Event Title
The Application and Optimization of Microwave Extraction and Rapid STR Genotyping
Department
Forensic Chemistry
Faculty Advisor
Bruce McCord
Start Date
29-9-2020 1:00 PM
End Date
29-9-2020 2:00 PM
Abstract
Therefore, in order to ascertain how vestibular deficit or enhancement affects the lives of certain individuals, this study will focus on a way to fill these research gaps. Unpublished research done by the development psychobiology lab at Florida International University has already started the process of identifying the effects of vestibular experience. Unfortunately, the research did not successfully prove the hypothesis they were looking for. For this project, the data collected from the unpublished research experiment will be used to test frequency and acceleration. The unpublished research paper tested quails that were exposed to a 400% increase, 50% decrease, or control incubation turning system. At 24 hours, the quails were put in an emergence box that fit along a runway with a maternal call being played towards the end of the runway. The runway is supposed to test the exploratory behavior of these quails and link their behavior with social and motor development. In the experiment, they were able to conclude that quails with 50% decreased vestibular experience took longer to explore the maternal call towards the end of the runway, but could not sufficiently come up with enough data to claim that there was a correlation between the vestibular experience they experienced prenatally and the effects that were seen in the quails' postnatal state. Because the project is done a runway, this runway can be divided into different zones that can measure motor and social development. I hypothesize that a quail bird with enhanced exploratory tendencies has developed enough to adequately socialize and have better motor capabilities. To test this, I propose to divide the runway into three different zones. These zones will then measure exploratory behavior by measuring frequency and acceleration. I hypothesize that an increase in frequency and acceleration will be seen in birds with enhanced exploratory behavior and quails with enhanced exploratory behavior experienced increased vestibular experience. The findings of this experiment will have future implications on understanding the advancement of neurological disorders and how to obtain optimal motor and social development.
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The Application and Optimization of Microwave Extraction and Rapid STR Genotyping
Therefore, in order to ascertain how vestibular deficit or enhancement affects the lives of certain individuals, this study will focus on a way to fill these research gaps. Unpublished research done by the development psychobiology lab at Florida International University has already started the process of identifying the effects of vestibular experience. Unfortunately, the research did not successfully prove the hypothesis they were looking for. For this project, the data collected from the unpublished research experiment will be used to test frequency and acceleration. The unpublished research paper tested quails that were exposed to a 400% increase, 50% decrease, or control incubation turning system. At 24 hours, the quails were put in an emergence box that fit along a runway with a maternal call being played towards the end of the runway. The runway is supposed to test the exploratory behavior of these quails and link their behavior with social and motor development. In the experiment, they were able to conclude that quails with 50% decreased vestibular experience took longer to explore the maternal call towards the end of the runway, but could not sufficiently come up with enough data to claim that there was a correlation between the vestibular experience they experienced prenatally and the effects that were seen in the quails' postnatal state. Because the project is done a runway, this runway can be divided into different zones that can measure motor and social development. I hypothesize that a quail bird with enhanced exploratory tendencies has developed enough to adequately socialize and have better motor capabilities. To test this, I propose to divide the runway into three different zones. These zones will then measure exploratory behavior by measuring frequency and acceleration. I hypothesize that an increase in frequency and acceleration will be seen in birds with enhanced exploratory behavior and quails with enhanced exploratory behavior experienced increased vestibular experience. The findings of this experiment will have future implications on understanding the advancement of neurological disorders and how to obtain optimal motor and social development.