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Won't you be my neighbor? An analysis of the effect of density on floral and nectar traits in Nicotiana alata
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
It has been shown that heritable, genetic variability can change in response to different environmental conditions (Hoffmann and Merila 1999) and also that some plants can sense proximate neighbors and change their growth ...
A computational model for genetically inherited depression
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
for this model was melancholic unipolar. The model was constructed from information gathered from research literature related to the brain, depression, and neuroscience. The precursors for melancholic MDD are polymorphisms of alleles that code for serotonin (5-HT...
Organization of the command system in the lamprey brain that initiates locomotor behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
(DLM); and RS neurons (Paggett et al. 2004). Other experiments suggest the following organization for the command system: RLR VMD & DLM RS neurons à spinal CPGs In the present study, various lesions were made in the brain to interrupt some...
Cell-matrix interaction in tissue patterning
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
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Effect of baicalein on regulation of a phase II enzyme in human prostate cancer cell line (PC-3)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
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 nutritional intervention could...
Modern day Jezebels: Racialized sexuality and the images of black women in contemporary hip-hop videos
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
and the exploitation of black women. The purpose of this research is to recognize/investigate how contemporary hip-hop music videos simultaneously reflects and reproduces race, gender, and class oppression of Black American Women. Methods: A qualitative investigation...
Hydrogen storage in diamond powder utilizing naf for fuel cell applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells offer the vital solution to the world's socio-political dependence on oil. Due to existing difficulty in safe and efficient hydrogen storage for fuel cells, storing the hydrogen in hydrocarbon compounds ...
Okara as a novel prebiotic ingredient in the manufacture of a probiotic yogurt
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Okara is a by-product of tofu and soymilk manufactures. High in protein, vitamin B group and antioxidants, okara is very nutritious. Preliminary studies demonstrated okara to be a promising prebiotic, compounds that can ...
Examnining the effects of generation level, social class, and parents' level of education on Mexican American college students' outcoume expectation and perceived cultural congruity
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
A survey was conducted with 309 Mexican American college students to assess the effects of college outcome expectancies and perceptions of the university environment. Specifically, we explored differences in generation ...
The correlation between Chicano theater and Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
"The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it" are words that come from the Brazilian Dramatist's, Augusto Boal, commentary, The Theater of the Oppressed. What Boal is referring to is that the theater ...
The IUBMB enzyme nomenclature decision tree
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
equation, such as the biochemical acceptor and donor. This research project looks at the IUBMB enzyme nomenclature with the purpose of defining a decision tree that would closely represent its taxonomy. The tree would be used in the programming...
A functional computer modeling framework for post-traumatic stress disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
of the mechanisms involved in producing the symptoms of PTSD as well as helping to identify crucial gaps in our knowledge of the brain systems involved in PTSD, thus providing goals for future research. The goal of this project was to identify the specific brain...
Mitochondrial DNA insertion into nuclear chromosomes of maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
predominantly near centromeres or telomeres on chromosomes 2 and 9. These new findings will make understanding the B73 nuclear genome sequence easier because now researchers will know what to expect at these locations and provide new information about...
Production of nano particles
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Nano particles (particles having diameters in the nanometer range) have applications in a variety of areas including medical, environmental, sensor, to name a few. However, the production of nano particles having uniform ...
Use of antisense oligonucleotides to enhance exon 7 incorporation in the pre-mRNA splicing of SMN2
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is relatively common in humans and is caused by loss of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMA is the leading cause of hereditary infant mortality ...
Effects of diet and exercise on carotid lesions in male pigs
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of aerobic exercise-training on atherosclerotic lesion appearance and composition in the carotid artery of male, miniature Yucatan pigs fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol ...
Characterization of degeneration in the retina, brain and spinal cord of the Cln1 knockout mouse
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The neuronal-ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs; often referred to as Battens Disease) are a group of hereditary disorders of childhood. Symptoms of NCLs are characterized by neurodegeneration with progressive neural cell death ...
Modeling firing patterns of medium spiny neurons
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The alternation in firing patterns of medium spiny neurons of the Nucleus Accumbens , a key structure in the brain's reward pathway, due to chronic and acute cocaine use was investigated through change of ion channel and ...
The key to unlock the Navier-Stokes Equation
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The key to unlock the Navier-Stokes Equation What causes the waves to break, as they get closer to the shore? Can the strain on the heart to pump blood throughout our bodies be decreased if vortices were eliminated? When ...
Going for a triple play: Making a GLH-1; GLH -4; KGB-1 triple mutant
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
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 ...