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Annual Undergraduate Student Research Forum: Recent submissions
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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, ... -
Effects of Waist-to-Hip Ratio on Sexual Objectification and Sexual Assault
The present studies examined the effects of waist-to-hip ratio on sexual assault and sexual objectification. Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is defined computationally as the thinnest point of the waist divided by the widest point ... -
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 ... -
The Social Construct of Black Women: The Myth of the Strong Matriarch
This study focuses on the commercial and media aspect of the oppression of black women in America and perhaps all over the world. It looks at the caricatures of Mammy/Aunt Jemima, a Sapphire, and a Jezebel. These were ... -
Capturing the Age-Dependent Properties of Human Skin Using Variable Stiffness “Smart” Skins
Throughout history, medical advancements have progressed in multiple areas. One of the more impactful areas is that of artificial skin. Whether it will be used for burn victims, prosthetic limbs, or medical training devices, ... -
Should Government Intervene in the Economy During Economic Recessions?
This research explores the implication of government intervention with two major hypotheses. By comparing major economic indicators under various United States and German presidencies in term of the extent of government ... -
Undocumented Evangelism: Immigration, Detention, and Sanctuary on the U.S.-Mexican Border
This project explores the New Sanctuary Movement, which began as a reaction to intense political repercussions for undocumented immigrants, in light of the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s and modern influences such as the ... -
Endangered Documents of the Amazon
I read and translated ancient archives from the 1800's about marriages and put all that information into an excel sheet that makes finding certain information easier to find. My job was to find the names of the wife, her ... -
Synthesis of π-Extended Tetraphenylorphyrins
Porphyrin is a group of compounds that has potential used in areas requires material with specific photodynamic and photoelectric properties. The basic structure of porphyrin, porphine, has been found in many important ... -
Statistical Modelling the Inventory Allocation of Bay Area Bike Share
The project investigates the allocation of public bikes under the Bay Area Bike Share (BABS). BABS is the region’s bike sharing system with 700 bikes and 70 stations across the Bay Area surrounding San Francisco. It provides ... -
Environmental Factors on Well-Being of Captive Pottos (Perodicticus potto) at the Cincinnati Zoo
The potto (Perodicticus potto) is a nocturnal non-human primate (Suborder: Strepsirhini) that lives in tropical forests in the Congo basin and ranges east to countries of the Rift Valley. They are difficult to study in the ... -
A Profile of KNM-ER 1813: The State of Early Homo from the Specimen’s Perspective
In the paleoanthropology community, there is much debate about how to tackle the issue that the earliest Homo specimens pose. In general, there is a great variety of cranial morphology represented in the fossil record, but ... -
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, ... -
Relations Between Academic Factors and Social/Illegal Risks
This survey-based study examined the relationships between certain academic factors and social illegal risks. It primarily focused on GPA and academic achievement and how they related to fake ID ownership and alcohol ...