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- Ninth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019.
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- Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
- Date Issued
- 2019
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000062
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- Document (PDF)
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- 2019 Winners: Ninth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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- Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
- Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000061
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- Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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- Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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FAU's Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry hosts an annual symposium where students engaged in undergraduate research may present their findings either through a poster presentation or an oral presentation.
- Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000025
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- 2018 Winners: Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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- Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
- Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000060
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- Document (PDF)
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- Sexual and Ontogenetic Dimorphisms in the Anterior Lateral Line Nerve of the Yellow Singray, Urobatis jamaicensis.
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- Kramer, Katie, Newton, Kyle C., Kajiura, Stephen M., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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To fully understand the function of the elasmobranch electrosensory system it is necessary to examine electrosensory nerves extending from the ampullae of Lorenzini to the central nervous system. Studies detailing the composition of sensory axons are rare, but they have shown that ontogenetic and sexual dimorphism exists in the anterior lateral line nerve (ALLN) of numerous species. This study obtained a count of the number of axons comprising the ALLN in male vs. female and adult vs....
Show moreTo fully understand the function of the elasmobranch electrosensory system it is necessary to examine electrosensory nerves extending from the ampullae of Lorenzini to the central nervous system. Studies detailing the composition of sensory axons are rare, but they have shown that ontogenetic and sexual dimorphism exists in the anterior lateral line nerve (ALLN) of numerous species. This study obtained a count of the number of axons comprising the ALLN in male vs. female and adult vs. juvenile yellow stingrays (Urobatis jamaicensis). We hypothesized that males have more axons than females, and that the number of axons is ontogenetically constant. We expect males to have 30% more axons in their ALLN, and that the number of axons is ontogenetically constant for both sexes. This study will provide unique data about the electrosensory nerves of Yellow stingrays that can be used in future studies to make comparisons between other species.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005624
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Enhanced CpG Activated Macrophage Killing of 3-Bromopyruvate Pre-treated 4T1 Breast Cancer Cells.
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- Rumicha, Dawit, Liddle, Genevieve M., Hartmann, James X., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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A common feature of breast cancer cells is the evasion of singular treatments by using the Warburg Effect, a process of metabolic ATP production through rapid anaerobic glycolysis. Cancer research has transitioned to an investigation of combination therapies to combat cancer. In our study, we seek to metabolically inhibit cancer cells before application of immunogenic killing. The Warburg Effect was targeted with 3-Bromopyruvate (3-BP), which blocks Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase ...
Show moreA common feature of breast cancer cells is the evasion of singular treatments by using the Warburg Effect, a process of metabolic ATP production through rapid anaerobic glycolysis. Cancer research has transitioned to an investigation of combination therapies to combat cancer. In our study, we seek to metabolically inhibit cancer cells before application of immunogenic killing. The Warburg Effect was targeted with 3-Bromopyruvate (3-BP), which blocks Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) production. Treatment with 3-BP yielded up to 86.5% cancer cell death. Glycolytic inhibition renders cancer cells metabolically stressed, which may enable an effective immune response. Our hypothesis was that CpG activated macrophage will possess tumoricidal potential to target metabolically stressed cancer cells. Macrophages and CpG cultivation alone yielded a significant immune response. We sought to find a synergistic effect of 3-BP induced killing susceptibility with CpG activated macrophages may lead to an effective method of combination therapy.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005634
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Attitudinal Evaluation of Ex-Vivo Cultivated Meat; Exploring Methods of Increasing Appeal.
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- Gasteratos, Kristopher, Brown, Nicolas A., Sherman, Ryne A., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Animal protein production systems are reaching production capacity limits due to their associated ecological detriments. Therefore, a global shift towards an ecologically sustainable alternative is vital, and hence exploring the scope of market for such alternatives.“ Cultured meat”, or ex vivo cultivated meat, may indeed serve as a viable alternative. However, although this method aims to lessen environmental woes, one current drawback is the ambiguity of consumer acceptance. This study...
Show moreAnimal protein production systems are reaching production capacity limits due to their associated ecological detriments. Therefore, a global shift towards an ecologically sustainable alternative is vital, and hence exploring the scope of market for such alternatives.“ Cultured meat”, or ex vivo cultivated meat, may indeed serve as a viable alternative. However, although this method aims to lessen environmental woes, one current drawback is the ambiguity of consumer acceptance. This study addresses this concern through calculus of potential markets. Indeed, through surveying about 5,000 people worldwide, with focused populations in the United States and University undergraduates, statistically significant results of positive consumer interest in cultured meat were attained. After survey completion, over 75% of participants expressed interest in eating cultured meat (interested in “probably” or “definitely” eating cultured meat). Ultimately, this novel study ought to serve as a foundational framework for catalyzing funding towards privatized and academic research on cultured meat.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005621
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Effects of Cultural Differences on the Therapeutic Alliance.
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- Leite, Rafael, Peluso, Paul R., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The increasing diversity of the United States raises the probability that therapists will encounter clients with a different cultural background than their own. Thus, evaluating the relationship between the culturally different therapists and clients is essential in producing effective cross-cultural therapy. The objective of this study is to determine any significant effects that culturally similar or different clients and therapists have on the therapeutic alliance. The alliance was...
Show moreThe increasing diversity of the United States raises the probability that therapists will encounter clients with a different cultural background than their own. Thus, evaluating the relationship between the culturally different therapists and clients is essential in producing effective cross-cultural therapy. The objective of this study is to determine any significant effects that culturally similar or different clients and therapists have on the therapeutic alliance. The alliance was measured using the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) for both the clients and therapists. By using this measure in therapist-client dyads, we are able to evaluate the influences that cultures have on the overall therapeutic alliance. The results of the research can be used to show the importance of multicultural competence in counseling relationships in order to provide the best outcomes for culturally diverse clients.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005625
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
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- Roman, Abel, Arflin, Cheryl, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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On November 4th, 2013, global health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries reached a settlement amount of $2.2 billion dollars. Johnson & Johnson settled to pay this amount to resolve the civil and criminal allegations of promotions not approved as safe and effective, kickbacks to physicians, and violations based on the False claim act. This type of offense has been common with pharmaceutical companies for the past ten years, but the federal government still gives pharmaceutical...
Show moreOn November 4th, 2013, global health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries reached a settlement amount of $2.2 billion dollars. Johnson & Johnson settled to pay this amount to resolve the civil and criminal allegations of promotions not approved as safe and effective, kickbacks to physicians, and violations based on the False claim act. This type of offense has been common with pharmaceutical companies for the past ten years, but the federal government still gives pharmaceutical companies tax breaks which represent billions of dollars in lost revenue for the federal government. With this type of exemption, pharmaceutical companies are given an incentive to commit fraud for corporate greed while neglecting to put funds towards research and development.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005633
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Geological Lab-on-a-Chip for Salt Precipitation in Deep Saline Aquifers.
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- Crawford, Heather, Asfour, Chris, Seo, Seokju, Kim, Mike, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) into deep saline aquifers is a promising strategy for mitigation of global atmospheric CO2 levels-a main cause of climate change. These aquifers have the capacity to safely store significant amounts of CO2 and are available worldwide. As such, reaction dynamics and multiphase transport accompanying CO2 injection in deep aquifers are important to understanding CO2 sequestration processes and therefore they have been extensively studied. Despite the...
Show moreGeologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) into deep saline aquifers is a promising strategy for mitigation of global atmospheric CO2 levels-a main cause of climate change. These aquifers have the capacity to safely store significant amounts of CO2 and are available worldwide. As such, reaction dynamics and multiphase transport accompanying CO2 injection in deep aquifers are important to understanding CO2 sequestration processes and therefore they have been extensively studied. Despite the comprehensive findings, there are still urgent needs for understanding of interactions between injected CO2 and resident fluids since these interactions could determine the total CO2 storage rate and capacity. The objective of this study is to investigate fundamental physics of water evaporation at different salinities under the CO2-rich environment. Microfluidic techniques visualize and quantify evaporation behavior of water in real-time in a simple 1D microchannel geometry. The detailed CO2-water interactions and underlying physics will be discussed.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005619
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- An Analysis of Gopherus polyphemus Reproduction at the Florida Atlantic University Preserve.
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- Nguyen, Thuymi, Huffman, Jessica, Frazier, Evelyn, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) is a threatened keystone species whose burrows benefit over 350 species. Surveys conducted throughout 2010- 2015 at Florida Atlantic University Preserve (FAUP) have found an age gap of ten years and a lack of nests. To update the demographic survey and to examine the population’s reproduction and health, we conducted burrow and nest surveys from May to September 2016 and collected fecal samples to check for endo-parasites. Transects were used to locate...
Show moreGopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) is a threatened keystone species whose burrows benefit over 350 species. Surveys conducted throughout 2010- 2015 at Florida Atlantic University Preserve (FAUP) have found an age gap of ten years and a lack of nests. To update the demographic survey and to examine the population’s reproduction and health, we conducted burrow and nest surveys from May to September 2016 and collected fecal samples to check for endo-parasites. Transects were used to locate burrows and measurements were taken to determine population structure. Wire-probing was used to locate nests and feces were tested for endo-parasites. From a total of 261 marked burrows and fecal sampling, results indicated a continuous age range, one nest, and presence of intestinal parasites. Future work will focus on health and reproductive behavior that will improve our understanding of the FAUP gopher tortoise population and may ultimately aid in future conservation methods.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005631
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Isolation and Biomimetic Synthesis of Marine Natural Products.
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- Williams, Shakia, Gulino, Stephanie, Bari, Arafat, West, Lyndon, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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While natural products have served as a prolific source of unique chemistry, supply remains a significant obstacle for drug discovery. The overall goal of this project is to determine whether isolation and semi-synthesis can provide adequate quantities for biological evaluation. Erythropodium caribaeorum is an abundant gorgonian in the Caribbean that produces two unique marine diterpenoids, erythrolides A and B, which have been shown to undergo photochemical transformations to yield more...
Show moreWhile natural products have served as a prolific source of unique chemistry, supply remains a significant obstacle for drug discovery. The overall goal of this project is to determine whether isolation and semi-synthesis can provide adequate quantities for biological evaluation. Erythropodium caribaeorum is an abundant gorgonian in the Caribbean that produces two unique marine diterpenoids, erythrolides A and B, which have been shown to undergo photochemical transformations to yield more complex chemistry. In this project, erythrolides A and B will be isolated from E. caribaeorum collected off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida. These compounds will be exposed to ultraviolet light and analyzed to identify any chemical changes. New compounds will then be subjected to biological screening for cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines. This project will not only identify new bioactive compounds but also provide a novel route for the large-scale production of medically relevant marine natural products.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005640
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Chemical-Assisted Recovery of Heavy Oil.
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- Linares, Natalia, Seo, Seokju, Kim, Mike, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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More than 1 trillion barrels of oil deposited worldwide is heavy oil and natural bitumen. Due to their high viscosity and high density, extraction efficiency of heavy oil and bitumen from natural reservoirs is known to be less than 5% with the conventional primary recovery methods. To increase their recovery efficiency, a technique, known as enhanced oil recovery, has been developed using nanoparticles, surfactant, dispersant, and polymers. Among these materials, surfactants and dispersants...
Show moreMore than 1 trillion barrels of oil deposited worldwide is heavy oil and natural bitumen. Due to their high viscosity and high density, extraction efficiency of heavy oil and bitumen from natural reservoirs is known to be less than 5% with the conventional primary recovery methods. To increase their recovery efficiency, a technique, known as enhanced oil recovery, has been developed using nanoparticles, surfactant, dispersant, and polymers. Among these materials, surfactants and dispersants lower interfacial tension between oil and the resident fluid; therefore enhance mobilization of oil. The objective of this project is to further improve the recovery efficiency of heavy oil by a combined effect of surfactant and dispersant. When the mixture of surfactant and dispersant in an aqueous solution is injected to oil-rich porous media, microfluidic visualization techniques will be employed to investigate the overall recovery rate. The possibility and effectiveness of the proposed idea will be discussed.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005626
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Are Americans Saving Enough for Retirement?.
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- Cantwell, Lucas E., Escaleras, Monica, Levy, Eric, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The economic future of our country is uncertain after the most recent presidential election, and many people are wondering if they will have enough money to retire. There are lots of people, even proficient economists who were stunned by the economy’s positive trend over the past few months. While there is a strong growth in our country’s economy, there is no clear way to see what the future has in store. The purpose of my research is to see how people are preparing financially towards their...
Show moreThe economic future of our country is uncertain after the most recent presidential election, and many people are wondering if they will have enough money to retire. There are lots of people, even proficient economists who were stunned by the economy’s positive trend over the past few months. While there is a strong growth in our country’s economy, there is no clear way to see what the future has in store. The purpose of my research is to see how people are preparing financially towards their future. My goal is to see if people started saving for retirement, and how worried they are about the future. I am interested to see how much people saved so far. What I found is that many people did start to put money away for retirement, but they are worried about the future regardless of how much they have saved so far.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005617
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Development of a Cooling Wristband with Embedded Temperature Monitor.
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- Mandelare, Lyndsey, Su, Tsung-Chow, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Previous studies have shown that the human body is responsive to rapid temperature changes, particularly in the forearm region, when determining comfortable temperatures. The goal of this study is to design a wristband that can passively cool the user through a finned design and to test its effectiveness. To this end, an aluminum finned wristband has been designed and the Adafruit Flora wearable microcontroller was used to monitor the temperature and output the data via Bluetooth. An Android...
Show morePrevious studies have shown that the human body is responsive to rapid temperature changes, particularly in the forearm region, when determining comfortable temperatures. The goal of this study is to design a wristband that can passively cool the user through a finned design and to test its effectiveness. To this end, an aluminum finned wristband has been designed and the Adafruit Flora wearable microcontroller was used to monitor the temperature and output the data via Bluetooth. An Android application was then created to read the data output and save it as a text file that could be output elsewhere. This project will be tested by recording the temperature data as test subjects engage in physical exercise to see if the wristband can continuously cool the user.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005627
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Microbial Community Resiliency and Role in Sea Level Rise.
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- Klein, Christian, Esiobu, Nwadiuto, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The interphase (littoral zone) of the Florida Everglades and surrounding marine environments are dominated by mangrove forests and mudflats that transition into freshwater communities. As salinity levels change, plant cover of the freshwater community will be adversely affected, but perhaps more importantly, their microbial symbionts responsible for their tolerance to high salinity will be impacted as well. Microbes respond quicker to changing environments and could provide an early warning...
Show moreThe interphase (littoral zone) of the Florida Everglades and surrounding marine environments are dominated by mangrove forests and mudflats that transition into freshwater communities. As salinity levels change, plant cover of the freshwater community will be adversely affected, but perhaps more importantly, their microbial symbionts responsible for their tolerance to high salinity will be impacted as well. Microbes respond quicker to changing environments and could provide an early warning of the loss of resiliency of the Florida coastline ecosystem. For 10 weeks, soil samples from Biscayne National Park will be placed in standardized mesocosms and subject to local conditions like sunlight, tides, plants, increased sea levels, higher salinities, and variant inundation. Standard and variant conditions will be employed on different mesocosms, and weekly DNA extractions of the various soil samples will be analyzed via metagenomic analysis, creating a library of the 16S rRNA community structure over the 10 week period.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005623
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Synthesis and Sensing Studies of Erbium MOF Based on 2-2’-bithiophene- 5,5’-dicarboxylic acid.
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- Ortega, Raul E., Einkauf, Jeffrey D., De Lill, Daniel T., Mathivathanan, Logesh, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), are a unique class of materials in which metal clusters are linked together by organic moieties forming porous 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D structures. MOFs have many applications resulting from not only the overall structure, but also the metal center, organic “linker”, or a combination thereof. The high surface areas and porosity of these materials have found use in heterogeneous catalysis, display technologies, semiconducting materials, and biomedicine. These...
Show moreMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs), are a unique class of materials in which metal clusters are linked together by organic moieties forming porous 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D structures. MOFs have many applications resulting from not only the overall structure, but also the metal center, organic “linker”, or a combination thereof. The high surface areas and porosity of these materials have found use in heterogeneous catalysis, display technologies, semiconducting materials, and biomedicine. These materials are also currently being developed as a new sensor technology for detection of potentially harmful chemicals. Nitroaromatics are key components in the fabrication of explosives, however, current detection methods are time consuming and expensive. Considering this, our interest lies in synthesizing MOFs that can be used as a sensor for nitroaromatic compounds. To this end, our lab has developed a new Er(III) MOF based on the linker 2-2’-bithiophene-5,5’-dicarboxylic acid (DTDC). Herein, synthesis and nitroaromatic sensing studies will be discussed.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005632
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- College students --Research --United States.
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- Memory for License Plates.
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- Beazley, Joanna, Earles, Julie, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The purpose of this study is to determine which United States license plate(s) are best designed for recall. Based on what we know of human memory in terms of numbers, letters, and their combinations, this study aims to identify the “ideal” license plate for citizens to remember. This study’s results will be applicable in criminal cases, as well as in identifying vehicles involved in AMBER Alerts and Silver Alerts. There are many studies that have examined eyewitness memory for crimes in...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to determine which United States license plate(s) are best designed for recall. Based on what we know of human memory in terms of numbers, letters, and their combinations, this study aims to identify the “ideal” license plate for citizens to remember. This study’s results will be applicable in criminal cases, as well as in identifying vehicles involved in AMBER Alerts and Silver Alerts. There are many studies that have examined eyewitness memory for crimes in younger adults and older adults. In this study, we will examine the effects of age on memory for license plates. We want to determine which license plates are better remembered by younger and older adults. We hypothesize that the organization of letters and numbers on the license plate will have a larger effect on older adults than on younger adults because older adults need more memory support.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005615
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Perceptions of the Cure for Cancer Across Age Groups.
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- Ali, Kathryn, O’Connor, Megan, Escaleras, Monica, Levy, Eric, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Although the United States seems to be progressing more than ever in both culture and science, more people are getting cancer than in prior history. Not only are there more cancer patients, but the majority of cancer patients in the U.S. rely on traditional treatments such as Chemotherapy and Radiation. In eastern societies, not only are there fewer cases overall, but they tend to rely on eastern medicine treatments such as herbs and different foods as treatment options. Even though billions...
Show moreAlthough the United States seems to be progressing more than ever in both culture and science, more people are getting cancer than in prior history. Not only are there more cancer patients, but the majority of cancer patients in the U.S. rely on traditional treatments such as Chemotherapy and Radiation. In eastern societies, not only are there fewer cases overall, but they tend to rely on eastern medicine treatments such as herbs and different foods as treatment options. Even though billions of dollars are being raised to aid in cancer research in the U.S. alone, it is not often you hear about new advancements that change the landscape. This project explores people’s attitudes towards cancer and its cure based on demographics such as age.
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- 2017
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005611
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- For the Love of the Team.
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- Coviello, Kassi, Sapp, Brian, Escaleras, Monica, Levy, Eric, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Professional sports is a large industry that reaches millions of Americans today. Those Americans are called fans- the ones that support the teams, fill the seats, and cheer them on from home. Occasionally these professional sports teams decide to relocate to another city, state, etc. Relocation has become increasingly prevalent in the past few seasons. This puts the dedicated fans in a difficult situation in which they can remain loyal to the city or the specific team itself. In order to...
Show moreProfessional sports is a large industry that reaches millions of Americans today. Those Americans are called fans- the ones that support the teams, fill the seats, and cheer them on from home. Occasionally these professional sports teams decide to relocate to another city, state, etc. Relocation has become increasingly prevalent in the past few seasons. This puts the dedicated fans in a difficult situation in which they can remain loyal to the city or the specific team itself. In order to analyze how someone would react to their favorite professional sports team being relocated, we developed a survey to addresses the underlying question of would your favorite team remain your favorite team even if they relocated. Our results found that the decision to remain a fan or switch to another team depends on gender and the level of education.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005618
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)