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Exploring Adverse Drug Effect Data with Apache Spark, Hadoop, and Docker
(2015-09-23)
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs), a subset of the broader adverse events (AEs), have been shown in several studies to have a considerable burden on healthcare costs and patient outcomes. ADRs account for a significant increase ...
The Sialic Acid Binding Protein, Hsa, in Streptococcus gordonii DL1 also Mediates Intergeneric Coaggregation with Veillonella Species
(PLos One, 2015-11-25)
Dental biofilm development involves initial colonization of the tooth’s surface by pioneer colonizers, followed by cell-cell coaggregation between the pioneer and later colonizers. Streptococcus gordonii is one of the ...
SELECTION OF LONG LASTING REHABILITATION TREATMENT USING LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS AND PRESENT SERVICEABILITY RATING
(2015-10)
A wide range of variables influence the selection strategy for rehabilitation and maintenance of pavements. The focus of this study is to conduct a project-level evaluation of high traffic volume asphalt-surfaced pavements ...
Justice and capabilities in the postcolony: Extending Sen to the Jamaican and South African contexts
(Philosophy & Social Criticism, 2015-01-01)
This article explores briefly the practical as well as theoretical issues that arise when Amartya Sen’s evaluation of justice through the capabilities afforded citizens in a society is applied to postcolonies like Jamaica ...
Urania's Mirror: Constellation Cards
(2015)
Urania's Mirror was a set of constellation cards designed to aid in the teaching and learning of constellations. This set includes 32 cards, each focused upon one or a few constellations. Holes punched in the positions of ...
Transversing Our borders: Decolonizing Communication Theory
(2015-08-14)
This dissertation explores the limitations of western communication models through analyzing the western colonial philosophical assumptions which underlie theories of communication. The themes of knowledge, reality, identity, ...
Self-Transcendence, Virtue and Happiness: A Psychological Investigation of Buddhist Perspectives on the Self and Well-Being
(2015-03-13)
The proposed project aims to study self-identification as a major impediment to virtue and hap-piness, and self-transcendence as a reliable path to higher personal well-being. Approaching age-old philosophical questions ...
The Gestation of Virtue: An Examination of How Experiences in the Womb May Build the Moral Self
(2015-03-14)
This project represents an empirical test of the Co-Investigator’s “Life is a Wonder” model of pregnancy (Barragan Sanchez, 2007). The Life is a Wonder model posits that, if an expecting mother construes her coming baby ...
Hands on Testing (HOT) Pilot Project: Recommendations and Findings Final Report
(2015-04-20)
This report includes findings from a pilot project with three main objectives: (1) to develop standardized measures for the HOT test (child and adult interview), (2) to test of the reliability/validity of the newly developed ...
The Virtue of Self-Distancing
(2015-03-14)
According to Adam Smith, developing a moral self requires psychological distance: the ability to adopt a perspective outside of oneself, and then examine and regulate one’s feelings and behavior from that point of view. ...