Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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(2020-04-16)Humor during varying periods of time are seen simply as reflections of the culture they were created in. But it is often overlooked that there is a tradition of that same humor recurring throughout history and across ...
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(2018-04-24)Testate amoebae are a group of protozoa that live in aquatic environments such as peatlands, estuaries, and lakes, and their shells are often well-preserved in the sediments of these environments. These organisms are useful ...
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(2015-08-28)The toxic dinoflagellate Dinophysis ovum is one of the harmful algal species that bloom along the Texas coast. Blooms of D. ovum can be explained by several factors that work together to cause bloom initiation. This work ...
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(2017-04-24)The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine Beowulf adaptations for moments in which the adapter chooses to emphasize themes of a community drawn along ethnic or national lines. These authorial choices reveal how ...
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(2014-09-30)This project proposes a critical perspective on the emancipatory project outlined by Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala through the lens of two main problems: (a) ressentiment and (b) social/political exclusion. In working ...
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(2021-05-07)Forenames are commonly recognized as labels used to identify or distinguish ourselves from others and signal varying levels of behavioral traits within a gender group, with some gender-specific forenames appearing as more ...
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Mind-wandering is a ubiquitous human experience characterized by task-unrelated thought, or thought that deviates from the present task. Past research has found that mind-wandering is a vital moderator of psychological ...
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This thesis analyzes how the Chilean nation-building politics of the mid-nineteenth century enabled German immigration and sustained its subsequent influence in Chile. It explores the origin of Germans in Chile starting ...
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(2012-05-02)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experiences of Arabs, Muslims in this post 9/11 society. The research conducted delves into the experiences of these groups: the stereotypes branded on them by society, the ...
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Does the presence of an Asian candidate increase turnout within Asian Americans? I conduct an analysis of the 2018 Congressional election using survey and observational data to study the effects of race on voter turnout. ...
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(2013-02-04)The Supreme Court’s commerce clause jurisprudence represents a balance between ideology and institutional constraints. In this work, I examine to what extent ideology and institutional constraints affect the Court’s ...
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Drawing on scholarship in energy humanities, this project uncovers the significance behind film portrayals of wind energy as a way of expanding knowledge of our relationship to alternative energy and its viability through ...
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Estimation of wireless device location (localization) has been studied extensively for its usefulness in network infrastructures. However, the related issue of determining device orientation has received less attention. ...
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We are creating an infrared (IR) beam using LEDs and lenses to power devices wirelessly. All electrical devices we use today are limited by either being hardwired or using batteries to power them. This technology may ...
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Over the years, Existentialism has grown to be a recurrent subject in literature. As the world faced periods of war and rapid development in the 19th and 20th centuries, authors with various origins began to present―almost ...
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Literature Review: A number of scholars have noticed similarities in what societies within fairy tales expect of women and children and how they treat them, but scholars tend to keep the spheres of childhood and adulthood ...
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(2013-12-12)In this study, I examined whether there is a relationship between true-self knowledge and motivation to remain in a STEM major among female STEM students. Specifically, I hypothesized that a greater understanding of one’s ...
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(2013-09-28)A difference in aggregate public opinion and policy preferences between men and women has long been assumed but rarely fully empirically tested. In this analysis, I look at multiple economic factors impacting men and women ...
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This study belongs to the field of applied linguistics and, in particular, the area of first and second language acquisition. The two populations of interest in this project are Spanish-English bilinguals in the US, who ...
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A model to detect yawning in a video sequence from a regular camera is proposed. Landmark detectors are able to quickly and accurately estimate the pose of a face with various amounts of light and facial expressions. We ...