Interactions between chemokines and their receptors are involved in organ- specific homing and propagation of metastatic breast cancer (BrCa) cells. BrCa cells express higher levels of CXCR4 and CXCR7 mRNA and cell surface protein, than normal...
The goals of this dissertation is to further the understanding of the roles of two genes identified by differential display polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) of cat visual cortex as candidate genes to play a role in visual cortical plasticity....
CDCIWHO only "recommends" that rings be removed under gloves because of cross-contamination between health care workers and patients. Microbiological samples of oral streptococci beneath rings and between fingers under non-sterile exam...
Prints--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions; Painting--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions; Art quilts; Block designs; Screen process printing; Feminism and art
This thesis explores pattern juxtaposition using traditional American quilt block designs as the compositional basis for nine works pieced from screen printed paper. In the 1970s, the quilt was celebrated for its apparent connection to Modernist...
Arsenic--Physiological effect; Cardiovascular system--Diseases; Liver--Effect of arsenic on; Arsenic--Toxicology
Chronic arsenic exposure is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD). Prenatal arsenic exposure at 49 ppm arsenic accelerates atherosclerosis underlying CVD in ApoE-/- mice, but the mechanism is unknown. This dissertation examines the...
Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT), known for its ferroelectric properties, is widely used in micro-electromechanical (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical (NEMS) devices. PZT is a ceramic material that is most commonly found in its sol gel form, which...
RNA--Analysis; Probability measures; Genetics--Research--Methodology
The present experimental designs have unique challenges in the analysis of microRNA
expression intensity levels. In this project, various Normalization techniques were
discussed with different statistical techniques and their application in an...
Aluminum fiber metal laminates (AFMLs) are a promising new type of fiber metal laminate that consists of aluminum foils interleaved with layers of a graphite fiber-polymer matrix composite (PMC) material. AFMLs combine the attractive features of...
A woman stands on the porch of a house on Montana Avenue after having been rescued from a car that had stalled in the flooded street. Photograph was taken in the mid-morning.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Houses; Porches; Streets; Pickup trucks; Men; Women
Three people sit on the porch of a house on Montana Avenue watching a man presumably walking in the flooded street. The man walks behind a red truck which is submerged up to the roof. The man is submerged up to his shoulders. Photograph was taken...
Water bubbles up from a drain in the street. The Reynolds Building rises in the background to the right. The street is flooded almost up to the railroad bridge over Third Street. Photograph was taken in the mid-morning.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Doors & doorways
Murky water rises halfway up a glass door serving as the "handicap entrance" to Jouett Hall on the University of Louisville campus. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
Fourth Street looking north from the railroad tracks near Industry Road. Caution tape stretches across Fourth Street limiting access to the flooded area. A TARC bus crosses a the street in the background and the downtown skyline can be seen in the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Office furniture; Office workers; Men; Women; Cellular telephones; University of Louisville--Employees
Man stands in front of room 150D of the Houchens Building with his pants rolled up. He is smiling and pressing keys on his cell phone.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Basements; Stairways; Floor coverings
Flooded lower level of the Houchens Building. Steps in the lower left corner lead to the floor which is covered with brown water. A rolled up carpet lays on a couch against the wall.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Parking lots; Automobiles
Parking lot between the Student Health and Counseling Center and the Houchens Building, presumably taken from a window of the Houchens Building. A red "Campus Health Services" sign stretches across the side of the building across the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Passageways; Women; Office workers; University of Louisville--Employees
Two women walk down a flooded hallway toward the camera smiling and waving. One woman is barefoot and has her pants rolled up. A sign over the doorway reads "To Elevator."
