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Evaluation of Cell Culture Exercise Protocols using a Mechanical Stretch System for Analysis of DEPTOR Expression
(2013-02-04)
The generation and maintenance of muscle mass is a subject of interest across many scientific fields, including cancer, diabetes, and exercise physiology. Protein synthesis is a key step in the development and maintenance ...
Improved Connected-Component Expansion Strategies for Sampling-Based Motion Planning
(2013-04-13)
Motion planning is the problem of computing valid paths through an environment. Since computing exact solutions is intractable, sampling-based algorithms, such as Probabilistic RoadMaps (PRMs), have gained popularity. PRMs ...
Knowledge of Beachgoers to the Presence of and Threats to Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico; Results of a Survey of Visitors to Galveston Island, Texas
(2013-02-04)
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is home to five of seven extant species of sea turtles: Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s ridley), Chelonia mydas (green turtle), Caretta caretta (loggerhead), Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill), and ...
Effects of Co-contaminants on Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane
(2013-02-01)
1,4-Dioxane is a commonly used industrial solvent stabilizer, a groundwater contaminant, and a probable human carcinogen. Due to its chemical and physical properties, treatment of 1,4-dioxane-contaminated groundwater is ...
Designing and Expressing a Recombinant Tick Saliva Chimera
(2013-02-04)
When ticks feed, they inject numerous proteins into the host that modulate the host’s defense mechanism to tick feeding activity. When animals are repeatedly infested with ticks, they develop an immune response to tick ...
MiR-150, A Novel and Potent Regulator for MLL-AF9 Leukemic Stem Cells
(2013-02-18)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short, non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, particularly in cancers. MicroRNA-150 has been proven as a critical regulatory for normal hematopoiesis and a ...
MathLex: A Web-Based Mathematical Entry System
(2013-02-01)
Mathematical formulas are easy to convey in handwritten media, but how should they be represented in electronic format? Unfortunately, mathematical content has not been as well-implemented on the Web as images and video. ...
Chemorepellants and Their Signal Transduction Pathways: Gβ and Akt Proteins Necessary for Dictyostelium AprA Chemorepulsion
(2013-02-04)
Cellular movement in response to a chemical gradient, known as chemotaxis, is a critical behavior in many developmental and pathological processes such as embryo development and cancer metastasis. This cell movement can ...
SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR MODULATION IN NEONATAL HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY
(2013-02-12)
Brain damage by hypoxia-ischemia is a devastating injury to neonatal infants, and can lead to long-term neurological defects, e.g. cerebral palsy. Recent revelations concerning the nature of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) ...
Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease in ticks across Texas
(2013-02-05)
The goal of this study is to determine where the Lyme disease (LD) causative agent is prevalent in Texas. According to the CDC, LD is the most prevalent arthropod borne disease in the US with 33,097 cases reported last ...