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Madison’s Republic: An Evaluation Of Political Liberty And Security In The United States

Conrad, Matthew (University of Delaware, 2016-05)

In American political philosophy, a highly contested topic is whether or not the United States government is adhering to the principles set forth by the Founding Fathers. While James Madison has appropriately been given ...
Manganese Cycling in the Marine Environment

Owings, Shannon (University of Delaware, 2013-05)

In this work the newly developed spectrophotometric method for the simultaneous determination of soluble Mn(II), Mn(III) and total Mn species via a metal substitution reaction (Madison et. al. 2011) was applied in different ...
Mapping and Classifying Surficial Sediment Types within the Maryland Wind Energy Area

Cribb, Coty (University of Delaware, 2015-05)

In this thesis, a procedure for analyzing large-scale side-scan sonar projects was developed. Side-scan sonar is a geophysical acoustic tool that can be used to image morphological features, grain-size distributions, ...
Market Efficiency of Major League Baseball Player Salaries: A Look at the Moneyball Hypothesis Ten Years Later

Rubin, Seth (University of Delaware, 2013-05)

Moneyball (2003), written by Michael Lewis, is about the Oakland Athletics’ path to success in the early 2000’s focusing on the 2002 season. This senior thesis investigates the impact of Moneyball. Namely, the hypothesis ...
MATERNAL MOTIVES BEHIND ELECTIVE CESAREAN SECTIONS

Reyes, Emmaline (University of Delaware, 2018-05)

The WHO recommends a target cesarean section rate of 10-15% of all births. In recent years, the US has a rate of 30.3% and some other developed countries are even higher. Scholars have argued that as a result of the ...
Math is Music to Our Ears: The Effects of a Music and Movement Integrated Mathematics Curriculum on Second Grade Students' Engagement with Learning

Boccardi, Amanda (University of Delaware, 2015-05)

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effect of a music and movement integrated mathematics curriculum on second grade students’ emotional, behavioral, and cognitive engagement with learning. A ...
Mathematical Modeling of Nanoparticle Distribution in Mice

Albani, Michael (University of Delaware, 2010-05)

Nanomedicine refers to the application of nanotechnology to medicine and includes such applications as targeted drug delivery, cell repair, and new anti-microbial, therapy, and imaging techniques. Clinical trials involving ...
Mathematical Models for Evaporation of Thin Films

Rathee, Vikramjit (University of Delaware, 2013-05)

Evaporation is a major cause of thinning of tear film which can eventually cause damage to ocular surface. The aim of the presented research was to analyze some of the many facets of evaporation of the aqueous layer of the ...
MAXIMIZING siRNA DELIVERY EFFICIENCY WITH PHOTO-RESPONSIVE POLYMER NANOCARRIERS

Muir, Victoria (University of Delaware, 2018-05)

In that last few decades, there has been a great interest in developing small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics and research tools. There are many challenges that limit success of siRNA therapeutics, including control ...
Measurement of adaptive and innate immune function in calves raised under traditional and accelerated growth regimens

Hengst, Brittany (University of Delaware, 2010-05)

This study compared conventional and accelerated milk replacer feeding regimens on growth, respiratory and digestive health, vaccination response, and neutrophil mRNA levels. Holstein calves (10 male and 5 female) were ...
THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN

McIlvain, Grace (University of Delaware, 2017-05)

Introduction The mechanical properties of the brain, as imaged by magnetic resonance elastography (A. Manduca, 2001), have emerged as sensitive measures of neural tissue structure. Studies of the adult brain have revealed ...
MECHANISM OF ACTION OF HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS ON SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON 2 PROMOTER

Grimme, Acadia (University of Delaware, 2018-05)

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an early-onset recessive neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects the α-motor neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord. The degeneration of these motor neurons leads to ...
Mechanistic Studies of the silyl-Heck Reaction

Ahneman, Derek (University of Delaware, 2012-05)

Mechanistic studies of the silyl-Heck reaction were performed. The precatalyst for the reaction was characterized by NMR and X-ray crystallography. NMR experiments were conducted to determine the viability of oxidative ...
MECHANOTRANSDUCTION IN THE DEVELOPING MURINE PROSTATE

Marcin, Elizabeth (University of Delaware, 2019-05)

Prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) are two of the most common diseases affecting men - with 50% of middle-aged men suffering from BPH and 12% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Both ...
Methylation of the G-C rich DMPK gene: causation for the severity difference between adultonset and congenital myotonic dystrophy?

Barnette, Brian (University of Delaware, 2010-05)

Myotonic dystrophy type I is an autosomal dominant genetic disease. The disease arises from an expansion of a trinucleotide repeat, (CTG)n located in the 3’ untranslated (3’ UTR) region of the dystrophica myotonin protein ...
Methylpyridine Functionalization: Progress Towards the Synthesis of Lycopladine A and Monomorine

Pirnot, Michael Thomas (University of Delaware, 2009-05)

A range of enones were found to participate in 1,4 conjugate addition with deprotonated 2-methylpyridines. Likewise, a transient 2,6 – lutidine anion was found to open 2-butyl-1-tosylaziridine at the less hindered end ...
Mexican immigration to the United States

Schwalbe, Kaleigh (University of Delaware, 2010-05)

Mexican immigration to the United States is a controversial issue in today‟s political realm. Though it is the longest running labor movement in history, many Americans are under the impression that this is a current issue. ...
MEXICO’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE INTERNATIONAL VOTE

Faverio, Michelle (University of Delaware, 2019-05)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the power of the international absentee vote in the Mexican presidential elections through examination of trends and contrasts, since its inception in 2006. It also looks at the ...
Microglial Activation in the Developing Rodent Brain Following Binge-Like Alcohol Exposure During the Third Trimester-Equivalent

Ruggiero, Michael (University of Delaware, 2015-05)

Previous studies using rat models have looked at microglial activation following alcohol exposure in the adolescent and adult brains, or the long-term effects of neonatal alcohol exposure. This current study fills in a ...
Microrna Modulation Of The Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway Is Essential For Cellular Morphogenesis

McCann, Tyler (University of Delaware, 2016-05)

The Wnt signaling pathways are highly evolutionarily conserved in regulating cell specification, cell polarity and morphogenesis in development. The non-canonical Wnt pathways (ncWnt) consist of the Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity ...

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