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Poster Presentation and Abstract of Submissions-2015

Poster Presentation and Abstract of Submissions-2015

 

Recent Submissions

  • Why are some United Nations peacekeeping operations more successful than others? 
    Mailyan, Emiliya K. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-11)
    The most often used method for stopping conflicts such as civil wars and genocides is peacekeeping by the United Nations. But these operations don't always work completely. In fact, they prove to sometimes be great ...
  • An Examination of American Women's Participation in Pill Sharing Networks 
    Cynthia Bass-Thomas M.S.; Amber J. Dorsey M.S.; Norman Weatherby PhD. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    Background: In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported widespread prescription opioid use among reproductive-aged women, and these women have an increased risk of death from an overdose. Limited ...
  • TIME SEQUENCED CITATION ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON ENACTED STIGMA BY HEALTH PERSONNEL WHEN TREATING LGBT+ PATIENTS 
    Tara Prairie, Graduate Student, Bethany Wrye, Faculty, Norman Weatherby, Faculty; Sharon Parente, Library Faculty (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    Enacted stigma involves labeled individuals being treated differently from or denied access to resources available to non-labeled individuals. When studying stigma in the medical field, researchers tend to focus on the ...
  • New Teachers: Navigating the World of Professional Learning Communities 
    Elizabeth Vest (Middle Tennessee State UniversityTAMS Journal, 2015-03-20)
    From a social constructivist and pragmatist point of view, this qualitative case study looks at how new teacher navigate working within a Professional Learning Community or PLC team. Through structured interviews, the ...
  • Rhetoric of the Creation Museum 
    Brisbon, Mitchell (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    Few issues produce greater ire than the question of whether God created the Earth or whether it evolved. Answers in Genesis (AiG), an organization run by Ken Ham, has played a significant role in the battle over the last ...
  • Deletion of Folate Biosynthesis Gene, ABZ1, Produces Transient Life-Span Extension in Budding Yeast 
    Qureshi, Nausheen (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    Folate, also known as vitamin B9, is essential for cellular processes in many organisms, including humans and nematodes. A prior study found that reduced folate levels led to an increase in nematode lifespan. The purpose ...
  • A Comparison of Garbage Collected in Two Limited Income Communities 
    O'Dell, Joey; Whitlock, Sydney (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    Garbology is the study of modern refuse in order to gain knowledge and understanding of modern society through material objects through a medium of something that is generally hidden from view: garbage. It is our contention ...
  • Psychometric Calibration of an Eighth-Grade Reading Comprehension Test 
    Kim, Weon; Elleman, Amy (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    The purpose of this study is to conduct item and test analyses for a large data set for a reading comprehension test. Both classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT) were used to evaluate psychometric ...
  • Experimental Realization of Extraordinary Acoustic Transmission Using Helmholtz Resonators 
    Crow, Brian; Cullen, Jordan; McKenzie, William; Koju, Vijay; Robertson, William (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-03-20)
    The experimental demonstration of near-perfect sound transmission through a solid barrier was accomplished through the use of a hollow chamber with two-necks—a Helmholtz resonator—embedded in the barrier. An audio signal ...