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A literature review of the City Beautiful movement and the 1905 San Francisco Plan by Daniel Burnham
Miguel Baluyut
Highlight themes, build a foundation for future research, identify research gaps and topics of inquiry. Previous literature review of the most heavily cited and influential studies on the City Beautiful movement and Daniel Burnham's significance in the movement.
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Do Children Experience the Speech to Song (STS) Illusion?
Brooke Booth and Rodica Constantine
How development may alter perception. How musical and linguistic abilities develop. Top-down knowledge and its effects on perception. Potential diagnostic properties.
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The Perfect Storm: Behavioral Finance in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Aubrey Bucher and Kirk Silvernail
US Stock Market Volatility 2020. Prevalent Behavioral Biases: Loss Aversion, Self-Attribution, Anchoring, Herd Behavior.
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Analysis of Triton CG 110 Foaming Characteristics for use as a potential Fire Suppressant
Addison Cobb and Jeremy Cho
Background: Per-FluoroAlkyls (PFAs) are incredibly stable molecules which do not biodegrade. These chemicals have been linked with a series of health issues and environmental problems.
Problem: PFAs have been identified in most drinking water supplies in the United States. Large Amounts of this is due to Aqueous Fire-Fighting Foams (AFFF’s), which contain PFAs, seeping into the groundwater supply.
Solution: While little can be done about PFAs currently in groundwater supplies, replacing PFA-based AFFFs with newer Eco-AFFFs can halt AFFF contamination, and maintain firefighting suppression.
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Intellectual Humility and Diversity
Emmanuel Gutierrez
Intellectual humility has many positive effects which include enhanced perspectives, collaboration & reduced bias, and continued learning & adaptability. Using a personal narrative about the application of intellectual humility, 3 goals will be possible: bringing awareness, increasing collaboration, and encouraging diversity.
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The Emergence of “The School Shooter” as a Category of Analysis
Rebecca Jimenez
Policy Recommendation: Creating a more inclusive campus, administrative checks, recognizing the signs of violence, ineffective school punishments, putting a stop to stereotypes.
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AI Integration in the Common Workplace: Beneficial or Harmful?
Logan Karen and Kirk Silvernail
Integrating AI in the Workplace: 77% of businesses are using or exploring AI. 35% of these companies are using AI. 42% of these companies are exploring AI.
Benefits: Productivity and efficiency improvements, daily workflow improvements, resource optimization, cost reduction, innovation.
Challenges: Job security, impact on mental health, psychological impact, ethical challenges.
The path to Ethical and Effective AI Integration: Involve and educate employees, monitor on a continuous bases, identify and manage risks, find a balanced approach.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Work From Home 2019-2021
Maryam Raja, Caitlin J. Saladino, and William E. Brown Jr.
Research Background and Methods: The ACS reports that by 2021 around 27.6 million individuals (17.9% of workers) worked from home. Pandemic affected commuting patterns and workplace systems.
Research Findings: The data presented in Table 1 account for all workers aged 16 and above. Among Mountain West states, Nevada reported the smallest percentage of home-based workers in both 2019 (tied with Colorado) and 2021. Table 2 presents population data for Mountain West MSAs with populations of 1 million or more and percentage of home-based workers with a margin of error in both 2019 and 2021.
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Auto-tracking Techniques for Defining Hip-joint articulation with Biplanar X-ray
Ethan Yamamoto, Ike Brown, and Kennedy Wharton
Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) provides a tractable and potentially predictive model for human hip dysplasia and OA. CHD can be identified by assessing the joint laxity, femoral head coverage and wear on the hip joint. The goal is to develop an understanding of the intraarticular mechanics of the hip joint and how hip-joint dysfunction impacts these mechanics. To achieve our goal, we needed to develop a system to track the hip joint.
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Foster Youth in the Mountain West
Zachary Billot
Number of children adopted from foster care vs. waiting to be adopted from foster care in the Mountain West, FY2020
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Adolescent Athlete Perceptions of Gender Differences in Coaching
Ivannia Cabrera
How is the preference for coaching intertwined with sports? Do athletes differ in their perceptions of having a male or female coach? Is there an obvious preference between the genders? What kind of behaviors are associated with each gender?
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Analyzing Hippocampus Based Behavior in Model Mice
Tiria Carr
Model organism must discern between familiar and novel stimuli after delay. Hippocampal dependent processes involved in spatial pattern recognition. Latency in trial responses and reward collection is measured, as well as trial accuracy.
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Retroviral Protease (RVP) DDI2 is a Viable Alternative for Full-Length (FL) DDI2
Ethan Chi
Proteasome inhibitors are drugs used to treat multiple myeloma. Currently, three are approved by the FDA.
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Influenza and Wastewater Surveillance
Tiffany Familara, Hayley Baker, Anthony Harrington, and Ching-Lan Chang
Quantitative PCR led to identification of influenza A viral RNA at three schools in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Streaming's Effect on American Media Exports
Aviel Geronimo and Jonathan Swanberg
The Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry is largest in the United States with a total value of $660 Billion in 2020. The global M&E industry is valued at approximately $2 Trillion. New technologies have allowed for the advent of streaming services for music, television, film, books, video games, and more. Streaming services allow media exports to be easily accessed by consumers domestically and abroad.
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Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Using Wastewater Surveillance
Moonis Ghani, Hayley Baker, Nabih Ghani, Anthony Harrington, and Ching-Lan Chang
SARS-CoV-2 RNA was successfully detected in the wastewater samples. PMMoV concentrations varied little, meaning it was a valid control. The diversity of SARS-CoV-2 concentrations indicated varying levels of infection within different parts of the community. PCR and WGS can help determine viral load and identify variants.
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Correctional Spending and Sexual Violence in State Prisons
Suzanne Lara
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA). Nevada PREA Coordinator Marissa Pons. Sexual Violence: Nonconsensual behavior or act of sexual nature by Staff to an Incarcerated individual. Attempted, Completed, Threatened, Requested.
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Interrelation on Cultural and Culinary Differences of Two Country Borders: The Mexican Immigrant
Merci Silva-Acosta
Background and Methodology: Culinary CustomsCultural Traits
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The Fiscal Impact of Marsy's Law: A Financial Analysis of Victims' Rights Policy in Nevada
Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio
Since 2008, the "Marsy's Law" campaign has sought to embed in state constitutions a specific and lengthy set of victims' rights. In 2018, voters ratified "Question 1" in Nevada which broaded the definition of the term victim to any person directly and 'proximately' harmed by a criminal offense. As a result, Marsy's Law opens the door to the interpretation of the word "crime" and the word "victim."
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Predicting the Next Pandemic: Utilizing wastewater-based epidemiology as a novel technique for detecting mpox DNA
Austin Tang, Michael Moshi, Hayley Baker, and Ching-Lan Chang
Mpox cases are trending downward in Las Vegas, aligning with national trends. The study demonstrates that it is possible to extract mpox DNA directly from wastewater and quantify the genetic material using qPCR. This research indicates that WBE can be utilized to give a relative abundance of virual nucleic acids in wastewater, giving opportunities for early-warning systems and other public health interventions. Mpox remains a global threat to public health, continued surveillance of MPXV using wastewater is necessary to ensure that we can detect unusual spike in viral DNA level. Mpox detected in the wastewater samples will be sequences to check for potential mutations in the genome.
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Nucleic Acid Extraction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus from Municipal Wastewater
Fritz Vanderford, Hayley Baker, and Ching-Lan Chang
In 2021, globally there were ~ 38.4 million people living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), ~650,000 people died from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related illnesses, ~1.5 million people acquired HIV. In the US, ~1.9 million people had HIV at the end of 2019, ~30,635 people were diagnosed with HIV in 2020.
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Urban and Community Tree Cover in the Mountain West
Annie Vong
Tree Cover: provides shade, absorbs carbon, e.g. trees and bushes. Impervious Cover: absorbs heat, e.g. concrete and buildings.
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Food Insecurity in Nevada
Zachary Walusek
Defining the Food Insecurity Landscape, Methodology, Findings
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How Social Media Marketing Impacts the Economy
Madisen Yoder
Survey Question Topics: 1. Respondent Demographics 2. Social Media Platform Usage 3. Frequency of Social Media Advertising 4. Influence of Social Media Advertising on Purchasing Decisions
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Why Are My Rates Going Up? An Examination Behind NV Energy's Recent Electric Rate Increase
Grace Zielinski
96% of Nevadans live in NV Energy's service territory. Rate increase directly connected to natural gas consumption rate increase. Recent Californian heatwave raised demand for Natural Gas, straining supply and increasing prices. NV Energy does not make profit over recent increase. Electric rate increase implemented to cover the Natural Gas price increase.
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) provides students with the opportunity to present their research at three annual undergraduate research symposia. This collection contains slides from student lightning talks.
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