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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 ...
A proposal for the development of historic Maplewood gardens-- An interpretive design of the Victorian era
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
in Columbia, Missouri. The home and grounds were purchased by the City of Columbia in 1970. The area was named Nifong Park once the home was preserved in 1976, but the grounds were never accurately restored. The emphasis of this project is to research...
Putting the content in context: Environment, African American women, and physical activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Stressors directly or indirectly have greatly influenced women's life and how they are able to function in society. Thus, for us as researchers, it is important to understand how much they influence women's lives in order to develop appropriate ways...
How caloric restriction extends life
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
People have always wanted to know how to live longer lives. Researchers have found that caloric restriction allows this in most animals. Caloric restriction (CR) is defined as the restriction of food but still enough to maintain life...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Gamma/gamma coincidence suppression system for detecting mercury
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The Missouri University Research Reactor has the ability to measure Mercury (Hg), an environmental contaminant, using neutron activation analysis. This process turns Hg into radioactive Hg-203 which emits a 279 keV gamma-ray that can be easily...
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...
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...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...