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Identification of Knock-Out Genes to Create a Temperature Sensitive Mutation in pMR10 Plasmids
(2011-08-08)
Brucella spp. is a gram-negative, cocobacillus, non-motile bacteria that causes a
zoonotic disease called brucellosis. Cases of brucellosis remain prevalent in Middle
Eastern countries, and it is the most common ...
Development of a Digital Controller for a Vertical Wind Tunnel (VWT) Prototype to Mitigate Ball Fluctuations
(2011-08-08)
The objective of this research was to mitigate fluctuations of a levitated ping pong ball within a vertical wind tunnel (VWT) prototype. This was made possible by remodeling the VWT system with its inherent nonlinear ...
Professional School Psychology Programs' Recruitment and Retention of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
(2011-08-08)
In comparison to other professional programs of psychology, the field of school psychology has shown the least advances in regards to diversifying its practicing professionals and trainers of school psychology. Given the ...
The Relationship Between Instructor Feedback and Student Optimism
(2011-08-08)
Many college freshmen find the transition from high school to college difficult. These difficulties
might stem from differences in students' personalities, as some optimistic students might
underestimate the difficulty of ...
Analysis of S-Circuit Uncertainty
(2011-08-08)
The theory of sensori-computational circuits provides a capable framework for the description and optimization of robotic systems, including on-line optimizations. This theory, however, is inadequate in that it does not ...
CATIONIC SHELL CROSSLINKED NANOPARTICLES AS INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY VEHICLES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY
(2011-08-08)
Nanomedicine is a growing field of medicine that seeks to take advantage of nanoscale materials in order to address current challenges such as the ability to cross the epithelial mucus of the lungs to deliver treatment. ...
To Aid or Not to Aid? Competing Narratives on the Efficacy of Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan African
(2011-08-08)
While the last half century gave rise to over a dozen developing nations whose economic expansion surpassed the growth rates of many industrialized economies, the same fifty years witnessed a majority of aid-dependent ...
An Issue of Genetic Integrity and Diversity: Assessing the Conservation Value of a Private American Bison Herd
(2011-08-08)
There are 600,000 American bison (Bison bison) that exist today, all of which can be
traced to the less than 500 bison that were present after a severe bottleneck in the late
1800s. To save the species from extinction and ...
Differential effects of stress on a murie model of multiple sclerosis.
(2011-08-08)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) in humans. Several studies have shown a strong correlation between stressful events and the onset and exacerbation ...
Click Chemistry in Generation of Mammalian Acetylome to Study Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
(2011-08-08)
Shwachman Diamond syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease associated with pancreatic insufficiency, skeletal abnormalities, and bone marrow failure. The de
Figueiredo lab has recently shown physical and genetic interactions ...