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Effects of Insulin on synapse formation and function; A possible role for insulin resistance
(2015-04-16)
Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for metabolic syndrome, including Type II diabetes (T2D) and obesity. Most studies on insulin resistance focus on peripheral tissues, but little is known about insulin resistance ...
The Impact of Aging and Ovariectomy on Cardiac Contractile Function in Isolated Ventricular Myocytes
(2012-08-28)
Previous studies have shown that cardiac contractile function declines with age in
ventricular myocytes from 24 month old males but not females. As estrogen modulates
cardiac contractile function, age-dependent changes ...
KSHV vGPCR: A VIRAL ONCOPROTEIN THAT TRIGGERS AUTOPHAGY AND CELLULAR SENESCENCE
(2013-09-09)
Autophagy (literally to ‘self-eat’) is an intracellular, catabolic mechanism to
degrade and recycle cytoplasmic contents in response to metabolic, oxidative, and
genotoxic stresses. Autophagy plays an important role in ...
Document Clustering with Dual Supervision
(2012-07-06)
Nowadays, academic researchers maintain a personal library of papers, which they would like
to organize based on their needs, e.g., research, projects, or courseware. Clustering techniques
are often employed to achieve ...
Visualizing Geospatial Uncertainty in Marine Animal Tracks
(2011-05-02)
Electronically collected animal movement data has been analyzed either statistically or visually using generic geographical information systems. The area of statistical analysis in this field has made progress over the ...
The role of hepatic nuclear receptors in systemic lipid homeostasis.
(Dalhousie University, 2007)
The Doctrine of Due Measure in Plato's Statesman
(2011-09-06)
This thesis examines the extent to which the doctrine of due measure can be rightfully called the skopos of Plato’s Statesman. In order to determine the doctrine’s explanatory power, the thesis adopts the Neoplatonic method ...
Large-Scale Web Page Classification
(2010-12-09)
Web page classification is the process of assigning predefined categories to web pages.
Empirical evaluations of classifiers such as Support Vector Machines (SVMs), k-Nearest
Neighbor (k-NN), and Naïve Bayes (NB), have ...
BETWEEN RHETORIC AND REALITY: A PSYCHOSOCIAL EXAMINATION OF RWANDA'S NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION POLICY
(2011-12-20)
The policy of National Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda has been the subject of much heated debate in recent years, prompted by the uncovering of repressive techniques of the current government. As the policy is designed ...
HUMAN MAST CELL RESPONSES TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
(2012-11-20)
Mast cells reside at tissue sites closely interfacing the environment and play a role in host
defense against pathogens. Mast cell responses to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a
major cause of severe respiratory tract ...