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Early humans adapted to eating cooked food with increased energy density and absorption of macronutrients. However, in modern times many suffer from diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes which can result from too much energy being absorbed from food. This study measures glucose responses to a high glycemic meal with a side dish of raw or cooked vegetables. There was a slight trend for raw vegetables to have decreased postprandial blood glucose responses when compared to cooked vegetables.
ContributorsWilkins, Christine Marie (Author) / Johnston, Carol (Thesis director) / Jacobs, Mark (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2014-05
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This paper seeks to emphasize how the presence of uncertainty, speculation and leverage work in concert within the stock market to exacerbate crashes in a cyclical market. It analyzes three major stock market events: the crash of Oct. 19, 1987, “Black Monday;” the dotcom bust, from 1999 to 2002; and the subprime mortgage crisis, from 2007 to 2010. Within each event period I define determinants or measurements of uncertainty, speculation. Analysis of how these three concepts functioned during boom and bust will highlight how their presence can amplify the magnitude of a crash. This paper postulates that the amount of leverage during a crash determines how long-term its effects will be. This theory is fortified by extensive research and interviews with experts in the stock market who had a front row view of the discussed crises.
ContributorsGraff, Veronica Camille (Author) / Leckey, Andrew (Thesis director) / Cohen, Sarah (Committee member) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Comm (Contributor, Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
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The coronavirus envelope (E) protein is a structural component of all coronavirus. Obtaining purified E protein in an efficient, clean, and reliable manner is needed for ongoing studies. Toward this goal the E protein of Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV) coronavirus was tagged with with either 6 or 10 histidine (his) residues which can be used for affinity chromatography purification. The his-tags were introduced by PCR into a cDNA of the MHV A59 virus strain at the carboxy end of the E gene. A reverse genetics approach was then used to assemble three full-length cDNAs of the viral genome, two modified with the hig-tags and a control wild-type (WT) without a tag . Full-length genomic RNAs were transcribed and electroporated into baby hamster kidney cells that express the MHV receptor (BHKR) and L2 rat lung cells. Virus was recovered after 72 h only from the 6X his-tagged genome and the WT control. Western blotting using antibodies against the E protein or the nucleocapsid (N) protein was performed after cells were infected with the recovered WT and 6X-tagged recombinant viruses. The E protein was not detected with the E antibody, but was detected with a histidine probe was used to detect the histidine residues. This indicates that the tagged protein is expressed and that the tag is present.
ContributorsHesser, Kathryn Sarah (Author) / Hogue, Brenda G. (Thesis director) / Hogue, Ian B. (Committee member) / Lim, Efram (Committee member) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05