewer uncertainties and selected fewer readings than in the American study. Conclusions: The use of the SNAPPS technique among fifth-year Thai medical students during their internal medicine ambulatory care rotation did facilitate the expression of their clinical reasoning. While the SNAPPS technique was applicable across cultures with regards to expressing clinical reasoning, the Thai students were still reluctant to express their uncertainties, likely because of different procedural and Thai cultural barriers.     Advisors/Committee Members: Bordage, Georges (advisor), Schwartz, Alan (committee member), Wolpaw, Terry (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: SNAPPS; clinical reasoning; Ambulatory Care; Internal Medicine

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Sawanyawisuth, K. (2014). SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18783

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak. “SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18783.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak. “SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Sawanyawisuth K. SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18783.

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Sawanyawisuth K. SNAPPS Case Presentations in a Thai Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care Rotation. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18783

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24. Lee, Ina H. The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18784

► Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant genetic disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in huntingtin (Htt) protein. Expression of polyQ-expanded Htt… (more)

▼ Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant genetic disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in huntingtin (Htt) protein. Expression of polyQ-expanded Htt (polyQ-Htt) results in adult onset degeneration of selected neuronal populations, particularly in the striatum. Pathological observations from HD patients indicate that neurons affected in HD undergo a "dying back" pattern of degeneration, which is characterized by early alterations in synaptic and axonal function prior to neuronal cell death. However, mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration in HD remain unknown. The preferential vulnerability of striatal neurons in HD sharply contrasts with the ubiquitous expression of Htt, suggesting that alterations in one or more cellular processes particularly important for the function and survival of these neurons play a central role in HD pathogenesis. The unique morphology of neurons renders these cells distinctly vulnerable to alterations in mechanisms underlying axonal function and maintenance, including fast axonal transport (FAT) and kinase-based signaling mechanisms. Aberrant patterns of protein phosphorylation have been found in association with HD, and led to studies demonstrating that polyQ-Htt activates protein kinases, and that these kinases may be involved in regulation of FAT. Prior studies in isolated squid axoplasm showed polyQ-Htt inhibits FAT through a mechanism involving activation of JNK. The work put forth here provides evidence that polyQ-Htt induced deficits in axonal transport are mediated by neural specific JNK isoform 3, and not the ubiquitous isoform 1. Based on these findings, we propose that polyQ-Htt induced activation of JNK3, and not JNK1, represents a critical pathogenic event underlying axonal degeneration in HD. Advisors/Committee Members: Brady, Scott T. (advisor), Brady, Scott T. (committee member), Art, Jonathan (committee member), Colley, Karen (committee member), Corcos, Daniel (committee member), O'Bryan, John (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Huntington's disease; huntingtin; c-Jun-N-terminus kinase; axonal transport; axonal degeneration; axonal dysfunction; molecular mechanism; pathogenesis; neurodegenerative disease

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Lee, I. H. (2014). The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18784

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lee, Ina H. “The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18784.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lee, Ina H. “The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Lee IH. The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18784.

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Council of Science Editors:

Lee IH. The Role of Specific JNK Isoforms in Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18784

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25. Moonat, Sachin. The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18785

► Alcoholism is a complex multifactorial disorder which involves genetic and environmental factors. Comorbid psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, appear to be robust factors in the promotion… (more)

▼ Alcoholism is a complex multifactorial disorder which involves genetic and environmental factors. Comorbid psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, appear to be robust factors in the promotion of alcohol intake and may be associated with aberrant regulation of synaptic plasticity and epigenetic mechanisms. Alcohol-preferring (P) and alcohol-nonpreferring (NP) rats, which show high and low levels of anxiety respectively, serve as a useful model to study the association between anxiety and the genetic predisposition to alcohol preference. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its downstream target, activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated (Arc) protein, play a role in the regulation of synaptic plasticity and dendritic spine density (DSD). Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are involved in dynamic remodeling of chromatin structure and have been implicated in the regulation of specific BDNF exons involved the control of synaptic structure and function. In order to examine the role synaptic plasticity and epigenetic mechanisms in comorbid anxiety and alcohol preference, we investigated the effects of acute ethanol exposure on anxiety-like behaviors of P and NP rats and examined amygdaloid brain regions with regards to epigenetic regulation and synaptic plasticity. In comparison with NP rats, P rats had high anxiety-like behaviors associated with lower levels of BDNF, Arc and DSD that were related to increased HDAC2 levels resulting in hypoacetylation at BDNF exon IV in the central amygdala (CeA) and medial amygdala (MeA), but not in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). Acute ethanol treatment had an anxiolytic effect in P, but not in NP rats, and corrected aberrant protein levels in the CeA and MeA. We then specifically knocked down HDAC2 in the CeA of P rats via stereotaxic cannulation and intracranial delivery of HDAC2 siRNA. Following HDAC2 knockdown, P rats were found to have reduced anxiety levels and alcohol consumption, which was associated with increased BDNF and Arc associated with elevated histone acetylation at BNDF exon IV and Arc. These results implicates elevated HDAC2 levels in the aberrant regulation of BDNF and Arc levels associated with changes DSD in the CeA and MeA, which may be responsible for anxiety-like and alcohol-drinking behaviors of P rats. Advisors/Committee Members: Pandey, Subhash C. (advisor), Grayson, Donald R. (committee member), Guizzetti, Marina (committee member), Roitman, Mitchell F. (committee member), Dudeja, Pradeep K. (committee member), Pandey, Subhash C. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: alcoholism; anxiety; epigenetics; synaptic plasticity; HDAC; BDNF; Arc; Amygdala; Dendritic Spines

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Moonat, S. (2014). The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18785

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Moonat, Sachin. “The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18785.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Moonat, Sachin. “The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Moonat S. The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18785.

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Council of Science Editors:

Moonat S. The Role of Amygdaloid Chromatin and Synaptic Remodeling in Anxiety and Alcoholism. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18785

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26. Dorrance, Thomas F. A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18786

► This dissertation is a comparative history of local politics in Chicago and Los Angeles during the Great Depression. The project shows how New Deal agencies… (more)

▼ This dissertation is a comparative history of local politics in Chicago and Los Angeles during the Great Depression. The project shows how New Deal agencies such as the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, National Recovery Administration, and Works Progress Administration delegated administrative authority to the local level, creating a space for each city to develop their own versions of the New Deal within a loose and evolving set of federal guidelines. In Chicago and Los Angeles, New Deal agencies took shape within a political context that utilized private sector leadership as a way to insulate federal programs from partisan politics. The New Deal changed but did not sever the links between civic leadership and public policy. Initially, New Deal programs reaffirmed established hierarchies of private influence as control over early New Deal policy fell to the cohort of individuals and organizations who benefitted the most from preserving local practices. As the decade progressed, the proliferation of federal programs inspired new waves of civic activism attuned to the ways in which federal programs operated on the ground. Local operatives made the New Deal through their efforts to gain influence and control over federal programs, rather than through their expectations of what a centralized government might provide. The New Deal era was a time of great upheaval in local politics as individuals confronted the limits of industrial capitalism by exploring a diverse array of programs to use the federal state to sustain local community. New Dealers in Chicago and Los Angeles employed a common language of anti-government politics to justify a diverse array of conservative and progressive visions for federal programs that were designed to stabilize the local economy, promote industrial growth, and create new opportunities for social advancement. The dissertation outlines the ways state power and local activism converged in the shaping of federal programs to argue that local struggles for control over New Deal programs, rather than the promises of federal legislation, fundamentally shaped the ways individuals conceived of the role of the state in addressing social inequality and advancing claims to economic citizenship. Advisors/Committee Members: Johnston, Robert D. (advisor), Fink, Leon (committee member), Levine, Susan (committee member), Sklansky, Jeffrey (committee member), Phillips-Fein, Kim (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: United States History; New Deal; Chicago; Los Angeles; labor; politics; great depression

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Dorrance, T. F. (2014). A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18786

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Dorrance, Thomas F. “A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18786.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Dorrance, Thomas F. “A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Dorrance TF. A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18786.

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Council of Science Editors:

Dorrance TF. A New Deal Everyday: Civic Authority and Federal Policy in Chicago and Los Angeles,1930-1940. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18786

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27. Zhang, Zhifan. Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18788

► The portfolio choice optimization problem we study in this thesis is to construct a continuous-time portfolio which maximizes the probability of outperformance. In the literature… (more)

▼ The portfolio choice optimization problem we study in this thesis is to construct a continuous-time portfolio which maximizes the probability of outperformance. In the literature of mathematical finance, this type of problem is typically solved by the quantile approach, which requires a non-atom pricing kernel. In real financial practice, the pricing kernel can be atomic, i.e., the probability that the pricing kernel equals to a constant can be positive. For example, an extreme case is that the pricing kernel equals to a constant with probability 1. Another example is the scenario analysis in risk management. Risk analysis is done by setting the asset price to be certain extreme values. In this case, the pricing kernel is atomic at those extreme values. In this thesis, we consider two portfolio choice optimization models, goal reaching model and Yaari's dual model, with more general pricing kernels which may allow the existence of atoms. For goal reaching model, we discuss the properties of the solution, and derive a modified optimization problem, which has a similar mathematical format to the optimal hypothesis test problems. Therefore, a general solution scheme for both non-atomic and atomic pricing kernel is derived based on a generalized Neyman-Pearson Lemma, which is famous in classical statistical theory. We also provide an example with pricing kernel follows geometric Brownian motion, to show the explicit solution based on our results. Our numerical experiments validate the optimal solution as well. For Yaari's dual model, we discuss the properties of optimal solution that is an optimal terminal cash flow which is nonincreasing with respect to the pricing kernel. The pricing kernel here could contain atoms and thus is more general than non-atomic ones. Under the assumption that probability distortion/weighting is differentiable, we derive a modified optimization problem that contains left-continuous quantile function of the pricing kernel and terminal case flow. A sub-optimization problem with Lagrange multiplier is studied. We propose an algorithm, called "Search-and-Cut" Algorithm to find the optimal solution, which is good for cases where the weighting/pricing-kernel ratio consists of a finite number of monotone pieces. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the optimal solution as well. Finally, we derive an optimal solution of Yaari's dual model for more general pricing kernels and probability distortions. The approaches we propose in this thesis could be used for other portfolio choice models, as well as for problems solved by non-atomic quantile approaches. Advisors/Committee Members: Yang, Jie (advisor), Wang, Jing (committee member), Martin, Ryan (committee member), Ouyang, Cheng (committee member), Wang, Fangfang (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: portfolio choice optimization; pricing kernel; goal reaching model; Yaari’s dual model; probability distortion; quantile approach; generalized Neyman-Pearson Lemma

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Zhang, Z. (2014). Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18788

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhang, Zhifan. “Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18788.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhang, Zhifan. “Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Zhang Z. Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18788.

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Council of Science Editors:

Zhang Z. Portfolio Choice with General Pricing Kernel. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18788

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28. Ku, Wen-yao. Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18789

► This study uses multivariate adaptive regression spline (MARS) threshold modeling method to examine the possible nonlinear and interactive relationship between the currency and stock markets.… (more)

▼ This study uses multivariate adaptive regression spline (MARS) threshold modeling method to examine the possible nonlinear and interactive relationship between the currency and stock markets. Four countries including Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore, that are within the investment universe of the Greater China funds, are analyzed with both linear Vector autoregressive (VAR) model and the nonlinear MARS_VAR model. In contrast to the VAR model, MARS_VAR model has the capability of extracting more information from the residual series estimated by the VAR model and estimating accurate threshold values at which the conditional effects are turned on. The MARS_VAR result shows that lagged currency returns and lagged stock returns interactively affect present stock’s performance. The MARS_VAR result also shows that there exists a two-way mapping relation between the two markets. The threshold values of extreme conditions provide the portfolio managers with tools of managing currency risk of the international equity portfolios. Using the conditions and threshold values estimated by the MARS_VAR model, one can generate trade signals for capital withdrawal purpose in order to avoid the potentially extremely negative returns on the stock market(s). With a data sample covering the period of March 2003 to August 2013, first 10 years of 2,345 daily observations are used to analyze and estimate the threshold values by MARS_VAR, and the most recent 1 year of 290 observations are used to check the out-of-sample performance of the model estimation. The in-sample and out-of-sample simulations on portfolio performance both show a better risk-adjusted return profile than their corresponding passively-managed benchmark portfolios due to the reduced portfolio volatility. The major contribution of this search is that the more dynamic relationships between the currency and stock markets are uncovered with a nonlinear MARS_VAR model, in terms of their lead-lag effect, the persistence of the effects, and how the relationship is nonlinear and interactive. This research also uses the data from a post-Asian financial crisis period to discuss the day-to-day relationship between the currency and stock markets instead of focusing only on event studies. Advisors/Committee Members: Stokes, Houston H. (advisor), Karras, George (committee member), Bassett, Gib (committee member), Sclove, Stanley L. (committee member), Lee, Jin Man (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Vector Autoregressive (VAR); Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS_VAR); threshold modeling; currency risk; Greater China; Taiwan; Hong Kong; China; Singapore

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Ku, W. (2014). Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18789

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ku, Wen-yao. “Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18789.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ku, Wen-yao. “Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Ku W. Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18789.

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Council of Science Editors:

Ku W. Currency Effects on International Equity Portfolios: Evidence from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18789

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29. Coupet, Jason. The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18790

► A growing number of firms compete in quasi-markets, spaces where they specialize in service traditionally left to the public sector. These firms are encouraged by… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Quasi-markets; Resource Dependence; Efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis

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Coupet, J. (2014). The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18790

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Coupet, Jason. “The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18790.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Coupet, Jason. “The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Coupet J. The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18790.

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Council of Science Editors:

Coupet J. The Effect of Resource Dependence on Quasi-Markets. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18790

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30. Heer, Sarita K. Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi.

Degree: 2014, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18791

► This dissertation examines the work of three artists, Rekha Rodwittiya, Chitra Ganesh and Sangeeta Sandrasegar, and their images of Phoolan Devi, India’s Bandit Queen. By… (more)

▼ This dissertation examines the work of three artists, Rekha Rodwittiya, Chitra Ganesh and Sangeeta Sandrasegar, and their images of Phoolan Devi, India’s Bandit Queen. By contextualizing each object within the artists’ oeuvres and through careful analysis of individual images, this dissertation reveals how Phoolan Devi becomes a new model of Indian womanhood in late twentieth-century India. Additionally, mythologization is reconsidered by examining how the meaning of the term has shifted in the context of late twentieth-century India. Mythology becomes a brand symbol that projects a seamless image of a modern and traditional India. The artworks, by addressing power relationships and the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, reveal how each work disrupts the illusion of a stable brand for the nation, thus constructing a new, more complex model of Indian womanhood that challenges the fixed meaning of a brand symbol. Rekha Rodwittiya’s print, Untitled (Phoolan Devi), 2001, reveals themes explored in the artist’s body of work: violence against women, domesticity, a sisterhood of all women and woman-as-goddess. This imaging of Phoolan Devi’s life comments on these themes and the tension between modernity and tradition. Chitra Ganesh’s paintings, Phoolan Devi’s Other Life, 1998, alongside the masking theories of Joan Riviere, Homi K. Bhabha and Frantz Fanon, reveal how the use of masking can disrupt societal status quo and shifts power relations from the dominant to the oppressed group. This masking of Phoolan Devi presents late twentieth-century Indian womanhood to be an unstable sign that can be read in multiple manners. Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s series, Goddess of Flowers, 2003, is a multi-media installation that addresses the tension between opposites. By taking into consideration the domestic craft materials, the violent and unstable subject of Phoolan Devi, and modernity and tradition, the works reveal the complex and shifting sign of Indian womanhood in late twentieth-century India. This project contributes to the discourse on late twentieth-century South Asian women artists as they are situated within debates on modernity in postcolonial contexts, allowing for a new, critical reading of the representation of Indian womanhood. Advisors/Committee Members: Becker, Catherine (advisor), Brown, Rebecca M. (committee member), Akcan, Esra (committee member), Liechty, Mark F. (committee member), Taylor, Nora (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Rekha Rodwittiya; Chitra Ganesh; Sangeeta Sandrasegar; brand; South Asia; Pushpamala N.

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Heer, S. K. (2014). Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18791

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Heer, Sarita K. “Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi.” 2014. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18791.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Heer, Sarita K. “Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Heer SK. Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18791.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Heer SK. Re-Imaging Indian Womanhood: The Multiple Mythologies of Phoolan Devi. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18791

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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