The American news media, as well as movies and television, play an important role in shaping attitudes and perceptions of social groups. This work focusses on the media coverage and representation of people with disabilities and the consequences of such coverage. Literature demonstrates that media most often depicts individuals with disabilities negatively, often portraying them […]
B32-P: MBI475: High Salinity Stress on Antarctic Microorganisms
The goal of this research was to study the impact of high salinity stress on enrichment cultures containing algae and heterotrophic bacteria from a lake located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The research question – Does high salinity stress affect the phylogenetic diversity of microbial communities in a dry valley lake? – tested the […]
B03-T: A Microanalytical and Petrochemical Approach to Investigating Megacrystic Feldspar Crystallization, CA
Crystal-rich, chemically evolved, coarse-grained igneous rocks provide opportunities to investigate the differentiation and solidification of magmas within Earth’s crust. Specifically, by investigating the micro-scale textural, chemical, and chronological record of these crystal populations insights into the processes which operated during magmatic crystallization and intrusion of large magma bodies within Earth’s crust can be evaluated. This […]
A49-P: Applying the Integrated Model of Behavior to College Student Drinking Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alcohol consumption continues to be a problem on college campuses. Whereas college students are motivated to consume alcohol for a multitude of reasons, researchers have distilled drinking motives into four main categories: social, enhancement, coping, and conformity (Cooper, 1994). It is unclear why college students have continued to attend large social gatherings where alcohol is […]
B49-P: The Role of Internal and External Factors Which Influence College Students Alcohol Consumption During a Global Pandemic
Alcohol is a public health problem among college students. The purpose of this study is to better understand what factors amplify problematic alcohol consumption among college students during a global pandemic. Previous research has linked problematic alcohol consumption to locus of control, drinking motives, and depression such that high levels of the aforementioned factors relate […]
B29-P: MBI 475: An Adventure with Antarctic Enrichment Cultures in Extreme Shade
Lake Fryxell is a perennially ice-covered lake located in the McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica. Due to harsh conditions such as low temperature and light, its food web is composed entirely of microbes. In this project, the goal was to investigate the composition of Lake Fryxell’s microbial communities when placed under extreme shade as the abiotic […]
B12-P: Validating China’s Alleged Fire Emission Reduction
Agriculture is a key source of greenhouse gases, with arable and livestock farming accounting for 10-12% of global emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e). In China, many pollutants are released from crop residue burning in fields, resulting in serious pollution of ambient air. The results indicate that crop residue burning occurs in a seasonal pattern, […]
B10-P: Preparation of Low Molecular Weight Heparins in a Flow System
Enoxaparin is a low molecular weight heparin with an average molecular weight of 4.5 kDa that is used as an anticoagulant. The first continuous flow process was developed to synthesize enoxaparin from heparin benzyl ester via base promoted partial depolymerization. Enoxaparin biosimilars were produced in a 25 minute residence time at 65° C in a […]
C09-T: Functions of Manual Sign in Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that impacts the ability to plan the motor movements that are necessary for speech. Children with CAS often experience “errors in speech sound production and prosody,” (ASHA, 2007). A unique program held at St. Rita’s School for the Deaf in Cincinnati, OH educates hearing children […]
B33-P: The Effects of Heat Stress on an Antarctic Microbial Community
Our research involved enrichment culture samples collected from Lake Bonney in Antarctica. From these sample cultures our research group conducted two separate experiments: how does heat treatment affect the growth, physiology, and diversity of the microbial communities?, and are the isolated bacteria from these samples psychrophilic or psychrotolerant? For the first research project, OD600, countess, […]