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“Quia Similia Similibus Applaudant”: Visual Variations of Genesis 3 in the Medieval Mind
(2019-04-29)
In Medieval Europe, the Bible was strictly prohibited in any language other than Latin. This prohibition of vernacular scripture led to other devotional mediums that drew from Biblical stories such as the book of hours, ...
Survey of Swimming Pattern Changes Associated With the Size of Cortical Inversions in Paramecium tetraurelia
(2015-09-22)
The cell surface of Paramecium tetraurelia is covered in cilia organized into approximately 70 ciliary rows which extend from the anterior of the cell to the posterior. One or more of these ciliary rows can be surgically ...
Development of Precise, Affordable Glucose Sensors
(2019-05-01)
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects millions of people around the world. This disease develops as a result of either disrupted insulin production (type 1) or altered insulin absorption (type 2), leading ...
Characterization of Clinically Isolated Clostridium Difficile Strain LC5624
(2018-04-23)
Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming pathogen. Due to, in part, the highly transmissible spore morphotype, C. difficile infections (CDI) frequently occur in cycles of recurring disease that ...
Don't Call Me "It": Examining the Relationship Between Experiences of Child Abuse and Creativity as an Adult
(2010-07-14)
Researchers have conducted numerous studies examining the effects of one?s home life on
future success; however, only a small portion of that research covers the specific effects
that negative home environments can have ...
Structural and bonding trends in platinum-carbon clusters
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Density functional calculations with the B3-LYP functional were used to optimize the platinum-carbon cationic clusters, PtCx+, 1=x=16, in both the doublet and quartet states of the linear, fan, open-ring, closed ring, and ...
PEBBLE-BED NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM PHYSICS AND FUEL UTILIZATION
(2011-04-20)
The Generation IV Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PMBR) design may be used for electricity production, co-generation applications (industrial heat, hydrogen production, desalination, etc.), and could potentially eliminate some ...
Comparing Accuracy and Time Complexity of Machine Learning Algorithms for Eye Gesture Recognition
(2018-05-15)
The eye motion data can be utilized to perform behavior analysis and improve common applications, such as accessible HCI, interactive interface, marketing, and remote-controlling. This research project compares accuracy ...
Structure-Based Drug Discovery Against the Caseinolytic Protease From Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(2018-05-02)
Antibacterial drug resistance is a major factor in the increasing rate of failure to successfully treat diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization estimates that in 2015 a total of 10.4 million new ...
The Effects of Sex on Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Following Noxious Input
(2018-04-19)
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are often the result of traumatic accidents resulting in polytrauma. Pain input from associated injuries has been shown to negatively impair locomotor recovery and foster the development of ...