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The Development of a Cathodic Charging System to Form Hydrides in Zircaloy-4
(2013-02-01)
This project investigates several methods of electrochemical insertion of hydrogen into Zircaloy nuclear fuel cladding. These systems are being assembled at Texas A & M to form zirconium hydride in cladding to model crack ...
High-Throughput Microfluidic Acoustic System to Generate Yeast Cells for Aging Studies
(2013-09-25)
The mechanisms and causes of aging, the greatest risk factor of disease, are poorly understood. For aging at the single-cell level, this lack of knowledge results from limitations in the methods traditionally used in cell ...
Evaluating the Potential Antihyperalgesic Effects of Curcumin on a Laboratory Model of Neuropathic Pain
(2013-12-12)
Curcumin is an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative, herbal supplement that has been utilized in the animal model to evaluate its potential for anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects among other benefits. This ...
A study on the chemical and physical inactivation of Avian bornavirus
(2013-09-26)
Avian bornavirus (ABV) is the etiological agent of Proventricular Dilatation Disease, a fatal neurological disease of pet and aviary kept Psittacine birds (parrots). ABV is believed to be transmitted through the fecal-oral ...
Characterization of Automatically Reticulated Shape Memory Polymer Foams
(2013-09-28)
Polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foams have been shown to be biocompatible within porcine models and show potential to treat intracranial saccular aneurysms in patients, and use in other medical applications. After ...
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 ...
Structural and bonding trends in platinum-carbon clusters
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Density functional calculations with the B3-LYP functional were used to optimize the platinum-carbon cationic clusters, PtCx+, 1=x=16, in both the doublet and quartet states of the linear, fan, open-ring, closed ring, and ...