Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive soil bacterium, is the causative agent of anthrax. B. anthracis is classified as a “Category A” agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the key virulence factors ...

This thesis describes the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 Open Reading Frame 3a (ORF3a) and the Heme Oxygenase 1 (HMOX1). SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus and the causative agent of COVID-19, the highly contagious infection ...

Climate change is causing perturbation to ecosystems worldwide and ongoing damages to communities necessitating the need to adapt by building resilience and reducing the vulnerabilities of people and infrastructure. ...

The simulation of surface runoff at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, located in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina, is modeled on a digital elevation model (DEM) with 2 meter post spacing. An ...

This study has investigated whether the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation (MISO) and Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) are same or different over the Indo-Pacific tropical region. The results are based on observational ...

The hippocampus is essential for formation and retrieval of autobiographical memories, deliberative decision-making, and spatial navigation. One emerging model to better understand detailed relationships between hippocampal ...

To date, the concept of ‘sense of place’ has/is used in several disciplines and interdisciplinary applications. Are these different fields using the term differently and, if so, how? Does the concept prove useful in academic, ...

Semiconductor nanostructures, such as silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC), and gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs), arranged as the active sensing element in an electrical device, present many advantages over the ...

This thesis demonstrates the successful integration and application of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and mutation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) within 24 hours for the detection of unaffected euploid ...

Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a macrophage produced proteolytic enzyme also known as macrophage elastase. The proteinase activity is located at its N-terminal. The C-terminal of the protein is cleaved during ...