Reperfusion of the ischemic lung causes pulmonary arteriolar vasoconstriction and reduces alveolar perfusion. Lung ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury leads to platelet and leukocyte activation which could contribute to decreased alveolar perfusion...
To manage large image databases, Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) emerged as a new research subject. CBIR involves the development of automated methods to use visual features in searching and retrieving. Unfortunately, the performance of most...
This dissertation addresses two different problems: 1) coronal loop detection from solar images: and 2) salient contour group extraction from cluttered images. In the first part, we propose two different solutions to the coronal loop detection...
Barbershops--Social aspects; African American men--Social life and customs; African American men--Conduct of life; African American men--Psychology
Labeled as a man's environment, the Black barbershop is a sacred location for
Black men. Yet, it is unclear how Black men communicate in the Black barbershop.
This research study examined the communicative process of Black men within the...
Houses; Street lights; Agricultural machinery & implements; Railroad locomotives; Railroad stations; Dirt roads; Churches; Methodist Episcopal Church (Bucklin, Kan.); Christian Church (Bucklin, Kan.)
Montage of images from Bucklin, Kansas. Individual pictures are labeled. An image of a frame house is labeled, "Residence, Bucklin, Kans." There are pictures of two frame churches, one labeled, "Christain Church" [sic] and the...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Literature on religious involvement in public affairs typically examines the
national scene, particularly public opinion and political behavior in presidential elections.
Few scholars examine religious actors in urban politics and policymaking....
The lipid aldehydes, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) and propene-2-al (acrolein) are reactive α,β-unsaturated aldehydes generated during the peroxidation of lipids and are implicated in the pathogenesis of several oxidative-stress mediated diseases,...
Plague--History--Europe; Black Death--Social aspects--Europe; Erotica--Europe--History; Idols and images--Europe--History; Superstition--Europe--History
This thesis examines a large corpus of enigmatic pilgrimage badges dating from
roughly 1350-1500 CE. The badges were brought to light during archaeological
excavations of water sites throughout the Schelde Estuary in the Netherlands, the
riverbanks...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: main building and quadrangle of a campus, with insets of a long, low building, a four-story building with dome, and a body of water surrounded by fence; illustrated title page for "The American...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: centurion watching man wearing crown accompanied by children with brooms and whips; bearded man wearing fur pelt witnesses arrival, by boat, of colonists, who have already begun hunting;...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the paddle-wheel steamboat, the zeppelin, the teapot or genie bottle, the three-dimensional rectangle, the flower with 9 spokes, the eagle perched on shield, the...
Buildings; J.B. Speed Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School
Architect's rendering of Speed Scientific School, named J. B. Speed Hall, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, three story brick building with projecting center pillars and portico (labeled "1936") and a domed tower...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of Humanities Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-story brick building with pillars lining most of the first floor except for the two ends where there are projecting facades with...
Three men (two sitting, one standing) pose in the back of a coal car labeled with 'Ashland Coal & Iron Ry.' and the number 5, while one man stands between the car and the engine and one man sits in the locomotive, which is labeled 'Jno. G....
University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Architectural models
Architectural model of four buildings for the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. The building in the front is labeled "Dental School Instructional Facilities, Clinics, Faculty Offices, and Research." The building on the left is...
Map of Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1926, with railroads and electric lines labeled as well as parks, cemeteries, hospitals, public buildings and utilities, Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville Jockey Club, Reform School, and Kentucky Institute...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man and woman riding galloping horses; floral/leaf border; leafy plant labeled Fig. 1; number 1; seated man wearing hat, vest, and bow tie, with left shirt sleeve rolled up and elbow bent; rodent...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man in tunic seated among four male lions; knights on horseback jousting outside castle; girl and boy listening to man seated on porch smoking pipe and holding skull; number 11; man wearing turban and...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: large and small monkeys on branches; two monkeys in forest; man in shackles seated in prison cell next to cot, with two women and a man watching from doorway; two images of the earth,...
Children; Animals; Men; Play (Recreation); Toys; Campaigns & battles; Flowers; Trees; Buildings; Body parts; Military personnel; Reading; Indians of North America; Maps; Alphabets (Writing systems); People associated with religion
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: rat and boy among plants; man in wide-brimmed hat, cape, and sash riding horse, holding onto long whip; boy spinning top while little girl watches; men battling with swords and guns...
