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May 2024 - May 2025

 

#消失的语言:语言保存的数字景观记录
Laura Standel

Laura Standel联合国教科文组织的《十大赌博登录官网》预计,到2100年,全球50%的语言 世界上的口头语言将会灭绝或严重濒危. Of the 8,324 其中6700种是土著语言. It is because of 这是教科文组织和许多其他语言重点机构正在提出的 新的方式和活动来教育世界各地的社区关于危险的缺乏 语言保护工作(联合国教科文组织世界语言地图集). Meanwhile platforms Instagram和TikTok等社交媒体正在推动全球化,并强化这种语言 通过鼓励参与者远离他们独特的语言,向 more marketable ‘safe’ 65 languages. With the popularity of social media, language 保存不仅要在物理世界中进行,还要在数字世界中进行. In their research, Dr. Marcos Romero和Laura Standel希望回答这个问题: what about the other 8,000+ languages? How does the internet harm or hinder the preservation 以及如何使这些语言受益或繁荣起来?

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcos Romero, World Languages
Funded by: Aquinas College Summer Scholars Program

 



不同临床因素诱导细胞死亡及炎症通路连接分析 isolates of Group B Streptococcus
Emilie Poirier

Emilie Poirier, Dr. Rebecca Flaherty, Daniel Austin B族链球菌(GBS)是一种机会致病菌,通常存在于细菌中 flora of our gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. It is known to cause serious complications in pregnancy and illness in neonates. Identifying biological targets 能够有效地减少GBS感染影响的方法是发展的第一步 drugs that can treat GBS disease. Based on prior findings identified by Dr. Flaherty, 十大赌博登录官网的其他学生研究人员,以及其他研究小组的目标 研究目的是确定巨噬细胞中gbs诱导的反应之间的联系. 我们希望确定先前确定的通路是否是单一连接的一部分 或者它们是否代表了对感染的不同反应. The pathways we intend 包括调控细胞存活和死亡的PI3K-Akt通路, 吞噬调节,NF κ B和应激反应的MAPK通路 调节与细胞死亡和炎症信号有关的细胞反应 调控炎症细胞相关基因表达的JAK-STAT通路 activation. 我们也希望找到这些途径之间可能的联系 as identifying the proteins involved in these connections. We anticipate that this work will provide useful information for drug development.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Flaherty, Biology & Health Science
Funded by: Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant

 



不同临床分离株诱导JAK-STAT通路激活的比较 Group B Streptococcus. 
Daniel Austin

Emilie Poirier, Dr. Rebecca Flaherty, Daniel Austin B族链球菌(GBS)是一种细菌病原体,可引起并发症 母亲和她们的孩子,包括怀孕期间和出生后,如早产 birth, pneumonia, and meningitis. The objective of this project is to clarify information 关于gbs诱导的JAK-STAT通路的激活,这是一种重要的免疫 system regulatory pathway. We will investigate differential activation of the JAK-STAT 对不同毒力的GBS菌株作出反应的途径. We will continue 由前BMB学生Victoria Faber发起的研究,通过识别和量化 gbs感染巨噬细胞中JAK-STAT通路成员的活性形式. In addition, 我们希望确定JAK-STAT通路和不同蛋白激酶之间的联系 involved in inflammation and cell death. To complete these tasks we will utilize microbiology 分子生物学方法,如Western Blotting,免疫荧光显微镜, and ELISA. 我们期望这个项目将提供有关的有用信息 GBS感染对JAK-STAT信号的生理影响.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Flaherty, Biology & Health Science 
Funded by: Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant

 


A Phenomenological Study of How Families Talk About Death
Anna Hultink

Anna Hutlink and Dr. Jennifer Meador过去的研究已经探索了儿童故事、电影、 and lullabies that portray themes of death. Although death is a natural part of life 在幼儿的所见所闻中,研究人员注意到一种日益增长的 attitude from parents to shelter children from it. Accordingly, our study seeks to 了解家人如何、何时以及为什么与孩子讨论死亡 生活事件和环境如何影响这些讨论. Utilizing 采用现象学方法,我们将对亲子对进行访谈. From parents, we aim to understand the family’s background (e.g., religion, culture), along 他们对死亡的坦然,他们和孩子谈论死亡的方式, and if their child has experienced loss. With the child, we plan to read a fairy-tale (e.g., Lion King) that includes themes of death. We will not directly introduce the idea of death; instead, we will ask about the child’s interpretation of the story, including their conceptualization of both death and life (e.g., time, age, and biology). 最终,这项研究的目的是增加对家庭经历的理解, 决定和观点,因为它与探索儿童死亡问题有关.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Meador, Psychology 
Funded by: Aquinas College Summer Scholars Program


从城市到宇宙:追寻文学谱系——探究克里斯汀的影响 德·皮桑的《十大赌博登录官网》和玛格丽特·卡文迪什的《燃烧的世界

Rachel Buehler

本研究主要探讨中世纪女性气质和性别角色的演变 literature, including the complexities of female friendships. By comparing the works 两位有影响力的女性作家——克里斯汀·德·皮桑的《十大赌博登录官网》 以及玛格丽特·卡文迪什的《十大赌博登录官网》——这个项目试图揭示这种可能性 影响和灵感的重叠可能塑造并促成了卡文迪什的创作 writing.  这个项目将有助于强调女性友谊的写照 presented by De Pizan and Cavendish; examining how these relationships serve as a 权力和支持的来源,反对厌女倾向和父权 power structures. 这一比较研究探讨了每位作者是如何概括原始女权主义的 女权主义理想以及这些理想如何在她们的作品中体现出来.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Coogan, English 
Funded by: Aquinas College Summer Scholars Program