Browsing Carroll College Student Undergraduate Research Festival 2021 by Title
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The Disabled Proletariat and Ableist Bourgeoisie
(2021)Passed in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is landmark legislation in the progress of disabled Americans’ civil rights. Despite this, disabled people remain an underclass oppressed by an ableist population. ... -
Does education work? Examining the impact of SIDS risk reduction education in the African American population
(2021)SIDS, also known as sudden infant death syndrome, is often used interchangeably with SUID. The CDC defines SUID as “Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) [and] is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of ... -
Does Social Distancing Work? The Effect of Social Distancing on COVID-19
(2020-04-29)COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it. One way the world is responding to this pandemic is social distancing. Social distancing is used to slow the spread of the disease, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus is primarily spread ... -
Dog Training Electronically
(2021)There has been a lot of studies into the efficacy of e-collars versus positive reinforcement, as well as their impact on the dog's health. Many studies have found that e-collars are no more effective than positive reinforcement ... -
The Donkey Problem: a review of donkey history and literature as it relates to donkey assisted therapy
(2020-12)The current research body on Equus asinus is lacking in all areas which is a significant disservice to the donkey as a species. Despite the lack of research donkeys continue to be used for a variety of tasks, which include ... -
The Effectiveness of D-dimer and Ultrasonography in Ruling Out Deep Venous Thromboses
(2021)Objective. To review current literature on the effectiveness of ultrasonography and D-dimer assays in ruling out and diagnosing deep venous thromboses (DVT). Methods. Literature identified through PubMed and Google ... -
Effects of Acculturation and the Development of Drug Abuse in the Hispanic Community
(2021-04-15)Abstract As of 2019, there are approximately 18.5% of Americans that identify as Hispanic or Latino (The Census Bureau, 2019). Additionally, as of 2019, over 10,000,000 LatinX individuals have immigrated to the United ... -
The Effects of Kangaroo Care on Parent-Infant Bonding
(2021)The lack of knowledge about skin-to-skin contact can have an affect on the bonding between the parent and infant. Bonding and attachment, for the purpose of this brief, are defined as a lasting psychological connectedness ... -
The Effects of Music Therapy on Infant Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2021-04-16)Preterm infants in the NICU are automatically predisposed to painful procedures, lack of skin-to-skin contact, exposure to harsh stimulants and receive reduced bonding time with parents. According to Smith et al. (2018), ... -
The Effects of Spinal Anesthesia on Inpatient Length of Stay
(2021)Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common procedures performed on adults aged 45 and over. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, from 2000 through 2010 an estimated 5.2 million total knee ... -
Effects of Vitamin D3 Analogs on Human Breast Cancer Cells: A Systematic Review
(2021-04-15)Objective: To review published literature regarding the effect of vitamin D3 treatment on the rates of cell death and growth inhibition in cultured human breast cancer cells. Methods: Literature identified using PubMed ... -
Engineered mutant a-ENaC subunit mRNA delivered by lipid nanoparticles reduces amiloride currents in cystic fibrosis - based cell and mice models
(2021-04-14)Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a devastating disorder that affects 70,000 patients worldwide. Morbidity in CF is mainly caused by thick airway mucus formation, lung infection, and terminal pulmonary deterioration. Mutations in ... -
Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors in Predicting Risk of West Nile Virus in Montana
(2021-04-23)West Nile virus (WNV) is a vector-borne disease with prevalence within the state of Montana. Predicting the patterns of this disease by assessing risk related to socioeconomic factors allows further control and prevention ... -
Erasmus and Plato on the Folly of Human Claims to Wisdom
(2021)In this presentation, I explain my analysis of Erasmus’ work Praise of Folly and Plato’s Apology of Socrates in order to explore the questions of the nature of wisdom and its purpose in human life. Although both philosophers ... -
Escaping Nursing School: Simulations Geared at Improving Knowledge and Practice-Ready Skills
(2021-04)“The use of a variety of non-traditional teaching strategies are found in nursing education literature, including gaming, problem-based learning, flipped classroom, and simulation” (Valdes et al., 2021). The use of simulators ... -
Expansion of Livingston Airport Turnarounds
(2021-04-11)The Livingston Airport (LVM) is located in Livingston, Montana in Park County. The population is roughly 8,000 people, however, due to its location, the airport has a high volume of tourist traffic. The high demand calls ... -
Finding the Most Effective Treatment Method of Myofascial Trigger Points: A Systematic Review
(2021-04-16)Objective: This systematic review focused toward finding the most effective treatment option of Myofascial Trigger Points of the common types (dry needling, compression, ultrasound, etc.). Methods: PubMed was used to ... -
The Fourier Transform Applied to Sound
(2021-04-16)The Fourier Transform is one of mathematics' most useful tools. In particular, it is very useful for studying and manipulating sound, as it turns a periodic function into one that represents that function's frequencies. ... -
Gender Expression in the Furry Community
(2021-03-15)We investigated how furries, which are people who enjoy anthropomorphized depictions of animals in art and other media express their genders both as people and through their fursonas and how the furry fandom (and by ... -
Gods and Humans in Paradise Lost and the Iliad
(2021-04-16)This paper examines the ways in which gods and humans interact in Homers Iliad and John Milton’s Paradise Lost. These two epics detail two battles, the battle for Troy and the battle for the salvation of humanity, both ...