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Investigating Prosodic Boundaries
This thesis relates the results of a series of experiments testing speakers' interpretation of ambiguous sentences in which prosodic cues at two relevant locations have been systematically manipulated. The goal was to develop a model to predict sentence?s interpretations based on information about …
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Investigating tau propagation in situ
The abnormal assembly of tau protein in neurons is the pathological hallmark of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In AD, tau assembly begins in the locus coeruleus and transentorhinal cortex, and progresses over years to connected regions in the limbic system …
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Investigating pulmonary vascular B cells
The lung is a vital organ which is required for gas exchange. The anatomy of the lung itself, immune molecules, and leukocytes provide the host with protection from harmful debris and pathogenic stimuli. A component of pulmonary host defense is neutrophils which are found within the lung capillary …
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Investigating attack-aware web applications
… of attack-awareness into web applications by investigating pragmatic and usable integration methods that leverage common web application development practices and frameworks.<br/><br/>The methodology comprises of three research investigations in which the practice of input validation, …
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Investigating the biosynthesis of fosfazinomycin
Phosphonic and phosphinic acid natural products are characterized by their carbon-phosphorus bonds, and exhibit a variety of bioactivities. Further, these compounds often contain unusual structural features, which arise from remarkable enzymatic transformations. One example comes from …
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Investigating Palaeoatmospheric Composition-Climate Interactions
The composition of the atmosphere has changed substantially over Earth’s history, with important implications for past climate. A number of case studies will be presented which employ coupled climate model simulations to assess the strength of these chemical feedbacks on the climate. The eruption …
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Investigating the durability of structures
The durability of structures is one of primary concerns in the engineering industry. Poor durability in design may result in a structure losing its performance to the extent where structural integrity is no longer satisfied and human lives are at stake. Moreover, the associated costs of maintenance …
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Investigating monthly beef cattle prices
Anderson established a three variable multiple regression model to explain the variation in the monthly seasonally adjusted price of Choice slaughter steers at Chicago from 1955 through 1960 (R<sup>2</sup>=.9955). This study was devoted to further investigation of beef cattle prices and factors …
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Investigating Mechanisms of Telomere End-Protection
<p>Shelterin is an essential telomeric protein complex that prevents DNA damage signaling and DNA repair in a compartmentalized manner. We assessed contributions of the conserved shelterin component, Rap1, to telomere endprotection. Rap1 was first discovered in budding yeast as a transcription …
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Investigating multiphoton phenomena using nonlinear dynamics
Many seemingly simple systems can display extraordinarily complex dynamics which has been studied and uncovered through nonlinear dynamical theory. The leitmotif of this thesis is changing phase-space structures and their (linear or nonlinear) stabilities by adding control functions (which act on …
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Investigating Mechanisms of Nuclear mRNA Export
In eukaryotes, the segregation of the RNA synthesis/processing in the nucleus from the translation machinery in the cytoplasm has important implications for nuclear export and retention of mRNAs. This division ensures that only correctly processed mRNAs are exported to the cytoplasm to be …
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Investigating the Language of Engineering Education
A significant part of professional communication development in engineering is the ability to learn and understand technical vocabulary. Mastering such vocabulary is often a desired learning outcome of engineering education. In promoting this goal, this research investigates the development of a …
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Investigating mitochondria alterations in esophageal pathologies
Esophageal squamous epithelium possesses a defined proliferation-differentiation gradient essential for barrier function, the primary defense against luminal contents such as food allergens and carcinogens. This barrier is perturbed in esophageal diseases, including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), …
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Investigating collaboration in art and technology
With the rapid development in computer technology in recent years, the arrival of digital media and computational tools has opened up new possibilities for creative practice in art, where collaboration between digital art practitioners and computer technologists often happens. The study of …
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Investigating WNT signalling in the lung
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare hereditary condition that has been reported to affect approximately one in every 20,000 newborns worldwide. It is caused by a mutation in PKHD1, the gene encoding the protein Fibrocystin (FPC). The primary pathophysiology of ARPKD has …
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Investigating Hfq-Mrna Interactions In Bacteria
<p>Regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are essential for bacteria to thrive in diverse environments and they also play a key role in virulence [11]. Trans-sRNAs affect the stability and/or translation of their target mRNAs through complementary base-pairing. The base-pairing interaction is not perfect and …
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Investigating Natural Language Interactions in Communities
… generations. Second, we describe work on investigating how NLP models degrade over time due to the dynamic nature of most communities. We find evidence that static models, like SCIGEN, do not generalize temporally. Based on this finding, we investigate how model performance deterioration …
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Investigating aquaphotomics for fruit quality assessment
The methods of aquaphotomics were explored for internal fruit quality assessment, such as dry matter (DM) and soluble solid content (SSC) measurement using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Fruits like apple and kiwifruit are more than 80% water. The NIR spectrum of whole intact fruit is dominated …
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