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How Can Content Management Systems Be Customized For Better User Experience?, Mikayla Colston
How Can Content Management Systems Be Customized For Better User Experience?, Mikayla Colston
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
PLAAY (Participation in Leisure Allowing Access for everYone) on the Move is a program promoting independence, mobility, and access for young children with sensory and mobility impairments. As PLAAY on the Move emerged from the preexisting GoBabyGo program at Cleveland State University, a collaborative program, showcasing research and educating the community about the services provided, became a necessity. Conducting primary research as well as secondary research helps determine the best content management system (CMS) to fulfill the needs of the program. Additionally, user testing and surveys about the website, created with the CMS, proves the effectiveness of the platform while …
A Study Inquiry Of The Impact Of The Mother-Daughter Relationship With Teen Pregnancy, Klarissa Zeno
A Study Inquiry Of The Impact Of The Mother-Daughter Relationship With Teen Pregnancy, Klarissa Zeno
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
The relationship a teenage girl and her mother hold is vital in the outcome and the decisions the teen makes. This relationship is influenced by many different things including communication patterns the mother and teen have. The aim of this study is to look at the way the two communicate throughout the teen years of the daughter to see if there is an association with whether or not the teen becomes pregnant. Teen pregnancy has been an obstacle many girls have had to face during their adolescent years. This is due to the numerous teenagers that are sexually active during …
Reading Between The Bigrams, Gina M. Cascone, Deion L. Colbert
Reading Between The Bigrams, Gina M. Cascone, Deion L. Colbert
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
In lexical decision experiments in which target strings were flanked by pairs of bigrams, Grainger, Mathot, and Vitu (2014) and Palinski (2016) found, for words, better performance when flanking bigrams contained target-string letters (e.g., FR FROG OG; OG FROG FR; RF FROG GO; GO FROG RF) than when they did not (e.g., EX FROG IT); better performance when flanking bigrams contained letters ordered as in the target (e.g., FR FROG OG; OG FROG FR) than switched (e.g., RF FROG GO; GO FROG RF); and no effect on performance of proximity of flanking letters to their locations in the targets. We …
Perception Of Time And Post-Surgery Physical Rehabilitation, Karmen Love
Perception Of Time And Post-Surgery Physical Rehabilitation, Karmen Love
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Physical rehabilitation is an important part of a patient’s recovery after surgery. Physical therapists are crucial to the success of that patient’s healing process. Physical rehabilitation can determine how quickly the patient’s healing progresses. It is difficult to determine how long a person will be in rehab and every patient has different expectations of how long their recovery will take. In this study, I explored how a patient’s perception of time affects the estimated versus actual recovery time post-surgery. The participants were patients admitted to the inpatient rehab at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio. Each patient was assessed …
Programming To Transition Psychological Experiments From Superlab To Matlab, Mudra R. Savaliya
Programming To Transition Psychological Experiments From Superlab To Matlab, Mudra R. Savaliya
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
For the past six years, our laboratory has conducted experiments programmed in Superlab, a software package designed exclusively for psychological experiments. Although Superlab has some attractive features, it also has some severe limitations. For example, Superlab cannot read files, meaning that for an experiment in which each participant has a unique stimulus list, a unique program has to be assembled for each participant. For an experiment in which each participant has a unique order of conditions, a unique program with the conditions in that order has to be assembled for each participant. Preparing numerous unique programs provides numerous opportunities for …
Perspectives On Adolescent Drug Use: Interviews With Community Providers, Noelle Naser
Perspectives On Adolescent Drug Use: Interviews With Community Providers, Noelle Naser
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
With a striking rise in drug related deaths over the past few years, researchers have looked towards improving prevention methods as a way to not only react to substance abuse with treatment, but learn to better prevent individuals from following these risk taking behaviors. Adolescents specifically are prone to risk taking behaviors such as substance use as they navigate through the challenges of adolescence and transitioning into their identities. Therefore, research in understanding how and why youth decide to get involved in substances is important for creating stronger prevention. Using qualitative data obtained from semi-structured interviews with community providers (N=4), …
The Impact Of Adjacent-Letter Flanking Bigrams On Lexical Decision Performance, Gina M. Cascone, Deion L. Colbert
The Impact Of Adjacent-Letter Flanking Bigrams On Lexical Decision Performance, Gina M. Cascone, Deion L. Colbert
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Some models of word identification hypothesize that the word recognition system includes units responsive to bigrams (letter pairs). Grainger, Mathot, and Vitu (2014) and Palinski (2016) found that target-flanking bigrams consisting of letters adjacent in targets (e.g., OG FROG FR) affect decisions about whether letter strings are words: Bigram-letter order, but not proximity of bigram letters to their locations in the targets, affected performance. (Average performance was better with FR FROG OG and OG FROG FR than with RF FROG GO and GO FROG RF, but no different with FR FROG OG and RF FROG GO than with OG FROG …
Development Of A Controlled Harness System To Increase Flexibility In Balance Testing And Training, Kimmie Berkovich, Emily Meisterheim
Development Of A Controlled Harness System To Increase Flexibility In Balance Testing And Training, Kimmie Berkovich, Emily Meisterheim
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Falling can be a life-threatening event, especially for older adults. Clinicians use balance training to reduce fall incidents in at-risk individuals. There are various forms of balance training, and they often employ a harness system to prevent patient injury. Current harness systems are capable of supporting a percentage of an individual’s body weight and catching people in the midst of falling, and some may even perform both of these functions. However, injury can still be incurred from using a harness, particularly among the frail elderly. This lab has developed a new, controlled harness system that will be able to perform …
Learning To Do In Vivo Neural Responses In Mice, Timothy Mogan, Justin Wobser, Riley Raulhammer, Tyler Erker
Learning To Do In Vivo Neural Responses In Mice, Timothy Mogan, Justin Wobser, Riley Raulhammer, Tyler Erker
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Timothy Mogan, Tyler Erker, Riley Faulhammer and Justin Wobser were the target students for this stereotaxic neurosurgery and electrophysiology lab experience. They are Pre-Nursing, Pre-Neuroscience (Pyschology) or Pre-Med majors. This richly educational and hands-on investigation significantly enhanced their confidence and experience in RODENT HANDLING, ANESTHESIA, ELECTROPHSYIOLOGY, PERFUSION, BRAIN REMOVAL and GENERAL LAB SKILLS. An animal use protocol was created for the project under the guidance of the Mentors and the students followed it competently. Students completed CITI online animal research training and animal handling training was provided by Lou Turchyn, DVM. Animals for the research were generously donated by Dr. …
Case Concentration: An Academic Arcade Game For Physical Therapist Education, Araxie Demirjian
Case Concentration: An Academic Arcade Game For Physical Therapist Education, Araxie Demirjian
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Case Physical Therapy is the study of patient/client cases to augment a practitioner’s clinical thinking, reasoning, and decision-making skills. Game-based learning, as part of an academic arcade, can add enjoyment and competition to an otherwise mundane process of acquiring knowledge and understanding and may serve to incentivize the student. The development of a case-related match game to teach physical therapy (PT) students about patient/client focused examination and interventional relationships is at the very heart of the design of Physical Therapy Case Concentration. Based in part on the successful, long-running (1958-1991) NBC game show, Physical Therapy Case Concentration features a computerized …
Indication Of Abdominal Wound Complication Within Breast Cancer Reconstruction, Taylor Lawson
Indication Of Abdominal Wound Complication Within Breast Cancer Reconstruction, Taylor Lawson
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Following a mastectomy, breast reconstruction can be performed immediately with one possible procedure being the use of the body’s own tissue. Natural tissue breast reconstruction surgery can result in abdominal wound complications. My research focus is on Retrospective Chart Review of patient’s pre- op risk factors for abdominal wound complications post- surgery; including factors such as diabetes, smoking, prior C-section, etc. Patients’ charts will be examined for medical history and health concerns and if patient had any issues after one- year post surgery such as hematoma, seroma, wound breakdown, and/or belly umbilical necrosis.
Effects Of Greater Palatine Nerve Anesthesia On The Activity Of Hyoid Musculature During Swallowing, Besa Bunjaku
Effects Of Greater Palatine Nerve Anesthesia On The Activity Of Hyoid Musculature During Swallowing, Besa Bunjaku
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Feeding is an important activity for all animals. An expansive array of sensory provide information to the brain about food handling during feeding. The brain then coordinates muscles to push the bolus into the esophagus, bypassing the airway. Previous work shows considerable coordination among sensor arrays and the nerves supplying them. Therefore it is likely that anesthetizing part of the oral cavity (in this case, the tissue covering the hard palate) will cause changes in the timing of muscles that are active during swallowing, even though these muscles are supplied by completely different nerves. We examined the timing of the …
Balance Training Using The Multi-Directional Harness System, Araxie Demirjin, Kristy Tachji
Balance Training Using The Multi-Directional Harness System, Araxie Demirjin, Kristy Tachji
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Introduction and Purpose Individuals post-stroke frequently have impairments in balance and mobility. This study aims to increase mobility through high intensity balance training in a multi-directional harness system using video gaming to add environmental and tsk complexity. We hypothesize the training will improve balance, mobility, and decrease falls. Methods In this case series, two adults post-stroke completed seven sessions of balance training using four adapted commercial video games from the X-Box Kinect™ (20,000 Leaks (L), Reflex Ridge (R), Table Tennis (T), and Target Kick (K)) on varied types of floor surfaces. These games were chosen to challenge various aspects of …
Reading-Related Phonological Processing Interventions For Individuals Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication (Aac): A Systematic Review Of The Research, Christina K. Grecol, Emily A. Sternad, Vonesa Demiri, Nina G. Pukys, Amy Roth, Katherine Kasunick, Kaili Smith
Reading-Related Phonological Processing Interventions For Individuals Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication (Aac): A Systematic Review Of The Research, Christina K. Grecol, Emily A. Sternad, Vonesa Demiri, Nina G. Pukys, Amy Roth, Katherine Kasunick, Kaili Smith
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a systematic review to determine the effectiveness of reading-related phonological processing interventions designed to meet the needs of individuals with complex communication needs (CCN) who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). An extensive review of the literature published from 1980 to June of 2018 that included intervention on readingrelated phonological processing skills including phonological awareness (e.g., rhyming, segmentation, blending), letter-sound correspondences, and single-word decoding was conducted using a variety of electronic and table of contents searches. A total of 22 intervention studies (24 experiments) involving 93 individuals met criteria for inclusion and …
The T.E.A.M Approach To Interprofessional Education For Pre-Professional And Professional Health Students, Mary C. Sammon, Hayden A. Parente
The T.E.A.M Approach To Interprofessional Education For Pre-Professional And Professional Health Students, Mary C. Sammon, Hayden A. Parente
Undergraduate Research Posters 2018
Interprofessional education (IPE) is defined as “students from two or more professions learning about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (World Health Organization, 2010). When used effectively, IPE programs aid in preparing pre-professional undergraduate and graduate health professional students to enter the healthcare field as effective team members, who are knowledgeable in delivering quality, collaborative care. This project aimed to 1) assess the impact of current IPE programming, 2) create an evidence-based framework to develop IPE programming and 3) determine if current evaluative processes using the T.E.A.M. reporting tool can adequately reflect the …