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Identification and Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Genes Regulating DNA Translocation and TLR9 Activation by the Cancer-Associated cag Type IV Secretion System

Novel Helicobacter pylori genes regulating DNA translocation and TLR9 activation were identified and characterized to investigate the role of DNA translocation in gastric cancer development.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2019, , , , ,

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SPRR3 Regulates the Cooperative Signaling of Integrins and Growth Factor Receptors to Modulate Cardiac Fibrosis

The SPRR3 protein does not affect individual integrin function in fibroblasts, supporting that SPRR3 influences the cooperative signaling of integrins and growth factor receptors.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , , ,

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Gli2 Regulation of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Expression in Metastatic Breast Cancers

Four variations of the PTHrP promoter were tested to determine which yielded the highest PTHrP expression in order to discern which region is most important for Gli2 activation of PTHrP in Tumor-Induced Bone Disease.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , , ,

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Simulating Visual Deficits in a Virtual Environment: A Street Crossing Study

Simulating and quantifying the effects of visual deficits in virtual reality will help individuals, such as medical professionals, better under-stand those suffering from visual impairments.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , , ,

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Resilience Assessment of Power Distribution Systems: Preliminary Data Analysis of the Impact of Power Outages on Communities

Through linear modeling, impacts of natural disasters can be estimated to give decision makers information on the duration of a power outage.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , ,

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Quantifying Young’s Modulus of Gelatin Substrates for in vitro BBB Models

An examination of the effect of gelatin concentration on Young’s Modulus preformed for future in vitro Blood Brain Barrier studies.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , ,

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Concrete Printing System Construction and Characterization of 3-D Printed Cement-based Materials

Cement-based materials were designed and printed on a novel extrusion system, then characterized.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , , ,

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The Association between Social Fear and Intrinsic Amygdala Function Is Modulated by Biological Sex

Social fear and intrinsic amygdala function were investigated using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and were found to be moderated by a distinct factor – biological sex.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , ,

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An Analysis of Ice Sheet – Ice Shelf Mechanics through Finite Element Models

A 2D computational model of an idealized ice sheet was created and validated to understand the relations between ice sheet-ice shelf geometry and mechanical stress.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , ,

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The effect of SENSE Theatre as a therapy on language delays in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder may develop greater language ability following a novel theatre intervention known as SENSE Theatre.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , ,

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A Multi-User Collaborative Game Created to Improve Cognitive and Physical Aspects and Socialization Skills of Individuals with Dementia

A multi-user collaborative game was created to improve the socialization skills and cognitive aspects of individuals with dementia.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , ,

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Crime Prediction and Optimal Police Allocation

In this report, we use the transportation problem, a classical optimization problem, to optimize police allocation and survival analysis to predict crime. By doing this, we minimize the overall response time for police officers.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , ,

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Cortical Evoked Potentials Identify Compensatory Effects of Attention on Auditory Processing in Children and Adults

This study examines the effects of noise, attention, and age on neural processing of speech.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , ,

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Development of a Machine Learning Algorithm for the Prediction of Enhancer Region Activity

A machine learning algorithm was programmed and optimized to predict the activity of enhancer regions of DNA.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , , ,

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Tunable Metamaterials in the Infrared

A tunable metamaterial was realized in the infrared by adding vanadium dioxide to a gold resonator.

Posted by John Lee on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 in May 2018, , , ,

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Recovery of Putative Temperature-Sensitive Mutations in Coro-navirus Nonstructural Protein 5 Reveals Conserved Determi-nants of nsp5 Structure

This study identifies temperature-sensitive mutations as conserved determinants in coronavirus nsp5 proteins of strains HKU1 and OC43.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 in May 2013, , ,

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Using Detrital Zircon Age Distributions to Corroborate Evidence of Early Holocene Megafloods

Zircon grain age distributions provide information on the origins of early holocene megaflood related sediment.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Thursday, June 8th, 2017 in May 2017, , , ,

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Development of a Portable and Inexpensive Ultrasound Imaging Device for Use in the Developing World

A portable and inexpensive ultrasound device that could be used in the developing world was developed and tested.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Thursday, June 8th, 2017 in May 2017, , , ,

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Bulk Mechanical Characterization of Nanoparticle Concrete-Equivalent Mortars

Ultimate concrete strength was studied as a factor of both mass and surface area of nanoparticles added to the material.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 in May 2017, , , , , ,

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An Analysis on the Impact of Peer-Mediated Theatre Interventions for Children with Autism on Typically Developing Peers

The analysis of changes in model peers during behavioral interventions designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Monday, June 5th, 2017 in May 2017, , ,

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Stable Isotope and Dental Microwear Ecology of the Arid Adapted Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)

Analysis of the relationship between climate, isotopes, and dental microwear for the red kangaroo.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Friday, June 2nd, 2017 in May 2017, , , , ,

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Creating an Agent-Based Model to Explore the Spread of Zika Virus

Predicted Zika outbreak severity directly correlates with human population density.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 in May 2017, ,

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The Impact of Connective Tissue Growth Factor on Glucose Home-ostasis and Islet Physiology in Virgin and Pregnant Mice

The loss of Connective tissue growth factor (Ctgf) does not affect islet physiology, indicating other existing problems in glucose homeostasis.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 in May 2017, , , , ,

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Accuracy of Resting Functional MRI for Language Lateralization in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Method development for language lateralization using resting-state fMRI scans in temporal lobe epilepsy patients.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Thursday, May 25th, 2017 in May 2017, , ,

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Analyzing Phospho-signaling in Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines Using Ex Vivo Culture

Phospho-protein activation was highest at the edges of organoids grown from glioblastoma cell lines, which may indicate key locations for potential treatment targets.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Thursday, May 25th, 2017 in May 2017, , , , ,

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Development of Withdrawal Algorithm for Capsule Endoscopy in Research and Clinical Setting

An algorithm was developed to autonomously control the capsule endoscope, allowing doctor to focus on diagnosing the patient.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 in May 2017, , , , ,

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POPDC3 Regulates Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition in Colorectal Cancer Cells

The POPDC3 protein was identified as a potential regulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal-transition process in colorectal cancer.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 in May 2017, , ,

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Characterization of the Downstream Effects of Apical Mistrafficking of Epiregulin and Potential for Transformation in Polarized Epithelial Cells

Loss of epithelial polarity and mistrafficking of Epiregulin may be a driving force for cancer in polarized epithelial cells.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 in May 2016, , , , ,

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Classification of Infant Cries Using Acoustic Features

Identifying an acoustic feature combination that can accurately differentiate between infant cries.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 in May 2016, , , , , ,

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Determining the Turning Wing Kinematics of a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

The turning wing kinematics of a ruby-throated hummingbird are determined by use of a blade element model.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 in May 2016, , ,

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Improving Patterned Nanoporous Gold as an Effective Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Template

An imprinted nanoporous gold substrate was optimized to create a low power Raman biological and chemical sensor.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 in May 2016,

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Measuring the degradation of robot components caused by gamma radiation.

Individual component radiation testing is an effective way to gather data for the development of modeling software to predict a system's radiation response.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Friday, June 3rd, 2016 in May 2016, , ,

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Obesity Contributes to an Accumulation of Ly6chigh Pro-inflammatory Monocytes in the Spleen and White Adipose Tissue

The purpose of this experiment was to see whether or not obesity correlated with an increase in pro-inflammatory monocytes

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Friday, June 3rd, 2016 in May 2016, , , ,

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Assessment of Hedgehog/GLI2 signaling inhibitors within metastatic breast cancers

Hedgehog pathway inhibitors were established as potential remediation treatments for tumor-induced bone disease. Additionally, hypotheses concerning inhibition methods were established for future investigation.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Friday, June 3rd, 2016 in May 2016, , , ,

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Regulation of Pro-Inflammatory Phenotypes by Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Helicobacter pylori strains

In order to quantify H. pylori virulence, the concentration of IL-8 secreted by AGS gastric epithelial cells co-culture with H. pylori strains, isolated from patients with gastritis or gastric adenocarcinoma was measured and compared.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 in May 2016, , , ,

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Constructing Mobile Device Application to Interact with Modular Robotics Toolkit over Bluetooth®

This work develops a Bluetooth phone application to control a modular robotic toolkit using an open source environment.

Posted by Greta Clinton-Selin on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 in May 2016, , , , ,

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Effects of Ozone Plasma Treatment and X-Ray Irradiation on Optical Properties of Atomically Thin Molybdenum Disulfide

Effects of Ozone Plasma Treatment and X-Ray Irradiation on Optical Properties of Atomically Thin Molybdenum Disulfide

Posted by Printess Berry on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 in May 2014, , ,

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Explicit Phonemic Awareness of Adolescents: Skills at Baseline and Following Brief Instruction

Explicit Phonemic Awareness of Adolescents: Skills at Baseline and Following Brief Instruction

Posted by Printess Berry on Thursday, October 15th, 2015 in May 2014, , ,

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The Effects of CTGF Overexpression on β-Cell Regeneration and Survival

The Effects of CTGF Overexpression on β-Cell Regeneration and Survival

Posted by Printess Berry on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 in May 2014, , ,

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Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to HPV Vaccination in African American Girls Ages 11–18

Authors: Melenka B. Reed, Maureen Sanderson, Elizabeth A. Williams and Pamela C. Hull

Posted by Printess Berry on Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 in May 2013, , , ,

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