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101 Delacenserie, JessicaUtilizing classroom technology to strengthen elementary educationThere is a disconnect in the current education system where there is an abundance of technology accessible to students but it is not being used in a way that enhances their education. The majority of software currently used in primary schools simply transfers books, homework assignments, etc. to mob...Education, Elementary; Computer-assisted instruction; Education - Effect of technological innovations on2016-05
102 Davidson, OliviaUtilizing synthetic biology to improve platelet transfusion outcomesPlatelets are essential to blood clotting. Due to a high risk of bacterial infection, donor platelets have short shelf -lives. As a result, being able to maintain a constant supply of platelets in vitro would be clinically valuable. This could be accomplished by using synthetic biology to guide stem...Blood platelets - Transfusion - Research; Stem cells - Therapeutic use; Synthetic biology; Hematopoietic stem cells; Erthropoientin2016-05
103 Palmieri, NikoleValidation of a nonlinear optimization algorithm for reconstruction of diffused imagesLiving tissue is a diffusive light-scattering medium, preventing traditional fluorescence microscopy from being used as a diagnostic imaging modality. To determine microscopy from being used as a diagnostic imaging modality. To determine whether the nonlinear optimization algorithm developed for C...Diagnostic imaging; Mathematical optimization; Image processing; Diffusion distance; Computational Cannula Microscopy; Nonlinear optimization; MATLAB2016-04
104 Bennion, DavidValidation of force pedals for bilateral strength asymmetry testingOver 125,000 anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries are performed each year in the United States. Rates of re-injury to the reconstructed ACL or contralateral ACL up to 49% have been reported in certain populations. Altered biomechanics-including bilateral asymmetry in knee extensor st...Anterior Cruciate Ligament - Surgery; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction - methods2014-12
105 Chen, CynthiaWhat are we teaching? The translation of exoticism as pedagogy in Schumann and TchaikovskyMusical scholars have often studied exoticism-the evocation and representation of cultures outside of one's own-through racial, national, gender, class, and other identities. These studies commonly lead to the taxonomical classification of musical gestures and further questions on the purpose and l...Music - Philosophy and aesthetics; Music appreciation; Music - Instruction and study2016-05
106 Smith, EnochWhen men are the victims: The incidence of sexual assault against menMen's experiences of sexual assault have long been a controversial issue. Feminist thinkers like Catherine Mackinnon and Susan Brownmiller have theorized sexual assault as a natural outgrowth of or tool designed to perpetuate women's disempowerment, whereas more liberal thinkers perceive sexual assa...Male rape victims; Sex crimes2016-04
107 Chuaqui, Anna MagdalenaWhy the left loses in MexicoThis paper explores the question: Why has the largest left-of-center party in Mexico, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), failed to win a presidential election since democratization? Through an analysis of the presidential campaigns of 200,2006, and 2012, this paper seeks to explain the fa...Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Mexico); Mexico -- Politics and government -- 2000-2016
108 Bertelsen, BrandonWord of the wildMany people value and experience what the natural world has to offer and many people do not. The opportunities that exist outdoors include recreation, education, development, and therapy. Everything I do, school, work, volunteer, and play, is to better provide outdoor experiences for people of all...Outdoor life - Psychological aspects2014-12
109 Azuma, MarikoYin Yu Tang and the effects of re-contextualization on vernacular architectureMy paper on the cultural and architectural re-contextualization of Yin Yu Tang, or Hall of Abundant Shelter, at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, MA, has two main goals: 1) to consider the connections between architecture, space, and the family in a traditional Chinese house; and 2) to exami...Peabody Essex Museum - Exhibitions, Hall of Abundant Shelter; Architecture, Chinese - Exhibitions2016-04
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