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A Mathematical Model Of Recycling, Amanda Patrick

2016 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

As epidemic-type mathematical models have been previously used to study diseases, rumors and behaviors, their application will be further applied to study recycling influence. The types of influences taken into account were recyclers influencing non- recyclers to recycle, recyclers influencing other recyclers to quit recycling (recycling discouragement), and advertisements influencing non-recyclers to recycle. Generally, autonomous differential equations can be analyzed by calculating the equilibrium solutions and finding the eigenvalues to determine stability. The recycling population at UTA was modeled for constant and changing population. The average population increase and decrease were calculated for the system with constant population to calculate …

Canterbury On The Airwaves: Anglican Radio Broadcasting In The United States, Lorenzo Marconi

2016 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Most literature on Christian radio focuses on Evangelicals and Roman Catholics; however, Anglicans have been on the airwaves longest. Despite this, Anglican radio is much rarer than Evangelical or Catholic radio, historically and currently. There is little academic literature to establish why this is the case. Using in-depth interviews with Anglican clergy who currently broadcast, or who have broadcast on the radio, this thesis examines reasons for the lack of Anglican radio and what it would take to increase its presence. Findings indicate the main causes of Anglican radio’s scarcity are Anglicans’ overall lack of interest in radio, a lack …

Comparison Of The Newbery And Bluebonnet Awards In Children’S Literature, Kinsley Munoz

2016 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Teachers are presented with an increasing amount of quality children’s literature for their classrooms. The Newbery and Bluebonnet book awards are two reputable awards that serve as resources for teachers in selecting books to use in their classrooms. This study sought to determine what features teachers could expect to find in either award, thus helping them narrow down their search for quality children’s literature. The researcher looked at features including theme, genre, text features, text length, readability, and interest level. The study found that the Bluebonnet Award winners are usually lighthearted, shorter, and of lower readability and interest level. Their …

Depreciation Of The Naira Against The Dollar, Olufunke Ogunjobi

2016 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Over the years, the value of Nigerian currency, the naira, has declined against the United States dollar by over 50%, a move that has impacted the Nigerian people, sometimes negatively. There are several different possible reasons why the naira has depreciated against dollar. In an attempt to identify potential causes, historical data will be used to derive an empirical model. The empirical model is based on three important longrun equilibrium relationships in international economics, purchasing power parity (PPP), uncovered interest parity (UIP) and stable money demand. The evidence presented suggests an important role for the Nigerian income, United States money …

Successful Female Students In Undergraduate Computer Science And Computer Engineering: Motivation, Self-Regulation, And Qualitative Characteristics, Melissa Patterson Hazley

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Computer Science (CS) and Computer Engineering (CE) fields typically have not been successful at recruiting or retaining women students. Research indicates several reasons for this shortage but mainly from three perspectives: social issues, exposure/prior knowledge and curriculum issues in K-12 settings. This mixed-methods research addresses a gap in the literature by investigating the motivation and self-regulation behaviors of successful female students who are studying computer science and computer engineering. The findings in phase one of this study indicated that learning and performance approach goals predicted adaptive strategic self-regulation behaviors including strategy use, knowledge building and engagement. Learning avoidance goals predicted …

2016 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Creative Activities And Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

This booklet contains all the abstracts from the 2016 forum held at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Coordinated by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, a unit in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Pacific Review Spring 2016, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

A Framework For Understanding The Characteristics Of Complexity In Biology, Joseph Dauer, Jenny Dauer

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Understanding the functioning of natural systems is not easy, although there is general agreement that understanding complex systems is an important goal for science education. Defining what makes a natural system complex will assist in identifying gaps in research on student reasoning about systems. The goal of this commentary is to propose a framework that explicitly defines the ways in which biological systems are complex and to discuss the potential relevance of these complexity dimensions to conducting research on student reasoning about complexity in biology classrooms. We use an engineering framework for dimensions of complexity and discuss how this framework …

A Framework For Understanding The Characteristics Of Complexity In Biology, Joseph Dauer, Jenny Dauer

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Understanding the functioning of natural systems is not easy, although there is general agreement that understanding complex systems is an important goal for science education. Defining what makes a natural system complex will assist in identifying gaps in research on student reasoning about systems. The goal of this commentary is to propose a framework that explicitly defines the ways in which biological systems are complex and to discuss the potential relevance of these complexity dimensions to conducting research on student reasoning about complexity in biology classrooms. We use an engineering framework for dimensions of complexity and discuss how this framework …

Surviving And Thriving: The First-Year Transition Experiences Of Chinese Undergraduate Students In The United States, Kerrie Anne Montgomery

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The number of international students pursuing degrees at U.S. institutions at the undergraduate level surpassed those at the graduate level for the first time in 2013. Additionally, the majority of international students coming to the U.S. are from China. This phenomenological study used a conceptual framework of Schlossberg's Transition Model (1995) and the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Model (Museus, 2014) to analyze the experiences of Chinese undergraduate students in their first year of college in the United States. Three transition types were identified - academic, social/personal, and linguistic - and the students' preparation, sources of institutional support, and coping strategies …

Undergraduate And Graduate Program Descriptions For 2016-2017, Wright State University

Program Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate program descriptions for the 2016-2017 school year. This document also includes program descriptions for undergraduate and graduate certificates, licensures, master's degrees, and more.

Understanding, Evaluating, And Diagnosing Undergraduate Student Difficulties With Graph Choice And Construction, Aakanksha Angra

Open Access Dissertations

Creating effective graphical representations of biological data is an essential component in the practices of science and involves engaging concepts and skills of quantitative literacy. With undergraduate biology students increasingly involved in scientific inquiry and experimentation, they are faced with the task of choosing and creating appropriate graphical representations of their data to communicate their findings. However, difficulties with graph choice and construction that were previously documented in literature, still exist today at both the K-12 and undergraduate levels. The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the reasoning involved behind choosing certain graph types and the process that occurs …

A Study Of Ethics For Accounting Students At East Tennessee State University, Jordan Warhurst

Undergraduate Honors Theses

What is being done to stop the increase of accounting scandals and frauds? This study focuses on ethics teaching for accounting students at the undergraduate level. This study asks the question, "have students increased in their use of professional judgement as defined by the AICPA code of Professional Conduct?"

Design For A Variable Pipe Cutting Jig, Truitt Ammons

2015 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Parker-Hannifin is an aerospace company located in Fort Worth, Texas. A large part of their business entails creating custom metal pipes that are used for aerospace applications. These pipes are all bent and cut at different specifications. Currently, the method being used to cut these pipes takes a lot of storage space, it is lengthy, it uses unsafe methodology and it adds up to be costly. My team and I were commissioned by Parker-Hannifin to design a system that will alleviate these problems. The solution that this team has proposed will save the company storage space, lower the time it …

Science Undergraduate Research Conference 2015 Booklet, Dublin Institute Of Technology, Institute Of Technology, Tallaght, Institute Of Technology, Blanchardstown

Group Reports

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown hosted the Science Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC 2015) on 13th November 2015 in DIT's Grangegorman Campus. 25 students from DIT, IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown who completed an undergraduate research project in a Scientific discipline in the academic year 2014-15 presented at this conference.

The aims of the conference were to:

1. Provide current students with an opportunity to gain an understanding of the work which has been undertaken by recent graduates, and the career opportunities that exist for graduates in Scientific disciplines.
2. Provide recent graduates with an opportunity to gain …

Pacific Review Fall 2015, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Designing The Atlas Forward Proton Detector Through Simulations, Timothy Hoffman

2015 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Particle physics uses powerful particle colliders to investigate building blocks of the universe that we would otherwise be unable to inspect. This research consists of developing the ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) system intended for installation at the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. The AFP system includes a time-of-flight (TOF) detector specifically designed for the measurement of a certain class of collision events which have been heretofore largely invisible to the ATLAS experiment. We use the TOF of protons which pass through our detector to correlate them with a collision in the central ATLAS detector. …

Courtship In The Borderlands: Hollistic Intimate Space Creation Within Courtship Ideaologies, Alejandro Sánchez

The Compass

While telling me the story of how she met her husband, Mrs. Aguilar told me “I really feel bad for your generation, they are missing out on falling in love.” She was referring to the courtship practices, or the social regulation and cultural markers between two individuals who create a social relation developing a “relationship.”1 She was comparingthe courtship practices of her generation to that of mine and her statement is reflective of the changes in the cultural environment. From courting, a “relationship” can develop. Its dimensions are defined by the mediation between cultural norms and the agent, and can …

Strategies For Leaders To Counter Social Loafing Through The Use Of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Literature Review, Richard Hildreth

The Compass

Social loafing (SL) is a counterintuitive phenomenon that describes a decrease of efficiency observed in both small groups and large organizations. Research over the past century has increased our understanding of SL and identified antecedent factors that appear to reduce or exacerbate its effect. Subsequent organizational models have beenconceived and evolved, starting with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), which led toward contextualperformance (CP), and recently to contextual and citizenship performance (CCP). Each type of model can provide valuable insight explaining employee behavior and under which contexts SL occurs. Research shows that OCB has improves organizational productivity and competitiveness, due to organizational …

Oak Regeneration In An Eastern Pennsylvania Forest: Is Prescribed Fire Needed?, Samanatha M. Ebert

The Compass

Fire has shaped the American landscape as much as any other natural or anthropogenic disturbance such as flooding, glaciers, and tornadoes, or logging. Native Americans used fire for thousand of years to facilitate farming, travel, and hunting. Since the 1930s, the United States Forest Service has instituted and maintained a policy of firesuppression. This has changed the composition of American forests allowing shade- tolerant later successional species to thrive, but fire-adapted species are declining. This study establishes a baseline of tree composition of State Game Lands 210 in Dauphin County in Eastern Pennsylvania forest in preparation for the proposed controlled …

Drinking And Game Day: The Expansion And Solution To Alcohol Abuse In Collegiate Sporting Events, Karan Arul

The Compass

For the typical American sports fans, a night out to watch a college sporting event involves a celebration of athleticism, spirit, and teamwork. However, as of the 21st century, the act of purchasing and consuming alcohol has become increasingly complimentary to “enjoying the game” in a collegiate sports stadium. In the United States, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the frontrunner in proliferating collegiate athletics. Yet, the NCAA and its over 1200 member schools “enjoy great profitability from selling and advertising alcohol.”1 As college sporting events continue to rival their professional counterparts in popularity and allegiance, attending a college …

The Compass, Issue 2 - Forward By Provost Nodine, Arcadia University Honors Program

The Compass

Forward by Dr. Barbara Nodine, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, for Issue 2 of The Compass, a scholarly journal edited and produced by students in the Arcadia University Honors Program.

The Compass, Issue 2, Arcadia University Honors Program

The Compass

Issue 2 of The Compass, a scholarly journal edited and produced by students in the Arcadia University Honors Program.

Just The Facts: A Fresh Look At Undergraduate Engineering Retention | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

The department head and associate dean in the College of Engineering at Utah State University can pull up dozens of detailed spreadsheets and graphs outlining the latest trends in student performance.

Lincoln University Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2017, Lincoln University, Jefferson City Missouri

Bulletins and Catalogs

The Lincoln University Undergraduate Bulletin contains the academic regulations and degree requirements of the University. A student may choose to satisfy the requirements for graduation from any one Bulletin issued in the eight years prior to the awarding of a bachelor's degree or the three years prior to the awarding of an associate degree, provided that he/she was enrolled during the school year for which that Bulletin was issued.

The Lincoln University Undergraduate Bulletin also serves as a guide to the academic programs of the University and is intended to assist students in the selection of their programs of study. …

Surveying Environmental Attitudes, Behavior And Knowledge At A Christian Liberal Arts University: Exploring Faith, Stewardship, And The "New Ecological Paradigm", Kathryn R. Rudy

Master of Environmental Science (MES) Theses

A survey of undergraduate students (N=208) at a private, Christian university assessed environmental attitude with the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP), environmental knowledge with the National Environment Education & Training Foundation NEEFT)/Roper Survey, and self-reported environmental behaviors. Some additional survey components explored the relationships of Christian faith and environmental attitudes of students. Sampling occurred among students in a few select classes and via all-campus student email announcements for voluntary and anonymous responses. This survey can serve in program and curriculum development, survey tool development and as a benchmark study for Taylor University.

Students overwhelmingly recognize a relationship between their Christian faith …

2015-2016 Catalog, College Of The Holy Cross

Course Catalogs

This catalog lists available courses for the 2015-2016 term.

Inquiro 9 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

https://www.uab.edu/inquiro/issues/past-issues/volume-9

The Unexpected Connection Between Internet Security And The Riemann Hypothesis, David Chasteen-Boyd

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 8-10

https://www.uab.edu/inquiro/issues/past-issues/volume-9/the-unexpected-connection-between-internet-security-and-the-riemann-hypothesis

A New Theory Of Consciousness, Josh Purvis

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 12-13

https://www.uab.edu/inquiro/issues/past-issues/volume-9/a-new-theory-of-consciousness