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Merit-Based Pay, A Misconceived Perception As A Motivational Tool In Teaching, Richard Nkrumah

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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The Socialization Of Officers' Spouses Into Army Culture, Eryn T. Wagnon

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Political And Psychological Traits Shape Opinions About Migrant Farmworkers, Refugees, And Related Populations, Arthur T. Hatton

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Countering Attackers In Software Defined Radio Networks Using Moving Target Defense, Isaac Cushman

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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The Attitudes And Behaviors Of Future Medical Physicians Towards Business Education And Training, Alea Simmons

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Morphology And Tidal Effects On Salinity Profiles In The Savannah River: Port Wentworth To I-95, Bryan Riggs

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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A Centralized Storage Model For Distributed Solar Generation System, Ananya Nag

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Political Participation Among Muslim Americans, Melissa Dixon

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Distinguishing Transcendence From Holiness In A Sample Of Christians, Lotte Pummerer

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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Nonlinear Auto-Regressive Neural Network Model For H.265 Video Bandwidth Prediction In Ethernet Passive Optical Networks, Collin Daly

GS4 Student Scholars Symposium

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The How And Why Of Doi: Assigning Dois To Ir Content, Jennie Vance, J.J. Johnson

Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference

As libraries take a larger role in scholarly publishing activities through their repositories, they are taking steps to offer some of the same services as larger publishers, which includes assigning Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to published content. In this presentation, we will offer a brief overview of DOIs and the benefits that they provide. We will then use the implementation of DOIs at The University of Southern Mississippi as a brief case study to outline the process of creating and assigning DOIs through a membership with Crossref. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of information received from listservs and …

Authorship Revealed: Findings From A Systematic Review Of Key Public Administration Membership Associations' Journals, Ruth M. Bates-Hill, Daniela C. Schroeter, Adel Hasan Ahmed Aladlani, Hussein Chalabi, Gregory D. Greenman Ii, Mike Mendenhall, Diane Thompson

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

This poster illustrates findings from a systematic review of articles published in 2015 and 2016 in four key public administration journals. Findings highlight patterns of authorship, research funding, and citations.

Why Do Women Delay In Seeking Prenatal Care? A Discrete-Time Survival Analysis, Ama Agyeiwaa Abrokwah

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

Prenatal care during early stages of pregnancy can result in early detection of some pregnancy related complications which can help reduce both maternal and infant mortality (Conway et al., 2006). The cost of service has been identified as an important determinant of the utilization of prenatal care in most developing countries. This paper evaluates how Ghana’s social health insurance program affects the timing of prenatal care utilization using survival analysis techniques. This paper hypothesizes that having insurance will result in early utilization of prenatal care.

Findings From A Systematic Review Of Key Public Administration Membership Associations’ Journals, Ruth M. Bates-Hill

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

This poster illustrates findings from a systematic review of articles published in 2015 and 2016 in four key public administration journals. Findings highlight patterns of authorship, research funding, and citations.

Research Methods In Public Administration: A Systematic Review, Adel Hasan Ahmed Aladlani

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

This poster includes findings from a systematic review conducted during a doctoral methods course at Western Michigan University. The systematic mixed methods review covered key public administration membership association journals. The review indicated differences in the research methods and types used with a strong preference for using quantitative research.

Data Driven Decision Making: Utilizing Alumni Perspectives In Strategic Management, Robert Welton

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

The most basic premise of macro-economic states that as prices for a good or service increase, demand decreases. As shown below, the cost of higher education in Michigan compares unfavorable to the rest of the nation. In order to remain viable in an age of worldwide competition for students, WMU (and more specifically SPAA) will need to identify marketable areas of competitive advantage as well as opportunities for programmatic improvement.

Unusual Isotopic Effects Produced In Precipitation As A Byproduct Of Unusual Atmospheric Processes, Shelby Hurst

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

Precipitation is the ultimate source of all surface and groundwater recharge. Stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope investigation of precipitation has a long history. The factors controlling these stable isotopes are well known and include mean annual temperature, amount of precipitation, altitude and air mass trajectory (Dansgaard, 1964; Yurtsever and Gat, 1981).

Newborn Care Curriculum: Newborn Medications, Lauren Rechtman, Rebekah Conroy

E-Learning Modules

Introduction: Based on a 2014 newborn education needs assessment, 39.6% of surveyed pediatric hospitalists expressed interest in receiving more education on newborn medications, and 94% were interested in computer-based learning modules as the method of learning. Thus, this module was designed to serve as a self-study tool or as a tool for small-group teaching.

Methods: Initially designed for pediatric hospitalists, the module can be used for any learner interested in newborn care as it is meant to provide practical applications to the bedside clinician. This module was first implemented as part of the multimodule Newborn Care Curriculum within the pediatric …

An Exploration Of The Negative Stigmas Surrounding Greek Life, Lauren E. Palkovitz

SCOM Undergraduate Research Conference

An Exploration of the Negative Stigmas Surrounding Greek Life

Breaking Tradition: Alternative Pediatric Experiences In Ambulatory Clinics, Karen Leduc, Laurel More, Kristen Coleman

Celebration of Scholarship and Research

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Preventing Pediatric Marijuana Poisoning In Colorado, Tiffani Roberts, Sarah Amos, Kylie Muleller

Celebration of Scholarship and Research

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Effects Of Verbal- And Silent-Concurrent Articulation On Written Spelling, Analyse Desousa

Celebration of Scholarship and Research

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R.U. Learning: An Institutional Assesment Plan, Robert Haight, Janna Oakes

Celebration of Scholarship and Research

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Technology For Pediatric Health: There's An App For That!, Karen Leduc, Colleen Mccallum, Mollie Mulberry

Celebration of Scholarship and Research

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Dark-Adapted Fluorescence And Stomatal Conductance After Dcmu (3-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-Dimethylurea)) Exposure On Malva Parviflora Plants, Piueti Maka, Mia Bryant, Isabelle Sarwono

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The purpose of this experiment was to determine the disturbance effect of indirect exposure to DCMU (3-[3,4-dichlorophenyl]-1,1-dimethylurea), a popular herbicide, on dark adapted fluorescence and stomatal conductance in Malva parviflora plants. We utilized a test site exposed to sunlight and free from other external interference. Two main apparatuses were used to collect data; stomatal conductance was measured by a leaf porometer, and dark-adapted fluorescence (Fv/Fm) was measured using a Pulse Modulated Fluorometer. Our data yielded significant comparison results for dark-adapted fluorescence (P0.05). Additionally, observations six days after disturbance showed a drastic presence of hollyhock rust (Puccinia malvacearum) and …

Photoprotection Adaptiveness In Native (Lupinus 
Succulentus) And Invasive (Malva Parviflora) Heliotropic Plants, Joseph Davidson, Cameron Juarez, Collin Scott

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Addressed here is the question of whether invasive heliotropic plants can adapt better than native heliotropic plants, to conditions in which their solar tracking capabilities are hindered. In order to test this, a heliotropic species native to Southern California (Lupinus succulentus) was compared to a weedy heliotropic species invasive to Southern California (Malva parviflora). We hypothesized that the photoprotection mechanisms of M. parviflora would adapt better to being restrained as it is an invasive species and it was more abundant in the area. Values of Fv’/Fm’ and qN were measured in order to compare the efficacy …

Reflectance, Transmittance, And Absorbance Values In Salvia Apiana
 Result In Better Performance Than Salvia Mellifera In Drought- Like Conditions, Haley Bekins, Caroline Boone, Kristen Hardin

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Salvia apiana, due to the physically lighter color and thickness of the leaves, will have higher reflectance values, lower transmittance values, and lower absorbance values than Salvia mellifera. These measurements exemplify characteristics of a better adapted species for droughts, and then the absorption values can be used to calculate more information on the species like ERT. We measured transmittance and reflectance of six leaves from randomly selected plants of both species through the use of an integrating sphere. After obtaining the R and T value of each plant, we calculated the leaf absorbance,α. This was done by using the …

A Comparative Study Of Adults Vs. Resprouts’ Stomatal Conductance And Xylem Water Potential In Malosma Laurina, Lauren Dam, Brinna Lee, Sarah Dahlberg, Stephen Davis

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The purpose of this study is to compare the stomatal conductance and xylem water potential between adults and resprouts of Malosma laurina growing at the Drescher Campus at Pepperdine University. Our data suggest that stomatal conductance and xylem water potential of adult and resprout M. laurina are not significantly different (p = 0.09312, p = 0.7064 respectively), implying that M. laurina at that study site has had sufficient time to recover from the drought due to the increased levels of rainfall.

A Comparison Of Photoprotection In C3 Plants Between A Native And An Invasive Species, T. Cao, M. Field, K. Godon

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Now more so than ever with the increasing demands placed upon plant species as a direct result of climate change, competition between native and invasive species determines which species are able to survive and reproduce. Biologically the two species, native and invasive, carry out the same functions yet it is in how they carry out said functions that they differ. Prior to the commencement of the study the belief was held that the invasive species (here Avena) would contain increased photoprotection than the native species (here Elymus) for it to possess a competitive advantage. Testing of the stated hypothesis including …

Comparative Fitness Of Transplanted Nassella Pulchra: A Study Of Native And Invasive Grasses, Grace Palmer, Yash Pandey, Isabelle Panos

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Previous study of the fitness of California, perennial N. pulchra was conducted at the transplant garden on the Drescher campus of Pepperdine University in the spring of 2016. A follow up study was conducted to understand how the recent increase in rainfall has affected the comparative health of N. pulchra in the transplant garden and in the wild, as well as the health of the invasive, annual grass A. fatua. The height, water potential, photoprotection, and stomatal conductance were measured in transplant N. pulchra, wild N. pulchra, and the competing A. fatua. It was hypothesized that A. fatua …