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Corporations That Implement Corporate Social Responsibility In Their Mission And Strategic Plan Will Benefit Both The Corporation And Society, William Pearce

Academic Festival

With the prevalence of global issues, the opportunity for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to make a meaningful impact has never been greater. Additionally, with the changing demands of markets, the potential benefit to corporations from engaging in CSR has considerably increased. The power and resources of corporations have developed to a level that facilitates significant contribution to issues that pervade society and the environment. This paper will explore how quality CSR practices not only improve the world but also significantly benefit the corporation itself. It will also closely examine how corporations can best structure their governance to promote success, and …

Patterns Of Predation In A Declining Asian Shore Crab Population At A Marsh Restoration Site, Keith Mcgann

Academic Festival

Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian shore crab) is an invasive crustacean that often outcompetes established species on the eastern seaboard and impacts biodiversity. Although it can have detrimental effects, the H. sanguineus population at a marsh restoration site at Stratford Point, Connecticut has declined since 2019. Understanding predation dynamics on Asian shore crabs can provide insights into the mechanisms driving this decline. We conducted a mark-recapture study to estimate H. sanguineus population size at Stratford Point as part of ongoing monitoring, yielding an estimated 33,913 crabs at the site in 2023, a 25% decline from 2022. A tethering experiment confirmed that marking …

The Use Of Rapid Motor Imitation Antecedent Training For Increasing Spoken Phonology In Minimally Speaking Autistic Preschoolers, Bethany Mitros, Biana Blasi, Kianna Bergin, Taylor Mason

Academic Festival

Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) fail to acquire spoken language (Tager-Flusberg & Kasari, 2013) with spoken language predicting positive outcomes (Tager-Flusberg, 2016). Thus, the more evidence-based interventions available to clinicians, the more likely these children will acquire language. This project proposes to evaluate the effectiveness of Rapid Motor Imitation Antecedent Training (RMIA) for improving speech production in preschoolers with ASD. Twenty children, 3-4 years, diagnosed with ASD and exhibiting restricted spoken phonemic repertoires, will be recruited from early intervention programs. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an immediate treatment group or a delayed treatment group. The delayed …

Social Media Needs To Change, Alexis Benevento

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Use Of Chlorhexidine Antiseptic Solution To Decrease Incidence Of Cauti’S., Erin Brann

Academic Festival

The purpose of this study is to assess the use of Chlorhexidine Antiseptic Solution to decrease the incidence of CAUTIs within hospitalized patients in comparison to routine cleaning techniques. Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections account for 30% of all hospital acquired infections which can lead to up to $450 million in additional costs in the US yearly CAUTIs may also lead to increased hospital stay lengths, discomfort, and rates of mortality (AHRQ, 2015). Therefore, this quality improvement research compares both a quantitative study and a meta-analysis of the the use of Chlorhexidine.

Calling-In Vs. Calling-Out: Style Preferences For Confronting Prejudice, Michele Chu, Nick Granja, Casey Russell

Academic Festival

Confronting prejudice—directly challenging biased comments and behaviors—is an effective strategy for reducing prejudiced attitudes and instances of stereotyping. However, it remains unclear how people feel about different confrontation styles and which tactics are most comfortable and preferred. In this study, we compared two confrontation styles: “calling-out,” which aims to shame and/or correct the offender, and “calling-in,” which aims to understand and educate the offender. We recruited 400 SHU students (75.5% White, 82.3% women). Participants were randomly assigned to read one of six scenarios (covering ableism, sexism, ethnic bias, ageism, racism/classism, or homophobia), imagining a friend making a biased comment that …

The Effect Of Dance Styles On Heart Rate, Katie Zimmer, Danielle Ahern

Academic Festival

Dance is a highly aerobic form of exercise that can play a large role in heart health. Typically, the greater the tempo of a dance style, the more it will impact heart rate.1 Hip-hop and jazz are very fast and upbeat, likely to increase heart rate the most. Contemporary can be either fast or slow depending on the choreographer. Ballet can also be fast or slow, but is extremely demanding on the body, indicating that heart rate could be greatly increased. The purpose of this experiment was to determine which styles of dance increase heart rate the most in experienced …

Effect Of Self-Affirmation On Emotional Memory, Kelsey Jacobsen, Macayla Sousa, Olivia Ansaldi, Isabelle Doherty

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Reappraisal Vs. Rumination: Emotion Regulation Shapes Reactions To Prejudice Confrontation, Sophia Rogers

Academic Festival

When called out for prejudiced behavior, people exhibit varied emotional and behavioral reactions. Emotions like guilt or empathy can drive adaptive behavioral responses like self-correction, while anger or resentment can provoke maladaptive responses, such as hostility and dismissiveness. This research explored how naturally occurring emotion regulation strategies, like cognitive reappraisal and rumination, influence these emotional and behavioral reactions. We asked 250 U.S. adults to recall a time when they had acted offensively and were consequently confronted for it. We then recorded their emotion regulation strategies and resultant responses. Our findings revealed that reappraisal led to self-correction by intensifying guilt and …

Interpolation And Quadrature, Abigail Poleway

Academic Festival

In this poster, we will first examine polynomial interpolation. Interpolation allows us to construct a polynomial through a given set of data points. Interpolation is also used to develop the Newton-Cotes formulas, which are methods for numerical integration, or quadrature, that can approximate more complicated definite integrals. But, there is a way to arrive at even more precise approximations, and we will discover this through a discussion of Gaussian Quadrature.

Ketamine Infusions For Infractable Pain, Lindsay Boyle

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Successful Teaching Strategies In The Classroom For Elementary Aged Students, Laurel Terry

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

'Biting The Bullet'; How Civil War Medicine Has Been Misunderstood, Matthew Carravone

Academic Festival

This paper's focus is breaking down common misconceptions regarding military medicine. By analyzing the observations from the Late Antebellum period, it becomes evident that monumental change occurred during the American Civil War. Rather than bite the bullet, let's comprehend what was actually implemented policy-wise during the deadliest conflict in US History.

Hotspot Hypothesis On Oscheius Tipulae Using Crispr/Cas9, Rebecca Margolnick-Fernandez

Academic Festival

Species within a converging or shared gene regulatory network (GRN) can have the instance where a gene may be gained and lost over time due to the evolution of that GRN. As an example of this, one gene of interest that seems to affect tail tip morphogenesis (TTM) among nematodes is dmd-3. In one of the species of nematodes, C. elegans, dmd-3 was found to be required and sufficient for TTM. Knowing this, a hypothesis was made that dmd-3 is a repeatedly co-opted gene (master regulator), also known as an evolutionary hotspot, where it would be a gene that …

Internship Reflection, Connie Herrera

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Need For Both Affordable And Sustainable Housing: A Policy Analysis On Avoiding Environmental Gentrification, Erin Zipman

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

This article focuses on the threat of environmental gentrification in Binghamton and the surrounding municipalities. Given certain risks, including an increasing temporary student renter population, increasing rent prices, high population of renters overall and the need for updates to the housing stock, this area of Broome County is at high risk for environmental gentrification if clean energy upgrades to the housing stock are aggressively pursued. Since clean energy upgrades such as weatherization and clean technology installation will create safer housing and reduce residential greenhouse gas emissions, it is desirable to pursue them. Thus, this article will analyze four policy alternatives …

X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis Of Historic Art Paint Pigments, Sofia A. Stirpe, Juergen Thieme

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

Utilizing synchrotron radiation, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) microscopy enables researchers to deduce the elemental composition of paint pigments with a higher sensitivity and resolution than that of lab-based XRF instruments. With this information, art historians can date paintings by examining the elemental makeup of paint pigments and the time periods in which they were used. One painting, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, has been duplicated by Pieter Brueghel the Younger and other artists, leading to confusion over which artworks are Brueghel masterpieces or copies by other artists. Art historian Maurizio Seracini, retaining a painting that could be assigned …

Sr 23-24-44 Cc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

No abstract provided.

Functional Analysis And Intervention Of Multiply Controlled Behavior, Nicole Carbonelli Rosa

Thesis Projects

More than one function may control problem behavior. Functional analysis helps identify the potential sources of reinforcement that maintain the problem behavior. Interventions such as functional communication training (FCT) and extinction (EXT) have proven effective in decreasing problem behavior and increasing compliance among children with intellectual disabilities. This paper aims to conduct a functional analysis and treatment for children with multiply controlled behaviors by replicating and extending the works of Neidert, Iwata, and Dozier (2005). Intervention procedures consisted of FCT and EXT and were based on each relevant function of behavior for each participant. As a result of the intervention …

The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 21: 150: Andrews University Celebrates 150 Years, Reagan Westerman, Lauren Kim, Nate Miller, Lexie Dunham, Nailea Soto, Melissa Moore, Andrew Francis, Abby Shim, Reagan Mccain

The Student Movement v. 108 (2023-2024)

HUMANS

Andrews Adoration, Interviewed by Reagan Westerman

Looking Back, Interviewed by Lauren Kim

Senator Projects with Morgan Williams, Interviewed by Lauren Kim

Events Celebrating Our 150th Anniversary, Andrews University Student Movement Staff

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cautionary Tales of Summers Unused, Nate Miller

The Last Repair Shop: A Review, Lexie Dunham

A Trip to the Past!, Nailea Soto

NEWS

Cosmic Phenomenon Comes to Andrews: 2024 Eclipse, Melissa Moore

AU Founder's Day Celebrates 150th with Students, Andrew Francis

President Taylor and Pastor Anderson Completing Their First Year, Nate Miller

The Student Movement: Representing Students Since 1915, Melissa Moore

IDEAS

Is Nuclear Power …

Étant Donnés: Checkmate, Rrose Sélavy, Callagh Mays

Art and Art History Honors Papers

Marcel Duchamp’s final work of art, Étant Donnés: La chute d’eau, 2. Le gaz d’eclairage (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas), installed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was debuted after his death in 1968. The work was revealed to have been produced in secrecy between 1946-1966 and installed according to the artist’s detailed instructions. As viewers approach, they are confronted with an antique wooden door save for two peep holes, through which they find a motionless naked figure supporting a gas lamp, foregrounding an animated waterfall. The female form presenting a phallic object, the gas lamp, and …

The Santa Clara, 2024-04-26, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Pulse, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Spring 2024 Talisman:

• Hunter, Leah. Pulse
• Muscutt, Carson. High on Bluegrass – Jordan Riehm
• Meyers, Jeffrey. Science of Movement – Exercise Science
• Murray, Debra. Pasture to Plate – Agriculture
• Murray, Debra. Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
• Coffee, Bobbi. Passion, Pain, Curiosity – Innovation Campus
• Story, Miriam. Drafts of a Postcard (October 2023)
• Johnston, Katelyn. Beyond Sound – Deaf
• Hunter, Leah. One Good Week – Madison Weis
• Alali, Cecilia. Crafted Cadence – Speech Team
• Blankenship, Alisa. Loving You
• Sandlin, Ellie. Here After – Death
• Booth, Pandora. Rooted in Rhythm – Step Shows
• Booth, Pandora. Horoscopes
• Pulse Playlist

Agenda (4-26-2024), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

Modern String Writing In Various Styles, Se Young Ko

Composition/Recording Projects

The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the use of modern string writing in various styles. The project includes over 25 minutes of recorded original compositions, four pieces written for a string quintet (with bass) and one piece written for a piano quintet. The paper is organized in two parts. The first part discusses the composers and works that influenced this album. The second part is a compositional analysis of the album and how the influences for the music were appropriately used while the artist maintained his unique musical language. A production note is provided to explain the recording/mixing …

Counting The Cost: An Examination Of Substance Use Disorder As Found In The Lives Of Six Female Vocalists, Cierra D. Doss

Recital Papers

Counting the Cost: An Examination of Substance Use Disorder as Found in the Lives of Six Female Vocalists

Geico V. Mount Prospect Chiropractic Center Pa

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Ablation Of Sam50 Is Associated With Fragmentation And Alterations In Metabolism In Murine And Human Myotubes, Bryanna Shao, Mason Killion, Ashton Oliver, Chia Vang, Faben Zeleke, Kit Neikirk, Zer Vue, Edgar Garza‐Lopez, Jian‐Qiang Shao, Margaret Mungai, Jacob Lam, Qiana Williams, Christopher T. Altamura, Aaron Whiteside, Kinuthia Kabugi, Jessica Mckenzie, Maria Ezedimma, Han Le, Alice Koh, Estevão Scudese, Larry Vang, Andrea G. Marshall, Amber Crabtree, Janelle I. Tanghal, Dominique Stephens, Ho‐Jin Koh, Brenita C. Jenkins, Sandra A. Murray, Anthonya T. Cooper, Clintoria Williams, Steven M. Damo10 M. Damo, Melanie R. Mcreynolds, Jennifer A. Gaddy Gaddy, Celestine N. Wanjalla, Heather K. Beasley, Antentor Hinton Jr.

Biology Faculty Research

The sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) Complex is responsible for assembling β‐barrel proteins in the mitochondrial membrane. Comprising three subunits, Sam35, Sam37, and Sam50, the SAM complex connects the inner and outer mitochondrial membranes by interacting with the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system complex. Sam50, in particular, stabilizes the mitochondrial intermembrane space

bridging (MIB) complex, which is crucial for protein transport, respiratory chain complex assembly, and regulation of cristae integrity. While the role of Sam50 in mitochondrial structure and metabolism in skeletal muscle remains unclear, this study aims to investigate its impact. Serial block‐face‐scanning electron microscopy and computer‐assisted …

Compositional Practices In The Accompaniment Of Celtic Trad Music, Mason Taylor

Composition/Recording Projects

n this research paper, I look at how traditional Irish folk musicians—“Trad” as it is commonly referred to by musicians in the style––approach, think of, and perform accompaniment, specifically the contrapuntal style that is common amongst mandolin and bouzouki players. Trad has evolved greatly over the years. Originally, Trad was performed without any form of accompaniment—no guitar, no piano, no cello. Many solo instruments, such as the flute and the fiddle, would play the same melody with the only harmony occurring at moments where performers would momentarily diverge from the melody with an improvised ornament. Somewhere along its varied history, …

The Impact Of Family Functioning Factors On Smartphone Addiction And Phubbing Among Muslim Adolescents In Thailand, Yejin Kim, Wanchai Dhammasaccakarn, Kasetchai Laeheem, Idsaratt Rinthaisong

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: While there is research on protective factors against smartphone addiction (SA) and phubbing, which impact adolescents' physical, psychological, interpersonal, and academic well-being, focused studies on these issues among Thai Muslim students in Southern Thailand remain scarce.

OBJECTIVES: To bridge this gap, this research aimed to explore the influence of five family functioning factors-discipline, communication and problem-solving (CPS), relationship, emotional status, and family support-guided by family systems theory and the McMaster Model, on SA and phubbing.

METHODS: Data from 825 Thai Muslim adolescent secondary school students (Female N = 459 (55.7%), M

RESULTS: Significant connections were identified between family functioning …