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HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHOTOBIOREACTOR FOR MICROALGAL BIOFUEL ASSAY
(2015-09-25)
Microalgae are emerging as a source of future biofuel due to high oil productivity and low environmental impact. Optimizing microalgal growth and oil production by the study of growth conditions will address the high ...
Enhancing Blind Navigation with the Use of Wearable Sensor Technology
(2015-11-17)
The goal of this research was to design and develop a wearable device that enables blind users to
accomplish regular navigation, especially that of unfamiliar areas, more easily and without the
aid of a human assistant. ...
Tunable Hydrogel Substrates for Studying Pathogen-Host Cell Interactions
(2015-11-18)
Extracellular matrix elasticity has been shown to affect a variety of cellular properties. However, the effect it has on pathogen-host cell interaction has yet to be thoroughly evaluated. Furthering our understanding of ...
An AI System for Coaching Novice Programmers
(2015-10-23)
Rapidly giving students meaningful feedback is a key component in an effective educational experience. A common problem in modern education is scalability, as class size increases the ability of the instructor to rapidly ...
Requirement of Osr1 in second heart field (SHF) for proper outflow tract (OFT) alignment
(2018-04-23)
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is current in 1/3 of all birth defects and has the prevalence of 1 in 1000 births.1 1/3 of all CHDs consist of cardiac outflow tract (OFT) defects.1 Despite its high prevalence, the genetic ...
Mineralogy Associated With Acid Mine Seepage as Determined Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Relations to Acid Base Accounting
(2017-04-27)
Over 7,000 km of streams in the eastern United States are negatively affected by acid drainage from coal mines (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1994). Pyrite (FeS2) is known to be the primary cause of acid formation, ...
On Access and Excess: Birth Interventions for Latinas in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
(2017-05-04)
The United States southern border is expanding rapidly. Already home to over 7.2 million people, this region also contains two of the nation's top ten fastest growing cities (McAllen, Texas and Laredo, Texas) (DHHS 2009; ...
Determining the Mechanisms by Which Membrane Targeted Dietary Bioactives Reduce Oncogenic KRas Driven Nutrient Scavenging
(2015-10-02)
Approximately 30 to 50% of colorectal cancers contain KRas mutations, which confer resistance to standard therapy and have therefore been termed “undruggable.” Since no curative treatments for KRas driven colon cancer are ...
The Role of Noxious Stimulation in Progressive Hemorrhagic Necrosis in the Contused Spinal Cord
(2015-11-11)
Traumatic spinal cord injuries are often accompanied by secondary injuries that complicate the recovery process. Our lab has shown that nociceptive stimulation engages pain fibers and negatively impacts recovery following ...
Evaluating Potential Effects of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Retreat on Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Populations: A Simulation Model of Interactions Among Sea Ice, Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba), and Blue Whales
(2017-04-24)
In the Antarctic, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) feed primarily on Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), which feed primarily on under-ice algae. The retreat of the Antarctic ice shelf may pose potentially serious ...