Faculty Seed Grants, 2005

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AbuGhazaleh, Amer A.
Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
"The Effect of pH and Dilution Rate on the Production of Trans Fatty Acids from Isotopically Labeled Oleic Acid"

Arfi, Badredine
Political Science
"Linguistic Fuzzy Logic Study of State Failure"

Baer, Sara G.
Plant Biology
"Effects of Dominant Species Selection and Seed Diversity on Restored Prairie Community Structure and Ecosystem Function"

Bany, Brent M.
Physiology
"Changes in Uterine Gene Expression During Decidualization"

Bhaumik, Sukesh R.
Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcriptional Activation in Vivo"

Brooten, Lisa B.
Radio-Television
"Media Militarization: Understanding Media Process Through Alternative Media Responses"

Calbi, Maria M.
Physics
"Kinetics and Diffusion of Gasses on Carbon Nanotube Bundles"

Davenport, Mae A.
Forestry
"An Investigation of Trust Between Agencies and Communities in Natural Resource Management"

Habib, Reza
Psychology
"Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Temporarily Inaccessible Long-Term Memories"

Hernandez, Juliane P.
Physical Education
"Aging and Fitness Effects on Blood Pressure Regulation During Acute Orthostatic Stress"

Hoane, Michael R.
Psychology
"Development of Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Strategies for the Traumatically Injured Brain"

Kibby, Michelle Y.
Psychology
"Verbal Short-Term Memory and Brain Structure in Childhood"

Kohli, Punit
Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Investigations of Biosensing Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer"

Kolmakov, Andrei A.
Physics
"Local Origins of Sensor Activity in 1-D Oxide Nanostructures: From Spectromicroscopy to Device"

Lieberman, Robbie
History
"Peace and Civil Rights Don't Mix, They Say"

Mackey, Melissa A., and Lenz, Eric D.
Music
"Neoteric--A Chamber Ensemble"

McSorley, John P.
Mathematics
"Double Arrays, Triple Arrays, Balanced Grids, and Related Designs"

Nasco, Suzanne A.
Marketing
"Improving Older Consumers' Decision Making for Service-Related Products"

Pierce, Corey D.
Educational Psychology and Special Education
"An Investigation of the Effectiveness of an Early Reading Intervention for Improving the Reading Skills of Kindergarten and First Grade Children"

Rodriguez, Benjamin F.
Psychology
"Attention Biases in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder"

Tolley, Luke T.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Dynamic Isoelectric Focusing for Proteomic Analyses"

Wang, Pingshan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"Circuit and Interconnect Development Using Pulsed-Wave Logic Representation"