Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-86).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-169).

Thesis (M. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-273). Also available in print.

Thesis (PhD (Veterinary Tropical Diseases))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print format.

Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009. / Full text also available online. Scroll down for electronic link.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. Tonya Toole, Florida State University, College of Human Sciences, Dept. of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 23, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.

University of Macau / Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Subcortical hyperintensities (SH) are believed to be observable signs of cerebrovascular disease, indicating some form of subcortical vasculopathy. Also commonly referred to as leukoariosis, these hyperintense signals on proton density, T2-weighted and fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance images, are commonly observed phenomena in Alzheimer’s disease patients and elderly persons. Several SH sub-types with differential brain-behavior associations have been proposed in the scientific literature: periventricular, deep white, cystic fluid filled lacunar-like infarcts and perivascular Virchow-Robin spaces. This study will present Lesion Explorer (LE): a comprehensive tri-feature MRI-based processing pipeline that effectively and reliably quantifies SH sub-types in the context of additional brain tissues volumetrics in a regionalized manner. The LE pipeline was validated using a scan-rescan procedure. Finally, the LE pipeline was applied in a cross-sectional study of Alzheimer’s disease patients and normal elderly controls. Brain-behavior relationships were demonstrated with regional SH volumes and executive functioning, speed of mental processing, and verbal memory.

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This thesis is concerned with AIDS cultural activism. Specifically, it examines artistic responses to the medical/scientific image of HIV that circulates widely in the mainstream press. Examples of AIDS science reporting that focus on the medical/scientific image of HIV are selected from popular American news journals. It is argued that science and journalism are different and mutually dependent domains of knowledge, neither of which can be examined without the other. AIDS activist art engages with the relationship between science and the media and offers alternatives to the authority offered in science reporting. In the author's closing remarks, it is stated that AIDS activist art addresses not only the AIDS crisis but challenges the entire ideological apparatus upon which popular representations of illness are based.