Theses and Dissertations

Dissertation examining preconceptional/prenatal/pregnancy factors with the potential to influence maternal inflammation during pregnancy and offspring neurobehavioral dev [...]

This work explores the structure and function of an important copper monooxygenase: peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase. The canonical reaction mechanism of thi [...]

Representing the first study to employ Metabolic Activity Diffusion Imaging (MADI) within human brain cancer, this thesis serves as a demonstration of MADI's ability to p [...]

This project performed a historical chart review on patients admitted to the neuroscience intensive care unit with documented pupillometry use, followed by a clinician su [...]

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides essential care for preterm infants, the smallest and most nutritionally vulnerable patient population. It is crucial for [...]

A lack of knowledge and support for breastfeeding remains a challenge among nurses, leading to inconsistent information and practices for families. Observations from a no [...]

This thesis evaluates the use of deformable image registration (DIR) for dose accumulation in gynecological HDR brachytherapy. By comparing DIR-based and conservative met [...]

Orthopedic surgeries, such as total joint arthroplasties, are complex procedures requiring preoperative optimization of patients and planning for extensive recoveries. As [...]

This quality improvement project identified significant gaps in the documentation of phantom limb pain (PLP) among amputee patients, revealing that PLP was often absent f [...]

The objective of this program of research was to uncover potential mechanisms underpinning epidemiological evidence that groups in lower versus higher socioeconomic posit [...]