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Molecular Characterization of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) Blood Parasite within the Threatened Gopherus Polyphemus Species.
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Eusse, Johanna, Cooney, Brian, Frazier, Evelyn
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The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a threatened burrowing chelonian endemic to the Southeastern United States. Gopher tortoises are classified as a keystone species due to their construction of extensive burrows, providing shelter to approximately 362 commensal species. Haemogregarines are the most common hemoparasite species found within reptiles. The genus Hepatozoon sp. (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) has been discovered within gopher tortoises at Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Jupiter...
Show moreThe gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a threatened burrowing chelonian endemic to the Southeastern United States. Gopher tortoises are classified as a keystone species due to their construction of extensive burrows, providing shelter to approximately 362 commensal species. Haemogregarines are the most common hemoparasite species found within reptiles. The genus Hepatozoon sp. (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) has been discovered within gopher tortoises at Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Jupiter, Florida). Our research focus is to conduct molecular analysis on the 18S rRNA region of Hepatozoon sp. within blood samples and to determine how this species found is related to other known Hepatozoon species. This molecular characterization study will provide us a better understanding of the existing Hepatozoon blood parasite species within gopher tortoises in South Florida.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000035
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College students --Research --United States.
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Exploring the Relationship Between Anxiety and HRV in Parents with Low Income.
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Dixon, Derricka, King, Beth, Edwards, Karethy, Barry, Charlotte, Newman, David
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Over 40 million people in the United States are living in poverty today. The effects of living in disadvantaged circumstances increases the individual’s likelihood of experiencing persistent anxiety, which can lead to chronic health conditions. Studies have associated persistent anxiety with cardiovascular compromise as a result of decreased levels of heart rate variability (HRV). The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between anxiety and heart rate variability in parents or...
Show moreOver 40 million people in the United States are living in poverty today. The effects of living in disadvantaged circumstances increases the individual’s likelihood of experiencing persistent anxiety, which can lead to chronic health conditions. Studies have associated persistent anxiety with cardiovascular compromise as a result of decreased levels of heart rate variability (HRV). The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between anxiety and heart rate variability in parents or guardians of children in Head Start, a federally funded program for families with low-incomes. A descriptive correlational design comparing the scores on the PROMIS anxiety tool with HRV as measured by the emWave biometric instrument will be used. The sample consists of 32 participants. Data will be analyzed using bivariate correlations. Increased levels of anxiety and decreased heart rate variability are anticipated outcomes of this study. Findings will assist in identifying health risks in this vulnerable population.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000034
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College students --Research --United States.
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Views on Climate Change.
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Diaz, Olivia, Castillo, Henry, Escaleras, Monica, Levy, Eric
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Climate change is defined as the change of the global climate patterns which is caused by natural occurrences and human activities facilitated by the increased use of fossil fuels. Climate change is a prominent issue today, with people having conflicting viewpoints about it. Government intervention on the subject of climate change is widely debated. To understand the differing perspectives on climate change, we developed an online survey consisting of 12 questions. We gathered 500 responses...
Show moreClimate change is defined as the change of the global climate patterns which is caused by natural occurrences and human activities facilitated by the increased use of fossil fuels. Climate change is a prominent issue today, with people having conflicting viewpoints about it. Government intervention on the subject of climate change is widely debated. To understand the differing perspectives on climate change, we developed an online survey consisting of 12 questions. We gathered 500 responses from people all over the United States. Overall, our findings showed that people believe in climate change. However, there is a statistically significant difference on the views of climate change based on people’s party affiliation. Republicans were the highest group of all the political parties surveyed to say that the government should not have a concern for climate change. This survey depicts the conventional view that Republicans hold on the issue of climate change.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000033
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College students --Research --United States.
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Vignettes and Their Role in Bullying Research.
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Demezier, Christopher, Longo, Joy, DeDenno, Michael
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Transportation is the concept that readers become engaged when they read a story. The level of transportedness may impact the emotional response of the reader. Research shows that stories can be used to transport readers but there is a failure to identify vignettes as a viable medium. The ability of vignettes, a brief narrative without a conclusion, to transport readers is unknown. The purpose of this study is to determine if vignettes can be used to transport readers into a narrative and...
Show moreTransportation is the concept that readers become engaged when they read a story. The level of transportedness may impact the emotional response of the reader. Research shows that stories can be used to transport readers but there is a failure to identify vignettes as a viable medium. The ability of vignettes, a brief narrative without a conclusion, to transport readers is unknown. The purpose of this study is to determine if vignettes can be used to transport readers into a narrative and also to explore the link between transportation and negative affect. Each participant was presented 11 bullying vignettes sequentially and were asked to respond to the Transportation Scale and the Negative Affect Scale. Descriptive and inferential analysis were performed. The results showed that readers were transported into the bullying vignettes and that there is a slight positive correlation between transportation and negative emotions (r=.339).
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000032
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College students --Research --United States.
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Understanding Sport-Related Concussions.
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Coviello, Kassi, Nasrallah, Joseph, Escaleras, Monica, Levy, Eric
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In 2012, the amount of reported concussions doubled in the past ten years to 3.8 million. Concussions and head-related injuries caused by contact sports can lead to long term traumatic brain injuries. With the increasing presence of these injuries, the National Football League and the National Hockey League have implemented extensive concussion protocols. This questions the underlying uncertainty of the future of contact sports. Our project addresses the question of hypothetically, if you had...
Show moreIn 2012, the amount of reported concussions doubled in the past ten years to 3.8 million. Concussions and head-related injuries caused by contact sports can lead to long term traumatic brain injuries. With the increasing presence of these injuries, the National Football League and the National Hockey League have implemented extensive concussion protocols. This questions the underlying uncertainty of the future of contact sports. Our project addresses the question of hypothetically, if you had children, knowing what we know today about concussions/head related injuries, would you allow them to play contact sports. The decision to allow your child to play contact sports was motivated by the gender and age gap. The different levels of education had a statistically significant impact on the knowledge surrounding the current professional football and hockey concussion protocols.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000031
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College students --Research --United States.
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Software Engineering: Social Impact and Perception.
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Cardenas, Erika, Shorten, Connor, Escaleras, Monica
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New software technologies are rapidly changing the economy. These changes have presented problems such as job displacement, high barrier to entry, and a gender gap in the engineering communities. In order to see the views of Americans regarding the challenges of software technologies, we conducted an online survey, gathering 500 responses. In recent news stories, it has been shown that there is a gender gap in the tech industry, but the women that participated in our survey are interested in...
Show moreNew software technologies are rapidly changing the economy. These changes have presented problems such as job displacement, high barrier to entry, and a gender gap in the engineering communities. In order to see the views of Americans regarding the challenges of software technologies, we conducted an online survey, gathering 500 responses. In recent news stories, it has been shown that there is a gender gap in the tech industry, but the women that participated in our survey are interested in learning software engineering as much as men. Additionally, our research found that younger people are not only required to use software tools more frequently but are the most interested in learning how to build them. Finally, we found that a majority of people do not have any experience developing software. Our survey highlights some of the challenges of software technologies in the economy.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000030
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College students --Research --United States.
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An Examination of the Morphosyntactic Structure of Verb Phrases in Chaldean Neo-Aramaic.
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Barile, Paul, Hamilton, Michael
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This research is an examination of the morphological and syntactical features found within verb phrases of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a Semitic language which originates from Mesopotamia. From this examination, a configurational model is proposed, which depicts the grammatical arrangement of these morphosyntactic features during verb phrase formation. Additionally, accompanying this description of the language's verb phrases, a dependency-based approach is taken for the analysis of the language's...
Show moreThis research is an examination of the morphological and syntactical features found within verb phrases of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a Semitic language which originates from Mesopotamia. From this examination, a configurational model is proposed, which depicts the grammatical arrangement of these morphosyntactic features during verb phrase formation. Additionally, accompanying this description of the language's verb phrases, a dependency-based approach is taken for the analysis of the language's sentence structure. Such a method departs from traditional perspectives which posit that the concept of a sentence is the compositional result of two distinct linguistic elements: a subject and a predicate (the verb phrase). However, from the analysis of the language, an argument is presented for a reconsideration of the conceptualization of a sentence that would position the verb as the primary element, or nucleus, on which all other occurring elements are either directly or indirectly dependent.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000029
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College students --Research --United States.
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Generational Differences in Viewpoints.
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Barak, Andrew, McCurry, Alexis, Escaleras, Monica
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In today’s society, different age groups seem to think and behave differently. Generational differences have influenced many controversial opinions discussed today. Not much research has been conducted on these differences, but in the studies which have been conducted, it has been concluded that there are substantial differences that exist between generations. In the limited amount of research that has been conducted, the sample was relatively small, making the survey incomprehensive. In...
Show moreIn today’s society, different age groups seem to think and behave differently. Generational differences have influenced many controversial opinions discussed today. Not much research has been conducted on these differences, but in the studies which have been conducted, it has been concluded that there are substantial differences that exist between generations. In the limited amount of research that has been conducted, the sample was relatively small, making the survey incomprehensive. In order to understand these differences and where the opinions of generations differ, we developed an online survey about people’s opinions on controversial issues debated about in modern society. We found that there are statistically significant differences between age groups and their views on social issues such as religion, sex before marriage, same sex marriage, and abortion. Our results have shown that people are beginning to move away from the more traditional values and into more liberal viewpoints.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000028
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College students --Research --United States.
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Effects of Nonpharmacological Interventions in Older Adults With Dementia: Chair Yoga, Chair-Based Exercise, and Participatory Music Intervention.
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Arcay, Victoria, Lopes, Yve, Park, Juyoung
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This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of having older adults with dementia participate in a nonpharmacological treatment—chair yoga, chair-based exercise, or participatory music intervention—and assessed the effects of the interventions on physical, behavioral and psychological symptoms, general quality of life, and sleep patterns throughout the course of the study. The study employed a three-arm cluster-randomized, longitudinal design. Sites were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to chair yoga,...
Show moreThis pilot study evaluated the feasibility of having older adults with dementia participate in a nonpharmacological treatment—chair yoga, chair-based exercise, or participatory music intervention—and assessed the effects of the interventions on physical, behavioral and psychological symptoms, general quality of life, and sleep patterns throughout the course of the study. The study employed a three-arm cluster-randomized, longitudinal design. Sites were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to chair yoga, chair-based exercise, or music intervention. Twenty-seven participants completed 24 sessions in 12 weeks. We administered evaluation measures at baseline, midline (6 weeks), and post intervention (12 weeks). Repeated-measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted to examine group differences at the collection points, controlling for baseline variability (i.e., gender, age, race/ethnicity) in outcomes.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000027
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College students --Research --United States.
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No more DACA? An Uncertain Future Under the Trump Administration.
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Alvarez, Alyssa, Carreño-Lukasik, Gina
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) provides temporary relief from deportation and legal work authorization for eligible unauthorized youth in the U.S. In September of 2012, the Obama administration began to allow individuals that entered the country as minors be granted the opportunity of deferred action from deportations and work permits. In 2014, the motion for covering additional immigrants under the act was blocked by the courts, and as of 2018, President Trump...
Show moreThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) provides temporary relief from deportation and legal work authorization for eligible unauthorized youth in the U.S. In September of 2012, the Obama administration began to allow individuals that entered the country as minors be granted the opportunity of deferred action from deportations and work permits. In 2014, the motion for covering additional immigrants under the act was blocked by the courts, and as of 2018, President Trump plans on disbanding DACA as well as the DREAM act, changing the lives of millions who have shaped America. For this research, I conducted a literature review that examines the benefits and limitations of DACA, the emotional and mental effects of being an “illegal” immigrant, and the political views of members of the current U.S. administration that will threaten the lives of many. Finally, I propose a possible research project to further explore this issue.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000026
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College students --Research --United States.
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Multisensory Environments and Their Effect of Emotion.
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Cynthia Stucki
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000024
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College students --Research --United States.
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The Road to Redemption of a Conquistador: Alvaro Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
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Claudia Schmucker
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000023
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College students --Research --United States.
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Photovoltaic Array Assessment Using Field Generated Current-Voltage Curves.
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Christopher Romain, Ricardo Sanatan, Shefatha Rabbany, Amir Abtahi
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000022
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College students --Research --United States.
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Emotional Scaffolding and English Language Learners.
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Lauren Rubin, Lori Dassa
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000021
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College students --Research --United States.
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The Patient Caregiver Relationship and its Effect on the Progression of Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.
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Elizabeth Robertson, Magdalena I. Tolea, James E. Gavin
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000020
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College students --Research --United States.
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Utlizing a Phenomenological Approach in Performance and Installation Art to Create a Social Consciousness of Disease Transmission.
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Sarah Rabinowitz, Julie Ward
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000019
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College students --Research --United States.
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To Cleave or Not to Cleave? Defining the Functional Role of Amyloid Precursor Protein in the Development of the Drosophila Giant Fiber Circuit.
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Richelle Poulos, Tyrone Penserga, Sirisha Kudumala, Tanja Godenschwege
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000018
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College students --Research --United States.
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Characterizing the Biophysical Mechanism of Cell-penetrating Peptides in Cancer Cell Entry.
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Mary Moussa, Shalondria Sears, Patrick Cosme, Andrew C. Terrentis, Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000017
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College students --Research --United States.
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Monitoring and Modeling to Estimate Impact of Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions and Dispersion Near Gas Wellheads on a Florida Class I Landfill.
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Angel de Jesus Martinez, Daniel Meeroff
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000016
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College students --Research --United States.
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Influence of cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway in Time to Recovery from an Induced Electroconvulsive Seizure in D. melanogaster.
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Leonor Miranda, Monica Risley, Ken Dawson-Scully
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000015
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College students --Research --United States.
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