This research is an overview of the sustainability and wood waste management practices of the construction industry with a focus on Cincinnati, Ohio. Waste reduction at the source and wood recycling are solutions to overfilling landfills and wasting construction materials, while also providing a best practice example for sustainable management within the construction industry. Interviews […]
CSIV-01: Estimating Deer Population and Impacts in Miami University Natural Areas
In recent history, deer populations have increased due to the near extinction of natural predators and an increase in available food from agriculture. We need to understand the impact that overabundant deer have on ecosystems in our Miami University Natural Areas. Deer browse causes damage to seedlings, and when seedlings are depleted few become saplings, […]
C41: Thermal Stability of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase in the Undergraduate Teaching Lab
The enzyme yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) is used in the undergraduate biochemistry lab class at Miami University to teach students essential biochemical methods and concepts. Specifically, the students compare the wild type enzyme to overexpressed His-tagged YADH. An experiment was designed for students to monitor protein stability over time using recently “upcycled” HP 8453 UV/Vis […]
C51: What Factors Affect a Parent’s Decision to Vaccinate Their Child?
Vaccination continues to be one of the most effective measures available to prevent the spread of infectious diseases (Hussain et al., 2018). Establishing the main factors that deter parents from vaccinating their children is one of the most important steps to be made that can educate those about the importance of vaccination and how it […]
B46: Improvements to Blood Flow Measurement Technology
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) is a non-invasive method to measure blood flow in deep tissue. Typically, DCS equipment consists of a laser, photon counter, and hardware autocorrelator. Photons diffuse through tissue and are detected a short distance away from the source. The resulting signal is sent to a hardware autocorrelator to mathematically determine the blood […]
C38: The Effect of the Network Properties on a Dissociative Dynamic Covalent Bond System
For our project, we are making polymers using thiol adduct. Crosslinked polymers were made using post polymerization modification process with thiol monomers with different chain lengths and different crosslinking densities to find out the activation energy of each system. And in our project, we used GPC and rheometer to analyze our material to make sure […]
C36: Virus hopping between animal and human: Structural characterization of equine G14P[12] rotavirus via X-ray crystallography
Rotavirus is a virus that infects both humans and animals. Group A Rotaviruses are comprised of five genogroups P[1] through P[V], which are further organized into 37 genotypes P[1] through P[37]. These categorizations are based on sequence comparisons of spike proteins VP4 and VP7. As a general rule, P[I] RV’s infect animals, and P[II] infect […]
C35: The Effects of Sex and Early Life Stress on Conditioned Inhibition of Fear in Rodents
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that occurs in a subset of individuals who experience one or more traumatic events. It is marked by recurrent memories of the traumatic event, heightened anxiety states, altered mood, and avoidance behaviors. Importantly, adverse early childhood experiences yield increased vulnerability to the development of PTSD later in […]
C33: Engineering Auto-catalytic CRISPR-Cas Sensors for Ultra-sensitive Lead Detection
Lead is an industrially useful element, but too much exposure is known to be extremely dangerous to human health. Toxicity and poisoning can result with symptoms such as anemia, kidney and brain damage, and death. A particular concern is lead toxicity in children due to the irreversible neurological damage and developmental defects that can occur. […]
C32: Revamp, Review, Renew: Developing Codes for YouTube Content Using Updated Mayer’s Multimedia Principles
Chemistry courses are often referred to as “weed out classes” due to the complexity of the subject. While chemistry can be daunting to comprehend, there are ways to aid students in reaching comprehension. Through multimedia such as YouTube, students are able to take in words and visuals simultaneously to enhance learning. Mayer’s research for multimedia […]