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Late Eocene Record Of Hydrology And Temperature From Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, Emily J. Tibbett, Howie D. Scher, Sophie Warny, Jessica E. Tierney, Sandra Passchier, Sarah J. Feakins

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) marks the onset of Antarctic glaciation at 33.7 Ma. Although the benthic oxygen isotope record defines the major continental ice sheet expansion, recent sedimentary and geochemical evidence suggests the presence of earlier ephemeral ice sheets. Sediment cores from Ocean Drilling Program Legs 119 and 188 in Prydz Bay provide an archive of conditions in a major drainage system of East Antarctica. We study biomarker and microfossil evidence to discern how the vegetation and climate shifted between 36 and 33 Ma. Pollen was dominated by reworked Permian Glossopterid gymnosperms; however, penecontemporaneous Eocene pollen assemblages indicate that some …

The Disaster That Lies Behind The Chalkboard: An Autoethnography About Education & The Power, Privilege And Diversity Requirement, Shafrarisi Bonner 21

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis seeks to analyze the racial climate of the classroom, using my personal experiences at my predominately white institution (PWI) as its foundation. My experiences at DePauw University, both academically and socially, has played a key role in how I have navigated campus. These experiences are further analyzed using a Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Feminist lens. By analyzing the studies and research done by these scholars, this study aims to assess how whiteness operates and is maintained within the classroom, especially in DePauw University’s Power, Privilege and Diversity courses. This study also outlines the impact of classrooms that …

Picking The Brain: Neuroinflammation In Alzheimer’S Disease, Hannah Hutchison 21

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis should be used as a guide to understand how neuroinflammation in the brain underlies the pathology observed in Alzheimer’s disease. I will aim to outline how healthcare practitioners diagnose and treat their patients, providing linkages between how neuroinflammatory processes can be targeted for future therapies. Additionally, I will discuss the psychological effects of this progressive and deadly disease and assess how patients and families cope with this prognosis.

Efficiency Of The Soccer Betting Market, Griffin Fitzgerald

Gabelli School of Business Honors Thesis Collection

To make above average profits in a financial market, investors take advantage of abnormalities or arbitrage opportunities. These arbitrage opportunities are dependent upon whether market prices reflect all information publicly available to investors. In an efficient market, these arbitrage opportunities do not exist for long, and prices should swiftly and completely update with the release of any relevant information. Testing the efficiency of financial markets is difficult because it is almost impossible to ignore information leakage. Instead, I tested the efficiency of the soccer betting market to respond to the news of a goal, the most influential match event on …

Re-Examining Company Culture In Sasb’S Framework, Alexandra Bailey

Gabelli School of Business Honors Thesis Collection

The study's main research questions are: Does a company's corporate culture have a material impact on its financial performance? Will investors be more likely to invest in companies that recognize and value the importance of strong company values? How may the SASB's standards be expanded to encompass the significance of corporate culture on an entity's financial results? SASB strives to provide standards that are material, decision useful, and cost effective; SASB has the ability to play a comprehensive role in investors' valuation of companies' intangibles. The current standards address risk management, safety, and environmental effects but overlook the materiality of …

The Human Right To A Bank Account, Caitlin Brozen

Gabelli School of Business Honors Thesis Collection

It has become evident in recent years that having access to financial services is essential for participation in all aspects of life be it economic, social, or cultural. Everyone should have the capacity to choose and pursue their conception of a worthwhile life as defined by financial freedom. A bank account, the most basic financial instrument, offers a series of features and benefits that can be customized to fit a consumer’s individual banking needs and can help achieve the aforementioned personal financial goals. This paper explores the human need for a bank account as well as its status as a …

The Significance Of A Viral Post On Social Media, Kelsi Listman

Honors Projects

Social media platforms have quickly become one of the main ways for communication, especially among young adults. These platforms have provided a new field of data of interest to researchers. Popular content on social media is often referred to as “viral,” and can be posted in the format of a “meme” relating to the culture of the platform. Such content is often posted by social media influencers. This exploratory study investigates a particular instance of viral content, using Twitter data. Quantitative analyses were used to determine the frequency of tweets related to the topics of the viral video using hashtags. …

The Destructive Draw Of Historical Determinism, Jared Russell

Honors Projects

Historical determinism can be understood as the idea that future events are predestined, usually by an esoteric or economic force. This is accompanied by the belief that there is a certain group of enlightened people that know what this future outcome will be. These people are also often convinced that it is their duty to help bring about this historical synthesis. While there are different iterations of historical determinism that can be critiqued, this paper will be focusing on some of the most influential. Specifically, the connection between a historical determinism as imagined by Hegel which was then adapted into …

The Federalist Constitution As A Project In International Law, David M. Golove, Daniel J. Hulsebosch

Fordham Law Review

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Adsorption And Surface Diffusion Of Metals On Α-Al2O3 For Advanced Manufacturing Applications, Austin Biaggne, Gregory Noble, Lan Li

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The adsorption and diffusion of Mo and Nb adatoms on the α-Al₂O₃ (0001) surface were explored using density functional theory-based methods. Adsorption energies of Mo and Nb adatoms at minima sites on the surface were determined. Mo and Nb adatoms prefer to adsorb to the same locations on the surface, and larger adsorption energies calculated for Nb compared to Mo indicate that Nb adatom-surface interactions are stronger than Mo. Using minima adsorption sites as initial and final locations for surface diffusion, energy barriers for diffusion were calculated using the nudged elastic band method. Overall, Mo and …

Nebline, April 2021

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Experiential Learning Teaches Skills and More

DIY FitBall: A Fun Fitness Activity

Recipe of the Month

Get Ready to Control Pine Tip Blight

Garden Guide

2021 Prennial Plant of the Year

Naturally Occurring Elements in Groundwater, Part 2 of a Series: Iron and Manganese

No Bull! Examine Your Sires’ Breeding Soundness

Inspiring Rich Conversations through Questions by Sarah Roberts

Become a Community Scientist by Kait Chapman

Hearto f 4-H Volunteer Award: James Blake

4-H Announcements for 4-H'ers and Volunteers

Watch Chicks Hatch on Egg Cam

4-H Achievement Celebration

Extension Calendar

2021 Weed Awareness

Controlling and Managing Phragmites

Take 2, Two …

Rosenwald Practice School Conditions Assessment, Mary Bindas

Historic Preservation Final Projects

This project will result in a conditions assessment report of the historic Practice School on the campus of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. The conditions assessment report will analyze current building conditions and provide recommendations for the building rehabilitation. Recommendations will align with The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties Guidelines. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties Guidelines are principles set forth by the United States Department of Interior. The guidelines aim to educate on appropriate methods to preserve historic architectural materials to retain defining architectural features. …

Quan 201: Quantitative Reasoning And Society, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

Open Educational Resources

An interdisciplinary introduction to the ways in which data can be used to enhance thinking and decision-making capacities, including using simple statistical techniques, creating visual representations of quantitative data, deriving accurate conclusions from quantitative data, and using data effectively in analyses and arguments. Assignments build capacity to evaluate and write clearly about quantitative evidence using methods for analyzing and communicating about data that do not require complex mathematics.

Eng 350: Advanced Composition, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

Open Educational Resources

Introduces advanced composition, reading, and interdisciplinary research skills. Reinforces the analysis and display of quantitative information, the selection of visual elements, and the creation of compelling presentations. Develops strategies for successful collaborative projects. Requires students demonstrate the research and writing competencies appropriate for senior undergraduate studies.

Associations Among Academic Motivational Styles, Purpose In Life, And Depressive Symptoms In College Students, Linnea V. Anderson

Honors Theses

Students vary in three motivational styles when pursuing academic attainment: (1) amotivational style (lack of motivation), (2) extrinsic style (contingent upon external influences), and (3) intrinsic style (dependent upon internal influences) (Froiland, 2018). Research has demonstrated that individuals who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to report higher rates of meaning and purpose in life (Chalofsky & Krishna, 2009) and higher rates of psychological well-being (Huang & Wu, 2016). While this relationship between intrinsic motivation, purpose in life, and psychological well-being has been supported, research has yet to explore the relationship between extrinsic motivation, purpose in life, and psychological well-being …

Candidates For L’Ecriture Feminine: Analyses Of Austen’S Pride And Prejudice, Woolf’S Night And Day, And Morrison’S Sula, Brooklyn J. Jongeling

Honors Thesis

This thesis discusses Hélène Cixous’ ideas on feminine literature, as expressed in her article, “The Laugh of Medusa,” and attempts to apply the goals that she sets out for what feminine literature must look like in order to develop the literary cannon to the novel. In an attempt to pull away from traditional patriarchal images and expectations of feminine lifestyles, I join Cixous’ call for the marginalized to inscribe their voices into the cannon for themselves, and argue that representation of such images in literature is necessary to the development of our biased perceptions to more authentically represent typically marginalized …

Indigenous Peoples' Trust In Police: Multi-Jurisdictional Issues And The Effect On Reporting, Anna R. Doering

Honors Thesis

The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) has occurred for centuries. The current structure of the criminal justice system relies on trust and cooperation between law enforcement agencies and citizens to combat such crises. The purpose of this research project is to assess how, if at all, Indigenous peoples’ trust in police and willingness to report at the tribal, state, and federal levels impact MMIP. These two dependent variables were assessed using survey results from Indigenous peoples 18 and older. Discussion will focus on how these variables impact MMIP moving forward.

Chimeric Ideals, Carter Hoffer

Honors Thesis

What comes next and how do you move on from something that seems all-encompassing? These are just a couple of the questions author Carter Hoffer asks within his original play, Chimeric Ideals. Inspired by a nation rife with gun violence and no plan to reign it in, Chimeric Ideals follows the story of Percy, Adam, Jed, and Henry immediately after the most traumatic experience of their young lives, exploring the difficulty of healing in a world where mental health is a taboo subject, and its' sufferers sometimes refuse to admit to even having a problem. Originally conceived as a …

Standardized Tests: Effects On Science Education And Diversity In Science, Rachel A. Rucker

Honors Thesis

Standardized tests are ubiquitous in the American educational system. The excessive use of standardized tests has led to a decrease in taught content and has pushed teachers at the high school level to adopt less effective teaching styles that are also extremely common for introductory STEM courses at the undergraduate level. The heavy reliance on ACT and SAT scores for acceptance into college is misplaced, as the ACT/SAT are poor predictors of STEM college graduation. Also, underrepresented students (women, racial minorities, and lower socioeconomic groups) are disproportionately impacted by the heavy use of standardized tests. These students tend to score …

Influence Of Social Rejection And Borderline Personality Features On Emotion Perception, Ashmita Ghosh

Honors Thesis

Deficits in interpersonal functioning are a core component of borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is generally associated with misperceptions of social cues including a tendency to perceive others as unfair and rejecting. There is evidence that individuals with subsyndromal borderline personality features also experience these negative outcomes. Furthermore, there is mixed evidence regarding whether individuals with borderline personality disorder have enhanced abilities or deficits in accurately identifying emotions. Therefore, this project examines how social context and borderline personality features affects an individual’s ability to accurately perceive emotions. Participants were randomly assigned to a Cyberball group (inclusion, rejection, overinclusion) and …

Fostering Preschool Emergent Literacy Development Through Parent Involvement In The Preschool Classroom, Jamie S. Devries

Masters Projects

Kindergarten readiness standards have increased drastically over the years due to government legislation and a push for student achievement growth. This has led preschool teachers to feel a sense of urgency to prepare students as best they can for the increasingly rigorous academic demands of kindergarten. Preschool teachers are calling upon all possible resources to help prepare students for kindergarten, specifically parents. Research supports parent involvement in both the home and preschool classroom for emergent literacy growth. However, many parents, who likely would be keen to help, are not aware of how much the expectations for kindergarten readiness have changed …

Fostering A Sense Of Belonging In Students Who Are At-Risk For Suspension Or Expulsion: A Small-Group Intervention For Middle School Students, Shayna M. Brooks

Masters Projects

Research shows that students who are at-risk for suspension or expulsion lack a sense of belonging at school. A sense of belonging is an essential contribution to success at school and in life, and therefore, students who lack belonging are unable to reach their full potential. Students who are suspended or expelled are also more likely to drop out of school and be incarcerated as adults. Despite this research, many schools still have zero-tolerance policies in place that result in suspension and expulsion of students. Instead of teaching students the skills they need to be successful, suspension deprives students of …

Addressing Student Discipline Discrepancies Through Restorative Justice And Positive Behavioral Interventions And Supports, Josh Jackson

Masters Projects

Schools throughout the country have relied on suspension and expulsion to create ‘safer’ schools, free from harm and distraction. This trend of reliance on suspension started in the mid-1990s, reaching its peak in 2011. This happened as a result of the implementation zero-tolerance discipline policies nearly nationwide. Zero-tolerance called for specific punishments for clearly outlined unsafe behaviors to start, but as years progressed, zero-tolerance in the form of suspension became a catch all for all types of behavior. In this shift toward suspension as a dominate form for behavior correction, Black students have been suspended at an alarming rate in …

Teaching Mindfulness In High School Settings, Gena Roisum

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Roisum, G. (2021). Teaching Mindfulness in High School Settings. This capstone project addresses the following research question: How can engaging in mindfulness lessons impact high school student and educator stress levels? Research suggests that mindfulness practice is linked to, among other benefits, statistically significant decreases in student and teacher stress in diverse educational settings. The mindfulness curriculum created for this project is intended for implementation in high school settings, including content area classrooms, case management settings, and other educational programs. Key concepts include stress, trauma, and mental health; mindfulness; social-emotional learning (SEL); and teacher self-efficacy. The lessons are trauma-informed in …

Bayesian Nonparametric Model For Functional Data Analysis, Tahmidul Islam

Theses and Dissertations

Functional data analysis (FDA) experienced a burst of growth after Ramsay and Silverman published their textbook in 1997. Functional data analysis interests researchers because of the challenges it adds to well-established multivariate analysis. Unlike finite dimensional random vectors, we visualize infinite dimensional random functions; for example, curves, images, brain scans, etc. A vast amount of literature have been dedicated to developing models for functional data. The ideas are mostly based on basis function representations and kernel-based nonparametric methods. In this dissertation, we propose a Bayesian treatment of nonparametric functional data analysis by introducing a Gaussian process (GP) over the space …

Instrumentation And Experimentation Development For Robotic Systems, Tristan Kyzer

Theses and Dissertations

Localization of robotic systems is a necessity for control of robotic systems and often requires the use of costly sensors and equipment onboard the robot or installed within a facility. GPS or GNSS sensors are effective for localizing robots in GPSaccessible environments, but do not work as well in dense urban areas or inside fully enclosed buildings, such as factories or warehouses. Sensors such as LiDAR can be costly and require substantial experience and knowledge to utilize as well as potential changes to infrastructure for use. Computer vision-based localization systems offer potential as a localization solution for various applications. A …

Conservation Of Polyester-Urethane Magnetic Audio Tapes And Discrimination Of Textile Fiber Dyes Using Spectroscopy And Chemometrics, Nilmini Hemanthika Ratnasena

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores and discusses conservation of magnetic audio tapes and discrimination of fiber dyes employing spectroscopic techniques and chemometrics.

Conservation of polyester urethane magnetic audio tapes has become a major challenge since they are susceptible to degradation via hydrolysis. The world’s modern cultural history is vastly recorded in this media, and now conservationists need a non-destructive technique to determine the playability status of these tapes. Once conservationists identify degraded tapes, they can be subjected to the baking process. This process temporarily reverses hydrolysis and provides enough time to digitize tapes, preserving information for future generations. The first three chapters …

Temperature Dependence Of Electroluminescence And Current-Voltage Characteristics Of Arrays Of Deep Ultraviolet Algan Micropixel Led, Dhruvinkumar Prakashchandra Patel

Theses and Dissertations

III-Nitride based deep ultraviolet (DUV) light emitting diodes are non-toxic light sources that are highly desirable to replace current mercury lamp-based technology for air and water purification, surface and object disinfection, and sterilization. In the present. By freezing out defect related conduction pathways at temperatures less than 50K, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of an interconnected array of 1,296 AlGaN DUV micropixels is improved by 4 times, underscoring the importance of defect management. Assuming a current injection efficiency (CIE) of 100% and considering that the light extraction efficiency (LEE) is constant with temperature, the 4-fold increase in the EL signal …

The Impact Of Collective Efficacy And Collective Inquiry On Closing The Achievement Gap, Anne Marie Yarborough

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this two-phased, mixed-method action research study was to investigate the impact of a professional learning community’s collective teacher efficacy and their practice of collective inquiry in closing the achievement gap of eighth-grade social studies English language learners. The research questions guiding this research: 1. How and to what extent will collective inquiry impact collective efficacy among teachers? 2. How and to what extent will a professional learning community's collective efficacy impact student achievement on the 8th-grade social studies state assessment for English language learners?

Social cognitive theory and adult learning theory provided the theoretical foundation for this …

A Stylistic Analysis Of Edvard Grieg’S Slåtter, Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72, Zhiyuan He

Theses and Dissertations

Slåtter, Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72 is a composition for solo piano by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). This set is one of his greatest contributions to piano literature, and shows his attempt to bring the traditional folk music to the rest of the world. The object of this study is to aid musicians toward a better understanding of Slåtter through a stylistic analysis of the work. The study includes historical information about the composer and his connection with nationalism in Northern Europe, and conveys how Slåtter can be considered a culminating work representing traditional Norwegian style characteristics.

The document …