Doctor of Philosophy

dissertationGrounded in poststructural feminist theory and feminist race theories, this qualitative study explores the education trajectories of three Women of Color for insights into their persistence to and in higher education. Specifically, through narrative analysis of the participants' authoring and re-authoring of their student subjectivities, this research investigates the relationship between lived experiences, complex identities, and education decision-making. Data were generated in a university class that employed (post)critical feminist pedagogy to center education experiences of underrepresented students. Data included participants' education histories, journals, and class assignments, participant interviews, and classroom observations. Findings illustrate how attending to students' situated contexts and lived experiences provides better understandings of persistence to and engagement with higher education. The three case studies presented point to the necessity of understanding the role families play in persistence to higher education in more complex ways to build upon the multiple forms of capital and support that families provide in students' trajectories to higher education. A second finding was that histories of participation in earlier schooling, specifically experiences with racism, sexism and classism, created challenges to engaging with education. Findings showcase the agency with which participants drew upon lived in re-authoring themselves to persist with and in higher education

PHOTOSENSITIZATION WITH BACTERIOCHLORINS

Abstract— Biophysical and photobiological properties of a group of bacteriochlorins were compared with efficacy of these products for photodynamic therapy of murine tumors. Predictive factors for selective photosensitization in vivo include affinity binding to lipoproteins greater than albumin, extinction coefficient at the wavelength of irradiation and tumor/skin distribution. Efficacy was correlated with circulating plasma levels of the different sensitizers but not with the photodynamic therapy response in cell culture. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserve

Determinants of health in the digital age: insights from a scoping review and expert consensus

Objective: To develop a conceptual framework and provide a common understanding of health determinants in a digital age in light of the emergence of digital determinants of health and the digital transformations of social, political, and commercial and economic determinants. Methods: We conducted a scoping review in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Relevant data were extracted and clustered using a thematic analysis. Priority areas were identified through internal discussions guided by consensus methods. Results: We identified 10,788 records from academic databases and 3016 records from other sources, with 204 records (2.4%) being ultimately included. We found 127 health determinants that emerged or changed in a digital age (37 digital, 33 social, 33 commercial and economic, and 24 political), which subsequently informed a novel conceptual framework. Subsequently, 30 determinants (23.6%) were considered as being particularly urgent to address by consensus among authors and contributors. Conclusions: This review offers a comprehensive overview of determinants, encompassing policy decisions, individual behaviors, and factors across digital, social, commercial and economic, and political domains that influence health in the digital age. It seeks to deepen our understanding of how health outcomes manifest within a digital ecosystem and elucidate strategies for addressing the intricate and evolving networks of health determinants