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Browsing Duke Dissertations by Submit Date
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(2017)<p>The main objective of this dissertation research is to develop measurement and data-analysis tools for improving the quantitative accuracy of radiotracer studies of small plants, e.g., grasses in their early growth ...
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(2017)<p>In recent years, leadership research has focused on the concept of “authentic leaders” who act consistently with their values, make balanced decisions, are self-aware, and are transparent in their relationships (Walumbwa, ...
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(2017)<p>The transition metal-catalyzed hydroamination of a C−C multiple bond represents an efficient entry into the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles and acyclic amine derivatives. Nonetheless, the development of ...
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(2017)<p>Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly primary malignant brain tumor. Despite an aggressive multimodal standard of care, prognoses and patient quality of life remain exceptionally poor, due in part to the ...
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(2017)<p>Dim light vision requires the dopamine D1 receptor for the sensitization of rod bipolar cells by GABA. However, the circuit behind this mechanism is poorly defined. We used electroretinogram recordings of mice with ...
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(2017)<p>The advent of high coverage and low cost sequencing technologies has allowed for</p><p>newer and more powerful approaches in molecular and population genetics. Transposon</p><p>sequencing, where genome-saturated mutant ...
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(2017)<p>Nudging people towards healthier dietary choices is an important policy tool for treating and preventing obesity. However, most studies of nudging interventions fail to identify how cognitive processes change in response ...
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(2017)<p>Mental health issues are prevalent in childhood, but the majority of problems go untreated. Black children and girls are less likely than their White male peers to receive mental health treatment when needed. As a primary ...
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(2017)<p>Nucleoside transport is required for the salvage pathway of DNA and RNA, provides a transport route for nucleoside-like drugs and regulates adenosine signaling. The eukaryotic cell possesses two evolutionarily unrelated ...
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(2017)<p>Financial markets have evolved drastically over the last decade due to the advent of high frequency trading and ubiquitous influence of algorithmic trading. Analyzing the equities markets has become an extremely data ...
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(2017)<p>Millions of people around the world eventually develop or currently suffer from some form of cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 1.6 million new cases of cancer were predicted in the United States alone.One ...
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(2017)<p>The mouse embryonic gonad provides an outstanding model to study the complex mechanisms involved in cell fate specification and maintenance. At the bipotential stage, both XX and XY gonads are capable of becoming testes ...
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(2017)<p>Media studies today is a rapidly evolving discipline, with diverse and sundry emphases. Media alternately refers to specific objects and apparatuses (film, television, radio, video games, virtual reality, etc.), positions ...
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(2017)<p>This dissertation examines the relationship between city planning and everyday life in Kigali, Rwanda. It focuses on markets, neighborhoods, and streets where Kigali residents encounter emerging technologies of architecture, ...
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(2017)<p>My dissertation offers an interpretation of twentieth century political thought which emphasizes the influence of dystopian images, themes, and anxieties. Drawing examples from philosophy, literature, and social science, ...
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(2017)<p>This dissertation presents three program evaluations in environmental and resource economics. In the first chapter, I ask whether rural roads can contribute to a reversal of tree cover loss. Prior literature shows roads ...
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(2017)<p>Recently, research concerning the United States Criminal Justice System has been dominated by discussions of mass incarceration and deadly acts of police violence. Although there is conflicting evidence regarding the ...
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(2017)<p>Technologies of Illusion: Enchanting Modernity’s Machines confronts how the</p><p>disenchantment of modernity has occluded nineteenth-century Spiritualist archives. By</p><p>incorporating literary, visual, and archival ...
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(2017)<p>Most breast cancer survivors do not exercise enough to experience its numerous benefits that include improved quality of life and decreased recurrence risk. A potentially effective strategy to increase exercise among ...
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(2017)<p>There is a widespread belief among scholars that liberalism and republicanism are two alternative traditions, that the ideal of liberty for individuals to freely order their own lives and ideal of liberty for political ...
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