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Fall 2011

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Sthuthi David and Cameron La Point

Articles

Midwives as agents of Muhammad Ali's "New Order": Tradition, statehood, and authority in medical understanding of childbirth during the nineteenth century in Egypt, by Naomi Ahsan
Trade and why it makes us uncomfortable: Addressing some common concerns in embracing free trade, by Dana Albert
Self-Flagellation as Sanctification in the Roman Catholic Church's Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, by Andrew Nicholas Cirillo
Electromyographic Responses to Rotational and Translational Peturbations, by Erin M. Schnellinger, Jennica L. Roche, and Mark S. Redfern
Computer Modeling of the Cochlea, by Franciscus Wolfs

Fall 2010 & Spring 2011

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Joome Suh and Olga Karlinskaya

Interviews

Articles

Israeli Policy and the Israeli-Armenian Minority: A Study of Realpolitik, Cultural Bias, and National Hypocrisy, by Juliet Miriam Berman
National Identity: A Macanese Cultural Study, by Caroline Bernal-Silva
The Role of the Writing Fellow in Spanish Tutoring, by Kate Canny
New Journalism, New Ethics: The Case of the Ibogaine Effect and the Writing of Hunter S. Thompson, by Maya Dukmasova and Adam Awad
Rightful Claim: Israel's Primordialist-Constructivist Approach to Urban Planning and Policy in Jerusalem, by Jessica Gambacurta
Antifungal Activity of Tamoxifen and its Analogs Against the Opportunistic Pathogen, Candida albicans, by Julie M. Tabroff, Louis P. DiDone, and Kristy Koselny
Modeling of Inflammation of Cerebral Vasculature Caused by MA & HIV, by Johnny Ting Zheng

Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Xiaoge Guo and Rachel Sitts

Interviews

Articles

Presence of Depression in Indian Blind Students, by Sumee Alagappan
The Voting Patterns of Freshmen Congressmen: Party Conformity or Party Rebellion?, by Dinisha Fernando, Sarah Hyser, and Greg Van Houten
Fly Me to the Moon, Cheaply, by Alexander Green and Jonathan Kurvits
Britain, Bengal, Burton, and Beer: George Hodgson and the Development of India Pale Ale, by Nicholas J. Hamlin
The Strongest Hand and the Longest Sword: Colonial Politics, Trade, and the Courts in the Golden Age of Piracy, by Cameron LaPoint
The Effects of RAD001 on Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Prostate Cancer Progression, by Alexandria K. Maurer
Reaching for Words and Non-Words: Isolating Stages in the Response Dynamics of Younger and Older Adults, by Leon Tsao
Designing Artificial Skin for Wound Healing: An Intersection of Biology and Tissue Engineering, by Corey Walker

Spring 2009

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Jessica Gambacurta and Elizabeth Tien

Interviews

Articles

Student Review: The Master Regulator: NF-kappa B, by Ritesh Agnihothri
LPA2 Receptor as an Important Component of the IL-12 Negative Feedback Mechanism, by Justin Boucher
The L409 Amino Acid Residue is Important for the DNA Replication Fidelity of Thermostable Pfu DNA Polymerase, by Chris Hergott
The Chinese Conundrum, by Aishwarya Krushnakumaar
The War on Rape, by Vanessa Rooney

Fall 2008

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Jessica Gambacurta and Elizabeth Tien

Interviews

Articles

Student Perspective: Cancer Treatment: Still Finding the Magic Bullet, by Xiaoge Guo
Student Perspective: Mulungu, by Karen Horovitz
The Effect of Mechanical Loading and Hydrogel Structure on the Release of ECM Components, by Suzanne Giunta
Unassuming Heroism, by David Liebers
Vapor Deposition of Naphthalene-Derived Polyimides, by Alexander G. Papastrat
Potential of Triploid English Ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae) as a Less Invasive Substitute, by Emily Reiss
Synthesis and Characterization of Fe₃Cl₆(NMP)₈, by Ferdous Zannat

Spring 2008

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Andrew Niles and Harshika Satyarthi

Interviews

Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Thomas Hahn, Ph.D.

Articles

The Effects of Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions and Fly Ash on a Regional Watershed, by Amanda F. Carey and Zoe R. Harrold
DM Domain Proteins and their Role in the Generation of Sexual Dimorphism in C. elegans, by Victoria DiMarco
Innate Color Preference and Flower Switching in Heliconiine Butterflies, by Sarah Green
Counting Prime Paths in Fractals Built from Triangles, by Elizabeth Munch
Production of Soluble Multimeric Dengue II NS1 Protein in the Baculovirus Expression System, by Elizabeth Selleck
Evolution of Lake Basins in Northeast Tibet from Strontium Isotope Studies of Carbonates, by Johanna Smith

Fall 2007

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Andrew Niles and Harshika Satyarthi

Interviews

Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Todd Krauss, Ph.D.

Articles

Making the Most of the Lottery, by Aaron Fisher
The Tryptophan Mutant in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Active Site, by Jessica Chery
Frederick F. Kislingbury: Rochester's First Arctic Explorer, by Stephanie Mason
Frederick Douglass' Relationship with Abraham Lincoln, by Rebecca Caesar
The Battle of Fallujah: Lessons Learned on Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) in the 21st Century, by Tao-Hung Chang
Diffusion through Reversibly Associating Polymer Networks, by Helen Park

Fall 2006 & Spring 2007

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Erika Ilagan and Samuel Boyer

Interviews

Articles

Role of Immune Responses in Parthogenesis of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in Acute Otitis Media in Young Children, by Bethany Kopin
Computers Composing Music: An Artistic Utilization of Hidden Markov Models for Music Composition, by Lee Frankel-Goldwater
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of FIERY1 Supressors, by Elise Peterson
Learning and Children's Theory of Gravity, by Michelle Beth Bass, Danielle Beale, Lisa M. Richards, and Kathleen Schisa
Over expression of SMURF1 inhibits BMP signaling in chicken articular chondrocytes and murine C3H10T1/2 multipotent mesenchymal cells, by Annie Le
On the Road: The Rhetorical Action of Billboards, by Heather Bischoff
Expression Methods and Preliminary Purification of HIV-1 fusion protein GST-vif, by Alena Janda
Development of Nodes of Ranvier in wild type and dysmylenated mice, by Steven J. Schanz
The Effects of Adaptive Optics and a Scanning Laser Opthalmoscope on RPE Cells, by Katherine Shen
Political Culture in Colombia and Ecuador: An insight into economic performance evaluation and free trade agreement, by Michael Castro
Mindfulness and its moderating effect on the relation of religiosity to psychological health, by Matthew Della Porta
Peer victimization: The role of self-efficacy in children's coping strategies, by Stefanie Putter
A Brief Overview of Emerging Nanoelectronics, by Jian Chen
Truth or Consequences: An analysis of public service announcements in contemporary society, by Gail Fogel

Spring 2006

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Erika Ilagan and Samuel Boyer

Interviews

Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Terry Platt, Ph.D.

Articles

Monte Carlo Lattice Simulations of Biochemical Reaction Mechanisms, by Tom Weingarten
Inducible Variations in Functional Connections Between M1 and Muscles, by Vanessa Franco
Aberration Correction Using Adaptive Optics in an Optical Trap, by Carrie Voycheck
The Future of Broadband Over Power Line, by Reid L. Sprite
O Captain My Captain: The Relationship Between Officers and Enlisted Men in World War One, by Susan Thyne
A Comparison of Litter Densities in Four Community Types of Island Central Pine Barrens, by Dana Tievsky

Fall 2005

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Suzanne Golisz and Jason Moore

Interviews

Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Thomas Smith, Ph.D.

Articles

Shear Viscosity under Shock-Loading Conditions, by Zhuohan Liang and Steven M. Valone
Fault Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots, by Laura Wong (Featured Reseacher)
Continuous Identity Verification through Keyboard Biometrics, by Peter Ordal, David Ganzhorn, David Lu, Warren Fong, and Jonathan Blair Norwood
Violin Acoustic Radiation Synthesis, by Jacob Waxman
Strength of Political Views in Young People and their Parents, by Laura Maruskin
Accretion Region Variability Mechanisms in Low Luminosity AGN, by Grant Tremblay
Ball Catching and the Role of Prediction, by Keith Gorgos

Additional Sections

Spring 2005

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editors, by Samuel Boyer and Jason Moore

Fall 2004

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editor, by Deepak Sobti
To the Editor

Interviews

The Biopsychosocial Model: Interdisciplinarity in Science and Medicine, with Drs. Robert Ader and Theodore Brown

Articles

Tracing Fluids in a Subduction Zone: 1291 and Halogens in Geothermal Waters from New Zealand, by Audrey Stewart (Featured Researcher)
Transnational Cinematic Production and the Emergence of John Malkovich as a Transnational Actor, by Chadwick Schnee
Neuronal Mechanisms of Actively Steering Optic Flow: Global versus Local Motion, by Zarina Ali
Election Commissioners and the Law: Commissioners' Responses to Questions about Identification Requirements, by Miriam Grill-Abramowitz
Developing and Understanding mantra: A Movement from Veda to Tantra, by Stephen Brown
English Ails: The Interaction of Nature and Chivalry in English Arthurian Literature, by John A. Geck
Characterization of Niobium Films and a Bulk Niobium Sample with RRR, SIMS and SQUID Magnetometer, by Jason A. Thompson
The Progression of "Stress" in Ladies Home Journal, by Joy Newman

Additional Sections

Members of the Class of 2004 who received distinction in research
Undergraduate Research Programs at the University of Rochester - A selection of programs with comments by recent participants.
Picture References

Spring 2004

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editor, by Deepak Sobti
Undergraduate Research at the University of Rochester, by Thomas R. Krugh, Director of Undergraduate Research and jur advisor
Interdisciplinarity at the University of Rochester, by Jose Perillan & Drew R. Abrams, University of Rochester graduate students

Interviews

Learning the Language, with Philippe Fauchet, Ph.D.

Articles

Mabel: Extending Human Interaction and Robot Rescue Designs * by Thomas Kollar, Jonathan Schmid, Eric Meisner, Micha Elsner, Diana Calarese, Chikita Purav, Jenine Turner, Dasun Peramunage, Gautam Altekar, and Victoria Sweetser
Sonic Architecture and The Creation of Space: Approaches to Dikshitar's Brhadisvaram Kriti and the Brhadisvara Temple in Tanjavur * by Alfred Vitale
Absolute Memory of Learned Melodies: Children Trained by the Suzuki Violin Method * by Victoria Saah
The Fixational Stability of the Human Eye Measured by Imaging the Cone Mosaic * by Nicole M. Putnam, Heidi J. Hofer, Nathan Doble, Joseph Carroll, Li Chen
Short-Term Memory In Second Language Learners of ASL: The Competing Effects of Modality and Mother Tongue * by Matthew Hall
Joseph Smith and the Mormon Church: A Case Study of a Modern Covenantal Prophet * by Erin Zahradnik
A Cold Start to the Cretaceous: Defining Climate History Near The North Pole * by Peter Lippert

Links to each article's refrences are marked as "*"

Additional Sections

Members of the Class of 2003 who received distinction in research
Undergraduate Research Programs - The Camelot Project, de Kiewiet Summer Research, McNair Program

Fall 2003

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editor, by Prabhjot "Jot" Singh Dhadialla

Interviews

Faculty Interview, with Dr. Thomas Hahn and Dr. Richard Kaeuper

Articles

Freshman Scholarship: Fairy Stories by Laura Cantone
Cell Adhesion Molecules in Asthma by David Messenheimer
Insights into the Patterns of Sounds by Douglas Ball
Epilepsy and Neurogenesis by Matthew Tremblay
Digging up the Truth by Hannah Newborn
The Riemannian Metric and Curvature Tensor on a Manifold by Niles Johnson
Grassroots and Government Conflict by Emily Faber
Review: Tissue Engineering by Nicholas Krebs

Fall 2002

Entire Issue

Letters

From the Editor, by Prabhjot "Jot" Singh Dhadialla
Welcome to jur, by Dr. Debrework Zewdie

Interviews

Faculty Interview, with Dr. Jennifer Williams Brown

Articles

A Cycle of Identity, by Catherine Egan
Studies of Emotion: A Theoretical and Emperical Review of Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion, by Christopher P. Niemic
Integrating the Incompatible: The Rise of the Incorporated Immune System, by Sahand Boorboor
Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Developing Chemicals to Light the Future, by Zachary J. Tonzetich
Explanations Matter: The Interplay Between Family Instability, Parental Communication Patterns, and Preschool Children's Family Representations, by Sara C. Meyer
Utechka Umov: The History, Implications, and Solutions Concerning Russia's Post-Soviet Brain Drain, by Erik Volz
Protein Folding Explored: An Analysis of OspA Central Beta-Sheet Mutants, by Jonathan H. Smith

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