Browsing Carroll College Student Undergraduate Research Festival 2018-2019 by Title
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Factors Important in Developing Depression in Undergraduates
(2019-04-25)Depression is known to have serious effects on an individual’s well-being. Depression has been shown to influence sleep, eating habits, alcohol, substance use and increases in anxiety. We investigated whether changes in ... -
For or Against the People? Republican Violence in Arendt and Machiavelli
(2019-04-25)This paper explores and analyzes Hannah Arendt's and Niccolò Machiavelli's treatment of violence in republics. It seeks to answer the question: what is the proper role of violence in republican governments? After an ... -
Foreign Aid as an Influence on Foreign Public Opinion
(2018-04-20)Countries have some ability to make other countries more likely to cooperate. Strategically, one way that this can be done is through building up a resource of what Joseph Nye calls “soft power.” In the summer of 2017, I ... -
Forest Age and Growth Rate of Ponderosa Pines at the Forest–Meadow Boundary; Canyon Creek, MT
(2018-04-20)The forest–meadow boundary is an ecotone where the encroachment of trees is typically restricted by some limiting environmental factor (soil moisture, grazing, fire frequency). The Triple 8 Ranch field station in Canyon ... -
Formed By False Expectations
(2018-04-20)High Expectations often harm students because of stress and the unhealthy goals of perfection. A person’s most formative years are when they are in school, yet the stress they feel during that period will go on to affect ... -
Forming Carbon-Carbon Bonds Via Photo-oxidation
(2019-04-25)1-(2-thienyl)-pyrene has been viewed to form a carbon-carbon bond when oxidized. We investigated a palladium catalyzed reaction leading to the dimerization of a furan. However, ostensibly a similar reaction can occur in ... -
From “The Blacker the Berry” and “Fight the Power” to “Y’all Act Like You Never Seen a White Person” Before: Double Consciousness in Race through Hip-Hop and Rap Music
(2018-04-20)“It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks in on amused contempt and pity...One ... -
Fuzz Fix: The Physiological Effects of Both Human and Canine Interactions on a College Campus
(2018-04-20)The implementation of Animal Assisted Activities (AAA’s) on college campuses during finals week has grown in popularity in recent years. The belief is that AAA’s help reduce student stress levels during a week of difficult ... -
Genetic Identification of Culex tarsalis Host Plants from Extracted Gut Contents
(2018-04-20)Since its introduction to the United States in 1999, West Nile Virus (WNV) has become the most prevalent arthropod borne virus (arbovirus) in the Americas. WNV possesses the potential to manifest encephalitic symptoms in ... -
Gilman Drive Sewer Improvement Project
(2019-04-25)The University of California, San Diego is planning future housing projects on the south end of campus that are projected to increase the sewer generation rate in the area. The current sewer line runs along the south side ... -
Giving Birth Naturally versus Giving Birth with an Epidural
(2018-04-20)Whether to give birth naturally or to do so with the help of an epidural is a commonly asked question among women in the United States. Giving birth naturally is defined as “a woman choosing to embrace the labor process ... -
Gold Medal for Green Energy
(2018-04-20)In the 1960s, technological advancements and social awareness increased the demand for production and consumption of energy to be clean and renewable. In order to take advantage of varying resources, governments will form ... -
Growth Analysis of Humulus lupulus (Hops) Varieties in Montana
(2019-04-25)Montana currently has a booming brewing industry yet there is a state-wide lack in the production of hops, a critical ingredient in the brewing process. Hops (Humulus lupulus) are a perennial vine that can grow up to 7.5 ... -
Growth and Production of Hops (Humulus lupulus) Varieties in the Helena Valley (MT)
(2018-04-20)Humulus lupulus, or hop, is a herbaceous perennial vine from the Cannabaceae family and grows perennially for ten to twenty years. They are most commonly grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington. Hops are used for a variety ... -
Hawaiian Honeycreeper Explosion: Monophyletic Origins of Nectivorous Honeycreeper Beak Morphologies
(2019-04-25)The goal of this study was to determine if the primary nectarivorous species of Hawai’ian Honeycreepers were a monophyletic group. A well supported phylogeny, generated using cytB of the mitochondrial genome, indicates a ... -
Health-related quality of life in cancer patients: A systematic review to measure the reported health-related quality of life in cancer patients ages sixty-five and older who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) verses chemotherapy
(2018-04-20)According to the Centers for Disease and Control, in 2014 alone, 1,596,486 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States. In that same year, over half a million Americans died of cancer, deeming the disease the ... -
Henry Hill Music Production
(2018-04-20)This presentation will show the process of researching the desire and needs for consumers to spend money for the service of music recording, developing the skills necessary to produce a professional song, and implementing ... -
“Her Story”
(2018-04-20)In the Fall of 2017 our literary studies class compounded a critical edition of “Her Story,” a short story written by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford in the late 19th century. We were tasked with reading the original ... -
Here Comes the Rain
(2019-04-25)We always look forward to when the rain will end. Rain means darkness, wet shoes, staring at the sidewalk and never at the sky. Rain means windshield wipers and ruined hair and cold hands. Gloom. So we wait. We watch the ... -
High Maternal Dietary Glycemic Index and Sugar Consumption and Their Association with Birth Defects and Pregnancy Complications
(2018-04-20)Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to look at existing peer reviewed articles regarding high maternal dietary glycemic index (DGI) and/or sugar consumption (including glucose, fructose, and sucrose) and ...