Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2015-11-10)In addition to the physical effects, spinal cord injury (SCI) also impacts quality of life and psychological wellbeing. Compared to the rate of 8.6% in the general population, the incidence of major depressive disorder ...
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(2011-05-05)S100 proteins are a large family of Ca2 binding protein that have been implicated in the onset and progression of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), cancer, and multiple sclerosis. However, the molecular ...
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(2016-03-24)This thesis is proposing an alternative way to view the notions of sacred and profane that better facilitates conversation in public discourse. Currently, public conversation tends to not acknowledge that there can be ...
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This thesis focuses on sadness detection and recognition using deep learning and image processing in python. It analyzes accurate and efficient ways to collect a large set of “moments” from YouTube videos to build large-scale ...
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(2014-01-22)Sargassum, a pelagic brown alga, is a vital part of marine and coastal ecosystems. It serves as shelter for fish, turtles, and other hatchlings and juveniles. Sargassum acts as a source of food, as it reaches closer to the ...
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(2015-11-10)Phytanic acid is one of many branched-chained fatty acids that humans and animals consume on a daily basis, but impaired metabolism of this compound and other branched-chain lipids such as cholesterol leads to toxicity. ...
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(2013-02-04)In some pathogens such as Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Chlamydia, and Shigella, secreted effector proteins have been found to localize to the nucleus and alter the host’s immune response by modulating ...
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A thorough understanding of the process bacterial pathogens use to infect host cells is an important factor in developing an antimicrobial that will provide efficient and effective defense against such infection. The first ...
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(2015-09-25)Ancient Greek culture was characterized by a complex relationship with the sea. The significance of the sea to Greek society, in conjunction with a developing mythology, inspired the creation of a score of monsters, grouped ...
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(2013-02-04)Reconstructing ancient ocean circulation patterns contributes to a better understanding of Earth’s past climate conditions, as the two are known to be a strongly coupled system. Paleoceanographic reconstructions of the ...
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(2015-09-17)This research project is an effort to understand the process of late economic development by studying national differences in economic growth between 1870 and 1950. While traditional theories of economic development have ...
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New and continuing research within recent years has provided volumes of insight into the past, present, and projected states of the Texas coastal region, its ecosystems, climate patterns, and human population. The Mission ...
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Seismic Discontinuities in the Mantle Beneath the Western Pacific: Evidence from ScS Reverberations (2006-07-11)Earthquakes generate seismic waves that travel through the Earth and can be reflected by changes in density and/or seismic velocity that may relate to changes in the phase or chemical composition of the mantle. To study ...
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(2018-04-30)Ischemic stroke is the 5th leading cause of death within the U.S. and a major cause of long-term disability, especially in older females in comparison to men and younger women. This phenomenon is associated with a decrease ...
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(2013-02-04)Clouds of synaptic vesicles, which contain neurotransmitter molecules, are distributed along the length of a neuron's axon terminal. A small number of synaptic vesicles are docked on (held at) specialized regions of the ...
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(2009-06-09)The following study examined the relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and academic outcomes, such as achievement and behavioral engagement and self-concept, in an at-risk group of middle school ...
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(2013-01-31)This work presents semi-analytical solutions to a radiation-hydrodynamics problems of a radiation source driving an initially cold medium. Our solutions are in the equilibrium diffusion limit, include material motion and ...
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Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB) are significantly underrepresented in psychology research, and little is known on their characteristics and relationship to self-esteem, despite the serious impairments they cause ...
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This paper discusses the concept of replicating biological processes through the use of self-configurable antenna patterns. Through non-linear gradient descent methods and the use of parasitic beam forming, it is proposed ...
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The Sensitivity of Rainfall Distributions to Time, Space, and the Environment over Kwajalein Atoll North of the equator, winds converge causing bands of heavy rain in a region called the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Due to the small-scale processes that are not fully represented by weather models, modeled ...