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Understanding Post-transcriptional Regulation in the Molecular Clock

Brownstein, Nathan

Circadian rhythms are endogenous, self-perpetuating patterns of gene expression which oscillate with a period of 24 hours that matches the rotation of the earth. The transcriptomic state of the organism within this pattern allows it to anticipate and adapt to environmental changes by driving physiological and behaviora...

The Power of Storytelling

Acuña-Luna, Raymundo

The Power of Storytelling: An Autoethnography of a Retention Counselor Working with College Students of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworking (MSFW) Backgrounds at a Predominantly White Institution delves into a former retention counselor's personal and professional journey. It centers his quest to find his voice by focusin...

Prescription medicine use in pregnancy

Donald, Sarah Michelle

<strong>Background</strong>Prescription medication use during pregnancy has risen over recent decades in many countries, therefore addressing the lack of robust pregnancy safety data for many medications is essential. Post-marketing studies that use routinely collected healthcare records provide an opportunity to stren...

Navigating language hierarchies in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean

Gilbert, Katharine

Creoles have, since the languages first appeared, been marginalized in official spaces, which has not only led to the marginalization of Creole speakers, but also engendered anti-Creole biases and alienation in Creole speakers. All that was connected to Frenchness—language, religion, culture, etc.—was considered inhere...

The resilient spirit

Kim, Wonkyung

Microbial Chain Elongation for Production of Medium Chain Carboxylic Acid from Wet Organic Waste

Harahap, Budi Mandra

Microbial chain elongation is a biochemical process that converts lower-value chemicals such as ethanol and short chain carboxylic acids (SCCAs) into higher-value medium chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs). These MCCAs are derived from low-cost substrates, such as waste materials, and have lower solubility in water, making...

Gaussian Processes for Scientific Machine Learning: PDE Solvers and Operator Learning

Darcy, Matthieu D.

We present applications of probabilistic machine learning, with a strong emphasis on Gaussian processes, to several problems arising from differential equations. In particular, we consider three topics: designing solvers for forward and inverse problems, operator learning, and learning and predicting dynamical systems...

“There are some things that cannot be said”

Chisaka, Nyaradzai

This dissertation analyzes women’s experiences of sexual violence during the Zimbabwean Liberation War of 1966-1980 and their perspectives on the trauma associated with this conflict. I examine why official state-sponsored narratives and popular accounts maintained within communities did not prioritize addressing women...

Investigating the impact of diabetes mellitus and glucose-lowering therapies on Parkinson’s disease risk and progression: A series of population-based cohort studies using nationwide linked administrative data

Pike, Christina Jane Louisa

Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but most studies have important methodological limitations that may bias the magnitude of this association. DM has also been linked to greater symptom severity and faster disease progression in people with PD, although eviden...

Unfolded protein response in the pathogenesis of oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid lesions

Sameera, Ayesha

Oral lichen planus (OLP) and oral lichenoid lesions (OLL) are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases of oral mucosa. The precise aetiology of OLP is unknown but many potential triggers are recognised and OLL is linked to drugs or restorative materials. The immunopathogenesis of OLP and OLL involves antigen prese...