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Intracellularly dissolving chromophore-decorated protein-based nanoparticles for photodynamic cancer therapy.
(2016-07)Cancer has proven to be extremely complex to treat and cure due to its heterogeneity. Current treatments rely mainly on chemotherapeutic drugs, which typically result in multidrug resistance and the generation of additional ... -
Intregración de leguminosas como cultivo de cobertura en papaya (Carica papaya) y plátanos (Musa acuminata x balbisiana) en dos agroecosistemas de Puerto Rico
(2016)Tanto la papaya (Carica papaya), como el plátano (Musa acuminata x balbisiana) tienen como factor limitante las malezas que ocasionan una reducción en su producción. Por otro lado, uno de los grandes retos del sector ... -
Inventario de hongos asociados a suelo enriquecido con guano de murciélago en cueva de los culebrones, en la Reserva Mata de Plátano (Arecibo,, Puerto Rico)
(2013)A cave is defined as any natural area below the earth's surface that extends beyond the dark zone and is accessible to humans. Caves are considered extreme environments for life that provide resources to oligotrophic ... -
Inventory of Agaricomycetidae and Phallomycetidae under different conservation strategies by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Refuge
(2019-12-13)Gasteromycetes, commonly known as puffballs, are an informal group of Basidiomycetes with a polyphyletic origin and since 2014 included in the sub-classes Agaricomycetidae and Phallomycetidae. These fungi are characterized ... -
Inversor monofasico para un sistema de distribucion cc
(2009)Utilizando un sistema de distribución de corriente continua (CC) alimentado con energía renovable se podría suplir numerosas cargas domésticas que pueden operar indistintamente con energía de corriente alterna o corriente ... -
Investigations on rare earth doped lead zirconate titanate for energy storage applications
(2022-07-22)<p>The thesis presents the studies of pure lead zirconate titanate <em>PbZr</em><sub>0.53</sub><em>Ti</em><sub>0.47</sub><em>O</em><sub>3</sub> (PZT) and lanthanum and scandium co-doped PZT ceramics synthesized by solid-state ... -
Invisibilización e hipervisibilización mediática de los sectores empobrecidos en Puerto Rico : implicaciones para la construcción de ciudadanía y el desarrollo de políticas sociales
(2016-12-01)The purpose of this research is to study the invisibilization and hypervisibilization of the poor in Puerto Rican media. The main objectives of the study were: To gather the perceptions and knowledge regarding ... -
Invisible choirs : stories
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Involucrando a los hombres en la prevención de violencia sexual : un acercamiento desde la gestión cultural y la educación popular
(2018-06)La violencia sexual es un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial. En Puerto Rico, entre los años 2010 y 2014, se reportaron 9,927 querellas de violencia sexual (Informe de Violencia Sexual en Puerto Rico, 2016). ... -
iPhone enable wireless sensor network
(2012)As the growing tendency of information digitalization, sensor network, widely used in information collection, is playing a more important role. Therefore, more attentions have been paid into the infrastructure of sensor ... -
"Is raining very hard in Puerto Rico”: if communications transpires with the syntactic parameter, why change it to another?
(2023-12-08)The Null Subject Parameter (NSP) has long been considered pertinent to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) studies, especially when the native language (NL) and target language (TL) have different NSP settings. The study ... -
Isla de Cabras : intervenciones contemporáneas para la regeneración de sus espacios en huellas históricas
(2022-06-16)Municipios como Toa Baja y Cataño son destinos cuyos ofrecimientos son generalmente desconocidos por el público general, así como por turistas extranjeros. Zonas turísticas como Isla de Cabras son la sede de elementos ... -
Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Agent Producing Microbes and Generation of Metagenomic Libraries from Diverse Forest Soils in Puerto Rico
(2005)The misuse of antimicrobial agents is a world wide issue, since many opportunistic bacteria have acquired resistance or are becoming resistant to commercially available antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance is not limited ... -
Isolation and identification of the fecal pollution indicators Enterococcus spp. from seagrass Thalassia testudinum at la Parguera Puerto Rico and the use of enterococci for microbial source tracking
(2008)The occurrence and persistence of the fecal contamination indicators Enterococcus spp. were studied in La Parguera, southwestern Puerto Rico, as an initial step in microbial source tracking (MST). The scientific literature ... -
Isolation of interacting peptides to Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin (LF) by T7 phage display
(2010)During the last decade, Bacillus anthracis has reemerged as a biological weapon due to the occurrence of the first terrorist attack in U.S. soil with anthrax spores. Bacillus anthracis is the etiological agent of anthrax, ... -
“It was all a matter of hints and shades”: Reconceptualizing Virginia Woolf’s Flush
(2013)This thesis aims to reconceptualize Virginia Woolf’s 1933 novel Flush: A Biography. The novel has been largely ignored by the intelligentsia due to its subject matter: a dog. Although various critics have attempted ... -
Iterative algorithms for abundance estimation on unmixing of hyperspectral imagery
(2004)Hyperspectral sensors collect hundreds of narrow and contiguously spaced spectral bands of data organized in the so-called hyperspectral cube. The spatial resolution of most Hyperspectral Imagery (HSI) sensors °own nowadays ... -
Iterative multiple criteria simulation optimization in manufacturing
(2016)This work approaches the multiple criteria simulation optimization problem in manufacturing in an iterative fashion. Such problem entails using an optimization strategy to manipulate the parameters of a simulation model ... -
Its-5.8S-rDNA region and disease severity comparison of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis groups isolated from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Isabela, Puerto Rico
(2010)Rhizoctonia solani is a widespread soilborne pathogen of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). This major pathogen is a species complex classified in 14 anastomosis groups (AG). Some AGs can cause web blight (WB), one of ... -
Índice de satisfacción laboral de los empleados contingentes en una cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida del área suroeste de Puerto Rico
(2009)In recent years the use of contingent employees in organizations has increased, and Puerto Rico is not the exception. The lack of information related with contingent employees and job satisfaction was the impetus to ...