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Housing stock returns and rising interest rates. Is there an Inverse Correlation?
Thomas F. Roebker
The demand for housing is considered to be inversely related to rising interest rates, particularly mortgage rates. In this study, however, I make the assumption that the Federal fund rate is a predictor of a future decline in economic activity which should be reflected in stock returns for the housing sector. I look at four periods of rising Federal Fund Rates spanning the overall period 1999-2023. If the distribution of returns is skewed left, then my assumption holds. If skewed to the right, then it does not hold. I utilized the top 20 stock returns by market capitalization in the housing sector to carry out my analysis.
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How Childhood Factors Influence Frequency of Offending
Shamari Sherre Devance-Dyer, Kenneth J. Smith
When adolescents commit crimes, rarely is the full environment of the child viewed. The upbringing of children plays a big role in how they act within society as they get older. Some children come from poor parenting styles while other children may come from a stricter parenting style. The importance of parenting styles may reflect the behavior of adolescents. For example, a child may be considered a bully in their school and that can be due to that child possibly being surrounded by violence or abusive behavior in their household. Outside the home, children can experience challenges in the community as well. After school programs and sports have been extremely beneficial to development, and keeping adolescents out of gangs. These activities build life skills while having the ability to keep these developing individuals on the right track. In the social aspects, students need to be involved outside of where they are comfortable and receive a diverse amount of support to continue to prosper. Looking at childhood factors (Personal, Environmental, and Social) can be a true indicator of how often an individual will interact with the criminal justice system.
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How did Gandhi’s Views on Health Coincide with his Political Nonviolent Policies and Swaraj
Brendan Michael Wiehe
What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.
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How did Petra Kelly’s leadership and the Green Party’s commitment to nonviolence influence the effectiveness of the environmental movement in Germany, and what lessons can be drawn from this for modern environmental activism?
Jacob Allan Lann
What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.
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How Do Different Types of Physical Activity Impact an Individual's Mental Well-Being?
Nicole A. LoCascio
Title on poster: How can exercising help improve our mental health?
Research has shown that exercising can help to improve both physical and mental well-being. Engaging in physical activity helps to strengthen the brain and promotes a healthy mind and attitude. Furthermore, different types of exercise an individual performs can have a different impact on their brain. The purpose of this study is to analyze what types of exercise do most college students report having an improved sense of mental well-being.
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How Does an Individual's Chronotype Impact the Effectiveness of Engagement in Physical Activity?
Leah McCall
Chronotype is what is known as our bodies natural inclination to sleep at a certain time. People are often classified as a morning person, evening/night person, or neither. Research shows that physical activity can be impacted by a number of variables including our sleepy cycle, our mental well-being, and nutrition. The goal of this research project is to obtain a better understand of the relationship between an individual's chronotype and its impact on the effectiveness in that individual's ability to perform physical activity at a certain time of day.
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How Does The Freedom Tower Represent American Civil Religion?
Ryan Rosfelder, Parker Lewis, Davis Menke
Rhetoric drawing on religious stories, ideals, concepts, and experiences surround us in our daily lives. These posters represent a sampling of the rhetorical analyses conducted by students from CMM 357 Religious Rhetoric throughout the Spring 2024 semester. Groups presented several themed reports prior to Stander and picked one to showcase at the symposium.
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How Do Information Technology Stocks, Return Wise, do when Fed Fund Rates are Rising? An Empirical Analysis 1999-2023
Christopher Tristen Arkenau, Julia Catharine Reinker
Information technology sector stocks are by-in-large, considered growth stocks and are also considered interest rate sensitive. In this study, I look at the returns to the top 20 stocks by market cap in the S&P 500 information technology sector to determine if they are inversely related to rising fed fund rates. I argue that if rising fed fund rate are due to strong economic growth and not monetary tightening, there is a positive relationship between IT stock returns and the fed fund rates. If the increase in fed fund rates is due to a policy of fed monetary tightening, then an inverse relationship will exist. I test my assumptions for four periods of rising fed fund rates within the overall period 1999-2023.
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How do the effects of physical discipline and gentle parenting vary by child characteristics and/or parenting characteristics?
Grace Stryker Appelbaum, Lindsey M. Beattie, Kari Lynn Powers, Grace Marie Schneider, Oluwayemisi Omobonike Tayo-Ayorinde
The link between parents’ use of physical discipline and children’s social development is well established, with research indicating that more frequent physical discipline is associated with higher levels of aggression and delinquency (externalizing problems) and depression and anxiety (internalizing problems) in childhood and adolescence. However, the link between physical discipline and children’s social development based on their individual and family characteristics is not well understood, and findings from past research are mixed. The present study examined the link between physical discipline in childhood and outcomes in adolescence using a longitudinal survey design to understand their relationship over time better. Also, consistent with the goodness-of-fit framework, we tested whether the association between physical discipline and child and adolescent outcomes would vary according to children’s temperament and parental warmth.These links were tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 (longitudinal study of mothers; NLSY79), and the children of the NLSY79, which included 11,000+ children from birth to age 17. Parental use of physical discipline and spanking were measured in childhood, and delinquency, risk-taking, self-efficacy, externalizing, and internalizing problems were measured when offspring were between the ages of 10 and 17. Analyses will be conducted using multiple regression, and child temperament and age, family SES and race/ethnicity, and parental warmth will be included as control variables, to reduce confounding of the relationship between different parenting behaviors and outcomes in adolescence. Findings will be discussed in terms of their relation to past research and their implications for the role of parents in shaping children’s social development.
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How the Stigma of Body Image Negatively Affects the Mental Health of Adolescents
Ella Lucia Dileo
This project will examine the societal influence of popular culture, specifically though figures like the Kardashians and Barbies, in perpetuating harmful body image stereotypes. It emphasizes the role of social media in promoting these unrealistic beauty standards for girls and discusses the negative impact it has on mental health. Various issues contribute to these ideals, but social media is a significant and under-discussed platform in this regard. In a study done within SPSS of an analysis of mental health data from 4022 individuals, significant findings emerged. Individuals identifying as non-white exhibit a decreased likelihood of experiencing mental illness, contrasting with non-heterosexual individuals who report higher levels of mental health issues. Age is also a factor, with older individuals demonstrating a greater tendency for mental health issues. Shockingly, the level of peer closeness at school correlates positively with mental health issues, as well as the positive association between increased screentime use which shows an increase in mental health problems. Additionally, weight correlated with poorer mental health outcomes. These findings highlight the various interactions of demographic and behavior factors in shaping mental health outcomes. As well as emphasizing the urgency to further examine the negative impact of social media within adolescent mental health.
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How We Free Ourselves: Freedom and Motherhood in Political Philosophy
Aila Alene Carr-Chellman
This project will further seek to understand the connections between feminism and other sociophilisophical traditions that explore liberation, such as colonialism, neoliberalism, patriarchy, and misogynoir. De Beauvoir in The Second Sex provides that the existential situation of women is different than that of men. I would add that the material situation of women can contribute to forming the fabric of freedom. Either by nurture or nature, we have a social situation wherein the oppression of people – the control and domination over people of many identities - is necessary for the world to function properly. What alternative story of history, or society, could be told when the structure of our world is no longer patriarchal? Competitive? Dominating? Or rigidly individualistic? The traditions of Marxism, radical feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and care ethic may hold a few of the answers to this question. My project seeks to draw upon the liberatory traditions of Marxism, anarchism, and feminism to reconsider our contemporary class context through the eyes of women. This project is to understand more deeply how a traditionally masculine project of control and domination perpetuates systemic disconnection, exploitation, and eventually the backwards movement of civilization. In doing so, I seek out the difference between men and women in how we free ourselves, and the pieces of freedom that man’s existential and ethical story has overlooked.
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How were the Physical Activity Habits of College Aged Students Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Celia Rose Ann Spieles
The COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared on March 11th, 2020. Current research shows that physical activity (PA) levels had declined during this time. According to Gilic B et al (2021.), “PA significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching an insufficient level in 48% of adolescents (versus 24% in the pre-pandemic period)". The purpose of this research study is to analyze how physical activity levels in college aged students were impacted.
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Humans Shifting Connection to Nature Through Art
Julia Ann Rice
In this work, I will show the continually changing roles that nature has played in art. In various periods the value of nature as an ideal of beauty has shifted dramatically in relation to the cultural conditions. Prehistoric cave paintings introduce utility in art and the utility of nature in art. Greek art demonstrates the human-created notion of beauty as it stands in nature. European Impressionists shifted from the natural beauty of the world and focused on man-made industrialization and urbanization, while Americans created visual expressions of nature as part of manifest destiny. Post World War One humanity is faced with the desolation and destruction of nature and contemporary artists face climate change and the effects of our neglectful relationship with nature. While all these factors are inherently inseparable from their perspective contextual connection, they can create a path through Western histories toward contemporary environmental stewardship.
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Identifying the effects of environmental conditions on L. monocytogenes fitness and pathogenesis modified by transcription factor CodY
Elizabeth K. Herr
L. monocytogenes is a pathogen with the capability of causing severe illness in individuals who consume contaminated foods. Many foods have been found to harbor the bacterium, but dairy products, produce, and other prepackaged foods are particularly susceptible to contamination. Contaminated foods are exposed to a variety of environmental conditions during packaging, processing, consumption, and digestion, all of which play an essential role in modulating the survival and pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes. Conditions of particular interest include cold storage, presence of food additives, and activity of antimicrobial enzymes such as lysozyme. My honors thesis research has focused on elucidating how L. monocytogenes fitness is regulated by these and other conditions and how the transcription factor CodY is involved in these processes. Most notably, our results suggest that CodY is involved in L. monocytogenes susceptibility to lysozyme. Our findings contribute to our understanding of how this dangerous pathogen responds to conditions relevant during transmission and infection.
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Impacts of Nutritional Intake on College Students Mental and Physical Well-being.
Peyton Jean Niemi
Going into college there is the potential for college students diets to change. Past research shows that nutritional intake can be impacted as well as can lead to body image issues, eating disorders, stress eating, and disordered eating habits. According to Komarudin et al (2023), 76% of college students with an obese nutritional status have a negative body image. The goal of this research project is to get a better understanding of how nutritional habits are impacting college students physical and mental well-being.
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Improving Methods for Enantioselective Organophosphorus Synthesis by A Chiral Nucleophile-Metal Bifunctional Catalytic System
Jackson Thomas Shuman
The use of Benzotetramisole (BTM) as a catalyst is a promising strategy for enantioselective organophosphorus synthesis since the reaction has been previously reported by Numan and Brichacek and has been tested in Dr. Erb’s research laboratory. However, the yields are only moderate (46-58%) and the enantiomeric excess (ee) of the purified product are poor, with 62% being the highest reported ee [1]. Preliminary computational data performed in the Erb lab has revealed that the cause of the lower ee (and possibly yield) could be the ability of the intermediate to adopt different conformations that are similar in energy but would give a mixture of chirality in the product. The addition of a metal ion could result in the formation of a ring structure, providing a firm anchor that prevents rotation of the Phosphorus-Nitrogen bond, and thus would form two possible intermediates. Locking the rotation of the intermediate prevents the relief of steric strain between groups on the substrate and the organocatalyst in one conformation, thus making one intermediate much higher in energy, less stable, and less likely to form. The other intermediate would also be locked in place in a similar way but has lower steric strain and thus would be more favorable. It may even be possible that the higher energy intermediate can isomerize to form the lower energy intermediate. Following this, bimolecular substitution by a nucleophile, such as an alcohol, would release of the catalyst and provide the product in improved enantioselectivity or yield.
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India During World War 2: The Quit India Movement
Sam J. Gepperth
What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.
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Insights on the role of the Hr4 transcription factor during the development and evolution of a sexually dimorphic fruit fly pigmentation trait
Victoria Maureen Fowler, Rachel M. Stanojev, Ashley Violet Williams
Animal morphological traits are patterned by Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) which include regulatory genes that pattern the expression of the trait-building realizator genes. The first and most well-studied GRNs were found to include dozens or more transcription factor encoding genes. The study of GRNs has moved to “evo-devo” model traits in recent years, for which the identify and function of obvious candidate genes has more or less been resolved. These successes present the next challenge, where the remainder of their GRNs need to be characterized but the candidate genes have been exhausted. If trait evolution is going to be understood at the scale of GRNs, then more complete GRN characterizations are an essential goal to be reached. One such evo-devo trait is the male-specific pattern of black pigmentation that develops on the posterior abdomen segments of Drosophila melanogaster and which evolved in the Sophophora subgenus of fruit flies. Several novel transcription factors have been identified whose loss-of-function perturbed pigmentation development. Here, we share our findings on the regulation, function, and evolution of the Hormone receptor 4 (Hr4) transcription factor gene. This work highlights the potential and challenges to an expansive understanding of GRNs and their evolution.
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Inspirational Women in STEM: Presentation and Panel Discussion - Session 1
Camryn Lanise Justice, Jennifer Lynne Keltos, Deeksha Kalkatte Laxman, Jyothsna Mailapalli, Sridatta Naupada, Keerthana Sai Pillala
Despite the progress of women and minorities in post-secondary education fields such as medicine and law, they continue to face challenges in engineering and other STEM disciplines, both in academia and in the workplace. The Leadership and Engagement for Engineering Diversity (ENM 583) class develops an awareness of the barriers, biases and challenges to improving the culture to make the field more inclusive. Our contribution begins with presentations developed in an abbreviated pecha kucha format to profile inspirational women in STEM fields, followed by a panel discussion of the issues preventing parity in representation in STEM, as well as personal observations and experiences, with the hope of enlightening our community about the gaps in opportunities faced by classmates and colleagues.
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Inspirational Women in STEM: Presentation and Panel Discussion - Session 2
Sowmyasri Amujuri, Arpitha Guruprasad, Jennifer Lynne Keltos, Jeevanajyothi Kochana, Madhu Shankar Koppisetti, Nishanth Sreeram nagar Niranjan, Deepali Vishal Thombare
Despite the progress of women and minorities in post-secondary education fields such as medicine and law, they continue to face challenges in engineering and other STEM disciplines, both in academia and in industry. The Leadership and Engagement for Engineering Diversity (ENM 583) class develops an awareness of the barriers, biases and challenges to improving the culture to make the field more inclusive. Our contribution begins with presentations developed in an abbreviated pecha kucha format to profile inspirational women in STEM fields, followed by a panel discussion of the issues preventing parity in representation in STEM, as well as personal observations and experiences, wit the hope of enlightening our community about the gaps in opportunities faced by classmates and colleagues.
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Inspiration at What Cost: Destroying 'If They Can, So Can I' from the Social Media World
Vaegus Mykul Gallimore
This THR/VAR 250 Diversity in the Creative and Performing Arts poster presentation project requires each student to research and present on a topic relevant to the interdisciplinary fields of visual and performing arts through a critical multicultural and social justice lens that foregrounds the appreciation of diversity and enables the expansion of personal cultural competencies.
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Investigating social vulnerability associated with flood issue in Dayton Ohio
Audrey Grace MacVicar
Flooding is a significant global disaster, exacerbated by increasing temperatures and precipitation according to recent climate studies. The US Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 to minimize flood losses and promote hazard planning. Dayton, OH, previously devastated by floods, may face heightened risk due to rapid climate shifts. In addition, historic redlining policies have concentrated minorities near the Great Miami River, exacerbating environmental justice issues and social vulnerability. Social vulnerability, influenced by socioeconomic status, race, and age, affects recovery post-disaster. The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) measures these factors, aiding in understanding communities' resilience to rebound from floods. This project aims to gather hydrological data from FEMA and estimate SVI by using GIS. We aim to create flood inundation and SVI maps to evaluate flood vulnerability and our community's susceptibility to floods. We hope our study could provide information on the recovery capacity, guiding mitigation efforts.
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Investigating the electrochemical properties of novel chalcogenide nanocrystals
Muhammad Qasim Ali, Muhammad Mustafeez Ur Rehman
Exploration of new and more sustainable semiconductor nanomaterials is a major research thrustto find a material which can provide improved performance in terms of energy efficiency andminiaturization. In this work, novel multinary copper-based chalcogenides nanocrystalsincluding tellurides were synthesized in the solution phase and their electrochemical propertieswith respect to structure were investigated. These nanocrystals are then deposited on the Siliconwafers using dip coating method and then drying it under the fume hood at 25 °C. CyclicVoltammetry (CV) method is used to measure the charge storage capacity of our material withthe help of Versa Stat-4. A quasi-solid-state device was fabricated by sandwiching twoelectrodes, working electrode obtained by using dip coated nanomaterial and reference electrodeis obtained by using the mixture of potassium chloride (KCl) and silver chloride (AgCl),separated by an ion transporting layer in the presences of Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) andSodium Hydroxide (NaOH) as electrolytes. Electrochemical measurements such as specificcapacitance and CV curves show promising results for these materials to be used in batteries andphotovoltaic devices.
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Investigating the Personal, Environmental, and Institutional Experiences of Juvenile Recidivism
Celia Angela Carl, Brandon A. Hohman
This study aims to look at the personal experiences, environmental influences, and institutional experiences that contribute to the recidivism of juvenile offenses. Past research has shown that mental health, social health, and institutional occurrences can be impressive predictors of future and more severe recidivism. Many programs have been enacted within juvenile detention centers in order to influence the rate of recidivism within the criminal justice system. This study will engage relationships between factors within the lines of personal health, environmental structure, and institutional experiences so that we can find concrete predictors of recidivism within juvenile experiences. Our study will be based on the research question: what personal experiences, environmental influences, and institutional experiences contribute to the recidivism of juvenile offenses? We utilized the Pathways to Desistance dataset, administered by the MacArthur Foundation, to address these inquiries.
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Investigating the Relationship Between Texting Behaviors and Transportation
Sarah Victoria Frazier, Dorian A. Miller
This research project intends to explore the relationship between texting tendencies and the transportation behaviors of walking and driving. One intriguing and increasingly prevalent phenomenon arising from this digital revolution is the act of texting while in motion, specifically while walking and driving. When young drivers are operating a vehicle, 42% report they read text messages (Taylor & Blenner, 2015). Similarly, Jiang et al. (2017) found that 40% of people look at their phone when moving through a crosswalk. While research has been conducted on this topic, many researchers have not specifically looked into collisions with both cell phone use while driving and cell phone use while walking, which we believe is a major research gap. Therefore, this research analyzes past collision experiences in relation to behavioral intentions to use cell phones while walking and driving.
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