Graduate Research Showcase (GRS) Projects
The Graduate Research Showcase is an annual event that highlights the rich array of groundbreaking research undertaken by University of Houston graduate students across all disciplines.
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GRS 2017
This collection gathers posters, talks, and performances presented at the 2017 Graduate Research and Scholarship Projects Day
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The Behavioral Consequences of Early Life Sleep Deprivation
(2017)Sleep, especially at developmental stages of early life, is essential for normal brain function and development. Sleep deprivation at early life stages (childhood and adolescence) is associated with behavioral impairment. ... -
Role of Munc13-1 and Munc13-2 Proteins in Alcoholism, and its Potential Clinical Applications
(2017)Munc13-1 and Munc13-2 are presynaptic proteins that are involved in the vesicular priming and subsequent release of glutamate neurotransmitter. Previous research has demonstrated some of the effects of ethanol in specific ... -
A New Robot-Assisted Therapy for Stroke Survivors: Effects of Long-Term Stretching Exercises on Ankle Range of Motion, Balance and Gait
(2017)Our study has demonstrated that stroke survivors received ankle stretching exercises with the MAS for 4 weeks improved ankle range of motion, balance, and gait ability. These improvements remained relatively constant through ... -
DISCUSS Curriculum: Dialogic Inquiry of Socioscientific Issues with English Language Learners
(2017)The Space Exploration Unit was developed in an iterative process based on teacher feedback. The Unit followed four design principles: a) rich and varied exposure to complex controversial content to promote argumentation; ... -
Dune Topographic Changes from Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scans in the Freeport, Texas
(2017)Terrestrial Laser Scans by VZ2000 scanner integrated with R10 GPS ensure the precision as well as accuracy. The workflow for DEM can effectively facilitate change detection. According to the comparisons of profiles and ... -
Radially Collapsible Endotracheal Tube
(2017)THE PROBLEM - 51.7 million intubations performed annually in the US. - 10.3% experience complications. - 5.3 million complications need to be addressed. We aim to ease the process of intubation and improve patient outcomes ... -
Marking and Meaning
(2017)Arboretum: the inner loop trail is an interpretive sound map of a trail in the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. It is a form of cognitive map that combines methods from the visual arts to diagrammatically represent the ... -
Energy Aware Routing of Web Requests in Hybrid Cloud
(2017)Normally the application services are deployed as web services on the cloud for scalability and fault tolerance. We propose to use an autonomous intelligent global load balancer (IGLB) to distribute the requests across ... -
Effects of Pyriproxyfen Exposure on Nervous System Develpment in Zebrafish
(2017)Pyriproxyfen is used in agricultural and veterinary pests. It is also used to treat drinking water sources, to prevent mosquito breeding. Therefore, it is debated that pyriproxyfen treated water consumption can cause ... -
Electroless Atomic Layer Deposition of Pt on Cu Nanowires
(2017)Pt is a material widely used as a catalyst in many areas of chemical synthesis and energy conversion and as a protective layer and etch stop barrier in the semiconductor industry. Due to high surface free energy, Pt exhibits ... -
Material Decomposition Using Multi-Energy Imaging with Photon Counting Detectors
(2017)The current screening tool for breast cancer is digital mammography (DM). DM is based on the principle that x-ray photons are absorbed by materials differently. Breast cancer screening relies on the detection of tumors and ... -
Human Muscle-Specific A-Kinase Anchoring Protein (mAKAP) Polymorphisms: Mechanistic Role in Cardiovascular Diseases
(2017)mAKAP polymorphisms may pre-dispose humans to CVDs by altering cAMP/PKA signaling in the heart. PKA-mAKAP interaction modulators can be developed as therapeutic target to augment current treatment of CVDs. This project was ... -
Characterization of the Pro-Survival Role of Kinase-Independent EGFR in Cancer
(2017)EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor), a receptor tyrosine kinase is overexpressed or mutated in a variety of tumors of epithelial origin. Although, its kinase activity is well characterized and is being targeted in the ... -
Flavin Homeostasis in the Mouse Retina During Aging and Diabetes as a Marker for Retina Health
(2017)Nutritive and therapeutic intervention to restore the retina energy metabolism can lead to delayed onset and progression of blindness because of aging and type I and II diabetes. -
Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Infection
(2017)Spatio-temporal dynamics are vital in understanding the course of infection, particularly for infections that lead to the formation of granulomas such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis which significantly impact the course of ...
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