Gene therapy; Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries; Tissue engineering
The combination of viral mediated gene delivery, tissue engineering, and Schwann cell (SC) transplantation offer a promising strategy to enhance axonal regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord injury (SCI). The rationale and...
The current status of our knowledge of synaptic plasticity comes largely from studies of the hippocampus and the context of learning and memory. We remain largely ignorant of plasticity in other neural systems and contexts. The molecular basis of...
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs), Double Walled Carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) and C60@SWNT (peapods) are three of well-ordered all-carbon nanostructures. Peapods are SWNTs filled with C60 fullerene peas. At high temperatues, C60 molecules coalesce...
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are the two leading causes of blindness in the world today. Despite enormous efforts and advances in clinical treatment of eye diseases, there is no established method or cure of...
From a computerized image analysis prospective, early diagnosis of lung cancer involves detection of doubtful nodules and classification into different pathologies. The detection stage involves a detection approach, usually by template matching,...
The aim of this thesis is to show that there is found in this "noblest of comic masterpieces" an absorbing study of mankind and a profound knowledge of the human heart. It is In his work that man gives himself to the world; in his...
Performance art; Video recording; Film stills; Motion pictures; Fantasy; Women; Artists; Youth; Boys; Teenagers; Dancers; Dance; Recreation; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Walking; Clothing & dress; Trousers; Shirts; T-shirts; Shoes; Footwear;...
Videotape; 25 minutes, color, silent; "The idea that art can provide access to an artist's inner being is amusingly, and pointedly, repudiated here. Wearing is completely immersed in her own world. In the video, no soundtrack accompanies her...
Jug bands; African American musicians; African Americans; Musicians; Parties; Segregation; People
A group of African American musicians kneels in the foreground. They wear overalls and straw hats and each hold an instrument including jug, guitar, banjo, and saxophone. In a covered outdoor area at three rows of tables a large group of mostly...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Parking garages; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Automobiles
First level of the Floyd Street Parking Garage facing the Houchens Building. Water covers inner portion of the floor. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Reception rooms
Reception room, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Small room with white walls and a faded area rug over a carpet with a contrasting pattern. Matching sofa and armchair. Small table with flowers, and a bureau on legs with a white vase. Large...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Parlors
Parlor, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Medium sized room with white walls and worn area rug. Two windows with floral drapes on rods, the inner drapes drawn. Secretary with glassed in bookshelf; desk chair; sofa; armchair; and three small...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Bedrooms
Bedroom, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Room with white walls; two windows with inner drapes drawn, outer drapes gathered. Two dark twin beds with headboard lights and light ticker stripe bedding. Bureau; mirror; small desk with white cloth...
New stewards stand at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. White, two-story octagonal stand with stairs and topped by a pennant. The first story is enclosed up to an open area at window height. The second story has an inner area which is enclosed...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women
Portrait of American soprano Emma Thursby, who was born February 21, 1845 and died July 4, 1931. She stands next to a chair, wearing a long evening gown with floral patterns on outer and inner layers, and a fascinator atop her pulled-back hair....
Forts & fortifications; Historic sites; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.); Buildings
Exterior view of the Alamo fort from across a road. Front wall and part of the side are visible. A star is at the top of the front wall. Title: 16578 'The Alamo' - Texas Cradle of Liberty (Dating from 1744), San Antonio. Text on left: Keystone View...
Railroad tracks; Electric railroads; Railroads; Canals
Four sets of railroad tracks with fields on either side. Electric poles and lines run parallel to the tracks. A train is on the left set of tracks with a person sitting on the top of one of the cars. A second train is on one of the middle sets of...
Railroad stations; Railroads; Union Station (Chicago, Ill.); Buildings; Bridges
Overhead view of Union Station in Chicago and the Chicago River. Two buildings are in the background with rows of train platforms in front. To the left is the Chicago River with a boat and barges visible. In the foreground is a bridge crossing the...