The “Long Tail,” is a market distribution wherein obscure products sell in large aggregate amounts, allowing them to compete comparatively well with the few popular products in the same market that sell well individually. ...

The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signal Transduction Pathway is a conserved mechanism that plays a significant role in the regulation of cell growth. Autophagy inhibition is one method in which the TOR kinase pathway is able ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem among many strains of bacteria, especially within the populations that most commonly infect hospital patients. A variety of molecules have been found that are capable of inhibiting ...

The Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is a neurophysiological test used to assess the functionality of the central auditory pathway, which includes structures from the auditory nerve to the rostral brainstem. The ABR ...

My idea of original research for this thesis project was to search inside of myself to create a work of art that is my very own: a culmination of some of the most important lessons I have learned in my life up until now, ...

This thesis demonstrates why the Mexican drug cartels pose the single greatest threat to Mexico’s democratic institutions. A comprehensive analysis of the shift in Mexican politics from the authoritarian rule of the PRI ...

As America’s political conscience was forming during the eighteenth century, British political ideas were very influential, especially the Whig Party’s ideology. Whig ideology, shown through the writings of John Locke, ...

This series of short stories explores the relevant issues plaguing young adults. Each of the characters overcome obstacles during their freshman year of college, forming a common bond by the conclusion. I hope these stories ...

The dominant theories of oil generation are fossil fuel and abiotic oil (the latter also known as the abiogenic or R-U theory). For decades, United States scientists have held that oil is created by decaying life forms ...

Automaticity is “the control of one's internal psychological processes by external stimuli and events in one's immediate environment, often without knowledge or awareness of such control” (Bargh and Williams, 2006). ...