Over half of the world’s population is at risk of contracting vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue The burden on global health has pandemic proportions, over 1 billion cases, and 1 million deaths annually. With ...

Background: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) have a devastating impact on morbidity and mortality globally. RTCs constitute the eighth leading cause of death globally, and road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the most common cause ...

This project is a combined experimental and computational study of peptide aggregation mechanism and biomineralization phenomena among serine-lysine (S-K) peptides, a series of small artificial peptides composed of serine ...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to understand the role of stigma in delaying cancer service engagement for women with breast cancer in Kampala, Uganda. Background: Women in African countries are twice as likely to die ...

Responding to concerns about the environmental impacts of human-computer interaction, this dissertation explores what it means to pursue design activities focused on ecological limits: what designers’ tools and skills might ...

Purpose: Walking is the preferred form of exercise for most people in the United States, yet most people live too far from work, school or daily errands to be able to transport themselves by walking. Some denser areas ...

How do you build community? Is it the building, services, and amenities that we build into communities? Or is it the people, who use buildings, services, and amenities in communities to have experienced, and build relationships ...

This thesis looks at the effects of new mobility services on emissions, via travel behavior and vehicle design improvements. Using NHTS data we find that right sizing allowed by shared mobility services would significantly ...

In their everyday choices, teachers and educators deal with profound questions about the efficacy of diverse teaching methodologies and the purposes of education. The learning sciences should shed light on these matters, ...

This study examined the correlations between two prominent family child care environmental rating scales, the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale - Revised (FCCERS-R) and the "Combined" Classroom Assessment Scoring ...