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How Personalized Medicine is Changing the Face of Oncology Treatment for Women

In Steinmetz Symposium

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Personalized medicine is a breakthrough that is changing the face of medicine for female oncology patients. Throughout history, the majority of medical research conducted has focused primarily or exclusively on men, creating a knowledge gap between the two genders. Today, with the advent of personalized medicine, women can receive knowledgeable care from physicians. Personalized medicine is breaking the barriers of the current 3 pillars of oncology treatment - radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy - by providing an avenue for female oncology patients to receive higher quality care. Rapid developments in this upcoming field are offering female oncology patients safe, more effective care.

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Approaches to Preparing Rhodamine-Dyed Monolithic Silica Aerogels

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“ … to Preparing Rhodamine-Dyed Monolithic Silica Aerogels Avi A. Gajjar 1, Mary K. Carroll1, and Ann M. Anderson2 … ”
In Steinmetz Symposium

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Silica aerogels are unique nanoporous materials that can be used in a variety of applications. Silica aerogels are attractive for window applications as they are monolithic, thermally insulating, and extremely lightweight. They also can be made transparent or translucent. Aerogels can be made using a variety of methods; in this work, a rapid supercritical extraction method (RSCE) is employed. Although typically translucent, silica aerogels can have dyes incorporated within them to create aerogels of a variety of colors. We are investigating the usage of dyed monolithic silica aerogels in window applications to improve aesthetic effects. However, the high temperatures and pressures required for the RSCE process can lead to dye degradation. In this presentation, we demonstrate how to incorporate Rhodamine 6B, Rhodamine B, and Fluorescein into monolithic silica aerogels. Rhodamine B experiences thermal degradation during monolithic aerogel synthesis. Adjusting processing parameters, including temperature and pressure, can minimize thermal degradation while ensuring the structural integrity of the aerogel. Ultraviolet radiation can also lead to dye degradation, which would be problematic for aerogels in a window application. Future work will focus on spectroscopic characterization of the dyed aerogel monoliths.

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Predatory Lending and Sub-Prime Mortgage Disparities Analysis in Fairfield County, CT During the Great Recession

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“ … throughout the United States. Avi A. Gajjar, Sara Wiest Ph.D. Union College Background … ”
In Steinmetz Symposium

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The 2007 financial crisis was caused by the rise of predatory mortgage lending to unsuspecting and even unqualified consumers. Financial intuitions purchased trillions of dollars of investments in sub-prime mortgages, and as individuals were unable to pay for their mortgage, a global financial crisis ensued. Predatory lenders intentionally targeted communities of color, causing African Americans to disproportionately purchase subprime mortgages. The effects of the recession have been extensively studied in poorer regions. However, minimal literature examines the effect of the 2008 housing bubble collapse. This research examines how wealth, especially with respect to real estate, varies between white and black households in the affluent county of Fairfield, CT pre- and post-2008 recession.

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Development of Catalytic Chromia-based Aerogels

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“ … imaging), Tommy Andre (XRD assistance); Bassem Darwish, Avi Gajjar and Margeaux Capron (fabrication … ”
In Honors Theses

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Over one billion automobiles are in use around the world, the majority of which employ internal combustion engines. Catalytic converters are used to convert the toxic compounds found in car exhaust -- carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and hydrocarbons -- to less harmful gases. The typical catalytic converter employs as catalysts expensive raw materials (platinum, palladium and/or rhodium) wash-coated onto an alumina-based ceramic substrate. Aerogel materials have high surface area and thermal stability, properties that make them attractive for catalysis applications. Aerogels made with transition metal oxides are candidates to replace platinum in the catalytic converter. Chromium oxide (chromia) materials have demonstrated catalytic activity in other applications due to favorable redox chemistry, stability and selectivity. In this work, sol-gel synthesis techniques are adapted to a patented rapid supercritical extraction (RSCE) method to fabricate chromia and chromia-based catalytic aerogels. In one example of a co-precursor technique, a mixture (1:5 mole ratio) of chromium(III) to aluminum salt in ethanol is reacted with a weak base or proton scavenger to induce gelation. Following solvent exchanges of the wet gels with absolute ethanol, and RSCE processing yields chromia-alumina aerogels. Observed shrinkage is higher than for copper-containing aerogels fabricated via the same process. Physical characterization via several methods, including XRD and SEM, reveals post-calcination chromia-alumina aerogels contain ?- Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanocrystals within the alumina backbone. Catalytic testing is evaluated using an in-house-constructed testbed in which the aerogel materials are exposed to simulated automotive exhaust under temperature conditions that approximate those experienced in a catalytic converter. Chromia-alumina aerogels completely convert HC and CO gases at 400 °C under high air conditions and completely convert NO at 450 °C under low air conditions.

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Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies (2021): Volume 24, issue 1

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“ … IN LAKE LUZERNE: A 25-YEAR CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP Avi A. Gajjar, UNION COLLEGE, JANE OPPENLANDER, CLARKSON UNIVERSITY … LUZERNE: A 25-YEAR CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP Avi A. Gajjar, Jane Oppenlander, Michael Schaffer, E. Kurt Tekolste … ”
In The Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies

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Volume 24, issue 1: Table of Contents Volume 24, issue 1, article 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Hockey Expertise in the North Country and Adirondack Region of New York by Jon Rosales Volume 24, issue 1, article 2: Challenges and Successes Managing Eurasian Watermilfoil in Lake Luzerne: A 25 Year Citizen-Government Partnership by Avi Gajjar Volume 24, issue 1, article 3: Conservation and the Under-Represented Revisited by Louis Curth Volume 24, issue 1, article 4: My Crane Mountain Home: Rare North Country Photographs Now Available Through The Adirondack Research Library by Matthew Golebiewski

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