With an estimated suicide rate of 24.4 per 100,000, Bhutanese refugees who have resettled within the United States are experiencing a mental health crisis–this rate is nearly twice that of the general U.S. population which was 14.1 per 100,000 in 2021.1,2 Over 100,000 ethnic-Nepali citizens were forcibly removed from Bhutan in the 1990s.3 Many lived […]
C26: Best of the Best? How Most Viewed Enthalpy Chemistry Education Videos Stand up to Mayer’s Multimedia Learning Principles
This presentation focuses on identifying trends related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic writing on topics in music. Looking at these trends creates a greater understanding of how musicological societies and their associated journals, specifically the Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS) and the Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM), interact […]
C30: Student Knowledge of Campus Composting: A Qualitative Data Analysis
The OSCAR system on the Miami University Oxford campus is a relatively new automated composting system put into place in the Fall semester of 2023. To understand the impact that system has on campus composting initiatives, a survey was conducted to test Miami University students’ knowledge of composting systems on and off campus. For this […]
C32: Four Possibilities, yet Two Outcomes for an Atomic System
The Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect was originally observed in 1987 by C.K. Hong, Z.Y. Ou, and L. Mandel. Their experiments found that only two of the four classically predicted outcomes were observed when two indistinguishable photons were fired at a 50 : 50 beam splitter within a very small (on the order of picoseconds) time interval. Our […]
C33: Distinguishing the effect of ethanol and cyanide on cellular respiration using UV-excited autofluorescence spectroscopy
NADH is an optical metabolic indicator– a molecule we can use to monitor metabolism– because it is naturally occurring, it is involved in energy metabolism, and it fluoresces. NADH fluorescence depends on which protein to which it is bound. UV-excited autofluorescence spectroscopy is a technique used to measure the emission spectrum of excited biological substances. […]
C52: Effects on travel velocity in wild woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii) at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador
Travel is a crucial function animals use to fulfill needs including food acquisition, reproduction, and finding sleeping sites. Given the cognitive demands of locating preferred resources both spatially and temporally across a landscape, studies on naturalistic travel paths may help us better understand the cognitive capacities and spatial memory of the species in question. In […]
C34: Instream Boulder Effects on Substrate Spawning Fish Species
Adequate spawning habitats are crucial for the success and productivity of fish populations. Instream boulders can create favorable spawning sites by creating depressions or riffles where fish can deposit their eggs. Habitat restoration projects are put in place to offset the destruction of spawning grounds and improve habitat functionality. Our research aims to provide insight […]
C35: Early postnatal voluntary wheel running impacts on growth rate, grip strength, muscle mass, and body composition
Introduction and Purpose Physical activity (PA) is a vital behavior to maximize health. Less is understood regarding the impact of physical activity opportunities in key stages of skeletal muscle development, such as the time frame between weaning and sexual maturation. We propose that, in opposition to the negative effects of disuse, exposure to voluntary wheel […]
C36: Robust Storage of Optical Information in Atomic Vapor for Creating a Quantum Memory
Our project is about converting Gaussian beams into Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) and Bessel beams in order to explore robust storage of optical information in atomic vapor. For this, we require the use of a Spiral Phase Plate (SPP) and an Axicon, respectively, to create the aforementioned beams. This entails working with advanced optics and acousto-optic modulators […]
C37: Brownian ratchets: Nano-devices that make randomly diffusing atoms undergo directed motion without applying any net force
Brownian ratchets are nanodevices capable of extracting useful work from environmental noise to create directed motion of particles in the absence of a net force. Research in this area is inspired by biomolecular motors that power the processes of life by utilizing random fluctuations in their environment. These naturally occurring nanodevices are several orders of […]