Vol. 3 (2017)

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URSCA 2017 was held April 7-8 at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.

Published: 2017-04-27

Presentation Abstracts

MRU Active Office Study The Effects of an Active Office Workstation on the Magnitude of Neurovascular Coupling

Jack Leacy, Trevor Day*
The Financial Impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Construction Project Management

Dominic Aello, Miguel Garcia, Shahab Moeini*
Membrane damage-responsive biosensors for the discovery of antimicrobials from Lenzites betulina and Haploporus odorus

Steven Shideler, Shauna Reckseidler-Zenteno*, Roland Treu*, Shawn Lewenza*
A Binaural Beamforming Approach to Resolve Complex Auditory Scenes for Humanoid Robots

Marko Ilievski, Francesco Rea, Giulio Sandini, Matthew Tata*
Examination for Retinopathy of Prematurity in Premature Neonates and Feeding

Zoya Punjwani, Majeeda Kamaluddeen*, Amuchou Soraisham*
Preventing Myopia Progression by Novel Blue-SAD light therapy and the Potential Role of Nitric Oxide

Cynthia Nguyen, William K. Stell*
The Biochemical Analysis of Crystallin Proteins in the Adult Zebrafish Lens

Lauren Piersand, Heather Priorl*
Investigating cerebral blood flow regulation in response to nitric oxide, β adrenergic signaling and the loss of Foxf2 expression

Nabila Bahrami, Sarah Childs*
Localization of Moving Sound Sources In Virtual Reality Technology

Lukas Grasse,, Scott Stone, Matthew Tata*
Associations of personality and substance use

Lauren Vomberg, Rebecca Hudson Breen*
Complementation of hOLA1 in ychF E.coli

Daniel Rocca, Binod Pageni*, Fan Mo, Hans-Joachim Wieden*
Role of Chorioallantoic Model in the treatment of renal and bladder carcinoma

Xin Xu, Desmond Pink, Hua Chen, John Lewis
Alberta Rectal Cancer Initiative (ARCI) Implementation of a provincial rectal cancer clinical pathway quality improvement project

Michael Taylor, Thomas McMullen, Donald Buie*
p75 neurotrophin receptor-mediated metabolic regulation in glioblastoma cells

Jeenan Kaiser, Bo Young Ahn, Donna L. Senger*
Resolution of multiple talkers in a “cocktail party” depends on head movements

Vera Lee, Scott Stone, Matthew Tata*
Design of A Paddle Monitoring System to Track Dragon Boat Performance

Aassem Askari, Orla Aaquist*
Detection and isolation of bacteriophage from Paenibacillus larvae

Kaedyn Zeiben, Heather Prior*
Cardiorespiratory Responses During High Altitude Ascent to 5160m in Nepal Relationships to Self-reported AMS

Emily Vanden Berg, Trevor Day*
Collision Analysis of Driving Scenarios

Shane Weerasuriya, Eric Watkins, Matt Kloc, Mohamad El-Hajj*
- See also: Paper available from IEEE Xplore

Poster Abstracts - Biological Science

The Effect of Vitamins D and A on Calcium-Binding Protein Expression in the Chick Cerebellum

Alexandra Chiew, Carol Armstrong*
Quantification of Escherichia Coli via Analysis of β-glucuronidase Enzyme Concentrations

Brody Andersen, Samuel Mugo*
The quantification of the distribution of proteins Kir, GLT-1, and mGluR5 in murine astrocytes

Jennifer Flood, Adrienne Benediktsson*
The expression of the small heat shock protein Hsp25 in the embryonic chick cerebellum

Jennifer Flood, Carol Armstrong*
Structural changes in dendritic spine morphology in early co-morbid behaviours in a mouse model of MS

Molly Frizzell, Adrienne Benediktsson*
Microscopic Analysis of Zebrafish Lenses with Cataracts

Dylan Johnston, Heather Prior*
Investigating amino acid contribution to mOrange and mStrawberry spectra

Kyle Poffenroth, Evans Eshrew, Jennifer Flood, Shae Konschuh, Stephanie Rothwell, Maryam Yaqoob, David Bird*
Discovering antimicrobial properties from Ganoderma applanatum & Lentinula edodes

Azka Qasim, Shauna Zenteno*
High Resolution Melt Analysis as an SNP Genotyping Tool in Arabidopsis thaliana

Jonathan Roveredo, David Bird*
Single Amino Acid Mutations Alter the Excitation and Emission of mCherry Fluorescent Protein

Casey Tapsay, Alex Proctor, David Bird*
Identification of ice-binding peptide sequences from genetically-encoded phage libraries

Jessica Wickware, Ratmir Derda*

Poster Abstracts - Earth and Environmental Science

The terrestrial trace fossil Taenidium in the McMurray-Wabiskaw transition of north-central Alberta and its application to sequence stratigraphy

Daniel Chupik, Haris Muhammad, Jenni Scott*
Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes into natural environments and Wastewater Treatment Plants - Is there a link?

Evans Eshriew, Robin Owen*
Comparing depositional environments and porous zones in the 400 million-year-old sabkhas of subsurface Alberta

Sara Lubura, Francois Marechal, Jenni Scott*
Terrestrial burrows represent low sea level events within the marine sediments of the Cretaceous Cardium Formation, Alberta

Haris Muhammad, Jenni Scott*
Modern calibration of biomarkers in the marine channels of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago using the PIP25 approach

Craig Neilson, Anna Pienkowski*
Measure to Manage: Ghost PLUZ Collector App

Nisha Panesar, Gwen O’Sullivan*

Poster Abstracts - Physical Science

The effects of heavy water on 8-Anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid binding to bovine serum albumin

Nicholas Capp, John Ckik*
Effects of Crowding and Confinement on Enzyme Kinetics

Brian Lozinski, John Chik*
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Detection of β-Estradiol in Milk by Molecularly Imprinted Polymers on Biogenic Silica and Silver Nanoparticles

Weihao Lu, Samuel Mugo*
Molecular Modelling and Biochemical Characterization of a DNA Repair Enzyme Binding to DNA

Brandon Manary, Nina Bernstein*, Jorge Llano*
A delayed choice experiment in quantum optics

Andrew Michael, Raphael Slawinski*
Uncovering the source for the hysteresis of Poly-L-Proline’s temperature dependent solubility

Alexander Rimke, John Chik*
Fabrication of Conductive Graphene Aerogel Membranes with Selective Adsorbent Capabilities

Jose Santos, Samuel Mugo*
Examining the effects of crowding on the pre-steady state and the steady state of α-chymotrypsin

Maryam Yaqoob, John Chik*

Poster Abstracts - Technology, Health and Society, and Teaching and Learning

Physiological Study of Prayer Using Electroencephalography (EEG)

Rosa Aleye, Heather Prior*
Effects of Cultural Traditions on Teaching Mathematics: A comparative study on the methods and practices of teaching mathematics under the influence of cultural traditions

Nouralhuda Ismail, Pamini Thangarajah*
MRU Active Office Study: Occupational Activity and Effects of Neck and Back Pain Perception

Emily Johnson, Lauren R. Lavoie, Nishan Sharma, David Borkenhagen, Trevor Day*
Efficacy of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Guiding Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kiara Kunimoto, Emeka Nzekwu, Bo Bao, Jason Wong
MRU active office study: Is there a relationship between cognitive function and neurovascular coupling?

Lauren Lavoie, Nishan Sharma, Gurkarn Saran, Andrea Linares, Dwayne Sheehan*, David Borkenhagen, Emily Johnson, Jack Leacy, Trevor Day*
Does hysteresis in cardiorespiratory variables during high altitude ascent and descent quantify the magnitude of acclimatization?

Andrea Linares, Indy Lagu*, Ken O'Halloran, Christina Bruce, Jamie Pfoh, Kennedy Borle, Trevor Day*
Creating Neonatal Ultrasound Simulations using 3D printing

Grayson Owen, Gieseppina Colarusso*
A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Medical Insurance System on the Relationship between Doctor and Patients- based on a comparative study of Canada and China

Ananya Parasor, Lan Wang, Linghan Shan, Ye Li, Zheng Kang, Jieliang Hao, Qingxia Pan, Qunhong Wu
Inter-institutional collaborative chemistry assignments

Brandon Shokoples, Monika Birchard, Tonda K. Chasteen, Cameron Egler, Layne A. Morsch*, Darlene Skagen, Brett McCollum*
An approximation of a 3D golden spiral using polyhedra

Pieter van Staalduinen, Pamini Thangarajah*
Associations of personality traits and degree of religiosity in Judaism

Lauren Vomberg, Jean-Baptiste Leca*
Mathematical modelling of the West African Ebola virus epidemic

Michael Wendlandt, John Marcello Colabella, Ashok Krishnamurthy*
Collision Analysis of Driving Scenarios

Shane Weerasuriya, Eric Watkins, Matt Kloc, Mohamad El-Hajj*