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- Approximately 1 in 3 deaths in the US is caused by cardiovascular diseases, among them atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs through excessive cholesterol deposition (hyperlipidemia) along the inner layer of the artery called the intima, resulting in plaque formation that blocks arterial blood flow and could lead to heart attacks and strokes....
- Keyword:
- Atherosclerosis, LDLrko, Group 1 CD1-restricted T cells, CD1d, and HJ1-T cells
- Subject:
- Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Shon Thomas
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Modified:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Created:
- 2017-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- The High Energy Density Sciences group at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory studies materials in extreme conditions such as very high temperatures and pressures. We use shock waves produced by the Linac Coherent Light Source to compress polycrystalline diamond samples. Compressing these samples allows us to use x-ray diffraction to study...
- Keyword:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, grain size, diamond, high energy density, SLAC, physics, and polycrystalline diamond
- Subject:
- Physics and Astronomy
- Creator:
- Lauren Barmore
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Modified:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Created:
- 2017-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- A survey of adults (n = 706) found low levels of awareness of two social movements aimed at decreasing weight stigma: the Fat Acceptance Movement and Health at Every Size movement. For HAES, providing a brief story of an overweight person who endorses HAES improved perceptions of the movement.
- Keyword:
- attitudes, anti-fat, body size, weight stigma, weight, and stigma
- Subject:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Vilte Baliutaviciute
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Modified:
- 04/20/2018
- Date Created:
- 2017-06-20
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Skeletal sexual dimorphism presents itself in humans primarily through the anatomical shape of the cranium and pelvis. However, some physical anthropologists maintain that climate could have an effect on human sexual dimorphism. Despite ongoing research pertaining to climatic effects on soft tissue or size dimorphism, little to no research has...
- Keyword:
- biological anthropology, climate, human skeletal anatomy, and sexual dimorphism
- Subject:
- Biological Anthropology
- Creator:
- Maria Feiler
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Physiological linkage (i.e., the covariation of moment-to-moment physiology between individuals) is thought to play an important role in relationship functioning. The present study examined physiological linkage across interbeat interval (IBI) and skin conductance levels (SCL) in a sample of married spouses (N=106) during both a pleasant and a conflict conversation...
- Keyword:
- marriage, physiological linkage, and emotional experience
- Subject:
- Psychology and Biology
- Creator:
- In Jung Jang, Claudia M. Haase, Ryan C. Svoboda, and Kuan-Hua Chen
- Contributor:
- Claudia Haase (advisor)
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster and Research Paper
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- Description:
- Expanding on research done on the mental health and happiness benefits associated with romantic relationships, this study investigates whether identity denial, the experience of being socially denied one’s chosen identity by having others refuse to acknowledge that identity, presents a challenge for bisexual people within committed romantic relationships. For straight,...
- Keyword:
- bisexuality, mental health, self-concept clarity, sexual minorities, Relationships, and identity denial
- Subject:
- Psychology
- Creator:
- Hannah E. Savitz, Wendi L. Gardner, and Alexandra Garr-Schultz
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by flashbacks of the traumatic event and high comorbidity with major depressive disorder (MDD). Prior stress is known to increase the likelihood of developing PTSD after experiencing a traumatic event. Currently, PTSD is diagnosed clinically, its biological etiology is not known...
- Keyword:
- stress-enhanced fear learning, Genetic model of depression, contextual fear conditioning, Corticosterone, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rats, mineralocorticoid receptor, and Glucocorticoid receptor
- Subject:
- Neuroscience
- Creator:
- Lim PH, Redei EE, and Sophia Jenz
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental illnesses in the United States and affect over 15% of the population. Prior work utilizing electroencephalogram (EEG) to investigate event-related potentials (ERPs) from the scalp has shown success in isolating certain neural correlates related to increased risk for developing anxiety disorders....
- Keyword:
- electrophysiology, reward, neuroscience, EEG, SPN, MRI, ERP, and affective
- Subject:
- Neuroscience
- Creator:
- Andrew R. Kittleson, C. Robin Nusslock, and James E. Glazer
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Given any polyhedron in R3, we can cut it open along its edges, flatten it out, and obtain a polygon in the plane R2. In this project, we explored the opposite process, an open question that was first posed about 70 years ago: given a polygon in R2, what is...
- Keyword:
- Geometry, Mathematics, Dynamical system, and 3D polyhedra
- Creator:
- Yuxi Han
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- The bacterial CRISPR/Cas9 system shows promise as a genome-editing tool to treat human disease. It is integral to understand the binding and unbinding kinetics of Cas9 to its target DNA to study specificity of the Cas9 protein. Standard practices involve the use of negatively charged polymer Heparin to reduce unspecific...
- Keyword:
- Biotechnology, Cas9, and CRISPR
- Subject:
- Neuroscience
- Creator:
- Ulrich Rant, Felix Kröner, and Anam Furrukh
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Due to their ability to be engineered for specific cellular targeting, nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as promising drug delivery vessels for immunotherapeutic and vaccination treatments. However, a major unsolved obstacle for cell-specific nanoparticle delivery is non-specific circulatory clearance by the mononuclear-phagocytic system(MPS). Comprised of various phagocytic cells, the MPS removes...
- Keyword:
- Antigen Presenting Cells, Immunotherapy, Nanoparticle Surface Charge, Nanoparticle Morphology, Cell-Specific Nanoparticle Delivery, and PEG-bl-PPS
- Subject:
- Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Nicholas Karabin, Yufan Yang, and Evan Scott
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- This study aims to advance our basic understanding of how we perceive objects in our environment. It’s unclear whether we understand object structure based on only how we perceive or on how it truly exists in the world. Examining eye-movements provides insight into how our visual system represents and understands...
- Keyword:
- retinal space, object structure, perceived size, eye tracking, perceived space, perception, retinal, and configural shape illusion
- Subject:
- Cognitive Science
- Creator:
- Adina Cianciotto
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- In indoor environments, bacteria face selective pressure to carry antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) from antimicrobial substances used in furniture, building materials, and personal care products. Humans rely on antibiotics to clear bacterial infections, so understanding the way in which these genes are transferred, i.e., on mobile genetic elements, is critical....
- Keyword:
- Gene Transfer, Indoor Environment, Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Conjugation Assays, Disc Diffusion Tests, Polymerase Chain Reaction, and Indoor Microbiome
- Subject:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Creator:
- Sarah Ben Maamar, Taylor Brown, Adam Glawe, and Erica Hartmann
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- With a large sphere of activity and ability to transfer data through wireless communication system, drones have proven to be more and more useful in both research and manufacturing. Whether by allowing researchers to collect measurements or filmmakers to attain aerial shots, the use of drone has allowed collection of...
- Keyword:
- smartphone, drone, environmental, water management, and minimum human labor
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Alberta Yoo
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- There are few concerns greater than those of a parent with an adult with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD). How is she or he going to be taken care of as she or he ages? The government provides services and support in the pursuit of care and services, but...
- Keyword:
- disability, social policy, I/DD, intellectual and developmental disability, Illinois, and disability policy
- Creator:
- Camille Cooley
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Modified:
- 06/13/2018
- Date Created:
- 2018-05-31
- Resource Type:
- Poster and Research Paper
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- Description:
- In the past few years, educators have been pushing for an integration of the arts into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning in order to promote innovation and creativity in these fields. The present study explores the relation between creativity and STEM learning among young children in digital and...
- Keyword:
- STEM, preschool, and creativity
- Creator:
- Allyson Snyder
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Modified:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Created:
- 2019-07-01
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- The basal layer of human epidermis is composed of progenitor cells that both self-renew and differentiate to form stratified epidermal tissue; this process requires strict, dynamic regulation of gene expression. The Super Elongation Complex (SEC) regulates gene expression at the level of transcription elongation by releasing RNA Polymerase II from...
- Keyword:
- Transcription Elongation
- Creator:
- Mari Brady, Xiaomin Bao , and Sarah Lloyd
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Modified:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Free space optical communication (FSO) offers a promising solution to the “last mile” bottleneck of high-speed telecommunications. Data is encoded using a modulated laser and optically sent through the air to a receiving photodetector. Although this requires FSO systems to have direct line-of-sight between the emitter and receiver, this is...
- Keyword:
- Communication and FSO
- Subject:
- Electrical Engineering
- Creator:
- Robert Gray and Jacob Baran
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Modified:
- 07/01/2019
- Date Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- Harbor seal whiskers exhibit a tapering elliptical geometry uniquely suited to detect wakes (trails of water produced by upstream bodies) in ways a regular, tapering, or elliptical cylinder cannot. Previous studies into the matter have relied on idealized representations of the geometry the whiskers seem to take on and have...
- Keyword:
- Modeling, Biomimicry, Harbor Seal, Imaging, Seal Whiskers, Fluid Dynamics, and Biomimetics
- Subject:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Creator:
- Sophia Wong and Madeline Corrigan
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 09/05/2019
- Date Modified:
- 09/05/2019
- Date Created:
- 2019-05-29
- Resource Type:
- Poster
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- Description:
- The purpose of this research project was to highlight that there are different perspectives on mental health that stem from various experiences. All of these views should be valued and not discriminated against for any reason other than that they are different. As a child of Soviet Immigrants, I quickly...
- Keyword:
- global health
- Creator:
- Shteynberg, Emily
- Owner:
- Chris Diaz
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/06/2021
- Date Modified:
- 10/06/2021
- Date Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Poster