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Title: Assessing the Biological Activities of DNA-Templated Silver Nanoclusters and Furthering the Characterization of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
Author: Rolband, Lewis
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Biochemistry
Description: DNA and RNA are structurally and functionally diverse biopolymers that haveshown promise in recent years as a powerful biomedical tool, in the form of nucleic acid nanotechnologies. The applications of these technologies include biosensing, diagno...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) Diols as Potential Dual Hydrogen Bond Donors for Catalysis
Author: Waters, Crystal
Date Created: 2016
Description: Hydrogen bond donors (HBDs) have been explored as potential catalysts for the 1,4-conjugate addition and Diels-Alder reactions. HBD catalysis, which relies on Brønsted acid catalytic sites, is being explored as an oxygen and moisture stable altern...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) Diols as Potential Dual Hydrogen Bond Donors for Catalysis
Author: Waters, Crystal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Hydrogen bond donors (HBDs) have been explored as potential catalysts for the 1,4-conjugate addition and Diels-Alder reactions. HBD catalysis, which relies on Brønsted acid catalytic sites, is being explored as an oxygen and moisture stable altern...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) compounds – synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties.
Author: Maguylo, Christina
Date Created: 2015
Description: A series of novel hexacoordinate bis-bipyridylsilicon(IV) complexes have been synthesized by reacting [Si(bipy)2I2]I2 with the appropriate alcohol or diol. Characterization was done and crystal structures have been obtained for the complexes: [Si(...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) compounds – synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties.
Author: Maguylo, Christina
Date Created: 2015
Description: A series of novel hexacoordinate bis-bipyridylsilicon(IV) complexes have been synthesized by reacting [Si(bipy)2I2]I2 with the appropriate alcohol or diol. Characterization was done and crystal structures have been obtained for the complexes: [Si(...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) compounds – synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties.
Author: Maguylo, Christina
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: A series of novel hexacoordinate bis-bipyridylsilicon(IV) complexes have been synthesized by reacting [Si(bipy)2I2]I2 with the appropriate alcohol or diol. Characterization was done and crystal structures have been obtained for the complexes: [Si(...

Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE A IN BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS
Author: Sharma, Sunita
Date Created: 2019
Description: Capsular Polysaccharide A (CPSA) is a polymer of a tetrasaccharide unit found on the surface of the symbiotic gut bacteria Bacteroides fragilis. It has been suggested that CPSA is vital for maintaining a normal balance between the levels of Th1 an...

Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE A IN BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS
Author: Sharma, Sunita
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology
Description: Capsular Polysaccharide A (CPSA) is a polymer of a tetrasaccharide unit found on the surface of the symbiotic gut bacteria Bacteroides fragilis. It has been suggested that CPSA is vital for maintaining a normal balance between the levels of Th1 an...

Title: Characterization of the Colanic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway with a Fluorescent Bactoprenyl Monophosphate Analogue
Author: Scott, Phillip
Date Created: 2015
Description: When introduced to harsh conditions such as low pH, pathogenic Escherichia coli can secrete colanic acid, an exopolysaccharide that completely engulfs the organism, to establish a protective barrier between the organism and the acidic environment....

Title: Characterization of the Colanic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway with a Fluorescent Bactoprenyl Monophosphate Analogue
Author: Scott, Phillip
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Biochemistry
Description: When introduced to harsh conditions such as low pH, pathogenic Escherichia coli can secrete colanic acid, an exopolysaccharide that completely engulfs the organism, to establish a protective barrier between the organism and the acidic environment....

Title: EFFECT OF BIOCERAMIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON DRUG BINDING AND RELEASE KINETICS
Author: Trujillo, Christopher
Date Created: 2015
Description: Bioceramics have been studied extensively as drug delivery systems (DDS). Those studies have aimed to tailor the drug binding and release kinetics to successfully treat infections and other diseases. This research suggests that the drug binding an...

Title: EFFECT OF BIOCERAMIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON DRUG BINDING AND RELEASE KINETICS
Author: Trujillo, Christopher
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: Bioceramics have been studied extensively as drug delivery systems (DDS). Those studies have aimed to tailor the drug binding and release kinetics to successfully treat infections and other diseases. This research suggests that the drug binding an...

Title: ELUCIDATING FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS IN PROTEINS USING THE DISTANCE CONSTRAINT MODEL
Author: Singer, Christopher
Date Created: 2019
Description: Protein thermodynamics has been shown to be insightful and illuminating to the functional mechanisms behind biological function. By characterizing proteins and protein families according to their enthalpy and entropy we can make inferences to the ...

Title: ELUCIDATING FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS IN PROTEINS USING THE DISTANCE CONSTRAINT MODEL
Author: Singer, Christopher
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Physics
Description: Protein thermodynamics has been shown to be insightful and illuminating to the functional mechanisms behind biological function. By characterizing proteins and protein families according to their enthalpy and entropy we can make inferences to the ...

Title: ENGINEERING BIOCERAMIC MICROSTRUCTURE FOR CUSTOMIZED DRUG DELIVERY
Author: Pacheco, Hernando
Date Created: 2013
Description: One of the most efficient approaches to treat cancer and infection is to use biomaterials as a drug delivery system (DDS). The goal is for the material to provide a sustained release of therapeutic drug dose locally to target the ill tissue withou...

Title: ENGINEERING BIOCERAMIC MICROSTRUCTURE FOR CUSTOMIZED DRUG DELIVERY
Author: Pacheco, Hernando
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: One of the most efficient approaches to treat cancer and infection is to use biomaterials as a drug delivery system (DDS). The goal is for the material to provide a sustained release of therapeutic drug dose locally to target the ill tissue withou...

Title: Improving Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy Efficiency
Author: Hardy, Luke
Date Created: 2018
Description: Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of the U.S. population. Conventional Holmium:YAG infrared laser lithotripsy is a standard minimally invasive treatment that operates based on a photothermal interaction with the main chromophore in ti...

Title: Improving Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy Efficiency
Author: Hardy, Luke
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of the U.S. population. Conventional Holmium:YAG infrared laser lithotripsy is a standard minimally invasive treatment that operates based on a photothermal interaction with the main chromophore in ti...

Title: Investigations into the Reactivity and Structure of Organocuprates
Author: Morse, Jared
Date Created: 2016
Description: While organocuprate reagents have been a staple in synthetic organic chemistry in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, there has been a dearth of investigations into its use in forming carbon-heteroatom bonds. In previous cases of complexes betwe...

Title: Investigations into the Reactivity and Structure of Organocuprates
Author: Morse, Jared
Date Created: 2016
Description: While organocuprate reagents have been a staple in synthetic organic chemistry in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, there has been a dearth of investigations into its use in forming carbon-heteroatom bonds. In previous cases of complexes betwe...