Primates, characterized by high degrees of fission-fusion dynamics, often use vocalizations to coordinate travel, locate and maintain contact with groupmates, recruit new party members, regulate spatial cohesion, and avoid extra-group conspecifics. In environments with limited visibility, individually distinct vocalizations may become increasingly important as they decrease listener uncertainty and allow individuals to differentially respond to […]
B50-P: The Relationship Between Feelings of Discrimination, Binge Drinking, and Suicidal Ideation Among Minority College Students
Previous research has found a relationship between discrimination and negative health outcomes, particularly pertaining to mental health, among sexual minorities. It has been found that sexual minorities have higher rates of suicidal ideation than non-minority college students. Suicidal ideation refers to an individual’s thoughts, plans, or considerations of taking one’s life. Heavy drinking also continues […]
A04-T: The Dynamism of Captaincy and Leadership in Miami Football: A History
While Miami’s history of coaching greatness has been previously studied and popularized by the “Cradle of Coaches,” the intricacies of student-athlete leadership and captaincy offer remarkable and untapped research potential. Utilizing the Miami University Archives, I conducted in-depth historical research to examine the evolution of captaincy and leadership in Miami’s football program. With the goal […]
B05-T: Mineralogy of Hicks Dome Breccias, Southern Illinois
The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District (IKFD) represents a fluoritic subclass of Mississippi Valley-Type deposits (MVT), which are low-temperature lead-zinc ore deposits formed by hydrothermal fluids. Typically MVTs lack contribution from and do not occur near igneous activity. However, due to a cryptoexplosive feature, surrounding Hicks Dome are numerous mafic and ultramafic igneous intrusions, most of which […]
C12-T: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Impact in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly affected all of us over the past year; however, not all regions of the country have been impacted equally. The purpose of our project is to determine how well the impact of COVID-19 across the United States has been predicted by “social vulnerability,” which is defined by the CDC as […]
B27-P: Building Dynamic Time Warping in R and Applying It to Time Series Data
Dynamic time warping is an algorithm for comparing two different time series by minimizing the distance between time series. This project explores how dynamic time warping can be applied to the number of Covid-19 cases in 2021 in Ohio and Illinois. The functions associated with dynamic time warping were created and tested in R using […]
A24-P: Too Small to Ignore: Adverse Health Outcomes of Childhood Food Insecurity
For the Global Health Studies (GHS) minor, we are required to do an immersion experience to delve deeper into a topic we are interested in and give us hands on experience in the field of global health. For my immersion experience I volunteered at La Soupe, a private nonprofit in Cincinnati, Oh, which provides healthy […]
B12-T: Fabrication and Characterization of Artificial Skins to Represent a Range of Human Skin Properties
Accurate measurements of blood pressure, a major indicator of multiple health risks, and its continuous monitoring are extremely important for personal health care. Invasive methods, which are unpractical for daily use, are the most accurate way to measure blood pressure (BP). Thus, there is a growing need for more accurate and convenient non-invasive measurement wearables […]
A02-T: The Gauci Brothers’ Holy Land Model
The research project that I am presenting is part of an independent study course in Anthropology designed by Dr. James Bielo, entitled Materiality and the Circulation of Culture. The project entailed a critical reading of scholarship in anthropology, material religion, and museum studies; an analysis of >100 newspaper stories (1924-62) detailing a traveling Holy Land […]
A39-P: Lessons Learned from an Unequal Opportunity Storm: Hurricane Katrina, 15 Years Later
When it comes to planning, learning from the past can be key in adapting, changing and improving for the future. This study aims to help make cities more resilient by accounting for racial disparities in natural disaster response and recovery planning. Creating cities that are more environmentally just will in turn make them more resilient […]
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