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On the development of a suite of tools for the analysis of Twitter discourse
(2022-05)
Social media has become a ubiquitous avenue of natural language use that represents an enormous amount of data, which has in the last decade been used in an increasing amount of linguistic research in such topics as regional ...
Identification of transcriptomic signature in cellular senescence and characterization of circulating small non-coding RNA during human aging
(2022-12)
Accumulation of cellular senescence always forebodes the initialization of aging and cancer. It is an irreversible process that leads to cell cycle arrest while senescent cells still own metabolic viability to affect tissue ...
Untold experiences from the perspectives of women mortuary science students: A qualitative study
(2022-07)
Women students are entering mortuary science programs, being retained, and graduating at much higher rates than ever before. This is despite research that shows women in science-related programs often face discrimination ...
Self-contained special education program's impact on supporting trauma: A case study
(2021-05)
The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore teacher perceptions regarding the influence of specialized training and Emotional Behavior Disorder (EBD) programming to support students with special needs who have also ...
Algorithm for distributed heterogeneous robot-human teams
(2020-05)
This dissertation presents a set of three closely related studies conducted by me during my Doctoral studies. The studies focus on two immensely important aspects of Robotics; control of the cooperative multi-robot system ...
Characterizing mechanisms of potential inhibitors of the Hsp90 chaperone complex
(2023-05)
In this work, we characterized the effects of ten compounds reported to be inhibitors of the Hsp90 chaperone complex in Jurkat leukemia cells, and compared them to the N-terminal Hsp90 inhibitor AUY922. Our primary focus ...
Three essays on labor and development economics
(2020-05)
My dissertation comprises three chapters. The first chapter analyzes how economic shocks from the housing market impact the labor market and family formation decisions in the US. The second chapter explores the determinants ...
Essays in development economics and agricultural economics
(2021-07)
We study the impact of the Kenyan Tea Liberalization program on educational attainment in the Tea growing areas of Kenya. Tea is a major cash crop in Kenya and tea expansion is likely to generate more returns for female ...
Childhood experiences, adult attachment styles and maternal outcomes
(2021-12)
Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have devastating impacts across a person's life span, including poor health choices, disease and early death. Positive childhood experiences (PACEs) have ...
Three essays on the economics of cybersecurity
(2020-05)
The rapid growth of digitization has made cybersecurity a critical area for corporations, markets, and governments. The rise in cybersecurity investments and sweeping changes in the regulatory environment raise new economic ...