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Coliform Bacteria From A Drinking Water Distribution System: Microbial Source Tracking, Characterization And Biofilm Formation
(2011-12-16)
A library of 18 coliform bacteria strains was obtained from different sampling points in the drinking water distribution system in Lexington, KY, over a three month period in 2006. To investigate the cause of the coliform ...
Disorienting Responsibility
(2012-09-11)
Experiences of disorientation can be common and powerful parts of moral agents' lives yet they have not been characterized by mainstream Western philosophers, and their effects have not been adequately ...
Finding Expert Users in Community Question Answering Services Using Topic Models
(2012-04-03)
Community Question Answering (CQA) websites provide a rapidly growing source of information in many areas. In most CQA implementations there is little effort in directing new questions to the right group of experts. This ...
MARKOV REGIME-SWITCHING MODELS
(2012-07-26)
A regime-switching model is a time-series model in which parameters change values
according to the regime at present time. While regime-switching models have been very
popular in applied work, there is a lack of literature ...
Strategies to Improve Quantitative Proteomics: Implications of Dimethyl Labelling and Novel Peptide Detection
(2012-03-30)
In quantitative proteomics, many of the LC-MS based approaches employ stable isotopic labelling to provide relative quantitation of the proteome in different cell states. In a typical approach, peptides are first detected ...
Characterization of Fruit Development and Ripening of Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. in Relation to Microclimate Conditions
(2011-12-21)
Berry ripening in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) is influenced by developmental, physiological and climatic factors resulting in a heterogenous mix of maturities at harvest. This study characterizes the ...
Prescribing Practices Amid the OxyContin Crisis: Examining the Effect of Print Media Coverage on Opioid Prescribing Among Nova Scotia Providers
(2012-06-29)
This research examined the effect of increasing attention on OxyContin in the news media on prescribing practices of the drug in Nova Scotia. Using data collected as part of a study looking at representations of OxyContin ...
“REFORM IS BECOME OUR ENEMY:” ANGLO-JAMAICAN PLANTERS AND BRITISH IDENTITIES, 1765-1786
(2014-12-16)
This is a case study of the imperial identity an elite resident planter in late-eighteenth century Jamaica named Simon Taylor from 1765 to 1786. By analyzing sections of Simon Taylor’s correspondence with his business ...
Turning Water Into Wine: The Celebration of Water Through the Aesthetic of the Sustainable Landscape
(2012-08-10)
This thesis examines the relationship between water and the winemaking industry through an integrated architectural approach to the landscape. The emphasis is on the refinement of water use for vineyard irrigation and ...
TOWARDS BIOMARKER DISCOVERY IN CONGENITAL URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION
(2014-05-30)
Proteome analysis techonologies are commonly employed for discovery-based biomarker identification studies. This thesis aims to help bridge the gap between analytical technology development and clinical application by ...