Browsing Carroll College Student Undergraduate Research Festival 2021 by Title
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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 ... -
Hands-on or Hands-off: Manual versus Mechanical Chest Compressions
(2021)Chest compressions are initiated when electrical malfunctions cause the heart to stop. Two methods of restoring circulation may be used when someone’s heart stops: manual chest compressions (Man-CPR) or mechanical chest ... -
Helping Hoofs: How do Miniature Horses Compare to Dogs for Service Work
(2021)Service or assistance animals are widely used to assist people with disabilities to live more independently and to give them greater freedom. The species that the general public typically imagines when thinking of service ... -
How Gut Microbiome Interventions Affect Alzheimer's Symptoms, a Systematic Review
(2021)Objective: To review current literature concerning the effectiveness of gut microbiome interventions on Alzheimer’s symptoms and biomarkers. Methods: Literature was gathered through PubMed and CINAHL and assessed for ... -
The Impact of Training on the Human Cat Bond
(2021-04-16)Cats often get categorized as untrainable due to their reputation for being unreceptive to human interaction. However, despite their independent nature, cats are not exempt from the ability to interact and communicate with ... -
Integration Of Bibliotherapy In Special Education Interventions
(2021)The question we set out to answer pertains to the effectiveness of bibliotherapy being incorporated into the tiers of the Response to Intervention Strategy (RtI). Bibliotherapy has real world applications, utilized as a ... -
Investigation of Carbene Intermediates Through Sulfonium Ylide Precursors
(2021-04-16)Transition metal coordinated carbene intermediates are important in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, a necessity for synthesizing many of the complex molecules we use today, including pharmaceuticals, polymers, and ... -
Investigation of Renewable Surfactants for Herbicides.
(2021-04-16)Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup®, a widely popular herbicide. Glyphosate is used because it is able to halt protein synthesis which stops plants from growing. Worldwide, 280 million pounds of glyphosate, which ... -
Kindergarten Literacy Program
(2021)What does the best Literacy program look like for a Kindergarten classroom? The University of Arkansas at Little Rock produced a peer-reviewed comprehensive literacy model framework entitled “The Partnerships in Comprehensive ...