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Zen Routing
(2017-04-27)
Driving induced stress is a problem inherent to contemporary living in urban areas. Traffic congestion, route unpredictability, and other factors cause undue stress to commuters daily. This project’s purpose is to alleviate ...
An Analysis of Women's Access to Education and Workplace Restrictions in Developed Versus Developing Countries
(2017-04-28)
Gender disparity has become a topic of major discussion in developing countries in recent years, particularly in relation to the access to education and workforce restrictions. The general purpose of this research is to ...
Vanadium Dioxide Nanocomposite Coatings as Fenestration Elements
(2017-04-28)
Smart windows have attracted interest as a method of reducing the energy consumption of buildings. These smart windows would be able to reflect and transmit infrared (IR) light in response to ambient temperature, while ...
A Combined Language for Hardware and Software Design
(2014-09-08)
Due to the nature of hardware and software, their respective design languages have evolved in isolation. Sophisticated languages and design environments exist for both hardware and software; however they remain distinct ...
An Affine Based Homomorphic Encryption Scheme
(2016-08-30)
Standard encryption protocols do not allow for native searching or modification of data, without decryption. In this scenario, whoever is performing the operations on this file must also have the encryption key. Homomorphic ...
The Effects of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Insemination Volume on Colony Growth
(2015-09-27)
The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a eusocial insect where each individual hive contains a single, polyandrous queen that is responsible for laying the fertilized eggs that maintain a hive’s worker population. Virgin queens ...
Water Value and Environmental Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing: Eagle Ford Shale
(2013-12-02)
Shale gas has emerged as one of the leading energy developments in the United States. Production has risen from roughly 0.9 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in 2006 to 4.8 TCF in 2010. Shale gas now encompasses 23% of U.S. natural ...
Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) Foams for Bone Defect Repair
(2013-09-25)
Thermoresponsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) are stimuli-sensitive materials that return to their permanent shape from a fixed temporary shape in response to heat. Porous SMP foams exhibit distinct properties that make ...
Influence of nucleotide state on tubulin protofilaments
(2013-12-06)
Microtubules are filaments within cells that play important roles in intracellular transport, cell division, and overall structural support. Microtubules are composed of tubulin dimers of α- and β-tubulin. The dimers ...
The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway
(2013-09-26)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis. It is difficult to study biochemically because of its slow growth rate and its pathogenicity, which requires BSL3 conditions. The twin-arginine ...