Browsing Carroll College Student Undergraduate Research Festival 2020 by Title
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6 Ways to Implement Coding in a Math Class
(2020-04-24)Many schools are aware that technology and coding needs to be implemented more within their curriculum in order to have students become more literate in the heavily technology oriented society. Previously, researchers have ... -
Analyzing U.S. Border Imagery Through News Media
(2020-04-24)The goal of this project was to analyze depictions of U.S. borders in recent, post 9/11 news media. This study analyzed the language, themes, and ethnic identifiers used to refer to the borders and the issues and people ... -
Animal Sacrifice in Scandinavian Folklore
(2020-04-24)I'll be covering the history of animal sacrifice in regards to Sami culture and fairytales, the combination of Christianity and Paganism in the Folklore regarding Church Grim, and the connection between animal sacrifice ... -
An Application of the Justification-Suppression Model of Prejudice to the Disability Wage Gap
(2020-04-24)I studied the disability wage gap by examining how participants’ hiring decisions changed with varying levels of justification and with the educational attainment of candidates with and without disabilities. The ... -
Are Opioids Enough?
(2020-04-24)Opioids are often used as a primary intervention for post-operative pain management. Opioids are highly regulated substances that are used to treat severe pain in a variety of healthcare settings (Opioid, 2017). However, ... -
“As a Member of Congress”: Agency, Gender, and Self-Qualifying Language in the House of Representatives
(2020-04-24)In order to understand the use of identity in Congress, I present a content analysis of 701 one-minute speeches from the House of Representatives given during the 116<sup>th</sup> session (2019-2020). I test two hypotheses, ... -
Babies Behind Bars
(2020-04-24)Prison nursery programs give pregnant incarcerated women the opportunity to keep their infants with them while serving their sentences. Duration of the program is facility dependent, but can last anywhere from 30 days to ... -
Brain Glucose Metabolism and Its Influence on Dementia-related Hallucinations
(2020-04-24)In the United States, 5.7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia. Dementia is reported to kill more people than breast and prostate cancer combined. One in three elderly patients dies from dementia or Alzheimer’s; ... -
Can eBird Serve as an Adequate Surrogate for Field Observations in Assessing the Prevalence of Virally Competent Avian Hosts for West Nile Virus?
(2020-04-24)West Nile virus is a pathogen of concern within Montana. Due to the potential ramifications associated with the contraction of this disease, assessing risks remain significant in ongoing research. Prior evidence indicates ... -
The Cleansing Power of Love: How Augustine's Confessions and Dante's Inferno Exemplify the Extent of What Love Can Accomplish
(2020-04-24)Augustine’s Confessions and Dante’s The Divine Comedy both narrate conversion stories that parallel each other in that both characters begin in a state where no love is present and progress toward a state where love is the ... -
Development of Operant Device to Measure Canine Self-Control
(2020-04-24)When given the choice been a larger, delayed reward and a smaller, immediate reward, behavioral literature defines self-control as the selection of the larger, delayed reward and impulsivity as the selection of the smaller, ... -
Effect of EDTA on CalModulin 1 (CAM1) Gene Expression and Cell Viability in Tetrahymena thermophila
(2020-04-24)The use of metal ion chelators, such as EDTA, is ever present in many of our daily products including shampoo, body soaps, and conditioners. For this project, we wanted to explore how the presence of EDTA influences the ... -
Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Muscle Strength in Adults who Have Received Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review
(2020-04-24)Objective: This systematic review was conducted to find out if there is a correlation between neuromuscular electrical stimulation and muscle strength after a total knee arthroplasty in adults. Methods: Articles were ... -
The Effect of Paraphenylenediamine on NAT2 Gene Expression, Behavior, and L3 Larvae Counts in Drosophila Melanogaster
(2020-04-24)Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is an arylamine commonly found in permanent hair dye. Arylamines are known carcinogens that are detoxified by N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2). The NAT2 gene is located in all cells of the body, ... -
Effect of SAD Light Treatment on dSERT Gene Expression, Motor Function, and Aggression in Drosophila melanogaster
(2020-04-24)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a major depressive disorder that manifests during fall and winter months. Previous studies have indicated that SAD may be linked to a downregulation of the neurotransmitter serotonin, ... -
The Effect of Selenium Exposure on abdA Gene Expression and Mechanosensation in Drosophila Melanogaster
(2020-04-24)Selenium, a heavy metal found in drainage near coal mines, is known to cause developmental abnormalities in aquatic species such as trout, and species that depend on aquatic environments such as waterfowl. Previous studies ... -
Effects of 2.45 GHz EMF-RF Wi-Fi exposure on ATU1 Expression and Replication of Tetrahymena Thermophila
(2020-04-24)Our experiment explored whether 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi affected expression of the ATU1 gene in Tetrahymena thermophila. Our hypothesis was that exposure to Wi-Fi would result in a decrease in expression of the ATU1 gene. The protein ... -
Effects of Caffeine Exposure and Withdrawal on TTHERM_00013550 Expression, Feeding, and Growth of Tetrahymena thermophila
(2020-04-24)The purpose of our experiment was to determine the effects of caffeine addiction on Tetrahymena thermophila. In more complex organisms, such as humans, caffeine has stimulating effects and is addictive. We hypothesized ... -
Effects of College Adjustment on Anxiety and Executive Functioning
(2020-04-24)We are examining college adjustment in undergraduate students due to the lack of previous research done in this area. We hypothesized that students displaying higher college adjustment would have an overall higher wellbeing. ... -
Effects of Firearm Regulation on Suicide Rates
(2020-04-24)Suicide by firearm continues to threaten the lives of American citizens; as a result, there is a need for a national discussion on firearm legislation. In 2017, the CDC reported suicide was the tenth leading cause of death ...