Can Dogs Detect A Surprising Event?, Emma Higley, Samantha Faeth, Nicole Alvira, Kaitlyn Borg, Marissa Colloca, Gabrielle Esposito

Academic Festival

Infants demonstrate object permanence understanding during violation of expectation tasks. These tasks consist of expected (e.g., ball stops at solid wall) and unexpected (e.g., ball rolls through solid wall) events. Infants look longer at the unexpected event as opposed to the expected event (Perez & Feigenson, 2021). Similarly, studies have shown that dogs present increased looking times during unexpected object permanence tasks (Pattison et al., 2010). In the current study, dogs participated in a violation of expectation task which investigated object permanence understanding. To conduct this study, dogs were positioned in front of a stage with a concealed opening in …

Low-Dose Drinking Water Bisphenol-A Does Not Alter Anxiety Or Cognitive Functioning In Adolescent Male Rats, Abigail Andre, Teresina Berni, Nicole Alvira, Lauren Maiolo, Alexandra Piasecki

Academic Festival

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor that regulates the effects of estrogenic, androgenic, and antiandrogenic systems. BPA is extensively used in the manufacturing of hard plastics leading to detectable BPA levels in body fluids of humans and animals indicating that BPA exposure is ubiquitous and has potential health hazards. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adolescent exposure to low-dose BPA via oral ingestion in water on behavior and neuronal morphology in intact adolescent male rats. The dose given, a concentration equivalent to 40/µg/kg/day, is lower than daily safe-dose levels set by the United States Environmental …

The Effect Of Postpartum Depression On An Infant’S Language And Cognitive Development, Alana Reilly

Academic Festival

Has it ever crossed your mind how terrifying and scary it would be for a mother-to-be to feel like a failure and constantly experience sadness and guilt? What if she felt as if she could not take care of her own child after birth? And what would the effect of these depressive thoughts be on the infant?

Postpartum depression is an illness and type of depression that can affect mothers after childbirth. They can experience extreme feelings of sadness, anxiety, changes in sleep, appetite, and energy, along with bonding issues with the baby. As research suggests, one impact of postpartum …

Optimization Of A Dna Extraction Protocol For Meiofaunal Identification, Lilly D. Bove, Joanna Coreno

Academic Festival

Meiofauna are a diverse group of benthic invertebrates that range between 0.04 mm and 1mm in size. They represent 24 of the 35 animal phyla and are ideal for biomonitoring. Their fast population turnover means that community composition can indicate anthropogenic influence and environmental health. The long-term goal of this project is to determine if visual identification of meiofauna at the level of phyla is sufficient to investigate community changes along a disturbed shoreline (Seaside Park; Bridgeport, CT); or if it is necessary to identify lower taxonomic levels via DNA metabarcoding. The latter would allow for the identification of taxa …

Room 2: Building Interactive Oer Content With Twine, Stewart Baker

Open Educational Resources Symposium

Twine is an open source, web-based tool designed to create interactive text games. Although it's typically used to create fiction, Twine can also be used as an asynchronous web-based teaching tool. This presentation will dive into the basics of what Twine can do and show you how to start writing your first Twine game—whether it's as part of an OER or just for fun.

Download the html file (the blue download button!) and open it in your browser to see what Stewart has been working on!

Room 2: Creating Interactive Open Content

Zoom Link: https://lanecc.zoom.us/j/94430798683

The Impact Of Brief Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Interactions On College Student Stress And Self-Efficacy Levels, Savannah Giordano, Julian Percoco

Academic Festival

The aim of the current study was to examine the potential benefits of dog therapy programs on student stress levels on a college campus. While these programs have become increasingly popular there is little evidence on the effectiveness of animal centered activities. We compared the differences on three types of assessments related to stress levels (e.g., Self-Efficacy Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and relative changes in stress hormone levels (cortisol)) for college students before and after interacting with therapy dogs for 10 minutes. Saliva samples were collected using Salimetrics’ Salivabio Oral Swab (SOS) method from student participants 15 minutes after arrival …

Object Play In Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus), Kayla Alvia, Alexandra Giuffra, Erin Sheehan, Carlie Williams

Academic Festival

The current study involves a detailed investigation of object play (OP) in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

The Impact Of Brief Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Interactions On College Student Stress And Self-Efficacy Levels, Paige Kutka, Victoria Vaillancourt, Julian Percoco, Savannah Giordano

Academic Festival

The aim of the current study was to examine the potential benefits of dog therapy programs on student stress levels on a college campus. While these programs have become increasingly popular there is little evidence on the effectiveness of animal centered activities. We compared the differences on three types of assessments related to stress levels (e.g., Self-Efficacy Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and relative changes in stress hormone levels (cortisol)) for college students before and after interacting with therapy dogs for 10 minutes. Saliva samples were collected using Salimetrics’ Salivabio Oral Swab (SOS) method from student participants 15 minutes after arrival …

Review Of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Play), Based On The Book The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe By C. S. Lewis, Carolyn Curtis

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. Flat Rock, North Carolina: Flat Rock Playhouse, 9 November 2019.

Review Of C. S. Lewis: Blackwell Great Minds, James P. Helfers

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Stewart Goetz, C. S. Lewis: Blackwell Great Minds (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018). Kindle Edition. 213 pages, including Introduction, 9 chapters, bibliography and index. $23.99 ISBN 9781119190271.

Review Of Animals In The Writings Of C. S. Lewis, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of Michael Gilmour, Animals in the Writings of C. S. Lewis, The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). xv + 219 pages. $109.99. ISBN 978113755296.

Review Of The Worlds Of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth, Lauren Spohn

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Review of John Garth, The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020). 208 pages. $29.95. ISBN 9780691196947.

C. S. Lewis And George Herbert’S The Temple, Don W. King

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

This essay explores how George Herbert's The Temple serves as one of the most important “spiritual directors” in the poems, letters, and late prose of C. S. Lewis.

The Spectrum Of Human Nature From Anthroposophy To Radical Difference From God In Owen Barfield, C. S. Lewis, And Karl Barth, Stephen Thorson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Among many achievements, Barth redefined the problem of objectivity in theology as well as proposed a theological anthropology of continuing influence. The question of objectivity also exercised the minds of C. S. Lewis and his close friend, Owen Barfield, during that same decade, leading to their own versions of idealist anthropology. Although Lewis claimed that the resulting epistolary controversy between them was a “major turning point” in his life,6 scholars of Lewis’s life and works, including biographers, have largely ignored this hint, and skipped this part of his intellectual conversion.7 Their debate began over objectivity in human knowledge, especially in …

The Quest Of Bleheris, C. S. Lewis

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Written between May and October 1916, The Quest of Bleheris is an unfinished narrative romance of seventeen chapters concerning the adventures of a young knight, Bleheris, as he moves from the relative safety of civilized society to the challenges and dangers of a wilderness experience. At almost 20,000 words, Bleheris was Lewis’s first sustained effort at prose fiction.

Front Matter (Volume 14, Issue 1), Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

No abstract provided.

Genetic Editing: Technology Ahead Of Its Time, Natalie Champagne

Academic Festival

For my capstone topic I will be writing a bioethics paper discussing the potential uses and social implications of genetic editing. Editing the human genome is a controversial topic spanning across many different circles from the science community to health professionals to the public and religious groups up to international legislation. I will begin by providing background on the process of CRISPER/cas9 which is the technology that makes genetic editing possible. Next it is important to discuss the current uses and potential uses of the technology as well as the legislative response. Currently the laws in place focus primarily on …

Anthelmintic Resistance And The Use Of Diatomaceous Earth As An Alternative Anthelmintic In E. Caballus, Brandy Spoor

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

A Simulation Of Nuclear Pasta Using The Lattice Boltzmann Computational Method, Alexander Westbrooks

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Musical Poetry: A Study Of Modern American Art Song While Setting: The Raven, Adam Martin

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Zero, Amber Brandau

WRIT: Journal of First-Year Writing

A piece of literary nonficiton abut the struggles of learning how to read.

The Impact Of Nutrition On The Mental And Physical Health Of Young Adults, Dareena El-Far

WRIT: Journal of First-Year Writing

Upon close examination by nutritional professionals, concern has arisen regarding the typical contents of a young adult diet. In terms of the rate at which young adults choose to consume nutritionally-dense food items, the rate at which nutrition-deficient junk food items are chosen over the former is significantly higher. Among further examinations of this issue by researchers, it has become evident that the nutritional decisions made by young adults are increasingly associated with several social, commercial, mental, educational, and economic influences. As a consequence of these factors, research has uncovered a connection between the consumption of a poor diet and …

Immunomodulatory And Ameliorative Effect Of Citrus Limon Extract On Dmba‐Induced Breast Cancer In Mouse, Wira Eka Putra, Astrid Karindra Agusinta, Muhammad Sultonun Arifin Ali Ashar, Vetti Adriani Manullang, Muhaimin Rifa'i

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy in the world and the leading cause of female cancer-related mortality. Several ways for combating this entity have been proposed, but a significant and effective cure has yet to be established. Natural compounds originating from plants, including Citrus limon, are employed as alternative cancer treatments. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the immunomodulation activity of Citrus limon’s extract against breast cancer inci-dence in the mouse model. An in vivo study using female BALB/c mice served as the basis for this investigation. Four groups of eight-week-old mice, each weighing 20 grams, were randomized. …

Interbacterial Competition Amongst Lactobacilli Isolated From Human Urinary Tract, Kaylie Rose Jean Hintze

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Dosing Discrimination: Regulating Pdmp Risk Scores, Professor Jennifer Oliva

Belmont Health Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Case Of Erythema Nodosum, Mahmood Ahmad, Sunitha Valayil

North Texas GME Research Forum 2023

Background: Erythema nodosum (EN) is characterized as a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to subcutaneous adipose tissue. This panniculitis process presents as erythematous, tender nodules and plaques most commonly located on the pretibial areas. EN may be idiopathic or may be caused by a number of factors such as infection, chronic systemic inflammatory processes, drugs or malignancy.

Case presentation: A 29-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with a 2-week history of worsening bilateral lower extremity erythema, nodules and pain. This patient was initially seen in the emergency department after a 4-day history of his symptoms. At this time, he …

Extraintestinal Salmonellosis Unmasked In A Parotid Mass, Kahmalia-Kalee Sada

North Texas GME Research Forum 2023

Salmonella infection can cause a wide range of presentations, predominantly gastrointestinal but occasionally with cardiovascular or other extraintestinal manifestations. The diagnosis of extraintestinal salmonellosis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion and should be considered in patients with deep-seated abscesses. [1]. Typically, these types of infections, are extremely rare, and when revealed are typically seen in the immunocompromised patient with chronic illness, HIV, or Hepatitis. While the incidence of nontyphoid salmonellosis is estimated at over 2 million cases annually, extraintestinal manifestations account for less than 1% of cases. Studies have revealed that individuals with diabetes have risk for salmonellosis due …

Resolver Un Problema Por Medio Del Método Científico En El Siglo Xviii: La Junta De Damas Y La Inclusa, Madeline Clare Killian

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

In the Age of the Enlightenment, women of nobility in Spain began to gain some authority to make important contributions to society in various ways. Through examining primary and secondary sources, and records from museums and archives in Madrid, we are able to gain insight into the political, social, and scientific achievements of these women. By breaking away from male-dominated spaces, these women's groups had the opportunity to hold their own power and make change in their community. This research will explore the scientific contributions of the Junta de Damas with the Real Inclusa de Madrid while emphasizing the importance …

Career Pocketbook: A Media To Improve Primary School Students’ Career Understanding, Maryam Rahim, Wenny Hulukati, Nurul Maulida Alwi

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study develops a career pocketbook as a career information media to accelerate career understanding among primary school students. This research and development study was completed in a number of stages, including (1) preliminary study, (2) product design, (3) product development following the design, (4) limited tryout, and (5) product revision. For the limited tryout, we conducted a number of tryouts. In the first limited tryout, we involved the experts (from the guidance and counseling field, career guidance and counseling field, and Indonesian language), followed by an individual tryout involving nine students and three counselors, then a small group tryout …

Riodinid Butterfly Fauna (Lepidoptera) Of The Cosñipata Region, Peru: Annotated Checklist, Community Structure, And Contrast With Lycaenidae, Gerardo Lamas, Jon D. Turner, Michael L. Mcinnis, Robert K. Robbins

Insecta Mundi

A team of experienced lepidopterists sampled the butterfly fauna of Peru’s Cosñipata Region from 400 to 4,000 m elevation for more than a decade (7,440 field person-hours) and supplemented this sam­ple with data from museum specimens and the scientific literature. An annotated checklist of Cosñipata Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) documents 398 species, which represents 29% of the world Rio­dinidae fauna. For each, it lists sample abundance, adult behavior, elevation, and temporal distribution. In the fieldwork sample, 75 species (20.9%) were sampled once and 39 (9.8%) were not encountered (collected or imaged by others). A riodinid species of median abundance was sampled …