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Author:: Parker, Beth A.
Title:: Age and Sex Differences in Local Vasodilation and Exercise Hyperemia
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: femoral artery
leg blood flow
sex differences
aging
leg vascular conductance
flow-mediated dilation
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Copy.pdf
Committee Members:: David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member

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Author:: Ramamurthy, Bhagavathi
Title:: Glycation as a post-translational modification of myosin structure and function; Role of Glutathione; Glycation and aging
Graduate Program:: Physiology
Keywords:: aging
glutathione
myosin
glycation
File:: Download ramamurthy_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter Farrell, Committee Member
Sally Johnson, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Committee Member
Lars Larsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: DeGroot, David W.
Title:: Thermoregulation and Individual Characteristics during Cold and Heat Stress
Graduate Program:: Physiology
Keywords:: predicting modeling
core temperature
aging
skin blood flow
File:: Download final_thesis_master_3_7_07.pdf
Committee Members:: William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
George Havenith, Committee Member

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Author:: Koch, Dennis William
Title:: Effects of Age on Sympathetic Vasoconstrictor Responsiveness in Exercising Leg Muscles
Graduate Program:: Physiology
Keywords:: vascular control
vasoconstriction
sympatholysis
sympathetic
blood flow
exercise
aging
File:: Download Koch_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Member
Lawrence Isaac Sinoway, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member

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Author:: Beverly, Elizabeth Ann
Title:: Incorporating Comorbidity, Values and Preferences into Clinical Care Guidelines Designed for Older Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: type 2 diabetes
aging
comorbidity
values
preferences
qualitative research
File:: Download BeverlyEA_finaldissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Linda Ann Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Member
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member
Janice Lee Penrod, Committee Member

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Author:: Mack, Holly Ann
Title:: Heritability Estimates For Functional Capacity Measures in an Elderly Swedish Twin Sample
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: functional capacity
aging
genetics
lung function
body mass index
grip strength
File:: Download ham113dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: George Patrick Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Member
Stig Berg, Committee Member
Stephen A Petrill, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy
Title:: DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Lang, James Andrew
Title:: SYMPATHETIC NORADRENERGIC MECHANISMS OF THERMOREGULATORY VASOCONSTRICTION IN AGED HUMAN SKIN
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: aging
adrenergic
skin blood flow
tetrahydrobiopterin
File:: Download Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Kelly J Karpa, Committee Member

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Author:: Kuipers, Nathan T.
Title:: Effect of Exercise Muscle Temperature on Renal and Sympathetic Responses to Isometric Exercise in Humans
Graduate Program:: Neuroscience
Keywords:: heat
aging
ACE-inhibition
cool
kidnet
File:: Download kuipersthesis5608.pdf
Committee Members:: Chester A Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence Isaac Sinoway, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Thomas C Pritchard Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Mitas, Ondrej
Title:: POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN MATURE ADULTS’ LEISURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
Graduate Program:: Leisure Studies
Keywords:: aging
leisure
emotions
group travel
ethnography
older adults
mixed-effects linear growth models
tourism
mixed methods
File:: Download dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Careen M Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Careen M Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Dr Harry Zinn, Committee Member
Garry Chick, Committee Member

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