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Selective Inhibition of Insulin Growth-Like Factor Receptor (IGFR) on Brain Endothelial Cells (BMECs) Using Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Serotype 9
(2018-04-30)
Ischemic stroke is the 5th leading cause of death within the U.S. and a major cause of long-term disability, especially in older females in comparison to men and younger women. This phenomenon is associated with a decrease ...
Technology and Terrorism: The Effects of Cell Phone Coverage on Terrorism
(2019-04-23)
The spread of mobile technology and coverage has had transformative effects, and most current literature focuses on the positive effects of this technology; it holds leaders accountable, facilitates democracy, and encourages ...
Automation and Lyophilization of an Injectable Polybubble Drug Delivery System
(2019-04-23)
The current state of controlled release therapeutics is limited by the challenges of: (1) developing a fabrication method that accounts for the unique sensitivities of amino acid-based cargo; and (2) designing a high-throughput ...
The Separation of Powers: Does Public Opinion Matter to the Supreme Court?
(2013-02-05)
The Supreme Court is an institution much revered in American political culture. This study will examine the role of that public support in the decision making of Supreme Court justices in the United States. I will go about ...
Hydrologic Modeling of Navasota River Subchannel Inundation
(2019-04-25)
Anastomosing rivers are multichannel systems characterized by a definitive main channel and semi-permanent sub-channels that intertwine with the main channel in their planform. This semi-permanence of the sub-channels is ...
Chemokine Mediated Regulation of Tumor-Lymphatic Crosstalk in Head and Neck Cancers
(2019-04-24)
A number of cancers disseminate first through the lymphatic system, and the presence of tumor cells in the sentinel or draining lymph node is a major prognostic indicator. Head and neck cancers (HNSCC) which preferentially ...
Gender Bias in Policing
(2018-04-25)
The rise in tension between law enforcement and the communities they serve and gender discrimination in general, brings importance to the study of statistical evidence of the presence of gender discrimination in different ...
Characterization of Cation Channels in E. coli
(2015-11-18)
Escherichia coli (E. coli) has a potassium (K+) channel (kch) and a non-selective ion channel (trkH/G). The goal of this project is to explore the individual function and modes of regulation for each system, which will ...
Songs of the Dying Swan: Dido, Aeneas, and the Divine in 14th Through 16th Century Literary Adaptations
(2019-04-22)
This research thesis examines how the depictions of the divine within the Classical Latin source texts and the English adaptations of the tragic love story of Aeneas and Dido, before and after the Protestant Reformation, ...
Nanocomposite Bioink for Additive Manufacturing
(2018-04-25)
In the medical field, there is a growing need for tissue replacements that are able to mimic the native structure and function of failing human tissues. 3D bioprinting is a manufacturing technique with the potential to ...