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Sneak peek: Raptors search for prey using stochastic head turns
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 2017)
The strategies by which foraging predators decide when to redirect their gaze influence both prey detection rates and the prey's ability to detect and avoid predators. We applied statistical analyses that have been used ...
Humanities e-books: an affective faculty survey
(Routledge, 2017)
Subject specialists seek to understand humanists' perceptions of e-books. The investigator conducted an online survey of humanities faculty at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to find out. The survey uncovered information ...
Evaluating optimal therapy robustness by virtual expansion of a sample population, with a case study in cancer immunotherapy
(National Academy of Sciences, 2017)
Cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease, exhibiting spatial and temporal variations that pose challenges for designing robust therapies. Here, we propose the VEPART (Virtual Expansion of Populations for Analyzing Robustness ...
PatternMarkers & GWCoGAPS for novel data-driven biomarkers via whole transcriptome NMF
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) algorithms associate gene expression with biological processes (e.g. time-course dynamics or disease subtypes). Compared with univariate associations, the relative weights of NMF ...
Synthesis and biochemical testing of next generation peptide inhibitors of thrombosis
(2017)
The first interaction at a damaged blood vessel is between the multimeric glycoprotein von Willebrand Factor (vWF) and collagen that is now exposed. Binding of vWF enhances the rate of platelet binding at the site of injury ...
Integrative computational analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic alterations implicates DTX1 as a putative tumor suppressor gene in HNSCC
(Impact Journals, 2017)
Over a half million new cases of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) are diagnosed annually worldwide, however, 5 year overall survival is only 50% for HNSCC patients. Recently, high throughput technologies have ...
Mentoring undergraduate interdisciplinary mathematics research students: junior faculty experiences
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
To be successful, junior faculty must properly manage their time in the face of expanding responsibilities. One such responsibility is supervising undergraduate research projects. Student research projects (either single ...
International trade restrictions and endangered species populations an economic analysis
(2017)
We examine the effects of endangered species trade restrictions enacted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on species’ population trends over time. Utilizing ...