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A History of the North Carolina College for Negroes
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PET Image Quality in the Vicinity of the Bladder with Fluorine-18 and Gallium-68
(2018)Gallium-68 labeled compounds have shown an important role in PET imaging of detecting neuroendocrine tumors and prostate tumors. As the prostate exists near the bladder, image quality of prostate tumors can be challenged ... -
Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing a Technology Supported Primary Care Program for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease in India
(2018)Background: Low-income countries often face the challenge of being incapable toprevent, treat, and manage diseases that are becoming increasingly prevalent over recent years.An example of this is the rise of chronic kidney ... -
Exploring the Genetic Basis of Branching Variation in a Wild Mustard Boechera stricta
(2018)Grazing herbivores can significantly reduce plant fitness by causing apical meristem damage and completely removing reproductive structures. Compensation is a type of tolerance to grazing herbivores by which plants replace ... -
Evaluating the Feasibility of Self-sampling using CareHPV™ and Treatment with Cryotherapy in Haiti
(2018)Introduction: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death for women in Haiti. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of HPV self-sampling using CareHPV™ and subsequent treatment with cryotherapy ... -
Identifying the Burden of Pediatric Surgical Disease in Somaliland
(2018)Background: A staggering 5 billion people worldwide lack access to safe and affordable surgery, and surgical conditions contribute to up to 32% of the global disease burden. However, precise data on the burden of surgical ... -
Compare the Universal Health Coverage in China and Vietnam
(2018)Background. Since the late 2000s, universal health coverage (UHC) has been identified as an important goal, which is to ensure people’s access to needed health services without suffering from financial hardships. Many ... -
The Relationship between Multidimensional Social Support and Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Patients in Kenya
(2018)Background: Medication adherence is regarded as important to improve hypertension control. Therefore, research about how to improve hypertensive patients’ adherence to their regimens becomes a hot topic. Multidimensional ... -
The Effect of Setup Uncertainty on Optimal Dosimetric Margin in Linac-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery with dynamic conformal arc technique
(2018)Purpose: Using a simulation study 1) to estimate the effect of setup uncertainty on optimal dosimetric margin by analyzing dose distribution and biological effect of LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with a dynamic ... -
An Aperture-Preserved Approach to Adaptive Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer Using IMRT and VMAT
(2018)Over the course of a patient’s radiotherapy treatment, there are often changes of internal anatomy relative to the planning CT scan. Because patients are typically treated with a treatment plan created based on one planning ... -
Understanding Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals on Delays in Care for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
(2018)Background: Uganda is experiencing a high rate of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), approximately 170 per 100,000 when compared to the global rate of 106 per 100,000. This may be due to an increasing rate of road traffic ... -
Genome-wide Metabolic Reconstruction and Flux Balance Analysis Modeling of Haloferax volcanii
(2018)The Archaea are an understudied domain of the tree of life, and consist of single-celled microorganisms possessing rich metabolic diversity. Archaeal metabolic capabilities are of interest for industry and basic understanding ... -
The Role of Critical Ion Pairs in the Evolution of a Novel Enzyme in Tomato
(2018)Although much research has been done on how new genes arising from gene duplications has been done, little is still known on how these genes arose and by what mechanisms they evolved their new function. Here I address a ... -
The Effect of Thickness and Continuity of Motorcycle Helmet Shells on Performance
(2018)Road accidents are the leading cause of death within the 15-29 years age range worldwide and the risk of death for motorcyclists is 20 times that of car occupants. As such, 31% of over 10,250 annual road traffic deaths in ... -
Training Female Community Health Volunteers(FCHVs) for Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Lalitpur, Nepal: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
(2018)Background: Faced with the surging trends of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and the limited numbers of health professionals in Nepal, more innovative measures should be explored to tackle the challenges of CVD prevention ... -
A Bayesian Forward Simulation Approach to Establishing a Realistic Prior Model for Complex Geometrical Objects
(2018)Geology is a descriptive science making itself hard to provide quantification. We develop a Bayesian forward simulation approach to formulate a realistic prior model for geological images using the Approximate Bayesian ... -
Monte Carlo Simulation of Effective Dose in Fluoroscopy and Computed Tomography Procedures
(2018)The overarching goal of this project was to investigate organ dose assessment and variability using Monte Carlo methods to study two areas of medical imaging – fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Namely, these studies ... -
Elucidating Slit-Independent Mechanisms of Robo Receptors Regulating Neural Circuit Formation and Head Morphogenesis in C. elegan
(2018)Robo receptor is a central component in multiple stages of neural development. Accumulating evidence also suggests that it functions in organogenesis, regulation of stem cells, and cancer. Despite its diverse functions, ... -
Validation, Assessment, and Application of the Bugando Cancer Registry for Radiotherapy Planning for the Lake Zone of Tanzania
(2018)Purpose: To validate, assess, and utilize the Bugando Cancer Registry (BCR) of Bugando Medical Centre (BMC), Mwanza, Tanzania for radiotherapy (RT) services planning.Methods: For BCR validation, we randomly sampled 63 total ...
