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  The Effect of Parental Incarceration on Adult Children

  Alexus K. Barber

  Mass incarceration has affected many families in America. In recent years, we have increased awareness on issues within the system. On the other hand, it is important to also understand how mass incarceration has shifted the ways in which a family functions. The purpose of this research is to explore some of the effects of parental incarceration on adult children. The research will include primary data gathered from in-depth interviews conducted via Zoom. The findings are discussed within the context of existing literature.

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  The Effect of Size and Diversification on a Concentrated Portfolio of Consumer Discretionary Stocks: An Empirical Analysis of Portfolio Returns, 2009-2021

  Vincent Patrick Rullo

  We develop portfolio weighting models for 3 concentrated portfolios: (1) Top Ten by market value, (2) next Ten by market value, (3) Top Twenty by market value. The principal factor loading is Revenue Per Share Growth. Returns are calculated for 2009-2019, the base period,2009-2020, which includes effect of Covid19, and 2009-2021, which includes the effect of Covid-19 and rising interest rates. We test the hypothesis that Revenue Per Share Growth is a priced-in risk factor i.e., all three portfolios out perform the broad market over the abovementioned time periods. We also determine if the risk premium varies by size (Top Ten vs. Next Ten) and by diversification (Top Ten vs. Top Twenty). Finally, to check on the effects of Covid-19 and rising interest rates we check to see if the cumulative return growth for 2009-2020 and 2009-2021 declined relative to the base period, 2009-2019.

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  The Effect of Social Isolation on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Sydney Lewis Melrose, Hailey Marie Payne

  At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, the world was forced into isolation in hopes to stop this new virus from spreading and infecting millions of people. However, the social isolation orders that were put into place are associated with significant declines in mental health (Walsh, 2021). The psychological consequences of isolation are commonly known as anxiety and panic, obsessive compulsive symptoms, insomnia as well as depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress (Pietrabissa, 2020). When surveying 950 Americans, Walsh (2021) found that 36 percent of respondents had reported feeling lonely “frequently” or “all of the time”. Strikingly, 61 percent of the Americans in this survey aged 18 to 25, reported high levels of loneliness. Loneliness in and of itself can be described as the state of isolation or being without company. This state can be a miserable feeling and is a risk factor for many mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, and chronic stress (Banerjee, 2020). The purpose of this poster is to summarize research which investigates the impacts of social isolation and provide possible solutions to combat and reduce the negative effects of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  The Effect of the HELP Program on Instances of Delirium

  Grace Elizabeth Bruns, Natalie G. Narcelles

  The University of Dayton partners with Miami Valley Hospital to provide students the opportunity to volunteer with the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). HELP requires volunteers to assess and gather data on the elder hospital patients’ state of mind. The HELP Program serves to reduce the risk of patients experiencing episodes of delirium, or a sudden state of confusion, throughout their hospital stay. The activities performed with patients include: having a conversation about their daily routine and life in general, asking patients to recall three words, draw a clock and repeat the three words back, and helping the patients to get up and move as best as they can. The focus of this presentation is to determine whether HELP plays a role in preventing the development of delirium. Ten different floors of Miami Valley Hospital will be compared, consisting of five HELP floors and five non-HELP floors. The data is from the year 2021 and includes instances of delirium diagnosed on the non-HELP floors versus HELP floors. The information obtained about the instances of delirium is from Miami Valley’s data on patients diagnosed with delirium during their hospital stay. We hypothesize that there will be a lower occurrence of delirium during hospitalization on the HELP floors than on the non-HELP floors. Previous studies, including one published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, have shown significant reductions in occurrences of delirium diagnosed during a patient’s hospital stay. Both mentally stimulating and physical activities encouraged through HELP, assist in keeping patients alert and oriented.

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  The Effects of Peer and Parenting Interactions on Adolescent Delinquency

  Hanna Dwyer Stier

  This study compares the many variables that influence adolescent delinquency. Secondary data was collected from CNLSY79 and NLYS79 using 11,501 participants. Participants self-reported information on measures that may contribute to adolescent delinquency. The predictions of this study are that, in early adolescence, parenting, self-control, and peer pressure, independently, will predict delinquency in late adolescence. Parenting and peer pressure will more strongly predict delinquency for adolescents with lower self-control than for adolescents with high self-control.

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  The Effects of Rearing Environment on Stickleback Behavior

  William R. Ogburn, Lauren E. Roy

  Anthropogenic influences cause rapid changes in aquatic habitats, both because current habitats are being rapidly destroyed or degraded while new habitats are being created. These extreme environmental changes can reduce the fitness of organisms living in those environments by increasing stress levels, stunting growth, and making organisms more vulnerable to predation. We are unaware of how changing environments alter optimal behavior and if plastic responses can be observed in fish. Three-spined sticklebacks are a highly plastic fish that experience a wide range of habitats and predators. In this experiment, we reared fry in one of two environmental extremes –bare and covered– to explore how the ecological environment encountered during development affects growth, mortality rate, how individuals utilize their environments, and their antipredator response. From these trials we found that individuals of both treatment groups spend significantly more time under cover and less time in the bare area after the predator attack compared to before. This suggests that the predator stimulus did work, and that all fish perceive cover as a ‘safe’ environment. However, offspring reared in a covered environment spend more time under cover, both under baseline conditions and after the predator attack. Offspring reared in a covered environment tend to be smaller than those reared in a bare environment. There was no difference in body condition and survival in bare environments tended to be lower than survival in covered environments.

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  The emotional impacts on students with standardized testing

  Alasandra C. Toliopoulos

  In this paper I will be looking at the emotional effects on students during the standardized testing process. Also, the anxiety students feel when taking standardized tests is impacted from constant pressures to have high achievement. The anxieties that students feel through the testing process can cause students to focus on learning for the test rather than retaining the material for the future. In addition to the way information is presented to students in a testing focused format rather than being ingrained into students’ minds which has an impact on students' mental health.

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  The Evolving Thought and Vision of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  Alyssa Cacini, Katherine Sullivan, Maddalena Boyer, Madeline Nagy

  Students analyze the campus memorial to Martin Luther King Jr.: The chair with the suit coat and Bible not only represents Dr. King, but also anyone who visits the memorial. It should be used as a springboard to bring issues forward. It was created so anyone who stepped foot on campus can recognize the history that had taken place.

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  The Fight for Citizenship: Human Rights in Canadian and American Immigration Law

  Nadia E. Karaba, Rose Philbin, Katherine Shryock

  Our presentation is about the struggles to achieve citizenship in the United States. We portray this through multiple interviews with people who have immigrated to the United State but have had difficulty in obtaining citizenship. We argue to make citizenship easier to obtain, especially for those who have lived and worked in the US for a long time. We also compare and contrast the United States immigration laws to other immigration laws seen on the world stage, specifically utilizing Canada as our main example. Other ways how we compare and contrast is by using case studies in said respective actors in order to portray their laws and policies. In this project, our interview(s) center around the fight for citizenship in an environment that does not allow for easy access to it. Additionally, we present further research into the subject and how it relates to the UDHR. We demonstrate how our topic is supported by the UDHR and ways that the UDHR should be updated in order to support this issue.

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  The Graduate School Navigation: The Experiences of First-Generation Black Women in Master’s Program

  Kara Brown

  We hear that Black women are considered to be amongst the most educated individuals in society and are pursuing higher education at an increasingly high rate. Although, there is minimal information of their experiences. In this study, I explore the experiences of first-generation Black women who have pursued and are currently enrolled in a Master’s program. In particular this study addresses how first-generation Black Women navigate their Master’s programs and the challenges or stressors those students faced. Data for this study emerges from interviews with first-generation Black women who completed or are enrolled in a Master’s program. It is important to note that the majority of these first-generation Black women participants are enrolled in a predominantly White campus. So many of the participants are the only Black or person of color within their program, and may feel reluctant to present as their authentic selves. Also, since the participants are the first to receive both of their bachelor’s and Master’s degree family and financial support is not as prevalent as fellow students on the pursuit. For future research, it would be beneficial for higher education institutions to build better systems of financial and personal support for Black women

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  The Immaculate Conception of Mary in Seventeenth Century Homiletics in New Spain

  Michael A. Romero

  The Immaculist-maculist dispute—those in favor of the belief that Mary the Mother of Jesus was preserved from any stain of original sin from her conception, and those opposed to this doctrine respectively—is a centuries old theological debate that came to be particularly heated, politically charged, artistically reinforced, and mystically enraptured in Spain and New Spain by the late-Middle Ages and early modern period. The doctrine, declared to be infallible in 1854 by Pius IX’s Ineffabilis Deus, was still being vociferously promoted, defended, and celebrated in the seventeenth century by the Church of New Spain in the Americas in close association with the Royal University and its royal patrons. This presentation shares the results of the transcription, translation, and analysis of three seventeenth century sermons from New Spain (Central Mexico) based on archival research on Mary the Immaculate Conception done in the Marian Library’s Latin American Rare Books Collection. The sermons—dating from 1626, 1681, and 1683—defend the belief but are also panegyrics of the Immaculate Conception and take the implications of Mary conceived without sin to its logical and mystical ends. The presentation will consider how the sermons fall into the Franciscan tradition, the alignment of religious belief with royal support, and the eschatological meaning of this doctrine as articulated by these three homilists.

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  The Impact for Not Only You but Me Too

  Derek Christopher Boykin

  The “Me Too” movement is an example of how community and togetherness can help bring justice in the community. In my presentation, I will illustrate how this movement has brought awareness to sexism, sexual assault, and harassment within the community, specifically in the workplace and the performing arts. I will emphasize how the Me Too movement acted as a voice for those who for years have felt voiceless, using references to the women who were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby, founder of ‘Me Too’ Tarana Burke, and West Side Story’s Rita Moreno.

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  The Impact of CARES on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patient Outcomes

  Evan M. Benson, Camden Perry Colter

  Annually in the United States, roughly 350,000 people suffer Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) events. Survival rates, as well as patient outcomes, are incredibly poor following these events with only 10.4% of patients able to be discharged after OHCA occurs (https://mycares.net/sitepages/aboutcares.jsp). Due to this fact, cities across the United States have implemented the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), a program striving to reduce deaths from OHCA. CARES has had a substantial impact on the survival rates of OHCA due to their improvements to emergency cardiac care. To demonstrate this, we will present case studies that show CARES effectiveness and provide evidence in favor of mandatory adoption of the CARES system nationally. Currently the CARES system operates by helping coordinate information between EMS organizations, 911 dispatchers, and onboarding hospitals. An annual report on the OHCA patient outcomes is then compiled using the data collected. The report “automatically calculates local 911 response intervals, delivery rates for critical interventions (e.g., bystander CPR and public access defibrillation [PAD]), and community rates of survival and functional status at discharge” (https://mycares.net/sitepages/aboutcares.jsp). Our research conducted on these reports will show the benefits that the CARES system has had on the cites and states that have adopted the system. We will provide evidence for the expansion of the CARES system across the United States despite the monetary costs of the system in order to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest deaths. https://mycares.net/sitepages/aboutcares.jsp

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  The Impacts of Homework in Secondary Education

  Melanie Elizabeth Hendrick

  Homework plays a large role in education today, especially in middle and high schools. This project focuses on the impacts of homework on education as a whole, questioning whether homework is necessary for furthering classroom education and understanding, and different group’s opinions on this form of assessment. There will be an examination of the implications of homework and the impact it has on students and their futures.

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  The Importance of Learning the Arts in Schools

  Landon Avila

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  The Influence of Extralegal Factors on Bail Decisions

  Kaitlin Cook

  As various issues within the criminal justice system have been brought to light over the past few decades, the bail system and its process were deemed significant. Although there is a systemic legal process required for judges to follow when making bail decisions on behalf of criminal defendants, there are still gaps in explanations to the discrepancies in bail-setting decisions. This study focuses on determining the influence that race and gender have on bail outcomes. The results from the content analysis of local cases with set bail are presented.

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  The Influence of Halfway House Work Release Programs on Recidivism

  Kerrie K. Metress, Brinley R. Zieg

  The purpose of this study was to determine the association between a halfway house work release program in Washington state and the recidivism of adult male offenders. Recidivism data was collected on a variety of outcomes including rearrest offense type, reconviction, and reincarceration. However, in this study, we chose to measure recidivism using any criminal offense type given that a record of committing a new offense inherently signifies rearrest. The data set used in this study was collected from Washington state public prison records across the years 1990 to 1993, with information on 218 program participants, to test hypotheses using correlational and logistic regression analyses. While the results showed halfway house participants recidivated at a lower rate than non-participants, the difference was not statistically significant. Additional variables were studied such as years of education, drug dependency, alcohol dependency, and race, but none were found to be statistically significant in the model.

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  The influence of transformational and democratic leadership on people's motivation to achieve their organization goals.

  Benny Mamimpin

  The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the influence of transformational and democratic leadership on people’s motivation to achieve their organization’s goals. A case study of Larry Page, the CEO of Alphabet and Google, is presented to identify his leadership features and the impact on individual and organizational behavior at Google. Furthermore, a research survey and subjective analysis was conducted to gather perspectives on the transformational and democratic leaders’ characteristics. The survey delivered nine questions to 108 respondents with the response rate of 90%, including different ages, genders, and nationalities. From the survey it was found that the transformational and democratic leadership significantly increases individual motivation to achieve the organizational goals. For instance, individuals would be engaged and productive if their leaders listen to their opinions and give feedback. On the contrary, the leaders who poorly apply bounded rationality and do not have a good emotional management technique will decrease the motivation and performance. In conclusion, the transformational and democratic leadership noticeably affects people’s motivation and satisfaction in their organization.Keywords: transformational leadership, democratic leadership, motivation, individual behavior, organizational behavior, organizational development, Larry Page, Google

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  The Invisible Actors

  Madelyn K. Myers

  There is a lack of Asian representation in film and in the theatre industry. There is plenty of data to show that Asian roles have been whitewashed in Hollywood, even recently with Ghost in the Shell that was released in 2017. The Asian American Performers Action Coalition has a mission to report data on the representation of Asian Americans on New York City’s stages. In their 2018-2019 Visibility Report, they found that 51.2% of Asian Americans were cast in racially-specific roles versus 48.8% were cast for inclusivity. They also found that 58.6% of actors on NYC stages are white compared to white population in NYC being 32.1%. Asian Americans population in NYC is 14.1% and they were representation on stage was 6.3%. This data shows that Asian Americans are typically not cast for inclusivity and are typically not cast at all. This poster will tie in themes of inequality in the arts and the common good that comes from diversity in the arts.

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  The Lagrange Point

  Abdullah M. A. A. Alazemi, Ali R. M. A. R. Alharbi, Naser A. N. M. F. Mobarak

  The paper talks about the chance of finding four shuttle in four out of the five Lagrange points of the Sun-Earth framework and trading electromagnetic heartbeats among them. Remembering stations for Earth, different shut ways for the beats are conceivable. Season of flight estimations would be performed. The hour of flight contrast among right-and left-handed circuits is relative to the precise force of the Sun and the identification of the impact would arrive at exactness’s better than 1% relying upon the precision of the clock. The four focuses could likewise be utilized as "fake pulsars" for a relativistic situating framework at the size of the planetary group. Extra intriguing conceivable outcomes incorporate recognition of a cosmic gyromagnetic field, recovering data about the inside of the Sun and refining the assessment of the impact of the quadrupole snapshot of the Earth and of the Sun on the gravitational time delay.

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  The Life and Work of Mathematician Évariste Galois

  Valerie Hope Connor

  Évariste Galois was a young French mathematician from the nineteenth century. While Abel had already proven the insolubility of the quintic, Galois set out to answer the more delicate question of whether it is possible to solve a given polynomial equation of degree five or higher by radicals. By studying the masters, Galois was able to approach this problem with unprecedented ingenuity. We, too, can learn from Galois by studying how he thought about and approached this problem.

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  The Male Gaze in the MCU: Seeing the Marvel Cinematic Universe Through a Feminist Lens

  Rachel LaFerriere

  Representation in the film industry is influential on the culture. A massive part of today’s pop culture, the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has not only influenced box office records and the industry of superhero films, but also the generations of superhero fans it created. Highly respected as one of the top production companies in the world and producing some of the highest-grossing films in history, Marvel Studios undoubtedly has a large cultural impact. But the portrayal and inclusion of women in the MCU has proven problematic time and again. This poster presentation will present analysis that seeks to understand the ways these films do or do not support patriarchal norms, overly-sexualize women, and how they represent gender. The representation of the women characters “Black Widow” and the “Scarlet Witch” will be focused on for this analysis.

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  The Moral Courage Project: Housing, Homelessness and the Work of Daybreak

  Sarah Behnke, Veronica Eve Bernacki, Liliana Melissa Busic, Eryk D. Charlton, Josie K. Forsthoff, Sofia E. Garcia, Havana M. Glover, Grace Marie Hungerford, Jayonna Laniece Johnson, Amariá Chryslyn Camille Jones, Anna Elizabeth Luepke, Reagan Stark Miller, Ahmi' Breon Piilani Moore, Ifeanyichukwu Raymond Nwanoro, Meredith N. Robinson, Olivia Ann Shirk

  This course (HRS 375) is designed to prepare students to participate for the Moral Courage Project. The project aims to tell the stories of “upstanders” (those who refuse to be bystanders), and identify and celebrate individuals who take risks to make important contributions in their communities during moments of crisis. This diverse and dynamic group of students will be traveling to Oakland, CA this summer to conduct fieldwork on the complex issue of housing. In preparation for this work, these students have partnered with a tremendous local partner: Daybreak. Today, Daybreak operates the Miami Valley’s only 24-hour crisis hotline and emergency youth shelter and has grown to include outreach, prevention, transitional housing, life-skills education, and other follow-up services for homeless, runaway, and vulnerable youth. Through interviews and multimedia production, students will present a storytelling project on Daybreak, including the courageous work of those addressing youth homelessness in Dayton and the complexity of homelessness and housing as a fundamental and urgent human rights issues facing our country.

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  The power of intention

  Emma G. Symank

  For my posterboard I will be talking about the intention of change in the West Side Story remake. I will focus on the transgender Anybodys character and the more accurate Puerto Rican representation. I want to discuss how these changes, although necessary, have specific intentions. I will compare the original intent of the first West Side Story productions versus the changes implemented in the recent version by Spielberg, Kushner, and Moreno. I want to focus on how much better we have gotten at representing identities that we failed to before, but how we have a long way to go. I think it is good to see the number of intentional changes and what they intend to achieve. I will talk about my own reflection in using intentional details as an actor to create real people with real identities that help viewers find themselves.

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  The Pursuit of Happiness... in cash

  Darian Alexander Watson

  The pursuit of money is the singular driver in a lot of industries. Neoliberalism and capitalism are what drive the upper sectors of almost every performing arts industry and have done so for a long time. It can be seen everywhere from whitewashed musicals, to getting the rights to songs, to the endless unimaginative saga of reboots. There is a dearth of creative drive, in a pursuit of endless money which crushes and dehumanizes everyone who isn't useful in that pursuit; it goes directly against diversity and the common good. My sources will include the Vox article on the In The Heights Controversy, The ASCAP price margins for buying songs for Music, Money, Success & Movies, and the New York Times article for how reboots have created an End of Endings.