This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Submissions from 2014
Occupation, Profession, Vocation: Professional Identity and Status, Max Pruden
Legalization of Medical Marijuana in Minnesota: Implications for Rural Substance Treatment Centers, Ann Przybilla
Identification of SNPs in the Coding Region of Human mtDNA, Cassidy Punt and Elizabeth Smalley
How to Succeed at an Internship, Samuel Putrah
The Influence of Father-Child Relationship on Adolescents' Mental Health, Yea Seul Pyun
Pursuit of Empowerment: The Evolution of the Romance Novel and Its Readership in Fifty Shades of Grey, Amy Elizabeth Quale
Silica Distribution in Oxidized Biwabik Iron Formation: Ore-Waste Cutoff Prediction, Ryan Rague
Exploring the Role of miRNA 393 in Soybean Stress Response, Dulanjani Rajaguru
Further Examination of Formed Adducts from the Reactions of Decanal and Trans-2-Decenal with Each Nucleoside of DNA, Neil Ranals
Campus Paper Waste, Joshua E. Randall
Is it Really all about the Money?: Motivating Employees in the 21st Century, Joshua Randall, Stacy Novotny, and Seth Larson
An Investigation of Student Perspectives on Classroom Resource Usefulness, Joshua Randall and Lindsey Thompson
Expression of 9/13 Hydroperoxide Lyase in Cucumber Leaves, Samee Ranginwala
Sexual Education and Attitudes Towards Masturbation, Jannine Ray
Sexual Education and Attitudes toward Masturbation, Jannine Ray and Shelby Afflerbach
The Effects of Low-Level Ethanol Blends in 4-Stroke Small Non-Road Engines, Chris Reek
Nationalism and International Sport: German Soccer and the Reluctance to Show Pride, Anthony Reffke
Becoming Mom: Understanding Challenges and Presentations of Self Among Mothers, Annakeiko Frink Reichel
Stock Recovery After Negative Press, Gregory Reimer
Environmental Communication, Sarah Ress
The Heliand: The Warrior's Strength and the Transcendence of Faith, Nathanael Rhody
Ideology in Stone: Re-interpreting the Architecture of Albert Speer for Contemporary Germany, Anna Rice and Allison Maleska
Media Impact on Science Knowledge, Joanna Richardson
The Use of Paralinguistics in Spontaneous Speech of Children with Williams Syndrome and Typically Development Children, Kelly Ritter, Evan Panitzke, and Emily Kruse
Training and Burnout Among Paraprofessionals Who Work with Children with Emotional Behavioral Disorders, Jenna Robinson
Effect of Conditioned Medium on the Recovery of Dormant Mycobacteria in Culture, Kelly E. Rock
Manifestaciones del Teatro del Absurdo en las obras de Cristian Cortez, Angela Rocio Rodriguez-mora
Top Reasons Construction Companies Fail, Reid Roemhildt and Derek Grams
Family Communication, Chris Rossi, Shannon Sullivan, Erica Thate, and Sonya Theis
MSU Students' Use of the MSU Web Site, Kristin Ruder
CPT vs PE for PTSD? Literature Review on Efficacy of CPT and PE Based on Gender, Chronicity, and Race/Ethnicity, Christelle C. Sackey
Effects of Popular Music on Memorization Tasks, Kristin Sandberg and Sarah Harmon
Implementation of a Segmented, Transactional Database Caching System, Benjamin J. Sandmann
Experiences and Perspectives of Clinical Supervisors in Cross-Cultural Supervision: The Impact of Supervisor Race and Ethnicity, Masahiko Sato
The Quality of Assessments for Childhood Anxiety Disorders within a Regional Medical System, Adam Sattler
A is for App: Surveying Teachers About the Use of iPads/Tablets in the Classroom, Christine Scheper
Recreating Paris in Les Miserables, Joel Schiebout
"They Are just Like Us": The 1960 Winter Olympics and U.S.-Soviet Relations, Joe Schiller
The Innate Immune Response in Eisenia Fetida to Microbial Challenges, Aaron Schindler
Arc-Flash Study of a Manufacturing Facility in Northern Minnesota, Daniel Schmitz, Michael Rudi, John Burt, and Jon Fors
Process, Progress, Tyler Schrandt
Process, Progress, Tyler Schrandt
In-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorder, Cassandra Schreiber and Ashley Kuemper
Selected Language Skills of Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, Allison Schwanberg
The Co-Occurrence of Multiple and Overlapping Demands among Women Leaving Prison, Jennifer Jo Schweitzer
The Impact of Weather Conditions on Mood Variability in Geographically Relocated Versus Non-Relocated Individuals, Jamie M. Scott
Political Art of the Black Panther Party: Cultural Contrasts in the Nineteen Sixties Countermovement, Melissa Seifert
Quantifying Hydroxyl Radical in Natural Waters: Role of Dissolved Organic Matter in Determining Production Rates, Andria Sellner
Model Based Testing using Real-Time Embedded Software, Sarzana Shabab and Faimi Ahmad
An Investigation into the Level of Knowledge and Attitude Toward Science in an American College Population, Emilee Shaw
Mona Hatoum and the Biographical Influence on Cross-Cultural Exchange, Nicole Shelton
Sampled University Students' Perceived Risk of Diabetes & Self-reported Diabetes Risk Factors, Ajibike R. Shodunke
Validation of the 'Bottle Buoyancy' Model for Body Composition Assessment, Kirill Shumilov
Utopian Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Present Day, Lisa Sikkink
Measuring Noble Gases in Coma Samples from Comet Wild 2, Jacob Simones
Cochlear Development And Auditory Function In The Absence Of Thyroid Hormone Transporters Mct8 And Oatp1c1, Richard Sinn
Search for the Causative Organism of Waterfowl Deaths at Lake Onalaska, Derek Skillings
Christian Feminism: Female Pastors and Feminism, Amanda A. Slowinski
Improved Storm Data Processing through Parallel Computing Approaches, Shauna Smith
Popular Agitation and British Parliamentary Reform, 1866-1867, Michael D. Snell-Feikema
Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli csgA and fimA mutants, Nicole Snyder and Sean Willaert
Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli csgA and fimA mutants, Nicole Snyder and Sean Willaert
Oxidative Effects on Muscle Protein Function, Tatiana Soboleva
Premarital Sexuality among Young People in Eighteenth-Century France, Tatiana Soboleva
Optimizing Purification and Quantitative Detection of Avidin and Lysozyme, Tatiana Soboleva and Ryan Colakovic
The Effect of Bisphenol A (BPA) on the Expression of Aromatase B, Sara Sobota
Dirty Work: The Effects of Viewing Disturbing Media on Military Attorneys, Natalie Lynn Sokol
Bone Microvasculature of Male Mice with Reduced Testosterone Levels, Katie Sonnabend and Nicholas Jobeun
Developing Microsoft Word 2007 Add-On Applications, Peter L. Sonnek
A Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Bone Remodeling Control Mechanism, Sobyuk Son, Sangil Yi, Jooyoung Lee, Youna Lee, and Anna Kang
Reaching an Invisible Minority: A Survey of Admissions Department Leaders' Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Student Outreach Efforts and Campus Climate in the Upper Midwest, Pollard David Sorquist
SMART ForTwo Hybrid, Peter Sparks
Determinants of Traffic Fatalities in the U.S., Hanna Stapleton
Glass Inspection System, Nicholas St. Aubin, Mark Dickey, Cody Meschke, and Subham K.C.
The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Consumer Brand Engagement, Joshua Stein
Educational Fiscal Policy and Its Effects on How our Children Learn: Comparing Minnesota and Illinois, Sally Anne Stenzel
Atrazine Influence on Northern Pike Sperm Motility and Viability in Minnesota, Andy Stevens and Paul Pallardy
Safety Innovation, John St. Lawrene and Julio Soto
University Students' Perceptions Of The Severity Of Binge Drinking, Lauren Eleanore Stone
Formation of Iron-Molybdenum-Sulfide Phase(s) in Anoxic Natural Waters, Emma Stong
Seclusion and Restraint Policy and Practice: Are We Doing the Right Thing?, Laura L. Strunk
Morphological and Molecular Barcode Characteristics of Parasites from Family Strigeidae Collected from Lake Winnibigoshish, Rachael Yates Swedberg and Yuko Nakamura
Political Agendas in the Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, Anna Sweeney
Effects of a Cross-Age Peer Tutoring Intervention on English Language Oral Reading Fluency in a Belizean Grade School, Marcia Ruth Sytsma
Bird Keeping and Lung Cancer, Andrew Tackmann, Jonathan Hellman, and Jamie Johnson
The Role of the International Monetary Funds (IMF) in the East Asian Debt Crisis of 1997, Yaro Sadek Tahirou
Building a Predictive Model for Baseball Games, Jordan Robertson Tait
Breastfeeding knowledge, practice, attitudes, and influencing factors: Findings from a selected sample of breastfeeding mothers in Bemidji, Minnesota, Hadeel Adnan Tanash
Different Times in Different Places, Wesley Oates Taylor
Public Education and Teacher Understanding of Dakota and Lakota Culture, Kiley Theede and Maggie Looft
[implied depth]*, Hope Thier
An Outreach Program Case Study: Assessing and Imparting Social Capital, Autumn Lynn Thompson
The Decision to Run: The Stories of Women in the Minnesota Legislature, Danielle M. Thomsen
Anti-Predator Responses of Fathead Minnows to Alarm Substance Pheromone, Sarah Thomson
Quorum Sensing Molecules for Unicellular Organisms: Spectroscopic and Computational Study of Conformational Behavior, Daniel Tollefson
Responding to a Community Need: Mobile Crisis Program Training Manuals, Kelsey Tollefson
Effects of Strontium in the Bone Density of Mice, Kali Trukki, Ashley Ledding, and Rachel Ledding
