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Browsing by Subject "Stress"
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An Experimental and Quantitative Analysis of E. coli Stress Response: Metabolic and Antibiotic Stressors
(2014)A series of experiments and mathematical models explore the response of the bacteria <italic>E. coli</italic> to stressors. Experimentally, the effect of L-homocysteine, a non-protein amino acid, is explored, and via math ... -
Diverse Strategies Deployed by Poliovirus to Cope with Host Antiviral Responses
(2020)In the following document, I will describe two distinct strategies that poliovirus(PV) deploys to manage host antiviral responses. In the first section, I report on a role ofthe constitutive repressor of eIF2α phosphorylation ... -
Epigenetics: A Paradigm Shift or Tweaking the Details?
(2015-05-12)*Designated as an Exemplary Master's Project for 2014-15* We know that our lifestyle choices and experiences can influence our health: the food we eat, the environment we live in, and the social relationships we form can ... -
Forced Marriage and Birth Outcomes
(Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID), 2016-04-06)We study the impact of bride kidnapping, a peculiar form of marriage practiced in Central Asia, on child birth weight. The search for a suitable mate in a kidnapped marriage is initiated by the groom, and there is typically ... -
Prevalence and Predictors of Hypertensive Blood Pressure in Rural Farmers in Madagascar
(2023)Introduction: Hypertension, the primary risk factor for the leading cause of mortality, cardiovascular diseases, is increasing in all parts of the world, including low-income countries. This thesis explores the prevalence ... -
Role of X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein in Therapeutic Resistance of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cells
(2010)Apoptotic dysregulation is a hallmark of cancer cells. The inability of cancer cells to undergo apoptosis may lead to therapeutic resistance. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a highly aggressive subtype of breast cancer ... -
Speaking of Stress: Predictors and Consequences of Stress Mindset in College Students
(2021-05)This paper focuses on the relevance of stress mindsets to college students. Stress mindsets describe the intuitive beliefs that people hold about the nature of stress as either enhancing or debilitating. In two studies, ... -
The Therapeutic Effects of Completing Autobiographical Memory Questionnaires for Positive and Negative Events: An Experimental Approach
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Tightrope Walkers: An Ethnography of Yoga, Precariousness, and Privilege in California's Silicon Valley
(2013)This dissertation offers an account of precarious neoliberal subjectivity by examining the suffering of the privileged as it relates to the practice of Western yoga in California's Silicon Valley. Yoga culture underlines ...
