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Altered Stakes: identifying gaps in the psychedelic-assisted therapy research informed consent process
(2022)Nearly 60% of the US population experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder have not received a meaningful clinical response from traditional interventions (Akiki & Abdallah, 2018). Early research using psychedelics in tandem ... -
Blood Pressure Control by Multi-Component Intervention: An Exploratory Mediation Analysis of the SingHypertension Trial
(2022)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disease burden globally. Hypertension, one of CVDs’ most important risk factors, becomes a global health challenge due to its growing prevalence and severe ... -
Optimizing the Network Sampling With Memory Algorithm
(2022)Network Sampling with Memory (NSM), a novel sampling method that extends existing Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) methods, is becoming increasingly attractive to sociologists, demographers, and others to sample ... -
Further Reduction of the Fundamental Mistuning Model Using Mistuned Aeroelastic Modes
(2018)Despite decades of research and attention to the problem of mistuning in bladed disks, both industry and academic efforts have yet to yield a comprehensive design solution for the phenomenon. Regardless, reduced order models ... -
Synthesis of 3D Realistic High-resolution Lung Background Textures Using a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN)
(2022)Objectives: We develop machine-learning based methods to synthesize lung textures within computational phantoms for improved realism in simulating high-resolution patient CT imaging data to evaluate and improve imaging devices ... -
A Comparative Study of Radiomics and Deep-Learning Approaches for Predicting Surgery Outcomes in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
(2022)Purpose: To compare radiomics and deep-learning (DL) methods for predicting NSCLC surgical treatment failure. Methods: A cohort of 83 patients undergoing lobectomy or wedge resection for early-stage NSCLC from our institution ... -
Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Exploring the Design of a New Pandemic Vaccine Facility (“PANVAX”) Through a Qualitative Study
(2022)The global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been inequitable: around 8 in 10 people in high-income countries have had at least one dose, compared with just 1 in 10 in low-income countries. Similar global vaccine inequity ... -
Implementation of Acuros XB Dose Calculation in to Clinical Radiation Therapy Workflows
(2022)Introduction: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a common treatment techniquethat can be used to treat tumors for multiple cancer sites. Density heterogeneity in the target volume and beam path combined with small ... -
Hopefulness Among Individuals Living with Schizophrenia and their Caregivers in Tanzania: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
(2022)Background: Hopefulness is a positive orientation or state of mind that can aid in the recovery and treatment for mental illness, as it can have significant impacts on clinical and psychosocial outcomes. As resource-constrained ... -
Pre-Pandemic Viral Surveillance of Swine Farms in Northern Vietnam
(2022)Introduction: Global pandemics are major contributors to human morbidity and mortality, economic downturn, and lost productivity. In extraordinary circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic, we see a showcase of these staggering ... -
Attending To Race: Exploring How Faculty, Trainees And Medical Students Operationalize Race In Medicine
(2022)Background. Race-based medicine assumes that genetic or biological differences account for the observed health differences among races. Race-based medicine has been shown to result in poor patient outcomes. Nevertheless, ... -
We Care About Your Privacy (When It Matters): How Firms Strategically Respond to Data Breach Incidents
(2022)With a growing concern for consumer data and online privacy, regulators around the world are placing numerous measures to educate individuals with their privacy choices and to require firms to prioritize consumer privacy. ... -
Stability and Accuracy of Discrete-Time High Pass Filters with Application to Geophone Deconvolution
(2022)Low frequency noise in measured sensor data is amplified when integrated. In the integration of measured acceleration data to displacement, such low frequency noise can lead to significant drift errors. In non-real-time ... -
Walking through realism and idealism , the study of American literary reportage about China during the Sino-Japanese war
(2022)From 1931 to 1945, during The Sino-Japanese War as officially defined in China, a group of American journalists and military personnel in China created long-form documentary reportage works on the theme of Chinese society ... -
A Virtual Museum of Architecture: Creating an Alternative Visitor Experience
(2022)Although an integral part of art historical studies, authentic experiences of architecture have been excluded from the cathedrals of cultural objects, art museums. The built forms can seldomly fit into the doors of museums ... -
Seasonality of Fish Production as a Potential Predictor of Malaria Transmission: A One Health Approach in the Peruvian Amazon
(2022)Background: Despite long term control efforts, Malaria remains a significant health burden in Peru. The largest number of cases of both P. vivax and P. falciparum occur in the department of Loreto. Climatic variability has ... -
Quantitative Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Heated Soybean Oil
(2022)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds ubiquitous in the environment and are harmful to human health. PAHs can easily enter the human body through the consumption of edible oils due to their high lipophilicity. ... -
Moral Hazard in Hierarchical International Agreements: Bilateral Swap Agreements, Reserve Accumulation, and the Private Sector
(2022)There are various sources of moral hazard in IPE. In this paper, I contribute by examining whether bilateral swap agreements (BSAs) cause moral hazard in central banks and the private sector. Using an original dataset on ... -
A Convolutional Neural Network for SPECT Image Reconstruction
(2022)Purpose: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is considered as a functional nuclear medicine imaging technique which is commonly used in the clinic. However, it suffers from low resolution and high noise because ... -
Falling in Love With Virtual Boyfriends: Otome Games in Japan and Mainland China
(2022)My thesis focuses on the popularity of otome games in Japan and mainland China. During the time of COVID-19, people have to stay at home and be isolated from their families and friends. Thus, playing video games, individually ...
