Abstract: Public Health Needs and Non-Governmental Organizations
This summer, I will investigate the delivery methods non-governmental organizations employ in administering health services. More specifically, I will review NGOs that are international, non-state organizations providing health services in developing countries. Contemporary global health problems may be viewed in five broad categories: infectious disease, women and children’s health, malnutrition and famine, non-communicable diseases, and… [Continue Reading]
Location of PLP1 Duplication Boundaries and How Duplication Mutations of the PLP1 Gene Form
I will study duplication mutations in/around the proteolipid protein 1 gene locus. Such duplications occur when an entire building block of the genetic code is copied identically. This may cause characteristics or internal functions of the individual to change. The focus of the project will be determining the extent of the duplicated region of the… [Continue Reading]
Analysis and incendios
I write this blog post in the sticky heat of December in Iguazu, Argentina. Blogging is the last piece of my Monroe left, and it feels like both a pleasure and a shame to finish. This past August a housefire in my host family`s home in Argentina somewhat dramatically left me without my computer and… [Continue Reading]
Important Points on Modern Spain
Hello! As I finish putting together my poster for the week of Undergraduate Summer Research, I wanted to share some of the critical quotes that really help frame m project. Feel free to stop by Blow 201 tomorrow, September 27, from 3:30-5 p.m. to talk to me about the project more in depth! Referring to… [Continue Reading]
Antisemitism in Modern Spain
Hello everyone! My name is Allyson Zacharoff. I am a junior, majoring in English and European Studies. This past summer I completed a project on antisemitism in modern Spain, a difficult and under-researched issue that I found both fascinating and difficult to read about. Please read my project abstract below: The academic research of antisemitism… [Continue Reading]
An evolving project
I believe most researchers in any given field, sciences, social sciences and humanities alike, acknowledge that well-executed research must be founded on a well-defined question. Without a clear goal in mind, research becomes miss-directed and vague. This is the problem I experienced from the inception of this adventure; I had a general sense of what… [Continue Reading]