This is a collection of works authored by students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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Events from 2010

Using Flow to Enhance the Experience of Working, Matthew S. Smith

Waste Water Treatment Evaluation for Effect of Antibiotics on Septic Systems, Carl J. Sorensen, Jacob D. Moser, Mark Origer, and Adam Nix

Comparative Analysis on Bereavement Services, Jennifer Sosebee

Love and War: Rubens and the Fusion of Venus, a Figure of Love, into a Personification of Peace, Margo Steck

Trust and Social Networking Behaviors in Virtual and Face-to-Face Teams, Lauren Stelten

A Simple Circuit Model of a Flash Memory Cell, Lindsay Stepan and Hojoon Lee

Simple Chemical Tests for Monitoring Home-Brewed Biodiesel Quality, Sandra Tambi and James Thorne

Antimutagenic Role of Cinnamaldehyde and Vanillin with Guanosine, Katelyn Taylor

Taste Perceptions of International Students, Derartu Teshite

Moving Clients from One Funding Stream to Another, Alicia Thorn

Revisiting the Assessment of Punitiveness amongst College Students: A Comparison of Law Enforcement Majors with Corrections Majors, Briana Threatt

The State of Black Criminology: A Focus Group of the Perspectives of African American Criminologists, Briana Threatt and Brooke Alexander

More Than a Guy Thing? Going Beyond Gender to Investigate the Influence of Sex Roles on Alcohol Attitudes and Consumption, Naomi Timm

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2010 Abstract Booklet, Undergraduate Research Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Empirical Analysis of Costless Merge Pairing Heaps, Joshua Vander Hook

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Anger Management for Adults: Developing an Evidence-Based Anger Management Program, Kari Velzke

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum in the 5th Grade at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Elementary School, Kristyn Vinkemeier

Examining the Influence of Framing and Personality Traits on Motivating Study Habits in College Students, Amanda Vonbergen

The Development and Characteristics of Collegiate Basketball Coaches’ Coaching Philosophies, Tony Vroman

Use of Q-PCR to Monitor Expression of Vegetative Lipoxygenase in Soybeans, Sarah Wageman

A New Approach to Music Education, Bemjamin Wagner and Samantha McCune

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Evidence-Based Strategies and Techniques for Children with ASD, Tanya Walerius

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Does Organizational Culture Affect Employee's Readiness to Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices?, Joseph Waller

Common Word Use in Adolescents with Williams Syndrome and their Typically Developing Peers, Emily Wallin and Jessica Wandrie

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Complexes Involving Heavy Metals, Ciprofloxacin, and Phenolic Degradation Products: Potential Relevance in Groun and Waste Water Systems, Indumini A. Weeramantri, Trista L. Ayers, and Thomas G. Smith

Exploring the Possibility of Social Workers as Part of Hospitalist Teams at Immanuel-St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lacy A. Weidert

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A "Pawsitive" Influence of Animals in Long-Term Care Facilities: Animal-Assisted Therapy at St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, Hannah L. Winkler

Parenting Styles: Does Society Judge Men More Harshly than Women for the Same Parenting Mistakes?, Kimberly Woodgate

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Defining Exemplary Children's Mental Health Services in Minnesota's Rural Communities, Melanie Wurtzberger

Smart Car Hybrid Conversion, Samuel Yoder, Jeremy Rupp, and Phillip Wencel

Effects of Remote Alcohol Monitoring on Long-Term Alcohol Use, Whitney Zilles

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Innovative Mental Health Services in Rural Minnesota: Community-based Mobile Crisis Response Services, Rebecca A. Zuehlke

Events from 2009

Determination of the Minimum Concentrations of Ampicillin Needed to Inhibit the Growth of Gram- Negative Bacteria Recovered from Tributaries of the Minnesota River, Elias K. Abdi

Type II Diabetes in African-American Women, Farhia Abdulahi

School Connectedness, Shannon Abel

Design, Construction, and Testing of the 2009 FSAE Engine, Nick Adamini, Sarah Friesen, Daryl Green, Jordon Cachiaras, and Chris Borge

Flex Fuel Retrofit Device Research, Michael Adams, Alex Boser, Ross Haliburton, Keith Igoe, Kenton Johnson, Anton Nasledov, Alex Palamari, and Curtis Wilson

Visual Misperceptions Due to Time Constraints, Laura Aldrich

Interpersonal Factors Which Influence Life Satisfaction and Health of American College Students, Sahra Ahmed Ali

Can You Hear Me Through the Glass? Understanding Communication and Relationships in World of Warcraft, Grant Anderson

Research of Biogas and its Negative Effects, John Anderson

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Developing Evidenced Based Practice for Social Emotional Screenings in Schools, Kim Anderson

Do They Hear You Now? Effectiveness of a Social Norm Mass Media Campaign on a Rural Campus, Jessica Appel

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Best Practices for Increasing Pro-social Behavior in Adolescents with Mental Health and Behavioral Disorders, Danielle Armbrust-Malone

Faculty Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Grieving Students, Samuel Aron

2009 Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), Cliff Backler and Alan Dreier

Child Resilience and Family Support: Can Parent and Sibling Support Be Harmful for Children in Stressed Family Environments?, Amanda Baker

Determining the Laboratory Conditions Best Suited for Reproduction of Bithynia Tentaculata, Marie Balano

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School Improvement Programs, Kimberly Barry

Intake Reports: Who is Reporting Possible Child Abuse and Neglect?, Julia Bauer

Safe Streets Restored Program: Is this Sentencing Alternative for Offenders Beneficial When Evaluating Recidivism Rates?, Hannah Beckius

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Acute Psychiatric Group Therapy for Hospitalized Individuals with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness, Lindsey Bednar

Impact of Integrating Service Learning and Spanish-Speaking Community Health Programs, Bridgette Bernier

Determination of Structural Polysaccharides and Lignln in Cattail Biomass, Sarita Bhetawal

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Mental Health Relapse Prevention: What Does the Research Say?, Robin Bode

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In Step with Our Parents: 3-Part Educational Series, Kate Boisen-MacDonald

Breaking with Traditions, Matthew Bright

History of Sexual Assaults at MNSU and the Legal Liability for Them, Robert Brommel, Thomas Homan, Nicole Comstock, Molly Cunningham, Thomas Lyon, and Tim Hansen

Sports Franchise Valuations, Anthony Brown

The Autism Spectrum Disorder Survey: What is Working?, Katie L. Browning

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Social Work Involvement in Supporting Survivors of an Unexpected Death in an Emergency Department, Jennifer E. Buchanan

School Connectedness and Drug Use, Sarah Burnham

Comparing the Potential Cellulosic Ethanol Production of Five Prairie Grasses, Alex Cahlander-Mooers and Janet Wood

Quantifying the Immunoreactivity of Polyclonal IGG and IGY, Tizazu Cheritu and Ben Weingartz

Comfort Women, Intersectionality and the Importance of Women's Voices, Miho Chisake

Identity Theft: The Growing Problem Amongst MSU College Students, Kevin Clark, Matthew Dulany, and Lindsey Rague

The Virginal Archetype: Female Representation in the Slasher Film, Shannon Claybaugh

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Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Programs in the School Setting for Grades 7-12, Jennifer Crawford

Design, Construction, and Testing of the 2009 Formula SAE Chassis, Eric Crear and Kris Rysavy

Assessing Patients' Risk for Diabetes and Its Relationship to Gingival Disease, Nicole A. DeCourcy

Effects of pH on Lead Shot Solubility in Water and Sediment in Upstream and Downstream Locations from a Hunting Preserve in Minnesota, Michael DeMars, Cory Denzer, Roland Pavek, and Alison Vikla

"Doubly Disadvantaged?"; The Presidential Candidacy of Shirley Chisholm, Andrea Diekman

"Doubly Disadvantaged?": The Presidential Candidacy of Shirley Chisholm, Andrea Diekman

Needs Assessment of an ICF/MR Facility in Rural Minnesota, Amber Diekmann

The Effect of Reduced Aldosterone Levels on 11β-HSD Isoform Expression in Normal and Hypertensive Rat Kidney Tissue Using q-PCR, Kristina Dittrich and Linet Nyarobi

Three Dimensional Transient Asymmetric Flowflelds in Physical Vapor Transport, Joseph L. Dobmeier

Online Anti-Choice Rhetoric: A New Generation, the Same Old Deception., Emily Dolentz

Transition Services for Youth: Are the Services Working?, Ilhan Duale

Elderly Attitudes Toward Exercise, Kari Ek

Command Types in the Coach-Athlete Relationship, Kari Ek and Charlotte Hoffmann

Cross-Cultural Survey of Rewards: Differences in Levels of Reinforcement Between Adolescents from the United States, Australia, Tanzania, Denmark, and Honduras, Kari Ek and Kendra Homan

Comparison of Nutrients, pH and Total Suspended Solids in Snow Melt from North and South Facing Slopes in the San Juan Mountain Range of Colorado, Jake Engelman and Wes Gardner

Confirmation of the Polyglutamine Protein KIAA1946's Intracellular Localization., Esther Erosmosele and Megan Fischer

Effects of Adultism on Youth in Social Movements, Megan P. Evans Martinson

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Bring Mental Health Services Home: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents and Their Families in Rural Minnesota, Laura Filzen

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Minnesota State University Mankato Counseling Center: Needs Assessment Survey of College Student Parents, Katherine S. Fitzkappes

Testing a New Cultural Priming Effect on Self Perception and Spatial Perception, Miwako Fjuikata

Vasculature Regeneration Following Partial Hepatectomy in the Rat, Brittany Frank and Sarah Karalus

Allele-Specific PGR and SSCP Analysis of ABO Variants, Yohani K G V Gamage

Youth Aging out of Foster Care: Utilizing College Funding Programs Among a Rural Community in Minnesota, Shanelle Garbutt

Consequences for Smoking in a State Treatment Facility, Meredith Gegeman

Modeling the Effects of Environmental Influences on the Phenotypic Plasticity of the Tiger Salamander, Ashley Geiger and Monica Ngeno

The Role of Culture in Context Sensitivity and Social Anxiety, Jaclyn R. Gile

Gender, Class and Globalization: A Historical Analysis of Sweatshops in China and Mexico., Ann Goldsbury

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Summer Youth Housing Career Camp, Carol Goodemann

Effect of Lowered Aldosterone Levels on the Expression of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Normal and Hypertensive Rat Kidneys, Martina Gray

The Impact of an After School Program on Motivation, Performance, and Attendance, Melissa Grèce

Identifying the Specific DNA Sequence that is the Target for Potential Anti-Cancer Agent "SOS", Elizabeth M. Gripentrog

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Effective Truancy Prevention Models, Nicole K. Hachfeld

The Nutrition Care Process in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Kirsta Hagert, Vanessa Steffl, and Stephanie Engst