Browsing Diebold Symposium Posters and Schedules by Title

Symptoms Following Sport Concussions Across Age Groups

Leffert, Colin L. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)

Sports concussions have become increasingly important medical conditions across all ages of athletes, and it is now crucial for testing procedures and injury protocol to extend beyond just college and professional athletics. ...

Synergistic Effects of FGF-2 and BMP-7 in Bone Regeneration for Alveolar Clefts

Doepker, Mikayla J. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)

Among cleft palate patients, 75% present with alveolar bone defects1. Alveolar bone is the portion of the jaw bones that contains the sockets where teeth are held. The treatment for alveolar clefts is highly invasive ...

Synthesized Nature

Sarter, Chiara (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)

Titled Synthesized Nature, this piece is a large installation made up of many smaller parts, created primarily from relief prints and paper cuts. The interaction of altered print, paper and cast shadows, pulled together ...

T1R2 and T1R3 knockouts demonstrated significant attenuation of fructose-induced, salt-sensitive hypertension

Eaton, Andrew J. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)

Increased fructose consumption apparent in the Western diet leads to an increased risk for hypertension, or chronic high blood pressure. In cases of individuals pre-disposed to volatile blood pressure increase in the ...

Targeted gene disruption by homologous recombination in the oral spirochete Treponema denticola ATCC 35405

Hollandsworth, Anne M. (Kalamazoo College, 2006-04-28)

Periodontal Disease • Periodontal disease is a bacterial infection of the gums and supporting structures in the mouth, including ligament and alveolar bone, which is triggered by the build-up of microorganisms that ...

Teaching Children Scientific Concepts Through the Adaptation of Primary Scientific Literature

Tremewan, Caitlin (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021)

Scientific literature is often difficult for people to understand, however the concepts researched and discussed are important to build scientific understanding among the public. Youth academic journals, such as Frontiers ...

A Test of the Incongruence Hypothesis Using Altered Dominance Displays in the European p y p Paper Wasp Polistes Dominulus

Hennigar, Dustin J. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)

Communication signals, in general, fall into one of two categories: flashy, expensive signals that can only be achieved with the proper allocation of resources, and more subtle signs that give only the information required. ...

Thirty years of succession in Lake Michigan coastal dune ecosystems

Allyn-White, Cheyenne (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)

To quantify changes in community composition data collected from two national parks in 1989-1991 with data collected in 2018 at the same study sites.

Three-dimensional Illustration and Installation of Pollen Spores Represented through Ceramics

Sarelis, Mariah (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022)

Pollination in angiosperms is crucial to many food systtems and sustainability in ecosystems. Variation of shapes and surface textures serve a purpose of tending to specific flowering plant structures, such as the stigma. ...

Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) and Ciprofloxacin conjunctive treatment improves Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced bacterial keratitis

Kracht, David J. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)

The human eye is an intricate system of tissues and nerves working together to enable clear sight. The cornea is key to this system. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) induced bacterial keratitis (BK) is a common infection that ...

“Together”

Merritt, Noah (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2021)

I am a biology student with a particular interest in ecology and conservation. Because of this, I have spent a lot of time thinking about the state of the world; the state of its species. We are in the midst of a mass ...

Tracking Insecticidal Activity of Peptide-based Insecticide Across Insect Assays

Cornell, Rachel E. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022)

Insect control as well as insecticide resistance and management is essential to maintain and expand the agricultural industry. As such, the need for effective and safe insecticides is increasingly important as cases of ...

Trail based vegetation surveys of invasive plant species on Riparian Wetland adjacent to the Paw Paw River, Southwest Michigan

Fetter, Anna (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022)

Riparian areas play an important role in our increasingly modernized world, as they provide shelter to many native plants and animals and create a buffer zone between nature and civilization. Changes in rainfalls and ...

Training Resources for Medical Language Interpreters and Genetic Counselors

Laeder, Theresa (Kalamazoo College, 2005-04-29)

Research has shown that training greatly reduces the number of mistakes made by language interpreters in a medical situation. This study looks at the hiring and training offered at interpreter service agencies serving ...

Transcriptional Enhancement of the mβglobin Gene by small RNAs

Yedlin, Nicholas R. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)

The human βglobin locus encodes the β-like chains that form part of hemoglobin. The βglobin locus contains the five βglobin genes, most importantly the β-like globin chain, γglobin, which can substitute for the adult ...

Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana with CRISPR/Cas9 -modified AtHMA4 (Heavy-metal ATPase-4) using floral dip to increase Zn2+ tolerance

Bonifacio, Jacob (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)

This study utilizes recent plasmid-designing technology to customize guide-RNA plasmids encoded with the CRISPR/Cas9 system in order to artificially increase zinc tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana via the truncation of ...