Browsing 2015 Fall Undergraduate Research Student Poster Forum (9th) by Title
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Associations between teachers’ personality, psychological well-being, and the quality of their cocaring relationships
Maras, Elly ( 2015-09-17 )Recent research has explored the conceptual similarities between coparenting relationships and parent-teacher, or cocaring relationships, in infant and toddler classrooms (Lang, 2015). Cocaring is defined as the relationship ... -
Building a Framework for Professional Commitment: Stories of Professional Growth in an Undergraduate Introduction to Pharmacy Course
Williams, Victoria ( 2015-09-17 )With admissions to PharmD programs becoming increasingly competitive, sophisticated pre-pharmacy preparation is becoming increasingly important. Admissions committees are now looking at measures beyond academic merit to ... -
Consequences of an NFU1 Mutation in the Fe-S Cluster Biosynthetic Pathway
Wesley, Nathaniel; Wachnowsky, Christine; Fidai, Insiya ( 2015-09-17 )Fe-S clusters are prosthetic groups found in several metalloproteins, and are conserved across all kingdoms of life (Lill, 2008). These clusters have essential yet diverse roles in the mechanics of the cell, including ... -
Developing an in vitro myobundle model system for pathophysiological studies of human skeletal muscle
Sherry, Aubrey ( 2015-09-17 )Existing in vitro models for liver, lung, and cardiac tissue have made recent notable progress, however a predictive model of human skeletal muscle does not exist. While, two-dimensional cultures of myoblasts are well ... -
Do Dogs Use Their Noses? Investigating Olfactory Perception in the Domestic Dog
Wilson, Sally ( 2015-09-17 )The nasal tissue lining the domestic dogs’ (Canis familiaris) nasal cavity can have over 200 million sensory receptor sites all dedicated to receiving smell molecules to be processed in the brain’s olfactory bulb. But how ... -
Eddy Current Microscopy for Detection of Solid Tumors
Javor, Josh ( 2015-09-17 )Optical microscopy is commonly used to investigate observable characteristics in biological tissue. A method will be presented to image electrical properties of tissue using known engineering techniques that will complement ... -
Effect of Transmission Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation Methods on Nano Structure and Properties of Metallic Glasses
Park, Gyuchul ( 2015-09-17 )Metallic glasses (MGs) are new metallic alloys with excellent mechanical properties. However, practical applications of MGs are still limited due to the lack of understanding on their atomic structure. Since MGs have ... -
How individual variation in activity influences the transmission of novel information
Troyer, Emily ( 2015-09-17 )Novel information, such as the location of a food source, can be transmitted throughout a group via social learning, as opposed to direct sampling of the environment. Other information transmission models via social learning ... -
Identifying an animal model to study the extracellular role of the bacterial toxin listeriolysin O
Yan, Shirui ( 2015-09-17 )Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a cholesterol- dependent cytolysin (CDC) secreted by the foodborne, facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. This toxin is released in the extracellular and intracellular environments, ... -
Liver inflammation exacerbates intraspinal tissue loss after spinal cord injury
Alfredo, Anthony N.; Sauerbeck, Andrew D.; Goodus, Matthew; Bruno, Richard S.; McTigue, Dana M. ( 2015-09-17 )Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that impedes a patient’s motor and sensory function as well as physiological well-being. Epidemiologic research has shown that 10 to 40 people per million in the developed ... -
Modeling and Simulation of Non-Isothermal Gas-Assisted Injection Molding For Non-Newtonian Fluids
Kolliopoulos, Panayiotis K. ( 2015-09-17 )Current gas-assisted injection molding simulations do not accurately predict coating thickness of the frozen layer created by the polymer melt in non-isothermal systems. This project will present a hybrid control-volume ... -
The Petrologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: A method for modeling terrestrial exoplanets using the MELTS algorithm
Hull, Scott ( 2015-09-17 )Recent technological advances in exoplanet detection have led to planetary findings on an unprecedented scale and opened the doors to a new area of geophysical inquiry. This inquiry includes both the hunt for Earth-like ... -
Probabilistic Evaluation of Carbonation Induced Deterioration in Prestressed Concrete Structures
Loos, Sabine ( 2015-09-17 )Reinforced concrete is one of the most universally used building materials, since it has a high capacity under compression, handles tensile stresses through steel reinforcement, and provides lasting durability. This ... -
The Progression of the Development of Antibody pY26: Recognizing Phosphorylated Troponin I at the Tyrosine-26 Amino Acid Residue
Gualtieri, Nicholas; Salhi, Hussam ( 2015-09-17 )Antibodies are used in the western blot technique to identify or quantify a specific protein in a sample. These antibodies cannot be synthesized in a laboratory and must be developed within an animal. It can take months ... -
Prolonged Circulation of Peptide Amphiphiles for Cancer Imaging
Manos, Aaron ( 2015-09-17 )There has been an emerging interest in designing smart, self-assembling, biocompatible materials that can selectively undergo morphological transitions to accumulate at a disease site in response to specific stimuli. One ... -
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Short-Range Signaling Protein Influence On Biofilm Phenotypic Expression
Mack, Lydia ( 2015-09-17 )Bacterial biofilms are communities of bacteria which grow on various surfaces. They are composed of the bacteria themselves and an extracellular polymeric slime (EPS) matrix which they encase themselves within. Biofilms ... -
Strategic Trade Theory in the Brazil-Canada WTO Dispute
Giblin, Peter ( 2015-09-17 )The market for regional jets is an excellent example of imperfect competition as only two firms, Canada’s Bombardier and Embraer of Brazil, compete for market share. In a market with non-cooperative rivalries and imperfect ... -
Synthetic Approach to Realkyation of Aged Acetylcholinesterase Using Quinone Methide Precursors
Rao, Harsha ( 2015-09-17 )Organophosphorus (OP) nerve agents are a class of toxic compounds that inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of acetylcholine to choline at neurosynaptic junctions. OP inhibits AChE ...