Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2017-04-27)Six effector proteins of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium - SseC, SseG, SseI, SseK1, SteB, and SopD - were studied in order to determine their molecular contributions to virulence. Data collected from a high-throughput ...
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(2014-10-03)Water shortage has been a challenge in developing hydraulic fracturing in drought-affected areas such as South (Eagle Ford) and West (Permian Basin) Texas. Non-potable groundwater is a potential alternative to fresh water ...
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In a clinical setting, there are countless scenarios in which a statistical prognosis for patients can be extremely beneficial to medical professionals so that they may better allocate resources to provide the best patient ...
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Mobility literature in economics examines the distribution of earnings in a workforce. That research is motivated to better understand how workers can rise or fall in the distribution of earnings. However, with new and ...
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Eating and exercise detection using continuous glucose monitor (CGM) signals is key to provide recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. However, this can be challenging given imbalanced data and other contexts. Previous ...
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(2012-04-22)Military training lands are among the most degraded rangelands in the United States. Tracked vehicle training represents the largest source of soil disturbance on these rangelands (Fang et al. 2002). Training activities ...
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(2021-04-26)There are few other regions that have been as significantly altered by woody plant encroachment (WPE) as the Southern Great Plains (SGP) of the United States. The transition from an oak savanna to a shrubland mosaic ...
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(2012-07-11)Ecological theory suggests morphology should be linked to foraging mode and strategy. This study was conducted to determine the possible relationship between morphology and diet of a monophyletic group of lizards in the ...
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(2015-12-09)There are many different types of nonalcoholic beverages available in the United States today compared to decade ago. Functionality and health dimensions of beverages have changed over the years. Currently, exotic superfruit ...
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Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) has been investigated through catalysis, reaction engineering and various processes to achieve the valued economic performance of producing ethylene from natural gas for more than 40 ...
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This thesis addresses the fact that we often obey our perceived authorities to the point of immorality. Why do we obey? How does education affect obedience in either a good or bad way? Ought we always obey? If not, when ...
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(2013-09-19)My project intends to analyze the education potential of comic heroes for the humanities in the development of a democratic citizenry. Drawing on critiques of certain Enlightenment conceptions of an individual autonomous ...
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In 2017, the United States provided foster care for approximately 691,000 children. During years in foster care, these children face significant deficits in medical and dental care. Foster children are known for having ...
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(2012-07-11)In the past, research has considered what types of structures and settings influence cooperation and emotions in social dilemmas. However, there is little examination about how a crisis or change in the situation affects ...
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Acceptance training has been used to help individuals cope with negative emotion and pain (Hayes et al., 1999), however little is known about the neural mechanisms mediating these effects. The present study examined whether ...
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(2015-11-12)Infants' representation of objects is critical in learning about their environment and the way objects within the environment interact with each other. Two aspects of object processing that contribute to this understanding ...
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(2013-02-04)Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria that is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. C. difficile infections (CDI) are thought to be caused by ingestion of spores by a ...
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(2014-09-15)Contraceptive management is critical in women with epilepsy because of the potential for maternal and fetal risks if unexpected pregnancy develops while on AED treatment. Although oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used ...
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(2006-07-11)The spatial distribution of the melt phase can affect many properties of partially molten rocks, including viscosity and seismic wave velocity. A good way to quantify this distribution is the grain boundary wetness, the ...
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(2013-09-26)A 3-dimensional highly integrated cytoskeletal network dynamically responds to numerous mechanical stresses faced by cells in various tissue types. Intermediate filament proteins are a major part of the cytoskeleton of ...