Undergraduates In The News
This research project is designed to collect data about the diet of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to analyze how their diet may differ from those without this disease, and if these differences affect the development of autistic behavioral symptoms.
This presentation reports on an ongoing study designed to test the effects of KT109 and a supplemental, proprietary drug in reducing inflammation in those suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD involves the excess of fatty tissue in the liver and can lead to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis.
Dopamine (DA) is an important neurotransmitter in the brain, and issues with DA signaling are associated with many different neurologic and psychiatric disorders. DA related processes are highly conserved, which enables the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to be used as a model organism to study DA.
Genomic integrity is essential to a healthy central nervous system (CNS). While DNA damage, in the form of double-stranded DNA breaks (dsDNA), is common within the CNS as a result of normal neuronal activity and neuronal dieback during development, evidence has shown that the accumulation of DNA damage within the CNS contributes to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.
Parent-involvement is a verifiable predictor of academic success among primary school students (LeFevre & Shaw, 2011). And yet, Latino parents are less likely to reach out to teachers first because they find the U.S. education system to be daunting (Auerbach, 2004).
Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia is a rare hematological cancer characterized by a clonal expansion of either cytotoxic T cells or natural killer (NK) cells. These cells normally function to remove cancer cells and virally infected cells. However in LGLL, these cells are expanded even in the absence of known antigens.
In the nineteenth century, leading public intellectuals like Alexis de Tocqueville of France, John Stuart Mill of Great Britain, and Senator Charles Sumner of the United States found the continued existence of slavery in the US unsettling. Tocqueville predicted a race war and lamented about the escalating violence in US politics over slavery.
The purpose of the George Washington Financial Papers Project is to compile the financial documents of George Washington into an accessible digital edition.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of highly porous, crystalline substances with many possible applications in areas such as gas separation, energy storage, catalysis, and sensing. In order to implement MOFs into such applications on an industrial scale, faster methods for their synthesis must be developed.
Professor Walsh proposes a concept called opposition work, which operationalizes political participation and how the opposition is displayed across all fields. She explains this concept further with applications to real-world events and a way to separate the targets from the perpetrators.
Relationships are emotional connections between individuals who are unpredictable and vary dramatically from each other; yet some forms of service work require people to use their relationships to aid others.We define that work as "connective labor," and we investigate how workers get trained to systematically develop and deploy relationships in their jobs.
Shell middens are archaeological deposits that form when people eat large amounts of oysters and other shellfish. For the Native American communities that lived on the lower Delmarva Peninsula during the Late Woodland period, shell middens were often gathering places for ceremonial feasts.
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that can be found in humans and animals across the world. The disease caused by the infection of the parasite has the greatest effect on people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women.
When people are involved in stressful situations, they tend to display distinct characteristics such as fidgeting and restlessness. Their heart rate begins to climb and often enough, they cannot realize themselves that they are performing these nervous responses.