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ENCOURAGING HEALING IN HOSPITALS : AN INTEGRATIVE APPLICATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN
(2014-02-24)This thesis is an exercise in evidence-based design for a long-term acute care facility proposed in Chicago, IL, USA. The design concentrates around the patient room floor, exploring industry changes with regard to ... -
End Game: Rethinking the War on Terror
(2014)The United States is currently engaged in one the longest and costliest wars in its history. In the thirteen years since the devastating attacks on 9/11, the United States has waged war against al Qaeda and ideology of ... -
The End of Innocence: Women of Color Literature, Utopia, and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Cold War Racial Liberalism
(2013-07-25)This project studies the centrality of the utopian and dystopian narrative form in U.S. political culture after the protracted racial crisis of the 1960s. This dissertation explores two main lines of inquiry. The first ... -
End-of-Life Communication in End-Stage Liver Disease
(2013-07-25)University of Washington Abstract End-of-Life Communication in End-Stage Liver Disease: Three Empirical Studies Paula Cox-North Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor Ardith Doorenbos School of Nursing ... -
End-to-End Programming Tools for Mobile Manipulator Robots
Mobile manipulator robots have the potential to help people in a variety of unstructured scenarios, such as in households or in the service industry. However, with so many possible scenarios, roboticists cannot pre-program ... -
Endangered languages, technology and learning: A Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin case study
Efforts to support Indigenous and endangered language education continue to utilize technology in a variety of ways. As the vitality of many languages around the world continues to be threatened, it is important to reassess ... -
“Endless Opportunities”: A Qualitative Study on Improving Two-Way Texting For Medical Male Circumcision Clients In Zimbabwe
Background: Evidence shows that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as a one-time prevention method is a cost-effective way to reduce HIV transmission. In Zimbabwe, there is an HIV prevalence of 14.6% among adults, ... -
Endocrine correlates of sexual development in the male monkey, Macaca fascicularis
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Endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) accumulation in Puget Sound sediments and the implications for native fish populations
(School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 2008-06-19)Sediments from Glacier Bay and Puget Sound, Washington were analyzed for the presence of natural and synthetic estrogens and progestogens. Glacier Bay had low concentrations and Puget Sound had high concentrations. The ... -
Endocrine growth regulation in salmon: mechanisms of nutritional control of the growth axis
(2003)Vertebrate growth is regulated by the growth endocrine axis, which consists of pituitary growth hormone (GH), liver insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs). Studies were conducted to ... -
The endocrinology and evolution of tropical social wasps: from casteless groups to high societies
(2013-04-17)The endocrinology and behavior of three social vespid wasps was studied in northeast Brazil (São Cristóvão, Sergipe) from 2010-2011. There were two main objectives of this work: to test a hypothesis on the origin of ... -
Endogenous and exogenous extracellular microRNA transfer
MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression by repressing specific target mRNAs. Although most miRNAs regulate gene expression intracellularly, extracellular miRNAs ... -
Endogenous Biomarkers of CYP3A Activity
(2013-07-25)The activity of the drug-metabolizing enzyme cytochromes P450 3A (CYP3A) varies up to 20-fold between individuals. The interindividual variability may be due to both genetic variations and factors such as age, diet, ... -
The Endogenous Hormonal Milieu Associated with Thrombosis in Postmenopausal Women
Although the use of exogenous hormones, such as hormone therapy (HT) and oral contraceptives (OC), is known to be positively associated with the risk of venous thrombosis (VT), the endogenous hormonal environment associated ...