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The Effect of Cerium Concentration on YBO3:Ce3+

The optimal doping concentration of YBO3:Ce3+ was found.
Authors: 
Braxton L. Brakefield
Sarah Gollub
and D. Greg Walker
Keywords: 
YBO3
Phosphors
Luminescence

Towards Fabrication of a Graphene MoS2 Junction

Single-layer graphene and MoS2 were isolated in an attempt to fabricate a Schottky barrier.
Authors: 
William R. Cox
Roel L. Flores
and Ya-Qiong Xu
Keywords: 
Graphene
MoS2
nanotechnology

Hexagonal-Chambered Microfluidic Device: A New Method and Device for Capturing and Culturing Environmental Microbes

New method for microbial culturing by use of microfluidic device and derived nutritious supplement.
Authors: 
Zoe E. Turner-Yovanovitch
Thomas F. Byrd
and Kevin T. Seale
Keywords: 
microfluidic
bacterial culture
environmental samples
culture media

Optical Characterization of Zero-Index Metamaterials

We investigated the optical properties of a near-zero index metamaterial and demonstrate that it displays angularly selective transmission.
Authors: 
Zachary C. Anderson
Parikshit Moitra
Yuanmu Yang
Jason Valentine
Keywords: 
Zero-index
metamaterial
nanoscale materials

Insertion of an Epitope Tag in the 5HT2C-Receptor

The insertion of a tag into the 5HT2C-receptor to purify it in large quantities for future studies to be done on the different disorders and functions associated with it.
Authors: 
Maximilian H. Carter
Randi Ulbricht
and Ronald Emeson
Keywords: 
receptor
tag
5HT2C-receptor

The Implementation of Paired Descriptor Functions to Improve Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Models for Drug Discovery

Here we present an improvement in the mathematical description of the constitution and configuration of molecules.
Authors: 
Aditya Gudibanda
Edward W. Lowe Jr.
and Jens Meiler
Keywords: 
Modeling
QSAR
descriptors

Characterization of Macrophage Behavior in the Human Immunoresponse and Bone Remodeling

This study examined the relationship between macrophages and bacteria in chronic wounds and adapted a protocol studying osteoclast resorption.
Authors: 
Jonathan Davies
E. Margarita Prieto
and Scott Guelcher
Keywords: 
Macrophages
phagocytosis
reactive oxygen species
bacteria
biofilms

Uncovering the Role of TGFβ and BMP in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Stem Cells

BMP and TGFβ can dually support EMT and enhance cancer stem cell characteristics.
Authors: 
Busra Gungor
Philip Owens
and Harold L. Moses
Keywords: 
Cancer stem cells
TGFβ
breast cancer
DMH1

Functional Dissection of the Central Domain of c-Myc through Characterization of Novel Interacting Proteins

Identifying protein-to-protein interactions within the central domain of c-Myc.
Authors: 
Ranine A. Haidous and William P. Tansey
Keywords: 
c-Myc
yeast two-hybrid assay
cancer

Interfacing of Kinect Motion Sensor and NAO Humanoid Robot for Imitation Learning

This research focuses on using the Xbox Kinect sensor for robot imitation.
Authors: 
Melissa Guo
Shuvajit Das
Jacob Bumpus
Esubalew Bekele
and Nilanjan Sarkar
Keywords: 
Robotics
autism spectrum disorder
robot imitation learning

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