Cystic Fibrosis is a disease caused by mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein. This membrane protein selectively transports chloride ions into epithelial cells and is important in a...
Tema:
Nucleotides, Cystic fibrosis, Mutation (Biology), Molecular dynamics y Biochemistry
Animals that successfully colonize urban areas must be tolerant of anthropogenic disturbance including noise. Chronic anthropogenic noise may be difficult for animals that use acoustic signals to overcome if it disrupts...
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Song sparrow, Noise pollution, Birdsongs, City noise y Audio frequency
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common monogenic hereditary disease in Caucasians affecting greater than 70,000 persons worldwide. Primary symptoms of CF patients are electrolyte imbalance in epithelial cells creating thick...
Palabra clave:
CFTR, DSF, Ligand y NBD1
Tema:
Cystic fibrosis gene, Cystic fibrosis -- Genetic aspects, Protein folding, Fluorimetry y Ligands (Biochemistry)
My creative research has been an investigation of how different characteristics of line quality convey emotions or feelings in purely abstract work. The line quality that is used in the figurative work of Frank Auerbach...
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Abstract, Automatism, Drawing, Expressionism, Form y Line
The formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by the enzyme L-alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase(MpGlpO) is essential for the pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. M. pneumoniae is apathogen that targets the human respiratory tract,...
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Catalysis, Microbial enzymes -- Testing, Microbial metabolism, Chemical bonds, Organic compounds -- Synthesis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -- Treatment y Pneumonia
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Despite the negative physical, psychological, social, academic, and financial effects of childhood obesity, few programs have been implemented successfully to address this...
Palabra clave:
BMI, childhood obesity, nutrition, physical fitness y self-concept
Tema:
Obesity in children -- North Carolina, Body image in children -- North Carolina, Girls -- Nutrition -- North Carolina, Girls -- Health and hygiene -- North Carolina y Physical fitness for children -- North Carolina
Lethal Toxin Neutralizing Factor (LTNF) is a protein found in the blood stream of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). LTNF confers immunity against toxins and venom from many organisms including different species of...
Tema:
Proteins, Enzymes, Virginia opossum y Natural immunity
DNA replication is a process in which genetic information is copied and passed on from generationto generation. Multiple proteins of specialized function must transiently assembleand communicate to rapidly and accurately copy...
Palabra clave:
antibiotic resistance, Phage, Protein y T7
Tema:
Bacteriophages -- Genetics, DNA replication, Mutagenesis, Viral genetics y Microbial genetics
The Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara, Damasio, Damasio, & Anderson, 1994) has been the foundation of much of the recent research on adaptive decision making in humans. This task was first described by Bechara et al. in their...
Tema:
Decision making, Reward (Psychology) y Psychology, Pathological
The Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara, Damasio, Damasio, & Anderson, 1994) has been the foundation of much of the recent research on adaptive decision making in humans. This task was first described by Bechara et al. in their...
Tema:
Decision making, Reward (Psychology) y Psychology, Pathological