Opsins are a class of light sensitive G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) involved in both visual and non-visual responses to light. While the function and activation …
ASD refers to a group of disorders characterized by early childhood onset of impaired social reciprocity, communication, and restricted repetitive behaviors. Myelinated white matter (WM) …
The intercalation of silver ions into DNA occurs via non-canonical base pairing with cytosine-cytosine mismatches. We present a characterization of these duplexes through the following …
Accurate prediction of RNA editing sites requires being able to differentiate genuine edit events from single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) events and sequencing machine error events. In …
Over half of justice-involved youth (JIY) test positive for illegal substances at the time of their arrest, 92% for cannabis (NCASA, 2004), increasing their risk …
Voltage-gated calcium channel Cav2 subtypes are enriched at presynaptic sites, where they regulate calcium entry and synaptic vesicle exocytosis. CaV2.2 channels dominate at presynaptic terminals …
This ongoing experiment seeks to explore whether or not humans are most energetically efficient at the same walking speeds at which they are most dynamically …
RATIONALE: Cigarette smoke exposure (CS) is one of the major contributors to human pulmonary and vascular disease such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, atherosclerosis, and hyper …
Selective attention can powerfully interact with memory to support learning through promoting the encoding of relevant information, but little is known about the effects of …
Objective: To lower power consumption of memcached-based datacenters by scaling resources with the workload. Since request rates for a typical web service can vary drastically …
Using cross-correlation to measure the travel-times of Rayleigh waves generated by 110 global earthquakes with magnitude larger than 6.0 that occurred in 2004 and 2005, …
Bone orientations and soft tissues movements of extinct theropods such as Tyrannosaurus rex cannot be studied directly. However, analyzing the movements of birds, the extant …
Spira Engineering Camp is a four-week summer camp for rising high school sophomore girls from Rhode Island. Spira aims to provide an in-depth introduction to …
INTRODUCTION: Rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV are increasing in Rhode Island (RI)—specifically among gay, bisexual, and other men …
“Teaching with Technology” addresses the need for better teacher training in integrating technology in the classroom. Currently many teacher preparation programs do not provide teachers …
The thermal evolution and stability of continental lithosphere is an important question in plate tectonics. The viscosity of rocks is strongly dependent on temperature so …
Our overarching goal is to understand how gradients of membrane potentials, which generate bioelectric signals, play a role in establishing an organism’s body plan. In …
Using Stochastic Differential Equations (SDE's), we can model the path of microscopic particles. Using this technique, the path of a given particle is treated as …
Poor bioavailability limits the therapeutic potential of many drugs and compounds that can be used to treat diseases. Harsh, acidic environments and metabolic reactions of …
People with autism struggle to intuitively grasp things that are almost effortless for neurologically typical individuals to understand. We are investigating where the cognitive deficit …