Browsing 2020 Symposium on Undergraduate Research by Title

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  • The Effect of Colored Paper on Math Performance 
    Butler, Nestle N. (2020)
    In a student’s academic career, few subjects generate as much anxiety as math (e.g., Carey et al., 2019). This anxiety can result in emotional reactions, such as fear of failure, and behavioral reactions, such as ...
  • The Effect of Handwashing with Antiseptic Soap and Water on Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections 
    Brown, Mercedes K.; Corley, Shianna C.; Dukes, Kahmia J.; Mathis, Madeline M. (2020)
    Nurses predominantly use antiseptic hand sanitizer in place of general hand washing. However, hand sanitizers are not always the best method for controlling the spread of bacteria especially among children. Our research ...
  • The Effect of Text Medium on the Reading Profiles of College-Aged Individuals 
    McNeil, Brianna T.; Sellers, Lynsey B. (2020)
    Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Special Education Numerous studies have been designed to compare the comprehension abilities of readers when reading digital texts as opposed to print-based texts. ...
  • Effectiveness of Mass Casualty Protocols in Hospitals 
    Almonte, Natalie; Margery, Nyaluma; Colbian, Kathryn; McNair, Ashli (2020)
    In recent years, mass casualty incidents (MCI’s) have become more prevalent across the United States. We are researching how hospitals are equipped to handle MCI’s. We investigated the question, for hospital staff, what ...
  • Entangled in Motherhood: Analyzing Janine Antonia’s Inhabit 
    Lott, Logan M. (2020)
    My research analyzes the 2009 artwork Inhabit by the American sculptor and performance artist Janine Antoni. This female artist uses her own body as an object for creating art as well as an object to be viewed. Antonia’s ...
  • Essential Medicine for the Shire Ngaanyatjarra-Giles in Australia 
    Abbott, Jeffery; Cone, Tristan; Scruggs, Samuel (2020)
    This list of essential medicines was outline by the World Health Organization [WHO]. These medicines were specifically picked out for the geographic region of Ngaanyatjarra-Giles a rural region is Western Australia. These ...
  • Essential Medicines for Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo 
    Falkenhausen, Thomas; Warren, Abbey; Green, Darius; Kolb, Marlie (2020)
    Beni is a city in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Currently Congo is suffering from civil unrest, including Beni, which was attacked by the ISIL in 2019. One of the major health issues currently impacting ...
  • Establishing Normative Swallowing Data 
    Theobald, Hayley M.; Bailey, Emily R. (2020)
    Dysphagic patients often do not finish meals and obtain adequate nutrition because of fatigue. Speech-language pathologists need normative rates of swallowing data for healthy individuals in order to write goals for dysphagia ...
  • Estimating the Fatality Rate of Covid-19 
    Liu, Jon; Liu, Joyce (2020)
    As the coronavirus disease Covid-19 rages in China and spreads to other countries in the world, good estimations of the disease’s epidemiological parameters are crucial to help governments, hospitals, businesses, and the ...
  • Evaluation of Biocatalysis in Non-Aqueous Solvent Media Using Engineered Myoglobin Nanocontructs 
    Youngblood, Sarah; Falkenhausen, Thomas (2020)
    Biocatalysis is the use of enzymes and proteins to perform chemical transformations. Enzymes and proteins are increasingly used in organic reactions due to excellent chemo-, regio- and stereo- selectivity, environmental ...
  • Examining Negative Effects of Cell-Phone Towers on Humans and Wildlife 
    Patel, Tarun P.; Patel, Kevin V. (2020)
    In this research we examine how omnipresence of cell phone towers has impacted human and wildlife. We begin with discussing how these cell phone towers release Radiofrequency (RF) waves, followed by highlighting dangers ...
  • Explorations in Geometry 
    Buckler, Mallory; Soto, Victor (2020)
    Dynamic geometric software can facilitate mathematical conjecturing. Computer construction programs allow the users to construct geometric shapes with specific constraints. Once these geometric shapes are constructed, they ...
  • Exploring Novel Reactivity for Engineered Myoglobin Biocatalyst: [2,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Allylic Acetals 
    Braswell, Lauren T.; Haamid, Wall A. (2020)
    Biocatalysis is a green, sustainable process in which enzymes, whole-cells or other biological catalysts perform a required synthetic transformation in a highly efficient manner. Recently, the heme protein myoglobin (Mb) ...
  • Factors that Lead to Women Being Elected to State Legislatures 
    Carter, Mary Alex (2020)
    The question being posed in the study is “What factors predict the percentage of women in a state legislature?”. The units of analysis are the 50 states. The independent variables investigated are the percentage of votes ...
  • Female Fertility Announcement: Do Female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) Adjust Singing Behavior Prior to Clutch Initiation? 
    Dunmon, Danielle (2020)
    is fertile, few studies have explored whether females also adjust patterns of singing during early stages of breeding. For females, increased song output prior to clutch initiation and during egg laying may increase the ...
  • The Functional Morphology of the Hagfish Feeding Apparatus Dental Plate Complex 
    Womble, Adrienne L. (2020)
    Hagfish are deep-sea craniates that have not evolved opposable jaws. Despite this, hagfish can “bite” forcefully, allowing them to utilize food sources ranging from marine worms to giant whale carcasses. Since hagfish do ...
  • Gender Differences in Smartphone App Use by Undergraduate Students 
    Salas, Jessi; Rubio, Karen R.; Stokes, Bryonna; Spann, Tyime; Winslow, Niyla H.; Wright, Anthony T. (2020)
    Smartphones are ubiquitous in modern society. The present study examined gender differences in how men and women used their smartphones. Participants were 153 men and women undergraduate students at VSU. Men used their ...
  • Gender Identity Attitudes and Self-Esteem as a Function of Gender Classification 
    Cooper, Tionna M.; Horton, Jessica A.; Smith, Abigail J. (2020)
    Within the past decade, society has begun to develop a rapidly progressive and open mindset toward gender identity and even how the word gender is defined. Past research has shown sex differences in gender identity attitudes ...
  • How Artwork is Interpreted as a Function of Gender of the Artist 
    Ramirez Rubio, Karen; Salas, Jessi; Stokes, Bryonna; Spann, Tyime (2020)
    The purpose of the present study is to examine how men and women show similarities and differences in how they interpret works of art when the artwork is attributed to a male or female artist. Earlier research suggests ...
  • How NBC’s “This is Us” Breaks Stereotypes in Media 
    Golden, Emma L. (2020)
    This paper discusses how NBC’s prime time television show “This is Us” breaks common stereotypes that are perpetuated in media such as adoptive children being dysfunctional, strong female characters being a size 2 with no ...

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