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“I Ain’t Tied to No Law:” 1.5-Generation Undocumented Immigrants and Alternative Paths for Inclusion
(2016)1.5-generation undocumented immigrants, those who were brought to the United States as minors, use a variety of methods to counter their exclusion from U.S. citizenship and membership. Through participant-observation of ... -
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I Spill Fantastic
(2019)This thesis is a full-length collection of original poetry in four parts. Each section functions within its own thematic structure, but most of the poems vary in form and content. Part III is a series of interlocking ... -
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I'm Walking Here!: Pedestrian Intent Recognition Identifying Future Pedestrian Trajectory using Machine Learning On-Board an Autonomous Vehicle
(2018)For autonomous cars to become street viable, they must go beyond sensing pedestrians to predicting the actions of pedestrians and their future positions. Pedestrian Intent Recognition (PIR) is a system for predicting ... -
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I/O Throughput Prediction for HPC Applications Using Darshan Logs
(2022)As most High Performance Computing (HPC) applications deal with large volumes of data, I/O performance is of critical importance to optimize application performance. Despite having large-scale, high-performance parallel ... -
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Melioidosis Vaccine Candidates
(2021)Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is a CDC Tier 1 select agent. This facultative intracellular, Gram-negative pathogen is highly infectious via the respiratory route, and can cause severe, ... -
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Identification and characterization of novel quorum sensing systems through the scope of interspecies interaction in Streptococcal species
(2022)Quorum sensing (QS) is a chemical-based intercellular communication method related to population density used by single-celled organisms to coordinate gene regulation and resultant group behavior. These behaviors include ... -
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Somatic and Germ Cell Small RNA Species
(2014)Small non-protein-coding RNAs are essential, ubiquitous molecules found in every cell. Their functions range from post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA expression to epigenetic control of the genome. Small noncoding ... -
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Identification and Functional Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle Genes Involved in Pheromone Biosynthesis and Resin Detoxification
(2017)AbstractThe mountain pine beetle (MPB, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) and Jeffrey pine beetle (JPB, Dendroctonus jeffreyi) are highly destructive pests of pine forests in western North America. During flight to a new ... -
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Identification of a first in-class integrin enhancing small molecule for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(2015)Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a catastrophic X-linked neuromuscular disease that affects 1 in every 5000 males. DMD is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene which results in the loss of dystrophin protein, an ... -
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Identification of a Resin Detoxification P450 in Dendroctonus ponderosae
(2010)Monoterpene hydroxylation plays a critical role in resin detoxification in Dendroctonus ponderosae. Hydroxylation of (+)- and (-)-a-pinene to myrtenol and trans-verbenol was seen in both larvae and female mountain pine ... -
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Identification of Circulating Burkholderia pseudomallei Antigens and Development of Chimeric Antibodies
(2013)Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an emerging tropical disease. Thousands contract this disease every year, mainly in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Disease manifestations range from ... -
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Identification of Protein Coding Regions in Microbial Genomes Using Unsupervised Clustering
(2009)At present the genomes of many organisms have been sequenced, meaning that their nucleotide structure is known but the location of genes, and most importantly, the coding regions, are unknown. Identifying coding regions ... -
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Identification of Weather Conditions Related to Roadside LiDAR Data
(2021)Traffic data collection is essential for traffic safety and operations studies and has been recognized as a fundamental component in the development of intelligent transportation systems. In recent years, growing interest ... -
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Identifying a Growth Restoring Mutant in ala4/5 Dwarf Plants with PCR Diagnostics
(5/1/2020)Aminophospholipid ATPases (ALAs) are lipid flippases that are involved in the uptake and translocation of specific lipids across membrane bilayers. Research demonstrates that ALA4 and ALA5 are critical to proper vegetative ... -
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Identifying Barriers to Successful Establishment of Post-Fire Seeding in the Great Basin
(2010)The shift of Great Basin ecosystems from diverse shrub-grass communities to near monocultures of annual grasses has altered ecosystems, caused more frequent and intense fires, and led to an increased demand for plant ... -
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Identifying Components of Microsurfacing and Cold In-Place Recycling (CIR) Mixtures
(2023)Pavement preservation is essential to maintaining viable road infrastructure, microsurfacing is a widely used and cost-effective technique for preserving asphalt concrete pavements. CIR is a major pavement rehabilitation ... -
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Identifying Cultural Migration in Western North America through Morphometric Analysis of Early Holocene Projectile Points
(2019)Migrations and interactions between early populations are a major focus of Paleoindian research. Because there is a paucity of genetic data, researchers use distinctive projectile point styles to infer temporal and spatial ... -
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Identifying Indicators and Timescales of Agricultural Drought in the Northeast United States using Crop Area-weighted Drought Indices
(2022)Critical indices of agricultural drought in the Northeast United States (Northeast) are examined with a particular focus on the drought events in 2016 and 2020. We evaluate relationships of drought indices that are based ... -
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Identifying Spatiotemporal Effects of Climate on Civil Conflict
(2020)How do changes in climatic conditions and disaster patterns affect the persistence of civil unrest across countries over time? Existing studies postulate that changing climate conditions will exacerbate various social ... -
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Identifying the cognitive mechanisms that drive real-world food choices
(2021)In everyday life, humans are bombarded with opportunities for food consumption, from supermarkets and cafeterias to gas-stations and fast-food outlets. Given rising rates of obesity worldwide, there has been intense ...