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Characterization of Cation Channels in E. coli
(2015-11-18)
Escherichia coli (E. coli) has a potassium (K+) channel (kch) and a non-selective ion channel (trkH/G). The goal of this project is to explore the individual function and modes of regulation for each system, which will ...
Songs of the Dying Swan: Dido, Aeneas, and the Divine in 14th Through 16th Century Literary Adaptations
(2019-04-22)
This research thesis examines how the depictions of the divine within the Classical Latin source texts and the English adaptations of the tragic love story of Aeneas and Dido, before and after the Protestant Reformation, ...
Nanocomposite Bioink for Additive Manufacturing
(2018-04-25)
In the medical field, there is a growing need for tissue replacements that are able to mimic the native structure and function of failing human tissues. 3D bioprinting is a manufacturing technique with the potential to ...
The Vulnerability of Eastern North American Plethodontidae Salamanders to Climate Change
(2014-08-07)
Many biologists rely on environmental niche modeling to predict where species will migrate upon imminent climate changes. These coarse-scale approaches base species’ movements on variables such as temperature, habitat, and ...
Application of Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Estimate Post Mortem Interval
(2014-10-06)
Estimating the post mortem interval of human remains is extremely important in death scene investigations. Currently, the rate of decomposition is gaged by a number of techniques, such as insect development, a function in ...
Demand for Empirical Course Data
(2019-04-19)
We perform a randomized control trial in which we provide students with a tool that visualizes empirical grade information of classes at a large public university. Visualization viewership is monitored and demand is linked ...
Machine Learning for Raga Classification in Indian Classical Music
(2019-02-11)
Indian Classical music consists of “Ragas”. Ragas are combinations of notes in a particular order. There are 72 combinations of these notes that form the 72 parent Ragas. The names of the Ragas are written around the circle ...
Physical Activity for People With Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2019-04-23)
People with disabilities are significantly less physically active than are people without disabilities (CDC, 2017). There is significant research on the benefits of physical exercise for people with a disability (Darcy, ...
The Role of Wetlands in Mitigating the Social Costs of Disasters
(2019-04-29)
Social costs associated with disaster recovery in the United States have been on a rise in recent decades given unprecedented number of extreme weather events including floods, coastal storms and hurricanes. Understanding ...
Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the Detection of Underlaying Dyes on Re-Dyed Hair
(2019-04-19)
Hair evidence is one of the most common types of evidence in the field of forensic sciences, yet analysis is subjective and is interpreted by an analyst, adding in bias to the outcome of the analysis. By applying Surface ...