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A longitudinal analysis of political issue ownership trends and shifts from 1970 to 2004 [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
Mexican Americans and career development
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Research studies examining Mexican Americans' career development is important due their increasing representation in the labor force. A total of 264 Mexican American college students (107 males, 157 females) participated in this study. This research...
Shipping Box Radiation Level Detector
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Shippers at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) are currently being exposed to radiation while manually testing the radiation level of outgoing shipping boxes. The boxes contain radioactive isotopes used in the development of radio...
A habitat model to predict deer-vehicle accidents in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Studies show that in a suburban setting white-tailed deer live comfortably with humans and human-associated disturbances. Wildlife ecologists have developed models to predict where deer occur using information such as; ...
The effects of an 8-week low-intensity exercise program on people with arthritis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
This study analyzes the effects of 8 weeks in the PACE program, a low-intensity exercise program for people with arthritis in the areas of pain, stiffness, function, and physical performance. PACE, which stands for People ...
Images of African Americans among winning newspaper entries in the Pictures of the Year archive [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
Optical imagining technique for viewing apoptotic cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The study of programmed cell death or aptosis in tumors has attracted increased interests. Recent research has shown that whether a cell lives or dies is related to its three dimensional environment such as the organization of cells...
A kinetic study of active site mutations in GDP-mannose dehydrogenase
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
In the human pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, GDP-mannose dehydrogenase (GMD) serves as a critical enzyme in the biosynthesis of alginate, a polysaccharide that functions as a protective coating against antibiotics ...
What do pink pigs and soybeans have in common? Selecting for mutants in the ureide pathway
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
leaves of the soybean. We were able to isolate several putative PPFM ureide utilization mutants. This research will give insight into the interactions between PPFMs and soybean that may be applied to many other plants. Experiments to recover kanamycin...
Overexpression of caveolin-1 results in increased plasma membrane trageting of phosphofructokinase: The structural basis for a membrane associated metabolic compartment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
in VSM. Support provided by NIH 60668 (to Christopher D. Hardin) and Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (LS UROP)....
From pyruvate to PEP...the unknown pathway
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Soybean is a major crop in the United States. Its survival and relationship with its environment are closely monitored. For example, we are looking at the symbiotic relationship between soybean and the soil bacteria. These ...
Differences in pollen to ovule ratios and reproductive organ size between autogamous and crossing species of Nicotiana
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Nicotiana is commonly studied due to the presence of both highly autogamous species, such as plumbaginifolia, and crossing species, such as alata. There are also species that expend energy to a mix of selfing and crossing, ...
The search for a new gene: RPS6
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Plants are exposed to a wide variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa. In response, plants have developed a plethora of strategies aimed at blocking infection by potential pathogens. ...
Corolla length and autogamy in Nicotiana
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Nicotiana has been an interest of study due to its variance in autogamy and floral traits. Species N. plumbaginifolia and N. longiflora are characterized by their difference in flower size and the ability to self pollinate. ...
An analysis of college student levels of depression in relation to activity involvement [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Depression is a serious mental illness affecting many people throughout the United States and the
world. The focus of this research project is on the affects of depression on the age cohort of college
students. Through ...
Benefits of soy-based feeds for fetal estrogen levels and obesity in adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
We examined the effect of maternal exposure to naturally occurring estrogenic chemicals in diets on circulating levels of estradiol in mouse fetuses. An animal's specific response to estrogen can vary according to the time ...
What a long trip it's been: Trying to create a CSN-5 and GLH-1 mutant
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
It is known in Caenorhabditis elegans that non-membrane-bound cytoplasmic complexes called P granules are specific to the germline lineage. P granules contain four GLH proteins, germline RNA helicases, which are critical ...
Purification and site mutagenesis in GDP-mannose dehydrogenase
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
A current research focus is the biosynthetic pathway used in alginate production by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This polysaccharide provides the bacteria with resistance to immune and antibiotic response leading to serious health...
Predator-prey relationships among isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
another. The Cancer Research Center has access to thousands of strains of Salmonella that have been sealed and stored under harsh environmental conditions for almost forty years. Our goal is to explore mutations that have arisen among these archived...
Coupling ammonia-N production with ammonia-N uptake in the rumen
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
with bacterial ammonia uptake in the rumen. The hypothesis of this research was that a diet could be formulated such that ammonia-N release would match the ammonia uptake by rumen microflora. To test this hypothesis, a continuous culture system of twenty...