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Performance Of Genetic Algorithms For Data Classification, Matthew E. Stine
Performance Of Genetic Algorithms For Data Classification, Matthew E. Stine
Honors Theses
In today's world, the amount of raw data archived across multiple distinct domains is growing at an exponential rate. "Data Mining" is a continuously evolving family of processes by which individuals extract useful information from these data. Classification is one of these processes, and is the construction of varying types of descriptive models from labeled data objects, for the purpose of predicting the label of those objects with unknown labels. The construction of these modules is often adversely affected by the presence of incorrect values or outlier values within the data, a phenomenon known as noise. The original motivation of …
Endless Challenges: A History Of Student Housing At The University Of Mississippi, Clayton Anderson James
Endless Challenges: A History Of Student Housing At The University Of Mississippi, Clayton Anderson James
Honors Theses
The history of student housing at the University of Mississippi is one of endless challenges. Ranging from periodic room shortages to declining institutional concern for the needs of student housing, these challenges have shaped the lives of students who live on campus through today. Though these challenges have varied in source and nature over the years, they still confront administrators, faculty, staff, and most of all students, many of whom address these issues on a daily basis. In the earliest years of the University, student housing was an important part of the campus, and it was recognized as such by …
Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell
Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Cultural Impacts On Language Uses: Comparing And Contrasting Chinese And United States Cultures, Kim Edwards
Cultural Impacts On Language Uses: Comparing And Contrasting Chinese And United States Cultures, Kim Edwards
Honors Theses
Cultural differences found within language uses are explored, comparing and contrasting Chinese (Mandarin) and American (English) cultures and languages with the objective of promoting better understanding and awareness between peoples. Three parts of language are examined: vocabulary, written language, and methods of communication. Previous results are expanded upon through research tools including cultural films and results from both a survey and a focus group. The discussion of findings is concluded with suggestions for further research.
Determination Of The Wavelength Dependence On The Metal Catalyzed Degradation Of The Herbicide Atrazine, Timothy Bertram
Determination Of The Wavelength Dependence On The Metal Catalyzed Degradation Of The Herbicide Atrazine, Timothy Bertram
Honors Theses
Since the advent of modern herbicide use in the early twentieth century, researchers have been plagued with the obvious problem of herbicide disposal. Most herbicides are specifically designed to resist natural degradation processes so that they can remain effective in the field for a substantial amount of time. In addition, they are also made water soluble so that they can be easily applied to crops. Finally, they are specifically produced to kill undesirable plant species in the quickest and often crudest fashions. Due to these specific properties herbicides pose a general threat to other organisms living in the same geographic …
Engaged Learning In A Secondary Science Classroom, Holly Rubach
Engaged Learning In A Secondary Science Classroom, Holly Rubach
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
The Structure Of Pythagorean Reality, Leah Niess
Influences And Reinterpretation, Arlanna Fries
Effects Of Caffeine And Lateralized Emotional Distractors On Vigilance Performance, Tara L. Worley
Effects Of Caffeine And Lateralized Emotional Distractors On Vigilance Performance, Tara L. Worley
Honors Theses
Caffeine is the most popular psychotropic drug (Smith & Tola, 1998) and is known to be used for its stimulating effects (Benowitz, 1990) as well as its enhancing effects on sustained attention (Smith, 1994, & Rusted, 1994). Effects of caffeine on attention and performance tasks have been studied quite extensively. Results have varied, but caffeine has generally been found to enhance attention and improve performance. An aspect yet to be studied is the effects of caffeine on vigilance performance given emotionally distracting stimuli. The focus of this paper is on the effects of caffeine on vigilance performance as well as …
Barriers To Girls' Education In Ghana, Melaniece Nicole Bardley
Barriers To Girls' Education In Ghana, Melaniece Nicole Bardley
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Influence Of Parents' Marital Status On College Students' Expectations For Marriage, Laura Ann Rowald
Influence Of Parents' Marital Status On College Students' Expectations For Marriage, Laura Ann Rowald
Honors Theses
This study examined the differences between college students from divorced and intact families with respect to their expectations for marriage, division of household labor, and childcare. A divorced family was defined as one in which the parents have divorced and includes those who remain single after the divorce and those where one or both parents have remarried. An intact family was defined as one in which the parents were currently married to each other and had never been divorced from each other. Participants included 102 Southern Illinois University undergraduate students enrolled in a introductory psychology course who participated for course …
Evaluation And Design Of The Southern Illinois University Honors Center, Rebecca Leigh Mcreynolds
Evaluation And Design Of The Southern Illinois University Honors Center, Rebecca Leigh Mcreynolds
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No abstract provided.
Caffeine Effects On Different Levels Of Attention, Antoinette R. Anderson
Caffeine Effects On Different Levels Of Attention, Antoinette R. Anderson
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The effects' caffeine has on attention was investigated using a visual vigilance computer task. Fourteen university students (mean age = 21) received class research for I participating on three separate occasions; orientation, caffeine condition (2mg per kg. of I body weight), and placebo condition (2mg per kg. of body weight of Quinine). In both sessions the substances were added to 20ml of diet, caffeine-free Pepsi. There was at I least one day between each session. All sessions were conducted in the morning and I caffeine was restricted from 12:00 midnight the night before the session. When compared with placebo, caffeine …
The Need For Hands-On It Classes, Jeffery L. Squibb
The Need For Hands-On It Classes, Jeffery L. Squibb
Honors Theses
This paper describes why SIU needs a class that incorporates hands on in an advance telecommunications course. It gives a brief history of the Internet along with the need for IT skilled workers their education and the future expectations of the Internet. The paper also gives an example of what the class structure would be. This class has some differences between the two networking courses already in existences regards to their outcomes. ELM 415 would be very Hands-on type of course where students spend a great deal of time in lab installing and configuring software and hardware. The assessment would …
An Investigation Of A Career In Medical Writing: Portfolio, Heather O'Neill
An Investigation Of A Career In Medical Writing: Portfolio, Heather O'Neill
Honors Theses
This portfolio contains the projects worked on by the author, many written for a professional audience, as part of an internship with a freelance medical writer. Also included are resources for writing.
Fighting Aids With Holistic Weapons: An Integrated Approach, Tom Goodwin
Fighting Aids With Holistic Weapons: An Integrated Approach, Tom Goodwin
Honors Theses
The current AIDS epidemic has changed the way we view the world as well as our society as a whole. Diseases have ravaged humanity since the dawn of time, so what makes AIDS so much different from every other disease encountered by man? One reason is its transmission method. We know that HIV passes from person to person via blood, semen, and vaginal secretions. Most people that suffer from this disease contract it during sex, during intravenous drug use, or during a blood transfusion. Early accounts of HIV disease occurred in minority groups, namely homosexual men. This may have bee …
Opening The Doors Of Communication And Guiding Parents Into Classrooms And Schools, Katy Anne Forsyth
Opening The Doors Of Communication And Guiding Parents Into Classrooms And Schools, Katy Anne Forsyth
Honors Theses
"A good parent is a national treasure and we need to make parents and families partners with their children's teacher and principals in the process of education," (Beyond the Classroom 308). This quote is the heart behind the contents of this book. For the love and concern that we as teachers have for the children in our lives, we owe it to them to help make their educational experience the most well rounded prosperous experience possible. To accomplish this, a partnership needs to be created by opening the doors of communication and guiding parents into classrooms and schools. As teachers, …
A Computational Approach To Determining Stability Constants For Transition Metal Ion Complexes, Jason St. Clair
A Computational Approach To Determining Stability Constants For Transition Metal Ion Complexes, Jason St. Clair
Honors Theses
The complexation of metal ions in natural waters plays a critical role in defining the metal's biogeochemistry, Numerous investigators have used various experimental techniques to measure complexation constants in the laboratory, but many constants are still poorly undefined or have yet to be investigated due to the difficulty of some of the experiments. A computational approach to obtaining these constants for complexes of Fe(lII), Fe(D), Cr(lli), Cu(lI), Zn(II), and Cd(II) was explored with varying degrees of success. Calculated Gibbs Free Energies were compared to experimental stability constants. Calculations were performed using Spartan's DFT package at the pEP level and with …
Cisplatin Interstrand Cross-Linking Of Defined Sequence Nucleosomal Dna, Erin Elizabeth Wilkes
Cisplatin Interstrand Cross-Linking Of Defined Sequence Nucleosomal Dna, Erin Elizabeth Wilkes
Honors Theses
DNA interstrand cross-linking agents have been recognized for many years to be powerful antitumor chemotherapeutics. While the interactions between free DNA and many anticancer drugs have been explored extensively, there is less infonnation available about these interactions with nucleosomal DNA. Nitrogen mustards have been reported to exhibit relatively similar cross-linking sites and efficiencies of binding in free and nucleosomal DNA, but mitomycin C exhibits markedly reduced cross-linking near the center of nucleosomal DNA. This current study focuses on cisplatin interstrand cross-linking of the 154 base pair 55 rRNA gene fragment of Xenopus borealis reconstituted with histones from chicken erythrocytes. The …
A Catechol Approach To Natural Product Synthesis, Michelle E. Weber
A Catechol Approach To Natural Product Synthesis, Michelle E. Weber
Honors Theses
This research has focused on the total synthesis of the iron--chelating natural product 1-(2,3-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methoxy-I-butanone. An extract of the iron-cleficient fungus Gleophyllwn lraebeum, this molecule is thought to bind to Fe3+ in a hexacoordinate system to aid in transport through cell walls in order to help regulate iron levels in such iron-deficient fungi. Since the proposed structure of the molecule is based only on the spectral data of a very small sample, our hope is to synthesize and confirm its structure as the extract of the brown rot fungus. We have developed a relatively short retrosynthesis for our work on this …
Interactions Of Ti(Iv) And Sn(Iv) Organometallic Complexes With Double-Stranded Dna, Katherine Macdonald Davies
Interactions Of Ti(Iv) And Sn(Iv) Organometallic Complexes With Double-Stranded Dna, Katherine Macdonald Davies
Honors Theses
In order to understand further the interactions that exist between specific organometallic complexes and DNA, reactions of double-stranded calf-thymus DNA with bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium dichloride [Cp₂TiC1₂] (TDC), bis(t-butylcyclopentadienyl)titanium dichloride [(C₄H₉Cp)₂TiC1₂] (r-butyl TDC), bis(i-propylcyclopentadienly)titanium dichloride [(C₃H₆Cp)2TiCl₂ a-propyl mc), bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) titanium dichloride [(Cp"₂TiC1₂ (pentarnethyl TDC), triphenyltin chloride (Ph₃SnCl), diphenylrin dichloride (Ph₂SnC1₂) , and triphenyltin acetate (Ph₃SnOAc) were performed. The goal of this research is to establish how the fundamental structure and composition of these compounds determine the effecti veness of their DNA interactions. Each metal compound was incubated with calf thymus DNA at several metal: DNA ratios and reactions were maintained at 37°C at …
Determination Of Nizatidine-Guest Complexation Constants And Computer Aided Molecular Design, Carolyn J. Mordas
Determination Of Nizatidine-Guest Complexation Constants And Computer Aided Molecular Design, Carolyn J. Mordas
Honors Theses
Nizatidine, N-[2-[[[2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-4-thiazoly]]methy1]thio]ethyl]-N'- methyl- 2-nitro-I,l, ethenediamine, has been investigated for its potential to act as a host to small molecules through hydrogen bonding and pi-pi interactions. In previous work, pyridoxine (vitamin B6) was hypothesized to have a high guest-host binding constant with nizatidine. This was supported through experimental methods involving one and two dimensional NMR spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and high performance liquid chromatography. Computer aided molecular design and three dimensional conformationally flexible database searching led to the discovery of other possible guests, including albuterol, which has exhibited even higher binding constants from HPLC.
Scientific Investigation Of The Plant Pathogen Agrobacterium Tumefaciens, Casey M. Flanagan, Christopher B. Crowell Ii, Bryan P. Markelz
Scientific Investigation Of The Plant Pathogen Agrobacterium Tumefaciens, Casey M. Flanagan, Christopher B. Crowell Ii, Bryan P. Markelz
Honors Theses
A. tumefaciensis a plant pathogen and causative agent of Crown Gall Disease, an ailment that results in the development of tumors in plants. It is a unique organism in that it is the only known non-viral pathogen that transfers its DNA into the host cell. Consequently, the majority of the research conducted on A. tumefaciensinvestigates its mechanism of infection. However, A. tumefaciensis also rare to the bacterial world in that its genome is comprised of two chromosomes: one circular and one linear. Most other bacteria only have one circular chromosome. This area of research has been grossly overlooked and therefore …
The Clapham Sect : An Investigation Into The Effects Of Deep Faith In A Personal God On A Change Effort, Victoria Marple
The Clapham Sect : An Investigation Into The Effects Of Deep Faith In A Personal God On A Change Effort, Victoria Marple
Honors Theses
This study was undertaken primarily out of an apparent inability of leadership material to answer the question of "Why" in their studies of change efforts. Despite many scholarly materials on how societal alterations occurs and steps to make social action successful, little has been written regarding the internal influences on individuals involved in these efforts and on how these influences make the leader or group successful. This particular case study has been chosen because of its clear portrayal of various leadership theories including catalytic leadership, charismatic leadership and change theory. Moreover, writings about the Clapham Sect clearly evidence that the …
Women And Work: An Analysis Of The Sociological And Historical Trends Of Maternity Leave Policies In The U.S., Gina M. Schrader
Women And Work: An Analysis Of The Sociological And Historical Trends Of Maternity Leave Policies In The U.S., Gina M. Schrader
Honors Theses
This paper presents an analysis of maternity rights and regulations within the context of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. First, I will define the legislation while observing the sociological and historical significance of the legislation. Second, I will analyze maternity leave policies of the modern working environment and address the increasing involvement of women within the workforce. Finally, I will examine the needs that are unmet within current policies and the possible alternatives.
Power And Paradox In The Trickster Figure, Jacob D. Campbell
Power And Paradox In The Trickster Figure, Jacob D. Campbell
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Cinematic Interpretations Of Katharina In William Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew, Nicole K. Kirkham
Cinematic Interpretations Of Katharina In William Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew, Nicole K. Kirkham
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Methods And Techniques For Production Of Genetically Modified Maize At Monsanto Global Seed, Michelle Renee Mcgehee
Methods And Techniques For Production Of Genetically Modified Maize At Monsanto Global Seed, Michelle Renee Mcgehee
Honors Theses
The development of transgenic plants for agricultural purposes consumes much time and energy but is well worth the battle. From the laboratory perspective, hours are spent trying to force plant cells to uptake new DNA. Several methods are available for this practice, including Ti-plasmid mediated transformation, microprojectile bombardment, and electroporation. Each method depends primarily on the organism one wishes to transform. Once the gene of interest has been inserted, the seed from these transgenic plants goes to pilot stations to be grown in nurseries and yield production fields and tested for resistance against many elements. The final product is put …
Behavioral Analysis And Enrichment Effects On Captive Red Wolves, Laurie Thompson
Behavioral Analysis And Enrichment Effects On Captive Red Wolves, Laurie Thompson
Honors Theses
The red wolf, Canis rufus, is a highly endangered predator native to the eastern United States. Their original range is thought to have extended from as far west as Texas all the way to the east coast, and as far south as Florida and north to at least the Ohio River valley. Their decline is attributed to human encroachment causing loss of habitat, persecution of the species, and extensive hybridization with coyotes, Canis latrans, once their numbers began to diminish (Riley and McBride, 1972). In addition to these problems, parasites have had a substantial effect on their already dwindling numbers …
Distributed Chess Game Using Java And Rmi, Christopher M. Jaynes
Distributed Chess Game Using Java And Rmi, Christopher M. Jaynes
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.