Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rapidly progressive disease that results in death. PH is characterized by increased vascular resistance, vascular remodeling, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Increased levels of ANG II ...

Tax incentives have been used throughout history to drive markets and encourage development while helping those individuals involved. The U.S. oil industry has received an estimated $150 billion in tax incentives, since ...

Iron is an essential element present in many common proteins, and is crucial in many metabolic pathways. This role is evident in the disorders due to iron deficiency. Anemia, caused by iron deficiency, is the most common ...

With the rising concern of terrorist activity around the globe today, blast resistant design is becoming a necessity. Stay-in-place formed concrete is becoming a popular building technique, as this technology has exhibited ...

The objective is to create an accurate finite element model of the intervertebral disc. Major deficiencies in current models are due to oversimplifications in regards to geometry and material properties. My task is to ...

Prostate cancer is an excellent candidate disease for chemo prevention because it is typically diagnosed in elderly males, therefore even a modest delay in the neoplastic development achieved through pharmacological or ...

Essential to the germline determination of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are RNA-protein complexes found in germ cell cytoplasms known as P granules. Germline RNA helicase (GLH) proteins are components of P granules ...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are companies that invest in real estate, which can be commercial, residential, health-related, etc. Because REITs pay out at least 90% of their profit in dividends they do not have ...

Poster will show the effects of adding pork fat and ethanol to #2 diesel. Different concentrations were added and the results were recorded from several different tests. The blends were compared against B99, and #2 diesels ...

The pink-pigmented (PPFM) commensal bacterium bacterium, Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, stimulates germination of soybean and other plants. I am testing the hypothesis that germination is stimulated by bacterial-produced ...

It has been reported that the major weakness of online learning environments is the lack of consistent, efficient communication with the course instructor. In an attempt to provide the learner with the “best of both worlds,” ...

On April 22, 1965, in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, left winged military men launched a coup against the U.S. backed president in order to restore the presidency of Juan Bosch, a proclaimed populist whom the United ...

Two experiments (hatch to 21 days) were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of curcumin to ameliorate the toxic effects of aflatoxin (AF; Exp.1) and ochratoxin A (OA; Exp. 2). Food grade turmeric powder (Curcuma longa) ...

Previous research reports relationship closeness and cohesion between parents and adolescents decrease throughout adolescence (Collins, 1990; Collins & Russell, 1991; Hill & Holmbeck, 1987). It has also been found that ...

It is hypothesized that dosage-dependent gene regulators controlling the quantitative traits contribute to heterosis and inbreeding depression in maize. Heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor, refers to the phenomenon that ...

Ferroelectric thrusters can be used in applications where small thrusts are useful such as guiding the movement of satellites. The Pulsed Power and Plasma Science group in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department ...

Bio based blends were prepared with pork and beef fat, as well as ethanol on a volume per volume basis. These percentages were determined using previous research. Blends were then tested on temperature characteristics set ...

In the 2006-2007 school year, 7.3 percent of third grade students scored in the lowest percentile in mathematics on the Missouri Assessment Program test. This percentage increased as students progressed through school. In ...

The USA's current demand for petroleum leads to many problems (many being global concerns as well): a dependence on foreign nations for our energy, an increase in pollution/global warming, and high gas prices. Each of those ...