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Altered Expression of Core Circadian Gene Bmal-1 in Cancer-associated Macrophages
(2017-05-30)Circadian rhythms are endogenous time-keeping machines that allow organisms to anticipate and respond to environmental changes. In the past decade, accumulating evidence has pointed at the direct association between circadian ... -
Alternative Education in New Jersey High Schools: An Analysis of Policy and Practice
(2011-02-16)There is no denying it: America has a dropout crisis. According to research, 30 percent of young adults in the United States fail to graduate high school. To combat the dropout crisis, one solution that has been explored ... -
America’s White Whale: The Inescapable Search for an Impossible Identity
(2015-05-12)America’s White Whale: The Inescapable Search for an Impossible Identity is concerned with questions of American identity as explored in American literature. It explores how Sinclair Lewis, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain, ... -
An Uncommon Woman in Federal Law Enforcement
(2018-03-27)For the past few years I have been increasingly interested in working with federal law enforcement agencies, particularly as a Special Agent. However, I have always felt too small and unfit for a rigorous and at times ... -
Analysis of Iron Oxidation in Garnets
(2011-02-16)Abstract The oxidation state of iron indicates the amount of oxygen present when a mineral is formed. If the environment was abundant in oxygen, many of the minerals in the assemblage will contain oxidized iron, Fe3+. If ... -
An Analysis of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) Using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
(2016-07-01)There is a constant push for innovative applications of electronics. The traditional materials used to construct these devices, such as inorganic silicon, are expensive and brittle. Semiconducting conjugated polymers ... -
Analysis Of The Crested And Gargoyle Geckos' Locomotion And Toepad Activity On Horizontal And Vertical Poles Of Varying Thickness
(2016-07-01)Various morphological traits and behaviors have evolved to facilitate a gecko's ability to climb vertically. The gecko relies on the structural elements of its toepads to maximize adhesive force and enable easy release ... -
An Analysis of the Discourse of Internet Trolling: A Case Study of Reddit.com
(2012-07-02)With the proliferation of social media and community discussion and forum websites, interest in understanding and explaining communication on the Internet (with an emphasis on language-based communication) is on the rise. ... -
Analysis of the RNA-binding properties of Hfq proteins from the bacteria Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Caulobacter crescentus
(2018-06-28)Bacterial small, noncoding (s)RNAs play important roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation through complementary base-pairing interactions with target messenger (m)RNA molecules,. Many sRNAs rely on protein partners ... -
Analyzing Social Movement Theory and Sport: Exploring the Presence of Athlete Activism in Brazil and the United States
(2019-07-01)The relationship between athletes and activism is ubiquitous in United States (US) history. I became curious as to how this relationship operates in other countries. Comparing US athlete activism to Brazil athlete activism ... -
Analyzing the Summertime Hunger Paradox: How We Can Improve the USDA’s Summer Meals Program for U.S. Children from Low-Income Households
(2015-07-07)This study examines regular access to healthy food in summertime as a social determinant of health affecting children in the United States. Through a close study of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s ... -
Anne Conway's Intellectual Neighborhood
(2013-06-20)Anne Conway (1631-1679) fits into standard narratives of seventeenth-century natural philosophy only as a footnote, that rare example of a well-documented educated woman. The focus placed on print publication by the history ... -
The Antecedents and Outcomes of Self-Regulation in Early Childhood
(2013-07-01)Interpersonal success requires effective self-regulation. Thus, researchers must discern the developmental origins of self-regulation, in addition to understanding the impact of self-regulation on later social competence. ... -
Anti-Poverty Effect of Legal Aid
(2018-03-27)What comes to mind when one wants to eliminate poverty in the United States? Education? Healthcare? Job Training? There are many possible solutions, but one that is often overlooked is access to legal services. When one ... -
Antipredator Behavior in Pavement Ants, Tetramorium sp. E
(2013-06-20)Pavement ants, Tetramorium sp. E and antlions, Myrmeleontidae, compete with each other for survival. The interplay between the species suggests coevolution, an evolutionary arms race between predators and prey. Learning ... -
Application of the Branched Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether (brGDGT) Temperature Proxy on Tropical Lake Bosumtwi in West Africa: Assessment of the Proxy and the Resulting 2,000 Year Paleotemperature Record
(2015-04-28)Little remains known about the Holocene temperature history of West Africa, partly due to the fact that a paleoclimate proxy with the ability to reconstruct tropical temperatures has not been available. The branched ... -
Architecture as a Means for Empowerment and Transformation
(2015-08-24)Architecture is typically misunderstood to consist mostly of design. However, the reality of architecture is more complex, involving the morphing of science, anthropology, sociology, geography, politics, economics, religion, ... -
Are All the Fairies Dead? Fairy Tales and Place in Victorian Realism
(2011-02-16)This thesis examines the role played by fairy tales and folklore in the settings and geographical imagination of five Victorian novels: Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," George Eliot's "Silas Marner" and "Felix Holt," ... -
Are We in Hot Water?: Comparing Macroinvertebrate Communities and Water Quality over Time
(2018-05-08)Freshwater ecosystems, which support a significant portion of the world’s biodiversity, are often plagued by pollution, particularly excess nitrogen and phosphorus. Additionally, freshwater ecosystems are strongly impacted ...