Abigail Farr, Jonathan Mietchen, Bryce Tobin, Trammell Cox, and Michael Millard with Dr. Benjamin Ogles, Psychology This study sought to investigate the relationship between motives for participating in a marathonand pre-race mood and their separate and combined influence on marathon running performance. Our goal was to determine whether or not performance may be dependent upon […]
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Home Cookin’: The Mechanisms that Affect Child Obesity
Collin Flake and Dr. Renata Forste, Sociology After careful consideration and several discussions with my faculty advisor about potential projects, I set out to tackle the problem of child obesity. I began my project by extensively reviewing previous literature on the issue. Child obesity is rapidly becoming one of the most prevalent health concerns in […]
Factors Affecting Folic Acid Stability in Micronutrient Fortified Corn Tortillas
Kirk Oler The previously submitted grant application outlined research methods that would use ORCA funding. This report is a follow up to the initial ORCA grant application. First, a brief recapitulation of the grant application will be provided. Second will be a description of the actual research with any deviations from the application. Third, the […]
Does Ratifying International Treaties Affect Compliance with Sex Trafficking Norms in Countries?
Maren Perkins and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Department of Political Science Sex trafficking is a growing problem worldwide. My research explores two questions: first, are states who sign the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000) more likely to comply with anti-sex trafficking norms than countries that […]
The Affect of Marital Quality on Father Involvement with Children
Jessica Miner The study of father involvement is a fairly new trend in research. Lamb (2000) suggested that we could define father involvement in behavior terms. These behaviors include: engagement, accessibility, and responsibility (Lamb, 2000). Fathers who are positively and behaviorally participating in these three components have, by definition, high involvement with their children. With […]
Teachers Affective Relationship Towards Children and the Concurrent Peer Interactions in Preschool Settings
Melissa K. Wouden and Dr. Craig H. Hart, Marriage, Family, and Human Development Many early childhood education programs that serve children age three to five, focus on helping preschoolers develop healthy and positive social skills for interacting with teacher, and peers. Therefore, teachers in preschool settings are important for helping children become more socially competent. […]
The Influence of Positive Affect on Working Memory
Brenna S. Adams and Dr. Michael J. Larson, Psychology Department Main Text Positive affect, or positive emotion, is associated with improvements in most cognitive abilities, such as creative problem solving (Isen, Daubman, & Nowicki, 1987), the integration of information for strategic decision-making (Estrada, Isen, & Young, 1997), and verbal fluency (Phillips, Bull, Adams, & Fraser, […]
Teacher Self Reflection: It’s Affect on a Teacher’s Understanding of Students
Erika Peterson and Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, McKay School of Education Main Text In the field of education, self-reflection is an important skill to help teachers assess and enhance their own teaching. As stated by Samaras and Freese, “When teachers critically reflect on their practice, they makes sense of the complexities of teaching and participate consciously […]
Identification of Yersiniapseudotuberculosisgenes that affect Congo-red binding
Ryan Stewart and Dr. David Erickson Abstract The plague bacterium Yersiniapestisrecently evolved from the enteric pathogen Yersiniapseudotuberculosis, during which time it has adopted a flea-borne lifestyle. Y. pestisforms a biofilmin the flea digestive tract to enhance transmission, whereas Y. pseudotuberculosisdoes not. Biofilmformation requires the hmsgenes, which direct the production of an N-acetylglucosamineextracellular matrix (ECM) that […]
It’s About Timing: How the Speed of a Volleyball Set Affects Offensive Efficiency
Lee J Hinkle and Dr. Iain Hunter, Exercise Science Thanks to the Office of Research and Creative Activities, I have been able to continue my research project investigating the relationship between the timing of a volleyball offense and its effectiveness. Since receiving the grant I have increased my data set by more than 1,000 occurrences, […]
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