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Surface treatment of diamond powder with sodium chloride, to enhance hydrogen strorage for use in fuel cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
. The success of hydrogen use depends largely on the development of an efficient storage method. In effort to develop a better hydrogen storage system for fuel cells technology this research investigates the use of diamond powder for storing hydrogen...
Performing the cycle of life and death: Sylvia Plath's model of female suicide
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Suicide is central in Sylvia Plath's late poems as well as her novel The Bell Jar. Psychological research and theory support the notion that suicide is not simply meant to end a suicidal person's perception of the world - it can and often does have...
The effect of genetic variation on the immune response to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain dc3000 of Arabidopsis Sf2 plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
All organisms are exposed to pathogens at one time or another. Plants possess an immune system consisting of disease resistance genes that allows them to fight off bacterial infections, and sickness. Among these genes is ...
Determining the feasibility of anesthetization with a MS-222 solution in combination with cardiocentesis in male gray treefrogs (hyla versicolor)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Ethyl 3-aminobenzoate (MS-222) is commonly used to anesthetize fish and amphibians, but few studies have investigated its effects on frogs. We experimented with the effects of combining the use of MS-222 with the extraction ...
Examination of the robustness of viscosity sensitive molecular rotors against chemical modification
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Molecular rotors, a special class of compounds which form twisted intramolecular charge transfer complexes (TICT), have dual deexcitation processes - intramolecular rotation and fluorescence emission. Molecular rotors ...
Developments of a pid temperature control system for a PCR chip
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
A Polymerase Chain Reaction on chip needs a precise temperature control for the reaction cycle. It is necessary to create and develop a good temperature control system for the operation of the PCR chip. Thin Pt film will ...
Membrane tether formation studied with magnetic tweezers
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Membrane tethers are ubiquitous nanometer-diameter cylindrical extensions of biological membranes. They form through either active or passive processes, by locally acting tensional forces. The physical properties of membrane ...
Adaptive controls and anesthesiology: Is there a future?
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
During a patient's surgery, an anesthesiologist has to periodically adjust controls on drug-delivery machines to keep a patient's consciousness at a desired level (a BIS value between 40 and 60). If this physician did not ...
The role of the cytoskeleton in the formation and properties of membrane tethers
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Membrane tethers play a critical role in cell adhesion and cell motility. This can be observed in the arrest of neutrophils on the endothelial wall of blood vessels during inflammatory response. Tethers are employed to ...
Phosphorylation of EGFR, ERK 1/2 and downstream transcription factors after P2Y2 receptor activation in a human submandibular gland cell line
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
P2 nucleotide receptors mediate a variety of biological responses and are activated by the extracellular nucleotides adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), uridine triphosphate (UTP), uridine diphosphate ...
Exploring the possibility of new ERR isoforms in primates and humans
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
It is well known that estrogen is a risk factor for breast cancer. Hence, understanding the relationship between estrogen and breast cancer is significant for physiological and disease related pathways. Traditional thought ...
Genotypic analysis of receptor-like protein kinases with leucine-rich repeat motifs
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Receptor-like protein kinases (RLKs) are transmembrane proteins that transmit extracellular signals across a membrane with the use of an intracellular kinase domain. RLKs play important roles in plant growth and development, ...
Genotype and phenotype of Nicotiana alata x Nicotina rastroensis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Gametophytic self-incompability (SI) is a process which enables plants to prevent inbreeding depression by rejecting self-pollen and pollen from closely related individuals. S-specific pollen rejection is controlled on a ...
Expression of a putative virulence protein of Haemophilus influenzae in E. coli
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Haemophilus influenzae, a small, gram-negative bacterium, is a commensal organism of the human upper respiratory system as well as an agent of diseases ranging from otitis media to meningitis. Nonencapsulated (nontypeable, ...
Functional analysis of MPK3 and MPK6, two mitogen-activated protine kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are major pathways involved in the transduction of extracellular signals into intracellular responses. A MAPK cascade consists of three kinases; MAPK, MAPK kinase (MAPKK or ...
Mathematical modeling of obsessive compulsive disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
We all at some point become fixated with certain actions or ideas. However, for the two to three percent of the world population with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), these fixations become so intense that the individual ...
Neutron activation analysis of mercury in petroleum distillates
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
In liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants and nitrogen rejections units (NRU) that utilize aluminum heat exchangers, mercury (Hg) contaminates can result in corrosion of equipment, poisoning of catalysts, mechanical failure, ...
Oxidative stress alters cell morphology and cell death indices in immortalized astrocytes
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Menadione, usually known as vitamin K3, also serves as a trigger for oxidative stress, delivering reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon entering the cells. Astrocytes are glial cells that are found in the brain and are extremely ...
Synthesis and stability of rhenium tricarbonyl radiotracers
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Metal tricarbonyl complexes can be employed for cancer diagnosis and therapy using the radioisotopes Tc-99m or Re-188. These radiopharmaceuticals can be designed with specific physical and biological qualities such as low ...
The inhibition effect of phage display peptides on E. coli 0157:H7
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
E. coli 0157: H7 strain is a strong food borne pathogen that lives in the cattle GI tract. It has been estimated that 76 million or more food borne illness occurs in the United States every year. In the last few years, ...