Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2011-04-29)Crash cushions are deployed at gores and in front of other fixed objects along the roadway when their proximity to the travelled way poses an unacceptable risk to the travelling public. A crash cushion is intended to act ...
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(2015-11-17)Capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) is a protein separation technique that could help identify disease biomarkers using microliters of human blood serum. Analytical techniques that separate serum proteins with high sensitivity ...
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(2013-09-19)Synovitis is the inflammation of the synovial membrane and is a common condition in horses. Synovitis can occur with many other conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and can lead to joint degeneration if left untreated. ...
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(2011-08-04)There have been many reports of individuals and animals in New York City coming in contact with electrically energized structures caused by “stray voltage”. The electric utility, Consolidated Edison (Con Ed), has been ...
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(2015-09-22)The Henry Mountains in Utah are home to several small igneous intrusions from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene. One of the most critical small satellite bodies to the main intrusions of the Henry Mountains is the Trachyte ...
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(2013-02-15)The presence of emerging organic contaminants in surface and ground water sources poses challenges for traditional drinking water treatments such as granular activated carbon and ozonation with sand filtration. Manganese ...
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Visual SLAM is a challenging topic because the algorithm needs to be run in real-time and give a precise estimation of camera pose. The field of research become popular after Davison [1] introduced computer vision methods ...
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(2020-04-16)The Orchestrate project explored the separation of a browsing semantics engine from the other user-visible components of a hypertext or other linking system. This allows more flexibility in the semantics of the links ...
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(2008-08-19)Sediment samples from Simpson Bay, Alaska were analyzed to determine the influence of earthquake events on the accumulated organic matter. Radiochemical analysis of 210Pb activity in the sediment dated the cores and ...
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(2020-04-13)Research has shown that perceived social exclusion, characterized by the feeling of ostracism, is considered a stressful event that produces a negative affect. Ostracism, defined as exclusion by general consent from common ...
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(2013-02-04)Once the most productive and economically important estuary in the US, Chesapeake Bay remains in poor condition after years of over-harvesting and pollutant run-off. The objective of this study was to quantify the demand ...
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(2012-04-30)The supply chain challenges that the Oil and Gas industry faces in material logistics have enlarged in the last few decades owing to an increased hydro-carbon demand. Many reasons justify the challenges, such as exploration ...
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(2018-05-04)CVS Liquid Bandage -- a “value brand” version of wound closure devices such as Dermabond -- following a distal, P3 amputation in mice initiates precocious wound closure; inducing a hypoxic microenvironment, and/or leading ...
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Energy is one of the most hotly discussed topics of the modern age. One segment of these discussions is devoted to the environmental impact of energy production and consumption. The second segment of this discussion pertains ...
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(2017-04-27)Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become increasingly popular for commercial use in recent years, however, the frequency of accidents involving LIBs raises concerns over their safety. A commonly experienced condition for ...
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Mindfulness-based interventions have been effective at reducing symptoms of chronic inflammatory disorders, a phenomenon proposed to be mediated by altered immune system function and inflammatory response. However, the ...
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Pancreatic Cancer (PC) is among the most difficult cancers to detect in its earliest stages when treatment is most effective. Factors that may contribute to PC include periodontal disease, smoking, chronic diabetes, obesity, ...
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(2014-09-24)The purpose of this study is to determine why the occupation of Germany after the Second World War was so successful and why we view it as the quid essential example of an occupation. It will examine the three major factors ...
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(2012-07-11)Collagen is the most abundant protein in human body and the major component of the extracellular matrix. It self-assembles into fibrillar structures that exhibit characteristic 67-nm bands called the D-period. Despite ...
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(2020-04-29)Respect for patient autonomy is a fundamental principle of biomedical ethics. However, it holds relatively little weight in pediatric medicine, in which parents act as proxy decision-makers for their children. Challenges ...