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  • Recurrent Neural Networks for Robotic Control of a Human-Scale Bipedal Robot

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    Siekmann, Jonah A.
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    Dynamic bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult and yet relevant problems in modern robotics. While a multitude of classical control methods for bipedal locomotion exist, they are often brittle or limited in capability. In recent years, work in applying reinforcement learning to robotics has lead to superior performance across...
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    Bipedal Robot Abstract approved: Alan Fern Dynamic bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult and

  • Bioethanol production from lignocellulosicbiomass: assessing genes linked to acetic acid stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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    Montgomery, Tyler P.
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    Lignocellulosic biomass represents a vast and renewable source of fermentable sugar for production of biofuels. However, native lignocellulose—comprised of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin—is refractory to degradation because the crystalline cellulose is not easily hydrolyzed by cellulases. Standard chemical treatments of lignocellulose to reduce the crystallinity of cellulose prior to enzymatic...
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    : _________________________________________________ Alan T. Bakalinsky Lignocellulosic biomass represents a vast and renewable

  • An Approach to Increasing Yields of a Sunscreen Compound in Recombinant Yeast

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    Vu, Van Anh
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    The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, also serves as a host for the production of therapeutically valuable pharmaceuticals. Recently, the Bakalinsky laboratory constructed a recombinant yeast strain expressing two zebrafish (Danio rerio) genes in order to produce a UV-protective “sunscreen” compound called gadusol. An antioxidant...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Alan Bakalinsky The

  • Cytokine expression in Danio rerio (zebrafish) in response to TLR-7 agonist - Imiquimod

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    Paternostro, Kevin Alan
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    Utilizing Danio rerio (zebrafish) as a model organism has gained popularity recently, however a lack of research into their immune response pathways had led to the discovery of subclinical infections, and has potentially confounded results. We conducted a study to determine the cytokine expression from TLR activation in order to...
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    rerio (zebrafish) in response to TLR-7 agonist - Imiquimod by Kevin Alan Paternostro

  • Characterization of the Sodium Transporting NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase (NQR) in Vibrio cholerae

    Creator:
    Fassio, Sara R.
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    Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a serious diarrheal disease in developing countries. V. cholerae has a unique redox driven respiration-linked sodium pump, Na⁺ translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR). Several reports previously showed that NQR plays an important role in virulence, metabolism, and sodium homeostasis of V. cholerae. This...
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    THESIS OF Sara R. Fassio for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Microbiology and Honors

  • A Correlative Study on International Healthcare System Variables and Opioid Consumption Data

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    Fan, Katherine F. R.
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    The opioid epidemic in the U.S. has had significant impacts on opioid overdose rates, productivity, and healthcare expenditure. Research has drawn attention to the necessity of a more integrated, biopsychosocial approach to treatment of chronic pain, and how it could alleviate the current public health emergency. Previous literature alluded to...
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    Variables and Opioid Consumption Data by Katherine F. R. Fan A THESIS

  • Localized Structures in a Diffusive Run-and-Tumble Model of Myxococcus xanthus

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    Flynn, Patrick Thomas
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    The bacteria Myxococcus xanthus clusters into fruiting bodies in the absence of food. The movement of M. xanthus has three aspects: self-propulsion (run), change of direction due to collision (tumble), and Brownian fluctuations in movement. We propose a minimalist PDE model for the concentrations of left and right moving agents...
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    (r(u, v)− r(v, u)|(u,v)=(u0,v0) and nv = ∂ ∂v (r(v, u)− r(u, v)|(u,v)=(u0,v0). (29) We use

  • Gender-Dependent Mechanisms of Alpha-Tocopherol Protection from Benzo[a]pyrene Exposure in Rats

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    Crimp, Caitlin A.
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    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), are environmental pollutants linked to increased disease susceptibilities. Alpha-Tocopherol (αT) supplementation decreases B[a]P-DNA adducts in smokers, particularly women; but the mechanism is unknown. To test the hypothesis that αT protection from B[a]P exposure is gender-dependent, male and female rats received 7 daily subcutaneous...
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    that I received from Scott Leonard and Alan Taylor, as they taught me several of the assays for this

  • A quantitative analysis of three-dimensional contact guidance by breast cancer cells

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    Krnacik, Emma A.
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    Exploring and quantifying the parameters regarding contact guidance may provide valuable insight to the precise mechanisms controlling cell movement, especially in a three-dimensional environment. The objective of this project was to quantify the relationship between MDA-MB-231 cell morphogenesis and the geometry of the cell’s local microenvironment, which was modeled by...
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    __________________________________________________________________ Chris Jones, Committee Member, representing Physics

  • “My Whole World”: Teen Moms Navigating Identity and Social Discourse

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    Tanner, Laura C.
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    Social discourse presents teenage childbearing as a “serious problem” that results in significant harm and expense to teenage mothers, their children, and society. Although the discourse of teenage childbearing has been multiple, overlapping, and contested, it has resulted in negative stereotyping and stigmatization of teenage mothers. Much of these stereotypes...
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    …………………………………….……………………….. 29 “Risks” of Teenage Childbearing……………………………………….. 31 Challenging the “Risks” of Teenage