Green tea--Health aspects; Green tea--Therapeutic use; Polyphenols--Physiological effect; Drug delivery systems; Lungs--Cancer--Treatment
Green tea polyphenols (GTPs) are gaining increasing attention because of their potential anti-tumor effects. However, poor oral bioavailability limits their efficacy in vivo. In this dissertation, two hypotheses were tested: 1) GTPs administered...
Sex offenders--Psychology; Sex offenders--Mental health
Sexual abuse and sexual violence perpetrated against women and children in the United States are social problems that need to be addressed. The United States is one of the most sexually violent societies in the world, having one of the highest...
Myocardial infarction; Glucose--Metabolism; Mitochondrial DNA
Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA. During the development of heart failure, many cardiac parameters change at the same time including fuel metabolism, oxidative stress and mitochondrial function. Each of these...
INTRODUCTION: Heart failure is a major and growing public health concern. Although heart failure has been considered an inexorable and progressive disorder, emerging evidence suggests that some patients may have reversible left ventricular...
Integrins are major receptors for cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix, and play key roles in various cellular processes including adhesion, migration, proliferation and survival. Apart from developmental and physiological events, integrins...
Sick--Personal narratives; Sick--Psychology; Sick--Biography--History and criticism; Narrative medicine
This dissertation uses a phenomenological and sociological lens to explore how non-fiction illness narratives help us understand how perception of the self is disrupted because of serious illness or injury. Specifically, I use the French...
This dissertation explores how presidential inaugural speeches reflect the overarching mindset of the government, and how, in the postmodern era, this mindset manifests the same sort of African American erasure that has existed since Middle...
Teaching--Methodology; Universities and colleges--Faculty--Attitudes
Conceptions of teaching and learning held by faculty in higher education broadly reflect two dominant approaches, those that are teacher-focused and content oriented, and those that are student-focused and learner oriented (Entwistle, Skinner,...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching; Community colleges--Kentucky--Louisville
The introduction to this doctoral dissertation is an argument for locating Writing Across the Curriculum programs on the community-college campus for several reasons, among them the proximity of the disciplines on the community college campus, the...
The purpose of this dissertation is to suggest that peace is an idea that changes throughout the history of the west, rather than to show how nations may achieve peace or to define what it is. It begins as a concept the power brokers refer to or...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for Kentucky School of Medicine for 1896. Includes list of board of regents, faculty, and hospital staff; program and hospital information, students enrolled for 1895 with graduates indicated by an asterisk, and alumni association...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for Kentucky School of Medicine for 1897. Includes list of board of regents, faculty, and hospital staff; program and hospital information, students enrolled for 1896 with graduates indicated by an asterisk, and alumni association...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for the Kentucky School of Medicine for 1859-1860. Includes list of board of regents and faculty, program information, students for 1858-1859 session, and graduates for 1858-1859. Printed on cover: Annual Announcement of the Kentucky School...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for Kentucky School of Medicine for 1895. Includes list of board of regents, faculty, and hospital staff; school, program, and hospital information, register of students enrolled in 1894, a list of graduates, and alumni information....
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1890. Includes faculty, program information, enrolled students 1889, graduates 1874-1889, and university information. Printed on cover: 1890. The Central University of Kentucky. Medical Department. Hospital...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1888. Includes faculty, program information, enrolled students 1887, graduates 1884-1887, and university information. Printed on cover: Announcement of the Regular Session of 1888 of the Hospital College of...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1887. Includes faculty, program information, enrolled students for 1886, graduates 1874-1886, and university information. Printed on cover: Announcement of the Regular Session of 1887 of the Hospital College...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1891. Includes faculty, program information, enrolled students 1890, graduates for 1890, and university information. Printed on cover: 1891. The Central University of Kentucky, Medical Department. Hospital...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1889. Includes faculty, program information, graduates for 1888, enrolled students for 1888, and university information. Printed on cover: Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Session 1889.
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Constitutions--Kentucky
Kentucky's third constitution, ratified by voters in 1850 is important historically as the first state charter for which complete record of the convention that drafted it was published, making it possible to research the intentions of the framers. ...
