• Cell Maps on the Human Genome 

  Cherniak, Christopher; Rodriguez-Esteban, Raul (2018-06-01)

  Sub-cellular organization is significantly mapped onto the human genome: Evidence is reported for a "cellunculus" -- on the model of a homunculus, on the H. sapiens genome. We have previously described a statistically ...

• Digital Words: Moving Forward with Measuring the Readability of Online Texts 

  Redmiles, Elissa M.; Maszkiewicz, Lisa; Hwang, Emily; Kuchhal, Dhruv; Liu, Everest; Morales, Miraida; Peskov, Denis; Rao, Sudha; Stevens, Rock; Gligoric, Kristina; Kross, Sean; Mazurek, Michelle L.; Daumé, Hal III (2018-10-26)

  The readability of a digital text can influence people’s information acquisition (Wikipedia articles), online security (how-to articles), and even health (WebMD). Readability metrics can also alter search rankings and are ...

• THE PROBIOTICS OF BIOFUEL: A METAGENOMIC STUDY OF MICROALGAE GROWN FOR FUEL PRODUCTION 

  Major, Samuel (2018)

  Ponds in Frederick, MD were fertilized with chicken manure to increase the nutrient load in the water and stimulate microalgal growth. Nutrient analyses indicate that fertilization results in significant increases in the ...

• The Earth’s Thorium and Uranium Abundance and Distribution 

  Guo, Meng (2018)

  The abundance and distribution of thorium (Th) and uranium (U) in the Earth can provide important data for constraining its composition, heat budget, and processes of differentiation. This project seeks to constrain the ...

• FOREST MICRO-HYMENOPTERA, INCLUDING THOSE ATTACKING TREES (CYNIPIDAE OAK GALL WASPS) AND THOSE POTENTIALLY DEFENDING THEM (PARASITIC PTEROMALIDAE) 

  Cooke, Crystal (2018)

  The first part of this dissertation details studies involving an important group of insects attacking oaks, the oak gall wasps (Cynipidae: Cynipini). The second part deals with pteromalid parasitoids involved in thousand ...

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