Aligning Bisulfite Reads to a Reference Genome: Challenges and Solutions

 Alignment of Reads from Bisulfite Treated DNA Samples Summary Sodium bisulfite treatment of DNA strands can detect methylated cytosines which can enable researchers to discover more information on the causes and effects of methylated cytosines. However, this produces many challenges with aligning bisulfite reads to a reference genome as the reference genome does not … Read more

Buying Land and Building Complex in TX

 1. Loan Request 1.1 Purpose   The Borrower is Hills Construction, owned by Hugo Cruz with a 51% ownership and Carlos Reyna with a 49% ownership, requesting new money in order to purchase a vacant tract of land located in Brownsville, TX. The land will be used for the future construction project planned for … Read more

Socioeconomic Causes of Substance Abuse w/ Legal Medical Marijuana

 TITLE: Evaluating the correlation between the density and the perceptions held by various socioeconomic populations of medical marijuana dispensaries and how a combination of those will result in substance abuse. Investigator: Akhil Rani Team: Xiomara Smith-Romain A. SPECIFIC AIMS This mixed-method research study is being conducted to pinpoint the actual reasons that drive the … Read more

Exploring Stewardship and Prudence in IASBs Framework: What Is Prudence?

 Introduction The IASB publishes its revised conceptual framework on an annual basis which includes notable changes to the chapters on the objective of financial reporting and the qualitative part of the framework. International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have had to face a great deal of hardship, in efforts of manufacturing a combined conceptual framework … Read more

Motivation Behind Apps Used by Irish Students at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

     WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Course Title:  Bachelor of Business Year 3     Subject:  Marketing Research & Analytics     Lecturer:   Dr. Mary T. Holden    Group 2:   Karen Cloke  20075742 Aideen Cummins  20076502 Donal Fitzgerald  20075710 Bernadette Iorianni  20083142 Niamh Windsor  20075852           Declaration I hereby declare that this … Read more

Discover Legal Action for Mentally Ill: Exploring Mental Health Defense in Court Trials

 In today’s society, there are many crazy and insane people, and nobody knows why they do what they do. However, in such cases where there are criminal effects, the legal action becomes extremely hard to distinguish between those who are severely mentally ill and those who are faking it. The court's decision involves many … Read more

Achieving Equity | Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion through Multilingual Education in US Schools

 Navneet Kaur Caley Ehnes English 100 November 22, 2018 Multilingual Education Can intercultural learning and communication be achieved in a school learning environment? Multilingual education has been heatedly debated topic amongst policymakers, researchers and educators. Diversity and diversification seem to be inevitable in times of accelerating change. However, growing diversity and the blurring of … Read more

Marketing Racism: Representations of Skin Color in Soap Ads Throughout History

 Marketing racism: representations of skin colour in soap advertising throughout history Contemporary advertising in the beauty industry continues to use racial stereotypes to market its products. These stereotypes have deep historical roots in the discourse of the Transatlantic slave trade and colonialism. This essay starts off with an examination of a Dove advert that … Read more