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T-CELL MEMBRANE CAMOUFLAGED NANOPARTICLES FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA
(2017-05-30)Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers. The American Cancer Society reports that every hour, one person dies from melanoma. While there are a number of treatments currently available for melanoma (e.g. surgery, ... -
TAIL LATENCY PREDICTION FOR FORK-JOIN STRUCTURES
(2020-07-13)The workflows of the predominant user-facing datacenter services, including web searching and social networking, are underlaid by various Fork-Join structures. Due to the lack of understanding the performance of Fork-Join ... -
Tailored Analytical Methods For Surveying Groundwater Quality In Areas Of Unconventional Drilling
Many questions have been raised over the environmental impact of unconventional drilling techniques, especially on the groundwater of the extraction area. Analytical approaches and methods specific to hydraulic fracturing ... -
A Tale Of Three Phytopathogens: Impact Of Transposable Elements On Genome Evolution
(Biology, 2010-07-19)The genus Phytophthora harbors some notorious plant pathogens like Phytophthora infestans (causal of Irish potato famine), Phytophthora sojae (soybean rot agent), and Phytophthora ramorum (responsible for sudden oak ... -
A Tale Of Two Cities: Examining Nonprofit Accountability
(Social Work, 2009-09-16)Nonprofit organizations exist in a world of constantly increasing scrutiny and oversight, while public scandals create an increasing demand for public accountability. Program evaluation is seen as a powerful tool to assist ... -
Talking To Strangers--a Sociolinguistic Experiment: Variation In Initial Dyadic Interactions Between Spanish-speakers In Early 21st Century Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Linguistics, 2011-03-03)What are the chances of a dyad of Spanish-speaking strangers using informal address in casual, initial interactions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, today? To discover the pattern(s) of contemporary address, the Principal ... -
TaPIN: A Two-Factor User Authentication Scheme for Smartwatches through Secret Finger Tapping
(2020-05-11)Nowadays, smartwatches have become one of the most common wearable gadgets as they are small and portable. As more and more personal information is managed and processed inside smartwatches, it is important to have a secure ... -
Target Detection And Cognitive Radio Capacity Analysis Based On Sensor Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)In this dissertation we studied two topics which are focused on target detection through foliage and capacity analysis of cognitive radio. We propose a multi-step information theory based scheme for target detection through ... -
Target Tracking With Lucas-kanade Optical Flow And Particle Filters Through Affine Transforms And Occlusion
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)This paper investigates a hybrid approach derived from Lucas-Kanade optical flow tracking and particle filters that is capable of tracking objects through occlusion and affine transformations. This approach is inspired ... -
TARGETED AND UNTARGETED CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY METHODS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ANALYSIS
(2021-08-16)There has been an increased interest in the “craft” alcohol industry in recent years. Contrary to larger corporations that focus on standardizing their recipes for mass production, these small, independent businesses can ... -
Targeted Delivery Of Carbon Nanotubes To Cancer Cells
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-07-19)CD22 is broadly expressed on human B cell lymphomas. Monoclonal anti-CD22 antibodies (MAbs) alone, or coupled to toxins, have been used to selectively target these tumors both in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice ... -
Targeted Drug Delivery To Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Using Biodegradable Nanoparticles
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)Restenosis is a common problem that can occur in angioplasty patients. In order to reduce the restentosis rate, various treatments such as glucocorticoids and drug eluting stents have been used for angioplasty patients. ... -
TARGETED DRUG-LOADED NANOPARTICLE SYSTEM (TDNPS) TO AMELIORATE AND TREAT IDIOPATHIC LUNG FIBROSIS
(2022-12-19)Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal progressive disease with a dismal prognosis and 3-5 years of survival. Up to date, there are no effective treatments, and a few current therapies that do not ameliorate the ... -
Targeting Of Site-specific Non-LTR Retrotransposons: Role Of Amino-terminal Domains
(Biology, 2012-04-11)Restriction-like endonuclease (RLE) bearing non-LTR retrotransposons are site-specificelements that integrate into the genome through target primed reverse transcription (TPRT). RLE-bearing elements have been used as a ... -
Targeting the Oligomannose Biomarker Present on Distinct Subsets of Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
(2020-09-04)Subtypes of B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, including follicular lymphomas, have shown a unique high oligomannose presentation on their immunoglobulins that will interact with natural receptors of the innate immunity, ... -
Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Extreme Programming, which is recently gaining popularity as an alternate software development methodology, involves two programmers working collaboratively to develop software. This study examined the efficacy of pair ... -
Tax receivable agreements in initial public offerings: An analysis of the innovation incorporated in IPO agreements
A Tax Receivable Agreement (TRA) is a binding commitment between a newly public firm and the firm's founders to include a tax-sharing arrangement, obligating the IPO firm to make annual cash payments to the pre-IPO owners. ... -
TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION OF TOADS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) IN THE SUNDA SHELF OF INDONESIA
(2020-09-04)After Van Kampen’s 1905–1911 visit to Indonesia culminating in his Amphibians of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (1923), there has been no extensive herpetological exploration and compendium for Indonesia, particularly for ... -
TBI induced rate dependent viscoelastic response of axon: Predictions from a mathematical model
(2015-11-24)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts to almost one fifth of total fatal injuries. Even though there are various mechanisms hypothesized for the causes leading to TBI, diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is found to be the most ... -
TCHAIKOVSKY: SONATA-FORM STYLE AND TENDENCIES
(2020-12-07)William Caplin’s Formal-Function Theory and James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Sonata Theory were designed to analyze the tendencies of sonata forms written during the eighteenth century, particularly in the works of Haydn, ...