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Adolescents With Family History Of Alcohol-Use Disorders Have Reduced Structural Coherence Of Anterior Insula To Nucleus Accumbens Tract, Grace Wood May 2023

Adolescents With Family History Of Alcohol-Use Disorders Have Reduced Structural Coherence Of Anterior Insula To Nucleus Accumbens Tract, Grace Wood

Psychological Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Genetics play a significant role in predisposition towards alcohol use disorders. Analyzing the neural phenotypes related to alcohol use disorder development could allow researchers to predict one’s predisposition. The anterior insula (AIns) contributes to binge drinking tendencies while exhibiting downstream signaling towards the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Recent research has examined this relationship simultaneously with alcohol consumption, but the genetic effect of the AIns and NAcc functional relationship prior to alcohol consumption has yet to be examined. In this study, we used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study to analyze the structural coherence of the AIns to NAcc …

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The Connections Among Worry, Sleep Hygiene, And Sleep Quality, Anna Quesada May 2023

The Connections Among Worry, Sleep Hygiene, And Sleep Quality, Anna Quesada

Psychological Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Sleep disturbances commonly plague undergraduate students (Buboltz et al., 2001). In fact, being an undergraduate student is a risk factor for developing a sleep disturbance (Medic et. al., 2017). Understanding the impact of worry on the relationship between sleep hygiene and sleep disturbances could inform strategies for improving sleep quality in undergraduate populations. Given the fact that sleep issues affect health and academic performance negatively (Buboltz, et al., 2001), improving sleep patterns may boost academic performance, physical health, and mental health. This study investigated relationships between sleep hygiene and worry in an undergraduate sample by using a longitudinal design. Participants …

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Examining Fear Of Negative Evaluation In Oral Contraceptive Users And Naturally Cycling Women, Emily Furlow May 2023

Examining Fear Of Negative Evaluation In Oral Contraceptive Users And Naturally Cycling Women, Emily Furlow

Psychological Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Oral contraceptive use has gained popularity over recent decades and is currently the most used form of contraception. However, women who take oral contraceptives may experience significant side effects that impact their bodies, moods, and emotions. The current study examined fear of negative evaluation in women taking oral contraceptives and women who were naturally cycling following a social stress test. I hypothesized oral contraceptive users would have a higher fear of negative evaluation in comparison to naturally cycling women following the Trier Social Stress Test. Results did not support this hypothesis. There was marginal support for the opposite effect. Following …

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Optimum Time To Add The Feed Additive Availa-Zmc To Reduce The Incidence Of Bacterial Chondronecrosis With Osteomyelitis Lameness In Broiler Chickens, Ashley Ault May 2023

Optimum Time To Add The Feed Additive Availa-Zmc To Reduce The Incidence Of Bacterial Chondronecrosis With Osteomyelitis Lameness In Broiler Chickens, Ashley Ault

Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses

Lameness is a health condition threatening the welfare of broiler chickens in the poultry industry. It can be caused by a bacterial infection called Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis (BCO). Zinpro has created Avalia-ZMC, a feed additive that has been proven to reduce lameness by 20% in wire-flooring pens and 25% in litter-flooring pens (Alrubaye et al., 2020). This experiment focuses on the optimal time to add Availa-ZMC to the diet of the broiler chickens to help reduce the incidence of lameness. This trial took 56 days with 26 pens at the University of Arkansas Poultry Research Farm. At the start …

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Measuring Energy Demands Of Dynamic Remodeling Events During Embryogenesis In Live Drosophila Embryos, Grayson Young May 2023

Measuring Energy Demands Of Dynamic Remodeling Events During Embryogenesis In Live Drosophila Embryos, Grayson Young

Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses

Embryonic development is a complex process requiring dynamic cell movements to create complex tissue structures. We assume that these embryonic dynamic remodeling events are highly energy intensive and that this energy expenditure is mediated by mitochondria. However, this has been difficult to demonstrate in live embryos. Convergent extension of the Drosophila neuroectoderm is a promising system to study the bioenergetics of tissue remodeling because it changes from a static to a dynamically remodeling tissue with temporal precision. We hypothesize that the switch from static to dynamic development at the onset of convergent extension will be accompanied by an increase in …

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Prevalence Of Ehrlichia And Rickettsia Within Ticks In Arkansas State Parks, Haley Stanton May 2023

Prevalence Of Ehrlichia And Rickettsia Within Ticks In Arkansas State Parks, Haley Stanton

Animal Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Within the past few decades, the number of diagnoses of tick-borne diseases – such as spotted fever rickettsiosis and ehrlichiosis – has steadily increased throughout the United States, with Arkansas having one of the highest rates in the country. These diseases pose a risk to both humans and animals, as both can acquire these infections from ticks. Due to the increasing geographic range of ticks, rise in cases, and likely underdiagnosis of these diseases, this study aimed to identify the infection rate of ticks themselves in multiple state parks in Arkansas. Four Arkansas state parks were each visited once a …

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The Influence Of Racial Labeling And Gender On Illusory Correlation And Perceived Hireability, Kyndall Jackson May 2023

The Influence Of Racial Labeling And Gender On Illusory Correlation And Perceived Hireability, Kyndall Jackson

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Black and African American refer to the same demographic of people; however, describing someone as Black can lead to the belief that they are lower in competency when compared to someone described as African American. The goal of this study was to determine whether gender and the use of the racial labels of Black and African American would lead to an illusory correlation which would affect the perceived hireability of candidates. Participants were given a survey with randomly assigned mock resumes and reference letters to evaluate. Findings showed that participants remembered more negative traits about female applicants compared to their …

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The Impact Of Sleep And Mental Health On Undergraduate Student’S Academic Performance: A Multi-Measure Examination, Janine Shuman May 2023

The Impact Of Sleep And Mental Health On Undergraduate Student’S Academic Performance: A Multi-Measure Examination, Janine Shuman

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College students represent a vulnerable demographic of sleep and mental health disturbances. Prior research on the impact these pervasive struggles have on academic performance in college student populations has yielded mixed findings and has largely been limited to the exclusive use of subjective sleep measures. The present study investigates the impact of sleep efficiency, subjective sleep quality, and mental health on the academic performance of college students. In this study, a sample of undergraduate students (N =92) wore a Fitbit actigraphy monitoring device for 21 days and completed a battery of self-report questionnaires assessing sleep quality and mental health, including …

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Boomtowns - Mirage Of Paradise: An Investigation Of Urban Typologies In The U.S.’ Largest Energy Corridor, Tabitha L. Kelly May 2023

Boomtowns - Mirage Of Paradise: An Investigation Of Urban Typologies In The U.S.’ Largest Energy Corridor, Tabitha L. Kelly

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Boomtowns have historically been a vernacular urban typology found in resource-extracting territories across the globe. The Permian Basin in West Texas is a territory with numerous petrochemical clusters extracting, refining, and transporting fossil fuels as part of a dense extraction and distribution network. This work aims to (1) locate boomtown territories, and (2) identify the urban elements of boomtowns to classify this typology based on site-specific studies in the era of anthropogenic climate change. Methodologically, a series of geospatial analysis tools are applied to study the morphology of four West Texas cities. The identified elements of boomtowns serve as a …

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Exploration Of The Relationship Between The Mean Power Spectral Density Of Electrogastrography And Gestational Maturation Of Preterm Infants, Elizabeth Ann Rhodes May 2023

Exploration Of The Relationship Between The Mean Power Spectral Density Of Electrogastrography And Gestational Maturation Of Preterm Infants, Elizabeth Ann Rhodes

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Feeding preterm infants can be a challenge due to gastrointestinal (GI) immaturity which can lead to feeding intolerance, malnutrition, and poor neurodevelopment. Currently there is no non-invasive and quantitative method to determine GI maturity in infants. Electrogastrography (EGG) provides a non-invasive method of measuring gastric myoelectrical activity and has been used on adults to determine gastric abnormalities. EGG was explored as an option for determining GI maturity in preterm infants by quantifying the power spectral density (PSD) of EGG data and its spectral means. The power spectral density and spectral means were calculated during three gastric rhythm (GR) bands (mPSDgr) …

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Examining Maternal Health Disparities Through Global Comparison And Stakeholder Perspectives, Madison Mitchel May 2023

Examining Maternal Health Disparities Through Global Comparison And Stakeholder Perspectives, Madison Mitchel

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Maternal mortality is a pressing global public health problem that disproportionately affects Black women and birthing people. In part one of this mixed- methods study, Black maternal health stakeholders (ages 18+) in North Texas were recruited to complete a 25-item survey to understand their perspectives on community- based approaches to health equity. Survey participants (N=16) reported inadequate financial, human, and social resources for addressing Black maternal health (75%) and that they rarely see local efforts focused on policy, systems, and structural changes (70%). In part two, a systematic document review was performed to identify and analyze national maternal health policies …

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Determination Of The Absorption Coefficient Of Open And Closed Cell Materials, Fernando Agustin Alejandre May 2023

Determination Of The Absorption Coefficient Of Open And Closed Cell Materials, Fernando Agustin Alejandre

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

With the growing development of self-driving vehicles, the issue of passenger discomfort due to noise pollution has infiltrated the automobile industry. The computer driving these vehicles requires multiple fans to maintain optimal temperatures. To reduce the noise level created by the fans, this senior design team was tasked with developing a sound dampening solution that can be implemented to the computer superstructure while maintaining aesthetics, functionality, and accessibility for repair of the computer. This extended project was performed to investigate the sound absorption properties of open and closed cell materials that could then be used to create a solution. The …

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Evaluating Plastic Bending Using The Cozzone Method And Material Non-Linear Fea, Mikaela Leevy May 2023

Evaluating Plastic Bending Using The Cozzone Method And Material Non-Linear Fea, Mikaela Leevy

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

In a wide range of practical applications, plastic bending analysis methods are important in understanding the structural capability of a part beyond the elastic range of a material. In the senior design project of which I am a member, a 3/8 inch diameter pin is a key structural component for a mooring cam product targeted at marine applications. The goal of this project is to compare two analysis methods of plastic bending in this pin to elastic calculations and experimental data. The two plastic analysis methods used are the Cozzone method and material non-linear finite element analysis with three-point bending …

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Parthenogenesis Investigation Of The F1 Generation From A Cross Between Daphnia Pulex Tex 23 (Males) And Tex 85 (Females), Efe Amrovhe May 2023

Parthenogenesis Investigation Of The F1 Generation From A Cross Between Daphnia Pulex Tex 23 (Males) And Tex 85 (Females), Efe Amrovhe

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Daphnia pulex is a species of Daphnia that is capable of both cyclic and obligate parthenogenesis. In this experiment, two cyclically parthenogenetic (CP) isolates are crossed to access the frequency of obligately parthenogenetic (OP) offspring that will be produced. If OP animals are produced at a significant frequency from a CP-CP cross, the ‘why’ behind it must be examined. Prior research revealed that OP animals produced from CP isolates are genetically linked through introgression from a sister species, Daphnia pulicaria. This may be relevant to the results and serve as a focal point when researching the implications of them. The …

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Efficacy Of Different Laboratory Methods To Infect Leptoglossus Phyllopus With Symbiotic Caballeronia Bacteria, Lillian Storm May 2023

Efficacy Of Different Laboratory Methods To Infect Leptoglossus Phyllopus With Symbiotic Caballeronia Bacteria, Lillian Storm

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The insect Leptoglossus phyllopus and some other members of the true bug family must acquire their bacterial symbiont every generation from the environment during their second instar. This poses a problem for researchers wanting to study the bugs in vitro. We set out to assess five different methods of introducing bacteria into the insect's environment. We tested the introduction via inoculated water, broth, plant sprig, potting soil, and uninoculated agricultural soil. No significant difference was seen in average adult weight or the development time between treatments. The method of infection did affect the number of insects that reached adulthood which …

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The Increasing Demand For Offering Construction Management Programs., Koosha Jamali May 2023

The Increasing Demand For Offering Construction Management Programs., Koosha Jamali

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Those who wish to begin their careers in construction management do so primarily with either construction trade experience or academic backgrounds. There are narrow pathways through educational institutions for those seeking construction management careers. Many universities do not offer construction curriculums. Instead, students often study architecture or civil engineering as a gateway to the industry. Some work as tradesmen and move on to managerial positions. As those options are neither direct nor efficient, the solution would be to offer specific degree plans for construction management practices. Some universities provide construction management. However, there is a demand for much more. This …

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Symptom Patterns And Their Association With Influencing Factors In Adults With Long Covid - A Secondary Analysis, Maaham Chaudhry May 2023

Symptom Patterns And Their Association With Influencing Factors In Adults With Long Covid - A Secondary Analysis, Maaham Chaudhry

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Currently available information on the risk factors, manifestation, treatments, and long-term effects of the long COVID is inconclusive, requiring further research to identify timely interventions that may help treat long COVID patients, reduce symptom burden and restore functional abilities. This research aims to analyze symptom patterns and their association with influencing factors in adults with long COVID by examining intercorrelations among symptoms, identifying influencing factors of symptoms, and examining the associations of symptoms with disability and quality of life over time in long COVID patients. The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms developed by Lenz et al. (1997) is applied as the …

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Life History Fitness Of F1 Hybrids Of Tex & Pa21 Populations Of Daphnia Pulex, Ohitha Reddy Sana May 2023

Life History Fitness Of F1 Hybrids Of Tex & Pa21 Populations Of Daphnia Pulex, Ohitha Reddy Sana

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Evolutionary theory suggests that fitness decreases with hybridization as a result of negative epistatic interactions between alleles that rose independently in genetic backgrounds making hybrids incompatible with parents’ species. However, heterosis can occur as a result of the deleterious effects of negative epistatic interactions making hybrids fitter than their parents. To examine this, the fitness of first-generation (F1) hybrids of Tex and PA populations of Daphnia pulex was determined using body size as a life history trait. F1 hybrids obtained from crossing between seven Tex parental isolates and PA parental isolates were taken from stock and grown under standard conditions …

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Is Artificial Intelligence (Ai) In Recruitment Getting Better?, Usra Asghar Qureshi May 2023

Is Artificial Intelligence (Ai) In Recruitment Getting Better?, Usra Asghar Qureshi

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruitment process has seen a significant increase, with many companies relying on third-party vendors to streamline their efforts. While AI has numerous advantages such as improving efficiency, reducing costs, and identifying the most qualified candidates, there are concerns about algorithmic bias and unfair treatment. Possible causes of these issues include insufficient training, improper technology use, and inadequate parameter specifications. The study examines the sentiment surrounding AI hiring over the last decade and determines whether advancements in technology and a better understanding of AI have made it mature enough to …

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Design And Implementation Of Solar Powered Parking System, Fnu Mustansir Husain May 2023

Design And Implementation Of Solar Powered Parking System, Fnu Mustansir Husain

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The demand for sustainable designs in civil engineering is increasing and the use of renewable resources is encouraged to reduce the environmental impact and increase industry standards. A solar powered system installation not only prioritizes sustainable development but also helps economically by reducing electricity costs. This report discusses the schematic design plans for a solar powered system installed over a parking lot, to generate green energy and minimize long-term running costs. This utilizes the parking space to provide shade to the vehicles along with stations to power the electric vehicles. The site features two different canopies, placed over the parking …

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Social Equity Through Design, Jacqueline Lizbeth Hernandez May 2023

Social Equity Through Design, Jacqueline Lizbeth Hernandez

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Historically targeted racialized policies and the continuation of socioeconomic inequality in Dallas have ushered in disparities in the quality of public spaces and amenities. Public spaces are significant because they provide cultural representation, economic opportunities, and social integration. The study analyzed five public spaces for six weeks across the city of Dallas to determine the success or challenges they provided to the community. The current demographics determined the location of the space of the research to show representation in each category of upper, middle, and lower-income communities. The visit to each park took place once a week for one hour …

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Creating Tools To Investigate The Predictive Power Of Polygenic Score For The Big 5 Personality Traits And Math Ability, Roman Goff May 2023

Creating Tools To Investigate The Predictive Power Of Polygenic Score For The Big 5 Personality Traits And Math Ability, Roman Goff

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Studies have shown that personality and mathematical ability are heritable traits. In the past, the genetic component of this heritability was investigated using twin studies where genetically identical twins are reared apart and the siblings’ traits are compared. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have obviated the necessity of such methods by combining genetic data with modern computing power. The exponential decrease in cost of human genome sequencing and increase in accessibility has made it trivial to use an individual’s alleles to correlate their genome to their phenotypic traits. In this study, the results of a GWAS for the Big Five personality …

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Cesarean Birth And Postpartum Depression: A Comparison Between Adults And Adolescents, Prajita Karki May 2023

Cesarean Birth And Postpartum Depression: A Comparison Between Adults And Adolescents, Prajita Karki

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The impact of cesarean birth (CB) on postpartum depression (PPD) has largely gone unstudied among adolescents. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of PPD between adolescents and adults following a CB. Participants were recruited from two large postpartum units at John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital in Fort Worth, TX. The study design was a cross-sectional comparative study using secondary analysis of a merged dataset representing two separate studies: Study A, adolescents, and Study B, adults, with infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The resulting dataset provided data for 336 postpartum women ages 13 to 44. To control …

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3d Microstructural Characterization Of Heart Valve Leaflets, Ifejola Adebo May 2023

3d Microstructural Characterization Of Heart Valve Leaflets, Ifejola Adebo

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Heart valve disease is common in the world today and understanding the anatomical linkages, collagen, and elastin microstructures between the various heart valves is important for developing effective treatments. Four heart valves were gotten from the heart of a pig as they closely mimic the human heart. The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the properties of the surrounding fibrous microenvironment of the tricuspid, mitral, pulmonary, and aortic valves after tissue clearing and imaging with a light-sheet microscope. The tissue clearing process entails procedures that render the samples transparent for in-depth imaging of the heart valves using …

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Algorithm Development For Automatic Analysis Of Biomodal Optical And Electrical Nanosensing Time-Series Data, Yu Shiuan Huang May 2023

Algorithm Development For Automatic Analysis Of Biomodal Optical And Electrical Nanosensing Time-Series Data, Yu Shiuan Huang

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Nanopore biosensors have played an essential role in bio-analyte characterization, but traditional biosensors are limited by short analyte translocation times. Dr. Alexandrakis has invented the Self-induced Back Action Nanopore Electrophoresis (SANE) to slow analytes down by optically trapping them as they travel through the nanopore. By collecting optical and electrical data, SANE enables comprehensive bio-analyte characterization. However, the manual analysis of bimodal data is work-intensive, highlighting the need for automated data analysis. The longer-term aims of this project are to develop a MATLAB algorithm that automatically identifies positive and negative signals being created when a molecule enters and escapes the …

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Antoni Gaudí: Nature & Geometry, Sana Ashfaq Fatimah May 2023

Antoni Gaudí: Nature & Geometry, Sana Ashfaq Fatimah

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Antoni Gaudí believed that architecture is the fusion of nature and geometry. He had the power to unite form and structure and he continued to achieve this in his work which made it hold a special place in the history of Barcelona’s architecture. He is known for his work to have changed the way architecture was approached. Although many hated his work at first, it was after his death that they realized how he has the power to unite nature and geometry. To further understand his legacy, a collection, and analysis of books, journals, and scholarly material was undertaken. The …

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Impact Of Fintech On The Commercial Banking Industry: Customer Side., Pratikshya Dhakal May 2023

Impact Of Fintech On The Commercial Banking Industry: Customer Side., Pratikshya Dhakal

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

FinTech are the firms that use new technology to deliver financial services. They have heavily impacted the change in the banking industry, mostly on the consumer side with innovation, social impact, and technological advancements. Commercial Banks have been declining in numbers for the past 35 years. This paper analyses the change in the customer side of commercial banking with the advancements of Fintech companies. This paper uses a systematic literature review approach to evaluate Fintech and commercial banks’ strategies. It creates concluding remarks on the change in customer’s behavior towards the adoption of Fintech using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). …

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The International Relations Gender Gap, Meghna Sharda May 2023

The International Relations Gender Gap, Meghna Sharda

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Like many other fields, there is a gender gap within the discipline of International Relations (IR). In this gap, female scholars are not as recognized as male scholars for their work and are pushed to pursue specific areas of study compared to male scholars. This thesis argues that the marginalization of women in the IR discipline has consequences for the types of research questions that dominate the field. To demonstrate this, this study analyzes journal articles in seven of the most prominent disciplinary journals (International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, European Journal of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Journal of Conflict …

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Melanoma Chemotherapy Treatment Using Modified Cellulose-Based Injectable Hydrogel Combined With Temozolomide, Kayla Meyers May 2023

Melanoma Chemotherapy Treatment Using Modified Cellulose-Based Injectable Hydrogel Combined With Temozolomide, Kayla Meyers

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A local delivery method of an injectable modified cellulose nanofiber hydrogel, DNCNF PAA 10%, loaded with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide, TMZ, was studied to investigate the most effective and safest therapy window on duke melanoma 6 (DM6) and human dermal fibroblast cells (HDF-α). Loaded hydrogel concentrations of 25μM1000μM were administered inside PDMS microcurrent device for 72 hours, removed, cells stained, and quantified. For the long-term study, treatment was administered for 72 hours, treatment removed, and cells recovered for 72 hours. The data was quantified using a fluorescent live/dead cell assay and cells counted. There was a cell death dosage effect …

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Spelunking Through A Forest Of Roots: Solutions Of Polynomials In Different Number Systems, Nathan Easley May 2023

Spelunking Through A Forest Of Roots: Solutions Of Polynomials In Different Number Systems, Nathan Easley

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Most advanced college students are familiar with the fact that an equation p(x) = 0, where p(x) is a polynomial of degree n with real coefficients, will have at most n solutions. When the coefficients are complex, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (FTA) says that there are exactly n solutions, counting multiplicity. For example, x^3 - x = 0 has exactly three solutions, 0, 1, and -1. This thesis investigates how many solutions polynomial equations have in other number systems, particularly in hyperbolic and parabolic numbers. Our methods involve looking for how many solutions simple equations, such as x^2 - …

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