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Garden to Table: A Pilot Home Gardening Program for Food Pantry Clients
The use of gardening has become very popular in interventions pertaining to social well-being, physical health, vegetable consumption, food preference, nutritional status, inter-generational relations, food security, and ... -
Gritty or Flexible: Which Is a Better Predictor of Academic Success?
In any classroom, there are clear differences in the ways students learn and respond to challenges. Growth mindset, the belief that intelligence is malleable and can be improved through hard work (Dweck, 2008), has been ... -
High Mobility Low Cost Polarimeter
Knowing the polarization of a light beam is essential for BEC optical mechanics and fiber coupling. To entrap the atoms in a MOT six beams of equal strength and polarization are required. With polarity maintaining fibers ... -
How Urbanization is Effecting The Eastern Gray Squirrel
In this experiment, I determined if urbanization affecting the foraging behavior in eastern gray squirrels? Do these behaviors become less or more frequent with the different season? The purpose of this experiment is to ... -
Identification of Urine Metabolic Biomarkers for Hypoxia-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Mouse Model
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) refers to the rapid decline of renal filtration and urine production due to functional and/or structural damage. Kidney damage is often due to sepsis, respiratory failure, heart failure, trauma, ... -
The Impact of Perceived Self-Efficacy on Regret
The purpose of this study was to shed light on the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and regret. I measured regret by its two subcomponents, cognitive regret and affective regret . I hypothesized first that as ... -
Improving Strength Properties of Paper Utilizing Mycelia Fungus
Alternatives to the traditional sack grade of paper used for grocery bags was investigated for use in the commercial market. This project investigated the use of mycelium in conjunction with wood-based pulps to produce a ... -
In Vivo Applications of Diffuse Optical Techniques For Measuring Hemodynamics in Mouse Models of Cerebral Stroke
With strokes, time is the paramount factor in determining the severity and aftermath of a patient. Every minute that passes, a portion of the brain is losing blood flow and oxygen saturation that results in the death of ... -
The Influence of Chronotype on Alcohol Consumption
College student alcohol consumption is a public health concern. With 65% of college students consuming alcohol in any given month, they experience negative consequences including lower grades, lasting cognitive deficits, ... -
Influence of Early Life Stress on a Mouse Model of Binge Alcohol Drinking
The current study examined whether exposure to an early life stressor in mice increases compulsive alcohol drinking in adulthood. -
Linguistic Differences in the Production of Narratives by Adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Adolescents with (n=20) and without (n=20) autism spectrum disorder (ASD), matched for age, intelligence, and language, produced narratives during the Trier Social Stress Test that were analyzed for pronoun use, mental ... -
Maternal Neural and Parasympathetic Regulation and Parenting Stress
We examined the relation between maternal neural (delta-beta coupling [coupling]) and autonomic (respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]) regulatory processes and mothers’ parenting stress longitudinally. It was expected that ... -
Modeling Job Satisfaction in Southern Ohio
This study investigates the relationship between the various characteristics of both an individual and their job as a means to explain their overall satisfaction with that job. We will specifically focus on employed persons ... -
My Narrator and I: Crafting Authorial Identity in Fiction
This project explores the craft moves an author can make to establish (or mask) authorial identity in fiction through creative exploration. -
Neurophysiological Assessment of Rapid Cold-hardening-induced Resistance to the Disruption of Resting Neuronal Membrane Potential
This study highlights a novel approach to the study of rapid cold-hardening. Examination at the neuronal level allows for further understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying this acclimatory response to ...