Oral health is essential to general health. It encompasses a person’s ability to perform actions of the mouth without pain, disease, or discomfort (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Oral diseases disproportionately affect low-income populations including those living in the U.S. without citizenship status (World Health Organization, 2020).This study is a secondary data […]
A25: Investigating the Association Between Select Heavy Metals and Infertility in U.S. Women of Childbearing Age: A Cross-Sectional Study
Objective. Infertility affects 19% of US women aged 15-49. Most US women face social stigma and healthcare access problems, especially in marginalized communities. Previous research suggests heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury are associated with increased risk of infertility. Given the prevalence of infertility and the lack of research on how heavy metals […]
A26: Exploring The Relationship Between Poverty Level and Birth Weight in the United States
Low birth weight is defined as a weight of below 2500 grams and occurs as a result of fetal growth restriction and preterm birth. Some risk factors for low birth weight can include the health of the mother, access to prenatal care, and race. Low birth weight can also lead to future health issues, and […]
A27: How Plants Adapt to Different Soils: A Phytochemical Comparison of Chamerion
The purpose of this study is to compare the chemical compositions of two plants in the genus Chamerion, and to relate their compositions to how they adapted to such different soils – river beauty preferring wet, mineral rich soil, such as around glacier streams, and fireweed preferring dry, organic rich soils, like areas that recently […]
A28: Do Plant Polyphenols Slow Climate Change?Total Phenolics Quantification using the Folin Assay
Wetlands are established as an extremely important part of the global carbon cycle. Despite covering only 2-3% of the land surface, wetlands store about ⅓ of global soil carbon, giving them a cooling effect on the climate. However, in recent years this effect has gradually decreased. Because of how much of the global soil carbon […]
A30: Everything But Carry a Rifle: The Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns During World War II
In 1942, the United States government Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed duties across the United States and overseas in the Pacific, European, and Mediterranean theaters throughout the […]
A31: Controversies in Fandom: How Shipwars Create Opposition in the Supernatural Fandom
After spending a semester assisting Dr. Hardin’s research regarding the Supernatural fandom, I have conducted my own research to answer the question regarding opposition in fandom. While using platforms online such as Reddit in addition to Dr. Hardin’s interviews with members of the Supernatural fandom, to conduct the research for both audience analysis and discourse […]
A32: Changes in Accessing Services for Children with Autism in the European Union; A Focus on Luxembourg
My project for the 2022 University Research Forum encompasses changes in accessing services for children with autism in the European Union, specifically, Luxembourg. As a Global Health minor, I completed an immersion experience. Mine took place last semester at Fondation Autisme Luxembourg, an organization that has three care centers for children and adults on the […]
A33: “Will they have to miss school again?”: Overarching Concerns with Childhood Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a global health minor, I have spent the past year completing my global health immersion experience as a COVID-19 contact tracer in Butler County. In conjunction with my experience, I have worked alongside Dr. M. Cameron Hay and Dr. Paul Flaspohler to take further steps to explore childhood wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
A34: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Quarantine, Isolation and Social Stigma in the U.S.
These past two years the pandemic has taken a devastating toll both globally and nationally. In order to combat disease spread, we have seen global lockdowns, stay-at-home orders and social distancing efforts in an attempt to contain this infectious disease. Contact tracing projects have been implemented nationwide as a public health tool to slow the […]