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Understanding awareness of food security resources available to university students
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-19)Food insecurity is a prevalent issue in college campuses across the country. The Hunger on Campus study found that 48% of college students face food insecurity. Oklahoma State University (OSU) also experiences high rates ... -
Understanding CupA's role in the CO2 concentrating mechanism in cyanobacteria
(Oklahoma State University, 2021-10-09)The CO2 concentrating mechanism (CCM) in cyanobacteria is one of the most unique and efficient systems used to optimize photosynthetic output on the planet. The structure of the CCM in Synechococcus elongatus has recently ... -
Understanding the interaction between nontuberculous mycobacteria and the host in cystic fibrosis
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-19)Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental bacteria and can be found in soil, water, and dusts. However, they can cause lung diseases in certain populations with pre-existing lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis ... -
Using design to research messaging and bureaucracy in architecture
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-19)Public announcements and funding campaigns for new buildings on OSU's campus provide concrete evidence of the use of rhetoric and persuasion to promote new buildings. When a client asks for an innovative new classroom ... -
Using fluorescent UPEC as a model to study interactions with human bladder cells
(Oklahoma State University, 2021-10-09)Escherichia coli (E. coli) are opportunistic bacteria that reside in the intestines of humans and contribute to gastrointestinal health. However, there are some strains that can cause a variety of diseases including urinary ... -
Using lipid nanodiscs for the in vitro glycosylation of membrane proteins
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-19)Membrane proteins are involved in a number of human diseases are important to study. Due to the fact that these proteins are, by nature, insoluble in aqueous solutions, they require detergent or lipid environments that ... -
Using natural language processing to identify COVID-19 spread factors from the literature to assist with mitigation of future outbreaks
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Using zircon geochronology to determine sand provenance in Northeast Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2020-04-24)Porosity in sandstones is a desired trait, but primary porosity is occluded in sandstone after reaching burial depths of 3 kilometers or more. However, depending on the sandstone's composition, secondary porosity can develop ... -
Viral oncoprotein Tax and regulation of the HTLV promoter
(Oklahoma State University, 2021-10-09)Tax, an oncoprotein virally expressed from Human T-cell Leukemia Virus (HTLV), is a transcriptional regulator with incompletely understood functions in host cells. HTLV is a retrovirus of clade deltraretroviradae with two ... -
Visible light-mediated photocatalytic azide-benzocycloheptene click reaction on gold surface by ATR-FTIR
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-19)In this work, a visible light-mediated [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between azide molecule and benzocycloheptene(BC7) terminated Au (111) surface was investigated. Exposure of the BC7 to photocatalyst and visible light ... -
Visual Security and Safety (VSS)
(Oklahoma State University, 2021-10-09)Social Media Networks (SMNs) allow users to post private visual content (images and videos) that exposes sensitive information without warning or attempting to mitigate these risks. This information can be detrimental to ... -
Voice-gender effects on word gender
(Oklahoma State University, 2023-04-18)Purpose: Gender is a culturally-dependent construct that can be associated with categories of humans, abstract concepts, and even words. In languages that have explicit gender markings, like French and German, words may ... -
Who performs better at searching for and identifying missing children: Children or adults?
(Oklahoma State University, 2022-04-15)The own-age-bias is the finding that people are better able to recognize faces from their own age group compared to other age groups. Children are better at recognizing the faces of children. Therefore, children may perform ...