Colorectal cancer is the fourth commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Despite the different therapeutic strategies, the five-year survival rate of Stage IV colorectal cancer is 10%. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop ...

Non-rainfall waters such as fog and dew are considered as important source of water in drylands, and the knowledge of possible sources of its formation is very important to make future predictions. Prior studies have ...

Through an analysis of the depiction of female protagonists in young adult dystopian and speculative works of fiction, this thesis establishes leadership studies as a theoretical framework for literary study. Leadership ...

Dental biofilm is a main contributing factor in the initiation and progression of dental caries. The maturation of dental biofilms is expected to alter the anti-caries efficacy of fluoride compounds. In the first aim, ...

BackgroundIn an effort to reduce the increasing number of persons with mental illness (PMI) experiencing incarceration, co-responding police-mental health teams are being utilized as a way to divert PMI from the criminal ...

Context. Prediction models for dementia are crucial for informing clinical decision making in older adults. Previous models have used genotype and age to obtain risk scores to determine risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, one of ...

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) affects 1/3 of all Americans and is the clustering of three or more of the following cardiometabolic risk factors: obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance. ...

High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common and deadliest ovarian cancer (OC) type, accounting for 70–80% of OC deaths. This high mortality is largely due to late diagnosis. Early detection is thus crucial to ...

Increases in 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are shown to improve strength in adults; however, data in pediatric populations are scant and equivocal. In this ancillary study of a larger-scale, multi-sited, double-blind, ...

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are unraveling the genetics of adult brain neuroanatomy as measured by cross-sectional anatomic magnetic resonance imaging (aMRI). However, the genetic mechanisms that shape childhood ...