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A Performer's Analysis and Improvisational Guide to Jazz Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (1994), by Ramon Ricker (b. 1943)
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
In the twentieth century, saxophonists are encountering compositions in the repertoire that contain musical elements from both the classical and the jazz idioms. As a result, saxophonists need more technical and improvisational ...
A Legacy of Hope in the Concert Spirituals of Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) and William Dawson (1899–1990)
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
When the careers of the composers Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) and William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) began, the United States was a racially-divided society. Despite this division, both composers held a firm belief in ...
Overlooked but Not Forgotten: A Study of Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) and His Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 17 (1892) for Piano
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Although the name of Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931) is rarely mentioned in musical circles today, there was a time when this was not the case. During his lifetime, Blumenfeld commanded a great deal of respect within the world ...
Development of a Novel Omega-6 Fatty Acid Based Treatment Strategy for Colon Cancer by Knocking Down Delta-5-Desaturase and Exploiting High COX-2 Levels in Cancer CellsTumors
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Research showed that arachidonic acid, a downstream ω-6 fatty acid (ω-6), plays a role in colon cancer development by producing deleterious metabolites ...
Angiotensin-(1-7): A Target for Stem Cell Mobilopathy and Vascular Repair in Diabetes
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Bone marrow stem/progenitor cells (BMPCs) accelerate vascular repair by re-endothelialization and revascularization of ischemic areas. Diabetes causes impairment of BMPC mobilization, a.k.a. stem cell mobilopathy, and ...
Targeted Stimuli-Responsive Carriers for Efficient Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Drugs
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Chemotherapeutic agents for treating various cancers show considerable side effects and toxicity. Often cancer relapses after initial response to the chemotherapy. Tumor cells are heterogeneous and have the progenitor stem ...
Knockdown of Delta-5 Desaturase to Elicit Anti-Cancer Effect of Dihomo-γ-Linolenic Acid: Development of an ω-6 Fatty Acid-Based Therapeutic Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death in the United States. Unlike ω-3 fatty acids, which have been commonly used as complementary therapy to treat pancreatic cancer, ω-6s (more abundant fatty ...
Elicit Anti-Cancer Effects of Dihomo-γ-linolenic Acid by Exploiting Overexpressed COX-2 in Cancer: Development of an ω-6 Fatty Acid-Based Therapeutic Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
Smart, Biocompatible Polymersomes for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Agents to Cancerous Tumors
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Chemotherapeutics are the major treatment options for cancer. Although we cannot underestimate the importance of the chemotherapeutic drugs, their systemic toxicity is an important limiting factor for their use. Therefore, ...
Electrostatic Interactions at Dielectric Interfaces: From Colloids to Membranes
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
In this thesis we have investigated electrostatic interactions at dielectric interfaces using theoretical models based on the non-linear Poisson-Boltzmann theory and its extensions. We have focused on three major topics: ...