Boston University Theses & Dissertations
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Ethnic variations in the association between obstructive sleep apnea and tooth loss
(2023)OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most prevalent life-threatening sleeping disorder with adverse consequences. Tooth loss is a suggested morphologic risk factor for OSA with a scope of racial variation. The ... -
Designing money: culture and the political construction of modern monetary regimes
(2023)Why do countries have different monetary systems? Existing theories of monetary development generally focus on the economic forces driving such developments or on the power of states to impose their preferred systems. These ... -
Scaling up early childhood development programs in low- and middle-income countries: understanding the determinants of scaling up early childhood development in Zambia
(2023)BACKGROUND: Evidence supports the importance of Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions to improve children's health, lifelong productivity, and human capital. However, ECD programs are not scaled sufficiently to ... -
Generating strategies and recommendations for implementation and sustainability of healthcare-based food assistance programs: a mixed methods assessment
(2023)BACKGROUND: Recognizing the connection between food insecurity and health, healthcare institutions in the past decade have begun to provide food assistance to patients. Healthcare-based food assistance programs have ... -
Adaptive strategies in non-convex optimization
(2022)Modern applications in machine learning have seen more and more usage of non-convex formulations in that they can often better capture the problem structure. One prominent example is the Deep Neural Networks which have ... -
Telling bold lies: Martin Luther's theology of deception
(2023)Luther’s theological and ethical consideration of lying is founded on protecting the reputation and welfare of the neighbor. In sermons, prayer books, catechisms, lectures, letters, and table talks, Luther addresses lies ... -
The desire to upload: a theological analysis of transhumanist advocacy for life-extension and immortality
(2023)Transhumanism is a movement dedicated to radically changing the human condition through technology, including by extending lifespan in one of three ways: (1) a biological approach that focuses on reducing the effects of ... -
Exposure to greenness and the natural landscape: understanding the impacts on urban health and heat
(2023)BACKGROUND: In the past decade urbanization has increased, with over half the world’s population and 83% of the total United States population, residing in urban areas as of 2021. Urbanization has the potential to decrease ... -
Assessing the suitability and feasibility of targeted and selective campaigns for measles control and elimination: a scoping review and re-aim based evaluation of the first selective measles-rubella campaign in Senegal
(2023)BACKGROUND: Measles is a leading cause of death among children globally. Nationwide non-selective campaigns together with routine immunization have sharply reduced measles cases and deaths in many low- and middle-income ... -
Medicaid managed care enrollment and maternal health outcomes among pregnant people with substance use disorders
(2023)Pregnant people with substance use disorders (SUD) are at high risk of potentially avoidable morbidity and mortality. In particular, pregnant people with opioid use disorder (OUD) have experienced large increases in maternal ...
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