YouTube videos are being used as an instructional support to lectures for students, especially in science subjects such as chemistry. A method was developed to quantitatively rate popular acid-base and bonding YouTube videos using Richard Mayer’s seven Multimedia Principles as a framework. A second method was developed to quantitatively rate the videos to specifically investigate […]
C07-P: Hcf106 and cpTatC Fusion Overexpression and Purification Using Liquid Chromatography
The twin-arginine protein translocation system (Tat) is a membrane-bound protein complex that transports folded proteins across the thylakoid membranes in plants and cytoplasmic membranes in bacteria. It is predicted that about 50% of the thylakoid lumen proteins use the cpTat pathway. For a precursor to pass the thylakoid membrane under this system, involves the association […]
B01-T: Assessment of the Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect in Modern Aquatic Gastropod and Bivalve Shells of Four Mile Creek, Ohio
Radiocarbon reservoir effects occur when organisms incorporate carbon that is not in equilibrium with the modern atmosphere. These reservoir effects often result in 14C ages of fossils shells that are too old, often by thousands of years. Dissolution of limestone bedrock in southwestern Ohio may lead stream water to be enriched in old, dissolved carbon […]
A32-P: Synthesis And Characterization Of Selected Intermetallic Alloys For Magnetic Cooling
A magnetic refrigerator exploits the magnetocaloric effect, which is broadly defined as the tendency of certain magnetic materials to change their temperature when placed in a magnetic field. There is a great interest in the commercialization of magnetic refrigerators due to the fact that they are significantly more environmentally friendly and energy efficient than common […]
C24-P: 4D-Printing of Complex Ceramic Structure via Controlling ZrO2 Contents
Despite the fact that 3D printing has been developed for tens of decades, problems still exist when it comes to fabricate overhang structures or other complicated structures. To reduce this problem, researchers have made attempts on introducing novel concepts into 3D printing. Four-dimensional (4D) printing is one of these attempts and it has been successfully […]
C20-P: Methods for Tannin Purification, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, and Quality Control
Tannins are plentiful in plant based foods. Due to their unique chemistry, they have important effects on the health of humans and other animals. However, the tannin itself is not absorbed; rather, the gut microbiome breaks it down and its decomposition products are absorbed. This makes studying the effects of dietary tannins difficult. To combat […]
C12-P: Communicating Research to Public Audiences
This research study is part of a First Year Research Experience [FYRE] class project to examine how research opportunities have been impacted by the pandemic, and how to best leverage the online environment. Our specific study examined disciplinary perspectives of faculty and graduate students focusing on how they share their research outcomes beyond their research […]
B35-P: Effect of Oxidative Stress on Mixed Antarctic Communities
Our general field of research is Microbial Ecology, and we sought to answer the question of how Antarctic microbial communities grow and change under oxidative stress. Antarctica is a perfect resource for studying microorganisms, as the ice-covered lakes are one of the few places where there is an entirely microbial food web. This simplified food […]
B16-P: Transposon Mediated Integration and Cas9 Assisted Promoter Optimization of Psilocybin Biosynthetic Pathway for in vivo Production in E. coli
Psychedelics have shown promise for the treatment of several mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, treatment resistant depression, and addiction. These small biomolecules are difficult to mass produce through chemical means or through extraction from the original organism. Recently, psilocybin has been produced on a gram per liter scale in E. coli using […]
A46-P: The Development of the Miami University-Middletown Tree Loop Over the Last 20 Years
The research done has been conducted and completed at the Miami University-Middletown campus in the field of Botany. This research was performed on the campus’ “Trail Loop,” that consist of roughly 105 trees that are tagged with numbers. Throughout the time spent on the Trail Loop, the database for the tagged tress on this loop […]