Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Donate Now To Help Fund Investigations Into Library Insanity, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, October 23, 2013, Ted Sutterlund, Mackenzie Hryhorysak, Ben Boltinghouse, Ashton Gwin, Alex Wallner

Prospectus 2013

SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS ART PROGRAM; Trick-or-treating trending for college students; Seminar coverage continued; Why you may have a fear of missing out; Public safety on domestic violence awareness; Discover the epidemic of overtreatment; The rise of chairs covered in chewing gum!!!; Myths and origins of Halloween; Parkland athletics help the community; Fall outings: From stargazing parties to wildlife-watching adventures, these four day trips have become cherished autumn traditions

The Anchor, Volume 127.07: October 23, 2013, Hope College

The Anchor: 2013

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Do You Have A Boyfriend Yet?, Corrine E. Fucci

SURGE

“Do you have a boyfriend yet?”

That was the question that haunted me for most of my teenage years, the one I knew I would be asked at each family event and have to answer as nonchalantly as I could, “No, not yet,” without letting anyone know how embarrassed I felt. The feelings of anguish and anxiety continued in games of “Never Have I Ever,” going around the table with a group of less-than-close girlfriends sharing some of our first or best romantic experiences, so grateful that I had those one or two experiences that “kind of counted but maybe …

Highway 89 Digital Collections Project, Jim Kichas, Paula Mitchell, Dustin Olsen, Clint Pumphrey, Liz Woolcott

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.

2013 Program, Office Of Academic Affairs

Programs

At its best, a university is a collection of individuals ‐‐ students and faculty ‐‐ focused on learning and discovering new knowledge. For this goal to be realized, a critical element is having faculty members deeply engaged with their disciplines. Scholarship, in the form of journal articles, book chapters, monographs and similar endeavors, creative activity which can take an even wider range of forms, and funded research which explores the boundaries of their disciplines all contribute to such engagement. Through such participation, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual …

Expanding Access And Increasing Impact: How To Retain Your Rights To Your Research And Why Deposit It In Tigerprints, Andrew Wesolek

Presentations

A mounting body of research is beginning to show that making your work Open Access, in any form, increases its impact—but what exactly is "Open Access?" Head of Digital Scholarship, Andrew Wesolek will discuss the scholarly communication system and the varieties of Open Access publication. In addition, Wesolek will discuss your options to retain and assert your rights to your scholarship and how you can disseminate it openly through a new Library initiative: the TigerPrints institutional repository.

The Cultural Whys Of Mental Retardation: Etiologies Among The Asante In Ghana, West Africa, Chelsea Shields, Dr. William C. Olsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

During my time as an international student at the University of Ghana and volunteering at a school for mentally handicapped children, I uncovered a large lacuna in non-western mental retardation research and decided to return the next year as BYU’s Ghana Medical Anthropology field study facilitator. I desired to document and disclose Asante beliefs behind mental retardation under the hope that such awareness would lead to more positive treatment of handicapped individuals.

Sourcing Stone Tool Raw Materials From The Escalante Basin, Cady Waldrom, Dr. Joel C. Janetski

Journal of Undergraduate Research

An important aspect of the archaeological record is the stone tool technology that ancient people incorporated into their life. Different tools such as projectile points, bifaces, scrapers, drills and choppers enabled ancient people to perform necessary daily tasks. Raw materials for making stone tools consist of different types of rocks that are found in various formations and locations. Specific materials were favored among ancient people, and the ability to find where the sources being exploited are located will help archaeologists better understand the trade and interaction amidst formative peoples.

The Impact Of Political Opportunity Structure On Anti-U.S. Military Base Movement Outcomes: Case Studies On Okinawa And The Philippines, Ryan M. Scoville, Dr. Ray Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Two years ago, I traveled to Okinawa to interview head office staff for two of Japan’s biggest political parties and an editor for the Ryukyu Shinbun—Okinawa’s largest newspaper. While on the island I also collected Okinawan voting records for the past two decades of mayoral and prefectural elections. The purpose of these activities was to obtain new information on the anti- U.S. military base movement in Okinawa. I specifically wanted to know why the movement has been largely ineffective over the past three decades, what political forces have shaped its fate over time, and whether there has been an adverse …

Distinguished Professor, Author To Speak, Tia Patsavas

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

New Book Fills Major Gap In Kenyan History, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Rattler (Volume 101, Issue 9, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

From Prison To Home, Rebecca Snyder, Randal Day

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Despite the recent slowing of population rates within the United States prison system, the prison population is at a record high. The vast majority of these 1.4 million incarcerated individuals will be released back into the community, and a significant number of these ex-inmates will relapse back into a habit of crime, eventually be reconvicted, and ultimately re-sentenced. The prospect of thousands of ex-prisoners returning to their homes and communities, and their probable recidivism, is a concern to many. But other than atheoretical studies on recidivism itself, prisoner re-entry as a whole has been neglected by the research community. The …

Through The Looking Glass: A Study Of Eeg Data Using Aperiodic Components Analysis, Daniel C. Whitney, Dawson Hedges

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the past, it has been difficult to distinguish between different tasks of cognition using conventional statistical and graphical methods of EEG analysis. Aperiodic components analysis (ACA) offers a new, innovative approach to time series data analysis – a rubric under which EEG data analysis falls – and should allow the differentiation between simple tasks of cognition.

Multispectral Analysis Of A Vatican Library Palimpsest, M. Bryan Wheeler, Dr. Gene Ware

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the Middle Ages, the cost of writing materials was so prohibitive that scholars often scraped the text from the parchment of a book and copied new writings over the old text. Centuries later, modern scholars often have more interest in the barely discernible, earlier texts. Multispectral approaches to image acquisition have shown promise in restoring the earlier texts. Presently, the primary need of multispectral analysis techniques is the development of effective post processing algorithms. Although many multispectral datasets have already been collected, there remains much work to be done in the image post processing realm.

Lds Geography On A Micro-Scale, Nathan Simmons, Dr. Samuel Otterstrom

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Recently the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has gained world-wide recognition for the high standards the Church promotes, but perhaps even more so for the rapid growth and expansion it has experienced. Much of this spread is due to the Church’s policy of active proselytizing, a force which fuels the spatial diffusion of church membership. It is therefore valuable to study the spatial diffusion of the LDS faith throughout the world to better understand the factors that influence the distribution of church membership throughout the world, and that promote its growth.

Intra-Cranial Overstimulation Of The Brain Reward System, Lael J. Stander, Dr. Scott C. Steffensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Intra-cranial self stimulation (ICSS) has been well documented in both animal models and humans. Stimulation of various centers in the brain creates a very powerful reinforcement. Subjects will prefer ICSS to food, mating behavior, and drugs of abuse. One such pleasure center is the medial forebrain bundle (MFB) which functions as an information highway between several other pleasure mediating structures in the limbic system. Interestingly, constant stimulation of the MFB produces a highly dysphoric response. Animals respond with aversive behavior similar to pain avoidance. What is the electrophysiological change that mediates this reversal of pleasure to pain? In order to …

Altruistic Vs. Reciprocal Family Relationships: A Levinasian Alternative, Bradford J. Wiggins, Dr. Edwin E. Gantt

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Some of the greatest challenges we face today are in our own families. Husbands and wives struggle to find meaning in their relationships. Parents often end up battling with their children as they seek to bring their families together in unified goals and purposes. Many are not successful in their pursuit of meaningful family relationships. Divorce and abuse are all to common in today’s society. Even more pervasive are the strained relationships between family members. How is it that these relationships can fall so short of their seemingly immense potential? It appears reasonable that family members should be able to …

Word Sense Disambiguation Through Analogical Modeling, Deryl Keith Hatch, Dr. Deryle Lonsdale

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the early twentieth century, throngs of male Greek immigrants came to Utah. They left their homeland seeking to save their families from impending poverty and to escape draft by the Greek and Turkish armies.1 The jobs they took in Utah mines, smelters, and rail yards were lowpaying and dangerous, but these were the least of the troubles waiting for Greeks in Utah. They found Mormons and other Utah residents to be inhospitable and strange, and they quickly learned to isolate themselves in all-Greek communities.

From High School Jocks To College Grads: Assessing The Long-Term Effects Of High School Sport Participation On Females’ Educational Attainment, Kelly Troutman, Dr. Mikaela Dufur

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Sports’ connection to education is readily apparent in American society. The presumption adopted in the late 1800s that sports serve to build character led to their integration into the education system. Today virtually every high school is engaged in interscholastic sport competition (Eitzen and Sage, 1986). The increased prevalence of sport in American society, and specifically school settings, has led to various inquiries as to the effects of participation in sports. The majority of studies centered on high school athletes have demonstrated that participants in interscholastic sport enjoy various positive benefits related to academic success (Fejgin 1994; Eccles and Barber …

Learning Strategies Of Successful Undergraduate Math Students, David M. Sloan, Dr. Harold Miller

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The goal of my project was to identify the strategies of successful undergraduate math students and to then make that information available to those who wish to improve their own study habits. The project consisted of 4 phases. First, I interviewed instructors about what they saw successful students do. Second, I conducted surveys in several math-based classes to find out what students, successful and struggling alike, were actually doing. Third, I took what I learned from those surveys and tried to apply them in a classroom setting to see if the information could elicit a positive effect. Fourth, I took …

Openness In International Adoptions: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? The Experience Of U.S. Families Who Adopted Children From The Marshall Islands, Jamie Wyatt, Jini Roby

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Increased globalization of today’s society is bringing about dramatic change; the social sciences are not exempt from the results of these changes. Particular to this research study is the issue of international adoptions, particularly those which are characterized as open. “Open adoption” was defined in this study to be some form of continued contact between the biological and adoptive families following the finalization of an adoption. International adoptions are a relatively new concept in and of themselves; international adoption compounded with openness was largely unheard of until the recent onset of globalization when open adoptions increased in accessibility and desirability …

Maternal Employment And Offspring Deviance, Stephanie A. Williamson, Dr. Bruce Chadwick

Journal of Undergraduate Research

A brief observation of national trends reveals a steady increase in the rate of employment among women. Predictably, this demographic change introduces countless contemporary issues. The issue examined by this study was the link between maternal employment and deviant behavior among children.

Eating Disorders Among Female High School Athletes: The Questionable Effect Of Self-Esteem, Janet Shumway, Dr. Mikaela Dufur

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Millions of people in the United States suffer from serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa. More than 90 percent of those afflicted are young women. Researchers have studied eating disorders and the various factors leading to these behaviors, and a vast majority of these studies have indicated that self-esteem is a central factor in the development of bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Some studies indicate that selfesteem is the most important factor in the prediction of disordered eating. 1 Thus, adolescent women with low self-esteem are more inclined to develop eating disorder behaviors.

India And The Agreement On Textiles And Clothing, Aaron Rogers, Dr. Bradford

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Up to the end of the Uruguay Round, textile and clothing quotas were negotiated bilaterally and governed by the rules of the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA). As GATT transmogrified into the WTO, a long-awaited uniform approach was arranged. On January 1, 1995, the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) replaced the MFA. This multilateral approach was originally planned to elapse from 1995 to 2004. It entails a process of progressively enlarging the existing quotas until their removal. The liberalization is increased over time. The agreement targets all products which were previously subject to MFA-type quotas: tops and yarns, fabrics, made-up …

Poverty Alleviation Programs In Mexico, Fernanda Sayavedra, Dr. Bret Mackay

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Poverty alleviation is one of the greatest policy challenges for Mexico. In the aftermath of the Mexican crisis of 1994/95, real per capita GDP fell sharply; employment in the formal sector declined as well as real wages. This led to a drastic increase in poverty at a national level, reversing most achievements of poverty alleviation policies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, since 1996 there has been a notable turnaround, and the share of the population in poverty has declined. According to the World Bank, the share of Mexico’s population living in extreme poverty1 declined from 16.2 per …

The Effect Of Economic Freedom On Environmental Quality And Economic Growth, Ty Turley, Dr. B. Delworth Gardner

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Among economists, there is an ongoing debate as to what factors cause economic growth in developing nations, and what the relative strengths of these factors are. Sachs and Warner published an influential paper in 1995 reporting on a study that found “developing countries with open economies grew by 4.5% a year in the 1970s and 1980s, but those with closed economies grew by only 0.7% a year” (The never-ending question). Adkins et al. find in their research that “increases in economic freedom are associated with improved economic performance in that increases in economic freedom move countries closer to the production …

Greenup County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 621. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans of Greenup County, Kentucky.

Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 623. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans and musicians of McCreary County, Kentucky.