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.Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Language Skills, Oral Narrative Production, and Executive Functions of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Hyejin Park
Computer-Aided Drug Design and Discovery, Screening and Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Nucleoside Transporters, Hilaire Colleen Playa
Novel Insights into the Role of the Smoothened Cysteine Rich Domain in Hedgehog Signalling, Rajashree Rana
The Effect of Hearing Impairment on Word Processing of Infant- and Adult-Directed Speech, Velma Sue Robertson
Characterization of Cre Mouse Models to Target CNS Barriers for Generating Conditional Knockouts of ABC Transporters, Rachel L. Scheib
Development of a Mobility-Enabling Spinal Orthosis and Methods for Evaluating and Developing Spinal Orthoses on a Robotic Platform, John C. Simmons
MRP4-Dependent Regulation of Fibroblast Migration, Chandrima Sinha
Dopaminergic Genetic Contributions to Obesity in Kidney Transplant Recipients, Ashley Grimes Stanfill
Genetic and Chemical Dissection of BloodBrain Barrier Development in Zebrafish, Robyn Anne Umans
The Role of MCL-1 in the Heart: Gateway from Life to Death, Xi Wang
Total Knee Arthroplasty Wear Is Caused by Malrotation and Excessive Laxity, Erik Woodard
Downregulation of Prdm16 Is Critical for HOXB4-mediated Benign HSC Expansion In Vivo, Hui Yu
Strengths and Weaknesses of Hybrid TPR Technology for Obtaining Structural and Mechanistic Insights into TPR Proteins, Shanshan Yu
Development of a Novel Vaccine Adjuvant System Utilizing an In Situ Implant System to Modified Release, Qiuye Zhang
Autoimmune Susceptibility Imposed by Public TCRβ Chains, Yunqian Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Toll-like Receptors 2 and 9 Are Important for Innate Immune Cell Activation and Recruitment in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Kelly J. Andrews
Macromolecular Complexes of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Alter Fluid Transport in inflammatory Bowel Disorders, Kavisha Arora
Adenylyl Cyclase 2 Selectively Regulates IL-6 Expression in Human Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cells, Amy Sue Bogard
Development and Characterization of a Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (rVSV) for the Treatment of Glioblastoma, Erika A. Dillard
Changes in Pharyngeal Airway Dimensions Due to MARA Treatment in Class II Malocclusions, James K. Dillehay
Virologic Factors Contributing to the Genetic Diversification of Influenza Viruses Circulating in North American Swine, Thomas Paul Fabrizio II
ERG11-Mediated Azole Resistance in Candida albicans, Stephanie Ann Flowers
Functional Study of Hemogen Knockout Mouse Model, Peng Gao
A Novel Mechanism of Enhanced Susceptibility to Bacterial Pneumonia in Influenza-infected Hosts, Hazem Elsayed Ghoneim