Elliott T. Bowers Honor College

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A Methodology for Determining Morphological Variation in the Gonopodium in Livebearing Fishes of the Genus Gambusia
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2008-04-26) Stoops, Stacy; Deaton, Ph.D., Raelynn
Abner Snopes: Faulkner's Lost Cause
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2009-02-27) Franks, Travis; Young, Ph.D., Gene
The Background and Impact of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act on Life, Economy, and Politics in Contemporary Syria
(Elliott T. Bower Honors College, Sam Houston State University, 2021-12) Suttie, Robert K.; Zahrawi, Samar
After a Syrian photographer leaked pictures of the torture happening in the current Syrian regime’s prisons, the United States plans to help the Syrian people, who have been suffering from terrible atrocities committed by their president Bashar al-Assad and his totalitarian regime by enforcing a strict economic boycott against anyone who does any type of business with them. This boycott is known as the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act and consists of a series of economic sanctions that the United States implemented in December of 2019 which targets Syria’s tyrannical government, also known as the Assad regime, in an attempt to topple the regime, inspire political opening, and protect the citizens of Syria. This thesis studies the circumstances that led to the Syrian Conflict and its consequential barbarity. It also critiques the impacts of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act on the Syrian regime, as well as the Syrian people. This study utilizes various academic resources from books, online publications, and data collected from interviews to assess whether the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act is successful in accomplishing its intended objectives.
Becoming American
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2009-02-27) Tyree, Justin; DeWolfe, Kathryn; Frievalt, David
Building Equity in Parent and School Partnerships.
(2021-05) Stephen, Katrina; Green, Coleman; Banks, Courtney
Research consistently indicates that parent involvement in school results in positive outcomes for children in primary and secondary settings. Consequently, school districts have adopted parent involvement activities to include both home and school types to support family preferences. Desipte intentional communication of home and school-based activities, school staff may inadvertently exhaust parent collaboration activities and fail to expand involvement options that support diverse families and circumstances. The following presentation examines the correlational results of a study on parent perceptions of parent involvement to identify best practices to increase equity in parent and school partnerships.
Chain of Honor
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2009-02-27) Gately, Jennifer; Heather, Kelly; Snelling, Lauren
Count Your Eggs Before They Hatch: Fecundity Differences in Two Species of the Livebearing Fishes of the Genus Gambusia
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2008-04-26) Garee-Boyles, Sophia; Tracy, Stephanie; Hornung, Rachel; Deaton, Ph.D., Raelynn
CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE AMONGST CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS
(Elliott T. Bowers Honors College, 2021-12) Kamal, Kismot Adunni; Benson, Justina Esohe; Bouamer, Siham; Alexander, Adannaa
Healthcare is an essential aspect of every human life. Every human is entitled to the right to care and must be able to access it to prevent the spread of infections and/ or cure an illness. To deliver care, healthcare professionals must have proficient medical knowledge, but also understanding of patients' health needs. Understanding patients’ needs involves communication, but also the awareness of patients' thoughts and behaviors that might affect the way they receive healthcare. Mental healthcare is one of the priority health conditions of migrants, specifically Central American migrants. Additionally, Central Americans are amongst the new wave of immigrants coming into the United States. Considering the number of Central American immigrants that reside in Houston, Texas, the purpose of this study was to understand what is being done in Houston to provide culturally competent mental health service to this population. In addition to reviewing the literature, we scanned the websites of organizations that offer mental health services in Houston and Los Angeles as a comparison group. Our findings indicate that though Central Americans do not often use mental healthcare because of them attributing it to physical pain, there is lack of adequate providers in Houston to serve this population. In addition, there is not enough research on this population because of being classified into a monolith group as Hispanic/Latino.
Development of Virtual Reality Simulation for Emergency Evacuation in Education
(2020) Y, Luong; Dakeev, Ulan; Pecen, Reg; Yildiz, Faruk
Virtual Reality has recently developed as a prevalent technique adopting in numerous fields of scientific experiments. The thriving concept of simulating an interaction environment broadens the researchers’ competence to design the ideal virtual experimental conditions and manipulate the environment’s layouts sufficiently. The idea of practicing an emergency evacuation by a computer simulating model that reflects the physical environment analogously has been taken into account. This study aims to investigate whether the Virtual Reality simulation could be an optimal method for the emergency evacuation training, especially in the educational environment. Fifteen volunteers with no familiarity with the environment structure participated in this study, and experiments were plotted in two environments–the well-defined virtual environment for pretraining and the original physical environment for practical situation. The main hypothesis predicts that VR can effectively shorten the amount of time that pre-trained users spend to locate the emergency exits of a specific floor plan.
Differential Predatory Behaviors of Two Piscivorous Fishes, Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus) and Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2008-04-26) Crowley, Amanda; Tomme, Chelcie; Potter, Amy; Deaton, Ph.D., Raelynn
Effectiveness of Minimalistic Living: Conversion of a School Bus into a Mobile Living Space During COVID-19
(2021-05) Mizuno, Maine
Mobile homes such as RV, trailer, and skoolie have increased usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Skoolies allow users to achieve cost-effective, spatially conservative, sustainable living. Hypotheses for this study are to see the benefit of living in a skoolie compared to a one-bedroom apartment/studio. The researcher conducted questionnaires and asked 30 people to see how much people that live in a skoolie and a one-bedroom apartment/studio pay monthly. The study found that living in a school bus significantly cheaper than living in a one-bedroom apartment/studio. Skoolies enable people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic to have a temporary place to stay while helping the environment by using sustainable products. This project shows that living in a skoolie will achieve cost-efficient living therefore it will help people that lost their jobs by the pandemic.
Enhancing Lithium Ion Batteries through Cation Doping and Graphene Coating
(Sam Houston State University Honors College, 2019-07) Zavala, Caleb Alexander; Fang, Hui
LiFeP0.1 has emerged as one of the most promising cathode materials for lithium ion batteries for a large variety of applications from smart phones and power tools. to electric vehicles. However. poor electronic conductivity and low lithium ion diffusion rate hinders its large-scale applications. It has been demonstrated that the electronic conductivity of LiFePO􀀫 can be improved by several methods, including powder size reduction. carbon layer coating, and lattice eloping. In this research. we investigate the effect brought by the combination of cation eloping and carbon layer coating. Zr or Ti cation eloped LifeP04 is synthesized using solid-state reaction. Graphene or glucose is used as a carbon coating agent. Phase and morphology of as-prepared powder are characterized by X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical properties are characterized by charge-discharge measurement at various rate. Results of these measurements were analyzed and arc represented in Figure IO and Figure I I. which display the spcci lie discharge and charge capacity per milliamperes an hour per gram (mAh/g) lor a 55-cyclc number. These results determined that LiFeP04 with a glucose carbon coating agent was the cathode material with the best and most consistent results.
Evaluation of Prolonged Exposure to Pre- and Probiotics in an Avian Model of Treatment-Resistant Depression
(2021-05) Willingham, Hannah; White, Stephen
Recent research suggests a link between major depressive disorder (MDD) and changes to the gut microbiome. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the potential antidepressant effects of probiotics in a model of treatment-resistant depression. Animals will receive either untreated water or water containing probiotics for 14 days. On days 10 and 14, animals will be exposed to an isolation stressor for 90 minutes. Distress vocalizations will be recorded and analyzed to detect group differences. We hypothesize the probiotic treated group will display elevated vocalization rates indicative of an antidepressant effect.
Evelyn Nesbit: The Rise and Fall-Out of the Gibson Girl
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2009-02-27) O'Toole, Allison
Examining Asymmetries in Microfractures
(2020) Osborne, Victoria; Baker, Stephanie A.; Lewis, Patrick
In forensic anthropology the study of bone trauma has historically focused on gross anatomical patters in fractures. More information may be available using CT technology to examine trauma at a microscopic scale. This research examines asymmetries in a human skull with sharp force trauma in order to estimate directionality of impact force. A skull with sharp force trauma from the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility (STAFS) was micro CT scanned at the University of Texas CT Lab in Austin, Texas. Amira 5.6.0 imaging software was used to measure cortical thickness and microfractures were enumerated and described for each fragment. A chi-squared and one-way t-test were used to determine differences in cortical thickness and number of microfractures found in each fragment. This study is one of five other human bone trauma projects examining asymmetries in skeletal elements. The idealistic outcome of this project is to produce a more refined date set that can aide medicolegal communities in producing a more accurate prognosis or cause of trauma.
Examining the Impact of Critical Incidents, Organizational Variables and Coping Skills on Sleep Quality in Law Enforcement Officers
(2020) Byers, Asiah; Washington, Jamie; DeBrabander, Megan J.; Salami, Temilola K.
Previous research demonstrated that police stress negatively affects sleep quality with coping skills moderating this association (Hartley et al., 2014). The present study aims to expand on these findings by including other work-related variables that may impact sleep quality using a sample of 125 law enforcement officers (80.8% male Mage of 41.75 years (SD=10.75)). Results indicated that coping, police stress, and organizational support were associated with sleep quality. The total model accounts for 41% of the variance on sleep quality, with coping and operational stress being the best predictors of sleep quality.
Financial Aid and College Graduation
(2020) Thakur, Anubhav; Nath, Hiranya
Using data for about 3,800 colleges and universities in the US, this paper examines the effects of financial aid on graduation rates. It estimates a linear regression model with graduation rates as the dependent variable and financial aid share (in educational cost) and percentage of students receiving Pell grant as the independent variables of interest along with control variables that reflect demographic and institutional characteristics. The results from the analysis indicate that financial aid in general and Pell grant in particular have significant negative impacts on on-time graduation (those who graduate within the expected time) rate. For extended-time graduation (those who take more than the expected time to graduate) rate, they have either no effect or marginally significant negative impact.
Fourier Transforms and 4-D Tensor-Based Wave Equations
(Sam Houston State University. Elliott T. Bower's Honor College, 2008-04-26) Moore, Douglas; Jensen, Ph.D., Jacqueline
A Game Camera Study of Vulpes vulpes and the Scents that May Be Attractive to Them the Other Predators
(2021-05) Hendrickson, Maria; Neudorf, Diana
Predators utilize their sense of smell in many ways, from marking territory to tracking and locating prey. As cities and towns expand further, many predators are now exposed to a variety of new scents and smells. This study examined the attractiveness of different scents to local animal in the South-East Texas Piney Woods region. The scents used in this study were both naturally found and synthetic perfumes, to determine whether man-made scents were more attractive to predators than naturally occurring scents. Patches of dirt 1 m x 1 m were raked clear of grass and leaves, and a wooden stake was placed in the center, with a game camera set up to observe the station. Scent bait was made by soaking thick cotton rags in the scents for 24 hours and then nailing the rag to the stake at the bait station. Each bait was left out for 10 days to ensure time for discovery before being removed. The images taken by the cameras were then sorted through and each type of animal was recorded, as well as how frequently the bait was visited.
Giving Voices to Youth in Community Disaster Mitigation: Texas Case Study
(2020-12-11) Nunez, Carolina
There is a paucity of research on the inclusion of children and youth in disaster risk reduction nor participating in using mitigation strategies to lessen the impact of disasters prone to occur in their communities. However, in recent years, there has been a gradual increase of research documenting that children and youth play a role in emergency management in taking leadership to educate and influence their community on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and mitigation. This thesis will bring focus on a group of individuals that have been ignored in voicing their thoughts on creating a safer community against natural disasters, such as flooding. The study will focus on the impact of Tropical Storm Imelda in the Kingwood, Texas area, and how children and youth can engage in DRR and mitigation in their community. Thesis reviews existing literature on the children and youth population, and their inclusion in DRR and mitigation. Thesis results is an educational module formed to help engage and educate children and youth in the Kingwood community on their role in DRR and assist in forming mitigation strategies to prevent future impacts caused by natural disasters.

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