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    • Medical interpretation: Providing a necessary service to an at-risk population 

      Woosley, Katherine (2018-05-09)
      The Spanish-speaking Hispanic population in the United States is growing rapidly, with the number of people above the age of 5 who speak spanish at home already at 13% of the US population. [1] With this expanding diversity, ...
    • Mending disunity 

      Galley, Dustin (2021-05-03)
      The goal of the project was to address the community both architecturally and functionally. This design seems to do that through the expression of protection with a monumental building that also welcomes and encourages ...
    • Meningiomas: A biochemical, genetic, and pharmacological review 

      Fisher, Kylie (2018-04-19)
      A meningioma is a tumor originating in the meninges that cover the brain and spinal cord. While grade I meningiomas are easily treated with surgery, grade II and III tumors are much more difficult. They are also challenging ...
    • Metachronal paddle powered remote underwater vehicle: Final design report 

      Brown, Joshua; Spencer, Andrew; Greenhouse, Gage; Lopez, Gary; Scott, Matthew; Schlotthauer, William (2020-04-24)
      Our group was tasked with designing a remote paddle powered underwater vehicle that primary means of propulsion was produced by metachronal motion. Metachronal motion is a wave pattern created by sequential motion of ...
    • Microbial interactions of necrophagous flies and their impact on bacterial transmission 

      Pickens, Victoria (2018-05-04)
      Flies are commonly found in environments that contain large quantities of microorganisms. However, they also frequently interact with humans, potentially initiating the transmission of diseases. In order to investigate the ...
    • Microscopic visualization of indole signaling in Escherichia coli cells 

      Goldbeck, Michael (2019-05-07)
      When exposed to antibiotics, some bacteria have been known to adapt and change their own physiology to withstand such adverse conditions. These "persister" cells often shut down cellular functions such as cell division and ...
    • Mighty ducts: Final report 

      Vaught, J. B.; Lohmann, Landon; Allen, Stacey; Cusack, Connor (2017-12-06)
      Mechanical engineering undergraduate education traditionally included a substantial amount of experimental work. However, a shift of focus towards a more theory based curriculum led to a loss of practical "gut feeling"-type ...
    • Military canines: Contrast and comparison across countries 

      Madison, Breiya (5/5/2023)
      Canines are utilized in the military across many countries including the United States, Australia, and Britain. However, the specific purpose, breed, and training of military canines differ slightly across these countries. ...
    • Military spending, war duration, and regime type 

      Davenport, Cole (5/4/2023)
      One of the more puzzling international relations questions is regarding why wars last as long as they do. This question is one that is widely studied but does not take into consideration the regime type of those involved ...
    • Millennial Generation's impact on small business marketing landscapes 

      Cassidy, Samantha (2017-05-01)
      With the rise of a new generation, businesses are encountering an ever-changing market unlike any history has seen before. Generation Y presents a profound opportunity for small businesses in many ways, as this generation's ...
    • Mini-review of the literature behind Elizabethkingia meningoseptica and the cloning and characterization of E. meningoseptica 1872 B-lactamase 

      McKenzie, Chelsea Marie (2016-05-02)
      Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an opportunistic pathogen that is classified as Gram negative, rod-shaped bacterium. Notably, E. meningoseptica is capable of causing life-threating infections in infants and immunocompromised ...
    • Mission analysis tool for turboelectric powered unmanned aircraft systems 

      Mansy, Abdalrahman K.; Travis, Malorie F.; Burgess, Johnathan M.; Replogle, Cole J.; Moody, Kylar J.; Rouser, Kurt P. (2020-04-30)
      This paper proposes an analytical model that calculates various flight parameters, such as peak maximum range for pre-determined configurations based on pre-built systems by the research group. The model serves as a tool ...
    • Mo-Mo dimer doped ZnS quantum dots and their influence on hybrid halide perovskite heterostructure solar cells 

      DeGeorge, Zach (2021-12-03)
      Quantum dots are semiconducting particles on the nanometer scale which exhibit unique size dependent electronic and optical properties due to the quantum confinement phenomenon. Over the past several years colloidal quantum ...
    • Mobile On/Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System (MOGBESS) 

      Long, Olivia; Alnahwi, Ammar; Dodge, Timothy; Horton, Ryan (2021-04-22)
      As the use of the power grid has become more integral to everyday society, a growing momentum towards a more dynamic power system resides on the horizon. With the invention of renewable and distributed energy resources, ...
    • Modeling terrorist organization attack patterns 

      Dyer, Stephen (2017-05-02)
      Although terrorism has been investigated by researchers for decades, not much research has gone into studying specific attack patterns. This type of research into repetitious behavior has been done in criminology, but has ...
    • Moderating effect of hope and grit on the relationship between sexual assault and functional impairment 

      Stine, Bailie S. (2019-04-18)
      Approximately one-fifth of female college undergraduates experience a sexual assault (DeCou, Kaplan, Spencer, & Lynch, 2019). This percentage increases to 33% when looking at a lifetime prevalence of sexual assault in women ...
    • Modern president: Imperial or imperiled? 

      Wallen, Hunter (2017-12-08)
      Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s Imperial Presidency (1973) and Richard Neustadt's Presidential Powers (1960) are two of the most influential works on the presidency. These two classic works serve as the foundations for this essay ...
    • Mother Moon: Conflation of myth and motherhood in Sylvia Plath's poetry 

      Ruley, Ashlyn (2020-12-09)
      The theme of Plath's personal life and mental illness overshadowing her writings threads its way through most of the criticisms of her work. While a reading of her poems as strictly confessional severely limits the readers ...
    • Mountain states lamb project 

      Hearn, Kathryn (2018-12-14)
      Limited work on lamb primals has been published and in particular, information on the effect of different packaging atmospheres on the microbial flora and shelf life has not been previously reported (Sheridan et al., 1997). ...
    • Music preference as an indicator of reproductive strategy 

      Ingram, Emily (2016-04-15)
      Life History Theory (LHT) is an evolutionary framework constructed to explain variation in human behavior and development based on a cost-benefit analysis. As such, individuals exhibit life history (LH) strategies, which ...