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Soft Robot Design to Support Communication for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2016-03-08)
Our study investigates the advantages of using soft robots to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder advance their social skills focusing on speech development. The field of developing robots for therapeutic use is ...
Use of PVC Pipes of Different Diameters as Artificial Refuges by Green Tree Frogs (Hyla cinerea) in Texas
(2015-08-28)
With the sharp decline in amphibian populations worldwide, it is becoming increasingly important to evaluate use of artificial refuges by amphibian species. The objective of this study is to evaluate PVC pipes as artificial ...
Autoimmune Diseases: Hemolytic Anemia
(2013-09-24)
Anemia is a term that defines a condition in which a person’s blood lacks a stable amount of red blood cells or hemoglobin. This condition can cause a person to experience fatigue, and an improper amount of oxygen will be ...
THE EFFECT OF GREYWATER IRRIGATION ON THE HYDRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL
(2014-12-17)
As population increases, resources critical for human existence - water, food, and energy - become increasingly scarce, making it imperative to conserve, reuse, and recycle these resources. A largely untapped, non-conventional ...
Synthesis of an Indolocarbazole Based Small Molecule: Towards Donor-Acceptor Type Ladder Polymers
(2015-09-24)
The use of donor-acceptor (D-A) type ladder polymers as p-type semiconducting materials in optoelectronic devices has received significant attention recently due to the possibilities of increasing the efficiency of organic ...
Disruption of the Temporal Activation of Ras-EGFR-MAPK Axis by Targeting a Critical Membrane Phospholipid Second Messenger
(2015-10-02)
The Ras-EGFR-MAPK signaling axis is chronically up-regulated in colon cancer, and pharmacological inhibition of signaling through Ras and/or EGFR has been shown to prevent colon tumor formation. Recent evidence suggests ...
Dynamic Whole Blood Study of Silicone Modified with PEO-Silane Amphiphiles
(2015-09-04)
Blood-contacting medical devices rapidly adsorb plasma proteins that initiate clot (i.e. thrombus) formation. Antithrombotic drugs may reduce clotting and associated device dysfunction and ischemia, but put the patient at ...
Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Ring-Opening Pericyclic Reactions - A Computational Exploration
(2015-09-04)
Though ubiquitous in everyday organic reactions, the phenomenon of tunneling must often be corrected for, and the elusive and subtle nature of its appearance in experimental studies allows it to be a continued interest for ...
Application of Generalized Multiscale Finite-Element Method (GMsFEM) for Seismic Wavefield Simulation in Geological Models with Fluid-Solid Interface
(2015-09-22)
Numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation is widely employed to characterize petroleum reservoirs and complex geological structures. Conventional numerical wave equation simulation methods can become prohibitively ...
The Effects of Polyphosphate on Chemotaxis
(2015-11-12)
Wound treatment in the United States costs $25 billion annually (Sen, Gordillo et al. 2009) and one in a hundred people are hospitalized each year for a wound that requires professional medical attention (Drew, Posnett et ...