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- Title
- A comparison of transgenic and wild type soybean seeds : analysis of transcriptome profiles using RNA-Seq
- Author
- Loraine, Ann, Lambirth, Kevin C., Whaley, Adam M., Piller, Kenneth J.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Gene expression, Biotechnology
- Description
- Background: Soybean (Glycine max) has been bred for thousands of years to produce seeds rich in protein for human and animal consumption, making them an appealing bioreactor for producing valuable recombinant proteins at high levels. However, the ...
- Title
- Rigidity emerges during antibody evolution in three distinct antibody systems: evidence from QSFR analysis of fab fragments
- Author
- Jacobs, Donald J., Li, Tong, Livesay, Dennis R.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Immunoglobulins, Biology
- Description
- The effects of somatic mutations that transform polyspecific germline (GL) antibodies to affinity mature (AM) antibodies with monospecificity are compared among three GL-AM Fab pairs. In particular, changes in conformational flexibility are assess...
- Title
- A virtual pebble game to ensemble average graph rigidity
- Author
- Jacobs, Donald J., Gonzalez, Luis C., Wang, Hui, Livesay, Dennis R.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Probabilities, Proteins
- Description
- Background: The body-bar Pebble Game (PG) algorithm is commonly used to calculate network rigidity properties in proteins and polymeric materials. To account for fluctuating interactions such as hydrogen bonds, an ensemble of constraint topologies...
- Title
- Cycle of phase, coherence and polarization singularities in Young's three-pinhole experiment
- Author
- Gbur, Greg, Pang, Xiaoyan, Visser, Taco D.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics, Optics
- Description
- It is now well-established that a variety of singularities can be characterized and observed in optical wavefields. It is also known that these phase singularities, polarization singularities and coherence singularities are physically related, but...
- Title
- Effects of symptom perception interventions on trigger identification and quality of life in children with asthma
- Author
- Harver, Andrew, Janssens, Thomas
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Asthma, Asthma in children
- Description
- Background. Management of individual triggers is suboptimal in practice. In this project, we investigated the impact of symptom perception interventions on asthma trigger identification and self-reported asthma quality of life. Methods. Children w...
- Title
- Analysis of pollen-specific alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana via semi-quantitative PCR
- Author
- Loraine, Ann, Estrada, April, Freese, Nowlan H., Blakley, Ivory
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Bioinformatics, Pollen, Nucleic acids
- Description
- Alternative splicing enables a single gene to produce multiple mRNA isoforms by varying splice site selection. In animals, alternative splicing of mRNA isoforms between cell types is widespread and supports cellular differentiation. In plants, at ...
- Title
- Sociomaterial texts, spaces and devices : Questioning ‘digital dualism’ in library and study practices
- Author
- Lanclos, Donna M., 1970-, Gourlay, Lesley, Oliver, Martin, 1973-
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Libraries
- Description
- Work on students' study practices posits the digital and material as separate domains, with the ‘digital’ assumed to be disembodied, decontextualised and free-floating, and spaces in the material campus positioned as prototypically ‘traditional’ a...
- Title
- RNA-Seq analysis and annotation of a draft blueberry genome assembly identifies candidate genes involved in fruit ripening, biosynthesis of bioactive compounds, and stage-specific alternative splicing
- Author
- Loraine, Ann, Gupta, Vikas, Estrada, April, Blakley, Ivory
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Genomics, Antioxidants
- Description
- Background: Blueberries are a rich source of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds that can protect against disease. Identifying genes involved in synthesis of bioactive compounds could enable the breeding of berry varieties with enhanced he...
- Title
- Microbial diversity and activity in the Nematostella vectensis holobiont : insights from 16S rRNA gene sequencing, isolate genomes, and a pilot-scale survey of gene expression
- Author
- Reitzel, Adam M., Har, Jia Y., Helbig, Tim
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Gene expression, Biology
- Description
- We have characterized the molecular and genomic diversity of the microbiota of the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, a cnidarian model for comparative developmental and functional biology and a year-round inhabitant of temperate salt mar...
- Title
- Phylogeny of echinoderm hemoglobins
- Author
- Janies, Daniel, Linchangco, Gregorio V., Jr.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Genomics, Biology
- Description
- Background Recent genomic information has revealed that neuroglobin and cytoglobin are the two principal lineages of vertebrate hemoglobins, with the latter encompassing the familiar myoglobin and alpha-globin/beta-globin tetramer hemoglobin, and ...
- Title
- Phylotranscriptomic analysis uncovers a wealth of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases variants in echinoderms
- Author
- Janies, Daniel, Clouse, Ronald M., Linchangco, Gregorio V., Jr.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Genomics, Biology
- Description
- Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) help regulate the extracellular matrix (ECM) in animals, mostly by inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). They are important activators of mutable collagenous tissue (MCT), which have been exte...
- Title
- Sex-specific and developmental expression of dmrt genes in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis
- Author
- Reitzel, Adam M., Traylor-Knowles, Nikki G., Kane, Eric G.
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Evolution (Biology), Biology
- Description
- Background: The molecular mechanisms underlying sex determination and differentiation in animals are incredibly diverse. The Dmrt (doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor) gene family is an evolutionary ancient group of transcription fact...
- Title
- The life of that little scoundrel named Lazari
- Author
- Cruz, CarlosAlexis, MAX Mobile Arts & Community Experience
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Renaissance, Comedy plays, Acrobatics
- Description
- "The Life of that Little Scoundrel Lazari" is a localized take on a Renaissance-era Spanish comedy, and is a lively, acrobatics-filled production. Performed Tuesday, April 21, Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24 at 12:30 pm. The CoA+A Video C...
- Title
- Understanding Latin American politics
- Author
- Weeks, Gregory
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Latin America, Central America, Caribbean Area
- Description
- This textbook integrates domestic and international factors for understanding Latin American politics. The thematic structure of the book is to utilize three different levels of analysis to explain Latin American politics: international, national,...
- Title
- EFFECT OF BIOCERAMIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON DRUG BINDING AND RELEASE KINETICS
- Author
- Trujillo, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- Bioceramics have been studied extensively as drug delivery systems (DDS). Those studies have aimed to tailor the drug binding and release kinetics to successfully treat infections and other diseases. This research suggests that the drug binding an...
- Title
- Design and development of a distributed control scheme for an AC stacked distributed PV inverter architecture
- Author
- Trivedi, Saurabh
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- The increasing importance of renewable electricity, especially PV generation, and the reducing costs of PV modules has placed the inverter in limelight. Panel-level inverter configurations like Micro-inverter are gaining commercial importance, but...
- Title
- Does Gender Matter? A Moderated Model for Family Climate and Psychological Ownership of the Family Firm as Experienced by Next-Generation Family Members.
- Author
- Shike, Sarah
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Entrepreneurship
- Description
- While most family business leaders want their offspring to take over the family business, most next-generation family members choose to pursue opportunities outside their families’ businesses. This research aims to understand how internal family d...
- Title
- Reality Collapses, "Real or Not Real?": The Theoretical Consequences of Compromised Authenticity in Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay
- Author
- Pailthorpe, Brittany
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Literature, Rhetoric
- Description
- This thesis proposes the theorization of the consequences of what I deem compromised authenticity, in this hyper-mediated age. Drawing from the work of scholars concerned with the growing anxiety over the tension between the authentic and the inau...
- Title
- Playing Ponies: A Critical Evaluation of Religious Elements and Gender Politics at Work in "Brony" Fandom
- Author
- Mullis, Justin
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Sex role, Religion, Religions
- Description
- This work aims to illuminate the cultural institution of the fandom by approaching it from the vantage point of Religious Studies while seeking to avoid the obvious similarities of devotion and social organization so often brought to the table wit...
- Title
- Psychosocial Adjustment and Intentions to Persist for Transfer Students in the Psychology Major at a Four-Year Urban Research Institution
- Author
- OReilly, Elaine
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Psychology
- Description
- This study examined factors related to the psychosocial adjustment and intentions to persist of transfer students in the psychology major at a large urban research institution in the southeastern United States. Psychosocial adjustment was operatio...