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| The Fate and Consequences of Estrogen Discharged Into Tampa Bay Current waste-water treatment facilities aren't built to remove certain pharmaceutical pollutants like estrogen, which can have a significant negative impact on the marine environment. Our research will quantify the estrogen concentrations in Tampa Bay in order to help determine the effect on the reproductive cycles of fish and other marine life.
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| A day in the lifeOur goal is to understand where people look, and how often they look at different things in their natural environment. This project will fund a student to collect and analyze the data.
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| Assessing the Environmental Legacy of Colonial and Antebellum-Era
Water Powered Milldams on Geo-Bio Systems of North Carolina Piedmont StreamsMany piedmont streams suffer from poor water quality, a substantial portion likely coming from the erosion of sediment stored behind centuries old mill dams. Determining the true nature of all pollution sources impacting the streams will better inform prevention and policy decisions that will keep today's streams clear of yesterday's pollutants.
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| Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia Through Brain GrowthFindings from a randomized clinical trial of 120 older people we conducted show that physical exercise leads to brain tissue growth and improvement of memory and cognitive function. We propose to examine whether individuals carrying certain forms of genes benefit more than those without these genetic forms.
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| Establishing a Mouse Model of Autistic-Like Behavior1 in 150 children born this year will be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, yet the cause of these disorders remains unknown. The lack of an appropriate animal model of autism is a barrier to discovering both the cause and possible treatments. We
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