Undergraduates In The News
The desire to either approach or avoid a stimulus is a primary motivator of human behavior and its dysregulation is common in mood and anxiety disorders. Despite the fact that the decision-making process behind approach and avoidance behavior is a complex, multi-step process, most research only focuses on the final outcome.
Life cycle management and performance monitoring of infrastructure is vital for gauging the conditions of said infrastructure. The specific technologies for three dimensional modeling and virtual reality environments have progressed to the point where they are popular choices for documenting a structure.
Obesity leads to overactive hunger signals and difficulty limiting food intake. While some of the players in feeding behavior are known, such as leptin inhibition of feeding-promoting AgRP neurons, enhancing our understanding of feeding neurocircuits would provide new means of addressing obesity.
Tissue fibrosis is a pathological scarring process triggered by chronic inflammatory processes resulting from repeated damage such as viral infection, chemical insult, or injury to the tissue.
Atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, is a condition where an artery wall thickens as a result of buildup of cholesterol or plaque. It is a major cause of death and disability in the United States, accounting for approximately 50% of all deaths in adults.
Ecological processes have shown sensitive responses to changes in marine carbonate chemistry (e.g., dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentration and pH levels). Through water-column mixing via strong winds, hurricanes can introduce the changes in marine carbonate chemistry and possibly accelerate the process of ocean acidification.
Arctic tundra vegetation has been dynamic over time, especially as the present-day climate change warms the Arctic regions at twice the rate of the global average. In general, the “greenness” of arctic tundra vegetation has been increasing throughout the Arctic (e.g. Alaska, Canada, and northern Russia) over at least the past 5 decades, suggesting broad environmental changes in these regions.
Methane from natural gas is a critical resource, but the difficulty of transporting natural gas has resulted in underutilization of methane. In oil wells, excess methane is flared because it is not cost-effective to capture, releasing large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.
United States Navy vessels are susceptible to intergranular corrosion due to a humid, chlorine-saturated environment. The presence of copper metal accelerates IGC growth in grain boundaries of aluminum alloys, decreasing the aluminum’s structural integrity and lifetime. To reduce cost and labor of repair and to increase longevity of vessels, resistant alloys are to be employed.
This study aimed to define and then compare two sets of vocal quality terms commonly implemented by singing professionals, front vs back and light vs dark, using acoustic, aerodynamic, and perceptual measurements, as well as a survey asking voice professionals to rate and define them.
After the Roman dictator Sulla besieged and colonized Pompeii in 89 BCE, he instituted Roman-style elections that continued until the city’s demise in the 79 CE eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Modern historians know this because when Pompeii was rediscovered in the late sixteenth century, they found electoral notices painted on the walls.
This research project focuses on a gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy. The purpose of this study is to analyze the angular momentum of these children with or without the use of a posterior walker.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) caused by atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. This disease is characterized by the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque made of substances including lipids and cellular waste. Succeeding plaque buildup, Smooth Muscle Cells (SMCs) migrate and proliferate to form a fibrous cap that stabilizes the plaque.
Over the past decade, there has been a transition from conventional biomaterials to materials with injectability potential; both for minimally invasive therapeutics and for 3D printing applications.To address this problem, we have designed a biomaterial capable of recapitulating the complex extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment and capable of injectability.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition in which the kidney experiences a sudden loss of function, and is associated with increased mortality. Many cancer patients develop AKI as a common complication of Cisplatin, an effective chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of about 20% of cancer patients.