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Differences in defense response to herbivory across Arabidopsis mutants
(2017-12-08)
Arabidopsis thaliana is a model plant for research, and Spodoptera exiqua (beet armyworms) is a common agricultural past that is also used in research settings (Rehrig et. al., 2014). In an effort to find plants that are ...
Gender perception in a game of chicken
(2016-04-22)
The tough vs. weak strategy choice in a game of chicken provides the setting to gauge the impact of gender perception on strategic decision-making. Through the use of survey, this study finds that the indicated opponent ...
PGC1a overexpression protects against cardio-metabolic disease and skeletal muscle dysfunction in type 2 diabetic mouse model
(2022-04-22)
Diabetes currently afflicts 34.2 million Americans, and approximately 1 in 3 are prediabetic (CDC, 2020). Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia due to the combination of insulin ...
Does Medicaid expansion effect healthcare premiums? An analysis of the effects of expansion under the Affordable Care Act
(2020-11-13)
This paper looks at how the Affordable Care Act affected private health insurance premiums, with a focus on the expansion of Medicaid. Previous research on healthcare premiums are divided, with some suggesting that more ...
Fragile nature of competitive advantage in an analytic driven market: SportVU in the NBA
(2016-11-29)
The increase in the use of analytic measurements and technology in professional sports has grown and is considered to be the future of business. The National Basketball Association has entered an agreement with STATS, LLC, ...
Correlates of high school and college academic advising experiences
(2019-04-23)
The current study examined how outside factors like a student's relationship with their high school counselor play a role in their relationship with their college academic advisor. This study was administered online to ...
Chlamydia trachomatis manipulation of Protein Kinase A
(2020-05-08)
The most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States is Chlamydia trachomatis which can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal infertility and even increased risk of cervical cancer. ...
Providing patients with a voice: The importance of patient advocacy
(2022-05-05)
Within a healthcare facility, each and every person or patient that receives medical care is deserving of care, as well as certain rights and standards of that care. Throughout the healthcare field as a whole, there is a ...
Potential in vitro competitive inhibition of Bacillus spp. strains with possible bioactive additives against a Salmonella pathogen strain via well diffusion
(2017-05-03)
There were two objectives set for this research project. The first objective of this experiment was to determine potential competitive inhibition between different strains of Bacillus spp. and pathogenic bacteria. The ...
Crystallization of heat-shock protein 90 bound with bruceantin and NSC145366
(2/9/2023)
Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) is part of a molecular chaperone machine that is important for activating, stabilizing, and regulating hundreds of proteins, including oncogenic proteins. Hsp90 is often overexpressed in cancer ...