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Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

The GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase regulates lipid and glucose homeostasis

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

GCN2
FSP27
Triglyceride Storage
Insig2a
C/EBPbeta
Gluconeogenesis

File:

Download 11282011_Xu_Xu_Ph.D_thesis_final_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

GENDERING SPACES: GENDER IN THE CALDECOTT MEDAL AWARD PICTUREBOOKS FROM 1980 TO 2007

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Caldecott winners
Space
Poststructuralist feminism
Gender

File:

Download thesis_2.4.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Xu, Yi

Title:

Structural Analysis of Productivity Heterogeneity, Firm Turnover and Industry Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Industry Dynamics
Productivity

File:

Download Thesis_Yi_Xu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bee Yan Roberts, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yingqi

Title:

Spatial Network Services in Location-Aware Sensor Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

wireless sensor networks
spaital network services
energy optimization
networking protocols
data management

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Wang Chien Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom La Porta, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Member
Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Member
Gail Mitchell, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yu

Title:

SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7002: A ROBUST AND VERSATILE CYANOBACTERIAL PLATFORM FOR BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

carbohydrate
metabolic engineering
biofuel
cyanobacteria
hydrogen
gene expression
organic acid
co-culturing

File:

Download Yu_Xu_thesis_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Stephan C Schuster, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Jialin

Title:

A Generalized Linear Model For Peak Calling in ChIP-Seq Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Generalized Linear Model
Negative binomial distribution
ChIP-Sequencing
Peak calling
FDR

File:

Download GLMNB_Thesis_JialinXu.pdf

Committee Members:

Yu Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Ke

Title:

ASSESSING THE MINIMUM INSTRUMENTATION TO WELL TUNE EXISTING MEDIUM SIZED OFFICE BUILDING ENERGY MODELS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Whole Building Energy Model
EnergyPlus
Office Building
Minimum Instrumentation
Sensitivity Analysis
DOE Reference Buildings
Building Energy Model Calibration

File:

Download Ke_Xu_Dissertation_1115v.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Zhi

Title:

Security and Privacy of New Features on Smartphones

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phone sensing
notification services
sensor management
security and privacy in phone
trojan application
spam and phishing

File:

Download ZhiXu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
Tom La Porta, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Tongtong

Title:

Anti-Cancer Effects of Phenolic-rich Extracts of Button Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Agaricus bisporus
mushrooms
cancer
phenolic compounds
apoptosis
microarray
SCID mice
xenograft tumor

File:

Download Final_dissertation_Tongtong_Xu_4-3-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Pei

Title:

study of a mumps virus from a outbreak in Iowa in 2006

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

mumps virus vaccine rhesus macaque V SH attenuation

File:

Download pei_xu_thesis-final__7-19-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Biao He, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member