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Chromatin Architecture: Mechanisms Of Gene Regulation, Logan O'Donnell

Honors Projects in Science and Technology

The rapid growth and division of cells as they proliferate and penetrate to surrounding tissues defines the collection of disease states known as cancer. Abnormal gene expression drives this uncontrollable replication of cells. In recent studies, aberrant HOX gene expression has been noted in a multitude of cancer types such as myeloid leukemia, prostate cancer, and breast cancer [1]. Within cancerous cells with aberrant HOX expression, late expressing HOX genes are suppressed while early expressing HOX genes are reactivated. HOX genes are significant in controlling early phases of organismal development such as cell cycle, cell movement, and gene expression. Likewise, …

Transcript, Zulene Mayfield, Louis Morse, Sheila Foster, Michael Churchill, Gilbert Carrasco, Mike Ewall

Panel I: Learning from Title VI

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The Beacon, April 22, 2022, The Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2021-2022

Unsung Heroes: Cambria Kaltwasser; Outstanding NW senior students; Unabashedly proud in a punch of heritage; New secrets reveal new aspects of beloved world; Peace and joy throughout every single piece; Doing redeeming work through the love of jazz; A history of Hospers’ cardboard battle; Big life transitions for the RDs; What women really want; The trap of Christian Nationalism; Campus Questions; Men’s golf performs admirably in tough conditions; Raiders prevail during cold and windy home meet; NW Baseball falls in back to back double-headers; Student activities to close out the school; Beloved Festival of Culture to take place April 22

Sr 21-22-35 Bapc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

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Sr 21-22-40 Ucc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Recommendations

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Supporting Students After Concussion: What College Faculty Need To Know, Susan C. Davies

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

Returning to university life following concussion can be challenging for students. Our Brain Health Collaboratory, in conjunction with the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training, developed set of online resources to inform college faculty members about brain injuries. The module includes information about concussion effects, academic and environmental accommodations, and the role of college faculty in providing support. This session will share our research that led to development of the module, as well as our plan to evaluate its efficacy.

2022 School Of Education And Health Sciences Faculty Awards, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

• Teaching Award for Tenured & Tenure Track Faculty: Dr. Graham Hunter (Counselor Ed)
• Teaching Award for Clinical and Lecturing Faculty: Gerry Gallo (HSS)
• Scholarship Award for Tenured Faculty: Dr. Susan Davies (Counselor Ed)
• Scholarship Award for Tenure Track Faculty: Dr. Matt Beerse (HSS)
• Scholarship Award for Clinical and Lecturing Faculty: Regan Weston (Counselor Ed)
• Service Award for Tenured Faculty: Dr. Diana Cuy Castellanos (HSS)
• Service Award for Tenure Track Faculty: Dr. Elana Bernstein (Counselor Ed)
• Service Award for Clinical and Lecturing Faculty: Kim Ritterhoff (HSS)

Schedule: 17th Annual Thomas C. Hunt Building A Research Community Day, Rochonda L. Nenonene

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

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Environmental Political Theory: Georgia, Sophie Wieland

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022

Perceptions of the environment are based on individuals’ experiences and values. This work, in the subfield of environmental political theory, seeks to understand why people hold the environmental beliefs that they do. Through a literature review, the beliefs of two hypothetical citizens of the country of Georgia were deduced based on the economic, political, and environmental history of Georgia. I hypothesized the likely values and experiences of an Azeri pharmacist and Georgian casino dealer, concluding that the power structure of Georgia would privilege the Georgian casino dealer. The Azeri pharmacist is likely of a lower socioeconomic status, is more tied …

The Effects Of Expectation Violations In The Workplace: Why Do Fresh Graduates And New Employees Leave?, Yingluo Zhu

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022

For years, recent graduates and new employees have been faced with a work environment that is different from their expectations when they first choose a job or enter the workforce. The factors that new employees perceive as violating their expectations in the workplace may cause employees to lose interest in their careers, decrease job satisfaction, lose the momentum of completing work, and even wish to leave their jobs. This study was conducted through a questionnaire and quantitative analysis, applying expectancy violations theory (EVT) to recent graduates and new employers who are preparing or just starting their careers. Both the participants’ …

Let's Hit The Gym: An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Student Exercise, Achievement, And Social Anxiety, Angela Lebel

Honors Projects in Applied Psychology

An emerging body of literature has documented the positive influence of exercise on student achievement. Human and non-human animal studies have proven that exercise can improve memory, academic stressors, social anxiety, and sleep along with more broad topics such as mental and physical health. With exercise improving memory and academic stressors, this leads to a potential conclusion that exercise could benefit student’s grade point average which will be tested in this study. Exercise is also exhibited to help reduce social anxiety which leads to a potential conclusion that exercise could improve one’s involvement in extracurricular activities because one would have …

Latin American Film, Mirna Vohnsen

Articles

The scholarship on Latin American film in 2020 points to a diverse and vibrant field of study that encompasses a wide range of themes. This year, the representations of indigenous peoples, as well as the studies on youth and transnationalism, have caught the attention of several scholars. Another topic that has gained importance is the revisiting of films, filmmakers, and performers from the twentieth century. Volume 17, number 2, of Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas, which is devoted to Mexican documentaries from the last century, is a poignant example of this development. Aside from these topics, gender and …

Predicting Covid-19 Fake News, Nilanjana Nambiar

Honors Projects in Data Science

The aim of this project is to use a machine learning model to identify COVID-19 fake news on Twitter and perform additional analysis on the fake news tweets to distinguish any common trends. As misinformation is very common in the information found online, the purpose of the study is to see how machine learning can be used to discern what information can be classified as true versus what is false. Prior research regarding fake news detection, modeling, and analysis was conducted to familiarize on the current studies provided in predicting and analyzing COVID-19 fake news on Twitter. In this study, …

Identifying Factors That Lead To Injury In The Nfl, Matthew Toner

Honors Projects in Data Science

This study hypothesizes that injury-causing factors can be identified through training machine learning models with NFL injury data. The machine learning process entailed web scraping, pre-processing, cleaning, modeling, and analyzing NFL injury data to identify these factors. The features used to model injuries included the following: games played, games started, weight, height, age, year, years of experience, starting position, and team. The four models used to model NFL injuries were Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forests, and Gradient Boosted Trees. The model with the best performance was the Gradient Boosted Trees model, with an F1 score of 0.508. In addition, …

Twitter's Role In An Increasingly Polarized Political Climate; A Look Into The 2020 Us Elections, Leanne Kendall

Honors Projects in Data Science

Amidst politically strained times, one might wonder what has cause such an exaggerated gap between the views of democrats and republicans. For years, research has suggested the US’s voting population is becoming increasingly politically polarized, with one of the causes being social media. This study's purpose is to understand more about the role that social media plays in the polarization of parties in the US. The study is comprised of the analysis of over 3,000,000 tweets from 9/22/2020 through 11/10/2020 that mention or are written by senate and presidential candidates. Natural language processing, network graphing, and sentiment analyses were utilized …

Social Media Discussion On Covid-19 Impact On Mental Health In The Us, Uk, And India, Weixiao Sun

Honors Projects in Data Science

Discovered in December 2019, Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an infectious disease that has spread rapidly around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic in March 2020. The pandemic has increased the occurrence of mental health problems including depression, stress, and anxiety. This research used real-life Tweets collected related to Covid-19 from March 2020 until October 2021. The objective is to analyze Tweets from the US, UK, and India to discover what topics people are discussing about Covid-19's impact on mental health. The theme for the US was related to government and politics, some dominant users in the …

Deception Perception: The Marketing Of Student Loans, Lauren Roth

Honors Projects in Marketing

Marketing from student loan servicing companies tend to omit important information, thus deceiving borrowers. These companies may be taking advantage of students' position as vulnerable consumers with limited information to maximize their own profits. This study explores the relationship between deceptive advertising from student loan servicers and its effects on consumer perceived deception, student trust in the loan servicer, and student satisfaction in their borrowing decisions. Consumer perceived deception (CPD) is the extent to which a consumer believes the ad they were exposed to tends to mislead them. To test the hypotheses, an experiment was conducted, and a questionnaire was …

Examining The Disproportionate Diagnosis Of Learning Disabilities, Rebecca Reynolds

Honors Projects in Applied Psychology

This thesis examines various factors and intricacies of inequitable diagnoses of learning disabilities, specifically looking at the differences that women and BIPOC students have in their diagnosis journey. Grounded in exploring access services and disability rights/justice both at Bryant University and elsewhere, this thesis investigates the intricacies of social class, societal norms, and cultural effects on learning disability. It compares what the secondary data reports on diagnosis of learning disabilities to the experience of Bryant students. Additionally, it examines gaps found in secondary research.

Institute For Public Policy National Poll - March 2022, Institute For Public Policy

Public Policy Poll Results

The Sacred Heart University Institute for Public Policy leveraged a digital quantitative research approach to address the following areas of investigation:

• Thoughts on the quality of life in Connecticut
• Calculate insight on National Politics
• Determine movement in Connecticut Politics
• Quantify Sentiment for President Joe Biden
• Measure support of President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown
• Understand CT residents’ thoughts regarding taxes and mill rates in the state
• Gauge sentiments pertaining to the crisis in Ukraine
• Ascertain levels of trust placed in health & financial institutions, government and news sources
• Demographic profiles of respondents

Chaos Embed Marine Predator (Cmpa) Algorithm For Feature Selection, Adel Fahad Alrasheedi, Khalid Abdulaziz Alnowibet, Akash Saxena, Karam M. Sallam

Faculty Journal Articles

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What The World Needs Now: Love, Humor And The Shakespeare Connection, Kelly Capers

English MA Theses

What the World Needs Now: Love, Humor and the Shakespeare Connection discusses how the modern romantic comedy (rom com) genre depicts gender roles in adaptations of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. This paper looks at Shakespeare’s contributions to the themes of romantic comedy and how 21^st Century filmmakers interpret his concepts. Because rom com typically lacks value among scholars, much of this genre’s impact on audiences is overlooked, yet its popularity makes it an undeniable presence deserving a closer examination. The 2020 pandemic brought into specific relief, not only the popularity …

2022-04-22 Michiganoverview_Covidbedppe, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Hospital Data

Contains the tables Statewide Hospital Capacity Report for COVID-19, COVID-19 Metrics, Statewide Hospital Available PPE Tracking for COVID-19, as well as the tables PPE Days On Hand and Patient Census.

Covid-19 In Boise Sewage Anticipates Hospitalizations And Deaths By 1-2 Weeks, Erin Milliken, Ernie Ogden, Lexi Skinner, Minu Kesheri, Nida Ajmal, Greg Hampikian

2022 Undergraduate Research Showcase

COVID-19 virus concentration in Boise sewage predicts rises in clinical cases, hospitalizations and deaths. This is done through wastewater-based epidemiology, which provides a convenient and rapid method of testing pooled samples from over 200,000 residents. Wastewater viral counts prepare health care services for spikes in cases. COVID-19 continues to be a major health concern as it undergoes mutations, resulting in new variants that have produced several spikes in COVID-19 cases over the past two years. Spikes can cause care shortages in testing, treatment and hospitalization. Wastewater testing (unlike patient testing) can detect asymptomatic infections and symptomatic non-testing individuals, leading to …

Development Of Purification Protocol For Inflammatory Cytokine Protein, Brittany Rushing, Halle Torgerson, Alli Wade, Kenzie Ballinger, Eric Baggs, Lisa Warner

2022 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Breast and prostate tumors can be surgically removed in their earlier stages. The next stage of cancer involves metastasis when a tumor migrates to another area of the body. Metastasis can be triggered by an inflammation response, including surgical intervention. An inflammatory cytokine protein (IC) has been identified as a primary signal in metastasis. By targeting the IC with a small molecule inhibitor (SMI), metastasis can be prevented. Our project aims to develop a protocol for the purification of the inflammatory cytokine protein in milligram quantities. Producing milligram amounts of the protein is essential for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) based …

Weight Stigma & Communication Skills: Experiential Learning To Reduce Bias, Margaret Quatraro, John Dye, Sarah Llewellyn, Kelley Connor

2022 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Background: Weight-based bias contributes to disparate health outcomes. Implicit bias of healthcare professionals is a driver in these disparities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate weight bias in baccalaureate nursing students and to determine if interacting with a person who is obese in simulation decreased their weight bias. Design: A single group pretest-posttest parallel convergent mixed-methods design was used. Setting: All participants were baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in their first semester of nursing courses in one university in the western United States. Methods: Participants' attitudes were measured using a survey comprised of the Fat-Phobia Scale, the Beliefs About …

Relationship Between Lack Of Sleep And Stress, Stephanie Holman

2022 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Objective

This pilot study aims to see if there is a relationship between lack of sleep and mental health in adult college students. To see if there is a relationship between poor sleeping habits and stress.

Methods

This study was conducted using an anonymous online survey with a randomized convenience sample of students at Boise State University in the Fall of 2021. In total 39 students responded to the survey that was created in Qualtrics, the data was than analyzed in Qualtrics.

Results

Respondents that slept less than seven hours a night on average felt tired more often than those …

Stony Brook Press, V. 43, N. 04, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

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Vampires And Other Diseases: Stochastic Infection Dynamics Of Small Populations, Marijn Jaarsma

Honors Projects in Science and Technology

Mathematical models are powerful tools often applied in the field of epidemiology. The type and shape of the model will differ between different types of diseases. In this study, stochastic dynamical models are applied to the entertaining example of vampires, and the results of this analysis are compared to real-life diseases with small populations of infected. The data used comes from pop-culture depictions of vampires in literature, television shows, movies, and fan pages associated with these depictions. The aim of this study is to serve as an educational tool for modeling diseases with small populations to predict and control the …

Disparities Within The Housing Market: Determinants Of Homeownership With An Emphasis On Sex And Race, Olivia Lemire

Honors Projects in Economics

A home is one of the wealthiest assets an individuals can hold and serves as a major indicator of economic wellbeing. The decision for someone to rent or buy a home is based upon many factors. Similar, to Hood (1999), this paper analyzes the relationship between determinants of homeownership and the probability that an individual owns their home using regression and probability models. The focus of this paper is the relationship between sex and race on homeownership. Results suggest that White males have the highest rate of homeownership, while Black females have the lowest rate of homeownership even after all …

The Monster Of Management, Alexandra Meise

Honors Projects in English and Cultural Studies

This thesis aims to cross examine the philosophy, history, and psychology of power dynamics as seen in literature, teamwork case studies, and parenting styles. Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein defines what it means to be in an unequal power dynamic. This thesis develops Shelley’s story into one of interpersonal relationship philosophy. It is both counter argument and continuation of the cited works. Management case studies support the philosophical claims through comparison of fictional, hypothetical, and real-life scenarios. Over the course of research, an unexpected discovery placed trust-based conflict at the core of innovative team success. This thesis shows the long …