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BLOOD-MEAL PREFERENCE OF AEDES AGEYPTI (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) TO RESOURCES TREATED WITH THE TOXIN PRODUCED BY MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS
(2015-11-23)
Mycolactone is a unique toxin produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), the causative agent of Buruli ulcer. The primary vector for Buruli ulcer (BU) is still unknown; however, some hypothesize mosquitoes, such as Aedes ...
Priority effects of Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
(2015-09-28)
Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) are both secondary colonizers of carrion (Brundage et al. 2014, Tomberlin et al. 2005). Chyrsomya rufifacies is a ...
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 ...
The Cost of Adolescence: Mental Health, Gender Performance, and the Heterosexual Marketplace in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction
(2020-04-20)
This paper looks at the portrayal of mental health in protagonists within selected contemporary fiction young adult novels. In these selected texts, the protagonists are all dealing with mental health in various ways that ...
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; ...