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DIABETES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG SAUDI WOMEN
(2021-07-14)Given the fact that Saudi women with DM have more obesity but lower levels of physical activity compared to men, and have additional cultural barriers to physical activity, new interventions are needed. Home-based ... -
Diabetes, Depression and Syndemic Suffering among African American Patients: The Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Class
(2016-12-20)This research study illustrates the overarching syndemic theory, which was used to explain the interconnections of type 2 diabetes, clinical depression, and human suffering among low-income African American outpatients ... -
A Diachronic Perspective Of Marine Shell Use From Structure B1 At Blackman Eddy, Belize
(Anthropology, 2009-09-16)This thesis examines the marine shell artifacts recovered from Structure B1 at the site of Blackman Eddy, Belize. Typological and taxonomic analyses provided useful information on the types of artifacts used and the species ... -
Diagnosing Wi-fi Association Issues And Optimizing Network Performance
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)Extensive deployment of Wi-Fi networks at homes and public places has triggered research interest in several aspects of Wi-Fi technology like deployment strategies and optimization. People use Wi-Fi or 802.11 networking, ... -
Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Electrical And Mechanical Faults Using Wireless Sensor Networks And A Two-stage Neural Network Classifier
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-09-17)Diagnosis and isolation of electrical and mechanical problems in induction motors has always been a very challenging task. Some of the common problems in induction motors are: bearing, stator winding, and rotor bar failures. ... -
Diagnosis and Quantification of Post-Disaster Construction Material Cost Fluctuations
(2018-06-06)The post-disaster survival of cities and communities depend on their capabilities to rapidly reconstruct damages. Temporary increase in construction costs following natural disasters, also known as “demand surge,” impedes ... -
Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer Using Auto-flourescence Lifetime And Light Reflectance Spectroscopy: A Potential Tool For Positive Margin Assessment
(Biomedical Engineering, 2012-04-11)Malignant Breast Neoplasm (MBN) or breast cancer is a heterogeneous cancer type originating in the breast tissue. Surgery is considered the primary treatment for breast cancer, with many early stage patients being cured ... -
Dialectic Aesthetics: The Landscape Aesthetics Of Steven Bourassa And The Architecture Aesthetics Of Roger Scruton
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)This paper explores the similarities and differences between Roger Scruton's The Aesthetics of Architecture and Steven Bourassa's The Aesthetics of Landscape. The purpose of Scruton's book, according to Scruton, is to ... -
Diane of the Green Van
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Differences Between Women And Minority Businesses And Nonminority Businesses: A Culture-based Explanation
(Management, 2007-08-23)As the American workforce is buffeted by industries that are downsizing, requesting pay concessions and relocating production to foreign countries with lower factor costs, politicians and union representatives wave the ... -
DIFFERENCES IN DISCIPLINE: ANALYSIS OF TEXAS SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ACTIONS FOR BLACK FEMALES
(2021-04-29)The purpose of this study was to examine disproportionate disciplinary rates among Black girls and whether the disproportionality impacts reading achievement in comparison to White girls in Texas urban and suburban public ... -
Differential Cue Weighting in Mandarin Sibilant Production
(SAGE, 2023)Individual talkers vary in their relative use of different cues to signal phonological contrast. Previous work provides limited and conflicting data on whether such variation is modulated by cue trading or individual ... -
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF LOCAL IDENTITY AND GLOBAL IDENTITY ON TWO IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: PRICE-QUALITY JUDGMENTS AND CREATIVITY
(2018-12-06)Globalization has substantially influenced the world economy and also individuals. As a person with a cross-cultural background, it is fascinating to observe that different identities change individuals’ behavior. My ... -
Differential Equation Models Of Foreign Body Fibrotic Reactions For Assessing Roles Of Macrophage Phenotypes And Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Implant failure due to fibrotic encapsulation is an ongoing challenge in the bio-medical field. We develop two mathematical models based on partial differential equations in two spatial dimensions, and use them to gain ... -
Differential Impact of Psychological and Physiological Health Outcomes on Long-Term Associative Recognition
(2018-05-17)Evidence suggests that lifestyle and environmental factors may contribute to later life cognitive decline and dementia. Although there is a large amount of evidence linking psychological and physiological factors to general ... -
Differentiation Of Gene Expression In Behaviorally Isolated Black And Brown Morphs Of Drosophila elegans
(Biology, 2007-09-17)Pre-zygotic isolation has been recognized as the primary form of incipient speciation, with behavioral isolation as one of its most significant manifestations. In spite of intensive research on behavioral isolation, its ... -
Diffuse Optical Imaging Of Brain Function Under Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation And In Children With Cerebral Palsy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-03-03)Diffuse Optical Imaging (DOI) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique which measures the changes in oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations at a high temporal resolution based on the principle of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.DOI ... -
Diffuse Optical Tomography To Study The Ischemic Stroke In Rat Models
(Biomedical Engineering, 05-06-2013)Stroke, including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke, is the major leading cause of death in the United States. More than 80 percent of stroke patients are diagnosed with ischemic stroke, which usually results from ... -
Diffused Correlation Spectroscopy for Measurement of Blood Perfusion During Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
(2016-05-27)Near infrared stimulation or Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is an innovative technique shown to effect the microvasculature hemodynamics. The aim of this study is to use Diffused Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) to evaluate ... -
Diffusion And Elastoplastic Analyses Of Polycrystalline Magnesium For Solid State Hydrogen Storage Application
(Mechanical Engineering, 2015)Solid state hydrogen storage can be an effective way of storing hydrogen as an energy source for mobile applications. The advantage includes high energy density, low setup cost, safe operation, abundance of metal hydrides, ...