Ethylene is a gaseous hormone that plays an important role in many cellular processes in plants, including the promotion of fruit ripening and the inhibition …
Examining various reports and investigations composed during this period, this project first looks into the experience of both Japanese immigrants and local Manchurians in Iyasaka …
Amputations are commonplace in orthopedic surgery as roughly 185,000 patients undergo an amputation each year. This number will continue to rise, as projections call for …
In this research project, I further examine the previously observed associations between organophosphate pesticide exposure in pregnant women and behavioral development in their children. While …
In the United States alone, an estimated 1.7 million civilians sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, 70-90% of which are classified as mild traumatic …
Heart disease and major depressive disorder represent leading causes of death and disability in the U.S., respectively. Although research identifies a strong correlation between adult …
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease where motor neurons die back from the neuromuscular junction. Currently, no effective …
Though critical for life, the sensation of pain is also a debilitating symptom of many disorders. While understanding its transduction may provide valuable insight into …
Regions of repetitive DNA, in particular trinucleotide repeats, are common throughout the human genome and are of interest as a source of genomic instability. DNA …
Cooperative gating is when the gating of one channel is dependent on the gating of another channel. CaV1.2 channels are encoded by CACNA1C and mediate …
Hospitals and parents could greatly benefit from an automated infant pain detection tool, as this could help in the early diagnosis of possibly serious medical …
The objective of the research project is to assess and improve the performance of the experimental shock tube being built at Brown University using computational …
Beta oscillations are neural rhythms in the range of 15-29 Hz that are powerful indicators of motor and sensory performance. Beta oscillations are thought to …
CRISPR is a bacterial adaptive immune responsive against invading viruses consisting of endonuclease Cas9 and two guide RNAs known as sgRNAs. Its application can cause …
Communicating the principles of quantum mechanics to underclassmen can be a particularly difficult objective. However, laboratory demonstrations of quantum principles can greatly enhance young scientists' …
England's radical Unitarians, though religious dissenters, were able to carve a place for themselves in the upper classes of society by perfecting important markers of …
A pilot study by Cohen Priva and Gleason (2016) proposed that cross-linguistic informativity and probability are better predictors of within-language patterns of cost than typological …
