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Louis Douglas and Jonny spielt auf: performing Blackness in interwar Germany
(2018)This dissertation, “Louis Douglas and Jonny spielt auf: Performing Blackness in Interwar Germany,” traces the reception of traveling and expatriate Black American performers in Germany during the interwar period and the ... -
Economic imperialism on the global frontier: William Henry Jackson’s photographs for the World’s Transportation Commission, 1894-1897
(2023)This dissertation investigates William Henry Jackson’s photographs for an international scouting and fact-finding mission, the World’s Transportation Commission, and the multivalent meaning the images possessed for period ... -
The China Historical Christian Database: A Dataset Quantifying Christianity in China from 1550 to 1950
(MDPI AG, 2024-06)The era of digitization is revolutionizing traditional humanities research, presenting both novel methodologies and challenges. This field harnesses quantitative techniques to yield groundbreaking insights, contingent upon ... -
Assessing reactive attachment disorder screening tools in foster care children: a comparative study
(2023)Although foster care was created as a safeguard for children in difficult circumstances, it is often associated with negative impacts on their relationships, development, and overall mental health. Those children placed ... -
Screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke
(2023)BACKGROUND: AF is a growing epidemic in the United States that will continue to worsen as risk factors become more prevalent in the population. The arrhythmia often persists asymptomatically before presenting as a stroke ... -
Effects of interprofessional education on patient satisfaction
(2023)Interprofessional education (IPE) is a well-known topic in the healthcare field as patient care and medicine becomes increasingly more complex especially in specific populations. IPE can take varying forms and can be ... -
Establishing optimized histology focused methods to study lung cancer using limited biospecimens
(2023)Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide due to the late stage of diagnosis as most patients do not present symptoms until late-stage disease. The two most common forms of non-small cell lung cancer are ... -
Biofluid identification in mock sexual assault samples using a semi-automated, extraction-free microRNA gene expression profiling method
(2023)Biofluid identification plays a pivotal role in forensic case investigation, as it assists in crime scene reconstruction and provides guidance for subsequent analysis. Current forensic biofluid detection techniques, such ... -
Principal component analysis of gasoline DART-MS data for forensic source attribution
(2023)Rapid and reliable techniques are necessary for the analysis of accelerants, including gasoline, from fire debris evidence in forensic arson investigations. Gasoline additives can be used as chemical attribute signatures ... -
The relationship between patient BMI and the choice of total hip arthroplasty approach
(2023)Many people across the world suffer from joint pain with age. The degeneration of the space between bones, osteoarthritis, is an extremely common disease, known to affect around 7% of the global population. Two of the most ...