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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Resistance and Survival"”.
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Interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis in polymicrobial communities affect antimicrobial resistance and survival in vivo
… pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis. The initial step in the development of otitis media is nasopharyngeal colonization. The next step involves ascension through the Eustachian tube to access the middle ear space. For persistance within their host, it has …
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Everyday I'm Hustlin? Hiphop Rhetorics and the Art of Makin? Do
The field of Rhetoric and Composition traditionally centers the Greco-Roman tradition, specifically rhetorics and theories attached to privileged, white males, as the most important voices, while marginalizing rhetorics from other communities such as people of color, women, and queer folks. This …
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Removal of nutrients and heavy metals from domestic and industry using botryococcus sp.
… food source of many types of organisms on earth and blooms during the presence of dissolved inorganic phosphorus. Wastewater is a body of water that is dangerous to organic life forms when consumed or used. It contains many pollutants that can cause health problems and also affect the ecosystem …
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Natural Killer Cell Recruitment and Activation Following Orthopoxviral Infection
… complex DNA viruses with important historical and clinical significance. Members of this genus encode numerous proteins known to subvert the immune response to infection, providing a useful system to probe required host responses for resistance and survival. Natural killer: NK) cells provide an …
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Women and sexual violence, paths to healing: resistance, rebellion, resilience and recovery
… existing literature on trauma-based models of survival from sexual violence and finds that the prevailing view of the impact in the current trauma literature predicts a downward trajectory of distressing trauma-related symptomology. The aim of this research is to expand on the contemporary …
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Analyses of diverse stresses, including hypoxia, cyanide, and hypergravity in Caenorhabditis elegans
… modulators that function to ultimately enable resistance and survival. In this dissertation I used Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study the effects of a variety of stresses including the response to cyanide, hypoxia, and hypergravity.</p> <p>Chapter 2 of this thesis focuses on …
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Eco-Otherness and Interconnectedness: Re-thinking Land, Trees, and Nonhuman Agency in Palestinian and North African Literature
… the representation of ecological ‘otherness’ and interconnectedness in Palestinian and North African literature, exploring the entanglement of environmental degradation, colonial violence, and cultural memory. While ecocriticism has traditionally focused on Western literary traditions, this …
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Spaces of possibility & imagination within the Palestinian/Israeli conflict: healing fractures through the dialogue of everyday behaviour
… especially if the politics aims to fragment and control. Architecture in such circumstances can lose all its meaning of creating habitable spaces and become instead a weapon to destroy. In the case of contemporary Israel in its hegemonic relationship to the Palestinian people, the lines drawn …
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The Tumor Microenvironment Regulates Retinoblastoma Cell Survival
… pediatric tumors. Early intervention increases survival rates up to 95% in developed countries; being survival rates associated to socio-economic status. Despite the high survival rates in developed countries, preservation of the eye and vision are continuing challenges in the management of Rb. …
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Not Meant to Be Read: The Stories They Silence, the Resistance That Speaks
… life. Through lived experience, oral history, and critical autoethnography, I explore how surveillance moves through bodies, families, institutions, and memory—not simply as external control, but as internalized rhythms of fear, vigilance, and self-surveillance. I move between my father's life …