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 In this research project, I examined the interactions between the women of Hinduism and the fashion industry. This project addresses the unrestricting versatility of traditional Indian attire and how Hindu women wear these garments. Using the pluralist theory as defined by Diana Eck and the s...

The project Meta-Learning Abroad: African American Study Abroad Students in Italy examines the experiences of African American study abroad students. There are approximately 5.9% or 2,000 African American students who study abroad in Italy each year. The experiences of the study abroad students...

  Parenting styles can often be distinguished by the behavioral variability used by parents, such as their use of disciplining, monitoring, and psychological control strategies. Findings suggest significant consistency between negative controlling behaviors and positive guiding behaviors and infant...

Youth violence has become a serious public health issue over the past several decades. Research continues to identify violent-related behavior risk factors linked to many physical and emotional outcomes among youth in diverse communities across local, national and international communities. Some of ...

The glycolytic astrocyte possesses a high redox and xenobiotic buffering capacity through glutathione (GSH), neutralizing many forms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and excreting xenobiotics through GSH-xenobiotic adducts back into the blood stream. Astrocytes are the first line of defense against ...

   The insula is a brain region that has been linked to a range of functions, including emotional responsnes. Work done by our lab found that insula activaion during viewing of contaminated food was positively correlated with a disgust sensitivity score. While the insula has a broad role in the di...

This study examines the spatial and temporal distribution of tropospheric ozone column trends in India over the past decade, 2004-2016. Tropospheric ozone is an indicator of environmental health as a major air pollutant; its long-time exposure and air quality deterioration can threaten public health...

Previous research links poor mental health status with increased levels of alcohol use. Social and environmental factors have also been cited as contributors to increased alcohol use. As alcohol use is preventable, the current study sought to understand the moderating role of neighborhood disorder o...

  The prediction of cardiac arrhythmia is challenging for professionals in the medical field. It is proposed that presenting a patient's heartbeat data in the form of a musical score can help with the detection of patterns of irregularity, which would aid in the prediction of arrhythmia. It is furt...

  A flagellum is an appendage that operates in a whip-like movement.Two of the essential structures of the flagellum are the radial spoke and central pair. The radial spoke is a protein structure found in the axonemes of eukaryotic flagella that is involved in the mechanical movement. The central p...

Trichosphaerium marine amoeba are a unique case when attempting to observe the processes that occur during its life cycle. Trichosphaerium has two forms: asexual (schizont) and sexual (gamont), but there is limited literature on the phenomenons that occur during its life cycle. The stages and mechan...

This presentation will examine the construction of Blackness through Middle Class Black Men as depicted in Lethal Weapon (2016) and Black-ish (2014). By taking a case study approach this presentation will explore social codes and visual culture used to show the dynamics of legible and illegible masc...

Hereditary NonPolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) is an inherited condition, resulting from a mutation in the MSH2 gene, which encodes a protein essential for the DNA mismatch repair mechanism (MMR). Defects in MMR cause higher mutation rates leading to uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation. ...

The current study seeks to examine the link between self-perceived popularity as a predictor variable for self-concept in college students. Most research involving this relationship has been conducted on children and adolescents (Boivin & Begin, 1989; Keefe & Berndt, 1996). Studies involving col...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently diagnosed malignancies among men worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. Cancer is a multifaceted condition in which a cell begins dividing in an irregular manner due to various factors including mutations in ...

Many imports and exports are staples in the everyday lives of many people. Typically, resources are extracted from markets in the global south and sent to the north. In 2017, the United States imported 1.25 billion dollar’s worth of coffee from Colombia. One commodity that is overlooked and rather...

Populism is not a defined ideology, but instead a strategy for political outsiders to challenge the status quo. Previous literature asserts that populist candidates depend on rhetoric over action (Bonikowski 2016). This research addresses the gap between how a populist candidate’s performance and ...

Glia cells are an essential cell type in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. They have many important functions one of which includes eliciting and modulating immune and inflammatory responses in times of stress, such as after a stroke. During these times of stress, there is an increase...

  There has been an overwhelming lack of participation in computing among African American women. Music has previously been used as an approach to increase engagement and desire to persist in computer science education. The aim of the study is to understand if Black music can be used as a culturall...

Bertrum (2011) highlights the political origins of welfare reform but little research explores how political partisanship may affect current implementation of welfare policies. Drawing on a quantitative case study of four states from 1960 to 2018, I analyze caseload data and compare it with the poli...

The Black experience in Argentina is one colored by systemic racism, which is described as the way individuals, structures, and institutions uphold and perpetuate inequality on the basis of race (Cole, 2018). Racism in Argentina acts to erase Afro-Argentines and Afro-descendants and their contributi...

The present study examines the neuroprotective effects of selected flavonoid compounds against 3-NP in human neurons differentiated from iPSC derived neural stem cells. Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by loss of function and structure of neurons. Common pathways of notable diseases s...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder in which an individual inherits an abnormal hemoglobin gene from each parent, altering the shape and functionality of the red blood cells. SCD predominantly affects persons of African descent. One in 365 black Americans are born with sickle cell disease....

Social comparison refers to one's tendency to compare their actions and behaviors to those of persons surrounding them. Self-esteem is based on how one views themselves. Because evaluation of oneself can occur within the context of social comparison, the current research aims to answer the question,...

Cities are growing in area and population as urbanization is happening at record rates. Known as urbanization, this brings about the clearance of urban forest ecosystems to accommodate development. Urbanization affects ecological functions, structures, and systems by impacting the distribution of ve...

In this study, we investigate the trend of precipitation of North Carolina between 1950 and 2011. To do so, the rate of change of precipitation in North Carolina over time will be evaluated using each rain gauge station in North Carolina. The linear model, as well as the linear mixed model, will be ...

As a major world power, the United States occupies many resources resulting in great economic success. Economic prosperity, better quality of life, and a hopeful future are key aspects that migrant individuals seek when coming to America. Migrants who find work in the U.S. often times send money and...

The birth and expansion of the American police can be traced to a host of contributing factors. The practice of enslavement and the control of minorities, however, were the leading causes of the formation of early policing. Slave patrols in the south, and northern constables were created to control ...

X-ray binaries are a fascinating class of astrophysical objects. They tend to be highly variable over both short and long time scales, and can experience sudden flares and long intervals of quiescence. Several physical phenomena, including eclipses, can produce periodic behavior. It has even been hy...

According to research, there is a significant and positive impact on children’s academics when music is integrated into the education curriculum (Bryant, 2014). The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation (NAMM) conducted a study and found that children who study music typically develop...