Browsing 29th Hayes Graduate Research Forum (February, 2015) by Title

Anionic Detergent Mediated On-Slide Digestion: A Novel Approach to Collection of Archived Tissue for Bottom-Up Proteomics

Wang, Linan ( 2015-02 )

In the United States, cancer accounts for one out of every four deaths, and significant resources have been devoted to the improvement of diagnosis and treatment. Early and accurate diagnosis is critical in ensuring favorable ...

Attitudinal Ambivalence: How Consumers Manage it?

Singh, Amit S. ( 2015-02 )

Ambivalence often has been viewed as an attitude that has both positive and negative components to it. Ambivalence also is viewed as causing discomfort, thus motivating individuals to reduce it. In this research, we ...

Bendable Zeolite Membrane: Rapid Synthesis with Improved Separation Performance

Wang, Bo ( 2015-02 )

Separation of CO2 emitted from stationary resources is effective in reducing CO2 content in the atmosphere, thereby mitigating adverse climate change effects. Currently, there is considerable research on technologies that ...

Capitalism is Here to Stay: An Appraisal of the Complicated Relationship Between Art, Art-Making, and the Marketplace

Levitt, Sarah ( 2015-02 )

This paper examines the relationship between art and capitalism in America from the 1960s to the present, and questions whether art practices, specifically dance, can offer a form of resistance to dominant economic systems. ...

Collapse Analysis and Testing of an Existing Building

Akah, Ebiji ( 2015-02 )

Very limited full-scale experiments have been conducted to understand the mechanism of progressive collapse, which involves partial or complete collapse of a structure typically due to the loss of a vertical load carrying ...

The Development of a Tomato-Soy-Arugula Seed Beverage for Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial

Lee, Michelle C. ( 2015-02 )

The relationship between tomato, soy, and cruciferous vegetables with lower risk of prostate cancer has been investigated in several prospective epidemiological studies. It is hypothesized that the combination of these ...

THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF MOUSE SAMHD1 ON RESTRICTION OF HIV-1 AND MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTIONS

Wang, Feifei ( 2015-02 )

Background: The dNTPase SAMHD1 functions as an HIV-1 restriction factor in non-dividing cells by limiting intracellular dNTP levels required to complete viral reverse transcription. Phosphorylation of human SAMHD1 (hSAMHD1) ...

Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: Rapid Characterization of Semiconductors

Deitz, Julia ( 2015-02 )

In recent years, solar power has begun to approach cost-competitiveness with conventional power sources due to improvements in efficiency, manufacturing, and economies of scale. However, much of this advancement is reaching ...

Ethnophytopathology and Survey of Tomato Diseases in Morogoro, Tanzania

Testen, Anna ( 2015-02 )

Purpose of Study Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an important crop in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, providing both income and nutrients to smallholder farmers. Tomato production is constrained by many diseases, but ...

Evidence of the internalization of animal calciviruses via the root of growing strawberry plants and dissemination to the fruit

DiCaprio, Erin ( 2015-02 )

Human norovirus (NoV) is the leading cause of foodborne disease in the U.S. and epidemiological studies have shown that fresh produce is one of the major vehicles for the transmission of human NoV. However, the mechanisms ...

Family Expressivity: Caregiver Differences and Child Emotional Reactivity

Hooper, Emma ( 2015-02 )

This study considered the process by which children emotionally develop within the context of the child’s environment, as families and especially caregivers play an important role in socializing emotional understanding and ...

HIV-1 Primer Binding Site:Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Interaction Affinity Diminishes Upon tRNA Primer Annealing and Extension

Olson, Erik D. ( 2015-02 )

The retrovirus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), possesses a positive sense RNA genome (gRNA) that is reverse transcribed into proviral DNA upon infection. In order for reverse transcription to occur, HIV-1 ...

Ibrutinib enhances IL-17 response by modulating the function of bone marrow derived dendritic cells

Natarajan, Gayathri ( 2015-02 )

Ibrutinib (PCI-32765) is an irreversible dual Btk/Itk inhibitor shown to be effective in treating several B cell malignancies. However, limited studies have been conducted to study the effect of this drug on myeloid cell ...

In Vitro Evaluation of Biological Activity of Anthocyanin Based Lipstick Formulations

Westfall, Alexandra ( 2015-02 )

The growing market demands for health-promoting ingredients, as well as a growing concern over the use of synthetic colorants in consumer products, highlights the need for alternative coloring ingredients in cosmetic ...

Information and Rivalry: How Do Firms Respond to Competitors’ Investment Decision under Environmental Uncertainty? -- Evidence from the U.S. Electric Utility Companies’ Adoption of Solar Energy

Lu, Shaohua ( 2015-02 )

A broad literature in strategy examines how competitors’ presence affects the focal firm’s strategic decision making. This stream of research identifies imitation and deterrence as two distinct patterns, and concludes with ...

INTERLEUKIN 1 TYPE 1 RECEPTOR RESTORE: A GENETIC MOUSE MODEL FOR STUDYING INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR MEDIATED EFFECTS IN SPECIFIC CELL TYPES

Liu, Xiaoyu ( 2015-02 )

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) mediates diverse neurophysiological and neuropathological effects in the central nervous system (CNS) through type I IL-1 receptor (IL-1R1). However, identification of IL-1R1 expressing cell types and ...