Browsing Student Research and Scholarship by Title
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Evaluating the influence of phenolic compounds to gut bacteria-host cell interaction via HPLC-MS/MS based targeted metabolic profiling
This study evaluated the influence of phenolic compounds and their influence to the interaction of human gut bacteria and host cells. Four bacterial stains were studied in this project. The minimum inhibitory concentration ... -
Evaluating Transit-Oriented Development Effectiveness
(2012-04-27)As resources become scare, transportation costs rise, and congestion gets worse, developing transit alternatives will become increasingly important. Transit-oriented development is a sustainable method for building ... -
Everything But Carry a Rifle: An Article Examining the Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns
In 1942, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed ... -
Evolution and Effects: Title IX at Miami University
This project explores the evolution of Miami University’s sexual violence programming since the implementation of Title IX. -
The Evolution of Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
Examines the changes in the CoverGirl brand over time from its origination to now. -
Examining the genetic consequence of habitat fragmentation in the northern Michigan white-footed mouse
The white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis, is greatly impacted by habitat changes. It generally thrives in dense forests that provide shelter and protection from predators. However, the species is adaptable ... -
Experience Choreographed Through Light: Exploring the Emotive Nature of Daylighting
(2014-06-16)Winston Churchill once said, “First we shape our buildings, thereafter, they shape us”. This speaks both to how we design a building, and to the effect that design has on us. The challenge that is presented to us as ... -
An Exploration of Socio-political Themes Represented in Strauss'
From Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade to Gershwin’s American in Paris, tone poems often recall stories of specific people or events. One key figure in the the development of tone ... -
Exploring brownfields: Revitalization with wetlands and golf courses
The idea of building a golf course near natural wildlife and complex ecosystems can be a controversial topic to the general public. Many believe that the chemicals used to balance the turf grass systems on the courses ... -
Exploring the future of ecology and missing middle housing in a dispersed metropolis
As complex beings we are striving for improvement and change. Idealists planned for Garden or Radiant cities to alleviate the filth and disease of crowded industrial cities. Development spurred by the automobile created ... -
Express yourself: engaging space and sensual experience between body, clothing, and the built environment
(2014)The inspiration of fashion development and the execution of architecture redevelopment are bound within a common motif of personality and its intended, as well as unintended, expression. A fashion designers approach in ... -
Fabrication of Electrorheological Fluid and its Application in Haptic Feedback
Haptic feedback is the response of a user interface to touch. The information provided by the system is conveyed to the end user through both vibrotactile and kinesthetic feedback. Though many devices today incorporate ... -
Fantastic Feminist Doll Application in Sexual Assault Case
This topic covers using the fantastic feminist doll to heal sexual assault victims' mental hurt. -
Finding Home: Opportunities for Placemaking in Albuquerque, New Mexico
(2014-06-16)This paper examines the process of placemaking. It examines the differences between placemaking strategies in single family detached houses and multiple residential buildings, i.e. apartments, condominiums, townhomes, etc. ... -
FORTIFYING DIPLOMATIC BUILDINGS: NECESSITY OR PARANOIA?
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FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO CHARLOTTESVILLE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NEW AMERICAN REPUBLIC
(2012-04-24)This thesis examines the change in higher education curriculum in the state of Virginia in the half-century following the American Revolution. It analyzes how the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia ... -
Garden to Table: A Pilot Home Gardening Program for Food Pantry Clients
The use of gardening has become very popular in interventions pertaining to social well-being, physical health, vegetable consumption, food preference, nutritional status, inter-generational relations, food security, and ...