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Economic tendencies in response to cyclical patterns
(2017-05-05)
This paper analyzes the concept of business cycles in regards to transportation changes, depressions, speculative bubbles, and social concepts and movements leading up to the event of major depressions. Upon analyzing this, ...
CIVE 4143 senior design project
(2017-12-12)
This reports details upgrades to the Alligator Creek wastewater treatment plant in Texas to meet new flow requirements and various permit limits. We evaluated the current performance of the plant systems to determine if ...
AIChE Student Design Competition: Manufacturing facility for nylon 6,6
(2017-03-09)
The purpose of this project was to develop a preliminary design of a grassroots plant for the production of nylon 6,6 near Calvert City, Kentucky. The yearly production rate of nylon 6,6 was specified at 85 MM lbm/yr. Nylon ...
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 ...
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 ...
Adventures of Lewis and Clark, their day in court, and the implications for Oklahoma tribal employers
(2017-04-25)
In 1804, American explorers, Lewis and Clark, led an expedition through the uncharted American interior to the Pacific Northwest. Now, more than two centuries later, another Lewis and Clark are taking the nation into ...
Assessing the organic composition and mineralogy of the Tipton member shale of the Green River Formation utilizing petrological analysis
(2017-05-11)
The objective of this research is to further investigate the resource potential of the Green River Formation (GRF) oil shales by determining the lithological, mineralogical, and organic properties by using hand sample ...
Phage-produced Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli-specific depolymerase enzyme: Detection, extraction, and evaluation
(2017-09-10)
Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) belong to one of the major groups of foodborne pathogens in the United States, contaminating foods such as meats and vegetables, and food processing equipment. STEC can form strong ...
Analysis of factors associated with HIV and Hepatitis C infection
(2017-12-01)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) are both potentially life threatening diseases when left untreated. The two diseases are spread in a similar manner, and it is possible that the factors ...
Differential expression of Elizabethkingia anophelis to cefotaxime and imipenem
(2017-05-12)
Elizabethkingia anophelis is a beta-lactam antibiotic resistant bacterium that uses a variety of mechanisms to express this resistance. It is currently unknown how E. anophelis responds when exposed to different beta-lactam ...