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A Work in Progress: The Creative Process Behind "Householder" by Christian Krueger
Householder plays on the absurd and the uncanny to elevate the work of the housewife. It lays bare the domestic toil that frequently goes unnoticed by pitting landscape and household familiarities against each other in search of agent and origin. In…
From Mjölnir to the Crucifix: The Means and Motives of Viking Conversion by Christian Krueger
From Mjölnir to the Crucifix examines the Vikings’ conversion from paganism to Christianity. It explores factors such as political alliances, parallels in religious texts, and similarities in lifestyles in search of motivation for this religious…
Neutral lipid metabolism of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis during periods of starvation by Konner Feldhus
The rotifer Brachionus plicatilis is a halophilic invertebrate often used for research and feeding young fish. One concern in this work is to provide young fish with energy-rich lipids. Past research suggests that neutral lipids serve a primarily…
Energy density of two forage species in the northwestern Atlantic: Silver Hake (Merluccius bilinearis) and Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) by Katherine King
Understanding forage species’ energy density is important for mapping energy flow in an ecosystem. Bioenergetic models are used to determine which species play important roles and how changes may influence the ecosystem in which they reside. In the…
The Walt Disney Company and Their Global Theme Parks: A Globalization Perspective by Keeley Eames
My research details the Walt Disney company and the relationship to their international parks, the process of recontextualizing American culture into the foreign countries, and the success/failures that came out of it. My primary argument is that the…
Processing Spiritual Experiences Today: The Validity of Spiritual Gifts by Justine Jacobsen
Whether or not the Holy Spirit is active in spiritual gifts today, or even the degree that He is active, is essential in reviving the notion and understanding of God's presence. If the Holy Spirit is moving in spiritual gifts of contemporary culture,…
The Messages of Content and Form Present in John F. Kennedy's Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis by Justin Filter
This paper uses generic criticism to analyze President John F. Kennedy's Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis and its ability to communicate two messages to different audiences simultaneously. Using the genre of Presidential War Rhetoric…
Influences of Math Anxiety on Undergraduate Students by Jordan Stiede and Brendan McCoy
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sex, major, and school on undergraduate students’ levels of math anxiety and math performance. First, the participants completed a math experience questionnaire designed to compute their level…
David Hume and Adam Smith: Comparing Mentor and Mentee Publications by Jordan Braband
Both Hume and Smith are influential philosophers and economists, and wrote some of the most important historical works in the beginnings of the study of economics. Both men wrote a variety of essays and publications on the subject, and were both…
Design and Assembly of Pulsed Low Energy Electron Gun for Use in Ultrafast Electron Microscopy By Jared Zeman
Ultrafast electron microscopy is an emerging field of interest that utilizes pulses of electrons as a tool to probe specimens, particularly to enable the study of ultrafast dynamics. We will use optical techniques to try and compress electron pulses…
The Identification of Novel Cell Death Inducers by Jacob Baus
Cell death caused by cardiac infarction events commonly result in the development of heart disease. The identification and classification of genes in these cell death pathways improves medical professionals understanding of these mechanisms and helps…
Predatory Bacteria: Investigating the Role of Lipopolysaccharides and opmA Mutations on Predation by Isaac Masters
In recent years, there have been studies that evaluate the potential use of predatory bacteria Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus to control the multidrug-resistant (MDR), Gram-negative pathogens associated with human infections. This study was focused on…
Lithium-Promoted Reaction of Aldehydes with N-Acylphthalimides by Lucas Henningsen
Phthalimides can easily be converted into primary amines, which are useful in a wide variety of laboratory and industrial applications. A new reaction has been discovered which allows for the synthesis of N-phthalimido-O-acyl-N,O-acetals from acyl…
OPEC and the Crude Oil Market with Game Theory Applications by Alexandra Haen
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has been a major player in the world market for crude oil ever since the organization’s formation in 1960. While there are oil-exporting countries that are not members of this organization,…
Adam Smith’s Ideas Applied to Today’s Economy by Alexandra Haen
This paper focuses on Adam Smith’s “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, which was published in 1776 and continues to be a highly regarded contribution to economic theory. Through comparing Smith’s ideas on topics such as…