Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease that affects 5% to 10% of all women, causing pain and infertility. This disease occurs when uterine tissue grows outside of the uterus in the body cavity. It is unknown what ...

The American elderberry (Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis R. Bolli) is an attractive shrub native to central and eastern North America that produces edible flowers and berries. In Europe, tea made from flowers of the ...

Stars like the sun will evolve into objects that are comprised of a very hot white dwarf central star surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust, known as planetary nebulae. In PNe, UV radiation from the star creates an ionized ...

Credit card debt is continually on the rise within the student population. This study utilizes a sample drawn from the students of the University of Missouri - Columbia to determine how financial behaviors vary by student ...

We investigate the energetics and the underlying physical mechanism of sugar molecule (glucose and maltodextrin) transport in the highly asymmetric maltoporin (LamB) outer membrane channel, from E. coli, by employing a ...

Digestion rate of feed ingredients in ruminant diets highly influences nutrient utilization by affecting intake, digestibility, microbial efficiency, and other parameters key to animal performance. It is critical to have ...

RNA local secondary structures can act as RNA structural motifs, which are involved in various biological functions including gene regulation, genetic control, and gene replication. Thus, prediction of these RNA local ...

American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) can have profound direct and indirect effects on human and wildlife hosts. In Missouri, raccoons (Procyon lotor) are the principal host of dog ticks, with tick prevalence reaching ...

Columbia is situated roughly 90 nautical miles from the National Weather Service radar in Weldon Springs, MO (Saint Louis) and 105 nautical miles from the National Weather Service radar in Pleasant Hill, MO (Kansas City). ...

Type I collagen is the most abundant structural protein in the body, playing a major role in the strength and integrity of connective tissues. Alterations in the synthesis and structure of type I collagen result in a number ...

To acquire the necessary iron against harsh competition in the environment, iron starved bacteria synthesize, excrete and retrieve iron scavenging molecules termed siderophores, one of which is enterobactin. TolC protein ...

The mechanism of transcriptional activation of Polymerase II (Pol II) can be studied in a unique way by using a model transcriptional activator, TFIIIA-VP16, whose DNA-binding domain is derived from the zinc finger protein ...

IPTV is the process of streaming video over a network connection like the internet. This could be the next step in television evolution. There are currently several programs and boxes that you can buy that use the internet ...

Maize brace roots are the aerial portion of the shoot-borne root system that facilitates physical anchorage and water and nutrient acquisition. Shoot-borne roots develop from axillary meristems. Axillary meristems can also ...

Due to research in low-power, cheap wireless communications, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) has become one of the most exciting new fields of interest within computer science and engineering. Just as the Internet has made ...

For over 3000 years the Basin of Mexico has been a cultural core of Mesoamerica—the location of Teotihuacán, the Aztec capital, and modern Mexico City. Despite the region's enduring prominence, little is known about early ...

Activated carbon produced from waste corn cobs have recently been developed as an efficient and economical form of gas storage. With rising gas prices and concerns of global warming, natural gas has been brought to attention ...

Animals produced from assisted reproductive technologies suffer from developmental abnormalities and early fetal death at a higher frequency than that observed in those produced by natural breeding. These symptoms are ...

DNA methylation alteration, in correlation with gene expression, is involved in development and progression of many cancers. Using a microarray based method, mouse-DMH (Differential Methylation Hybridization), our lab is ...

Each year approximately 40,000 people are hospitalized due to burn injuries. The majority of our population is familiar with the superficial burns that result from overexposure to the sun, commonly known as sunburn. These ...