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Leadership Experience, Philosophy, Legacy: Rachel Panko
Rachel Panko
The ULeaD Emerging Leaders Program, sponsored by the Student Leadership Programs Office, is a cohort-based initiative for first-year students that brings participants together for monthly sessions to develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, inclusive leadership, building meaningful relationships, inspiring others to act, and building resilience. For the first time, this cohort of first-year students will be presenting their final projects for the program at the Stander Symposium. Students' final project posters will include their leadership philosophy, how they have grown as leaders, what they have learned from the ULeaD program, and how they hope to impact the UD community.
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Leadership Experience, Philosophy, Legacy: Sha’Maria Barton
Sha’Maria Barton
The ULeaD Emerging Leaders Program, sponsored by the Student Leadership Programs Office, is a cohort-based initiative for first-year students that brings participants together for monthly sessions to develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, inclusive leadership, building meaningful relationships, inspiring others to act, and building resilience. For the first time, this cohort of first-year students will be presenting their final projects for the program at the Stander Symposium. Students' final project posters will include their leadership philosophy, how they have grown as leaders, what they have learned from the ULeaD program, and how they hope to impact the UD community.
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Leadership Experience, Philosophy, Legacy: Sophia Lambros
Sophia Lambros
The ULeaD Emerging Leaders Program, sponsored by the Student Leadership Programs Office, is a cohort-based initiative for first-year students that brings participants together for monthly sessions to develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, inclusive leadership, building meaningful relationships, inspiring others to act, and building resilience. For the first time, this cohort of first-year students will be presenting their final projects for the program at the Stander Symposium. Students' final project posters will include their leadership philosophy, how they have grown as leaders, what they have learned from the ULeaD program, and how they hope to impact the UD community.
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Leadership Experience, Philosophy, Legacy: Treazure Edwards
Treazure Edwards
The ULeaD Emerging Leaders Program, sponsored by the Student Leadership Programs Office, is a cohort-based initiative for first-year students that brings participants together for monthly sessions to develop a range of leadership skills and abilities such as effectively leading change, inclusive leadership, building meaningful relationships, inspiring others to act, and building resilience. For the first time, this cohort of first-year students will be presenting their final projects for the program at the Stander Symposium. Students' final project posters will include their leadership philosophy, how they have grown as leaders, what they have learned from the ULeaD program, and how they hope to impact the UD community.
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Liquid Metal: Powering Touch Sensors in Wearables
Josafat Jimenez, Ashok Rathanlal
Smart wearables are changing our daily tech interactions, and liquid metal is a key player. Known for flexibility and adaptability, it's perfect for advanced wearables. Our focus: a flexible touch screen with a liquid metal grid for precise touch detection. This innovation showcases liquid metal's potential in user-friendly wearables. It goes beyond — when stretched, liquid metal works as a sensor, adding versatility. As we integrate tech into daily life, liquid metal is shaping a new era of smart, adaptable wearables, transforming our digital experience.
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Mahatma Gandhi’s View on the Implementation of Railways and the Impact in India
Robert T. Bordenkircher
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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Martin Luther King Jr.´s Leadership and Nonviolent Resistance: Shaping the March on Washington
Laura Zamorano Garcia
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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Mary as Nurturer, A New Model for Contemporary Times
Caitlin B. Cipolla-McCulloch
Mary’s role in salvation history, characterized by her birthing of Christ, remains the singular descriptive feature of how the Mother of God is viewed in the Church today. While this role, affirmed uniquely at the Council of Ephesus in 431--Mary as the Theotokos, that is “God-bearer” is important--her life and participation in the early Church are not able to be limited to just this feature. This paper will argue that Mary’s role in the life of Christ is a role of nurturing, not simply birthing. We will explore this thesis in four parts. We will first investigate the life of Middle Eastern women in antiquity to highlight an origin of the notion of nurturing. Secondly, a clear definition of nurturing as it applies to Mary will be presented. Utilizing this definition, we will then explore the evolution of this nurturing in the French school of spirituality particularly in the wake of the French Revolution. Finally, we will engage the writings of a mid-twentieth-century Marianist Mariologist who helps provide language that can be adapted to fit the needs of the Church today.
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Measuring and Addressing Collegiate EMTs' Preparedness for Mental Health Emergency Responses
Spencer J. Hawkins, Allison Marie Johnson
The COVID-19 Pandemic highlighted the increasing mental health burden felt by graduate and undergraduate students in the United States. A study from 2020 showed that 35% of undergraduate students screen positive for major depressive disorder, while 39% screen positive for general anxiety disorder (Chrikov et al., 2020). Previous research has supported the claim that collegiate EMS programs are especially effective at responding to mental health emergencies on college campuses (Friedman, 2022). UD EMS utilized multiple established questionnaires and surveys to gain insight into the preparedness of members to respond to various emergencies. The "perceived ability to attend to various patient presentations survey", adapted from Waltrich et al. (2022), allowed measurement of the perceived knowledge, ability, and confidence of UD EMS members when responding to medical-related calls, trauma calls, and mental health-related calls. Day's Mental Illness Stigma Scale (Day et al., 2007) allowed the measurement of mental health stigma across seven different measurements. 39 UD EMS EMTs completed these measurements before and after a mental health training program to determine how the training would affect attitudes. Data from before the training indicated that the EMTs possessed more perceived knowledge, ability, and confidence when responding to medical and trauma calls than mental health-related calls. After the training, the EMT's perceived knowledge, ability, and confidence related to medical and trauma calls did not change but perceived knowledge and ability to treat mental-health-related calls matched medical and trauma scores. Additionally, the measurement of Day's Mental Illness Stigma Scale showed that mental health stigma decreased across four of seven measures in the EMTs and increased in no way. While confidence in mental health-related calls was unaffected, additional mental health response training for collegiate EMTs shows promise to increase effective mental health emergency responses on college campuses.
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Mock Trial
Kaylee N. Ballard, Selena Rosalind Geary, Gabriella Jeanne Grant, Logan Thomas Groff, Melanie Grace Herzog, Katherine Jean Hoener, Crystal Safowah Kissi, Mireille Mahirwe Kuzwa, Antonino M. Lacorte, Rylie Mick, Taryn Elizabeth Mitchell, Madeleine Elizabeth Onderak
The University Mock Trial team engages in trial simulations in competition with teams from other institutions all across the country. Through these trial competitions, students develop critical thinking and public speaking skills, as well as a knowledge of legal practices and procedures. The team will present an abbreviated version of the case they have worked on this year – the State of Midlands v. B.F. De la Porta and Poe Cameron.Case summary: During the annual charity gala for Sohi Children’s Hospital, four masked individuals break into the vault at Miller Tower. During the heist, one of the armed robbers and Emory Sands, a Miller Tower security officer, are severely wounded. Two of the robbers flee via a helicopter on the rooftop and two flee into the streets of Santa Ivo City. After an extensive investigation on the local and federal level, Poe Cameron is arrested as one of the four suspected armed robbers, and local billionaire Berkley De la Porta is arrested for funding the criminal operation.
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Modern Implications of Gandhi and Sanger’s Views and Debate on Birth Control Use
Lucy K. Schuermann
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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Monitoring Air Quality Using a Visibility Meter
Kaya Alina Niemiec, Cameron A. Pierson
Atmospheric aerosols constitute most of the air during non-ideal weather conditions such as fog, haze, and mist. These aerosols cause light to be attenuated while propagating through the atmosphere leading to reduction in effective visibility. Visibility is the distance at which an observer can view an object clearly. The atmospheric extinction coefficient is related to the visibility and can be measured from designing a visibility meter. The overall goal of this project is to understand how to measure visibility in non-ideal weather conditions by built in the visibility meter. The visibility meter built in this project is cheaper than commercial visibility meters.
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Motivating Factors in Incorporating Physical Activity Into an Individual's Daily Routine
Sydney Marie Gibbons
Past research has shown there are many benefits to engaging in regular physical activity. These benefits include but are not limited to managing weight/weight loss, reducing health risks, and improving mental health. The World Health Organization recommends 150-300 mins of physical activity weekly, and while there are many recommendations on the amount and type of activity there is limited research on how to get engagement in physical activity. The purpose of this research project is to better understand the motivating factors behind the start of an individual's physical activity journey.
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Mouse Brain Image Analysis
Aditya Shrivastava
For the study of brain function and behavior, the mouse brain serves as a valuable model system. Methods to accurately analyze the complex signals produced by the mouse brain are becoming increasingly important due to developments in neuroimaging and optogenetics. Techniques that can take the information contained in mouse brain signals and turn it into useful biological insights are especially needed. In brain analysis, image segmentation is commonly used for measuring and visualizing the brain's anatomical structures, for analyzing brain changes, for delineating pathological regions, and for surgical planning and image-guided interventions. In the last few decades, various segmentation techniques of different accuracy and degree of complexity have been developed and reported in the literature. In this work, we focus on dataset collection and computational model for mouse brain image segmentation.
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Mucin Can Rescue Anaerobically Grown Listeria monocytogenes from Killing by Antimicrobial Peptide Ll-37
Nicolina Valore
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause infections with a high mortality rate in the United States. Therefore, learning more about the interactions between this pathogen and our immune defenses could greatly strengthen our ability to protect high-risk communities. During transmission from food to the human intestines, L. monocytogenes is exposed to various environmental conditions, including propionate, a common food additive as well as a fermentation product by our gut microbiota, and various oxygen levels. How these environmental factors influence L. monocytogenes fitness and pathogenesis is not fully understood. My Berry Summer Thesis Institute research investigated L. monocytogenes interactions with mucin and antimicrobial peptides, both are critical barriers found in the intestinal lumen. L. monocytogenes was grown with or without propionate under aerobic or anaerobic conditions and then exposed to mucin and antimicrobial peptides. Then, I measured the bacterial colony forming units (CFUs) to calculate survival after exposure. My preliminary results showed that anaerobically grown bacteria were more susceptible to antimicrobial peptide LL-37 than aerobically grown bacteria. However, the presence of mucin rescued anaerobic, but not aerobic, bacteria against LL-37. These results highlight the need to further investigate the role of oxygen in L. monocytogenes fitness and pathogenesis under relevant conditions.
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Navigating the Food Crisis: Food Insecurity, Sustainability, and Gandhi
Kevin M. Gonzalez-Brito
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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Non-Violence and Vegetarianism
Casey M. Tirado
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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Northern Triangle parent perspectives on the family dynamic effects of immigration-driven family separation and reunification
Ann Bryner Mcglaughlin
This study presents the results of in-depth interviews with Northern Triangle parents who have experienced separation from, and subsequent reunification with, at least one child as part of the immigration process. It builds upon previous understanding of how family dynamics are affected by this process. Some of the main themes that emerged involved the challenges the parents faced, the factors they found to be helpful, the role of the school, and a possible return to home country. The results highlight the need for services for this growing population, particularly in the area of trauma-informed interventions that focus on repairing attachments between children and parents.
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Numerical Analysis of Tapered Optical Fiber Sensors utilizing beam propagation methods
Chaminda Ajith Kumara Ranathunga Ranathunga Mudiyanselage Ihala Gane Gedara
Tapered Optical Fibers Sensors (TOFSs) have gained attention as sensors due to their elevated sensitivity, real-time specimen analysis, and practical measuring capabilities. By reducing the waist of the optical fiber, the optical field transmitted inside is permitted to extend beyond the fiber, enabling the detection of subtle changes in the refractive index near the sensitive(tapered) region. This can be efficiently used for bio-sensing and other sensing applications. An FFT-BPM is used to model optical propagation through fibers with different core and cladding thicknesses aimed at modeling a tapered fiber. The refractive index profile was suitably modified from a standard step-index fiber to include the presence of antibodies and antigens on the surface of the fiber with reduced cross-section. Detected power variation with wavelength scanning is proportionally phase-shifted for different antigen concentrations.
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Numerical vs. Spatial Magnitude Understanding as Seen in Preschool Aged Children
Merrick Hirt
The ability of young children to differentiate between numerical and spatial magnitudes is correlated with executive functioning skills and has been recognized as a pivotal predictor of early math success (Fuhs et al., 2021). This ability is defined as flexible attention to magnitudes (FAM). In the current study, we expanded on previous findings which concluded that a child's performance in mixed FAM trials, where the child is asked to switch back and forth between numerical and spatial magnitudes, is most strongly connected to math achievement (Wagner et. al., 2023). To examine this, we added six additional mixed trials to the existing FAM task to see if the additional trials would have an effect on data collection. Data was collected from 63 preschool children (aged 3-5) where in varying levels, children were asked to point to boxes based on instructions to identify the box with either the larger objects, or the most objects. In a third level the previous two levels were mixed and the child was asked to make their selection based on the color of the box. We found that children’s performance did not decline in the 6 additional trials, suggesting 18 test trials will be suitable for future use of the FAM task. As expected, children scored lower on number trials and switch trials. Notably, children also scored worse on trials directly following check trials, suggesting that children struggle to switch between questions about incongruent and congruent objects. This distinction has been noted and is a possible direction for future research.
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Nutritional Habits of College Students and its Effect on their Physical Well-Being
Eunice B. Anomakoh
The human body is a zealous machine that is active from conception till death. Such activity requires energy to fulfill its bodily functions. The nutritional intake of an individual can have a significant impact on their physical well-being; this includes but is not limited to their mental health and strength of their immune system. This project is designed to examine the specific effects of the diet of college students on how well their body is able to function on a day-to day basis.
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On the Role of SERCA-dependent Calcium Handling in the Mouse Stress Response
Summer Annalee Istenes, Daniel F. Jevnikar, Ben Klocke, Marc Nya, Hayden Nathaniel Ott, Morgan Elizabeth Roach
Calcium (Ca2+), a critical second messenger, has been implicated in various cellular processes including gene transcription, muscle contraction, cell-cell adhesion, and neurotransmitter release. Previous research has implicated abnormal calcium homeostasis as contributing to attention/deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention and other symptoms such as hyperactivity and impulsivity. A major regulator of cytosolic calcium concentration is the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase 2 (SERCA2), a protein found in the heart and brain that sequesters Ca2+ into the endoplasmic reticulum. Using a mouse model, our lab has previously found that constitutive deletion of PLN, a protein inhibitor of SERCA2, results in an ADHD-like phenotype characterized by hyperactivity, anxiolytic behavior, and cognitive deficits. In this study, we sought to understand the role of PLN in regulating stress response by assessing the effects of chronic-restraint stress in conjunction with constitutive PLN deletion on mouse behavior. The results of this study help to further our understanding of the role of PLN, SERCA2, and Ca2+ in the regulation of the brain and behavior.
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Optical band gap study of Bi2 Se3-In2 Se3 superlattices
Mark R. Gordon
Topological materials are some of the most promising quantum materials for future deviceapplications. In particular, topological superlattices comprised of Bi2 Se3 and In2 Se3 are of greatinterest because they show potential for creating Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive (AMR) sensorsthat can detect changes in the angle of a magnetic field. The creation of AMR sensors with theaforementioned topological materials would have many advantages over the traditional ones.These advantages include less susceptibility to stray field interactions, sensors having full vectorfield resolution, less power consumption, and no saturation up to 60 T. This is expected to havewidespread device applications in geological sensing, bio magnetic sensing, and navigation. Thiswork investigates the optical band gap as a function of the Bi2 Se3-In2 Se3 superlattice layerthickness, grown by Direct Current Coil Assisted Magnetron Sputtering, using UltravioletVisible light Spectroscopy and cross-sectional Scanning Electron Microscopy.
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