This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Events from 2012
Overnight Pediatric Oxygen Delivery System, Brian Stephenson and Eric Diep
Atrazine Influence on Northern Pike Sperm Motility and Viability in Minnesota, Andrew Stevens and Paul Pallardy
Surveying College Students with Disabilities about their Perceptions of Test Accomodations, Melissa Stewart and Grace Cimino
The Effect of Exercise on Endothelin and Endothelin Receptor Levels in SHR and WKY Male and Female Rats, Lacey Stiller
College Age Female Smokers and the Efficacy of Smoking Cessation on College Campuses, Gretchen Suzanne Strobel
Effects of an Anticancer Agent on Brain Vessel Development of Mice on Regular and High Fat Diets, Moriamo Sulaiman-Ifelodun
Network Modeling of Social Influences, Jordan Tait
The Effects of Medium-Chain Triacylglycerols and Carbohydrates on Exercise Performance, Sarah Tanvir
The Arab Spring: The Challenge and Response to Arab Authoritarianism, Jordan Teslow
Voices of the Flesh, Hope Thier
Anti-Predator Responses of Fathead Minnows to the Presence of Alarm Pheromone, Sarah Thomas
Bridging Tactics: Parental Support Systems: A Proposal for a Psycho-Educational Parent Group, Emily F. Thompson
La mentira como una estrategia de cortesía verbal: estudio pragmalinguístico de la telenovela La Saga, Maria Carolina Torres
A Feminist Content Analysis of Seventeen Magazine, Brittany Marie Trimble
2012 Abstract Booklet, Undergraduate Research Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Children, Francois Vang
Robotic Workcell Design for Palletizing, Jeffrey Vang
Mental Illness and Stigmatization, Struther Louise Van Horn
Women's Excuses and Justifications for Pornography Consumption, Rachel Verde
Verifying the Speciation of Molybdenum in Sulfidic and Polysulfidic Natural Waters Using Ion Chromatography with Suppressed Conductivity Detection, Clayton Wagner, Megan Maloney, and Redeat Dadi
Forensics and the Basic Communication Course: A New Path to Satisfying Learning Outcomes, Benjamin Walker
Perspectives of Pre-Service and In-Service Special Education Teachers About Homework Interventions, Brenda Walker and MaryBeth Armstrong
"I Now Pronounce You...Uhh": A Qualitative Autoethnographic Exploration of Women's and Men's Marital Surname-Choice Experiences, Julie Louceil Germain Walker
"Not Our Population to Serve": An Examination of Resources for Women with Physical Disabilities Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Kristen Lea Walters
Patient Sleep Patterns: Understanding Patients' Perceptions of Nursing Assessment Times and Interventions During Sleeping Hours, Leslie Walters, Emily Grundhoffer, Jessica Neumann, Lindsey Frandrup, and Amber Ralls
Influences of Adjacent Land-Use on Avian Community Structure in Sub-Boreal Peatlands of the Midwest, Lucas J. Wandrie
The Effect of Bisphenol-A (BPA) on the Feminization of Danio Rerio, Lina Wang
Mental Health Inpatient Hospitalization and Smoking Cessation, Susan Warring
Access and Barriers to Diabetic Self Care Education and Support Groups in a Rural Southern Minnesota Community, Elizabeth Waters
How Do Social Media Affect News Gathering?, Grace Webb
The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Deception in Cheating on Unproctored Internet Testing, Christopher Adam Wedge
Evaluation of the BEST Program, Rana Wehner
Spatial Dynamics of Invasive Species Under Different Treatments, Bradley Weist, John Grooms, Andrew Doran, and Scott Paa
Refugee and Immigrant Services: An Investigation of Social Service Organization's Mission and Intercultural Interactions, Bethany J. Wenell
Negotiating the Ideological Boundaries of "The Four Freedoms": An Analysis of African American Rhetoric from World War II, Jansen Blake Werner
Electronic Portfolios as Job Search Tools: Perspectives from Students, Career Counselors, and Human Resource Professionals, Emily Werschay
Efficacy of an Interval Program to Selectively Develop Critical Velocity or Anaerobic Capacity, Brianne West
Deconstructing "Chappelle's Show": Race, Masculinity,and Comedy As Resistance, Lyndsey Lynn Wetterberg
The Effectiveness Of An Incentivized Program To Increase Daily Fruit And Vegetable Dietary Intake By Low Income, Middle-Aged Women, Rebecca White
Survey of Emergency Department Patients' Perceived Barriers to Accessing Services and Community Resource Utilization, Kelsey Ann Wilke
Localization of Novel Protein FAM157A in HELA and HEK Cells, Jeremy Wolter and James Gilbert
Dual Diagnosis Treatment Group Curriculum, Julie M. Wood
Effect of Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning on Non-Majors Biology Students' Understanding of Biological Classification, Breann Marie Wozniak
Back to Reality: Efficacy of Reality Orientation Activities Minimizing Postoperative Delirium, Yu (Janet) Wu, Stephanie Kruse, Andrew Thomas, Christine Haas, and Catherine Conniff
Water Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa and its Effects on Women, Mellisa Xiong
Second-Language English Fluency Change in Native-Speaker Context, John Zehnder
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing Transfer Student Performance, Hyderhusain Shakir Abadin
Recent Health Reforms: In Turkey and Mexico, Abdihakin Abdi
The Legitimacy of Children's and Young Adult Literature as Literature, Timothy Akers
Communication Audit: Evaluating Communication Strategies for the INROADS Greater Lake Regions of Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee, Brittany Alexander
Evaluation of a Health Newsletter Intended for SagePlus Participants, Karen Lynn Anderson
Morphological Characterization of Transgenic Mice Hearts, Derek Anderst and Jennifer Heibel
Preparation of some new Aryl Diethyl Phosphate and their use in Metal- Catalyzed Reaction, Emmanuel Asamoa
Evaluation of the SagePlus Steps Program to Promote Physical Activity and Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Low-Income Women, Callie Anne Avis
Determining a Patient Recovery from a Total Knee Replacement Using Fuzzy Logic and Active Databases, Robert Azarbod
Effective Trauma Assessment Tools for Women with Severe Mental Illness, Heather A. Bangu
Evaluation of Specimen Preparation Methods for Characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Biofilms, Jose A. Barriga
The Novel Polyglutamine Protein KIAA1946 Localizes to Cytoplasmic Vesicles, Anita K. Becker
Nonmetric Trait Correlation: A Look at Environmental and Biological Influences on Third Trochanter Formation Among Pre-Contact Upper Midwest Populations, Sarah Jean Binkley
Antibiotics and Disinfectants Effect on Septic Treatment, Ryan Birdsall, Nripendra Bastola, Adimoraegbu Frances Ngozi, Hyunjung Lee, and Jerry Schimmel
Should You Hire fluffybunny61@yahoo.com?: An Analysis of Job Applicants' Email Addresses and their Scores on Pre-Employment Assessments, Evan Blackhurst
A Window into the Classroom: The Influence of A Virtual Window Environment on Attention, Britten Block and Karissa Borchert
Text Messaging While Driving: Is It Time to Make a Change?, Jeffrey Boland, Cody Bergendahl, Suman Bhattarai, and Zac Bleninger
Pleistocene Glaciation and Climate of the Little Prickly Pear Watershed, Western Montana, Tyler D. Boley
Examining the Characteristics of School Psychology Programs Accredited by the American Psychological Association, Carissa A. Borchardt and Amber L. Sanz
Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control of Chemotherapy applied to HIV, Daniel R. Branscombe
An Exploration of Multi-agent Learning Within the Game of Sheephead, Brady Brau
Best Practices for Working with Undocumented Latino Youth, Elizabeth J. Braun
Defining Success: Examining What it Means to be Good in Forensics, David J. Brennan
Evaluating Changes in Families with Members on Military Deployment, Jill Brink
Evaluation of School Social Workers' Time Spent in Direct and Indirect Practices, Kris Brummund
Best Practices For Collaboration Between ESL And General Education Teachers, Mike Burgess
Determination of the Localization Patterns of the Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 Subunits of Actin Capping Protein, Samantha A. Buss and Raeann L. Kragenbring
Differences in Mindset and Motivation among Athletes and Non-Athletes, Angela Caban
Leftovers, Seth Calvert
Developing Global Literacy: Best Practices for Teaching Technical Communication Internationally, Melanie I. Cashin
Selective Language Skills of an Individual with Moebius Syndrome, Sarah A. Chapman
Minimum Rank, Zero Forcing Number and Network Propagation, Moyang Chen
Smart User Interfaces: Building Easier to Use Software through Dynamic User Interfaces, Tyler Chester
The World Englishes Paradigm and its Implications for International Students' Acquisition of Standard American English for University-Level Studies in the United States, Karen Applequist Clement
Floristic and Environmental Characteristics of Sub-boreal Peatlands of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, Kevin Douglas Clement
Ising Model and Its Application, Nicholas Compton
A Historical Job Analysis for Steward Position at a State Mental Hospital, Tony Cooley
Inconsistency of Law Enforcement in Minnesota: How the System Fails Victims of Domestic Violence, Katrina Culhane, Brandon Kuphal, and Alesha Sullivan
Exploring CALL Options for Teaching EFL in Vietnam, Nhon Thanh Dang
Runaway Services and Their Shortcomings: Addressing the Need for Greater Awareness of Girl Runaways in Minnesota, Danica Das, Katherine Day, and Allison Matthews
Objective Measurement of Functional Analysis Data, Jessica A. Day and Brianna D. Smith
Rubidium Uptake in Rat Heart Tissue, Stacy DeBaere, Emma Grossi, and Hayley Olson
Best Practices for Treating Co-Occuring Disorders in a Chemical Dependency Treatment Setting, Michelle Dick
A Comparative Analysis of Health Care Reforms in France and Germany, Melissa Do
The Restricted Use of Cell Phones in Vehicles, Elizabeth Dornfeld, Patrick Dockendorf, Dan Felt, and Brandon Hayes
A Multi-Method Approach to Risk Assessment among Women with Sexual Abuse Histories, Susan Elizabeth Drevo
Best Practice in Working with the Somali Population, Ilhan Duale
Lie Detection: The Role Likability Plays on the Liar and Truth Teller, Matthew Duggan
Creation of a Reporter Gene Fusion Vector for the Localism of Mycobacteria Proteins, Adam Edwinson
Modeling the Spread of Johne's Disease in Cattle and the Effects of a Hypothetical Vaccine, Adam Edwinson and Kirsten Amberg
Health Policy Reform in Germany and the United States: A Cost Containment Approach, Derek Eiden
Assessing Students' Risk Factors for Type II Diabetes at a Midwest Public University, Nicole DeCourcy Ferrian
