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Investigation of Covalent Modification Sites on CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 by Possible Electrophiles of Piperazine-containing Compounds
(Kalamazoo College, 2014)Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) are heme-containing enzymes that metabolize small organic molecules including drugs. CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 are responsible for metabolism of more than 70% of pharmaceutical drugs and inactivation of ... -
The Impact of Expectations On Women's Bodies on Obesity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)In analyzing how women are unequally impacted by obesity this paper explores how their roles and expectations in society can potentially play a role in obesity. The first portion of the paper in highly focused on reasons ... -
The Novel Contrast Agent CA4+ for Imaging Articular Cartilage of Mice Femora and Applications to Osteoarthritis
(Kalamazoo College, 2015)Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease that is the result of degradation of articular cartilage and calcification of the ends of long bones. This debilitating disease seriously affects the economy, raising the ... -
Preparation of Hexahydrolupulone Derivatives
(Kalamazoo College, 2014)Hops have been used in the production of beer since the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. They were primarily used for the bitter flavor to dilute the sugars from malted barley, but early brewers found the flowers also preserved ... -
Cultural Sensitivity and Mixed Methods in Social Research: Integrating Qualitative Practices into Quantitative Studies
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)Contemporary research from scholars such as Axinn & Pearce (2006) reveals the strong importance in generating constructive collaboration between researchers, participants, communities, institutions, and methods involved ... -
'The Vertigo of Eros': Examining the Aesthetic-Ecstatic Space of Electronic Music for the Postmodern Subject
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This study applies modem and postmodern theoretical concepts toward the analysis of interviews and observations collected at two American music festivals, as well as in examining the subcultural productions of the ... -
The Seeds of Change: How the 9 to 5 Women's Labor Movement Rooted a Labor Revolution
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)The progression of women's rights in the workplace are inextricably linked to the formation of the first women's labor union and the growth of unions in the United States. While research in the labor studies and women's ... -
Micro-Finance: How Economic Empowerment Initiatives Impact Women in Rural Andean Ecuador
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This case study summarizes the experiences of twenty-six women working with and for a non-profit micro-finance organization in Atuntaqui, Ecuador. Recent Studies have highlighted the benefits and barriers of micro-finance ... -
"It's Just Food": A Study of the Foodways of Chin Refugees in America
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)As an ethnic minority the Chin people of Burma have faced a variety of influences, pressures, attacks, and struggles for centuries at the hands of both .foreign and internal powers. The Chin's distinct identity and ... -
Fractal Impacts: How Gender Shapes Immigration in the Context of Globalization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)Discourses of globalization in the United States suggest that the world's problems could be solved by either imitating the United States, or by simply coming into contact with the United States. Even scholars interpret ...