• The Role of Communication in Informal Caregiving for Family Members with Alzheimer’s Disease 

  Huber, Henri Kali (2022)

  The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study is to examine the role of communication in family caregiving for family members with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia as well as to examine how family caregivers use ...
• The Impacts of Oil on Secessionist Groups in the Oil Producing Regions: The Case of Kurdistan Region of Iraq in 2017 

  Saeed, Yerevan (2022)

  This dissertation explores the causes of the 2017 independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and specifically gauges the impacts of oil on the process. The study argues that the referendum was a result of a ...
• Machine Learning Models of B-cell and T-cell Epitopes Using Sequence and Structure Information 

  Sewsankar, Kiran (2022)

  Epitopes, the regions of antigens that are detected by the immune system, have garnered considerable scientific interest in recent years due to their potential for influencing the development of novel medical countermeasures, ...
• A Multimethod Approach to Understanding the Association Between Interpersonal Stress, Proinflammatory Response, and Suicidality 

  Defayette, Annamarie Bailey (2022)

  Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults. Peer-related interpersonal stress increases suicide risk within this age group. However, not all individuals who undergo peer-related ...
• Handling Missing Data in Randomization-based Inference 

  Tan, Xiao (2022)

  Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) serve as the gold standard in researching and developing new therapeutics. A new treatment’s effectiveness is evaluated by comparing it to existing or standard treatment in an RCT. ...
• A Study of Administrative Data Representation for Machine Learning 

  Asadzadehzanjani, Negin (2022)

  Administrative data, including medical claims, are frequently used to train machine learning-based models used for predicting patient outcomes. Despite many efforts in using administrative codes (medical codes) in claims ...
• The Effects of Performance-Based Overground Locomotor Training on Walking Turns Among Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease 

  Pugh, Randy Jamil (2022)

  PURPOSE: Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, exhibit compromised postural stability along with impaired gait and balance, contributing to walking limitations, including ...
• The Influence of an Overground Locomotor Training Program on Walking Gait Propulsive Force in Ambulatory Patients with Parkinson’s Disease 

  Corfman, Thomas A (2022)

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a 12-week overground locomotor training (OLT) program on the anterior-posterior (A-P) ground reaction force in ambulatory subjects with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease (PD).DESIGN: ...

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