Browsing Hood College Student Works by Issue Date
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Multi-Stage Pattern Reduction in Lossless Image Compression
(ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2007)Lossless image compression is the process of compressing and subsequently decompressing images without the loss of data. Historically, image compression was carried out by treating images as complex text [13]. Only in ... -
A COMPARISON OF BREAST CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE UNITED STATES VS INDIA: ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
(2016-02-01)Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among females worldwide. Breast cancer rates are particularly rising in developing countries such as India. The changes in the prevalence of cancer risk factors are resulting ... -
Comparison of High-Throughput Sequencing Methods for Monitoring Genetic Changes in Ebolavirus Populations
(2017-05)Amplicon-based sequencing of Ebolavirus is a powerful tool to monitor the genetic changes in the viral population during a drug study. Short amplicons are generated covering the whole virus genome and a library is generated ... -
OVEREXPRESSION OF ADENYLATE CYCLASE ISOFORMS ALTERS CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN NF1-NULL MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS
(2017-11)The second messenger, cyclic-AMP (cAMP), is produced by ten adenylate cyclase (ADCY) isoforms. Previous studies indicate that ADCY isoforms may lead to either activation or inhibition of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), ... -
Assessing the utility and feasibility of immune function assays to understand Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) health in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
(2017-11)Skin lesions and mortality events of both adult and young smallmouth bass have occurred in the Chesapeake Bay, an area largely influenced by agriculture and heavily impacted by various toxic contaminants. Co-infections of ... -
THE EFFECTS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, GEOMMORPHOLOGY, AND STREAMBED SCOUR DEPTH ON ESSENTIAL BROOK TROUT HABITAT
(2017-12)Results of this study determined whether percentage of impervious land cover and geomorphology within the upstream drainage area of designated field sites would be predictive of average scour depth and whether this scour ... -
Finding Inspiration in Organic Forms
(2018)Finding Inspiration examines the growth processes and environmental effects that add patterns, shapes, and textures to natural objects. Soda-fired ceramic sculptures based on the artist’s collection of found organic forms ... -
DETERMINING REGULATION OF PROTEINS DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF ANKRD11 IN KBG SYNDROME
(2018-02-25)KBG Syndrome is a rare disease with a widely variable phenotype and a single known genetic cause. Different aberrations, including both sequencing and copy number variants, within the ANKRD11 gene produce KBG Syndrome. The ... -
The Fact of Whiteness: Female
(2018-03)My creative writing thesis poetry collection covers a variety of issues currently in public discourse and is written using different conventions. The poems touch on motherhood/feminism, religion, LGBTQ issues, bullying, ... -
NUSA SOLUBILITY IN ESCHERICHIA COLI: DISCORDANT HOMOLOGUES
(2018-03)Solubility is a recurrent challenge when overexpressing non-native proteins in Escherichia coli (E. coli) for purification. N-utilizing substance A (NusA) is often used as a fusion tag to enhance the solubility of its ... -
WNT/NFΚB CROSSTALK MAY DOWNREGULATE CYTOPLASMIC Β-CATENIN LEADING TO INDUCTION OF EMT.
(2018-04)Molecular interactions in the cell are not bound by discrete cellular pathways; there is significant communication between the pathways leading to tightly regulated processes. The current research will examine if Wnt and ... -
Re-Presenting Black Masculinities in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me
(2018-04)Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir and letter to his son Between the World and Me (2015)—published shortly after the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement—provides a rich and diverse representation of African American male ... -
Emily Dickinson in the Postprint Era
(2018-04)For over a century, the editing of Emily Dickinson has become one of the most controversial topics among literary scholars. In the 1890s, the first editions of Dickinson’s poems established her as a major American poet of ... -
Identifying locations in the greater Washington D.C. area most at risk from future development
(2018-04)The purpose of this project was to identify locations in the greater Washington, D.C. area most at risk from future development. In order to determine these areas, research was conducted using master plans, databases, ... -
Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
(2018-04-06)Cancer stem cells are now thought to play a critical role in cancer relapse and metastasis, therefore finding a way to target these cancer stem cells is crucial to cancer treatment. One such way to target the cancer stem ... -
Development of a protein microarray for analysis of humoral immune responses to flavivirus infection and vaccination
(2018-04-13)Dengue virus (DENV), yellow fever virus (YFV), West Nile virus (WNV), and Zika virus (ZIKV) are the leading causes of mosquito-borne human flavivirus infections in the Americas. Serological assays for diagnosis and ... -
DEVELOPING METHODS TO DIFFERENTIATE SPECIES AND ESTIMATE COVERAGE OF BENTHIC AUTOTROPHS IN THE POTOMAC USING DIGITAL IMAGING
(2018-05)This study developed methods for the quantification of benthic autotroph coverage in the Upper Potomac using digital imagery captured with drone-mounted cameras. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is an integral part ... -
COMMON TERN (STERNA HIRUNDO) HATCHING SUCCESS RELATED TO NESTING PATTERN ON POPLAR ISLAND
(2018-05)This study serves to understand how location within a colony may impact the successful hatching of a common tern nest. Previous research has shown that returning breeding birds will choose areas on the periphery of a colony ... -
Meta Spherical
(2018-07)Meta Spherical is a sculptural exploration of the search for truth at the intersection of science, faith, and human perception. Interconnected matrices of smaller clay components come together to form abstract sculptures ... -
Screening Trichoderma spp. as a Biocontrol Agent of Impatiens Downy Mildew (Plasmopara obducens)
(2018-07)A relatively recent epidemic of Plasmopara obducens, the oomycete responsible for Impatiens downy mildew, has spread throughout several countries including the United States. If P. obducens oospore behavior is similar to ...