Undergraduates In The News
Chronic Kidney Disease (CDK) is a highly threatening disorder that can cause detrimental effects on the development of infants and children. In this study, we aim to investigate how the congenital obstructive nephropathy affects the developing kidneys and also the regenerative ability of the kidneys following the surgical release of obstruction.
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.
This study is interested in how victims who forgive their transgressors are perceived. The researchers believe that forgivers are admired more when the observer themselves would have chosen to not forgive rather than to forgive.
Obesity and its associated metabolic syndrome have become a global epidemic in the past twenty years. Excessive dietary intake is the main driver for the current rise in obesity, referred to as diet-induced obesity (DIO). DIO has been associated with numerous co-morbidities and many genetic factors, however, the complicated molecular mechanisms underlying DIO are incompletely elucidated.
Disease resistance is known to increase with age across a wide variety of plant and animal systems. However, it is unclear whether this increase in resistance is simply a by-product of growth and development, or the result of differential selection for resistance at juvenile and adult stages.
This study investigated the impact of family dynamics (family harmony and family conflict) on adolescent reported depressive symptoms via natural mentoring relationships (i.e., nonparental caring adults selected by adolescents from their pre-existing social networks). Participants in the current study included 215 self- identified Black adolescents whose ages ranged from 12 to 15 years old.
Eating disorders vary from eating far too little to far too much. The cause may be genetic, such as a deficiency of the hormone leptin, which communicates satiety, or environmental, such as the omnipresence of fatty junk foods (i.e. pizza at 2 am).
Every year, approximately 200,000 people tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Of that population, half go on to reconstructive surgery (ACLR). However, statistics have proven that once an ACL is torn, a second tear is more likely to occur in either knee, given the same activity level is sustained.
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxo.) is a unicellular protozoan parasite that causes the disease toxoplasmosis. Although toxoplasmosis only shows symptoms in vulnerable patients, such as pregnant women and immunocompromised, over 40 million people are infected in the United States alone1. Studies have shown that calcium induces egress of Toxoplasma gondii in host cells2. Treating Toxo.
In November 2012, I-495 Capital Beltway Express Tolled Lanes (ETLs) were opened in addition to the general purpose lanes. They operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in a variable tolled regime for single and double occupancy. High Occupancy Vehicles (3+), transit vehicles, motorcycles, and emergency vehicles travel for free. The 495 Express lanes operate between Springfield and Tyson’s Corner.
The purpose of this longitudinal observational study is to analyze gait data that quantifies human motion to determine if there is patterned differential gait outcomes between those undergoing antegrade vs. retrograde femoral nailing.
The purpose of the study is to find cultural materials related to manmade/anthropogenic species extinction in the university’s archives not often categorized or recognized as such part of the history of extinction. The first phase of the research project is finding these materials in the Harrison-Small Special Collections Library.
Obesity is a major public health issue that affects over one in three American adults annually, over 90 million adults total.1 Consequently, a major part of America populace is at a higher risk of death in motor vehicle crashes (MVCs), as obesity is considered a large co-morbidity factor during traffic accidents. 2 Kent et al.
Enteroviruses cause or are associated with many health complications such as myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. In enterovirus infections, viral double-stranded RNA stimulates Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling protein (MAVS). MAVS activation results in expression of interferons and interferon stimulated genes (ISGs), which have antiviral properties.
Hydrophobins are amphiphilic, non-immunogenic proteins characterized by four conserved disulfide bonds and high surface activity, making them valuable in diverse applications. The disulfide bonds are important for surface activity of class II hydrophobins.