Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2006-07-11)The use of geophysical remote sensing techniques has been increasing for several decades. As this technology becomes increasingly affordable and accurate, more and more archaeologists are beginning to wonder how this ...
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(2012-04-18)Reactions that involve two immiscible reactants are challenging to perform due to limitations associated with mass transport. This becomes even more challenging when a catalyst is required to progress the reaction. Biodiesel ...
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(2012-06-06)Rotavirus (RV), family reoviridae, is a deadly pathogen that affects young children and infants worldwide by causing severe watery gastroenteritis. Rotavirus Gastroenteritis (RGE) causes 55,000 to 70,000 hospitalizations, ...
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(2015-08-28)With the sharp decline in amphibian populations worldwide, it is becoming increasingly important to evaluate use of artificial refuges by amphibian species. The objective of this study is to evaluate PVC pipes as artificial ...
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With the ongoing pandemic, telemedicine is being used more than ever before. However, physicians are unable to conduct soft tissue physical examinations when they meet with their patients remotely. To assess this limitation, ...
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Thesis Statement The primary objective of this research is to develop and investigate a user interface that supports learning to be implemented in the virtual reality application Anatomy Builder VR, an ongoing project ...
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(2014-09-18)Falls contribute to the elderly’s highest number of unintentional injuries. Clearly, falling has significant implications in our aging population. Reach movements typically performed by the elderly are linked with fall ...
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This study examined the possibility of developing a prediction equation for ruminal ammonia through comparing ruminal ammonia concentrations to ruminal ammonium levels. Ruminal ammonia concentrations were measured the ...
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Stress has been shown to have a negative effect on every stage of an animal’s life cycle, from birth rates to weaning (Clincy, Sheriff & Zanette, 2013). Early socialization through habituation has been shown to decrease ...
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Replication Protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric single stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein. RPA has functions in DNA metabolism and meiosis (1). Specifically, the subunit RPA3 helps give structure to the heterotrimeric ...
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This research project aims to provide a self-feeding manipulator system to accommodate those who have upper-body motor disabilities. The purpose of the device is to allow patients to rely less on their caregivers during a ...
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(2017-04-24)The Hyperion Treatment Plant (HTP) located off Santa Monica Bay is the largest sewage treatment facility in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. In order to perform necessary repairs chlorinated secondary-treated effluents ...
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(2012-05-07)A single case study was conducted with a 10-year-old fourth-grader who struggled with writing. The goal of the study was to increase the quantity and quality of words written by the student when he wrote a story. The ...
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(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 ...
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(2021-04-26)In the current climate of COVID-19, providing high-quality education for students is difficult, particularly regarding fields that are traditionally reliant on in-person teaching interactions. Studies such as sports or ...
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New applications of Deep Neural Networks are being designed such as fraud detection, short term weather precipitation forecasts, and cancer prognosis prediction. Nonetheless, their respective models are getting more complex ...
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(2013-09-25)Pigs have considerable economic benefits so the death of 20 to 40 percent of their embryos during pregnancy represents a major economic loss [1]. Therefore, identifying the expression of key genes associated with embryonic ...
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(2013-09-19)The utility of motivation and communication intervention in children with autism. (May 2014) This study compares the use of highly preferred items and low preferred items as targets during a receptive identification ...
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(2015-10-02)The field of evolutionary geobiology is focused largely on the presence of biosignatures in the geological record. Microbial mat communities have been shown to sort heavy element grains and produce patterns that differ ...
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With the popularity of digital entertainment applications such as Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc., comes the need for sophisticated music recommendation algorithms. Many algorithms depend on collaborative filtering, ...