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• Masters Thesis
  A Comprehensive Analysis of Sex Hormones and Their Role in Reproductive Suppression in Female Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris)
  Sperou, Emily S.
  "Purpose of the Study: Long-lived iteroparous females may suppress reproduction during unfavorable conditions to maximize lifetime reproductive success. Capital breeders must accrue sufficient body reserves to support reproductive effort or they may e . . .
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  X-raying the Bones of the Milky Way
  Nguyen, Giaky
  Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are cold, dense, massive Galactic star-forming regions that allow us to understand the physical conditions during the early stages of high-mass star formation (0 and early B-types, >20 MSUN). We present a sample of ~3,000 . . .
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  Dynamics and Mechanical Properties of DNA investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy
  Maayah, Yara
  Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a technique that can be used to probe an individual bio-molecule in physiological buffer conditions. It can resolve absolute distances down to atomic (~1A) length scales and sub-pN force levels which can provide real-t . . .
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  Developing an Extraction Protocol to Identify a Molecule Responsible for Powdery Mildew Disease Resistance
  Bravo, Moises
  Powdery white mildew is a fungal disease that infects crops, decreasing quality of growth and yield. Interestingly, in A. thaliana there is a gene mutation which appears to enable the resistance to powdery mildew disease and acts through a single mole . . .
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  Determining nutritional benefits of Cleome gynandra and its phytochemicals against Haemonchus contortus and other enteric pathogens in goat kids
  Larson, Kasie
  For many Americans working in the animal industry, maintaining healthy livestock and their products is quintessential for economic success. Still, many goat producers lack high-grade forages that sustain large goat productions. Along with the forages, . . .
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  Sophisms and Erroneous Resolutions
  Aguilar, Andrew
  We aim to develop a resource to help our students get a deeper understanding of the concepts studied in class by using sophisms and erroneous resolutions, which are based on false logical claims or common misunderstandings. We have prepared several ex . . .
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  Development of Fiber Optic Biosensor
  Arenas, Luis
  Biosensor is an emerging area that has been attracting scientists for its applications in various fields such as food safety, detection of pathogenic bacterial strains, biomedical research, etc. Fiber optic biosensor developed in the lab utilizes U-sh . . .
• Article
  The Monasteries of the Wadi Natrun, Egypt: A Personal and Monastic Journey
  Vivian, Tim
  In January and February of 1996 I had the great good fortune of joining the team of American archeologists, faculty, and students who went to Wadi Natrun, Egypt; we were there to excavate the Monastery of Saint John the Little and study firsthandCopti . . .
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  Hyperbolic metamaterials for applications to biosensing
  Salas, Austin
  There is an ongoing need for simple and cost-effective biosensor systems with sufficient sensitivity, specificity, and speed. Plasmonic structures for biomedical sensing have been in use for a long time. However, there is a fundamental limitation of t . . .
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  Synthesis of iron complexes with bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
  Thompson, Emily
  Transition metals such as rhodium, indium, palladium, and gold have been used to catalyze pharmaceuticals, but due to the cost and rarity of such metals, alternate transition metal bases such as iron and nickel are being examined for their potential t . . .