Fabian Walter and Dr. R Steven Turley, Physics and Astronomy Characterizing mirrors is of great importance when designing optical devices. In order to control the reflectivity, these mirrors are made of multilayer structures. The index of refraction n, which allows for the calculation of the reflectivity, depends on the wavelength of the light. In the […]
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Determining Relationships Between Physician Incomes and GDP
Dave Hansen and Drs. Bret Mackay and Norm Thurston, Economics Introduction My study aimed at settling an unresolved issue in contemporary health economic literature: Can doctors target their annual income levels, or are these levels subject to business cycle trends? Answering this question proved to be complex because in so doing it would have to […]
Determining Ruthenium’s Optical Constants in the Spectral Range 11-14 nm
Luke J. Bissell and Dr. David Allred, Physics and Astronomy Introduction Computers are getting faster, and as they do, computer chips are getting smaller. Photolithography is a process used to design nanoscale patterns on a computer chip. In photolithography, the image of a circuit pattern is transferred from a mask to the semiconductor wafer. This […]
Determining the Tobacco Industry’s Influence on Health Legislation
Jordana R. Choucair and Dr. Michael Barnes: Health Sciences Each year, 440,000 American lives are claimed by smoking-related diseases.1 The economic costs of smoking are astronomical. Smoking costs the United States over $150 billion each year in health-care costs including $81.9 billion in mortality-related productivity loses and $75.5 billion in excess medical expenditures.2 Furthermore, secondhand […]
Determining Biomass Particle Properties via Digital Imaging
Justin Scott and Dr. Larry Baxter, Chemical Engineering Introduction Understanding the devolatilization and combustion of biomass (sawdust, agricultural waste, etc.) will lead to better use of this renewable fuel source. The overall goal of the project is to write a computer model that can accurately predict what will occur during biomass combustion. The research conducted […]
Determining Treatment of Children Suffering from Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Mary Ann Zarkou and Dr. Bruce Woolley, Physiology and Developmental Biology Severe malnutrition is one of the most devastating health problems in the world, particularly in developing countries. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is one of the most prevalent types of malnutrition, and is divided into three major types: Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, and Marasmic-kwashiorkor. These diseases in children […]
DETERMINING OPTICAL CONSTANTS FOR ThO2 THIN FILMS SPUTTERED UNDER DIFFERENT BIAS VOLTAGES FROM 1.2 TO 6.5 eV BY SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY
William Ray Evans and Dr. David Allred, Department of Physics and Astronomy The Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV), that portion of the spectrum with photon energies of ~30 to ~300 eV is a scientifically interesting part of the spectrum for many reasons. First of all, there are many applications for EUV optics. The desire to continue “Moore’s […]
Determining Secretory Phospholipase A2 Binding Properties Through the Fluorescent Probe Nystatin
Rachel Williams Bailey and Dr. John Bell, Physiology and Developmental Biology Nystatin is a fluorescent molecule that has recently been characterized as a probe of phospholipid properties in artificial membranes. The hypothesis purported by my research group was that nystatin binds preferentially to the boundary between ordered and disordered phases of phospholipids in both artificial […]
Determining the Value of Subsistence and Cash Crop Farming in Tamil Nadu, Indian Family’s Subsistence Strategies
Joseph Neil Ransom and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Anthropology Department It is nearly impossible to asses the true conditions of a community from older books or research papers about neighboring areas. That said my background reading leading up to this research project had left me with the impression a large percentage of Indian farmers completely subsisted […]
Determining and Sharing Knowledge about Phylogenetic Relationships of Collomia Species (Mountain-trumpet Flowers)
Lisa Busby and Dr. Leigh Johnson, Life Science The plant genus Collomia shows great morphological and genetic diversity, however, its current classification is based on a morphological study done in 1940. This year I was able to assemble a great deal of DNA sequence information and compare the variation in these sequences with previous classifications […]
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