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Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights And Economic Growth, Joseph Fitzgerald, Dr. Daniel Nielson Sep 2013

Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights And Economic Growth, Joseph Fitzgerald, Dr. Daniel Nielson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In today’s information age and the advancement of intellectual property, the United States and other rich countries have argued that a protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is a crucial ingredient to economic growth. I decided to test the relationship that a protection of IPR would increase the economic growth of an economy.

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Shack Settlement Planning And Public Participation: Duncan Village, South Africa, David Kay, Dr. Richard Jackson Sep 2013

Shack Settlement Planning And Public Participation: Duncan Village, South Africa, David Kay, Dr. Richard Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Over the last ten years, government programs have facilitated the redevelopment of many South African communities; however, for many the promise of redevelopment has been elusive. In 2002, there were an estimated 8 million people living in shack settlements in South Africa. From 1994 to 2004, the government had built over a million houses in order to provide adequate shelter for its citizens, but there are many more still in need of assistance.

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Does The Icln Protein Form Volume-Sensitive Organic Osmolytyanion Channels?, Peter Hanks Maughan, David Busath Sep 2013

Does The Icln Protein Form Volume-Sensitive Organic Osmolytyanion Channels?, Peter Hanks Maughan, David Busath

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Cells respond to swelling by releasing ions to balance osmotic pressure with their surroundings. Ions travel out of cells by means of protein channels that form or open in response to increased pressure. The study of volume-sensitive organic osmolyte-anion channels (VSOAC) is relatively new. Other ion efflux pathways have been studied, but little is known about the mechanism and regulation of organic osmolyte release from cells. It has been proposed by Kevin Strange and Paul S. Jackson from Harvard Medical School that VSOAC channels are formed by a protein dimer of the 235 amino acid protein Icln.1 It has also …

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Forsaking All Others: Marital Fidelity In Religious Couples, Nathaniel M. Lambert, Dr. David C. Dollahite Sep 2013

Forsaking All Others: Marital Fidelity In Religious Couples, Nathaniel M. Lambert, Dr. David C. Dollahite

Journal of Undergraduate Research

This study reports results from in-depth interviews with 57 highly religious middle-aged married couples from all the major Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Mormonism) from New England and Northern California. The study uses grounded theory methods to create themes and a model describing the ways that religious couples draw on their beliefs and practices to stay faithful to their marital. Couples reported that religion affects their level of faithfulness in 4 important ways: 1) Religion fortifies marital commitment; 2) Religion strengthens moral values; 3) Religion improves one’s relationship with God; 4) Religion sanctifies marriage.

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Motorcycles And Development In Southeast Asia, John Hustedt, Dr. Ralph Brown Sep 2013

Motorcycles And Development In Southeast Asia, John Hustedt, Dr. Ralph Brown

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Over the past twenty years, motorcycles have proliferated across Southeast Asia (Hsu, 2003). Consequently, I wanted to examine some of the social consequences of this heavy adoption of motorcycles specifically in Vietnam. I examined the reasons people have begun to purchase motorcycles at an increasing rate, and some of the ways in which motorcycles affect their daily lives. Additionally, I examined the various elements of Vietnamese families’ transportation strategies; for example, at what point do they purchase an additional motorcycle or switch to a car or opt for more public transportation? I also looked at what effect those choices have …

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Correlation Between Electrically-Coupled Gaba Neurons And Arousal-Related Electocortical Activity, Marc Jones, Dr. Scott Steffensen Sep 2013

Correlation Between Electrically-Coupled Gaba Neurons And Arousal-Related Electocortical Activity, Marc Jones, Dr. Scott Steffensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In order to evaluate potential correlations between VTA GABA neurons and electrocortical activity, we studied electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in freely-behaving rats during different stages of their sleep-wake cycle.

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Discharge Activity Of Ventral Tegmental Area Gaba Neurons During Alcohol Self-Administration, Adam Bevan, Dr. Scott Steffensen Sep 2013

Discharge Activity Of Ventral Tegmental Area Gaba Neurons During Alcohol Self-Administration, Adam Bevan, Dr. Scott Steffensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In today’s world addiction is pandemic. So many people are slaves to these controlling chemicals, from alcohol and street drugs to the more mild substances of coffee or over-thecounter medications. All these substances tend to influence brain chemistry, and the aim of our ongoing project is to uncover the effect of alcohol, cocaine and their anologues on midbrain circuitry. We believe that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons are primarily involved in addiction to these substances.

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Foushee, Kathryn R. (Fa 759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Foushee, Kathryn R. (Fa 759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 759. Paper titled “The Chocolate Festival: A Bowling Green Tradition” written by Kathryn R. Foushee for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper includes information about the history of the festival and an interview from a festival judge.

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Hawkins, Hope Brianne (Fa 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Hawkins, Hope Brianne (Fa 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 760. Paper titled “Flowers, Knick-Knacks, and Patriotism: Assemblage Patterns in Rural Baptist Cemeteries of South Central Kentucky” written by Hope BriAnne Hawkins for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper includes information about memorial decorations and grave décor in south central Kentucky. Includes illustrations.

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Cox, Brittany (Fa 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Cox, Brittany (Fa 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 763. Paper titled “Haunted Places in Brandenburg, Kentucky” written by Brittany Cox for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper includes information about haunted locations in Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky.

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Sanders, Eric B. (Fa 758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Sanders, Eric B. (Fa 758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Foklife Archives Project 758. Paper titled “An Investigation of Meaning: The Internet Meme Cycle Grumpy Cat and Appropriate Incongruity” written by Eric B. Sanders for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper includes information internet genres of “lolcats” and “rage comics” and how it relates to humor.

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Summertime Blues, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha Sep 2013

Summertime Blues, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha

Psychology Faculty Publications

Vacations are an important ingredient in the recipe for a happy and fulfilled life. Unfortunately modern life seems to be ever more busy and more hectic. Research indicates that for most Americans a perceived lack of time is a major source of stress.

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Generalization Of Executive Function Skills In Inclusion Settings For Students With Asperger's Syndrome, Cassandra Marcone-Wright Sep 2013

Generalization Of Executive Function Skills In Inclusion Settings For Students With Asperger's Syndrome, Cassandra Marcone-Wright

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this single case investigation were to research the effects of an intervention designated to prepare a student with Asperger's Syndrome for placement within a public high school. The student attended a specialized private school for grades 3-8. Upon entrance into eighth grade, the student entered the intervention program. This program included placement in a mainstream eighth grade social studies class with the accompaniment of the examiner. The intervention included daily feedback and strategies aimed to increase occurrences of task completion, increase executive function skills within the class setting, and decrease maladaptive behaviors. The identical areas of interest …

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Brief Research Report: Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Hiv Status Among African American Women In Washington, Dc, Dexter R. Voisin Sep 2013

Brief Research Report: Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Hiv Status Among African American Women In Washington, Dc, Dexter R. Voisin

Faculty Scholarship

Introduction: African American women living in Washington, DC have one of the highest Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence rates in the US. However, this population has been understudied, especially as it relates to factors associated with HIV status. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined sociodemographic factors that were associated with having a negative or positive HIV status among a sample of 115 African American women between the ages of 24 and 44 years. We assessed such factors as age, education, sexual orientation, household income, sources of income, number of children, length of residency tenure in Washington, DC, and level of HIV-prevention …

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Purdue University Research Repository (Purr), Michael Witt Sep 2013

Purdue University Research Repository (Purr), Michael Witt

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Overview of the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR, http://purr.purdue.edu) institutional data repository service and virtual research environment, including its design and development, how it has been promoted and adopted, and how the service is managed. Concludes with six, simple suggestions for ways that repository managers can promote the citation of data in their repositories by users. Presented at the 2013 DataCite Summer Meeting at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C.

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The Cowl - V.78 - N.3 - Sep 19, 2013 Sep 2013

The Cowl - V.78 - N.3 - Sep 19, 2013

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 78 - No. 3 - September 19, 2013. 20 pages.

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Assessing The Burden Of Crime And The Criminal Sanction: A Public Health Perspective On Critical Issues In Criminal Justice, Jeremy Travis Sep 2013

Assessing The Burden Of Crime And The Criminal Sanction: A Public Health Perspective On Critical Issues In Criminal Justice, Jeremy Travis

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Homophobia And Transphobia On The Professional Development Of Lgbt Social Workers During Graduate School, Emily K. Lusenhop Sep 2013

The Impact Of Homophobia And Transphobia On The Professional Development Of Lgbt Social Workers During Graduate School, Emily K. Lusenhop

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This exploratory study was undertaken to determine the extent to which LGBT social workers experience homophobia and transphobia during the course of their Master's education. Secondly, this study examined the cumulative impact that homophobia and transphobia have on the professional development of LGBT social workers during their graduate education. Using semi-structured interviews with LGBT Master's level social work students, as well as graduates of Master's of Social Work programs, the study found that all 12 participants experienced oppression in the form of homophobia and/or transphobia at some point during their education. The study explored three major areas in which oppression …

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The Resurgence Of Tuberculosis: Its Alliance With Hiv/Aids And The Challenges Faced By Health Care Practitioners And Governments As They Strive To Combat The Effects Of This Deadly Duo, Sheila Bibb, Dr. William C. Olsen Sep 2013

The Resurgence Of Tuberculosis: Its Alliance With Hiv/Aids And The Challenges Faced By Health Care Practitioners And Governments As They Strive To Combat The Effects Of This Deadly Duo, Sheila Bibb, Dr. William C. Olsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Tuberculosis has long been a scourge throughout the world but in the 1950’s medical developments enabled most countries to bring this insidious air-borne disease under control and it was firmly believed that by the end of the century tuberculosis would be eliminated worldwide. The reality is that since the 1990’s tuberculosis rates have increased dramatically and seem set to continue this upward trend. It has been noted that this upsurge often coincides with an increasing rate of HIV/AIDS. Most of the affected areas occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and I choose to investigate the situation in the Mampong-Ashanti area of Ghana.

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Risk Aversion In Ceo Compensation, Brandon Bates, Dr. Richard Butler Sep 2013

Risk Aversion In Ceo Compensation, Brandon Bates, Dr. Richard Butler

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Chief executive compensation is a topic of great interest for the general public. Such widespread fascination with the topic likely stems from a predilection for subjects involving extravagance and luxury. Of course, CEO compensation holds an additional dimension of interest for economists. That the CEO does not own the company he runs provides a classic example of the principal agent problem. In this application of the principal agent framework, if the compensation committee were to pay a CEO exclusively with a base salary, the executive would have an incentive to shirk or maintain the status quo. Offering a mixture of …

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Benefits Of Religious Education Experiences In High School, David Hales, Dr. Mikaela Dufur Sep 2013

Benefits Of Religious Education Experiences In High School, David Hales, Dr. Mikaela Dufur

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The recent debate and interest in the under funding of America’s public school systems has caused an increase in the number of students who have abandoned public schooling in favor of private educational institutions. This rapid increase in enrollment in private educational institutions has changed the classroom dynamics for both students and teachers. This paper is primarily interested in the experiences of students who are enrolled in private religious educational institutions. I will attempt to understand what impact enrollment in private religious educational institutions will have on pupil’s educational experiences, spiritual growth, and deviance. Perhaps insight into these dynamics of …

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An Investigation Of Ethnographic Musical Instruments For Presentation In A Public Exhibition, Christine Echols, Dr. Marti Lu Allen Sep 2013

An Investigation Of Ethnographic Musical Instruments For Presentation In A Public Exhibition, Christine Echols, Dr. Marti Lu Allen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I used my ORCA scholarship to study a significant group of ethnographic musical instruments that were held by the Museum of Art and the Museum of Peoples and Cultures at BYU. By research and study, I was able to address questions of patterns and commonalities in rituals that required music and the use of these instruments in various tribal and indigenous cultures. These results were presented in a public exhibition which opened at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures on May 14, 2005.

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The Kingdom Of Tonga And The Unwritten Order, Doug Farr Sep 2013

The Kingdom Of Tonga And The Unwritten Order, Doug Farr

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In this paper I will address the unwritten order that exists in the highly stratified society of the Kingdom of Tonga. The relationship between power and rank in Tonga has created informal laws that govern the people. These informal laws, as well as a struggle for power, have created a division between the elite class and the powerless class, and this division is generating an uprising of the powerless class. I argue that the powerless class may win independent battles against the informal laws, however they will not defeat it completely, as this system has proven to be a testing …

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Russian Orthodox Churches In The Century Of Change: How The Soviets Affected National Identity, Jennifer Johnson, Dr. Richard Jackson Sep 2013

Russian Orthodox Churches In The Century Of Change: How The Soviets Affected National Identity, Jennifer Johnson, Dr. Richard Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As a missionary in Russia, I was always told: To be Russian is to be Orthodox. What does it mean to be Russian after seventy years of Soviet rule, when atheism was religiously enforced? Walking down the streets and passing Orthodox churches in dilapidated condition, I could not help but ask myself what had happened to the church buildings during communism and what was becoming of these buildings today. If the Soviets were so intent on atheism, then it would seem that Russian national identity should also change. But despite the way the Soviets destroyed the churches, the Orthodox Church …

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Preaching To The Choir: Use Of Email In Presidential Primaries, Jared Ide, Dr. Richard Davis Sep 2013

Preaching To The Choir: Use Of Email In Presidential Primaries, Jared Ide, Dr. Richard Davis

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Over the past decade the Internet has emerged as an important tool for political communication. More and more candidates are using the Internet as a tool to reach and interact with voters. Even though the Internet has been closely studied as a political communications tool, email an important part of the Internet, has been largely left alone. Understanding email’s role in political communications will help increase the body of knowledge of political discourse. The paper investigated what candidates were trying to accomplish in their emails through a qualitative study of emails sent by Democratic candidates in the first six weeks …

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Mexican-Americans And U.S. Foreign Policy, Collins Clark, Dr. Earl Fry Sep 2013

Mexican-Americans And U.S. Foreign Policy, Collins Clark, Dr. Earl Fry

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Throughout U.S. history, ethnic-based interest groups have sought to influence U.S. foreign and national security policy. Some such groups have succeeded, including the Irish, Germans, Armenians, Greeks, and Cubans. Politically active since the 1840s, U.S. Jews are a famous example of an immigrant interest group’s influence on U.S. foreign and national security policy. They successfully pressured the U.S. to denounce the persecution of Jews, withdraw from treaties with nations that abuse Jews, help create the state of Israel, and support Israel in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My research explores whether or not Mexican-American immigrants have a similar impact on U.S. …

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Study Of Differential Evoked Potentials In The Occipital Lobe Of The Human Cortex To Varied Spatial And Temporal Patterns, Michael A. Malstrom, Dr. Donovan Fleming Sep 2013

Study Of Differential Evoked Potentials In The Occipital Lobe Of The Human Cortex To Varied Spatial And Temporal Patterns, Michael A. Malstrom, Dr. Donovan Fleming

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Projecting from the retina of the human eye are two information tracts that are separate but very closely tied together. They are named for the size of the cell which they follow from the retina to the brain. The tract with larger cells is called the Magnocellular pathway (M-pathway), and the tract with smaller cells is called the Parvocellular pathway (P-pathway). The M-pathway processes information quickly and without acute definition and is suited for object location and tracking—where things are. The P-pathway processes data less quickly but with more definition and higher quality, including color vision.

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White Matter Hyperintensities In The Normal Population, Callie Beck, Dr. Ramona O. Hopkins Sep 2013

White Matter Hyperintensities In The Normal Population, Callie Beck, Dr. Ramona O. Hopkins

Journal of Undergraduate Research

White-matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are unidentified bright objects in the white matter regions of the brain and have been observed on magnetic resonance (MR) brain images since the mid-1980s. Numerous studies have been conducted to determine the relationship between WMHs and various pathologic conditions such as hypertension, stroke, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, brain atrophy, bipolar disorder, mania, depression, hemophilia, and following carbon monoxide poisoning. However, the etiology and mechanisms of WMHs remain unclear. A majority of the information regarding the prevalence of WMHs in normal healthy individuals comes from the control data in studies that focus on various illnesses such as bipolar …

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Depressive Rumination: A Psychometic Analysis, Robert R. Bradbury, Dr. Claudia Clayton Sep 2013

Depressive Rumination: A Psychometic Analysis, Robert R. Bradbury, Dr. Claudia Clayton

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Steven Calder, Doug Marchant, and I have been studying depressive rumination for over a year and a half. Our first study was similar in content to the current study; however, because of our two ORCA grants, the current study is much more sophisticated. Depressive rumination is the consistent recycling of negative thoughts. Researchers have begun to examine the consequences of depressive rumination on cognition and daily functioning. The effect of mild-to-moderate stressors on heart rate and other physiological responses is an important measure of daily functioning, but to date only a single study has addressed the relationship between rumination, heart …

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Changing Legislative Voting Behavior As Evidence Of Vote Buying, Taft Foster, Dr. Eric Eide Sep 2013

Changing Legislative Voting Behavior As Evidence Of Vote Buying, Taft Foster, Dr. Eric Eide

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Within the economic and political science literatures, a variety of theoretical models have been developed which attempt to describe the role of campaign contributions in the political process. These models can be separated into two groups, those which employ the assumption that campaign contributions can purchase legislative votes and those which do not. Proponents of this assumption, known as vote buying, argue that legislators reward special interest groups for their campaign contributions by voting on laws in a way that will benefit the contributor. Though widespread, the use of this assumption remains controversial despite many attempts by researchers to examine …

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