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T cell immunity in the female genital tract
Many pathogens of global health significance are sexually transmitted, highlighting the importance of studying immune cells in genital barrier tissues. T cells are a critical component of the immune response to viruses, ... -
T-cell signaling in response to altered myelin basic protein peptides
(2003)Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) can be induced in H-2k mice with the N-terminal peptide of myelin basic protein (MBP). Helper T-cells type 1 (TH1) specific to the MBP Ac(1-11) peptide mediate the autoimmune ... -
T6SS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A novel model for toxin delivery
The Type Six Secretion System (T6SS) is a bacterial toxin-delivery system targeting bacterial cells which neighbor the donor, promoting recipient cell death. The T6SS is widely conserved among Gram-negative bacteria and ... -
Tactical Urbanism Demonstration Projects as Community Participation
Tactical urbanism projects, particularly short-term demonstration projects, are an increasingly popular method of community participation as part of the planning process but have not been included as part of the urban ... -
Tactile MapTile: working towards inclusive cartography
This project presents an alternative approach to understanding the pedestrian experience. Challenging the existing primacy afforded to vision, this work takes a tactile approach. Physical abstractions are used as a means ... -
Tailoring Material and Mechanochemical Responses with Microstructure
The objectives of this project were twofold: (i) to develop a methodology for tailoring the nonlinear elastic response of a 2D lattice material through designed microstructural geometric nonlinearities; and (ii) to show ... -
Tailoring mindset interventions for first-generation college students: A cultural fit approach
First-generation (FG) college students, students who are the first in their family to attend college, are more likely to face academic challenges relative to continuing-generation (CG) students. Growth mindset interventions, ... -
Tailoring Polymer Micro-extraction Phases to Enhance the Sensitivity and Selectivity of Raman Spectroscopy
(2013-11-14)Raman Spectroscopy (RS) systems are evolving toward portable, affordable, and highly versatile analytical chemistry platforms, though sensitivity, selectivity, and fluorescence in many complex multi-component real-world ... -
Take-Over Time Modeling and Prediction for Conditional Driving Automation
Autonomous vehicles are designed to enhance the overall driver safety by taking the driver out of the loop. However, the autonomous vehicles that are currently available on the market still require that the driver is ... -
Taking Artemisinin to Clinical Anticancer Applications: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of pH-responsive Artemisinin Dimer Derivatives in Lipid Nanoparticles
Qinghaosu or Artemisinin is an active sesquiterpene lactone isolated from Artemisia annua L. The natural product and its derivatives are known as a first line treatment for malaria. Investigations have also reported that ... -
Taking Space Through Language: Multilingual People of Color’s Perspective Informing Translingual Practices in a Monolingual Education System
This paper hopes to add to the great and always growing work put forth by the many contributors to Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (Alim & Paris, 2017), critical translingual approach (Seltzer, 2019), and refusal (Simpson, ... -
Taking Them Into the Field: Mathematics Teacher Candidate Learning About Equity-Oriented Teaching Practices in a Mediated Field Experience
(2012-09-13)Teacher education programs have been criticized as too theoretical with university courses disconnected from the practical realities of classrooms. This single case study investigates a model of teacher education that ... -
A Tale of Two Ed.D. Programs: A Case Study of Intersectionality between Program Structure and Advising Model
(2013-02-25)The purpose of this study is to explore the intersectionality of program structure and advising models in Doctor of Education (EdD) programs. This study examines two EdD programs, one that is traditional in its structure ... -
Tales from Here and There
Tales From Here and There is a two part compilation that features fairy tales and poetics statements. The interconnected fairy tales provide the preliminary structure for a secondary fantasy world. They offer insight into ... -
Talking About Mindfulness: Portrayals in Diverse Communication Communities
Mindfulness as a concept and a practice has gained significant recognition, referenced and employed in academic studies and the popular press, among other communities. Within these literatures, broad conclusions are often ... -
Talking Story About Quitting Pugua - An Exploratory Study on Self-Driven Cessation of Betel Nut (Pugua) Chewing on Saipan
An estimated six hundred million people across the globe chew betel nut (areca nut). Additionally, betel nut chewing has strong cultural ties in the Pacific Islands and South and East Asia. Many believe it offers positive ... -
Talking Story: The Militarization of Guåhan and Flows of Information in Chamoru Systems of Knowledge
This dissertation is a local, specific study on the Chamorro language policies of Guam. Scholars have noted since the beginning of the American occupation that the Indigenous Chamorro language of Guam is dying and is in ... -
Talking to Robots: Learning to Ground Human Language in Perception and Execution
Advances in computation, sensing, and hardware are enabling robots to perform an increasing variety of tasks in progressively fewer constraints. It is now possible to imagine robots that can operate in traditionally ... -
Talking with Tweets: An Exploration of Museums' Use of Twitter for Two-Way Engagement
Past research has shown that although Twitter is an ideal platform for audience engagement, museums are not using it as such, and are instead using it almost solely as a promotional tool. This study aimed to understand the ... -
Tallying Reference Errors in Narratives: Integrative Language Function, Impairment, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(2010-12-15)This study investigates the construct validity of a new measure of Integrative Language functioning, Tallying Reference Errors In Narratives (TREIN), by examining the association between previously existing CNS impairment ...