Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Nanny, Mark"
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The Advancement of Narrow Open Tubular Liquid Chromatography
Xiang, Piliang (2021-12-17)Open tubular columns are primarily used in gas chromatography, and they were regarded as the best choice to achieve high separation efficiency in gas chromatography. Substances diffuse much slower in liquids than in gases. ... -
Advances in understanding polymer chemical recycling reactions
Roncoli Jerdy, Ana Carolina (2023-12-15)Plastics revolutionized the world since the beginning of their mass production in the 1950’s. Packaging, construction, and many other industries successfully substituted materials for plastics, or found in these novel ... -
ANTIBIOTIC COMBINATION THERAPY AGAINST MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS BIOFILMS AND BROADENING ANTIBIOTIC SPECTRUM USING POLYETHYLENIMINE
Lam, Anh (2020-07)Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a serious growing threat around the globe. There has been no new antibiotic class developed in the past 30 years, while antibiotic-resistant superbugs are emerging everywhere and becoming more ... -
Applications of Button Sample Holders for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Measurements
Singh, Jaspreet (2021-12-17)Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a rapid and non-destructive method for chemical analysis that is based on interactions between electromagnetic radiation and matter. Despite its widespread popularity in commercial and research ... -
Branched polyethylenimine re-sensitizes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to beta-lactam antibioitics through a novel mechanism of action
Foxley, Melissa (2018)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a growing concern in the medical industry due to high morbidity and difficulty of treatment in infected patients. Conventional β-lactam antibiotics kill Staphylococcus ... -
Characterization of the iron sulfide oxidation products formed during reductive dechlorination of chlorinated aliphatic contaminants
Lan, Ying (2016-05)The overarching objective of this research is to investigate the transformation of iron sulfide, mackinawite (FeS), in contaminated environments. A special research focus is to investigate the FeS oxidation products formed ... -
Chemical Modeling of Unstable Intermediates in Heme-mediated NOx Biology
Abucayon, Erwin (2017-05-12)This dissertation describes the preparation, characterization, and reactivity of several critical unstable intermediates of relevance to the global N-cycle. Their spectroscopic signatures and chemical reactivities were ... -
Community Engagement in an Urban Elementary School: A Critical Ethnographic Inquiry
Shannon, Katheryn (2014-05-09)The challenges of engaging families in poverty have been documented and strategies for addressing the unique needs of communities of poverty have been put forward (Hands & Hubbard, 2011; Hiatt-Michael & Hands, 2010; Raffo ... -
Development and application of spray-capillary, a novel device for microsampling, and online capillary zone electrophoresis mass spectrometry analysis on nanoscale omics study
Huang, Lushuang (2021-12-17)The capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CZE-MS) platform, a well-developed analytical methodology, has been widely used for high-throughput nanoscale (e.g., < 5000 cells, single-cell sample) bioanalysis (e.g., ... -
DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT TOP-DOWN PROTEOMICS
Wang, Zhe (2019)Emerging technologies for liquid chromatography (LC) separations and mass spectrometry (MS) have dramatically improved the throughput of top-down proteomics, which has allowed the identification of thousands of intact ... -
Ecological Investigations of Hydrocarbonoclastic Microbial Communities Associated with the Built-Environment
Marks, Christopher (2016-09)Evidence for the microbial metabolism of hydrocarbons is routinely identified in diverse habitats, but particularly those associated with the production, processing, storage and use of petroleum. In these environments, ... -
ENHANCING ALCOHOL PRODUCTION IN CLOSTRIDIUM CARBOXIDIVORANS STRAIN P7T AND THE ROLE OF TANDEM ADH GENES
Ukpong, Michael (2014)Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 is one of three microbial catalysts capable of fermenting synthesis gas (mainly CO, CO2 and H2) to produce the liquid biofuels ethanol and butanol. Gasification of feedstocks to produce ... -
HARNESSING SMALL-MOLECULE PROTEIN STIMULATION TO DEVELOP NEW LEADS FOR RETINAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Dou, Xiaozheng (2020-07)This dissertation describes the development of new therapeutic leads for retinal (chapter 1-3) and infectious diseases (chapter 4). More than 40% of patients with retinal inflammatory diseases are refractory to the standard ... -
The influence of nitrate on the short-term corrosion of steel catalyzed by marine microorganisms
Herath, Anjumala (2019-12)Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is of global concern and a threat due to its economic, environmental as well as public health implications. Identifying the factors that govern or influence MIC is beneficial ... -
INTEGRATION OF GEOCHEMISTRY, TOXICOLOGY, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE LIGNITE-WATER HYPOTHESIS IN THE UNITED STATES GULF COAST REGION
Ojeda, Ann Sullivan (2017-12-15)Many Gulf Coast states including Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana rely on groundwater from aquifers that contain low-rank coal called lignite. These lignite seams may be a source of dissolved organic matter, and continuous ... -
Investigations of Secondary Metabolites from Fungi: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Computational Studies
Carter, Adam (2018-12-14)Natural products have served as therapeutic agents in the treatment of many human health ailments for thousands of years. In order to find new therapeutic agents for future human health problems, those in the field of ... -
Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Gold Nanoparticle and Quantum Dot Incorporated Silica Nanoparticle Aggregates
Ramasamy, Saravanan (2015)The enhancement of fluorescence intensity due to the proximity of metal nanoparticles is of great interest in enabling the detection of low concentration biomarkers. Although the recent developments in the optical sensor ... -
Microbial Ecology of Coastal Ecosystems: Investigations of the Genetic Potential for Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Transformation and the Response to Hydrocarbon Exposure
Johnson Duffner, Jamie (2017-04-24)Microbial-mediated hydrocarbon transformation plays a vital role in the attenuation of natural and anthropogenic-sourced petroleum contamination in the environment, particularly in marine systems. Indigenous microbial ... -
MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION OF CARBON STEEL IN SULFIDOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS: THE LINK TO THIOSULFATE REDUCTION AND BIOLOGICAL STABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Liang, Renxing (2015-12)Biocorrosion or microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) refers to the mutiple underlying mechanisms wherein microbial activity directly or indirectly enhances the corrosion of metallic and non-metallic materials. ... -
The role of iron-reducing bacteria in the corrosion of carbon steel: a new microbiologically influenced corrosion mechanism
Hernandez Santana, Maria Alejandra (2021-12-18)It was not too long ago that the ability of microorganisms to capture energy by engaging in electron transfer reactions with extracellular solid materials was discovered. This discovery has shifted the paradigms regarding ...