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Structure-Based Design of Selective RIPK1 and RIPK2 Inhibitors
(December 2)Kinases regulate various biological functions by post-translational phosphorylation of proteins. Kinase dysfunction is associated with many pathological conditions. Therefore, kinase inhibitors have become an important ... -
Structure-Function Relationships in Glaucoma
(2011-12)Purpose: Standard automated perimetry (SAP) is one of the most widely used functional tests in glaucoma management, and as such, it serves as the benchmark for comparison to all other forms of glaucomatous testing. Optical ... -
Structure-Preserving High Performance Computational Methods for Transport in Porous Media
(2017-05-09)This dissertation aims at developing a novel and robust high performing paral- lel computational framework that can enhance the current predictive capabilities of numerical methods for large-scale subsurface transport ... -
Structure-Property-Processing Relations in Sulfonated Block Copolymer Membranes
(2018-05)Ionic block copolymers combine the functionality of ionomers with the mechanical properties of thermoplastics, and are widely studied for applications in water purification and electrochemical devices. Membranes (thin ... -
Structuring of Organic Solvents around Solutes and Crystal Surfaces
(August 201)An important aspect of crystalline material synthesis from solution crystallization involves solvent structuring at the crystal-solvent interface. The presence of lyophilic/lyophobic groups at the crystal-solution interface ... -
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL LEADERS
(2014-12)Educational leaders are faced with the challenge of preparing more students than ever to be college ready. Many school districts in the US have turned to offering the Advanced Placement (AP) program to add rigor to the ... -
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE: DISAGGREGATED BY GENDER, GRADE LEVEL, AND SUBJECT AREA
(2012-05)Students spend an average of 10,000 hours in classrooms by the time they reach middle school; they represent a valuable source of school climate data. Students’ perceptions of the school and classroom climate give an ... -
Student Perspectives on Transition from Community College A.A.S. Programs to University
(2014-05)The global employment market demands an increasingly well prepared work force. Consequently, this trend is echoed in community college graduates transferring to four- year institutes. From 2009 to 2011, over 28,000 ... -
STUDENT READING ACHIEVEMENT IN DUAL LANGUAGE AND TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS: AN EVALUATIVE STUDY
(2013-05)With increasing demands imposed by state standards for students to show proficiency at high levels in reading and writing, instruction for the English language learner is critical. Dual language programs address English ... -
Student Satisfaction with Training in Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology PhD Programs: Factors Predicting Student Outcomes
APA accredited graduate programs are required to report student outcomes annually to the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) and make some of this information publicly available online (e.g., time to completion, attrition, ... -
Students' Perceptions of a College Course: Contextual Influences on Motivation
(2013-05)Research on motivation is important for understanding student learning and the context in which students are taught (Pintrich, 2003). This research integrated different theoretical perspectives of motivation in an effort ... -
Studies of Biomolecular Recognition and Adsorption
(2014-08-04)Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotide (DNA or RNA) ligands that form three-dimensional structures and are capable of binding to pre-selected targets. In this work, we studied the dissociation kinetics and the effects ... -
Studies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems: Capacitor and Sodium-Ion Battery
(2018-11-16)The current technologies urgently require different kinds of efficient energy storage systems to match their practical applications. In this dissertation, I focus on two types of electrochemical energy storage systems: ... -
Studies of Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Metal Electrocatalysts and Sodium-ion Battery Anodes
(May 2018)The increasing environmental concern and the expedited consumption of fossil fuels make the development of sustainable energy technology more urgent and significant. Nanoscience and technology recently have attracted much ... -
STUDIES OF NEUTRON-ARGON INTERACTIONS IN MINI-CAPTAIN
(2016-12)The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will use a large underground liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) to study neutrino oscillations, search for proton decay, and observe supernova neutrinos, should a ... -
Studies of Platinum Dispersion and Catalyst Architecture for Lean NOx Reduction
(2013-12)The combination of NOx storage and reduction (NSR) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst is a promising technology for the reduction of NOx emission from the exhaust of lean-burn or diesel engine vehicles. In ... -
Studies on Dynamics of Financial Markets and Reacting Flows
(2014-08)One of the central problems in financial markets analysis is to understand the nature of the underlying stochastic dynamics. Several intraday behaviors are analyzed to study trading day ensemble averages of both high ... -
Studies on Scaling of Stochastic Processes and Locomotion of Drosophila
(2017-01-20)This dissertation presents two projects on stochastic processes. The simplest stochastic processes are sums of identical and independent increments with finite variance. The central limit theorem states that the sum of N ... -
Studies on the Regulation of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and its Influence on Bacillus subtilis Differentiation
(May 2018)In starving Bacillus subtilis cells, the accDA operon encoding two subunits of the essential enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a direct target of the master regulator of sporulation, Spo0A. Binding of Spo0A to a ... -
Studies on the Thermoelectric Performance of Lead and Tin Chalcogenides
(August 201)With the growing interest of the world’s energy demand, sustainable and green energy is becoming a global challenge. Thermoelectric power generation, that directly converts waste heat into electricity, is considered as one ...