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Planning And Effects Of Equitable Teaching Practices In Emu Math 120 Class, Kyle Yapp
Planning And Effects Of Equitable Teaching Practices In Emu Math 120 Class, Kyle Yapp
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effects of implementing Equitable Teaching practices in Math 120 Calculus 1. We used the EQUIP instrument in order to measure the amount of participation from each student. We used the X-PIPS-M instrument in order to get the students' responses to the class as well as have Dr. Ross reflect as a teacher. We used the MCOPP+ in order for Dr. Ross to reflect as a teacher. We also used the Calculus 1 Concept Inventory assessment in order to evaluate students' content knowledge growth during the course. We found that students responded …
Irradiance Source For Exoplanet Atmospheric Spectra, Savannah Lyons
Irradiance Source For Exoplanet Atmospheric Spectra, Savannah Lyons
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The quantity and diversity of the known exoplanets have grown in recent years. This has brought about a need for more efficient methods of narrowing down the list to those exoplanets most likely to sustain life. The Atmosphere in a Test Tube project, which began at the University of Padova, Italy, is accomplishing this in a laboratory setting through examination of exoplanet atmospheric responses to photosynthetic bacteria under simulations of the irradiance conditions of a planet’s host star. The goal of this project was to design and construct a second-generation apparatus at Eastern Michigan University. The team focused on an …
A Historical And Practical Survey Of Quantum Computing Using Qiskit, Kenneth Paul Cook
A Historical And Practical Survey Of Quantum Computing Using Qiskit, Kenneth Paul Cook
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Quantum Computing has been a part of computer science literature since the 1960s, but the call for quantum mechanical-based computation came when renowned theoretical physicist Richard Feynman said, “… nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy.” (Feynman, 486) His words inspired people to begin work on the project immediately. Although the best ideas have not yet been found, there is much active research and experimentation going on to learn how best to use these …
The Effect Of Autophagy Related Protein 10 And Its Mutants On Autophagic Activity, Sk Nadia Rahman Silvia
The Effect Of Autophagy Related Protein 10 And Its Mutants On Autophagic Activity, Sk Nadia Rahman Silvia
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Autophagy is the cellular degradation process in which cellular contents are encapsulated by double-membrane vesicles, autophagosomes, and delivered to the vacuole to be degraded and recycled. This process is important for cell health and homeostasis. There are approximately 32 different autophagy-related proteins involved. Atg10 is an enzyme that may affect overall autophagic activity by changing autophagosome size and/or number. Our goal is to find mutants that cause a significant, partial loss in Atg10’s activity by mutating some residues near the active site and testing the functionality of these mutants by performing western blots and enzymatic assays. Here we show that …
Introducing An H113a Mutation Into Atg10 Y73q To Reduce Autophagic Activity And Understand The Effect Of Atg On Autophagosome Size And Number, Konrad L. Lautenschlager
Introducing An H113a Mutation Into Atg10 Y73q To Reduce Autophagic Activity And Understand The Effect Of Atg On Autophagosome Size And Number, Konrad L. Lautenschlager
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Autophagy is an essential recycling process that occurs within eukaryotic cells, however, the individual functions of the current thirty-two known autophagic proteins are not yet entirely understood. At this time, it is known that the autophagic protein Atg7 works upstream of both Atg3 and Atg10. Atg3 is affected by Atg7 and allows for the attachment of Atg8 and the lipid PE which is part of the autophagosome membrane. The Atg10 pathway is also affected by Atg7 but attaches Atg12 to Atg5 which upregulates the function of Atg3 and ultimately Atg8 lipidation. These protein interactions are necessary for forming autophagosomes, large …