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Cognitive Effort in Data-Limited, Resource-Limited, and Language-Limited Processes: A Pupillometry Study of Speech Recall

Zavlun, Nataniela

In 1975, Norman and Bobrow proposed a “data-limited” and “resource-limited” model for speech processing. Processing is considered “resource-limited” when performance in a task can be improved by exerting more effort, and “data-limited” when it cannot. Exceedingly difficult conditions may produce a “tipping point” in ef...

What are you doing later?

Fletcher, Holly Ruth

SENSORY, PHYSICAL, AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF PART SKIM, PASTA FILATA MOZZARELLA MADE WITH OR WITHOUT LACTOBACILLUS CASEI ADJUNCT CULTURE

Rehberger, Katherine Elizabeth

As mozzarella consumption increases in the United States, innovation in formulation has also grown. While studies have focused on novel ingredient implementation, the opportunity to apply adjunct or secondary cultures has been minimally explored in mozzarella. One adjunct culture, Lactobacillus casei, shows promise to...

Sustained release of Amobarbital

Marks, Jaison

To address this problem, an implantable, PLGA-based dosage form providing sustained administration of amobarbital has been developed. The hypothesis is that this strategy can moderate oxidant overproduction over longer timeframes and subsequently block PTOA development following less severe joint trauma. To date, a for...

The effects of different amplitudes of force on AMPK signaling

Splitt, Rebecca

There are still many questions that remain on how cells respond to force. For example, most of the studies in the literature only examine a narrow range of force, while cells experience a wide range of amplitudes of physiological forces. In this thesis, I begin to investigate how cells respond to different amplitudes o...

Vocabulary breadth and depth in adults with developmental language disorder

Wang, Tingting

The current study investigates vocabulary knowledge in adults with DLD across two dimensions: vocabulary breadth, defined as the number of words for which an individual can retrieve a meaning, and vocabulary depth, defined as the quality of semantic knowledge for known words. Vocabulary breadth was assessed using the s...

Evolutionary and Structural Analysis of SH3BGR/AIP5 family proteins and their interactions with actin

Spaulding, Emma Elizabeth

Regulated actin filament assembly and stabilization are crucial for diverse biological processes, including cell motility, endocytosis, phagocytosis, cell adhesion, and intracellular traffic. Each filament in a cellular actin network has a fast growing ‘barbed’ end and a slower growing ‘pointed’ end. While the barbed e...

Behavioural plasticity of New Zealand Tussock skinks (Oligosoma chionochloescens) under different levels of urbanisation

Chao, Howin

With the growth in urban developments, there is increasing interest in behavioural plasticity and how it changes under different levels of urbanisation. Researchers are especially interested in how different species would behaviourally respond to new environments, using species responses as a key conservation discussio...

The Iowa poems

Vaca Delgado, Violeta

This collection of prose poems is divided into three parts, intertwined by a subtle narrative thread that connects passages inspired by Iowa City, Madrid, and Mexico, along with the presences they evoke. The fragments are written by a poetic voice that, before attempting to write, first observes. Each poem conveys the...

Metabolomic profiling of oral niches in health and obesity

Bobera, Jeremy A.

Research is currently intensively studying the gut microbiome and immune network to its corresponding metabolome on possible links to health. Evidence suggests that the metabolome is crucial for not only local gut health but systemic health. However, when focusing on the oral cavity, we have almost no knowledge of its...