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Comparison Of Theophylline And 8-Cyclopentyltheophylline On The Heart Rates Of Neonatal Rats, Stephanie Arnold
Comparison Of Theophylline And 8-Cyclopentyltheophylline On The Heart Rates Of Neonatal Rats, Stephanie Arnold
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Neonatal apnea is a serious condition that affects the health of infants, especially those born prematurely. To stimulate breathing, methylxanthine drugs, such as theophylline and caffeine, are administered to reverse this condition in humans and avoid the use of breathing-assistance equipment. These drugs cause stimulation of the central nervous system and the heart, however, both detrimental side effects in preterm infants. Antagonism of adenosine receptors is the proposed mechanism of methylxanthine action. Synthetic chemists have produced xanthine analogs with increased affinity for adenosine receptors that could lead to respiratory stimulation while reducing cardiostimulant effects. For this study, theophylline and 8-cyclopentyltheophylline …
Taking The Road Most Travelled: Understanding Patterns Of Snake (Colubridae; Storeria) Movement And Road Mortality In A State Park, Iwo P. Gross
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Evolutionary Vs. Sociocultural Perspectives On Human Mate Selection: The Role Of Women's Academic Achievement On Their Need For Financial Stability, Natalie A. Stanish
Evolutionary Vs. Sociocultural Perspectives On Human Mate Selection: The Role Of Women's Academic Achievement On Their Need For Financial Stability, Natalie A. Stanish
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Recent research suggests that the sociocultural perspective has become more prominent than the previously accepted evolutionary perspective of human mate selection (Wood, 1999; Tooby & Cosmides, 1992). Today's women have higher educational attainment and overall higher achievement levels than in the past (Blank & Bansal, 2011; Osava, 2010). The purpose of the current study is to determine if college women exhibit more of a sociocultural or evolutionary approach to their mate selection preferences. Approximately 109 female undergraduates completed the Relationship Preferences Questionnaire, on which they rated 10 attributes of a potential mate on a 6-point scale. Participants' ACT scores and …
Maladaptive Behaviors Within The Context Of Play, Elizabeth L. Schroeder
Maladaptive Behaviors Within The Context Of Play, Elizabeth L. Schroeder
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Play-based assessment is an observational technique used to evaluate young children's development. The Play Assessment/Intervention System (PLAIS) is one of the most widely researched play-based assessment models and assesses domains such as exploratory play, simple pretend play, complex pretend play, and non-play. One of the criticisms of early childhood assessments and screening instruments is they neglect to evaluate the social and emotional development of young children. The PLAIS codes for aggressive behavior, but not within the context of play. Given that aggression is typical among young children, this study created an observational supplement to the PLAIS that allows observers to …
Shock Value Of False Confessions: Gender Differences In Interrogative Suggestibility, As They Pertain To The Elicitation Of False Confessions, Leah Elizabeth Welker
Shock Value Of False Confessions: Gender Differences In Interrogative Suggestibility, As They Pertain To The Elicitation Of False Confessions, Leah Elizabeth Welker
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Confessions may be one of the most powerful weapons a prosecutor could be handed in the courtroom. In fact, jurors almost always convict defendants that have confessed. (Costanzo & Krauss, 2012). However, the importance placed upon confessions has been questioned. According to Appleby et al.'s (2011) empirical analysis on confessions "Although confessions from perpetrators help to solve crimes in an efficient manner, the false confessions of innocents are a known contributing factor in approximately 25% of all DNA exoneration cases." Many factors contribute to this, including certain interrogation techniques, extreme pressure and distress, the presence of leading questions, and age …
Reliability And Validity Of The Academic Maturity Scale, Erin L. Mcelroy
Reliability And Validity Of The Academic Maturity Scale, Erin L. Mcelroy
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Academic maturity is defined as the extent to which college students maximize their academic potentials. Addison, Althoff, and Pezold (2009) designed the 100-item Academic Maturity Scale (AMS) to measure this construct. Through factor analyses, the AMS was reduced to 30 items and four factors: motivation, responsibility, focus, and time management. The current study examined the reliability and validity of the 30-item AMS. Data from 425 participants supported the internal consistency of the AMS subscales, and results from 88 participants who completed the AMS, the Academic Motivation Scale (Vallerand et al., 1992), and the Time Management Questionnaire (TMQ; Britton & Tesser, …
Tattoos And Sexual Attraction, Daniel J. Delaney
Tattoos And Sexual Attraction, Daniel J. Delaney
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study examines the affect tattoos play on sexual attraction. Due to many health risks which accompany the tattooing process, those who get tattoos without having any negative health effects would thus have healthier immune systems. Over thousands of years of tattooing and sexual mating, humans may have evolved to prefer mates with tattoos due to the fact that body modification signals biological quality. Unique from other research which links sexual attraction and body modification, this study had undergraduate participants rate a series of photos of individuals who did and did not display a tattoo. While we hypothesized that participants …
Hysteria, Sexuality, And Their Influence On Male Authority In "Carmilla" And "Good Lady Ducayne", Rachel Walls
Hysteria, Sexuality, And Their Influence On Male Authority In "Carmilla" And "Good Lady Ducayne", Rachel Walls
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Situating The Study Of Messages About Non-Heterosexual Sexual Orientation In Everyday Ordinary Interactions: A Call For Paradigm Change, Clinton Lee Brown
Situating The Study Of Messages About Non-Heterosexual Sexual Orientation In Everyday Ordinary Interactions: A Call For Paradigm Change, Clinton Lee Brown
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study explores the motivations that may orient an individual to another' s sexual orientation. Extant literature has traditionally focused on the ways in which individuals "detect" or recognize another's sexual orientation, but has failed to explore the communicative strategies individuals routinely engage in and the reasons he or she may be interested in another' s sexual orientation. As such, this study fits nicely into the interpersonal and intercultural communication literatures that concern themselves with the social construction of identity, which is an ongoing interactional task to which conversationalists orient. The data for this study was collected during the fall …
Trapped In The "Shadow-Space": Woman's Struggle To Become Round In George Eliot's Middlemarch, Katelyn Pfaff
Trapped In The "Shadow-Space": Woman's Struggle To Become Round In George Eliot's Middlemarch, Katelyn Pfaff
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Putting The Ill In Illinois: How The Suffrage And Antisuffrage Movements In Illinois Transformed Themselves And The Nation, Emily Scarbrough
Putting The Ill In Illinois: How The Suffrage And Antisuffrage Movements In Illinois Transformed Themselves And The Nation, Emily Scarbrough
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Free Will In "Beauty And The Beast": The Overlooked Lesson And First Step Into Adulthood, Kelly Jo Nicholson
Free Will In "Beauty And The Beast": The Overlooked Lesson And First Step Into Adulthood, Kelly Jo Nicholson
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Social Story Intervention For Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard-Of-Hearing, Kaylee Mccollum
Social Story Intervention For Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard-Of-Hearing, Kaylee Mccollum
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Originally developed for children with mild autism, a Social Story is a short story that describes an ambiguous or troublesome situation and provides an appropriate response to that situation. Several research studies have confirmed the effectiveness of Social Stories in decreasing undesirable behaviors in children with mild, moderate, and severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, limited research has been conducted to determine the efficacy of Social Stories in modifying behaviors of children who do not have autism. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Social Stories in decreasing undesirable behaviors in children who are deaf or …
Feminist Science Fiction Of The 1970s, Mia Tapella
Feminist Science Fiction Of The 1970s, Mia Tapella
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Expediency Versus Harmony: Reconsidering The Values Of Collectivist Cultures In Intercultural Communication, Tori Hagy
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.