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Drivers of melanoma susceptibility
Cutaneous melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells in our skin. It is one of the most aggressive human malignancies, constituting only about 2% of all dermatological cancers but being responsible for over 75% of all deaths from skin cancer. It has recently become a major …
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Resonant transmission line drivers
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
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Environmental drivers of coastal evolution
… the influence of specific environmental drivers of coastal change since the last deglaciation. I present case studies from near-field (North Atlantic) and far-field (tropical Pacific) coastal environments. Chapter 2 models the effects of glacial ice retreat on surface hydrology and …
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DRIVERS OF CHINA’S ENERGY SECURITY
… China’s energy security policies’ primary drivers and, more specifically, how China acquires the energy needed to satisfy its social and economic needs. This thesis examined three primary drivers of China’s energy security policies: the diversification of resources due to foreign pressures, …
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Engineering design leadtime drivers analysis
… for information from suppliers are the key drivers of leadtime for the engineering systems on the critical path of a program. Moreover. the considerable variance that is observed in overall leadtime indicates that control of variability in the company's development processes will also lead …
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Drivers of photovoltaics cost evolution
… in the future. This thesis explores the drivers of and constraints to cost reduction and large-scale deployment of PV. By developing novel conceptual and mathematical models, we address the following questions: (1) What caused PV's cost to fall with time? (2) How may materials constraints …
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Spatiotemporal Drivers of Municipal Water Consumption
This study analyzed the individual and joint influences of social, urban, and physical landscape characteristics on patterns of municipal water consumption at the county scale for the state of Texas using a cross-sectional research design on three distinct temporal slices (1990, 2000, and 2010). …
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Molecular Drivers of Bladder Cancer Motility
<p>Bladder cancer (BC) progression is measured by the degree of tumor cell invasion into the bladder wall and dissemination to distant sites. The study of BC cell motility will both enable development of anti-invasion therapeutics to limit progression of early-stage disease and improve our …
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Novel Oncogenic Drivers in Pediatric Gliomagenesis
… NTRK fusion genes are therefore gliomagenic drivers throughout various development settings; yet it appears as if gliomas driven by the same oncogenic lesion can vary in tumor phenotype as a function of contextual differences. With this in mind, we used genetically engineered mice with a NTRK …
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Drivers and outcomes of brand attachment
… number of researchers have documented the drivers and outcomes of brand attachment, theyusually focus on a single category examination (e.g. retailing). Moreover, these studiesused measurement of brand attachment that only reflects emotional bonding. Hence, this study investigates the …
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Climate Drivers Compound Under Climate Change
… Australia is influenced by three major climate drivers; the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Each climate driver has impacts upon seasonal rainfall, temperature and fire risk. In south-east Australia, there is some evidence …
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Climate Drivers Compound Under Climate Change
… Australia is influenced by three major climate drivers; the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Each climate driver has impacts upon seasonal rainfall, temperature and fire risk. In south-east Australia, there is some evidence …
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Drivers of Disruption: How Jakarta's Mobility Platform Drivers Understand, Transform and Resist the Algorithms that Manage Them
… embedded fieldwork with mobility platform drivers in Jakarta this dissertation shows how dreams of technologically-enabled disruption fall apart on the streets of Global South cities. Through the case of platform companies Grab and Gojek, the three essays narrate the domestication of the …
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The personality profile of Zululand taxi drivers
… between the common unwanted behaviour of taxi drivers towards taxi commuters and the taxi drivers’ personality. The study involved 59 minibus taxi drivers sampled from the Empangeni and Richards Bay areas of the Zululand district. The participants were randomly selected in their respective taxi …
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Drivers of enforcement in the Environment Agency
Drivers of enforcement style can be defined as those dimensions of a regulator's social and political environment which play a significant part in influencing its approach to enforcement. Dr Keith Hawkins was responsible for the seminal work in this field, 'Environment & Enforcement", a piece of …
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Environmental drivers of bulb production in brassicas
Bulb brassicas are used as supplementary feed in intensive pastures systems. However, there is a lack of quantitative data to define their growth and development. This has limited the creation and use of prediction models and decision support systems. Thus a series of experiments were used to …
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