The study of fluid mechanics and its applications is a growing and vastly changing field. The ability to determine how water moves and how this movement causes the bed underneath to react is still very uncertain. Many ...

Stress is a common stimulus for both animals and humans. To process stressful stimuli, the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is crucial in the physiological cascade that produces glucocorticoid stress hormones: ...

Previous experiments have shown that MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells could be injected into the extra-embryonic vasculature of chick embryos, and then cells which had metastasized to the brain could be isolated by ...

This report describes the methods and results of a seasonal study of suspended sediment dynamics in the Delaware Estuary using radionuclides as sediment tracers. Specifically, Be-7, I-131, and Pb-210 were used to determine ...

With the ever increasing trend in urbanization and the associated high level of human influence, there is a growing ecological interest in potential impacts such as; biodiversity loss, altered trophic interactions, increased ...

In September 2007, the post-conflict West African nation of Sierra Leone reached a turning point in its history. It has been experiencing the positive inertia which results from the first successful transition of government ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder associated with substantially reduced muscle volume, especially in the lower extremities. A criterion method used to assess muscle volume is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); ...

The mammalian eye consists of many structures that work together to allow for proper vision. Importantly, the lens, a transparent structure which sits behind the cornea and iris, must develop properly and remain clear, ...

The goal of the current study was to examine relations between cumulative risk in early childhood and hostile attributional bias at age eight. Cumulative risk was measured using the Life Events Calendar, a semi-structured ...

Anterior cruciate ligament-deficient (ACL-D) individuals who fail to dynamically stabilize their knee (termed non-copers) are reported to adopt a neuromuscular strategy characterized by reduced knee flexion excursions, ...