Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2014-02-03)Comparing a set of similar texts, often called collation, gives a scholar insight into the author's thoughts and motives and into the culture of the time period. Multiple editions can be published by an author for a diverse ...
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(2013-04-11)The Head Start Program aims to equip pre-school age children from low-income families with the social, academic and emotional development that is essential upon entry to Kindergarten. While much research and debate exists ...
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(2013-09-25)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of Millennial involvement in student advocacy. Some trends that show what it takes to keep Millennials involved have been found, but exactly what engages them in ...
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A key aspect of 3D animation is physics based simulation. To create realistic animations for objects such as cloth and fabric, a category of mathematical models known as softbody simulations are used. There are a wide ...
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Colonization of Hard-substrate Invertebrate Communities on Various Materials in Galveston Bay, Texas (2021-04-22)Hard-substrate organisms such as oysters and barnacles reduce coastal erosion, improve water quality, and promote biodiversity. However, hard-substrate communities are threatened by dredging, sedimentation, invasive species, ...
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(2014-09-24)The high-luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) scheduled for 2022-2023 focuses on increasing the intensity of proton beams to produce a higher number of collisions per second, making it easier to collect ...
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(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 ...
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The high luminosity upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), means a significant increase in data, which the existing muon trigger system’s bandwidth is inadequate to process. The solution for enabling the muon system ...
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As the global human footprint increases, animals are forced to adapt biologically and behaviorally. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) show advanced early behavioral plasticity to their environment especially in ...
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Community Planning in Urban Gardens: Integrating Children as Participants in the Local Food System It is well established that urban gardens, when properly managed, positively impact food security, youth development, and social inclusion. However, few researchers focus on how they impact childhood food security specifically, ...
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(2013-02-15)As objects continue to be placed into space, Earth orbiting debris are becoming a prominent issue. To counteract this, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC) Engineering Directorate has funded a project to create a ...
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Comparative Analysis of Error Correction in High-throughput Sequences for the Human Gut Microbiome With the development of high-throughput sequencing tools over the last few decades, the sequencing of genomic data at a large scale at a relatively low cost has drastically revolutionized the field of bioinformatics. ...
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(2013-02-04)RHD3, an integral membrane protein with active GTPase activity found in plants, has been recently highlighted as an ER remodeling protein. While the function of this protein is unknown, it is proposed that RHD3 acts in the ...
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Paramecium tetraurelia are single celled protists commonly found in freshwater. Each paramecium cell is covered by 3,000 cilia, organized into about 70 precise longitudinal rows. Rows can be inverted 180 degrees through a ...
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(2013-02-04)The Mongolian horse has been primarily under natural selection since its ancestral time due to the almost wild existence it lives in Mongolia. This has enabled the Mongolian horse to retain a high level of ancestral diversity ...
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(2022-04-12)The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) are prevalent worldwide with a 95% infection rate for EBV and as high as 50% for KSHV in adults. These herpesviruses code for DNA Origin-Binding ...
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(2018-04-25)Annelida is a diverse phylum that includes leeches, earthworms, polychaetes, and several model species like Platynereis dumerilii (clam worm), Helobdella robusta (leech), and Capitella capitata (polychaete worm), that are ...
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(2018-05-15)The eye motion data can be utilized to perform behavior analysis and improve common applications, such as accessible HCI, interactive interface, marketing, and remote-controlling. This research project compares accuracy ...
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(2011-08-04)Predicting soil crack formation and closure in high shrink-swell soils is crucial for modeling water movement and solute transport. However, soil cracking, as it occurs in natural conditions, is not well understood. The ...
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(2011-04-25)First person exploration of architectural models using video game technology holds a great deal of promise for the field of architecture. It gives architects and clients an immediate sense of a building that may not have ...