FAU Undergraduate Student Research
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Effect of PAK6 Knowckout on Prostate Cancer Cell Stiffness
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Belinda Gerard, Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Michael L. Lu, Nikolas B. Echeverry
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Full Text: Effect of PAK6 Knockout on Prostate Cancer Cell Stiffness 1,2 3 1 1 Nikolas B. Echeverry , Belinda Gerard , Michael L. Lu , Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz 1 2 Department of Biomedical Science , C.E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Honors Thesis Program 3 and Department …
Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Type: Text
Year: 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: 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. more
Full Text: Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium 03.30.18 1 WELCOME Welcome to the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, which showcases undergraduate students at FAU who are engaged in research, scholarship and creative activities. Students present …
2016 Winners: Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Full Text: 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Oral Presentation Winners Category: Basic Sciences First Place “Lanthanide Induced Aggregation of Mercaptobenzoic Acid-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles” Alexander Santana, Luizetta Navrazhnykh, Maria Martinez, …
Queer Images: Photographs of LGBTQ Americans
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Barrios, Barclay, Hart, Sharon, Pratt, Charles
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Although LBGTQ people currently experience unprecedented
visibility in American media and popular
culture, those representations depict flattened images
that reduce complex individuals into simplified and
limited categories of identity. I created this documentary
to blur and shatter the boundaries currently restraining
the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and
queer communities through… more
Full Text: Queer Images: Photographs of LGBTQ Americans Charles Pratt, Dr. Barclay Barrios, Assistant Professor Sharon Hart Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Project Statement Although LBGTQ people currently experience unprecedented visibility in …
Pentraxin 3 Reactivity to Acute Exercise in Obese Individuals
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Fisher, Craig B., Huang, Chun-Jung, Maharaj, Arun, Mock, J. Thomas, Slusher, Aaron L., Urtula, Alyssa M.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has been demonstrated as a vital biomarker for chronic inflammatory diseases. Decreased plasma PTX3 has been observed in obese populations. However, no studies have examined the impact of obesity on PTX3 reactivity to exercise. Therefore, our study sought to investigate PTX3 plasma response to maximal exercise in obese and normal-weight subjects, and its relationship with… more
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Is Social Media Influencing Hispanics Voting Behavior?
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Clukey, Ryan, Escaleras, Monica, Giral Lores, Marina
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Social media sites are becoming one of the biggest
sources of information in the world. Particularly, political
and economic news is being communicated widely
on social media in real time with no costs incurred.
The purpose of our research is to examine Hispanics reliance on social media for political information in
the United States. Our results show that the majority
of younger Hispanic… more
Full Text: Is Social Media Influencing Hispanics Voting Behavior? Ryan Clukey, Marina Giral Lores and Dr. Monica Escaleras College of Business: Economics Graph 1. Introduction Do you think political news on the Internet is trustworthy? • Social media sites are …
Effects of GUS Gene Integration in Tobacco Plants
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Cruz, Laura, Zhang, Xing-Hai
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: The β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene was isolated in 1986 from the bacterium Escherichia coli. Since then it has been widely used as a reporter gene in genetically modified organisms serving to study gene expression and tissue specificity of different promoter sequences. We have introduced the GUS gene into tobacco plants through Agrobacterium-mediated genomic transformation. The plants that were… more
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Taxation and the Separation of Church and State
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Arflin, Cheryl, Roman, Abel
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: The separation of church and state was passed under
the First Amendment in 1791. However, Since its
inception the United States has not followed through
with this philosophy. Since colonial times, churches
have been privileged with tax exemptions. Nine out
of the thirteen colonies had some form of tax relief
to aid their churches. This right was granted to all religious
organizations with… more
Full Text: Taxation and the Separation of Church and State Abel Roman College of Business, Florida Atlantic University Issue Does granting religious organization tax exemption violate the first amendment? Statutory and Regulatory Concerns • Are the current tax laws …
Diet and Temporal Partitioning Facilitates Coexistence Between Two Octopus Species in a Shallow Coastal Habitat
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Bartz, Danielle, Bennice, Chelsea, Brooks, W. Randy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Niche partitioning mechanisms may be used by
closely related, sympatric species to reduce competition.
We examine two dimensions of niche partitioning
(diet and temporal) amongst the common
octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and the Atlantic longarm
octopus (Macrotritopus defilippi), which spatially
overlap in a South Florida intracoastal habitat. SCUBA
is used to collect octopus prey remains and… more
Full Text: Diet and Temporal Par33oning Facilitates Coexistence Between Two Octopus Species in a Shallow Coastal Habitat 1,2 2 2 Danielle Bartz , Chelsea Bennice , Randy Brooks 1Honors Thesis Program, 2Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of …
Temporal Ontogeny of Epileptogenesis in a Model of Adult-onset, Spontaneous Seizures
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Ceylan Isgor, Melanie Gil, Rachel St. Clair
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Full Text: Temporal Ontogeny of Epileptogenesis in a Model of Adult-onset, Spontaneous Seizures Melanie Gil, Rachel St Clair and Ceylan Isgor Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine HYPOTHESIS We hypothesize that epileptogenesis in the spontaneous …
Should the Navy be exempt from marine mammal protection regulations in times of peace?
Type: Text
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Bitton, Joanna, Holman, Mirya R.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries: Digital Library
Description: Whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals depend on their hearing to survive, but human technology is now invading their world. Military sonar used by the US Navy to detect submarines emit noises as loud as rocket blasts. These noises infiltrate the ocean and marine mammals get disoriented, have permanent hearing loss, get stranded, or die. With practical safety procedures in place, whales and… more
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Peer Led Team Learning into Organic Chemistry
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Deacon, Lisa, Haky, Jerome E., Rezler, Evonne, Sempertegui Plaza, Tito S.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: A web-based learning system for Organic Chemistry is being integrated into a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) environment to restructure the existing Organic Chemistry I discussion (OrgoBOND) sections to enhance student learning, improve overall grades, and lower the Organic Chemistry I DFW rates. Students taking Organic Chemistry I are required to participate in a section of OrgoBOND utilizing the… more
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Felix Mendelssohn's Bach revival
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Barna, Charlotte, Joella, Laura
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Johann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. However, the modern audience might not realize that it took almost 70 years after Bach’s death for his music to emerge as a part of an important cultural heritage. Even though some of Bach’s organ pieces were continually played in smaller settings, the wider audience only became exposed to his… more
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Characterization of Selenazole Compounds as IDO Inhibitors
Type: Text
Year: 2011, 2011
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Foo, Timothy, Sempertegui Plaza, Tito S., Terentis, Andrew C.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic Unviersity
Description: 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. more
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Traffic Sign Effectiveness
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Chozas, Ashley, Duitama, Luis, Kamholtz, Tali, Knipp, Tammy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Visual salience is the perception that renders some
objects in the world to stand out from its given environment
and immediately grab our attention. For the
design of road signs, visual salience plays a significant
role. Studies reveal poor salience of traffic signs
contribute to the increase of traffic violations. With the
aid of eye-tracking technology (analyzing visual fixations
and… more
Full Text: Traffic Sign Effectiveness Tali Kamholtz, Ashley Chozas, and Luis Duitama Professor Tammy Knipp Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University Will improving the visual saliency of traffic signs be effective? Current traffic …