Program for Research Day 2018

Welcome to the 2018 Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors sponsored by the Office of Student Research. The Office of Student Research (OSR) was established in 2005 in order to expand the opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in research and mentored scholarship at Appalachian State University. We firmly believe that students who understand how discoveries are made in their chosen fields are well-prepared to address the unsolved problems of the future. We are so pleased to host this annual event.

Today marks our 21st year of celebrating student engagement in research and creative endeavors. It also includes our 9th annual student poster competition. The poster competition has rapidly become a highlight of our event. In fact, this year we had over 110 entrants in the competition from which the top 10 undergraduate and graduate student abstracts were selected and asked to present to a panel of faculty judges today from 10:00- 11:00am. The top 3 posters in each category will be announced during our remarks at 1:15pm. Additionally, we acknowledge a lot of this work could not be done without the support of the faculty as the definition of student research is student-faculty collaboration. Thus, today we will also announce during our remarks the winner of our 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award.

During today’s event I invite you to engage with the students that are presenting, learn about the amazing activities occurring across campus and celebrate the advancements these students have made with their research or creative endeavor. Please thank a faculty member for their time and effort in assisting the students in their work.

The Office of Student Research is proud to assist students and faculty in their efforts to engage in research and creative endeavors but could not do that without support from the following areas: Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, Cratis D. Williams Graduate School, Office of International Education and Development, Office of the Quality Enhancement Plan, and University College. Finally, a special thank you to the Advisory Board of the Office of Student Research, the faculty reviewers and moderators for today's event and to the staff in the Office of Student Research which include Kathy Weaver Stevens, Mitzi Triplett and our graduate Assistants, Denzel Dejournette and Zach Leicht.

Rebecca A. Battista, Ph.D., FACSM Interim Director, Office of Student Research 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors Thursday, April 19, 2018 Plemmons Student Union The Office of Student Research would like to thank our past and present OSR Advisory Board members for serving in this capacity.

Founding Advisory Board Members – Office of Student Research (established 2005) • Dr. George Barthalmus, North Carolina State University • Dr. Nicole Bennett, Department of Chemistry • Ms. Shari Galiardi, Service Learning • Mr. David Huntley, Watauga Global Communities • Dr. Bob Johnson, Cratis D. Williams Graduate School • Dr. Lisa McAnulty, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences • Dr. Jeff McBride, Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science • Dr. Ozzie Ostwalt, Department of Philosophy & Religion • Mr. Jay Sutton, Department of Athletics • Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Department of Computer Science • Ms. Cindy Wallace, Division of Student Development • Dr. Mark Zrull, Department of Psychology

Current Advisory Board Members – Office of Student Research • Dr. Dan Caton, Department of Physic and Astronomy • Dr. Brooke Christian, Department of Chemistry • Dr. Heather Dixon-Fowler, Department of Management • Dr. Jeremy Ferrell, Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment • Dr. April Flanders, Department of Art • Dr. Amy Galloway, Department of Psychology • Dr. Jennifer Geib, Department of Biology • Dr. Hessam Ghamari, Department of Applied Design • Dr. Cathy Marcum, Department of Government and Justice Studies • Dr. Scott Marshall, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences • Dr. Kim McCullough, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders • Dr. Jennifer McGee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction • Dr. Suzi Mills, School of Music • Dr. Mark Zrull, Department of Psychology • Dr. Kevin Zwetsloot, Department of Health and Exercise Science

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verview: The Office of Student Research is pleased to rom 10:00-11:00 am each student will make a 3-5 minute Oagain feature our 9th Annual Student Research Poster Fpresentation and answer questions from the judges Competition. This competition includes both undergraduate regarding their poster. The posters will be evaluated on the and graduate categories. Each student presenter had an following categories: background/rationale, methods or option to submit their abstract for consideration in the approach to the question, concluding statements/findings, competition. A total of 111 posters: 68 undergraduate and student's level of leadership/involvement in the project, 43 graduate posters were submitted into the competition. student's overall understanding of the project/creative From these a panel of judges determined the top 10 finalists endeavor, student's ability to answer questions on the project for each category (finalists are listed below). and poster appearance.

Finalists for the Undergraduate Student Research Poster Competition

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Dr. Gabriele Casale DETERMINING THE ANNEALING CURVE OF RADIATION Morgan Baker Department of Geological HALOS IN QUARTZ GRAINS THROUGH HEALING and Environmental Sciences EXPERIMENTS Dr. Maggie Sugg WEARABLE SENSORS FOR CONTINUOUS PREGNANCY Danielle Boase Department of Geography HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: FROM A and Planning PATIENT AND PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce ANCIENT SOILS AND THEIR ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTING Kevin Bynum Department of Geological PALEOCLIMATE: STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION AND and Environmental Sciences BULK GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A MIOCENE FOSSIL SITE IN KENYA Dr. Scott Marshall Jacob Dorsett Department of Geological WHERE IS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SAN ANDREAS and Environmental Sciences FAULT? A PHYSICS-BASED MODELING STUDY Dr. Kevin Zwetsloot Charleston Gaillard Department of Health and EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN MANGANESE Exercise Science SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE OVEREXPRESSING MICE

Dr. Cara Fiore FRESHWATER SPONGES ARE PREVALENT IN WESTERN Allison Griggs Department of Biology NORTH CAROLINA AND HOST DIVERSE MICROBIAL SYSTEMS Dr. Kevin Zwetsloot INFLUENCE OF 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE ON SKELETAL William Johnson Department of Health and MUSCLE MONOCYTE INFILTRATION FOLLOWING Exercise Science ECCENTRIC DAMAGE

Dr. Darren Seals A SMALL-SCALE SCREEN OF NUTRACEUTICAL Carmen Montero Department of Biology COMPOUNDS THAT AFFECT THE INVASIVE PROPERTIES OF CANCER CELLS SPLENOCYTES FROM YOUNG MICE PROTECT Dr. Michael Opata Maggie Smith IMMUNOCOMPRISED MICE AGAINST DEATH FROM Department of Biology MALARIA INFECTION, BUT THEY DO NOT PROLIFERATE WELL Dr. Abigail Stickford E m m a Tay l o r Department of Health and HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS AMOUNG PREGNANT Exercise Science WOMEN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

4 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors ABSTRACTS Title pQCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MRI TO QUANTIFY 3D TO MRI TO QUANTIFY pQCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE - A FEASIBILITY STUDY BONE GEOMETRY AND OF FAMILY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE A FRESHMAN AT CAMPUS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG UNIVERSITY IN APPALACHIA IN THE ROLES OF CELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN DROSOPHILA BEHAVIOR NOCICEPTIVE REGULATING AN ASSESSMENT OF WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY IN OF WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY IN AN ASSESSMENT USA FOLLOWING THE CAROLINA, WESTERN NORTH 2016 WILDFIRES THE AND CONFLICT INTERACTIONS: CLIMATE SPIKES AND BETWEEN CONFLICT RELATIONSHIP AMERICA LATIN IN NORTHERN DEVIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE DURING A PATTERN DOES FOOT STRIKE RUN? MAXIMAL 800-METER ISOTOPES WATER OF STABLE SUBSEASONAL VARIATIONS IN TROPICAL ANDEAN PRECIPITATION DAMAGE ON THE EFFECTS OF ECCENTRIC MUSCLE NEURAL INHIBITION OF THE BREAST CANCER TUMOR MODULATION VESICULAR MICROENVIRONMENT BY ONCOLYTIC VIRUS STOMATITIS BY TOR REGULATION THE ROLE OF TRANSLATIONAL SENSITIVITY AND LK6 IN PAIN Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 5 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Faculty Mentor Herman van Werkhoven Dr. Department of Health and Science Exercise Laura McArthur Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Baker Perry Dr. Department of Geography and Planning Alan Needle Dr. Department of Health and Science Exercise Maryam Ahmed Dr. Department of Biology Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Maggie Sugg Dr. Department of Geography and Planning Maggie Sugg Dr. Department of Geography and Planning Herman van Werkhoven Dr. and Department of Health Science Exercise take place at 1:15 pm following our general remarks. Research and the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School. Research The top 3 posters for each category (undergraduate and The top 3 posters for each category (undergraduate graduate) will be determined and an awards ceremony will ceremony graduate) will be determined and an awards Funding for the awards was provided by the Office of Student was provided Funding for the awards Student Finalists for the Graduate Student Research Poster Competition Poster Research Student Graduate the for Finalists Adam Willits Willits Adam Elaine Wartinger Elaine Wilton Norris Norris Wilton Haley McGuirt McGuirt Haley Jessica McCanless Jessica McCanless John Mackall Mackall John Heather Guy Heather Guy Kathryn Farina Kathryn Farina Elizabeth Bailey Elizabeth Bailey Lauren Anderson Anderson Lauren s ’ r

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Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award Mentorship Excellence Research Undergraduate The Office of Student Research would like to thank all of the students who who students all of the thank to like would OfficeThe Research of Student making a Mentors for Faculty Mentors and all of the Faculty their nominated on students. significant impact The 2018 Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award will be be will Award Excellence Mentorship Research Undergraduate 2018 The pm. at 1:15 given announced during remarks Congratulations again to Dr. Heckert! Dr. Congratulations again to “He has communicated on my behalf with prominent scientists at the North Carolina Carolina the North at scientists prominent with behalf communicated “He has my on me to their laboratory access a pipeline for Sciences and established Museum of Natural that I plan me an opportunity paleontologists to meet gave which and collections, resources with in the future.” to collaborate “Beyond his required professional duties Dr. Heckert regularly goes above and beyond to and beyond above goes Heckert to regularly Dr. duties professional “Beyond his required one field He helps guide each of paleontology. succeed in the competitive students help his will we use with skills preparing and weaknesses, knowing strengths our of us personally, need in our field, the world.” across and connections to scientists His students stated the following: statedHis students the following: We are pleased to announce the 2017 award winner was Dr. Andrew B. Heckert Heckert B. Andrew Dr. was winner award 2017 the announce pleased to are We Sciences. Department the from Geological and Environmental of Students were asked to nominate faculty and discuss the specific qualities that that specific the discuss and faculty qualities nominate to asked were Students mentor their how and explain award the for candidate a perfect mentor made their Faculty Nominated at Appalachian. education undergraduate their affected mentoring of record track consistent on their then evaluated members were as supporting present to as well and encouraging students students undergraduate nominated Faculty of the Many endeavors. or creative research their and publish field. models in their often role are The Office of Student Research invites nominations each spring for the the for spring nominations each invites OfficeThe Research of Student Only in its second year, Award. Excellence Mentorship Research Undergraduate various from 30 faculty over nominate 60 students seen overs has award this an demonstrated membershave faculty who recognizes award This disciplines. well as researchers student undergraduate outstanding mentoring commitment to on campus. initiatives research undergraduate the as supporting and promoting Student Research Competition on Latin American or Latino/Hispanic Subject

Appalachian@s, the new Hispanic and Latino Faculty and Staff organization at Appalachian State University, along with the Office of Student Research, announces the first Appalachian State University Latin American and Hispanic Research Day as part of Appalachian State University’s Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors. Appalachian@s invites Appalachian State University students to submit a paper that relates to a Latin American or Latino/Hispanic subject. Student presentations will take place from 9 AM to 11 AM on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in the Multi- cultural Center on the first floor of the Plemmons Student Union, as part of the 21st Annual Celebra- tion of Student Research and Creative Endeavors. A panel of faculty judges will evaluate the submissions and offer a $25 first prize, a $20 second prize and a $15 third prize to the top three entries.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 30, 2018 by 5:00 pm. Send an electronic version of the paper, along with a one-page abstract that includes the title, subject, student’s name, department, and sponsoring faculty member to Dr. Horst, [email protected] RESEARCH DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCH DAY SCHEDULE 2018

Room Session Time # Presenter(s) Mentor(s) Title Dr. Michael Behrent THE DEBATE OVER FRENCH INTERIOR SECURITY SINCE THE Oral 9:00 AM 1 Kate McCann Department of History 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY VS. CIVIL LIBERTIES Dr. Barbara Zaitzow ALL BY MYSELF: MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND Enzo Codella Department of Government and Justice

417 Oral 9:20 AM 2 PSYCHOPATHOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLITARY Studies CONFINEMENT Ms. Marianne Adams

Beacon Heights THE PILATES METHOD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL Oral 9:40 AM 3 Alison Bird Department of Theatre and Dance AND MENTAL AWARENESS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Dr. Jennifer Geib FLOWERING SYNCHRONY, FLORAL DISPLAY, AND Lucas Piedrahita Oral 9:00 AM 4 Department of Biology REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF AN ALPINE CUSHION PLANT, SILENE ACAULIS Dr. Brooke Hester ELUCIDATION OF DmoB CATALYST IDENTITY IN THE Oral 9:20 AM 5 Michael Paolino Department of Physics and Astronomy DEGRADATION OF DMS USING FLUORESCENCE EMISSION Dr. Paul Wallace MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AFFECTIVE RESPONSES

Rough Ridge 415 Oral 9:40 AM 6 John Leppard Department of Leadership and Educational Studies TO VIDEO GAME MODALITIES Dr. Joy James THE BENEFITS OF CAMP: NECESSITY OF THE OUTDOORS Oral 10:20 AM 7 Annie Pharr Department of Health and Exercise Science AND COMMUNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Dr. Joy James OUT OF THE CABIN, OUT OF THE CLOSET: THE Oral 10:40 AM 8 Emily Cluen Department of Health and Exercise TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES OF CAMP AND IDENTITY MORNING (9:00 AM - 11:20 PM) Science EXPLORATION

Dr. Maggie Sugg ADOLESCENTS IN CRISIS: A GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF Laura Thompson Beacon Heights 417 Oral 11:00 AM 9 Department of Geography and Planning HELP-SEEKING FOR MENTAL DISTRESS FROM CRISIS TEXT LINE

10 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors RESEARCH DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Room Session Time # Presenter(s) Mentor(s) Title Dr. Michael Behrent THE DEBATE OVER FRENCH INTERIOR SECURITY SINCE THE Oral 9:00 AM 1 Kate McCann Department of History 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY VS. CIVIL LIBERTIES Dr. Barbara Zaitzow ALL BY MYSELF: MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND Enzo Codella Department of Government and Justice

417 Oral 9:20 AM 2 PSYCHOPATHOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLITARY Studies CONFINEMENT Ms. Marianne Adams

Beacon Heights THE PILATES METHOD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL Oral 9:40 AM 3 Alison Bird Department of Theatre and Dance AND MENTAL AWARENESS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 11 RESEARCHRESEARCH DAY DAY SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 2018 2018

Room Session Time # Presenter(s) Mentor(s) Title Dr. Gabriele Casale DETERMINING THE ANNEALING CURVE OF RADIATION Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1U Morgan Baker * Department of Geological and HALOS IN QUARTZ GRAINS THROUGH HEALING Environmental Sciences EXPERIMENTS

Dr. Maggie Sugg WEARABLE SENSORS FOR CONTINUOUS PREGNANCY Danielle Boase * Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P2U Department of Geography and Planning HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: FROM A PATIENT AND PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce ANCIENT SOILS AND THEIR ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTING PALEOCLIMATE: STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION AND BULK Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P3U Kevin Bynum * Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A MIOCENE FOSSIL SITE IN KENYA Dr. Scott Marshall WHERE IS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SAN ANDREAS Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P4U Jacob Dorsett * Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences FAULT? A PHYSICS-BASED MODELING STUDY Dr. Kevin Zwetsloot EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P5U Charleston Gaillard * Department of Health and Exercise Science DISMUTASE OVEREXPRESSING MICE Dr. Cara Fiore FRESHWATER SPONGES ARE PREVALENT IN WESTERN Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P6U Allison Griggs * Department of Biology NORTH CAROLINA AND HOST DIVERSE MICROBIAL SYSTEMS Parkway Ballroom 420 Parkway Ballroom Dr. Kevin Zwetsloot INFLUENCE OF 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE ON SKELETAL Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P7U William Johnson * Department of Health and Exercise MUSCLE MONOCYTE INFILTRATION FOLLOWING ECCENTRIC Science DAMAGE Undergraduate Poster Finalists Undergraduate Dr. Darren Seals A SMALL-SCALE SCREEN OF NUTRACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P8U Carmen Montero * Department of Biology THAT AFFECT THE INVASIVE PROPERTIES OF CANCER CELLS

MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) Dr. Michael Opata SPLENOCYTES FROM YOUNG MICE PROTECT Maggie Smith * Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P9U Department of Biology IMMUNOCOMPRISED MICE AGAINST DEATH FROM MALARIA INFECTION, BUT THEY DO NOT PROLIFERATE WELL Dr. Abigail Stickford HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS AMOUNG PREGNANT Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P10U Emma Taylor * Department of Health and Exercise Science WOMEN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

*Denotes Poster Competition Finalists (Undergraduate and Graduate)

12 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors RESEARCH DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Room Session Time # Presenter(s) Mentor(s) Title Dr. Gabriele Casale DETERMINING THE ANNEALING CURVE OF RADIATION Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1U Morgan Baker * Department of Geological and HALOS IN QUARTZ GRAINS THROUGH HEALING Environmental Sciences EXPERIMENTS

*Denotes Poster Competition Finalists (Undergraduate and Graduate)

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Room Session Time # Presenter(s) Mentor(s) Title Dr. Maggie Sugg AN ASSESSMENT OF WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY IN WESTERN Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1G Lauren Anderson * Department of Geography and Planning NORTH CAROLINA, USA FOLLOWING THE 2016 WILDFIRES

Dr. Maggie Sugg CLIMATE AND CONFLICT INTERACTIONS: THE RELATIONSHIP Elizabeth Bailey * Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P2G Department of Geography and Planning BETWEEN CONFLICT SPIKES AND CLIMATE DEVIATIONS IN NORTHERN LATIN AMERICA Dr. Herman van Werkhoven DOES FOOT STRIKE PATTERN CHANGE DURING A MAXIMAL Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P3G Kathryn Farina * Department of Health and Exercise 800-METER RUN? Science Dr. Baker Perry SUBSEASONAL VARIATIONS OF STABLE WATER ISOTOPES IN Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P4G Heather Guy * Department of Geography and Planning TROPICAL ANDEAN PRECIPITATION Dr. Alan Needle THE EFFECTS OF ECCENTRIC MUSCLE DAMAGE ON NEURAL Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P5G John Mackall * Department of Health and Exercise Science INHIBITION

Dr. Maryam Ahmed MODULATION OF THE BREAST CANCER TUMOR Jessica McCanless * Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P6G Department of Biology MICROENVIRONMENT BY ONCOLYTIC VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS

Parkway Ballroom 420 Parkway Ballroom Dr. Andrew Bellemer THE ROLE OF TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION BY TOR AND Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P7G Haley McGuirt * Department of Biology LK6 IN PAIN SENSITIVITY Graduate Poster Finalists Dr. Herman van Werkhoven pQCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MRI TO QUANTIFY 3D BONE Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P8G Wilton Norris * Department of Health and Exercise Science GEOMETRY - A FEASIBILITY STUDY Dr. Laura McArthur PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF FAMILY AND CAMPUS MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P9G Elaine Wartinger * Department of Nutrition and Healthcare FOOD INSECURITY AMONG FRESHMAN AT A UNIVERSITY IN Management APPALACHIA Dr. Andrew Bellemer THE ROLES OF CELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P10G Adam Willits * Department of Biology REGULATING NOCICEPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN DROSOPHILA

*Denotes Poster Competition Finalists (Undergraduate and Graduate)

14 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title THE ROLE OF TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION BY TOR AND REGULATION THE ROLE OF TRANSLATIONAL SENSITIVITY LK6 IN PAIN QUANTIFY 3D BONE TO MRI TO pQCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE - A FEASIBILITY STUDY GEOMETRY AND CAMPUS OF FAMILY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE A UNIVERSITY IN AT FOOD INSECURITY AMONG FRESHMAN APPALACHIA IN PATHWAYS THE ROLES OF CELLULAR SIGNALING IN DROSOPHILA NOCICEPTIVE BEHAVIOR REGULATING SUBSEASONAL VARIATIONS OF STABLE WATER ISOTOPES IN WATER OF STABLE VARIATIONS SUBSEASONAL PRECIPITATION TROPICAL ANDEAN ON NEURAL ECCENTRIC MUSCLE DAMAGE THE EFFECTS OF INHIBITION CANCER TUMOR OF THE BREAST MODULATION VESICULAR MICROENVIRONMENT BY ONCOLYTIC VIRUS STOMATITIS AN ASSESSMENT OF WILDFIRE VULNERABILITY IN WESTERN IN WESTERN VULNERABILITY OF WILDFIRE AN ASSESSMENT WILDFIRES THE 2016 USA FOLLOWING CAROLINA, NORTH THE RELATIONSHIP INTERACTIONS: AND CONFLICT CLIMATE IN DEVIATIONS AND CLIMATE CONFLICT SPIKES BETWEEN AMERICA LATIN NORTHERN A MAXIMAL CHANGE DURING PATTERN DOES FOOT STRIKE 800-METER RUN? Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 15 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Andrew Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Laura McArthur Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Herman van Werkhoven Herman van Werkhoven Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Andrew Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Maryam Ahmed Dr. Department of Biology Department of Health and Exercise and Exercise Department of Health Science Dr. Baker Perry Baker Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Needle Alan Dr. Department of Health and Exercise and Exercise Department of Health Science Department of Geography and Planning of Geography Department van Werkhoven Herman Dr. Department of Geography and Planning of Geography Department Maggie Sugg Dr. Dr. Maggie Sugg Maggie Sugg Dr. Presenter(s) Lauren Anderson * Lauren Elaine Wartinger * Elaine Wartinger Adam Willits * Jessica McCanless * Haley McGuirt * Wilton Norris * Elizabeth Bailey * Elizabeth * Kathryn Farina Heather Guy * John Mackall * # Time PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P8G 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P9G P10G PosterPoster PM 9:00 AM–12:00 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1G Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P2G Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P3G Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P4G Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P5G 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P6G P7G

*Denotes Poster Competition Finalists (Undergraduate and Graduate) *Denotes Poster Competition Finalists (Undergraduate

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Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Title SOUTH FORK NEW RIVER STREAM DISCHARGE ANALYSIS SOUTH FORK NEW RIVER STREAM NEW LATE CRETACEOUS (EARLY CAMPANIAN) MICROFOSSIL CAMPANIAN) (EARLY CRETACEOUS NEW LATE OF NEW CRETACEOUS ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE UPPER MEXICO 3D MODELS OF A JUVENILE FOSSILE REPTILE DETAILED CAROLINA CREATED FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC OF NORTH USING AGISOFT AND A KEYENCE 3D MICROSCOPE IN CONCUSSION RTP VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION PROTOCOLS TEMPERATURE MODELING AIR TEMPERATURE/WATER STREAM UNDER ALONG A SMALL MOUNTAIN RELATIONS INCREASING URBAN INFLUENCE ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL INTESTINAL ADAPTION: THE ADULT FOR HUMAN INTESTINAL EXPLORATION THE ROLE OF THE eIF4F COMPLEX IN NOCICEPTOR SENSITIVITY SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL FUEL FROM WASTE COOKING OIL COOKING WASTE FUEL FROM OF BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS USING NANO-REACTORS RURAL SCORE IN OF THE mNUTRIC IMPLEMENTATION QUALITY A CONTINUOUS CARE UNITS: CRITICAL STUDY IMPROVEMENT FOREST FAMILY APPALACHIAN OF SOUTHERN AN ANALYSIS TO AND DERIVED BENEFITS IN RELATION OWNER VALUES MECHANISMS CARBON OFFSET THE DOMAINS OF THE BIOFILM CHARACTERIZING MbaA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE PROTEIN REGULATING TO PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL THE DARK SIDE ON STRESS: IMPLICATIONS SEX DIFFERENCES IN OXIDATIVE FUNCTION VASCULAR TO EVALUATE MARKERS DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE HELLERI BETWEEN LIATRIS CURRENT SPECIES BOUNDARIES TURGIDA GAISER AND LIATRIS PORTER FOR VERTEBRATE OF CAMERA PLACEMENT ANALYSIS AND OTHER ECOLOGICAL STUDIES SURVEYS SYNDROME IN AND METABOLIC EXTREME BIRTHWEIGHTS ADULTHOOD Mentor(s) Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Heckert Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Alan Needle Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science William Anderson Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Mary Kinkel Dr. Department of Biology Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Nicholas Shaw Nicholas Dr. of Chemistry Department Barth Margaret Dr. and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Ruseva Tatyana Dr. Department of Government and Justice Studies Karatan Ece Dr. Department of Biology Bergman Shawn Dr. Department of Psychology Rebecca Kappus Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science William Anderson Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Heckert Andrew Dr. Presenter(s) Kitt Franse Gita Gajjar Logan Clark Hunter Cox Emily Curlin Austin Deans Delgado Yanelis Jena Donovan Emily Fedders Angelina Azieva Angelina Barnwell Jessica Erin Bishop Whitney Bond Brown Cameron Anna Ruth Carmichael William Cheek # Time

PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.13 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.14 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.15 P1.16 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster PM 9:00 AM–12:00 P1.10 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.11 P1.12 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.6 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.7 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.8 P1.9 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.2 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.3 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.4 P1.5 Poster PM 9:00 AM–12:00 P1.1 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 16 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title SOUTH FORK NEW RIVER STREAM DISCHARGE ANALYSIS SOUTH FORK NEW RIVER STREAM MODELING AIR TEMPERATURE/WATER TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE MODELING AIR TEMPERATURE/WATER STREAM UNDER ALONG A SMALL MOUNTAIN RELATIONS INCREASING URBAN INFLUENCE ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL INTESTINAL ADAPTION: THE ADULT FOR HUMAN INTESTINAL EXPLORATION THE ROLE OF THE eIF4F COMPLEX IN NOCICEPTOR SENSITIVITY DETAILED 3D MODELS OF A JUVENILE FOSSILE REPTILE DETAILED CAROLINA CREATED FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC OF NORTH USING AGISOFT AND A KEYENCE 3D MICROSCOPE IN CONCUSSION RTP VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION PROTOCOLS DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS TO EVALUATE TO EVALUATE MARKERS DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE HELLERI BETWEEN LIATRIS CURRENT SPECIES BOUNDARIES TURGIDA GAISER AND LIATRIS PORTER FOR VERTEBRATE OF CAMERA PLACEMENT ANALYSIS AND OTHER ECOLOGICAL STUDIES SURVEYS SYNDROME IN AND METABOLIC EXTREME BIRTHWEIGHTS ADULTHOOD MICROFOSSIL CAMPANIAN) (EARLY CRETACEOUS NEW LATE OF NEW CRETACEOUS ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE UPPER MEXICO CHARACTERIZING THE DOMAINS OF THE BIOFILM THE DOMAINS OF THE BIOFILM CHARACTERIZING MbaA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE PROTEIN REGULATING TO PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL THE DARK SIDE ON STRESS: IMPLICATIONS SEX DIFFERENCES IN OXIDATIVE FUNCTION VASCULAR SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL FUEL FROM WASTE COOKING OIL COOKING WASTE FUEL FROM OF BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS USING NANO-REACTORS RURAL SCORE IN OF THE mNUTRIC IMPLEMENTATION QUALITY A CONTINUOUS CARE UNITS: CRITICAL STUDY IMPROVEMENT FOREST FAMILY APPALACHIAN OF SOUTHERN AN ANALYSIS TO AND DERIVED BENEFITS IN RELATION OWNER VALUES MECHANISMS CARBON OFFSET Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 17 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Department of Biology Department of Biology Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Mary Kinkel Dr. Dr. William Anderson William Anderson Dr. Dr. Alan Needle Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Andrew Heckert Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Dr. Andrew Heckert Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Dr. Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science William Anderson Dr. Department of Psychology Rebecca Kappus Dr. Dr. Ece Karatan Ece Dr. Department of Biology Bergman Shawn Dr. Department of Government and Justice Studies Department of Nutrition and Healthcare and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Ruseva Tatyana Dr. Department of Chemistry Department Barth Margaret Dr. Dr. Nicholas Shaw Nicholas Dr. Presenter(s) Jena Donovan Emily Fedders Kitt Franse Gita Gajjar Emily Curlin Austin Deans Delgado Yanelis Anna Ruth Carmichael William Cheek Logan Clark Hunter Cox Jessica Barnwell Jessica Erin Bishop Whitney Bond Brown Cameron Angelina Azieva Angelina # Time

PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.15 P1.16 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.8 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.9 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.10 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.11 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.12 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.13 P1.14 PosterPoster PM 9:00 AM–12:00 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.1 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.2 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.3 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.4 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.5 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.6 P1.7 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Title RHETORIC VS. REALITY: REFUGEES IN SWEDEN AND ITS REFUGEES IN SWEDEN RHETORIC VS. REALITY: POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE U.S. A COMPUTATIONAL ARE EVERYWHERE: SURFACES INTO SILICA ADSORPTION INTERFACES INVESTIGATION DIRECT AMIDE BOND COUPLING OF AMINO ACIDS IN NANO-REACTORS DOES FAT AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: TALK FAT AND SEXUAL SATISFACTION AFFECT RELATIONSHIP TALK SATISFACTION? OPTICAL TWEEZERS INSTRUMENT FOR AN AUTOMATED COLLECTION, AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA CALIBRATION, OF TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION CHARACTERIZING A TRANSGENIC LINE THAT DELAYS THE THE DELAYS THAT LINE A TRANSGENIC CHARACTERIZING CELL CYCLE PHASE OF THE FIRST GAP ON CARBON CONTENT OF SOIL ORGANIC EFFECT STAGE DURING STREAM ATTENUATION NITRATE RIPARIAN FLUCTUATIONS ON PRESCHOOLERS' SOCIAL CATERGORIES THE LIMITS OF SELECTIVE TRUST CONTROL SENSORY REGULATORS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURON SENSITIVITY LARVAE CAROLINA: IN RURAL NORTH STATUS FOOD SECURITY AMONG COMMUNITY STRATEGIES EXPLORING COPING RESIDENTS ADHERENCE TO A VOLUME-BASED FEEDING EVALUATING CARE UNITS INTENSIVE PROTOCOL IN FOUR ADULT AN DIET: DEFINING THE TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN OF KEY REGIONAL COOKBOOKS ANALYSIS IN THE OF PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY SPATIOTEMPORAL PERU AND BOLIVIA TROPICAL ANDES OF SOUTHERN EL NIÑO DURING THE 2015-16 STRONG WHITEBARK PINE RADIAL GROWTH RESPONSE COMPARING IN THE CASCADES AND SIERRA VARIABLES TO CLIMATE USA NEVADA, AND THE STORYTELLING SCRAPBOOK OF APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE Mentor(s) Dr. Renee Scherlen Dr. Department of Government Justice and Studies Bates Jefferson Dr. Department of Chemistry Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Denise Martz Dr. Department of Psychology Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Dr. Cortney Bouldin Cortney Dr. of Biology Department Sarah Evans Dr. and of Geological Department Sciences Environmental Kondrad Robyn Dr. Department of Psychology Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Gutschall Melissa Dr. and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Marting Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Melissa Gutschall Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Baker Perry Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Saskia van de Gevel Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Robert Perdue Dr. Department of Sociology Presenter(s) Cassidy Miles Kelsey Johnson Joseph Jonaitis April Kaiser Zachary Kopkin Emma Labovitz Hayden Lane Kelly Loucks Samantha Malone Katie Hahn Hammond Nicholas Hancock Margaret Katherine Hoffman Hubbard Cameron Kathleen Jablonski # Time

PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.29 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.30 P1.31 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.25 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.26 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.27 P1.28 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.22 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.23 P1.24 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.18 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.19 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.20 P1.21 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.17 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 18 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title FAT TALK AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: DOES FAT DOES FAT AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: TALK FAT AND SEXUAL SATISFACTION AFFECT RELATIONSHIP TALK SATISFACTION? OPTICAL TWEEZERS INSTRUMENT FOR AN AUTOMATED COLLECTION, AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA CALIBRATION, OF TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION RHETORIC VS. REALITY: REFUGEES IN SWEDEN AND ITS REFUGEES IN SWEDEN RHETORIC VS. REALITY: POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE U.S. A COMPUTATIONAL ARE EVERYWHERE: SURFACES INTO SILICA ADSORPTION INTERFACES INVESTIGATION DIRECT AMIDE BOND COUPLING OF AMINO ACIDS IN NANO-REACTORS DEFINING THE TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN DIET: AN DIET: DEFINING THE TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN OF KEY REGIONAL COOKBOOKS ANALYSIS IN THE OF PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY SPATIOTEMPORAL PERU AND BOLIVIA TROPICAL ANDES OF SOUTHERN EL NIÑO DURING THE 2015-16 STRONG WHITEBARK PINE RADIAL GROWTH RESPONSE COMPARING IN THE CASCADES AND SIERRA VARIABLES TO CLIMATE USA NEVADA, AND THE STORYTELLING SCRAPBOOK OF APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATORS CONTROL SENSORY CONTROL SENSORY REGULATORS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURON SENSITIVITY LARVAE CAROLINA: IN RURAL NORTH STATUS FOOD SECURITY AMONG COMMUNITY STRATEGIES EXPLORING COPING RESIDENTS ADHERENCE TO A VOLUME-BASED FEEDING EVALUATING CARE UNITS INTENSIVE PROTOCOL IN FOUR ADULT CHARACTERIZING A TRANSGENIC LINE THAT DELAYS THE THE DELAYS THAT LINE A TRANSGENIC CHARACTERIZING CELL CYCLE PHASE OF THE FIRST GAP ON CARBON CONTENT OF SOIL ORGANIC EFFECT STAGE DURING STREAM ATTENUATION NITRATE RIPARIAN FLUCTUATIONS ON PRESCHOOLERS' SOCIAL CATERGORIES THE LIMITS OF SELECTIVE TRUST Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 19 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Brooke Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Dr. Denise Martz Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Dr. Jefferson Bates Jefferson Dr. Department of Chemistry Department of Government Justice and Studies Dr. Robert Perdue Robert Perdue Dr. Department of Sociology Renee Scherlen Dr. Dr. Saskia van de Gevel Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Department of Geography and Planning Department of Geography and Dr. Baker Perry Dr. Dr. Melissa Gutschall Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Marting Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Melissa Gutschall Melissa Dr. and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Bellemer Andrew Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Robyn Kondrad Robyn Dr. Department of Psychology Department of Geological and of Geological Department Sciences Environmental Department of Biology Department Sarah Evans Dr. Dr. Cortney Bouldin Cortney Dr. Presenter(s) Kelly Loucks Samantha Malone Cassidy Miles April Kaiser Zachary Kopkin Emma Labovitz Hayden Lane Kathleen Jablonski Kelsey Johnson Joseph Jonaitis Nicholas Hammond Nicholas Hancock Margaret Katherine Hoffman Hubbard Cameron Katie Hahn # Time

Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.31 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.23 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.24 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.25 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.26 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.27 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.28 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.29 P1.30 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.17 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.18 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.19 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.20 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.21 P1.22 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Title CELL CYCLE MANIPULATION: EXTENDED G1 PHASE ON QUANTIFYING EFFECTS OF AN DANIO RERIO IN DEVELOPING CIRCULATION PERSONALITY, DENSITY, THE DYNAMICS OF POPULATION AND DISEASE PREVALENCE DÉGÉNÉRESCENCE IN FIN-DE-SIÈCLE FRANCE: A CASE STUDY EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SYMPATHETIC, RESPONSES TO A AND PERCEPTUAL CARDIOVASCULAR, STIMULUS PAINFUL SLIDING SCALE INSULIN VS. SLIDING SCALE AND BASAL- DIABETIC BOLUS INSULIN REGIMENS IN HOSPITALIZED A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PATIENTS: PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF FAMILY AND CAMPUS AND OF FAMILY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE A ATTENDING FRESHMAN AMONG FOOD INSECURITY IN APPALACHIA UNIVERSITY RECORDS ICE RAFTING PLEISTOCENE LATE OF COMPARISON PACIFIC WITHIN THE NE IN THE SUMMER UPPER-LEVEL FLOW RECONSTRUCTING USING AN ALPINE LARCH ROCKY MOUNTAINS NORTHERN TREE-RING CHRONOLOGY (LARIX LYALLII) DETECTION AND OPTIMIZED POSITION OPTICAL TRAPPING NANOPARTICLES OF METALLIC HOW POST ACL SURGERY, ATHLETES IN COLLEGIATE REHABILITATION WITH DOES ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ALONE AFFECT STRENGTH? TO REHABILITATION COMPARED CAROLINA: AN IN NORTH GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY IN K-12 GEOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 87Sr/86Sr ACROSS THE DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS CAT HAN FORMATION, TRANSITION WITHIN THE PHO OF AN OLD OUTSIDE BA ISLAND, VIETNAM: NEW DATA CATEGORY INGESTION ON MEASURES OF TIME COURSE OF BLUEBERRY STIFFNESS AND BLOOD PRESSURE ARTERIAL MAP FEATURES OF TOPOGRAPHIC MINING CORRELATIONS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH RATINGS Mentor(s) Dr. Cortney Boulding Dr. Department of Biology Siefferman Lynn Dr. Department of Biology Gardner Darci Dr. Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Abigail Stickford Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Laura McArthur Dr. and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Ellen Cowan Dr. and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Soule' Peter Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Hester Brooke Dr. and Astronomy Department of Physics Needle Alan Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Saskia van de Gevel Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Sarah Carmichael Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Mohammad Mohebbi Dr. Department of Computer Science Presenter(s) Caroline Sharrits Caroline Zachary Osborne Olivia Paschall Julieanne Pike Nathan Potvin Pyle Tyler Courtney Roberts Danna Rodriguez Jeffrey Miller Jeffrey Miller Jordan Kayla Mitchell Evan Montpellier Myers Forrest Nothnagel Victoria # Time

PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.43 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.44 P1.45 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.39 Poster PM 9:00 AM–12:00 P1.40 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.41 P1.42 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.36 Poster P1.37 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.38 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.33 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.34 P1.35 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.32 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 20 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SYMPATHETIC, EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SYMPATHETIC, RESPONSES TO A AND PERCEPTUAL CARDIOVASCULAR, STIMULUS PAINFUL SLIDING SCALE INSULIN VS. SLIDING SCALE AND BASAL- DIABETIC BOLUS INSULIN REGIMENS IN HOSPITALIZED A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PATIENTS: THE DYNAMICS OF POPULATION DENSITY, PERSONALITY, PERSONALITY, DENSITY, THE DYNAMICS OF POPULATION AND DISEASE PREVALENCE DÉGÉNÉRESCENCE IN FIN-DE-SIÈCLE FRANCE: A CASE STUDY GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY IN NORTH CAROLINA: AN IN NORTH GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY IN K-12 GEOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 87Sr/86Sr ACROSS THE DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS CAT HAN FORMATION, TRANSITION WITHIN THE PHO OF AN OLD OUTSIDE BA ISLAND, VIETNAM: NEW DATA CATEGORY INGESTION ON MEASURES OF TIME COURSE OF BLUEBERRY STIFFNESS AND BLOOD PRESSURE ARTERIAL MAP FEATURES OF TOPOGRAPHIC MINING CORRELATIONS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH RATINGS CELL CYCLE MANIPULATION: EXTENDED G1 PHASE ON QUANTIFYING EFFECTS OF AN DANIO RERIO IN DEVELOPING CIRCULATION OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTIMIZED POSITION DETECTION AND OPTIMIZED POSITION OPTICAL TRAPPING NANOPARTICLES OF METALLIC HOW POST ACL SURGERY, ATHLETES IN COLLEGIATE REHABILITATION WITH DOES ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ALONE AFFECT STRENGTH? TO REHABILITATION COMPARED PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF FAMILY AND CAMPUS AND OF FAMILY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE A ATTENDING FRESHMAN AMONG FOOD INSECURITY IN APPALACHIA UNIVERSITY RECORDS ICE RAFTING PLEISTOCENE LATE OF COMPARISON PACIFIC WITHIN THE NE IN THE SUMMER UPPER-LEVEL FLOW RECONSTRUCTING USING AN ALPINE LARCH ROCKY MOUNTAINS NORTHERN TREE-RING CHRONOLOGY (LARIX LYALLII) Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 21 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science Abigail Stickford Dr. Department of Biology Gardner Darci Dr. Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Siefferman Lynn Dr. Dr. Cortney Boulding Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Mohammad Mohebbi Dr. Department of Computer Science Dr. Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Sarah Carmichael Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Geography and Planning Department of Geography and Dr. Saskia van de Gevel Dr. Dr. Alan Needle Alan Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Brooke Hester Brooke Dr. and Astronomy Department of Physics Dr. Peter Soule' Peter Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Ellen Cowan Dr. and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Department of Nutrition and Healthcare and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Laura McArthur Dr. Presenter(s) Courtney Roberts Danna Rodriguez Sharrits Caroline Olivia Paschall Julieanne Pike Nathan Potvin Pyle Tyler Forrest Myers Forrest Nothnagel Victoria Zachary Osborne Jordan Miller Jordan Kayla Mitchell Evan Montpellier Jeffrey Miller Jeffrey # Time

Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.45 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPosterPoster P1.38 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.39 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.40 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.41 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.42 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.43 P1.44 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.32 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.33 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.34 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.35 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.36 P1.37 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Title DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY NANO-REACTORS OF ESTERS IN SAPONIFICATION NUTRITION (HEN) GARDEN HUNGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES LAB: TEACHING PRACTICES AND PARTICIPANT NUTRITION IN A GARDEN LITERACY PROGRAM TARGETING AND DIETETICS STUDENTS BETWEEN OF THE BINDING INTERFACE IDENTIFICATION NspS AND MbaA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE ASSEMBLING A MOLECULAR TOOLKIT FOR GEUM TOOLKIT A MOLECULAR ASSEMBLING MICHX GENICULATUM ON THE DEGRADATIVE STATUS OF POLARIZATION EFFECT MACROPHAGES OF THP-1 DERIVED ABILITY LEARNING OUTCOMES BETWEEN DIFFERENCES IN DIETETICS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING UNDERGRADUATE FOOD VS. COMMUNITY-BASED IN CAMPUS-BASED PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE THE Meis2 LOCUS OF CHARACTERIZATION SERVICE TIMES IN A ROOM DELIVERY IMPROVING MEAL A LEAN IN A SUBURBAN HOSPITAL: MODEL FOODSERVICE SIX SIGMA APPROACH STRESS PATHOGENIC DISCOVERING MFP1'S ROLE IN RESPONSES OF COGNITIVE MODALITIES THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE WITH CHRONIC IN PATIENTS LOAD ON DYNAMIC BALANCE ANKLE INSTABILITY CORE CURRICULUM LIVING DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHFUL FOR SCHOOL-AGED FOR THE LETTUCE LEARN PROGRAM CAROLINA NORTH COUNTY, CHILDREN IN WATAUGA CHILDREN: A HOSPITALIZED EXPLORING COPING SKILLS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PROPOSAL OF NURSING ANALYSIS A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL SOUTHEASTERN UNITES HOME VULNERABILITY IN THE STATES Mentor(s) Dr. Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Ece Karatan Dr. Department of Biology Matt Estep Dr. of Biology Department Seals Darren Dr. of Biology Department Gutschall Melissa Dr. and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Zerucha Ted Dr. Department of Biology Thompson Kyle Dr. and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Annakatrin Rose Dr. Department of Biology Alan Needle Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Peter Fawson Dr. Department of Social Work Maggie Sugg Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Presenter(s) Elizabeth Watson Desa Wells Wilcox Lyndsay Matthew Wilson Amber Woodington Woollens Virginia Erin Young Marietta Shattelroe Marietta Sizemore Dalton Corrine Spiczenski Megan Tennant Christopher Thompson Douglas Watson # Time

Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.58 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.54 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.55 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.56 P1.57 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.51 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.52 P1.53 PosterPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PMPoster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.47 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.48 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.49 P1.50 Poster 9:00 AM–12:00 PM P1.46 Parkway Ballroom 420 Ballroom Parkway

Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 22 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY NANO-REACTORS OF ESTERS IN SAPONIFICATION NUTRITION (HEN) GARDEN HUNGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES LAB: TEACHING PRACTICES AND PARTICIPANT NUTRITION IN A GARDEN LITERACY PROGRAM TARGETING AND DIETETICS STUDENTS BETWEEN OF THE BINDING INTERFACE IDENTIFICATION NspS AND MbaA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE MODALITIES OF COGNITIVE MODALITIES THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE WITH CHRONIC IN PATIENTS LOAD ON DYNAMIC BALANCE ANKLE INSTABILITY CORE CURRICULUM LIVING DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHFUL FOR SCHOOL-AGED FOR THE LETTUCE LEARN PROGRAM CAROLINA NORTH COUNTY, CHILDREN IN WATAUGA CHILDREN: A HOSPITALIZED EXPLORING COPING SKILLS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PROPOSAL OF NURSING ANALYSIS A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL SOUTHEASTERN UNITES HOME VULNERABILITY IN THE STATES CHARACTERIZATION OF THE Meis2 LOCUS OF CHARACTERIZATION SERVICE TIMES IN A ROOM DELIVERY IMPROVING MEAL A LEAN IN A SUBURBAN HOSPITAL: MODEL FOODSERVICE SIX SIGMA APPROACH STRESS PATHOGENIC DISCOVERING MFP1'S ROLE IN RESPONSES ASSEMBLING A MOLECULAR TOOLKIT FOR GEUM TOOLKIT A MOLECULAR ASSEMBLING MICHX GENICULATUM ON THE DEGRADATIVE STATUS OF POLARIZATION EFFECT MACROPHAGES OF THP-1 DERIVED ABILITY LEARNING OUTCOMES BETWEEN DIFFERENCES IN DIETETICS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING UNDERGRADUATE FOOD VS. COMMUNITY-BASED IN CAMPUS-BASED PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 23 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Ece Karatan Dr. Department of Biology Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Department of Chemistry Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Geography and Planning Department of Geography and Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Social Work Maggie Sugg Dr. Dr. Peter Fawson Dr. Dr. Margaret Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Alan Needle Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Annakatrin Rose Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Kyle Thompson Kyle Dr. and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Zerucha Ted Dr. Department of Biology Department of Nutrition and Healthcare and Healthcare Department of Nutrition Management Department of Biology Department Gutschall Melissa Dr. Department of Biology Department Seals Darren Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Presenter(s) Erin Young Lyndsay Wilcox Lyndsay Matthew Wilson Amber Woodington Woollens Virginia Douglas Watson Elizabeth Watson Desa Wells Dalton Sizemore Dalton Corrine Spiczenski Megan Tennant Christopher Thompson Marietta Shattelroe Marietta # Time

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Room Session MORNING (9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON) 12:00 - AM (9:00 MORNING Title SWINGING THROUGH SOCIAL CHANGE: DOES LINDY HOP SWINGING THROUGH SOCIAL PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY? OF C-TERMINUS PEPTIDE GROWTH IN AN EXPLORATION NANO-REACTORS EFFICIENT AND COMPLETE SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL FUEL USING NANO-REACTORS PRE-ECLAMPSIA READABILITY OF ONLINE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL JORDAN WITHIN THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF MIDDLE EAST THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF JORDAN WITHIN POLITICS IN RIOTS AND PROTESTS MODERN TRENDS A UNIVERSITY: STATE APPALACHIAN AT SUSTAINABILITY 1899 SINCE HISTORY ISOLATED THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SUBFRACTIONS OLEIFERA LEAF EXTRACTS IN FROM ETHANOLIC MORINGA DISEASES CANCER AND INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS IN A RARE PREFERENCES AND HERBIVORY HABITAT WITH REDUCED HUMAN INTERACTION PLANT PRESERVE CONVERGENCE OF PHILOSOPHIES: THE INDELICATE EROTIC ARTS FRENCH AND JAPANESE TRUTH: OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S THE EXPLORATION MEDIA STEREOTYPES, AND LINKING SLAVERY, AN CULTURE: PARTY THE REALITY OF LOOKING AT THE BAD AND THE THE GOOD, ETHNOGRAPHIC LOOK AT UGLY Mentor(s) Dr. Joseph Gonzalez Dr. and Department of Cultural, Gender Global Studies Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Christopher Seitz Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Remarks Fraser Cary Dr. Department of Government and Justice Studies Clodfelter Tammatha Dr. Department of Government and Justice Studies Lee Ball Dr. Office of Sustainability Maryam Ahmed Dr. Department of Biology Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Mira Waits Dr. Department of Art Newly Paul Dr. Department of Communication Chris Patti Dr. Department of Communicaiton Presenter(s) Byron Burrell Byron Stocton Veda Jaelyn Felder Mariah Reneau Lily Shaw Dugan Morgen Ethan Finlay Gabel Mary Clare Shaina Katz Seth Fraser Jacob Meadows Jamison Slate Presentations Poster Competition Poster # Aportfolio Scholar Award Scholar Award Aportfolio 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 Time 1:40 PM 1:00 PM 1:20 PM 1:40 PM 2:20 PM 2:40 PM 3:00 PM 2:20 PM 2:40 PM 3:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:20 PM 1:15 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 3:20 PM) 3:20 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 24 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title SWINGING THROUGH SOCIAL CHANGE: DOES LINDY HOP SWINGING THROUGH SOCIAL PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY? OF C-TERMINUS PEPTIDE GROWTH IN AN EXPLORATION NANO-REACTORS EFFICIENT AND COMPLETE SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL FUEL USING NANO-REACTORS PRE-ECLAMPSIA READABILITY OF ONLINE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SUBFRACTIONS ISOLATED ISOLATED THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SUBFRACTIONS OLEIFERA LEAF EXTRACTS IN FROM ETHANOLIC MORINGA DISEASES CANCER AND INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS IN A RARE PREFERENCES AND HERBIVORY HABITAT WITH REDUCED HUMAN INTERACTION PLANT PRESERVE CONVERGENCE OF PHILOSOPHIES: THE INDELICATE EROTIC ARTS FRENCH AND JAPANESE TRUTH: OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S THE EXPLORATION MEDIA STEREOTYPES, AND LINKING SLAVERY, AN CULTURE: PARTY THE REALITY OF LOOKING AT THE BAD AND THE THE GOOD, ETHNOGRAPHIC LOOK AT UGLY MODERN TRENDS IN RIOTS AND PROTESTS MODERN TRENDS A UNIVERSITY: STATE APPALACHIAN AT SUSTAINABILITY 1899 SINCE HISTORY JORDAN WITHIN THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF MIDDLE EAST THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF JORDAN WITHIN POLITICS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 25 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Department of Chemistry Christopher Seitz Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Chemistry Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Cultural, Gender and Department of Cultural, Gender Global Studies Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Communicaiton Joseph Gonzalez Dr. Department of Communication Chris Patti Dr. Department of Art Newly Paul Dr. Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Mira Waits Dr. Dr. Maryam Ahmed Dr. Department of Biology Office of Sustainability Department of Government and Justice Studies Lee Ball Dr. Dr. Tammatha Clodfelter Clodfelter Tammatha Dr. Dr. Cary Fraser Cary Dr. Department of Government and Justice Studies Remarks Presenter(s) Ethan Finlay Gabel Mary Clare Jaelyn Felder Mariah Reneau Lily Shaw Dugan Morgen Jacob Meadows Jamison Slate Burrell Byron Stocton Veda Shaina Katz Seth Fraser Presentations Poster Competition Poster # Aportfolio Scholar Award Scholar Award Aportfolio 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 Time 1:20 PM 1:40 PM 2:20 PM 2:40 PM 3:00 PM 2:20 PM 2:40 PM 3:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:20 PM 1:40 PM 1:00 PM 1:15 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 3:20 PM) 3:20 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Title INVESTIGATION OF SEX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOKIA OF SEX DIFFERENCES INVESTIGATION BODY CARDIO AND SPHYGMOCOR APPLANATION TECHNOLOGY OF N-TERMINUS PEPTIDE GROWTH IN AN EXPLORATION NANO-REACTORS A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MEDITERRANEAN DIET: ADHERENCE AND COGNITIVE DECLINE THE ASSOCIATION DOES BODY MASS INDEX MEDIATE AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY? INTAKE BETWEEN MEAT DEVELOPING A CONDITIONAL REASONING TEST FOR IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT A DESCRIPTIVE BABY LED WEANING IN THE UNITED STATES: FEEDING PRACTICES STUDY OF INFANT EFFECTS OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ON ON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ABUSE IN ADULTHOOD ALCOHOL REACTIONS OF APPLICANT EXAMINATION CULTURAL CROSS MEDIA SCREENING TO SOCIAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE RACE AND GENDER CARD PLAYING TO CONGRESSWOMEN USE TWITTER HOW MINORITIY WITH THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATE ON CONSTRAINTS FIELD AND THERMOCHRONOMETRIC FAULTS, THE FRIES AND GOSSAN LEAD MOTION ALONG NC NEAR BOONE, EXPERIENCES AND FOOD ADVERSE CHILDHOOD APPALACHIA INSECURITY IN ON VIBRIO THE EFFECTS OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN ZEBRAFISH CHOLERAE COLONIZATION EFFECTS OF THE AN ANALYSIS THE TRUE POWER OF MYTHS: NATIONALISM OF MYTHOLOGY ON JAPANESE SHARKS THE ELASMOBRANCH (CHONDRICHTHYES: OF THE ASSEMBLAGE PALEOFAUNAL AND RAYS) WILLIAMS FORK FORMATION UPPER CRETACEOUS COLORADO): RECONSTRUCTING A 72 (NORTHWESTERN ECOSYSTEM WATER MILLION YEAR OLD BRACKISH MANAGEMENT POST-NATURAL WASTE SUSTAINABLE DISASTERS FOR DUAL OPTICAL TWEEZERS CONFIGURATION ELASTICITY IN BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF FORCES AND SYSTEMS Mentor(s) Dr. Scott Collier Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Department of Psychology Amy Galloway Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Erin Bouldin Erin Bouldin Dr. of Health Sciences Department Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. of Psychology Department Paul Newly Dr. Department of Communication Levine Jamie Dr. and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Hege Adam Dr. and Exercise Department of Health Science Ece Karatan Dr. Department of Biology Jeanne Dubino Dr. and Department of Cultural, Gender Global Studies Heckert Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Clark Maddux Dr. College Residential Watauga Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Presenter(s) Abigale Clapham Kristin Collins Katelyn Currie Nickolas Brand Daniel Brehm Brown Claire Megan Campany Cassidy Chapman Ashley Childers Peyton Attaway Peyton Ayala-Johnson Yasmin Jessica Barker BeDell Tristan Bennett Margaret Bonds Garrett Sarah Booze # P2.2 P2.3 P2.4 P2.5 P2.6 P2.7 P2.8 P2.9 P2.1 P2.10 P2.11 P2.12 P2.13 P2.14 P2.15 P2.16 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00 - 4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 26 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title DOES BODY MASS INDEX MEDIATE THE ASSOCIATION THE ASSOCIATION DOES BODY MASS INDEX MEDIATE AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY? INTAKE BETWEEN MEAT DEVELOPING A CONDITIONAL REASONING TEST FOR IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT A DESCRIPTIVE BABY LED WEANING IN THE UNITED STATES: FEEDING PRACTICES STUDY OF INFANT INVESTIGATION OF SEX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOKIA OF SEX DIFFERENCES INVESTIGATION BODY CARDIO AND SPHYGMOCOR APPLANATION TECHNOLOGY OF N-TERMINUS PEPTIDE GROWTH IN AN EXPLORATION NANO-REACTORS A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MEDITERRANEAN DIET: ADHERENCE AND COGNITIVE DECLINE THE TRUE POWER OF MYTHS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE AN ANALYSIS THE TRUE POWER OF MYTHS: NATIONALISM OF MYTHOLOGY ON JAPANESE SHARKS THE ELASMOBRANCH (CHONDRICHTHYES: OF THE ASSEMBLAGE PALEOFAUNAL AND RAYS) WILLIAMS FORK FORMATION UPPER CRETACEOUS COLORADO): RECONSTRUCTING A 72 (NORTHWESTERN ECOSYSTEM WATER MILLION YEAR OLD BRACKISH MANAGEMENT POST-NATURAL WASTE SUSTAINABLE DISASTERS FOR DUAL OPTICAL TWEEZERS CONFIGURATION ELASTICITY IN BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF FORCES AND SYSTEMS FIELD AND THERMOCHRONOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ON CONSTRAINTS FIELD AND THERMOCHRONOMETRIC FAULTS, THE FRIES AND GOSSAN LEAD MOTION ALONG NC NEAR BOONE, EXPERIENCES AND FOOD ADVERSE CHILDHOOD APPALACHIA INSECURITY IN ON VIBRIO THE EFFECTS OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN ZEBRAFISH CHOLERAE COLONIZATION EFFECTS OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ON ON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ABUSE IN ADULTHOOD ALCOHOL REACTIONS OF APPLICANT EXAMINATION CULTURAL CROSS MEDIA SCREENING TO SOCIAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE RACE AND GENDER CARD PLAYING TO CONGRESSWOMEN USE TWITTER HOW MINORITIY WITH THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATE Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 27 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Amy Galloway Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Yalcin Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Martin Root Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Dr. Scott Collier Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Brooke Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Dr. Clark Maddux Dr. College Residential Watauga Dr. Andrew Heckert Andrew Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Cultural, Gender and Department of Cultural, Gender Global Studies Dr. Ece Karatan Dr. Department of Biology Jeanne Dubino Dr. Department of Health and Exercise and Exercise Department of Health Science Department of Geological and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Hege Adam Dr. Department of Communication Department of Communication Levine Jamie Dr. Department of Psychology Department Paul Newly Dr. Department of Health Sciences Department Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Dr. Erin Bouldin Erin Bouldin Dr. Presenter(s) Ashley Childers Abigale Clapham Kristin Collins Katelyn Currie Daniel Brehm Brown Claire Megan Campany Cassidy Chapman Garrett Bonds Garrett Sarah Booze Nickolas Brand Yasmin Ayala-Johnson Yasmin Jessica Barker BeDell Tristan Bennett Margaret Peyton Attaway Peyton # P2.8 P2.9 P2.4 P2.1 P2.2 P2.3 P2.5 P2.6 P2.7 P2.10 P2.11 P2.12 P2.13 P2.14 P2.15 P2.16 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00 - 4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Title OLD VS. NEW: A COMPARISON OF FOSSIL REPLICATION OF FOSSIL REPLICATION A COMPARISON OLD VS. NEW: TECHNIQUES RADICAL FEMINISTS THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY ON PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS INDICATORS OF NEW YORK AND CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF STRONTIUM ISOTOPE (87SR/86SR) STRATIGRAPHY ROCKS FROM THE GREAT LOWER DEVONIAN CARBONATE BASIN REGION: TESTING SR ISOTOPE METHODS USING AND BULK CARBONATE CONODONT APATITE CO-EXPRESSION USING THE DUAL PLASMID APPROACH OF THE TWO SUBUNIT PROTEIN DIMETHYLSULFIDE MONOOXYGENASE FROM HYPHOMICROBIUM SULFONIVORANS STUDENT ATHLETES AND MENTAL HEALTH: AN HEALTH: MENTAL AND ATHLETES STUDENT TO STUDENT HURDLES OF POTENTIAL EXPLORATION SUCCESS SOURCE FOR AS A FOOD USE OF ARTEMIA OPTIMIZING ZEBRAFISH LARVAL AND TIN-BASED SILICONE OUT OF PLATINUM A BITE TAKING RUBBER LIFE CLAIMS INTELLIGENCE IN THE TO ARTIFICIAL APPLICANT REACTIONS SELECTION PROCESS COLORS IN FILM: HOW COMPLEMENTARY COLOR GRADING PERCEPTION OF MOOD AFFECT AN AUDIENCE'S SEXUAL OF CURRENT CAMPUS ANALYSES QUALITATIVE STEREOTYPES ASSAULT OF THE TATER DELINEATION GIS MAPPING AND HABITAT HILL FEN (BOG) HOW DO JOB APPLICANTS ADDING VS. AVERAGING: JOB ATTRIBUTES? EVALUATE OF SELF EFFICACY AMONG PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A LOCAL FOOD BANK AND AT NUTRITION SERVICES CAROLINA NORTH RESOURCE CENTER IN RURAL FOR INTERACTIONS TARGET OF microRNA VALIDATION PREDICTIONS ACCURATE MUSCLE FROM IN VIVO ECCENTRIC SKELETAL RECOVERY DAMAGE: OLD VERSUS YOUNG Mentor(s) Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Art Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Geography and Planning Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Chemistry Department of Health and Exercise Exercise of Health and Department Science Department of Biology and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Department of Psychology Department of Communication Wingrove Twila Dr. Department of Psychology Department of Biology Department of Psychology Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Department of Computer Science Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Andrew Heckert Andrew Dr. Jody Servon Dr. Abigail Stickford Dr. Baker Perry, Dr. Cole Edwards Dr. Megen Culpepper Dr. Dr. Alex Howard Alex Howard Dr. Mary Kinkel Dr. Heckert Andrew Dr. Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Wieskamp Valerie Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Melissa Gutschall Dr. Mohammad Mohebbi Dr. Shanely Andrew Dr. Presenter(s) Daniel Govert Harris Lydia Jarod Fyler Jarod Katharine Garrity Gibson Karen Joshua Godwin Glen Gonzalez Mellanee Goodman Goodman Taylor Elizabeth Goughnour Amber Daniel Amber Daw Tierney Matthew Eads Logan Ellis Everett Audrey Ciera Ferrone Mary Butler Fleming # P2.17 P2.26 P2.27 P2.28 P2.29 P2.30 P2.31 P2.32 P2.33 P2.18 P2.19 P2.20 P2.21 P2.22 P2.23 P2.24 P2.25 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 28 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title VIOLENT CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF NEW YORK AND CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF STRONTIUM ISOTOPE (87SR/86SR) STRATIGRAPHY ROCKS FROM THE GREAT LOWER DEVONIAN CARBONATE BASIN REGION: TESTING SR ISOTOPE METHODS USING AND BULK CARBONATE CONODONT APATITE CO-EXPRESSION USING THE DUAL PLASMID APPROACH OF THE TWO SUBUNIT PROTEIN DIMETHYLSULFIDE MONOOXYGENASE FROM HYPHOMICROBIUM SULFONIVORANS RADICAL FEMINISTS THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY ON PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS INDICATORS ADDING VS. AVERAGING: HOW DO JOB APPLICANTS ADDING VS. AVERAGING: JOB ATTRIBUTES? EVALUATE OF SELF EFFICACY AMONG PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A LOCAL FOOD BANK AND AT NUTRITION SERVICES CAROLINA NORTH RESOURCE CENTER IN RURAL FOR INTERACTIONS TARGET OF microRNA VALIDATION PREDICTIONS ACCURATE MUSCLE FROM IN VIVO ECCENTRIC SKELETAL RECOVERY DAMAGE: OLD VERSUS YOUNG OF FOSSIL REPLICATION A COMPARISON OLD VS. NEW: TECHNIQUES APPLICANT REACTIONS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE INTELLIGENCE IN THE TO ARTIFICIAL APPLICANT REACTIONS SELECTION PROCESS COLORS IN FILM: HOW COMPLEMENTARY COLOR GRADING PERCEPTION OF MOOD AFFECT AN AUDIENCE'S SEXUAL OF CURRENT CAMPUS ANALYSES QUALITATIVE STEREOTYPES ASSAULT OF THE TATER DELINEATION GIS MAPPING AND HABITAT HILL FEN (BOG) STUDENT ATHLETES AND MENTAL HEALTH: AN HEALTH: MENTAL AND ATHLETES STUDENT TO STUDENT HURDLES OF POTENTIAL EXPLORATION SUCCESS SOURCE FOR AS A FOOD USE OF ARTEMIA OPTIMIZING ZEBRAFISH LARVAL AND TIN-BASED SILICONE OUT OF PLATINUM A BITE TAKING RUBBER LIFE CLAIMS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 29 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Department of Chemistry Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Geography and Planning Department of Art Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Computer Science Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Department of Psychology Department of Psychology Department of Biology Department of Communication Wingrove Twila Dr. Department of Psychology Department of Geological and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Department of Biology Department of Health and Exercise Exercise of Health and Department Science Dr. Megen Culpepper Megen Culpepper Dr. Dr. Cole Edwards Cole Edwards Dr. Dr. Baker Perry, Baker Perry, Dr. Dr. Abigail Stickford Abigail Stickford Dr. Dr. Jody Servon Dr. Dr. Andrew Heckert Andrew Dr. Dr. Andrew Shanely Andrew Dr. Dr. Mohammad Mohebbi Dr. Dr. Melissa Gutschall Dr. Dr. Yalcin Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Dr. Yalcin Acikgoz Yalcin Dr. Wieskamp Valerie Dr. Dr. Mary Kinkel Mary Kinkel Dr. Heckert Andrew Dr. Dr. Alex Howard Alex Howard Dr. Presenter(s) Lydia Harris Lydia Taylor Goodman Taylor Elizabeth Goughnour Daniel Govert Karen Gibson Karen Joshua Godwin Glen Gonzalez Mellanee Goodman Ciera Ferrone Mary Butler Fleming Fyler Jarod Katharine Garrity Tierney Daw Tierney Matthew Eads Logan Ellis Everett Audrey Amber Daniel Amber # P2.17 P2.32 P2.33 P2.18 P2.19 P2.20 P2.21 P2.22 P2.23 P2.24 P2.25 P2.26 P2.27 P2.28 P2.29 P2.30 P2.31 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Title EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND PERCEPTION OF EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND AFTER CAFFEINE INGESTION IN TRAINED BREATHLESSNESS CYCLISTS COUNTY BILLING METHODS FOR WATAUGA ALTERNATIVE BUILDINGS MUNICIPAL VELOCITY SCALE VERSUS OF NOKIA PULSE WAVE VALIDITY A YOUNG IN TONOMETRY APPLANATION GOLD STANDARD POPULATION HEALTHY MICRO-WETLAND IN URBAN TOPOGRAPHY TO MITIGATE CONTAMINATION SALT ECOLOGY FOR OF AVIAN ASSESSING THE VALUE WOODLAND MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR MARKERS OF MICROSATELLITE DEVELOPMENT DICENTRA THE GENUS STUDIES WITHIN DIVERSITY THE MENEFEE MEMBER OF THE ALLISON REVISITING SAN CAMPANIAN) EARLY (UPPER CRETACEOUS: FORMATION MEXICO JUAN BASIN, NEW MUSCLE ENHANCE SKELETAL PHYTOECDYSTEROIDS IN VIVO ECCENTRIC FOLLOWING FUNCTION RECOVERY IN OLD MICE INDUCED INJURY CONTRACTION AND LATE WITH EARLY ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC PATTERNS PERUVIAN WET SEASON IN SOUTHERN ONSET OF THE ANDES HIGH ELEVATION ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF TWO COMPARATIVE THE APPALACHIANS: CONIFERS IN THE SOUTHERN OF THE WINTER SEASON IMPORTANCE REVEAL OUR DO OUR CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHS PERSONALITIES? HOW ACCEPTANCE: ATTENTION, AWARENESS, STRATEGY REGULATION MINDFULNESS AS AN EMOTION COULD REDUCE ANXIETY COLLECTIONS HILL PLANT PRESERVE DIGITIZING THE TATER ACTIVITY AND MENTAL TIME SPENT OUTDOORS, PHYSICAL BASELINE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: STATUS HEALTH AMBASSADOR PILOT FROM THE STUDENT PARK DATA STUDY CARBON ISOTOPE ORDOVICIAN TESTING WHETHER LATE IN THE GLOBAL EXCURSIONS RECORD RAPID VARIATIONS CARON CYCLE Mentor(s) Dr. Andrew Shanely Andrew Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Jason Hoyle Mr. Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment Scott Collier Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science William Anderson Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Ian Snider Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Matt Estep Matt Estep Dr. of Biology Department Heckert Andrew Dr. and of Geological Department Sciences Environmental Zwetsloot Kevin Dr. and Exercise Department of Health Science Perry Baker Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Neufeld Howard Dr. Department of Biology Rose Mary Webb Dr. Department of Psychology Lisa Emery Dr. Department of Psychology Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Christiana Richard Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Cole Edwards Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Presenter(s) Carly Maas Melanie Mcmillan Rebekah Knight Katie Krogmeier Labi Vanna William Lamb Erica Larson Katie Lorenzini Austin Lubkemann Jessie Hatcher Hendrix Amanda Charlie Hodgman Ita Katherine Tania Vargas Rachel Jordan Michaela Kirby # P2.35 P2.36 P2.37 P2.38 P2.39 P2.40 P2.41 P2.42 P2.43 P2.44 P2.45 P2.46 P2.47 P2.48 P2.34 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 30 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title MICRO-WETLAND IN URBAN TOPOGRAPHY TO MITIGATE MICRO-WETLAND IN URBAN TOPOGRAPHY TO MITIGATE CONTAMINATION SALT ECOLOGY FOR OF AVIAN ASSESSING THE VALUE WOODLAND MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND PERCEPTION OF EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND AFTER CAFFEINE INGESTION IN TRAINED BREATHLESSNESS CYCLISTS COUNTY BILLING METHODS FOR WATAUGA ALTERNATIVE BUILDINGS MUNICIPAL VELOCITY SCALE VERSUS OF NOKIA PULSE WAVE VALIDITY A YOUNG IN TONOMETRY APPLANATION GOLD STANDARD POPULATION HEALTHY AWARENESS, ATTENTION, ACCEPTANCE: HOW ACCEPTANCE: ATTENTION, AWARENESS, STRATEGY REGULATION MINDFULNESS AS AN EMOTION COULD REDUCE ANXIETY COLLECTIONS HILL PLANT PRESERVE DIGITIZING THE TATER ACTIVITY AND MENTAL TIME SPENT OUTDOORS, PHYSICAL BASELINE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: STATUS HEALTH AMBASSADOR PILOT FROM THE STUDENT PARK DATA STUDY CARBON ISOTOPE ORDOVICIAN TESTING WHETHER LATE IN THE GLOBAL EXCURSIONS RECORD RAPID VARIATIONS CARON CYCLE SYNOPTIC PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AND LATE AND LATE WITH EARLY ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC PATTERNS PERUVIAN WET SEASON IN SOUTHERN ONSET OF THE ANDES HIGH ELEVATION ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF TWO COMPARATIVE THE APPALACHIANS: CONIFERS IN THE SOUTHERN OF THE WINTER SEASON IMPORTANCE REVEAL OUR DO OUR CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHS PERSONALITIES? DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR MARKERS OF MICROSATELLITE DEVELOPMENT DICENTRA THE GENUS STUDIES WITHIN DIVERSITY THE MENEFEE MEMBER OF THE ALLISON REVISITING SAN CAMPANIAN) EARLY (UPPER CRETACEOUS: FORMATION MEXICO JUAN BASIN, NEW MUSCLE ENHANCE SKELETAL PHYTOECDYSTEROIDS IN VIVO ECCENTRIC FOLLOWING FUNCTION RECOVERY IN OLD MICE INDUCED INJURY CONTRACTION Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 31 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Department of Biology Dr. Ian Snider Dr. Dr. William Anderson William Anderson Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Dr. Scott Collier Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Mr. Jason Hoyle Mr. Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment Dr. Andrew Shanely Andrew Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Dr. Cole Edwards Cole Edwards Dr. Dr. Richard Christiana Christiana Richard Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Lisa Emery Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Rose Mary Webb Rose Mary Webb Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Howard Neufeld Howard Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Baker Perry Baker Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Department of Health and Exercise and Exercise Department of Health Science Department of Geological and of Geological Department Sciences Environmental Zwetsloot Kevin Dr. Department of Biology Department Heckert Andrew Dr. Dr. Matt Estep Matt Estep Dr. Presenter(s) Katie Lorenzini Austin Lubkemann Carly Maas Melanie Mcmillan Vanna Labi Vanna William Lamb Erica Larson Rachel Jordan Michaela Kirby Rebekah Knight Katie Krogmeier Amanda Hendrix Amanda Charlie Hodgman Ita Katherine Tania Vargas Jessie Hatcher # P2.40 P2.41 P2.42 P2.43 P2.44 P2.45 P2.46 P2.47 P2.48 P2.34 P2.35 P2.36 P2.37 P2.38 P2.39 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Title MICROSTRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS ON CONDITIONS OF ON MICROSTRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS BLUE RIDGE DOME, EASTERN DOMING IN THE TOXAWAY EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN MITOCHONDRIAL CATALASE OVEREXPRESSING MICE WITH AND DETECTING NANO-PRESSURE WAVES CREATING OPTICAL TWEEZERS SHELF SEDIMENTS TO ATLANTIC OF MODERN COMPARISON ROCKS IN THE CAMBRIAN (515 Ma) CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TOOL FOR DOCUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT OF INTAKE ORAL NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANT COMMUNITIES OF APPALACHIAN DETERMINATION AND LIGHT BY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IDENTIFYING SATELLITE REPEATS IN GRASS GENOMES IN GRASS REPEATS SATELLITE IDENTIFYING WATER CLOSING THE WASTE HAPPY: BEE DON'T WORRY LOOP EFFECTIVELY OF VIGNETTES THAT DEVELOPMENT OF IN THE CONTEXT TALK FAT WOMEN'S MANIPULATE RELATIONSHIP HETEROSEXUAL AND FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY A COMBINATION INSTRUMENT FOR OBSERVATIONS RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF PROTEIN BINDING AND EXPOSURE BETWEEN TEMPERATURE "A COMPARISON IN AN OCCUPATIONAL RISK FACTORS PHYSIOLOGICAL SETTING" SOCIAL TRAITS MORE READILY PRESCHOOLERS STEREOTYPE THAN EPISTEMIC ONES AND OF TRACE CHEMICAL STORM SCALE ANALYSIS SNOW PITS QUELCCAYA ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSPNEA IN YOUNG ADULTS EXERTIONAL NANO-REACTORS USING SYNTHESIS OF ACETAMINOPHEN THE CYTOGENETIC TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE COMPILOSPECIES ON IMMUNE RESPONSE EFFECT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA AND IMMUNITY, TO MALARIA INFECTION, MALARIA MALNUTRITION Mentor(s) Dr. Jamie Levine Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Kevin Zwetsloot Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Steve Hageman Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Matt Estep Matt Estep Dr. of Biology Department Shaw Nicholas Dr. of Chemistry Department Martz Denise Dr. Department of Psychology Hester Brooke Dr. and Astronomy Department of Physics Sugg Maggie Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Robyn Kondrad Dr. Department of Psychology Baker Perry Dr. Planning Department of Geography and Jonathon Stickford Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Michael Opata Dr. Department of Biology Presenter(s) Mabel Rodriguez Rogers Bradford Jayvaughn Oliver Hayley Perusek Alyssa Phillips Jennifer Pilotos Nicholas Powell Shriya Rao Rapp Gregory Skylar Ray Claire Menard Claire Miles Madeline Madison Morsch Lucian Murray Kimberly Nelso Megan Norris Alex O'Neill # P2.65 P2.50 P2.51 P2.52 P2.53 P2.54 P2.55 P2.56 P2.57 P2.58 P2.59 P2.60 P2.61 P2.62 P2.63 P2.64 P2.49 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00 -4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 32 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title COMPARISON OF MODERN ATLANTIC SHELF SEDIMENTS TO ATLANTIC OF MODERN COMPARISON ROCKS IN THE CAMBRIAN (515 Ma) CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TOOL FOR DOCUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT OF INTAKE ORAL NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANT COMMUNITIES OF APPALACHIAN DETERMINATION AND LIGHT BY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE MICROSTRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS ON CONDITIONS OF ON MICROSTRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS BLUE RIDGE DOME, EASTERN DOMING IN THE TOXAWAY EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN MITOCHONDRIAL CATALASE OVEREXPRESSING MICE WITH AND DETECTING NANO-PRESSURE WAVES CREATING OPTICAL TWEEZERS STORM SCALE ANALYSIS OF TRACE CHEMICAL AND OF TRACE CHEMICAL STORM SCALE ANALYSIS SNOW PITS QUELCCAYA ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSPNEA IN YOUNG ADULTS EXERTIONAL NANO-REACTORS USING SYNTHESIS OF ACETAMINOPHEN THE CYTOGENETIC TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE COMPILOSPECIES ON IMMUNE RESPONSE EFFECT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA AND IMMUNITY, TO MALARIA INFECTION, MALARIA MALNUTRITION A COMBINATION FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY AND FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY A COMBINATION INSTRUMENT FOR OBSERVATIONS RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF PROTEIN BINDING AND EXPOSURE BETWEEN TEMPERATURE "A COMPARISON IN AN OCCUPATIONAL RISK FACTORS PHYSIOLOGICAL SETTING" SOCIAL TRAITS MORE READILY PRESCHOOLERS STEREOTYPE THAN EPISTEMIC ONES IDENTIFYING SATELLITE REPEATS IN GRASS GENOMES IN GRASS REPEATS SATELLITE IDENTIFYING WATER CLOSING THE WASTE HAPPY: BEE DON'T WORRY LOOP EFFECTIVELY OF VIGNETTES THAT DEVELOPMENT OF IN THE CONTEXT TALK FAT WOMEN'S MANIPULATE RELATIONSHIP HETEROSEXUAL Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 33 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Dr. Matt Estep Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Lisa McAnulty Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Steve Hageman Steve Hageman Dr. Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Dr. Brooke Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science Department of Geological and Sciences Environmental Kevin Zwetsloot Dr. Department of Biology Jamie Levine Dr. Department of Biology Michael Opata Dr. Department of Chemistry Matt Estep Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Geography and Planning Department of Geography and Jonathon Stickford Dr. Dr. Robyn Kondrad Dr. Department of Psychology Baker Perry Dr. Dr. Maggie Sugg Maggie Dr. and Planning Department of Geography Department of Physics and Astronomy Department of Physics Department of Psychology Hester Brooke Dr. Department of Chemistry Department Martz Denise Dr. Department of Biology Department Shaw Nicholas Dr. Dr. Matt Estep Matt Estep Dr. Presenter(s) Bradford Rogers Bradford Gregory Rapp Gregory Skylar Ray Mabel Rodriguez Alyssa Phillips Jennifer Pilotos Nicholas Powell Shriya Rao Megan Norris Alex O'Neill Jayvaughn Oliver Hayley Perusek Madeline Miles Madeline Madison Morsch Lucian Murray Kimberly Nelso Claire Menard Claire # P2.56 P2.57 P2.58 P2.59 P2.61 P2.62 P2.63 P2.64 P2.65 P2.60 P2.49 P2.50 P2.51 P2.52 P2.53 P2.54 P2.55 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00 -4:00 PM

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Room Session AFTERNOON (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON Title SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL AND PROPYL FATTY ACID ESTERS IN ACID ESTERS IN FATTY SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL AND PROPYL NANO-REACTORS DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED NUTRITION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CLINICAL MATERIALS EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT CHINA AUTISM CARE FACILITIES AT PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF FOOD INSECURITY OF FOOD INSECURITY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE STATE APPALACHIAN AT UNDERGRADUATES AMONG ANALYSIS A GENDER UNIVERSITY: MOUNTAINS: APPALACHIAN IN THE SOUTHERN THE GOBE FOSSIL MORPHOLOGY A RECORD OF INVERTEBRATE DISPARITY PRESCHOOLERS' EXPECTATIONS FOLLOW MY POINT?: OF DISRUPT THEIR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT VERIDICALITY DECEPTIVE POINTS AND AGE WITHIN DISGUST EFFECTS OF GENDER SENSITIVITY ZEBRAFISH LARVAL OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR FRACTIONATION EXPLORING 12CO/13CO ICE-GAS EXPERIMENTS THROUGH INTERSTELLAR ICE-ANALOGUE COLLEGIATE FUNCTION IN IN-SEASON INDICES OF AIRWAY SWIMMERS OVER EIGHT WEEKS A SMALL, MOBILE TESTING THE RUGGEDNESS OF RECREATIONAL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PHOTOVOLTAIC FOR COMMUNITY FOR OFF GRID APPLICATIONS WATTAGE ENGAGEMENT SUPEROXIDE OVEREXPRESSION OF MANGANESE TO DEFECTS IN IN MOUSE LIVER LEADS DISMUTASE PHOSPHORYLATION OXIDATIVE OF PHOTOCHEMICALS IN SEPARATION CHROMATOGRAPHIC MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES Mentor(s) Dr. Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Dr. Laura McArthur Laura McArthur Dr. and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Steve Hageman Dr. and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Kondrad Robyn Dr. Department of Psychology Galloway Amy Dr. Department of Psychology Kinkel Mary Dr. Department of Biology Rachel Smith Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Jonathon Stickford Dr. Department of Health and Exercise Science Summerville Brent Mr. Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment Christian Brooke Dr. Department of Chemistry Jennifer Cecile Dr. Department of Chemistry

RESEARCH DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Presenter(s) Chris Stevens Samantha Steyl Franchesca Uribe Rheinbolt Dallas Welborn Jennifer Wuerffel Dylan Rudisill Delaney Ryan Marissa Sariol-Clough Laura Sarsony Savanna Sheridan Lucas Smith Hannah Snyder # P2.67 P2.68 P2.69 P2.70 P2.71 P2.72 P2.73 P2.74 P2.75 P2.76 P2.77 P2.66 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00

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Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research AFTERNOON AFTERNOON st 34 21 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 RESEARCHABSTRACTS DAY SCHEDULE 2018 Title SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL AND PROPYL FATTY ACID ESTERS IN ACID ESTERS IN FATTY SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL AND PROPYL NANO-REACTORS DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED NUTRITION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CLINICAL MATERIALS EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT CHINA AUTISM CARE FACILITIES AT INDICES OF AIRWAY FUNCTION IN IN-SEASON COLLEGIATE COLLEGIATE FUNCTION IN IN-SEASON INDICES OF AIRWAY SWIMMERS OVER EIGHT WEEKS A SMALL, MOBILE TESTING THE RUGGEDNESS OF RECREATIONAL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PHOTOVOLTAIC FOR COMMUNITY FOR OFF GRID APPLICATIONS WATTAGE ENGAGEMENT SUPEROXIDE OVEREXPRESSION OF MANGANESE TO DEFECTS IN IN MOUSE LIVER LEADS DISMUTASE PHOSPHORYLATION OXIDATIVE OF PHOTOCHEMICALS IN SEPARATION CHROMATOGRAPHIC MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES EFFECTS OF GENDER AND AGE WITHIN DISGUST AND AGE WITHIN DISGUST EFFECTS OF GENDER SENSITIVITY ZEBRAFISH LARVAL OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR FRACTIONATION EXPLORING 12CO/13CO ICE-GAS EXPERIMENTS THROUGH INTERSTELLAR ICE-ANALOGUE PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF FOOD INSECURITY OF FOOD INSECURITY AND CORRELATES PREVALENCE STATE APPALACHIAN AT UNDERGRADUATES AMONG ANALYSIS A GENDER UNIVERSITY: MOUNTAINS: APPALACHIAN IN THE SOUTHERN THE GOBE FOSSIL MORPHOLOGY A RECORD OF INVERTEBRATE DISPARITY PRESCHOOLERS' EXPECTATIONS FOLLOW MY POINT?: OF DISRUPT THEIR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT VERIDICALITY DECEPTIVE POINTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 35 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Mentor(s) Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Department of Nutrition and Healthcare Management Department of Chemistry Barth Margaret Dr. Department of Chemistry Nicholas Shaw Dr. Department of Chemistry Jennifer Cecile Dr. Dr. Brooke Christian Brooke Dr. Mr. Brent Summerville Summerville Brent Mr. Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment Department of Health and Exercise Department of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Rachel Smith Dr. Department of Physics and Astronomy Jonathon Stickford Dr. Dr. Mary Kinkel Mary Dr. Department of Biology Dr. Amy Galloway Amy Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Robyn Kondrad Robyn Dr. Department of Psychology Dr. Steve Hageman Steve Hageman Dr. and Department of Geological Sciences Environmental Department of Nutrition and Healthcare and Healthcare of Nutrition Department Management Dr. Laura McArthur Laura McArthur Dr. Presenter(s) Samantha Steyl Franchesca Uribe Rheinbolt Dallas Welborn Jennifer Wuerffel Lucas Smith Hannah Snyder Chris Stevens Delaney Ryan Marissa Sariol-Clough Laura Sarsony Savanna Sheridan Dylan Rudisill # P2.73 P2.74 P2.75 P2.76 P2.77 P2.66 P2.67 P2.68 P2.69 P2.70 P2.71 P2.72 Time 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM 1:00–4:00 PM

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Room Session

(1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) 4:00 - PM (1:00 AFTERNOON AFTERNOON UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2018 Art Communication

• Mellanee Goodman, Faculty Mentor: Jody Servon • Jessica Barker, Faculty Mentor: Newly Paul • Veda Stocton, Faculty Mentor: Mira Waits • Audrey Everett, Faculty Mentor: Valerie Wieskamp • Jaelyn Felder, Faculty Mentor: Newly Paul Subtotal: 2 • Mariah Reneau, Faculty Mentor: Chris Patti

Biology Subtotal: 4

• Logan Clark, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep Computer Science • Hunter Cox, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Tierney Daw, Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel • Karen Gibson, Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Mohebbi • Mary Butler Fleming, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Nathan Potvin, Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Mohebbi • Allison Griggs, Faculty Mentor: Cara Fiore Subtotal: 2 • Jessie Hatcher, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Rachel Jordan, Faculty Mentor: Howard Neufeld • Katie Krogmeier, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep Cultural, Gender and Global Studies • Melanie Mcmillan, Faculty Mentor: Ian Snider • Claire Menard, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Sarah Booze, Faculty Mentor: Jeanne Dubino • Carmen Montero, Faculty Mentor: Darren Seals • Lily Shaw, Faculty Mentor: Joseph Gonzalez • Alyssa Phillips, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep Subtotal: 2 • Lucas Piedrahita, Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Geib • Bradford Rogers, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Savanna Sheridan, Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel Geography and Planning • Dalton Sizemore, Faculty Mentor: Darren Seals ~ TOTAL: 110 • Danielle Boase, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg • Maggie Smith, Faculty Mentor: Michael Opata • Kimberly Nelson, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg • Douglas Watson, Faculty Mentor: Annakatrin Rose • Alex O'Neill, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry • Matthew Wilson, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg Subtotal: 18

Subtotal: 4 Chemistry

• Angelina Azieva, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Cassidy Chapman, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Morgen Dugan, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Ethan Finlay, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Lydia Harris, Faculty Mentor: Megen Culpepper • Hayden Lane, Faculty Mentor: Jefferson Bates • Samantha Malone, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Madeline Miles, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Hayley Perusek, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Samantha Steyl, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Christian • Franchesca Uribe Rheinbolt, Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Cecile • Dallas Welborn, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw • Amber Woodington, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Shaw

Subtotal: 13

36 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2018 Geological and Environmental Science Health and Exercise Science

• Morgan Baker, Faculty Mentor: Gabriele Casale • Peyton Attaway, Faculty Mentor: Erin Bouldin • Tristan BeDell, Faculty Mentor: Jamie Levine • Margaret Bennett, Faculty Mentor: Adam Hege • Nickolas Brand, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • Megan Campany, Faculty Mentor: Scott Collier • Kevin Bynum, Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce • Anna Ruth Carmichael, Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Kappus • William Cheek, Faculty Mentor: William Anderson • Amber L. Daniel, Faculty Mentor: Alex F. Howard • Austin Deans, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • Jena Donovan, Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle • Yanelis Delgado, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • Mary Clare Gabel, Faculty Mentor: Christopher Seitz • Jacob Dorsett, Faculty Mentor: Scott Marshall • Charleston Gaillard, Faculty Mentor: Kevin Zwetsloot • Matthew Eads, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • William Johnson, Faculty Mentor: Kevin Zwetsloot • Emily Fedders, Faculty Mentor: William Anderson • Vanna Labi, Faculty Mentor: Richard Christiana • Glen Gonzalez, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • Austin Lubkemann, Faculty Mentor: Scott Collier • Daniel Govert, Faculty Mentor: Cole Edwards • Victoria Nothnagel, Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle • Nicholas Hammond, Faculty Mentor: Sarah Evans • Shriya Rao, Faculty Mentor: Kevin Zwetsloot • Amanda Hendrix, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert • Danna Rodriguez, Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford • William Lamb, Faculty Mentor: Cole Edwards • Emma Taylor, Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford • Carly Maas, Faculty Mentor: William Anderson • Elizabeth Watson, Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle • Kayla Mitchell, Faculty Mentor: Ellen Cowan Subtotal: 16 • Olivia Paschall, Faculty Mentor: Sarah Carmichael • Nicholas Powell, Faculty Mentor: Jamie Levine • Skyler Ray, Faculty Mentor: Steve Hageman History • Delaney Ryan, Faculty Mentor: Steve Hageman • Mary Kate McCann, Faculty Mentor: Michael Behrent Subtotal: 21 Subtotal: 1 ~ TOTAL: 110 Government and Justice Studies Leadership and Educational Studies • Enzo Codella, Faculty Mentor: Barbara Zaitzow • Seth Fraser, Faculty Mentor: Tammatha Clodfelter • John Leppard, Faculty Mentor: Paul Wallace • Shaina Katz, Faculty Mentor: Cary Fraser Subtotal: 1 • Emma Labovitz, Faculty Mentor: Renee Scherlen

Subtotal: 4 Mathematical Sciences

• Kelly Loucks, Faculty Mentor: Eric Marland

Subtotal: 1

21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 37 UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2018 Physics and Astronomy Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment • Claire Brown, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester • Jeffrey Miller, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester • Katie Lorenzini, Faculty Mentor: Jason Hoyle • Lucian Murray, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester • Forrest Myers, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester Subtotal: 1 • Gregory Rapp, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester • Lucas Smith, Faculty Mentor: Rachel Smith Theatre and Dance

Subtotal: 6 • Alison Bird, Faculty Mentor: Marianne Adams

Subtotal: 1 Psychology • Yasmin Ayala-Johnson, Faculty Mentor: Yalcin Acikgoz Watauga Residential College • Kristin Collins, Faculty Mentor: Yalcin Acikgoz • Katelyn Currie, Faculty Mentor: Amy Galloway • Daniel Brehm, Faculty Mentor: Clark Maddux • Logan Ellis, Faculty Mentor: Yalcin Acikgoz Subtotal: 1 • Jarod Fyler, Faculty Mentor: Yalcin Acikgoz • Margaret Hancock, Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad • Michaela Kirby, Faculty Mentor: Rose Mary Webb • Madison Morsch, Faculty Mentor: Denise Martz • Laura Sarsony, Faculty Mentor: Amy Galloway

Subtotal: 9 ~ TOTAL: 110 Recreation Management and Physical Education

• Emily Cluen, Faculty Mentor: Joy James • Annie Pharr, Faculty Mentor: Joy James

Subtotal: 2

Social Work

• Lyndsay Wilcox, Faculty Mentor: Peter Fawson

Subtotal: 1

38 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors GRADUATE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2018 Biology Health and Exercise Science

• Whitney Bond, Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan • Kathryn Farina, Faculty Mentor: Herman van Werkhoven • Garett Bonds, Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan • Joshua Godwin, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Shanely • Byron Burrell, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Taylor Goodman, Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford • Kitt Franse, Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel • Charlie Hodgman, Faculty Mentor: Kevin Zwetsloot • Gita Gajjar, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer • Erica Larson, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Shanely • Katie Hahn, Faculty Mentor: Cortney Bouldin • John Mackall, Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle • Katherine Hoffman, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer • Wilton Norris, Faculty Mentor: Herman van Werkhoven • Jessica McCanless, Faculty Mentor: Maryam Ahmed • Jayvaughn Oliver, Faculty Mentor: Jonathon Stickford • Haley McGuirt, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer • Hannah Snyder, Faculty Mentor: Jonathon Stickford • Jennifer Pilotos, Faculty Mentor: Michael Opata Subtotal: 9 • Tyler Pyle, Faculty Mentor: Lynn Siefferman • Marietta Shattelroe, Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep • Jamison Slate, Faculty Mentor: Maryam Ahmed Languages, Literatures and Cultures • Megan Tennant, Faculty Mentor: Ted Zerucha • Adam Willits, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer • Courtney Roberts, Faculty Mentor: Darci Gardner • Erin Young, Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan Subtotal: 1

Subtotal: 16

Nutrition and Healthcare Management ~ TOTAL:66 Geography and Planning • Jessica Barnwell, Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth • Lauren Andersen, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg • Ashley Childers, Faculty Mentor: Martin Root • Elizabeth Bailey, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg • Abigale Clapham, Faculty Mentor: Martin Root • Elizabeth Goughnour, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry • Emily Curlin, Faculty Mentor: Martin Root • Heather Guy, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry • Katharine Garrity, Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall • Tania Katherine Ita Vargas, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry • Cameron Hubbard, Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall • Joseph Jonaitis, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry • Kathleen Jablonski, Faculty Mentor: Martin Root • April Kaiser, Faculty Mentor: Saskia van de Gevel • Kelsey Johnson, Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall • Evan Montpellier, Faculty Mentor: Peter Soulé • Jordan Miller, Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur • Zachary Osborne, Faculty Mentor: Saskia van de Gevel • Julieanne Pike, Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty • Laura Thompson, Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg • Mabel Rodriguez, Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty • Dylan Rudisill, Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur Subtotal: 10 • Caroline Sharrits, Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty • Corinne Spiczenski, Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall Government and Justice Studies • Christopher Thompson, Faculty Mentor: Kyle Thompson • Elaine Wartinger, Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur • Erin Bishop, Faculty Mentor: Tatyana Ruseva • Desa Wells, Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth • Virginia Woollens, Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth Subtotal: 1 • Jennifer Wuerffel, Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth

Subtotal: 19

21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 39 GRADUATE PARTICIPANTS FOR 2018 Office of Sustainability

• Jacob Meadows, Faculty Mentor: Lee Ball

Subtotal: 1

Physics and Astronomy

• Michael Paolino, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Hester

Subtotal: 1

Psychology

• Cameron Brown, Faculty Mentor: Shawn Bergman • Ciera Ferrone, Faculty Mentor: Twila Wingrove • Rebekah Knight, Faculty Mentor: Lisa Emery • Cassidy Miles, Faculty Mentor: Denise Martz • Megan Norris, Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad • Marissa Sariol-Clough, Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad

~ TOTAL:66 Subtotal: 6

Sociology

• Zachary Kopkin, Faculty Mentor: Robert Perdue

Subtotal: 1

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

• Chris Stevens, Faculty Mentor: Brent Summerville

Subtotal: 1

40 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors FACULTY MENTORS FOR 2018 Art Computer Information Systems

• Jody Servon • Mohammad Mohebbi • Mira Waits Subtotal: 1 Subtotal: 2 Cultural, Gender and Global Studies Biology • Jeanne Dubino • Maryam Ahmed • Joseph Gonzalez • Andrew Bellemer Subtotal: 2 • Cortney Bouldin • Matt Estep • Cara Fiore Geography and Planning • Jennifer Geib • Baker Perry • Ece Karatan • Peter Soulé • Mary Kinkel

• Maggie Sugg ~ TOTAL:89 • Howard Neufeld • Saskia van de Gevel • Michael Opata • Annakatrin Rose Subtotal: 4 • Darren Seals • Lynn Siefferman • Ian Snider Geological and Environmental Science • Ted Zerucha • William Anderson

Subtotal: 15 • Sarah Carmichael • Gabriele Casale • Ellen Cowan Chemistry • Cole Edwards • Sarah Evans • Jefferson Bates • Steve Hageman • Jennifer Cecile • Andrew Heckert • Brooke Christian • Jamie Levine • Megen Culpepper • Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce • Nicholas Shaw • Scott Marshall Subtotal: 5 Subtotal: 11

Communication Government and Justice Studies • Chris Patti • Tammatha Clodfelter • Newly Paul • Cary Fraser • Valerie Wieskamp • Tatyana Ruseva Subtotal: 3 • Renee Scherlen • Barbara Zaitzow

Subtotal: 5

21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 41 FACULTY MENTORS FOR 2018 Health and Exercise Science Nutrition and Healthcare Management

• Erin Bouldin • Margaret Barth • Richard Christiana • Melissa Gutschall • Scott Collier • Lisa McAnulty • Adam Hege • Laura McArthur • Alex F. Howard • Martin Root • Rebecca Kappus • Kyle Thompson • Alan Needle Subtotal: 6 • Christopher Seitz • Andrew Shanely • Abigail Stickford Office of Sustainability • Jonathon Stickford • Herman van Werkhoven • Lee Ball • Kevin Zwetsloot Subtotal: 1

Subtotal: 13 ~ TOTAL:89 Physics and Astronomy History • Brooke Hester • Michael Behrent • Rachel Smith

Subtotal: 1 Subtotal: 2

Languages, Literatures and Cultures Psychology

• Darci Gardner • Yalcin Acikgoz • Shawn Bergman Subtotal: 1 • Lisa Emery • Amy Galloway Leadership and Educational Studies • Robyn Kondrad • Denise Martz • Paul Wallace • Rose Mary Webb • Twila Wingrove Subtotal: 1 Subtotal: 8 Mathematical Sciences Recreation Management and Physical • Eric Marland Education Subtotal: 1 • Joy James

Subtotal: 1

42 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors FACULTY MENTORS FOR 2018 Social Work

• Peter Fawson

Subtotal: 1

Sociology

• Robert Perdue

Subtotal: 1

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

• Jason Hoyle • Brent Summerville ~ TOTAL:89 Subtotal: 2

Theatre and Dance

• Marianne Adams

Subtotal: 1

Watauga Residential College

• Clark Maddux

Subtotal: 1

21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 43 44 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 45 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Art, Undergraduate Art,Undergraduate Nineteenth-century French artists’ appropriation of Japanese imagery artists’Nineteenth-century appropriation of orientalist practice in the French often has as representative been discussed for lust Japanese art to a subsequent and ignited world Western the introduced policy in 1853 foreign end of Japanese isolationist The West. nineteenth-century their prior to and Japanese similarities contact French scholarship. is a gap in the there However, ‘Japanese aesthetic.’ the 1853, and Japan prior to France connections between and creative social, philosophical, analyzes the discussed. My project been greatly not has in representations country’s erotic that I argue on each served of social critique. focusing pornographicspecifically prints, which by as forms and further artistic restorations respective their for foundation centuries laid the and seventeenth sixteenth in the Japan produced and France practices exploring as nude, as well of the representations engaged with heavily were countries influence both Artists from another. one on art. politically and socially deviant on perspective use The a cross-cultural provides My research deviancy. time as sexual at the understood a libertinethrough in power of those admonition acute be “d’une seule main,” but containthe of pornographic prints is assumed to as well a suggesting country’s revolutions, respective their analysis This tied to is necessary impending was artisticapproach. movement since each fleeting between and political upheaval. correlation pleasure INDELICATE PHILOSOPHIES: THE CONVERGENCE FRENCH OF AND JAPANESE EROTIC ARTS Faculty Mentor: Mira Waits, Fine and Applied Arts Veda Stocton, Veda Faculty Mentor: Jody Servon, Fine and Applied Arts and importance the of feminism emphasized as a political movement, feminisms promoted that exhibition a group was Radical Feminist of Radical premise The art in the often unheard are community. voices whose particularly color, of examined of women, women experiences importance the of feminism expresses defines feminism, and authors work whose activist feminist by written based on literature was Feminist works the theory. Specifically referenced exhibition the based on feminist heavily was exhibition the thus of feminism, power the and showcased Womankind Media, Bitch from readings feminist wav forth and third and Weiss-Wolf Jennifer Lorber, Judith Walker, Alice Hooks, Bell of political discourse. Radical creating using art by for as a toll way a practical in and proactive feminism addressed Radical Feminists and more. strived that multiculturalmovement and social multiethnic a as feminism showed health, women's and rights women's for advocated Feminist gallery, local the at HOW exhibited was Feminists Radical nation. our plague that characteristics misogynistic and patriarchal the reform to Space on January 250 23 - February February engaged approximately exhibition 6:00pm - 9:00pm. The a closing reception 2nd, with 2nd from Applied and College of Fine the 6 classes from by toured and was and students, faculty members, community university were people of which newspaper. University Appalachian in the Arts. also featured was exhibition The Mellanee Goodman, RADICAL FEMINISTS ART ABSTRACTS BIOLOGY

Whitney Bond, Biology, Graduate CHARACTERIZING THE DOMAINS OF THE BIOFILM REGULATING PROTEIN MBAA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan, Arts and Sciences Coauthor(s): Ece Karatan Vibrio cholerae is a pathogen that is believed to survive within its natural environment in a biofilm state but can only cause infection in a planktonic, motile state. This bacterium is able to switch between states by sensing signals within its environment. Polyamines, specifically norspermidine, spermidine, and spermine, modulate biofilm formation. All three polyamines are sensed by the periplasmic protein NspS, when NspS binds to a polyamine it is hypothesized to bind to the periplasmic region of MbaA. MbaA is an integral membrane protein that has C-terminal tandem GGDEF and EAL domains. GGDEF and EAL domains are associated with diguanylate cyclase (DGC) and phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity, respectively. DGC produce the secondary messenger c-di-GMP while PDE break down c-di-GMP. Increasing intracellular c-di- GMP enhances biofilm formation. Our lab has previously characterized MbaA as a PDE. This current study set out to determine the purpose of the GGDEF domain within MbaA. The parts of the mbaA gene that encode the GGDEF and EAL domains were amplified by PCR and then cloned into pMAL-c5x. This enabled the expression of GGDEF and EAL domains as maltose binding protein (MBP) fusions. MBP-GGDEF and MBP-EAL proteins were purified and used to determine DGC and PDE activities. High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was then used to determine reaction products. The EAL domain was determined to be independently functional in vitro and the GGDEF domain has no apparent activity. In vivo data is still being collected.

Garett Bonds, Biology, Graduate THE EFFECTS OF BIOFILM FORMATION ON VIBRIO CHOLERAE COLONIZATION IN ZEBRAFISH Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan, Arts and Sciences Vibrio cholerae, the intestinal pathogen responsible for the diarrheal disease cholera, is an aquatic bacterium that utilizes biofilms as an integral part of its life cycle. Biofilms are clusters of bacterial cells bound in a matrix that is self-produced. Biofilms have been shown to protect from environmental stresses, enable adhesion, and are thought to aid in the colonization its hosts. It has previously been shown that polyamines, small hydrocarbon molecules that most cells synthesize, play a role in biofilm formation. This study aims to utilize the zebrafish model to investigate the role of polyamine synthesis, transport, signaling, and biofilm formation in colonization. Zebrafish have been used in previous colonization studies of Vibrio cholerae and are established as an effective model organism. We are comparing the colonization efficiency of wild-type bacteria with the mutant strains: ΔvpsL, ΔnspS, ΔnspC, ΔpotA, ΔpotE, and ΔspeC. To determine colonization efficiency, approximately 109 - 1010 wild-type(lacZ+) and mutant (lacZ-)V. cholerae are added to the fish tanks, which simulates fish colonization in their native environment. After 24 hours, fish are euthanized, and the intestines are removed and plated on selective and differential media to quantify the number of wild-type and mutant strains. Results of this study should increase our knowledge of genetic determinants of V. cholerae that are key to survival and transmission via biofilms in the aquatic environment

Byron Burrell, Biology, Graduate HABITAT PREFERENCE AND HERBIVORY EFFECTS IN A RARE PLANT PRESERVE WITH REDUCED HUMAN INTERACTION Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences Coauthor(s): Matt C. Estep White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations has been increasing across the country in light of their near-extirpation at the beginning of the 20th century. Due to this recovery, there has been serious concerns as to what ecological, economic, and social impacts may occur. This study utilizes trail camera technology and determines species richness, habitat selection, to what degree habitat is exploited by wildlife, and describes potential herbivory of rare plant communities. The study focuses on a natural habitat where limited amounts of human interaction has occurred for nearly 40 years. The 486-hectare Tater Hill Plant Preserve of Watauga County, NC, currently protects more than 20 rare and state listed species of plants from development and human encroachment. The Tater Hill Plant Preserve habitats range from high elevation rock outcrops, rich cove forest, northern hardwood forest, to mountain bog ecosystems. Trail camera technology was paired with ArcGIS software to understand patterns of activity and interpolation of potential herbivory effects. White-tailed deer occupancy of area was calculated along with interpretation of animal’s actions while within selected habitat. This information can assist conservation in determining areas to focus resources and provides a better understanding of potential ecological barriers to recovery.

46 21st Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 47 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, This project evaluates morphometrics of two Artemia franciscana strains, the San Francisco Bay and Great Salt Lake strains. Length, width and and Length, width strains. Salt Lake and Great Artemia morphometrics Bay San Francisco the evaluates franciscana strains, of two project This stagesdevelopment. of at which and strains the between size difference a is understand there to whether being measured are shrimp of volume larval for source zebrafish using the model. Artemia used as a food are physiology intestinal is part studies that project This project of a larger for and nutrition growth promote stage and developmental best strain is ideal to which over literature the in is debate there zebrafish, however become differences Size newly-hatched. are they when strains the between differences length no Artemia that show determined zebrafish.We for strategies used newly-hatched Artemia test to significantly We in length. grows GSL strain the when hours post-hatching, after 24 apparent volume the determine to tested and imaging of larval was regimen pipette the feeding perfecting zebrafish. of Artemia density The in a Pasteur lighting optimum also determined tank, each to of zebrafish population size based on the tanks. in the be administered to We of shrimp Artemia. show Our studies and live feeds formulated zebrafish in the gut, including powdered sources food imaging different conditions for control to our ability larval improve to of live body wall the a single Artemiathat predicted can be imaged through zebrafish. are studies These zebrafish of gut function in the our studies model. and imaging across feeding Tierney Daw, OPTIMIZING USEARTEMIA OF AS A FOOD SOURCE ZEBRAFISH LARVAL FOR Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel, Arts and Sciences AlenaCoauthor(s): Norton, Mary Kinkel Camera trapping has become a popular tool in studying populations over large spatial scales. Many methods have been developed to improve improve to been developed have methods spatial scales. Many large populations over in studying Camera trapping become a popular tool has placement and angle of a the further how dive into see a need to we expand, accuracythe of cameras, methodologies use of these and as the cameras of the were Two at a time. 2 weeks of 4 cameras in 2 locations for 2 sets data the camera deploy can affect to Our design was collected. heights of the each A single camera height. from vegetation average the placed around were and two height, vegetation average the placed above generated were deployment each for locations The locations. at 6 repeated been has design This ground. the towards angle a 45° at tilted was to will be presented camera this trap study ft. of habitats a number from 5400 of up to Results and elevations and covered ArcGIS through of camera trapping. further effectiveness the refine Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts andSciences ByronCoauthor(s): Burrell, Matt Estep Hunter Cox, Hunter ANALYSIS CAMERA OF PLACEMENT VERTEBRATE FOR SURVEYS AND OTHER ECOLOGICAL STUDIES For this project I aim to develop a 16 microsatellite markers to for a genetic study of Liatris helleri Porter and L. turgida Gaiser to assess genetic assess genetic to Gaiser and L. turgida Porter helleri of Liatris study a genetic for to markers microsatellite a 16 develop to I aim project this For is a federally Blazing Star, as Heller’s known commonly species. L. helleri, two identity of the and taxonomic population structure, diversity, Blazing Barren’s Shale as the also known NC. L. turgida, in western outcroppings rock elevation high endemic to herb perennial endangered a history contention, taxonomic of species have These and NC. WV, VA, throughout barrens shale along mid-elevation commonly is found Star, common and wide-rangingspecies. If a singular, morphological represent recent and L. turgida L. helleri that most the analysiswith suggesting I aim protection. from and removed be reevaluated status will likely its federal listed, previously species than a broader L. helleri does constitute from 30 individuals genotype to in order markers microsatellite a series of developing by L. helleri issue surrounding taxonomic the address to distance data this use will I genetic will. I calculate to VA. and NC, WV, in turgida L. of populations as extantwell as helleri L. of populations identities genetic identify distinct analysis to STRUCTURE a Bayesian perform I will also and allelic diversity. Gst, Rst, as Fst, such values, important has which conservation of L. helleri, identity taxonomic the resolving toward evidence will provide the taxa.within This research habitats is found. it rare in the where implications management decision Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences MattCoauthor(s): Estep C. Logan Clark, DEVELOPMENT MICROSATELLITE OF MARKERS CURRENT TO EVALUATE SPECIES BOUNDARIES BETWEENLIATRIS HELLERI AND GAISER PORTER LIATRIS TURGIDA Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate Biology, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Nociception refers to detection of noxious mechanical, chemical, or thermal stimuli by specialized neurons called nociceptors. Sensitization called nociceptors. neurons specialized by stimuli or thermal chemical, mechanical, of noxious detection to refers Nociception our in which modifies way the pain. Pain tissue damage or inflammation to in response cause of chronic neurons nociceptor of these root is occurs neural in pain, understanding plasticity how chronic suffering billion people worldwide 1.5 over With central nervous works. system my Thus in nociceptors. proteins of new synthesis by regulated is likely pain. Nociception of chronic mediation in the can help nociceptors eukaryotic using the happening translations are that (eIF4F) specifically eIF4G, eIF4A understand initiation factor seeks to protein the project uses project The sensitization. leading to nociceptors in the in translation initiation of protein involved proteins are which eIF4E-BP, and the identifying for and is useful tool response escape locomotion larvae nocifensive quantifiable as it exhibits as model organism of Drosophila fly different neurons, nociception in the drivers RNAi pain and pain sensitization. Using tissue specific expression for conserved genes required Preliminary and mechanical assay. and hypersensitization mechanical using thermal, and tested genes of interest knockdown with reared lines are Further does not. eIF4E-BP but analysis using hypersensitization eIF4G significantly that sensitization process the affect show results thermal pain. in chronic neural the plasticity into insight more produce may Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer, Arts and Sciences Bellemer Andrew Coauthor(s): Gita Gajjar, THE THE OF ROLE EIF4F COMPLEX IN NOCICEPTOR SENSITIVITY Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel, Arts and Sciences MaryCoauthor(s): Kinkel higha Zebrafish humans. in provide disorders motility intestinal purpose The establish to zebrafishis for organism model a study as this of zebrafish that share known It is already of an organism. life the throughout examination the intestine of the for allows model that throughput of larval intestines about the is known zebrafish of much and and adult zebrafish. intestine human the with of homology Part degree a high involves phenomenon states. One such and fasted will include understanding during feeding adaptations the intestine of the investigation this increase that wall intestinal along the projections fingerlike the Villi are fasting/feeding. due to surface the to intestine of the changes topographical and refeeding fasting with change to known are heights Villi luminal contents. with interaction increasing thus intestine, of the surfacethe area observe to Zebrafish like zebrafish in the phenomenon this also intestine. would (SEM), we Microscopy Electron Using Scanning 1997). (Yamauchi will serve study of this results as Villar ridges (Ng 2005). The villi analogous to are that rudimentary known surface area increase have to structures zebrafish. of fasting effects and the transit intestine times of the data from resulting and the generated studies future inform to Kitt Franse, INTESTINAL ADAPTATION: THE ZEBRAFISH ADULT HUMAN AS FOR A MODEL INTESTINAL EXPLORATION The successional dynamics of Southern Appalachian fens remain a mystery to the scientific community. This habitat is home to many rare rare habitat This many to is home a mystery scientific the to community. remain fens Appalachian of Southern successional dynamics The an county NC provides Plant PreserveHill in Watauga American fly-honeysuckle. and Lilly, as Gray’s Tater The plants, such or endangered boundaries of the the within successional dynamics occurring the and record measure opportunity dynamics. To successional the study to data quality water with tracks Combining these features. various representing area, the within of tracks a variety record to a GPS is used fen, and examine us to fluid will allow terrestrial fen the within located between system monitoring changes groundwater NC DEQ’s the from respective along with been located dens have noted, been has of beavers presence time. The habitats modeled digitally that can be aquatic over has Evidence of habitatHill. change morphing on Tater are fen the beavers food, and needs of shelter basic their meeting Through territories. of flooding changes Subsequent depth. in territory by changes flow, and relative sizes and locations, water been observed recording through habitats through terrestrial amount of flooded the of new increased formation the allowed land, and has cover, canopy decreased has beavers flow water from species ranges resulting dynamics, as future the predict digital moss beds. The sphagnum of us to increase the will allow model fen. the within plants occurring in conservation as aiding rare of the well and protection Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences MattCoauthor(s): Estep Mary ButlerFleming, GIS MAPPING AND HABITATDELINEATION THE OF TATER HILL FEN (BOG) 48 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 49 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate The genus Dicentra (Fumariaceae, Bernhardi) is a small clade of herbaceous plants containing seven species in North plants containing is a small clade of herbaceous and one species America seven Bernhardi) genus DicentraThe (Fumariaceae, D. where Southern Appalachians, in the series a polyploid exhibit cucullaria, and D. canadensis D. species; D. eximia, Asia. Three in eastern diversity examine genetic (2N=64). To an octoploid is (2N=32) and D. canadensis D. cucullaria is a tetraploid is a diploid (2N=16), eximia on an sequenced D. cucullaria was from DNA being developed. are markers the polyploid series, microsatellite and species boundaries within software. using MSATcommander motifs microsatellite for searched were sequences These sequences. in 533,116 resulting illumina sequencer, against screened pairs Primer 50 loci. data were sequence and designed primers the within for motifs microsatellite identified 10,717 We fifty of the a single locus based on 1% D.cucullaria or D. canadensis. Seventeen pairs primer successfully amplified from samples DNA seven sequencer. on an ABI3730 fluorescently genotyping used to fine resolution primers These for were label PCR products gel electrophoresis. we multiple peaks of polyploids difficult. scoring the found Therefore, and analyzed, but we produced were products of the Chromatograms and further peak patterns molecular markers. the refine verify (2N) to included D. eximia have Jessie Hatcher, DEVELOPMENT MICROSATELLITE OF MARKERS DIVERSITY FOR STUDIES WITHIN THE GENUS DICENTRA. Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences Lindsay Shields,Coauthor(s): Matt Estep C. Stem cells have a unique cell cycle, which consists of a short G1, or gap 1 phase, and a long G2, or gap 2 phase, that is hypothesized to play an play to is hypothesized phase, that and a long G2, or gap 2 or gap 1 phase, of a short consists G1, which cell cycle, a unique cells have Stem directly to in vitro been shown of G1 has length the specifically, More decisions about cell fate. make cell's ability to important in a stem role importance the study of a short our lab uses a transgenic line of zebrafish can prolong that vivo, G1 in To cells. decisions in stem cell fate affect phase synthesis the into and G1 through move to require cells which D, cyclin factor, G1 using a mutatedof cycle of a cell length the version temporal for allows that promoter shock of a heat control under the D (ccnd1DN) is expressed of cyclin mutated The form cell cycle. of the kinetics the Understanding points in development. time G1 at different transgene of the of a delayed and activation of transcription control is important for being expressed, proteins the are cells in the transcribed and where of the transgene, RNA after is the as in when shock heat establish to location and timing of ccnd1DN RNA the hybridization used in situ previously has Our lab transgenicusing the line in research. and immunofluorescence expression blots ccnd1DN protein of the timing look at location and In addition, western will be used to expression. G1 in vivo. of a prolonged effects the study to be used line to the will allow experiments in cells. These Faculty Mentor: Cortney Bouldin, Arts and Sciences Bouldin Cortney Coauthor(s): Katie Hahn, CHARACTERIZING A TRANSGENIC LINE THAT DELAYS THE FIRST GAP PHASE THE OF CELL CYCLE Sponges are common in freshwater bodies around the world, but they are dramatically understudied compared to their marine counterparts. marine their to dramatically compared understudied are but they world, the bodies around common in freshwater Sponges are data limited on microbial are and there patchy are attributes and ecological species distribution sponge of this, dataBecause freshwater on sponge freshwater identified several we sponges. Here, in marine phenomenon sponges, a generallysymbionts of these well-characterized influence may that factors and chemical distribution their physical begun monitoring and have North Carolina in western rivers species from species from abundant sponge two prokaryotic of the community for composition the investigated also we We region. and abundance in the containsponges marine prokaryotic diverse influence that symbionts As many N.C. habitat, its in host sponge the of western role ecological the sampled were water and river sponges individual sponges. Separate freshwater for exists a similar phenomenon if determine to aimed we sponges analyzed Freshwater in symbiont composition. seasonal variation potential capturing August, to May analysis from microbiome for microbial the taxa. microbial Additionally, sponge-enriched contained potentially communities, including here surprisingly microbial diverse first the represents here data The taxa presented sponges containedcommunities of the microbial observed than different water. river in the of sponges in montane ecological role and biodiversity the into investigations future for a foundation and provides region the of its kind from habitat. riverine Faculty Mentor: Cara Fiore, Arts and Sciences Fiore Cara Easson, Cole Strobel, Christina Victoria Corcoran, Skelly, David Coauthor(s): Allison Griggs, FRESHWATER SPONGES ARE PREVALENT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND HOST DIVERSE MICROBIAL SYMBIONTS Biology, Graduate Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st The Southern Appalachian Mountains are home to numerous unique and sensitive plant communities that contain plant communities that amount of our a large and sensitive unique numerous Mountains to home Appalachian are Southern The contain. species they types and the community rare some of these protect to Hill Plant Preserve constructed was Tater The biodiversity. to was North preserve project goal of this of Boone, NC. The located Mountains site acre is part macro Amphibolite of the 1,200 This preserve, the and student faculty including all collections from in 2017, collections. Beginning past from herbaria inventories ASU digitize the and all data into updated, finalized was and compiled searched, were Herbarium records and photographed. organized collections, were the emphasizes project This families. genera in 87 of 792 taxa list database. including 237 S.E.R.N.E.C. the effortThis a working produced including research additional baseline data the are These for scientific the to value and their community. importance of biological inventories a understanding the and conservationmanagement issues, land data use this will distribution, species of produce to we efforts. Ultimately, educational purposes. efforts inventory preserve the and for can be used in future that for digital key DIGITIZING THE TATER HILL PLANT PRESERVE COLLECTIONS Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences Jenkins, Matt Andrew Estep C. Coauthor(s): P. Katie Krogmeier, Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests are glacial relicts, located as disjunct “islands in the sky” on the highest peaks in this region. Fraser Fraser region. peaks in this highest sky” on the as disjunct “islands in the located glacial relicts, are spruce-fir forests Appalachian Southern in m). Winter – 1650 (1380 elevations spruce (Picea rubens), occurs at lower red m while fir (Abies > 1650 at elevations fraseri) dominates Southern as in northern regions. boreal as severe but is not temperatures, and freezing periods of snowfall type brings extended forest this milder Despite temperatures. subzero less severe and fewer, thaws, midwinter frequent more photoperiods, longer winter have spruce-fir forests importance its the to yet trees, evergreen these a substantial portion constitutes for season still winters this south, in the cycle annual of the shortened durations of mild temperatures, occurrences frequent in more result may Warming is poorly understood. trees of these ecophysiology carbon uptake and enhance respiration, ground and above below- stimulate trees, by uptake (capacitance) for soil and stem water free of thaws, species during winter of both ecophysiology the comparative measuring gap by knowledge this address aims to Our study photosynthesis. via annual the enhancing photosynthesis, winter could enhance temperatures mild daytime that hypothesize Mountain,on Grandfather NC. We to north-facing of pigments than prone ones, but will be more levels higher needles will have south-facing also predict We carbon budget. underway will be reported meeting. at the currently and results are Measurements on cold days. photoinhibition COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGY CONIFERS TWO OF HIGH ELEVATION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: THE IMPORTANCE THEOF WINTER SEASON Faculty Mentor: Howard Neufeld, Arts and Sciences HowardCoauthor(s): Neufeld, Zane Sink Rachel Jordan, Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer, Arts and Sciences (noxious) harmful by somatosensory specialized activated by is enabled that are that stimuli harmful neurons detection is the Nociception survival, of chronic origin be the is essential for to is thought of nociception process dysregulation the this physiological Though stimuli. nociceptor control that mechanisms the pain, understand chronic of pathogenesis the To Americans. million 100 over ails that disease a pain, of nociception. mechanisms the investigate first to model organism be defined. must sensitivity fly, fruit The is an excellent Drosophila, can be used that behavior rolling larvae the stimulus, larval a defensive a noxious Drosophila by When produce activated are nociceptors control that and fly Mammalian RNA-bindingfunctional that stimulus. the their sensitivity demonstrated proteins quantify to have studies and eIF4E the on focuses research My nociception. normal in eukaryotic the synthesis, role critical a play (eIFs), factors initiation protein using is decreased proteins of these expression When neurons. in nociceptor synthesis local protein regulate intricately which proteins eIF4AIII on local translation for rely nociceptors that suggests which stimuli larvae noxious to interference, RNA insensitive are nociceptor-specific transcripts target their what mRNA and neuron the in localize RNA-binding these identification where proteins the of Future function. proper nociception. for responsible will deepen our understandingare mechanisms of the Katherine Hoffman, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATORSCONTROL SENSORY NEURON SENSITIVITY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER LARVAE 50 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS secretion, while rM51R-M rM51R-M while α secretion, , and IL-6and α, 2-fold increased levels Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 51 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate Biology, Graduate was monitored by ELISA. MDA231 monocultures secreted both IL-6 both secreted monocultures and TNF ELISA. MDA231 by monitored α was when the two cell types were cultured together. Importantly, we observedwe rwt that Importantly, IL-6 inhibited virus together. cultured and TNF cell types were two the when of rwt ability the with in infected consistent gene expression are host inhibit to virus conditions. Our results it under co-culture enhanced virus a pro-inflammatory promote virus to immunogenic TME. and potentially of rM51R-M ability cells and the ASSESSING THE AVIAN OF VALUE ECOLOGY SUSTAINABLE FOR WOODLAND MANAGEMENT Faculty Mentor: Ian Arts Snider, and Sciences the develop services a wide range of ecosystem To population can provide important sustainable the bird to management of forests. A diverse field. the to The understanding and a respect advantages of the provide natural processes employ management, it is critical to practice of forest in Boone, NC Farm Vannoy Blackburn of the management services avian begin cultivating will be to forest current in the research aim of this gaining an understanding influence I will begin by of avian areas. nesting establishing consistent by predation, on pollination, seed distribution, Blackburn the from plots 3 identify will I management. pest and engineering, migration, ecosystem through processes ecosystem linking services. these benefittarget most from their species based on the will be examined determine would that to individually Plots Farm Vannoy plot. corresponding placed in the target the be strategically species and for will be constructed houses bird Three species provide. functions the examination of current through and economy biodiversity, services resilience, avian how benefit explore forest is to research goal of this The of shelter. resource the and services providing action by techniques and put these into management techniques forestry Melanie Mcmillan, Melanie Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer, Arts and Sciences in $6 billion States approximately United the condition is costing medical issue. 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Drosophila eukaryotic assembly of the the disrupt kinases that different translation two and Lk6, encode for Tor specificThe genes I am interested, sensory disrupt the function and thus translation in would initiation disruptions that neuron is predicted It 4F complex. initiation factor responses nociceptive the quantify to assays and Lk6, I run behavioral in larvae. response nociception Tor After down successfully knocking I as predicted. sensitivity reduces interference RNA kinase with either down knocking that larvae found of Drosophila I have harsh to stimuli. changes for required are they whether determining by pain chronic of development the in role their and kinases these study to continue to plan tissue damage. occurs that in sensitivity following Haley McGuirt, THE TRANSLATIONAL OF ROLE REGULATION AND TOR BY LK6 IN SENSITIVITY PAIN High tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) densities in cancerous breast tissue often correlates with poor clinical outcomes. This can be attributed can be attributed clinical outcomes. This poor with tissue often correlates breast in cancerous densities (TAM) macrophage tumor-associated High and metastasis, tumor angiogenesis, thus proliferation, cancer cell functions stimulate wound-healing subtype whose M2 macrophage the to option as a treatment (VSV) virus stomatitis oncolytic vesicular in developing interested are therapeutics. We a suitable target for making TAMs recent also have We study. line used in this BCC MDA231 invasive including the cancer cells (BCC), breast to is cytotoxic VSV cancer. breast for oncolytic potential the determine To M1 profile. immunogenic, tumor-fighting more the to M2 macrophages data converts that VSV suggesting and infected co-cultured were and model THP1 monocytes BCCs (TME), MDA231 microenvironment tumor breast in a simulated of VSV pro-inflammatory of the Secretion of VSV. virus) strains (rwt wild-type mutant recombinant with (rM51r-M (M) protein and or matrix virus) IL-6cytokines, TNF and Faculty Mentor: Maryam Ahmed, Arts and Sciences DarrenCoauthor(s): Seals, Megan Polzin, Rebecca Fuller Jessica McCanless, Jessica MODULATION THE OF BREAST CANCER TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT ONCOLYTIC BY VESICULAR STOMATITISVIRUS Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st A compilospecies is defined as a genetically aggressive taxa that “steals” or incorporates the genomes of other taxa via introgressive hybridization. hybridization. taxa incorporatesor taxa “steals” that of other genomes the aggressive is definedgenetically as a introgressive via compilospecies A bladhii clade, Bothriochloa this clade). Within BCD (the Capillipedium, and Dichanthium first was defined concept This in Bothriochloa, to investigations begin to needed are counts chromosome accurate and techniques cytological Proper identified was compilospecies. the as in species spreads chromosome of meiotic preparation for “dominant” genomes. 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We We statistic. that accounts for that distant sites of tumor cells to anatomic spread US, it is the in the death cancer is a leading cause of While called invadopodia. structures cytoskeletal to attributed a phenotype of metastasis, cancer cell invasion, basic feature most the studying are ability the cells showing in cancer development perturbation of invadopodia for screened recently drugs were pharmaceutical 1280 Recently, dietary drugs, nutraceuticals pharmaceutical are to In contrast health potential with supplements cancer. therapeutic be a viable target for to cell invasion, drive that proteases the and moringa reduce silibinin (milk thistle) tea), (green catechin (turmeric), curcumin like benefits. 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Additionally, Additionally, GC-rich. base pairs are that in length 180 to of DNA, 150 ranging non-coding sequences abundant, from highly are repeats Satellite a vital in the role play may they that It is thought plant genomes. in tandem of many span megabases that arrays found are sequences these function in eukaryotic widely genomes is overall but their telomeres, with also associated and are in centromeres of heterochromatin formation variable highly are they conserved well also fairly species. However, within are they repetitive, highly are sequences these Although unknown. identified unique we pipeline generations. Using a bioinformatic many over evolve they how into some insight species providing between estimated identified we were repeats Once satellite mays). maize (Zea mays to grass species closely relayed different in four repeats satellite develop is to goal grass genomes. 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Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate Biology, Graduate It has long been known that animal density can influence the likelihood of pathogen transmission, but emerging research suggests that animal animal that suggests animal density can influence that long been known It has research transmission, of pathogen but emerging likelihood the behavioral oftenpopulations within animals transmission. pathogen Individual on consistent effects exhibit profound personalityhave also can exploratoryless are interactions, social avoid others while bold and exploratory high aggressive show social, are behaviors, are some phenotypes- and socially interact to prone more certain with individuals in are that results This cautious. and meek be phenotypes to tend and behavioral My research epidemiological hypotheses. testing models for diseases of wild animals can be powerful transmit infectious the Thus, pathogens. our understanding NC can ameliorate county, in Watauga breeding (Silia sialis) bluebirds and personality density the of eastern on how focuses personality density and animal breeding that hypotheses the density and personality on disease dynamics. I will test between interplay of the and density in high prevalent be most MG will that influence (MG). I predict to interact gallisepticum Mycoplasma by risk of infection the densities and meek individuals in low individuals among aggressive will be similar personality MG prevalence types while among aggressive of studies epidemiological diseases and inform avian emergent or control prevent to on how insight can provide densities. My study in high populations. human Tyler Pyle, Tyler THE DYNAMICS POPULATION OF DENSITY, PERSONALITY, AND DISEASE PREVALENCE Faculty Mentor: Siefferman, Lynn Arts and Sciences Faculty Mentor: Michael Opata, Arts and Sciences NathanCoauthor(s): Mowa C. readily always modern medicine is not access to where especially in areas worldwide millions of people affects Malaria is a serious disease that as malaria; one of such common diseases alleviate to remedies used herbal have centuries people for Native susceptible. the most to available and poorly understudied is still and immunity on malaria infection use of Moringa, its effect prevalent the Despite is Moringa oleifera. these the determine to sought we Therefore, known. yet not is individuals on malnourished-malaria-infected of Moringa effect Also, the understood. an established mouse strain chabaudi; Plasmodium mice with C57/Bl6 infected on malaria immunity and malnutrition. We of Moringa effect Moringa mice gave of delivery: We extract. methods leaf ethanolic Moringa and pellets Moringa utilized two malaria. We human study used to of effect the timeframe and determine establish done to an optimal was This or after infection. before either 7 days daily for or extract pellets using and analyzed them infection 9 post mice at day spleens of the the immune cells from isolated We immune response. Moringa on the flow cytometry. found We that Moringa lowered the number of activated B cells and reduced TNF-ɑ production by CD4 T during the malaria like cells. infections chronic Therefore, be beneficial for not beneficial may it effects, other have moringa may while that suggest our results period. infection Jennifer Pilotos, Jennifer EFFECT MORINGA OF OLEIFERA IMMUNE ON RESPONSE TO MALARIA INFECTION, MALARIA IMMUNITY, AND MALNUTRITION Flowering plant populations have various reproductive systems, potentially influencing the effects of different ecological factors on reproductive influencing potentially systems, on reproductive ecological factors different of effects the reproductive various populations have plant Flowering in a sex each success of floral conspecific with whether reproductive neighbors affected tested and flowering display synchrony success. We fruit with correlation its affected varying how explored synchrony of spatial scale the we Furthermore, acaulis. Silene species, gynodioecious Colorado.Ridge, flowering Niwot at periods 2017 and 2016 the throughout plant cushion alpine this of observed sites four We production. individuals. 628 flowersopen counted for season flowersof number total the and every of each end the at day produced fruits and other We of flowers number total The positively was an individual by hermaphrodites. than significantly plants had produced fruit sets higher Female between correlation The be pollinated. to flowerslikely more more produce that individuals that are suggesting fruit set, with correlated flowering attracts pollinators synchronous that scales, suggesting all of flowering for significantlywas positive and fruit production synchrony correlation on synchrony’s no effect had scores synchrony calculated we which spatial scale by the Varying fruit production. increase that short the due to flowering potentially is influence that factors the which population. Understanding of the period fruit production, with the influence that may population clarifies success of a gynodioecious change. processes the climate to responses populations’ reproductive Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Geib, Arts and Sciences DanielCoauthor(s): Doak, Megan Peterson, Ellen Waddle Lucas Piedrahita, FLOWERING SYNCHRONY,FLORAL AND DISPLAY, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AN OF ALPINE CUSHION PLANT, SILENE ACAULIS Biology, Graduate Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Mary Kinkel, Arts and Sciences MaryCoauthor(s): Kinkel track us to allow will that a gut transit assay developing are (GI) tract zebrafish diseases using the model. We gastrointestinal Our lab studies the passage rate. and determine shrimp fish the larval of live a meal feed GI tractpassage along the of live to is food fish. Our general approach at what determine is to be unsuccessful. Our objective and very fish appears be a learned behavior may to young shrimp catching However, to strains shrimp analyzed two we First, transit the assay. performing us a minimal age for will give This shrimp. catch fishage the can reliably concluded We width). and (length size in difference no found we Surprisingly, another. than smaller is reports strain one that confirmliterature of fish ability catch the to daily tested we it, based on size. Next, fish ability of the bias the catch to will not strain specific the that shrimp imaging fish shortly (dpf), only 20% of larval fertilization gut contents by post after determined success was 7 days a meal. At Capture shrimp. confirmed that we Thus, larvaeof a shrimp. captured had dpf, 100% 14 By shrimp. a captured had 40% dpf, 8 At shrimp. a fish captured had per meal. A goal one shrimp than some fish more ate dpf and older, at 10 that found we Unexpectedly, is a learned behavior. shrimp capturing should transit the concluded that assay we Therefore, fish shrimp. eats only one each meal size so that the control is to gut transit the assay for using larvaebe performed at 8 or 9 dpf. Savanna Sheridan, FEEDING ZEBRAFISH LARVAL OF BEHAVIOR Geum geniculatum Michx., bent avens, is an endemic, perennial herb occurring at high elevations on three mountain on three elevations at high southern occurring peaks in the herb is an endemic, perennial bent avens, Geum geniculatum Michx., community a for refugia a as acted of to thought are Appalachians Southern the of elevations high the of climate moist cool, The Appalachians. often locally are herbs these geographically While restricted, post-Pleistocene. warming climatic the species during of plants including this understanding G. geniculatum therefore for is lacking research per population. 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Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences MattCoauthor(s): Estep C. Marietta Shattelroe, Marietta Faculty Mentor: Matt Estep, Arts and Sciences ByronCoauthor(s): Burrell, Matt Estep fully inventory to In order Appalachians. Southern in the plants endangered and rare protect to Preserve Hill Plant constructed was Tater The dataabundance. The species and these observations tree from surveyed for were radius variable plots preserve, a series of 144 1200-acre the different in deployed then Data HOBO Loggers Onset were habitata assigned was cover. canopy on based type plot each and analyzed, were habitat between differences could observe if we data This any determine be analyzed to will habitat and temperature. types, measuring light conservation in future as assist types, as well forest in delineating a role play factors abiotic these or not whether types. Analysis will determine Hill Preserve. Tater the within exist that plant communities rare of the Bradford Rogers, DETERMINATION APPALACHIAN OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AMBIENT BY TEMPERATURE AND LIGHT 54 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 55 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate Faculty Mentor: Michael Opata, Arts and Sciences Campbell Logan Johnson, Corey Coauthor(s): the to response immune in the imperative CD4+ T cells are parasites. elimination of malaria in the an essential role plays immune system The animal model rodent of a young a lack due to is poorly understood, children in malaria especially in young but immune response infection, understand help to model malaria mouse response immune the young a developed recently We disease. the of pathogenesis the study to the determined we Therefore, children. in malaria replicate to able are we pups, 15 day Using cells. T CD4 protective of development and iRBCs 1x10^5 old pups with 15 day infected We infection. malaria mice from RAGKO immunocompromised protect ability of pup cells to healthier pup cells looked received that Mice 8 post-infection. mice on day RAGKO to splenocytes and transferred of Plasmodium chabudi, mice counterparts their peak of infection, to adult spleen cells. During the received who compared experiment, the throughout and active observed significantly higher IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha that were We pup cell recipients. the than weight more cells lost adult received that but do not death, mice from immunocompromised data This pup cells protect that suggest 60 post-infection. day on adult cell recipients in influencing factors will determine studies memory. into Future protection. well develop SPLENOCYTES FROM MICE YOUNG PROTECT IMMUNOCOMPROMISED MICE AGAINST DEATH FROM MALARIA INFECTION, BUT THEY DO NOT PROLIFERATE WELL. Maggie Smith, Maggie Faculty Mentor: Maryam Ahmed, Arts and Sciences it a popular makes of reported therapeutic which applications, a variety (MO), has plant, Moringa oleifera nutrient-dense and medicinal The products. of MO therapeutic the potential started only recently verify to have scientists However, market. nutraceutical natural on the product anti-inflammatory potent shown in our labs have To studies extracts. MO whole-leaf ethanolic with Previous associated and anticancer effects to (HPLC) chromatography liquid performance uses high project our current MO extracts, applications of these potential further investigate subfractionsMO HPLC-isolated these that hypothesized subfractions. We distinct into extract whole the from compounds bioactive separate inflammatory and attenuating cancer cell viability decreasing by in a cancer microenvironment therapeutic effects could exhibit cytokine of HeLa cervical and SiHa viability the subfractions of the significantly decreased several that indicated results Our cancer cells production. pro-inflammatory of the secretion macrophage subfractions these decreased cytokines, Additionally, in a dose and time dependent manner. IL-6 and TNF-alpha, be explored in a LPS-induced model of inflammation. in MO may compounds data these chemical that Overall, indicate some cancers and inflammatory for option treatment as an alternative bioactive identify the Further in our labs will seek to disorders. studies in our subfractions using time-of-flightcompounds mass spectrometry analytical techniques. and other Jamison Slate, Jamison THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS SUBFRACTIONS OF ISOLATED FROM ETHANOLIC MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAF EXTRACTS IN CANCERAND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Faculty Mentor: Darren Seals, Arts and Sciences MeganCoauthor(s): Polzon, Maryam Ahmed, Darren Seals matrix and degradation extracellular of the to adhesion cells and promote invasive surface of professionally ventral on the form Podosomes distinctive have injury. or Macrophages a surveillance infection against in tissues play role which case of macrophages, is the (ECM). 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M1 in podosomes number of in the significanta statistically is reduction there Nevertheless, ECM. through invade number reflect in podosome to ability degradation in gelatin the or activity reductions difference any Dalton Sizemore, EFFECT POLARIZATION OF STATUS THE ON DEGRADATIVE ABILITY THP-1 DERIVED OF MACROPHAGES q and NorpA proteins involved in neurotransmitter signaling and found that both proteins proteins both that signaling and found in neurotransmitter involved αq and NorpA proteins Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Biology, Graduate Biology, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Chronic pain is a major public health concern that affects about 100 million Americans, costs $500-600 billion in healthcare costs, and is a and is costs, in healthcare $500-600 billion costs Americans, million about 100 affects concern that pain is a major public health Chronic different treat to ways better develop molecular biology of pain to the it is important research reasons, these to For major cause of missed work. sensory fly, common fruit the neuron investigate to melanogaster, uses Drosophila research understand better pain, my pain conditions. 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Faculty Mentor: Andrew Bellemer, Arts and Sciences Bellemer Andrew Herman, Joshua Coauthor(s): Adam Willits, in morphological result function does not of their Removal stimuli. harsh and mechanical thermal to responses behavioral for required are instead neurons in signaling in these involved are they that suggests which somatosensory in the harsh stimuli, differences detect that neurons encodes a which called off-track 2 (otk2), Wnt signaling pathway the in a gene involved targeted I have In a second study, of development. conducting support gene acts to this that and am currently of nociceptors sensitivity the I hypothesize in Drosophila. transmembrane receptor development. in neuron its role determine to experiments Faculty Mentor: Annakatrin Rose, Arts and Sciences 1 Protein Filament-like Region-binding function of Matrix Attachment the study Arabidopsis to thaliana model organism using the are We chloroplasts. membranes in mature thylakoid the nucleoids and with with is associated that (MFP1). MFP1 is coiled-coil DNA-binding protein a function nucleoids suggesting with associated is it membranes, in vivo though accumulation of thylakoid the with is correlated Its expression exact The function of MFP1 in the membrane system. thylakoid developing nucleoids and the chloroplast interface at the MFP1 between for because preliminary response, in particular response, stress pathogen in stress be involved MFP1 may that believe We unknown. plant is still by can be complemented but wildtype after the than infection, Agrobacterium lower mutants in dataset seed MFP1 that is much suggests knock-out wildtype, purpose compare the to is project of this hypothesis, this test mutant to into cDNA MFP1 In order plants. reintroducing To Agrobacterium). with (infection stress under pathogen mutantmutant reintroduced) cDNA MFP1 (with (no MFP1), and complemented infected we PCR. 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Homologs of of super-family homeobox of the superclass (TALE) extension amino acid loop three the a member of Meis genes are The during embryogenesis. the patterns in similar identified been expressed genes code for Meis The examined in all animals and are Meis have also act as cofactors, of target proteins These genes. expression the regulating directly factors, as transcription act that of proteins production molecular function and the Although regulation. facilitate transcriptional to and DNA factors transcription other with interact they where identified have We regulated. is expression their about how little is known well-characterized, Meis genes is fairly of the pattern expression element). conserved highly (Meis2downstream M2de1-4 them named and gene Meis2 vertebrate the with associated four elements noncoding These of meis2a. is downstream it where in teleosts, is also found m2de1 while in land vertebrates, only been found M2de2-4 have date, To Meis2 of downstream directly zebrafish, in orthologs whose always are of an adjacent gene, zgc:154061 introns the within found elements are that propose We in zebrafish m2de1 overlap. by directed expression and the and zgc:154061 of meis2a patterns expression The in vertebrates. on working are we conserved been genes has two of cis-regulatorythese of sharing the genomic organization the due to elements. Currently, of meis2a and zgc:154061. expression on the effects the determine CRISPR/Cas9 to via out m2de1 knocking Faculty Zerucha, Mentor: Arts Ted and Sciences Ferrara, Cody Tyler Coauthor(s): Barrett, Nelson, Kyle Cort Zerucha Bouldinand Ted Megan Tennant, Megan CHARACTERIZATION THE OF MEIS2 LOCUS 56 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 57 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Pre-professional, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Biology, Graduate The synthesis of proteins has challenged chemists for over a century. Chemical synthesis of proteins offers advantages over molecular biology molecular offers advantages over century.a proteins of synthesis Chemical over for chemists challenged has proteins of synthesis The (proteins) peptides first Since the simple protein. a single, pure synthesize ability to the importantly, – most engineering approaches and genetic to in order date, To synthesis. in peptide been no advancements have there synthesis, peptide of solid-phase and development synthesized, were activated This ester. activated protected a N-terminus produce to amino acid is activated protected a N-terminus a peptide, synthesize chemically and is deprotected di-peptide end of the N-terminus The a di-peptide. produce amino acid to protected a C- terminus is combined with ester are steps synthetic of two a total at home, track keeping those For ester. acid activated amino protected incoming N-terminus the coupled to and incomplete times – long reaction reactivity of chemical principles the to is slave steps synthetic amino acid coupling. Each each for required tri- peptide in an overall in a 90% yield results product desired the achieves step synthetic each where of a tri-peptide synthesis The reactivity. coupling in is advantageous of peptides synthesis in the as it affords use of nano-reactors The returns. of diminishing law yield of 53% - the with two-steps to reduced is synthesis a traditional tri-peptide Therefore, amino acid activation. need for the circumventing yield which 100% synthesis. peptide N-terminus for of a procedure authors yield. The will report development the overall a 100% AN EXPLORATION N-TERMINUS OF PEPTIDE GROWTH IN NANO-REACTORS Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Alli BumgarnerCoauthor(s): Cassidy Chapman, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences economic plant-based oils poses use of pure the however process, plant-based oils is a well-established pure from production Biodiesel – catalyst material raw of the cost of biodiesel is the production in the factor major cost The security. considerations and significant food risks to worldwide for estimated of edible oil was 34% approximately 2004-2007 Between costs. overall the account 70-88% of costs material and raw less expensive times three up to are (which cooking oils use of used waste the challenges, In an effort feed-stock alleviate biodiesel production. to cooking Waste been explored. has biodiesel production for biodiesel demand) as feedstock 50% of current around capable of producing and are use extended upon (FFAs) acids fatty free partiallyinto and pure-counterparts their slowly oils decompose from pure as differsoil chemically traditional of soap when alkali production the catalysts dramatically increase of FFAs presence The biodiesel production. complicates which of FFAs, acid catalyzed yield of biodiesel. The presence the of used cooking oil ‘tolerates’ transesterification overall the used, decreasing are as water time consuming and produces is of FFAs acid catalyzed the conversion biodiesel, however, into converted are oil and FFAs as both and a facile authors The biodiesel. yield of present overall the can dramatically decrease which as a byproduct can water which a byproduct cooking oil using nano-reactors. waste of biodiesel fuel from synthesis the for efficient procedure Angelina Azieva, SYNTHESIS BIODIESEL OF FUEL FROM WASTE COOKING OIL USING NANO- REACTORS CHEMISTRY Cholera is a gastrointestinal disease that affects millions of people and causes approximately 100,000 deaths each year. Vibrio cholerae, a Gram- cholerae, Vibrio year. each deaths 100,000 causes approximately and people of millions affects that disease Cholera is a gastrointestinal two its transition the between controls that regulation molecular the disease. Elucidating this for agent causative is the bacterium, negative a is important biofilm with for state and a sessile virulence associated formation, increased with state associated a motile states of existence, NspS protein periplasmic the that it is hypothesized work, on previous Based and pathogenesis. cycle life cholerae’s understanding of V. better cyclic of alters local levels which enzymatic activity, MbaA. MbaA’s periplasmic portionthe with affects interacts interaction This the protein of NspS binding interfacethe identify to between aims study This of biofilm or inhibition formation. an overexpression leading to diguanylate random mutations gene and the nspS the introduce into to performed PCR was prone Error a random mutagenesisand MbaA by approach. and mutant cholerae were clones a mutant generate used to library. library This a mutant were into of V. nspS strain products transformed was crystal using identify residues biofilm to formation sequenced assessed for staining. Mutant violet were clones deficient in biofilm formation Vibrio cholerae regulate that mechanisms the into insights give will NspS and MbaA. information This between interaction in the involved state. and sessile its planktonic transition and the between biofilm formation Faculty Mentor: Ece Karatan, Arts and Sciences Ece KaratanCoauthor(s): Erin Young, IDENTIFICATION THE OF BINDING INTERFACE BETWEEN NSPS AND MBAA IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Megen Culpepper, Arts and Sciences Megen Culpepper Coauthor(s): sulfur flux. atmospheric up about 70% of the makes that Its ability (VOSC) sulfur compound organic (DMS) is a volatile Dimethylsulfide degradation cooling. The climate for it an important investigate solar radiation, makes gas to lowering thereby cloud formation, increase to the from been purified has and characterized DMS monooxygenase pathway, One enzyme on this of DMS is widely uncharacterized. pathway DmoA, One subunit, monooxygenase. as a flavin dependent two-component sulfonivorans mononucleotide Hyphomicrobium soil bacteria isolation and purification the that indicates flavin is a putative DmoB, protein reductase. Native other, and the monooxygenase, is a putative origins unique with vectors cloned in separate genes were dmoA and dmoB176 the coexpress, to In order subunits coexpress. DmoA and DmoB E. in BL21DE3 plasmid approach two using the co-transformed genes were dmoA and dmoB176 The resistances. and antibiotic of replication at Mr of 53 protein Initial data DmoA monooxygenase of the confirms expression and purified affinity via coli, expressed, chromatography. kDa based on its amino acid sequence. a Mr of 19 has DmoB176 SDS-PAGE. by kDa as analyzed at Mr of 17 overexpressed kDa, and a protein subunits and enzyme activity the between occurring is if an interaction and gel filtration determine to include blue Native-PAGE studies Future chromatography. headspace-gas by measurements CO-EXPRESSION USING THE PLASMID DUAL THE OF APPROACH TWO SUBUNIT PROTEIN DIMETHYLSULFIDE MONOOXYGENASE FROM HYPHOMICROBIUM SULFONIVORANS Lydia Harris, Biodiesel is an alternative fuel that contains approximately 90% of the energy content of fossil derived diesel and is as a promising long- diesel and is as a promising derived of fossil content energy 90% of the contains fuel that approximately is an alternative Biodiesel is diesel as it derived fossil is an advantageous biodiesel to replacement ways, diesel fuels. In many petroleum-based to replacement term handle, store, flashpoint and higher engine longevity) to safe it makes (which improves lubricity (which biodegradable, it possesses an inherent synthesis The zero. near emissions to combustion and reduces infrastructure, distribution fuel and transport),existing the with it is compatible (typically oil), alcohol vegetable (typically Combine a lipid simple. and logistically is technically acid esters) as fatty known of biodiesel (chemically in purification, combustion biodiesel, suitable for 60 °C). Following (approximately catalyst, temperature methanol), at a moderate and heat is commonly taught it level in sophomore is so simple of lipids ‘transesterification’ this is obtained. engine, for method The compression any at home and by facilities biodiesel production used at large-scale of choice method and is the laboratories chemistry organic collegiate teaching nano-reactors. of biodiesel fuel using production the efficient and a new authors The for present alike. process do-it-yourselfers EFFICIENT AND COMPLETE SYNTHESISEFFICIENT FUEL USING NANO-REACTORS OF BIODIESEL Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Shaw Nicholas Coauthor(s): Ethan Finlay, Ethan Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences amino acid protected amino acids. A N-terminus coupling of N-terminus through is traditionally conducted of peptides synthesis chemical The deprotected is subsequently di-peptide resulting end of the N-terminus The amino acid. protected a C-terminus with is combined ester activated N-terminus incoming each for is repeated process This ester. acid activated amino protected incoming N-terminus an with and combined times and low long reaction to is subject method this While in length. increase continues to peptide as the ester amino acid activated protected five-amino desired the produces step, coupling after each a 75% yield is achieved wherein acid peptide, of a five-amino synthesis yields. The by reactivity chemical force as they synthesis peptide C-terminus advantageous are for yield. Nano-reactors 23.7% overall in a mere acid peptide nano- an in acid carboxylic and amine an so hydrophobic, is nano-reactor the Furthermore, vessels. reaction nano-sized reactants to restricting hydrophobic the from expelled is water produced The amide and water. desired the producing base manner acid/Lewis in a Lewis react reactor incompleteness less subject to is coupling is advantageous C-terminus forward. deprotection as C-terminus reaction the driving nano-reactor reportwill author The use of nano- the esters. acid activated amino protected use of N-terminus the circumvent nano-reactors use of and the coupling of amino acids. sequential the C-terminus for reactors Morgen Dugan, AN EXPLORATION C-TERMINUS OF PEPTIDE GROWTH IN NANO-REACTORS 58 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS -cristobalite, was protonated to reflect the distribution of silanol adsorption sites on the the on sites adsorption silanol of distribution reflect the to protonated was -cristobalite, β Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 59 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Hospitality Mints is the largest supplier of custom mints in America. Their products are sold to leading national restaurant chains as well as as well chains leading national restaurant sold to are products mints in America. Their Hospitalitysupplier of custom largest Mints is the manufacturer They nationally and internationally. drug, mass, and specialty retailers both and grocery, industry, products promotional the the to Hospitality from Mints is directed water waste and cooling production, process, all of the Currently, one billion mints every year. over and cleaning and oils same effluent as machine as well and suspended candy ingredients contains water the dissolved the As a result, stream. 2,000 five to effluent directed is and liquid daily gal/day 20,000 average The sanitationHospitality compounds. approximately is Mints from suspended in were out solids that as settling as well water the from fats the separate act to interceptors grease The interceptors. gallon grease of dispose to high too remains wastewater of the demand oxygen biological the flow then can water solution. The However, main. sewer the to that, of water quantities considerations of using large environmental the there only are Not can be costly. which treatment, without water the the are that economic ones as well the are there environment, the into back directly contaminants,because of their organic be cycled cannot in general. authors The will report use of Hospitality stream Mints’ effluent waste this reducing use as a feedstock for for stream forces driving honey. into sugar water the convert would which bee production, commercial and for production ethanol fuel both for DON’T HAPPY: BEE WORRY CLOSING THE LOOP WASTE WATER Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Madeline Miles, Madeline Amide bond coupling of a carboxylic acid and an amine typically proceeds via activation of the carboxylic acid (substitution of the hydroxyl group group hydroxyl the of (substitution acid carboxylic the of activation via amine typically proceeds an acid and coupling of a carboxylic Amide bond agents conditions. Activating basic under an amine with reaction and subsequent ester) an activated example for group, leaving a better with commonly Bases as EDC, often agents, including PyBOP. and phosphonium HOBt, with used in conjunction include carbodiimides, such suggests compounds preceding of the two inclusion of at least The and DMAP. triethylamine, include pyridine, used in amidation reactions time consuming is both which column chromatography, often multiple purification involving steps, require typically amidation reactions that pioneer efforts Group use in the Research inevitably Shaw yield. The reagents, these reducing from product desired the separate to and costly, using unachievable previously opportunity reactions conduct synthetic a unique to provide Nano-reactors synthesis. in organic of nano-reactors authors amides. The will report use of nano-reactors the produce acids and amines to coupling of carboxylic direct – the traditional methods di-peptides. produce to coupling of amino acids direct in the DIRECT AMIDE BOND COUPLING AMINO OF ACIDS IN NANO-REACTORS Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Samantha Malone, amorphous silica computationally, a silica polymorph, silica a computationally, silica amorphous surface of amorphous silica. Buried interfaces can be difficult to investigate experimentally. However, these interfaces are important to many processes, such as cell behavior, as cell behavior, such processes, important interfaces these many are to However, experimentally. interfacesBuried can be difficult investigate to efficiently regions these explore able to be to is a need There procedures. remediation and environmental measurements, chromatography aims to based on bulk properties. project This as interfacial predict chemistry to easy specialized equipment, without and accurately not is columns, producing chromatography interface, silica/adsorbate modeling the an important to in developing factor approaches different explore and dimensions the how compare to is films,thin chemistry and understanding research goal of this The of soil pollution. environmental surface of the etc.) influences charge, groups, (e.g. size, number and type of terminal parameters molecular adsorption of small compounds. interaction molecules adsorb. The surface the how morphologychanging interfacialVarying solid/adsorbate the geometries, affect should is difficult Since it adsorbates. various model to for binding energies the computing by surface and adsorbate will be investigated between Faculty Mentor: Jefferson Bates, Arts and Sciences LaurenCoauthor(s): Woods, Jefferson E.Bates Hayden Lane, Hayden SURFACES ARE EVERYWHERE: A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO SILICA ADSORPTIONINTERFACES Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Cecile, Arts and Sciences Cecile Jennifer Coauthor(s): lipids, minerals, vitamins, and of protein, composition rich its been traditionally has plant that used due to is a tropical Moringa oleifera in Moringa oleifera compounds of bioactive presence the suggests research parts All the edible, and previous plant are of the phytochemicals. previously compounds 300 phytochemical approximately demonstrated review benefits. health A literature positive could lead to that leaves acting alone or in either or phytochemicals, compounds, analysis bioactive of the A comprehensive leaves. identified in Moringa oleifera regions UV and visible at the light with interact that phytochemicals on the focuses study is needed. 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SOD2 samples II, III and IV in the of complex and a reduction PAGE, and I, II, of complexed reduction for results blot Western blot. western by PAGE Native run under Blue SOD2 samples V in the complex due to complexes of mitochondrial confirm reduction the would experiments these from results and positive under investigation, III are of SOD2 in mouse liver. overexpression SamanthaSteyl, OVEREXPRESSIONMANGANESE OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE IN LIVER MOUSE LEADS TO DEFECTS IN OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Nicholas Ramsey, Shaw Taylor Coauthor(s): reactants sufficienteffort due with collide correct and in the ensure makes to velocity chemist a synthetic when is achieved reactivity Chemical chemical achieve to and pressure) reactant concentration, volume, (temperature, conditions optimize 3-D orientation.chemists Synthetic requires product desired Isolating the yield. product pure 100% reach to fail reactions most optimal, if conditions are even However, reactivity. as ‘good startyield – generally a 60% accepted from finish produce to can take to only a week purification. reactions tedious Standard commonly is obtain product, starting synthesis, to desired the yield’. Multi-step steps synthetic multiple one reactant with and performing yield, 23.7% overall in a mere product the produces step, after each a 75% yield is achieved wherein synthesis, a five-step applied. However, in instrumentation Advancements chemistry. industry pharmaceutical The on synthetic reliant is heavily complete! taking to all while weeks advancements Few constant inception. since their principles remain field, of this applications the expanded but chemical have and techniques nano- reactants to is pioneering efforts restrict Group to Research maximize time efficiency been made that Shaw yields. The and product have of conducting results and low-yielding time-consuming the reducing molecular reactivity, ensures nano-reactors to restriction The reactors. of acetaminophen. synthesis the to of nano-reactors application the authors The present chemistry organic synthetic traditionally. Hayley Perusek, Hayley SYNTHESIS ACETAMINOPHENOF USING NANO-REACTORS 60 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 61 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Communication, Undergraduate Communication, The purpose of this project is to determine how minority congresswomen use Twitter to communicate with their followers. Social media followers. their with communicate to use Twitter minority congresswomen how purposeThe determine is to of this project and minority compare to theories gender and racial stereotype from draws project and this yet, question this explored not have researchers gender follow they that shows patterns communication politicians’ women white on research Existing Twitter. of use congresswomen’s white they policy discussions. But sometimes, rather abstract than on personal narratives as focusing such communication strategies stereotypic account to likely are strategies campaign women's Minority tweets. attack-themed and negative using by behavior gender stereotypic from stray actually liberal they than leadership more positions, as unfit for minority women perceive Voters as gender stereotypes. racial as well for campaign their affect could perceptions These immigrationas welfare. and racialwith such issues themselves align to likely more and are, content conducting a quantitative by question this answer aims to project This how. know to yet are communication on social media, but we accounts, and analyzing Twitter congresswomen’s and white minority from 2018, period in March a 10-day over gathered analysis of 600 tweets likely more and are use Twitter, to likely more are women minority that Preliminary communication patterns. in their show differences results opponents on Twitter. their criticize to likely more also are Minority women women. discuss racial white issues than and gender to PLAYINGTHE RACE AND GENDER CARD SOCIAL ON MEDIA:MINORITY HOW CONGRESSWOMEN USE TWITTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC Faculty Mentor: Newly Paul, Fine and Applied Arts Jessica Barker, Jessica COMMUNICATION Organic chemistry is the practice of diminishing returns. Synthetic organic reactions require reactants to collide with sufficient collide with reactants to and energy require reactions organic Synthetic chemistryOrganic practice is the returns. of diminishing and energy activation reaction’s the orientation. overcome correct in the to reactants the will Only then necessary possess the requirements time, reaction the wherein process the describe to ‘optimize’ term the use will chemists organic Surprisingly, product. desired the produce far conditions are optimized these Typically, reactivity. for conditions ‘optimal’ achieve to varied concentrationare pressure, temperature, hard It’s percent. 100 yields – less than in non-quantitative product the desired significant time produce require and reactions optimized from the provide Nano-reactors product. desired and only yields 65% of the it takes when complete 48 hours to is optimized a reaction believe to facilitate organic Nano-reactors 100%. to yields reaction increasing while minutes mere to times reaction opportunityreduce drastically to swells nano-reactor the molecules, the accommodate To central cavities. into reactants absorb the and solvent the nano-reactors when reactions cavity. nano-sized a in collide reactants the to forcing nano-reactor, the collapses which removed, then dryis its times 3-5 solvent The volume. alkali use non-organic the authorsbases. The require reactants. organic Saponificationto reactions is limited use of nano-reactors the However, reactants. non-organic use of the (saponification) require that reactions for of nano-reactors will report development the DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY OF THE FOR SAPONIFICATION ESTERS OF IN NANO-REACTORS. Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences Amber Woodington, Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Arts Shaw, and Sciences limited non-renewable, fuels are Fossil and significant challenges. pose numerous production energy for fuels dependence on fossil Continued feasible, acceptable, technically environmentally available, readily renewable, for search The environment. the to damage cause and supply, in 90% contains fuel that approximately is an alternative Biodiesel obligation. an ethical remains fuels alternative competitive and economically an is biodiesel ways, diesel fuels. In many petroleum-based to replacement long-term diesel and is as a promising derived of fossil energy of the longevity) engine improves (which lubricity inherent an biodegradable, possesses is as it it diesel derived fossil advantageousto replacement The zero. near to emissions combustion and reduces flashpoint,and higher infrastructure, fuel distribution existing the with is compatible it And while alcohols. other to compared when cheap is relatively Methanol methanol. using produced biodiesel is commonly produced most physical have alcohols different from derived acid esters fatty engine combustion, compression suitable acids are for fatty ester methyl these opportunity the a truly is biodiesel that synthesize to provide esters ethyl acid appealing. Fatty more combustion their make that characteristics lubricity a higher and butanols propanols have from synthesized acid esters Furthermore, fatty naturally. can be sourced as ethanol ‘green’ synthesis. the for methodologies new authors The will present engine longevity. and increases engine wear decreases which Dallas Welborn, Dallas SYNTHESIS ETHYLOF AND PROPYL FATTY ACID ESTERS IN NANO-REACTORS Communication, Undergraduate Communication, Communication, Undergraduate Communication, Communication, Undergraduate Communication, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st LOOKING THE AT REALITY PARTY CULTURE: OF ANETHNOGRAPHIC THE LOOK AT THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY Faculty Mentor: Chris Patti, Fine and Applied Arts constant is the condemnation there Although of inevitability. disdain and a sense both with is met that is a topic on college campuses culture Party at fondly people look back many that of partying is something be a glorification also seems to of partying Partying practices, there in pop culture. people partaking so many with rituals, in these even college education. However, their parties attending that essential for was feel and in fact, only not to was study ethnographic goal in this my of college partying. effects Therefore, overall done on the of studies is only a handful there interviews of events, attending the understand Through as a whole. but also analyze aspects of it to practice the better culture, this experience encouraged to almost and are attend students at parties, happens and what goes to only who not but also why researched and surveys, I have festivities. these attend Mariah Reneau, In American culture, Black women have often been categorized in stereotypical ways as the hypersexualized jezebel, the subservient mammy, or subservient jezebel, the hypersexualized as the mammy, ways often in stereotypical been categorized have women Black In American culture, part become a major has and deeply influences angrythe media which primarily be seen in our disparities can These culture of woman. Black dating back shows analysis is made up of seven for defines sitcoms and dramas, sample and the study media as television public opinion. The depict Black used to were that at the main themes arrive to analysis shows of these uses qualitative study The day. present the to 1950’s the from subtly still are women Black history used throughout represent to were that the stereotypes that Preliminary show characters. results women women. an opportunity Black lack younger connect with to shows current that also found study In addition, the in our media. represented break to out how figure to who have women Black on young a TV and focuses creating recommends defies that study The stereotypes show them. through THE EXPLORATION THE OF BLACK WOMAN'S TRUTH: LINKING STEREOTYPES, SLAVERY, AND MEDIA Faculty Mentor: Newly Paul, Fine and Applied Arts NewlyCoauthor(s): Kimberly Paul, Green Jaelyn Felder, Faculty Mentor: Valerie Wieskamp, Fine and Applied Arts a Lookup create to hired is a colorist of color grading, in which concept about the learned I've editing, video with experience my Throughout one popular most is the LUT Teal/Orange the that noticed I’ve inquisition, own my a film. coloring of the Through change to or LUT, Table, film.used in modern I’m audience. on the have they effects in film, used emotional and the are these LUT’s why reasoning on the expand to I hope thesis, In my find I hope to and Purple/Yellow. of colors, Red/Green sets other two the with on complementaryfocusing Teal/Orange colors, comparing a created that is My hypothesis used in film, is so commonly action genre. especially in the LUT Teal/Orange the why behind reasoning the will LUT Red/Green the I predict that, Going along with of Teal/Orange. tones warmer the through is produced and thrill sense of excitement a will produce LUT film. the Purple/Yellow Finally the watch less inclined to subject feels the where distant response, a cooler more produce appeal of the LUT. quirky the clip, emphasizing the to feel antique more makes what and secondary these filmin used frequently as aren’t why LUT’s to as question the answer then to like I’d information, this Using Color Theory of both ideas the Test. with results Apperception Thematic and the my so special. 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Computer Science, Undergraduate Biology, Undergraduate Biology, Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Mohebbi, Arts and Sciences Mohammad Mohebbi Coauthor(s): the belong to they in cases that ratings even different and have customers their by constantly and reviewed evaluated Local businesses are in a quiet or campus a college near same as those be the not may in Walmart store of Subways scores review example, For chain. same store can that a study rating the of a business such business location, affect of the features including topographic factors, Since many neighborhood. features topographical extracting on working are we ratings significant.is project, In this customer on location topographic of effect the reveal amount analyze a large learning, data will be able to we machine in and deep learning algorithms, mining advances online maps. 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As part correlations of this strong have Maps that on Google features discover and data to our goal is mining methods, a local for buildings, and schools stores, rating, nearby business type and address, the could extract that is developed an application project, every for obtain map to on the features a point of interest a radius from set a user can service where an option application provides The or shop. data into them mining feed to a database of these data on developing features points and their working are radius.business within that We ratings. business with possible correlation discover to algorithms Nathan Potvin, MINING CORRELATIONS TOPOGRAPHIC OF MAP FEATURES WITH RATINGS LOCAL OF BUSINESSES Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Mohebbi, Arts and Sciences determine to Experiments regulation. silencing and post-transcriptional can cause RNA target sites and mRNA miRNA between interaction The Dr. very miRNA-mRNAthese importance the method. highlights are target prediction interactions of an accurate time consuming which is focused research This interactions. these predict to learning a graphing uses machine that algorithm developed has Mohebbi Mohammad miRNA-mRNA interactions. unknown predict accurately learn then to algorithm the on finding experimentally for interactions validated searching on focuses data the research This is often experimentally not determined. some databases However, are interactions. of these There experimentally miRNA-mRNA validated that An algorithm target interactions. compile to and more miRBase, databases:current mirTarBase, correlation a found have studies Many regulation. gene cancersin through implications vast have would interactions these predicts accurately miRNA- predicting accurately More of cell proliferation. rate cells and the in cancerous found of miRNA abundance and sequence the between on cancer therapy. improvements vast could have target interactions mRNA KarenGibson, MICRORNA OF TARGET INTERACTIONSVALIDATION ACCURATE FOR PREDICTIONS COMPUTER SCIENCE Geography, Graduate Global Studies, Undergraduate Sociology, Undergraduate Sociology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st In 2016, an intense drought occurred in the southeastern United States. Dry conditions resulted in unprecedented wildfires throughout the throughout wildfires States. Dry in unprecedented United conditions resulted southeastern in the occurred drought an intense In 2016, temperatures, increase to is expected change climate (WNC). Future North Carolina Mountains, Appalachian specificallysouthern in western of threat increasing The and wildfire. drought frequent more to could lead which region, in the resources water precipitation, and stress alter vulnerability in assessment of wildfire a comprehensive wildland-urban interface a need for indicate a growing combined with wildfires destructive in WNC. By identifies wildfire study locations vulnerable The to an opportunity offer wildfires assessment accuracy. evaluate recent WNC, while to identified and validated specific locations of vulnerability system, were data in a geographic information combining socioeconomic and biophysical the through techniques embracing novel by vulnerability research to contributes study The in 2016. outbreak wildfire about the using information vulnerability and wildfire wildfires recent the by significantly was impacted of life quality that indicates vulnerability The use of validation. index vulnerable to transparency provide results mitigation. The for less equipped in rural, mountainous are portions which is greatest region, of the targeting vulnerability hotspots. by resilience for identify opportunities to as enable policymakers prepare to communities, as well AN ASSESSMENT WILDFIRE OF VULNERABILITY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, FOLLOWING USA WILDFIRES THE 2016 Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences Maggie Sugg Coauthor(s): Lauren Andersen, GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING Faculty Mentor: Joseph Arts Gonzalez, and Sciences a dance was it community, American African in the Based in 1927. York in Harlem, New developed Lindy Hop is a type of swing dance that It is now popularity. from Lindy Hop faded early 1980’s, the to 1950’s the From during a time of oppression. and self-expression of freedom social new and faces day of present context in the exists now it same dance, or less the more it is stylistically Though in a period of revival. a pressing explored only one source that I realized Lindy Hop community, current the regarding sources scholarly issues. Looking through Lindy Hop the or not whether and questions Lindy Hop community examines in Lindy Hop. My thesis inclusivity gender current the topic: the for main countries responsible of the one Sweden, to break, I travelled winter be. Over claim to as they of gender community is as inclusive interviews ten conducted I event. Lindy Hop There dance. of the a weeklong revival and observationsSnowball, at The approval) IRB (with as inclusive Lindy Hop community is not the that conclude to data and coded the I expect I organize themes. Then, examine to reoccurring dance and non-dancing communities. Honors and presentations thesis in different my through information my be. I will share as it claims to gender equality. surrounding spaces and meaningful conversations welcoming communities can create on how a resource provide to I want Lily Shaw, SWINGING THROUGH SOCIAL CHANGE: DOES LINDY PROMOTE HOP GENDER EQUALITY? Faculty Mentor: Jeanne Dubino, Arts and Sciences have myths Japanese origin of how question the answering and nationalism by Japanese mythology connection between the paper analyzes This has influenced which force an ideological its people created of Japan and creation of the myths time. The in Japan over nationalism affected history. indeed, world Asian and, in East events momentous some of the most It discussion. of the content the central to are concepts as these and “nationalism” paper offersThe specific definitions “myth” terms of the varying the history periods in Japanese illustrate key which nationalism. of mythology-based five intensity turns to then articles, books, journal via conducted paper was this also interviews, are for personal Graphs and pictures experience. and my research The aspect human the show to order in personal narratives more include I resources, scholarly to addition In concepts. various illustrate to utilized discourse and or religious a historical goes beyond importance the that show of mythology to side, I hope human this evoking By topic. of this people’s lives. can deeply impact By of years. hundreds for and culture a vital Japanese society in shaping role played have myths that shows research my conclusion to The understandingdeeper identity a national on effect their and Japanese story of the myths an is paper This cultivated. be can creation looking at course the shape history. of human to enough ideologies powerful create able to forces can be formidable myths of how illustration Sarah Booze, THE TRUE POWER MYTHS: OF AN ANALYSIS THE OF EFFECTS MYTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE ON NATIONALISM CULTURAL, AND STUDIES GENDER GLOBAL 64 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 65 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Geography, Graduate Geography,Graduate Nursing, Undergraduate Nursing, Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry, Arts and Sciences in the crime of violent density highest agencies. The enforcement law been difficult cities has crime within decades, violent For combat for to objective The urban areas. in large often is most assault, found and aggravated rape, homicide, robbery, can be defined by States, which United influencers examine is to potential the and homicide study crime of this of violent density areas and identify high cities in both of trends spatial analysis. Examining influence that circumstances through and which operate communities understanding to how key is violent crime a specific with crime, in violent trends compare to analysis crime. This violent methodology using statistical by affected most populations are analysis, this Within crime is spatially identified violent alongside the 1985-2014. from City and Chicago York in New on homicides, focus cities until 2010, in both number of homicides the between relationship a strong Findings show upon arrest. and narcotics of weapons presence crime violent where decline. Understanding a steady showed York New while starting in homicides a spike experienced Chicago in 2015 where as aid communities. as well areas high-crime to attention direct agencies can be easily lead to affected, occurs is most and whom Elizabeth Goughnour, VIOLENT CRIME: AN ANALYSIS NEW OF AND YORK CHICAGO mHealth is an emerging field that uses mobile technology (i.e., mobile phones and various wireless technologies) to track and monitor a and monitor track to technologies) wireless and various phones (i.e., mobile field is an emerging mHealth that uses mobile technology particularly technology, use of mHealth the and patients with of providers examined perception the have studies Few patient’s medical health. and wearable in using mHealth patients and providers of both perceptions attitudes and the evaluated study This women. among pregnant 2016 December 31, through 15 survey November distributed an anonymous gauged through was Perception during pregnancy. technologies rural,underserveda medically North Carolina, Survey area. responses western in (MAHEC) Mountainthe Center at Education Health Area a positive patients had that found clinical practice. in their using mHealth In addition, results currently were providers few that demonstrated to regards with positive more were practice, clinical providers while into its implementation and welcomed mHealth towards perception perceptions positive found study this in that surveillance. and literature diagnostic existing the future to adding While for potential mHealth’s made patients and providers interviews in-depth further more needed to why are reasons assess the usage during pregnancy, mHealth regarding benefits and barriers clinical practice. could affect potential the examine decisions and to their how Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences MaggieCoauthor(s): Sugg, Jennifer Runkle Danielle Boase, WEARABLE SENSORS CONTINUOUS FOR PREGNANCY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: FROM A PATIENT AND PERSPECTIVEPROVIDER Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences causes of conflict. major known the instability as political and social in deviations are and an increase as well change downturn, Economic Climate between conflicts. significant climate-based relationships increase to found has predicted literature are Recent occurrences weather average from explored ever have studies few date, in conflict and spikes trends To and Africa. climate Middle East in the deaths related in average deviations SST), (CAR Index Sea Surface Caribbean the Temperature between examines relationship the study in Latin America. This relationship the in conflict spikes and of multiple presence The and Latin America. Caribbean multiple nations in the temperature, throughout drought, found < 0.05) was (p A significantcorrelation varyingin in sea surfaceresults temperature. changes to region this zones in climate responses in conflict spikes with in conflict. spikes correlated and subsequent positively was in SST CAR fall averages Sea surface temperature between and conflict climate Predicting sea surface with can help temperature. relations correlated negatively were regions tropical while arid regions, conflict, to conflict susceptible more identify areas precautionary avoid be put in place to to allowing measures outbursts. Elizabeth Bailey, CLIMATE AND CONFLICT INTERACTIONS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONFLICT SPIKES AND CLIMATENORTHERN DEVIATIONS LATIN IN AMERICA 18O in precipitation in 18O δ D and and D δ 18O) 18O) content of precipitation δ D, δ 18O measurements and demonstrating 18O that δ 18O 18O variability at high spatial and temporal. We identify a δ 18O in precipitation that occurs each year with a periodicity of ~15 days. This signal reflectssignal This days. ~15 of periodicity a with year each occurs that precipitation in 18O δ Geography, Graduate Geography, Graduate Geography,Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 18O 18O during the wet season. These data provide new insights into modern δ Glaciers in the tropical high Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia are important sources of freshwater and climate records from ice cores; ice cores; from records and climate important of freshwater are and Bolivia sources Peru Andes of Southern high Glaciers tropical in the in precipitation and cloud Variability some glaciers with disappearing altogether. 1970’s, since the rapid occurred deglaciation has however, Much region. the glacier mass balance across negative the to contributed have temperatures, increasing well-documented along with cover, (ENSO)Oscillation Southern Niño El the to tied been previously has region study in the variability precipitation of the cover cloud and have however, region, in the investigations Recent precipitation region. in this in less (more) of ENSO resulting (cold) phase warm the with of daily set developed understanding. examines an exceptionally previous this study This from differences identified important spatiotemporal observers, scientist of citizen airports,precipitation stations, observations a network and high meteorological a vertically-pointing from radar, (e.g.,total precipitationof characteristics patterns spatiotemporal the stations determine to meteorological automated asl) m (>5,000 elevation spatial a complex indicate El Niño. Results 2015-16 during the heights) layer season, melting of wet onset days, precipitation, number of rainy melting layer high precipitation extremely coinciding with periods of anomalously heavy several with of precipitation characteristics pattern seasonal averages. below far was station, however, meteorological Quelccaya accumulation at the (> 5,200 m asl); annual net heights Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry, Arts and Sciences L. BakerCoauthor(s): Perry, Anton Seimon, Andrade-Flores, Marcos F. Maxwell Ita Rado, Heather Tania Guy, Joseph Jonaitis, SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY PRECIPITATION OF IN THE TROPICAL ANDES SOUTHERN OF AND PERU BOLIVIA DURING THE STRONG EL NIÑO2015-16 Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry, Arts and Sciences L. BakerCoauthor(s): Perry, Marcos Andrade and dry wet precipitation the is an important exists, season Not variable. atmospheric between a clear distinction Andes where tropical In the factors relevant most is one of the but it activities, and industrial agriculture used in domestic, are supplies that water to only does it contribute changes to sensitive glacier mass balance. Contrary more in determining are glaciers glaciers in mid-latitudes, tropics in the to located located season is important melting period caused the because it interrupts wet of the onset the is why This in precipitation rather temperature. than to order in analyzed are 2010 to precipitation daily observations dryof radiationend the at intense solar by 1981 study, In this season. from the ERA-Interim fields from Atmospheric as its duration and annual variability. season as well and end of the wet define onset and identify the configuration the patterns synoptic of the and position determine analyzed to are resolution) (0.75° and 6 hours spatial and temporal Reanalysis phenomenon of this effect assess the analyzed to are Niño years El 1997-98 In addition, the season. wet the and end of onset the with associated season. wet of the onset on an early or late Tania Katherine Vargas, Ita Tania SYNOPTIC PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AND LATE ONSET THE OF WET SEASON IN SOUTHERN PERUVIAN ANDES this this subseasonal signal, allowing the development of snow-pit age models based on precipitation tropical from reconstructions paleoclimate improving for implications has result This snow. in the recorded signals are synoptic region-wide records. paleoclimate and other Andean ice cores in of signal subseasonal coherent regionally robust, South of the and direction strength the in variations to relates conditions, and closely synoptic in precipitationvariability deliveryby driven glaciers Andean on high retain snowpacks Annual layer Altiplano. of the east the to directly availability and moisture Jet Level American Low Tropical Andean glaciers are rapidly retreating and understanding how the climate has changed here in the past is key to understanding to its key is past in the here changed has climate the and understanding how rapidly retreating Andean glaciers are Tropical future. Limited observations and the lack of a complete understanding of the controls on observationsof daily the of years isotopic four examines ( study This region. this in reconstructions paleoclimate limit severely variability subseasonal spatiotemporal on the on understanding and northern controls the and focuses Bolivia Peru in southern sites ten from Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry, Arts and Sciences AntonCoauthor(s): Seimon, L. Baker Perry, Bronwen Konecky, Maxwell Rado and Marcos Andrade. Heather Guy, SUBSEASONAL VARIATIONS ISOTOPES STABLE OF WATER IN TROPICAL ANDEAN PRECIPITATION 66 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 67 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Geography, Graduate Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Geography,Graduate Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences Runkle Jennifer Sugg, Maggie Thompson, Laura Coauthor(s): majority spend the who particularly workers among workplace, morbidity in the excess to been linked has temperatures extreme to Exposure individual the monitor physiologically to strategy sensors a feasible offer as “wearable” such outdoors. technologies Emerging workday of their of objective The temperatures. extreme by conditions characterized of environmental in the context workplace in the temperature to response with associated more are (PAT) race) (i.e., BMI, personal or strain ambient temperatures temperature for if risk factors evaluate to was study this (ASU) State University at Appalachian and students participant faculty by conducted heart obtained an ongoing study Data rate. from were week work a 5-day over monitored continuously were Participants outdoor workers. monitor (NCSU) to State University and North Carolina for Risk factors heart exposure. and uv rate, ambient temperature, their captured that and Garmin watches Hobo devices, iButtons, wearing by data beginning of the at the between a baseline survey self-reported collection period. Relationships by administered were strain temperature determine be used to will value R-squared resulting model. The and heart regression will be assessed using a bivariate rate PAT, risk factors, and heart Results risk factors. the than rate temperature between correlation see higher to expect We predictors. best the are variables which sites. demographics, time periods, and study different for will be evaluated Kimberly Nelson, COMPARISON BETWEEN“A TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RISK IN FACTORS AN OCCUPATIONAL SETTING” Variability in synoptic-scale circulation patterns plays an important role in modulating mesoscale meteorology during the climatological summer climatological during the an important in modulating mesoscale meteorology plays role patterns circulation in synoptic-scale Variability extreme more leading to climatology, in summer synoptic alterations to amplification Arctic linked has research mid-latitudes. Previous in the geographic flow atmospheric four (500 hPa) for upper-level seasonal (JJA) reconstruct we study mid-latitudes. In this in the events weather wilderness of western Bitterroot the from derived ring chronology tree Parl.) (Larix lyallii an alpine larch mid-latitudes using locations in the found flow We context. observed the place to historical a in stability Montana.term long order in trends upper-level the of assess to is goal Our Dataset. flow North the Reanalysis American and upper level from derived patterns growth tree alpine larch between significant relationships n = meridional flow when increases (r = 0.504, p = 0.001, and zonal flow growth west tree that indicate strong correlations Spatial pattern are flow meridional declines when growth and zonal flow strong are Tree respectively. site, study of the n = 37) and north (r = 0.642, p < 0.001, 37) we method, leave-one-out Using the respectively. site, study of the n = 37) (r = -0.584, and south p < 0.001, n = 37) p = 0.001, (r = -0.497, east of 500hPa reconstructions climate Our 445 flow year growth. upper-level and tree models between our linear regression and verified calibrated declining in intensity. are troughs time while flow over intense ridging is becoming more that show Faculty Mentor: Peter Soulé, Arts and Sciences Soulé, Peter Coauthor(s): Paul Knapp, Baker Perry Evan Montpellier, RECONSTRUCTING SUMMER UPPER-LEVEL FLOW IN THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS USING AN ALPINE LARCH (LARIXLYALLII) TREE-RING CHRONOLOGY The endangered whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is an important dendrochronological species due to its long-life span of up to 1,000 years. years. 1,000 span of up to long-life its to species due is an importantpine (Pinus albicaulis) dendrochronological whitebark endangered The Sierraand Nevada sites) influential most the (four Cascades the in located explores trees pine study This whitebark on variable climatic determined Data Bank. We Tree-Ring International the data from collected was pine radial growth mountain Whitebark sites). ranges (five influenceprecipitation or largest the had Index, Severity Drought on whitebark Palmer maximum temperature, temperature, average whether evolutionary forward through interval analysis in 1925-2002 from temporally correlations explored We nine sites. at the pine radial growth using ANOVA chronologies pine master whitebark analyzed through comparatively mountain 2002 software. Both ranges were DendroClim Once Index. Severity Drought the Palmer was influential nine sites the most The t-tests. for and independent samples overall climatic variable 2002 Sierras. the DendroClim The for Index Severity Drought influential most was Palmer Cascades and the temperature for average separated, mountain both ranges. between in radial growth no significant difference found We stability. temporal supportresults radial growth-climate Cascades and Sierras. pine in the whitebark using reconstructions climate future for promise analyses show dendroclimatic These Faculty Mentor: Saskia de van Gevel, Arts and Sciences SaskiaCoauthor(s): de van Gevel April Kaiser, COMPARING WHITEBARK PINE RADIAL GROWTH RESPONSE TO CLIMATE VARIABLES IN THE CASCADES AND SIERRA NEVADA, USA 18O isotopes and citizen science precipitation and citizen observations isotopes have δ18O 18O in the snow. While these isotopes are effective markers of sub- markers effective are isotopes these While snow. in the δ18O 18O) and trace element/chemical readings. These chemical markers have the potential to act as a to potential the have markers chemical These readings. and trace element/chemical δ18O) Geography, Graduate Geography, Graduate Geography, Undergraduate Geography, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Prior research has demonstrated that a variety of demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors can influence factors of demographic, and environmental socioeconomic, a variety that and has demonstrated prevalence the Prior research of technology prevalence growing the to In response treatment. receive to is likely an individual and whether of mental distress severity Line, Text Crisis via help-seeking crisis counseling services,mediated for exist these same disparities whether evaluated county-level this study among behavior help-seeking examine to text-based first is the this date, study crisis counseling service. technology-based ubiquitous, a free, To among behavior help-seeking or reduced increased with associated are that factors identify several adolescents at a national scale. Results finding This of help-seeking. rates is particularly low of concerning in light for predictor strongest the was Rurality U.S. adolescents in the rural-urban ongoing in traditional disparities mental health compound of help-seeking rates of suicide among rural counties. Low rates elevated shortages mental by be explained professional health cannot services. suicide risk in rural areas increased finding that this suggests Further, be the should should suicide rates, high particularly communities, support-seeking and comparatively alone. Rural low with those behavior and outreach. research target of future Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences MaggieCoauthor(s): Sugg, Jennifer Runkle Laura Thompson, ADOLESCENTS IN CRISIS: A GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION HELP-SEEKING OF MENTAL FOR DISTRESS FROM CRISIS USING DATA TEXT LINE Faculty Mentor: Saskia de van Gevel, Arts and Sciences SaskiaCoauthor(s): de van Gevel the to exposure student limiting in North Carolina, schools history with is often education disciplines in K-12 grouped and other Geography have geography to exposed students K-12 in North Carolina, technologies of geospatial growth current With the of geographic inquiry. process and geospatial geography learn how opportunities. to was career Our objective and geography questions opportunitythe learn about research to a through of geographic education in North implementation Carolina current the explored We instruction. taught are in K-12 technologies geospatial methods, teaching their educators. Educatorsshared North Carolina from responses 66 completed received We survey. 44-question and socio- exposures, academic training, background regarding Information experience. development and professional integration, technology of geographic inquiry lack the knowledge illustrate and associated Results survey. the economic influences into also integrated were classroom on the education. geography K-12 with survey The assess successes and challenges states to gaps in North Carolina. be applied as a model in other can Zachary Osborne, GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY IN NORTH CAROLINA: AN ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY OF GEOGRAPHY IN K-12 EDUCATION demonstrated that there is a link between subseasonal meteorology and subseasonal meteorology a link between is there that demonstrated seasonal and annual accumulation, collecting and analyzing them is a destructive process with at best ~5mm resolution. This poster analyzes ( markers of linking isotopic feasibility the analyzed are chemicals these Additionally, analysis isotopes. of the destructive need for the eliminating analysis on ice cores, isotopic for proxy data pit snow shows Quelccaya scale age models. Initial analysis 2016 of the of storm development the allowing potentially μm resolution, at the trace elements (Ca44 & Cd111). and two in δ18O similar trends Previous analysis of these ice cores was performed with ~1cm resolution or larger, which is fine enough to perform annual layer scale analysis but analysis scale record. ice core 1500-yr layer annually-resolved of the as a result tropics in the annual important most icecap is one of the paleoarchives Quelccaya The perform to enough fine is which larger, or resolution ~1cm with performed was cores ice these of analysis Previous pioneered cutting-edge laser ablation technology the However, processes. meteorological subseasonal or storm-scale into lend insight does not data (μm) resolution. analyze ice core at storm-scale to possible it makes of Maine now University the at Institute Change Climate the by icecap using Quelccaya on the pits collected analyses of snow Previous Faculty Mentor: Baker Perry, Arts and Sciences L. BakerCoauthor(s): Perry, Heather Anton Seimon, Guy, and Mariusz Potocki Alex O'Neill, STORM SCALE ANALYSIS TRACE OF CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS QUELCCAYA OF PITS SNOW 68 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 69 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Geography, Undergraduate Geography, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Faculty Mentor: Jamie Levine, Arts and Sciences AlbertCoauthor(s): Levine, Herrera and Gabriele Jame Ventura, S.F. Casale edge of the the marks Gossan Lead fault The Virginia. Mountains Alabama to Appalachian spans from in the Ridge (EBR) Blue Eastern The north fault. just Fries Mountain boundary this Grandfather nearby North of the the Carolina; by Window in western EBR is complicated out carried We unknown. is faulting, timing of along with exact the mapped, intersectionfaults, and location of these previously While hornblende 40Ar/39Ar for samples and collected faults, kinematics of the determined quadrangle, Boone geologic mapping in the extensive Metamorphic of the Ashe and schists amphibolites the by dominated was northernmost The mapping area thermochronology. and muscovite northeast-dipping the Gossan by south the to amphibolites (PPF) Formation Patch Pumpkin the from separated is AMS The (AMS). Suite north-dipping the Cranberry Cranberry The by fault. separated Fries feldspathic is the PPF of the South are Lead fault. Gneiss, which is Gneiss field the in Rocks fault. Falls metasedimentary the Linville the from by separated south the to Mountain Grandfather the of Formation rocks most with areas, in these faulting at contacts for evidence strain show NE. Increased the to and dip moderately NW, the to generally strike area shear sense indicators being consistent with thrust faulting. A hornblende 40Ar/39Ar age from the AMS is consistent with cooling at ~340 during active likely were faults thrust these that show Ma. Our field observations 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology hornblende from and results pre-Alleghenian Neo-Acadian to late time. Tristan BeDell, FIELDAND THERMOCHRONOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS MOTION ON ALONG THE FRIESAND GOSSAN NEAR LEAD FAULTS, BOONE, NC Quartz grains in rocks such as quartzite and quartz sandstone, commonly contain zircon inclusions. Zircon regularly contains regularly uranium, an inclusions. Zircon commonly contain and quartzquartzite as sandstone, zircon such Quartz grains in rocks a radiation quartz in the halo damage grain. radiation This can be seen damage halo time and leaves over decays radioactively element that annealed are and halos sensitive Preservation of radiation damage is temperature microscopy. electron scanning in cathodoluminescence a natural between can distinguish of quartz radiation damage annealing we temperature the determining quartz By the when grain is heated. annealing this determine to In order not. has one that from temperature annealing the at or above heat been subject to has that sample rock then polished, small blocks, into rocks cut these contain inclusions. We to quartz zircon with known are that rocks selected we temperature, hours, or observed and presence the noted and 20-100 1000ºC to 200ºC in a furnace at varying them and times from heated temperatures ascertain SEM, to in the annealing temperature/time the or not detector cathodoluminescence using the absence of damage halos whether have studies annealed. Previous radiation are damage halos at which temperature the bracket us to allows series of steps This been reached. had radiation that damage is demonstrated have our results annealed; however, 800 ºC, radiation in quartz damage is completely above that shown geologic studies. to can be applied that system geothermometric a new in developing first is the step study annealed at 600ºC. This completely Faculty Mentor: Gabriele Casale, Arts and Sciences Gabriele Casale Coauthor(s): Morgan Baker, Morgan DETERMINING THE ANNEALING CURVE RADIATION OF HALOS IN GRAINS QUARTZ THROUGH HEATING EXPERIMENTS GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOLOGICAL Over the last decade there has been a measurable increase in the number of billion-dollar weather disasters occurring in the United States. United in the occurring disasters billion-dollar weather number of in the been a measurable has increase decade there last the Over aftermath In the alone. these of in 2017 natural billion-dollar disasters different States 16 experienced United the (2018), NOAA to According their to due naturaldisasters vulnerable to inherently are adults Older impacted. oftennegatively disproportionately adults are older events, disproportionate the into assistance Investigations of daily living. activities with and need for of comorbid conditions frail condition, frequency public discourse into after emerged Harvey Hurricane recently conditions geophysical hazardous older adults following by experienced harm mitigate flood trapped in waist-deep were older adults institutionalized services emergency while waters where locations. To other to responded nursing necessary.is location, home spatial vulnerability of nursing The each impacting hazards an understanding harm this potential of the vulnerabilitytheory of Statesapproach social-ecological a using assessed was GIScience. and United Southeastern the in located homes PCA variables. geophysical and 13 socioeconomic 21 between multicollinearity reduce to conducted analysis was (PCA) Principal components of spatial distribution the identify to system and mapped in a geographic information county level combined at the were scores component nursing location. home of each resilience the into further investigation for allows identification The of vulnerable areas vulnerability. Faculty Mentor: Maggie Sugg, Arts and Sciences LaurenCoauthor(s): M. Andersen, Maggie M. Sugg, Sandi Lane J. Matthew Wilson, A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS NURSING OF HOME VULNERABILITY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: William Anderson, Arts and Sciences which wells, monitoring It includes 16 Greenway. of Boone Town along the drilled in 2010 was and Education Wellfield ASU Research The stream part As a broader research, of this River. New Fork South and the riparian aquifer the between interactions the study been used to have gauges stream Two interactions. understand better aquifer-stream to been estimated have rates discharge and stream been monitored have levels stage stream to of stream Conversions well. use of a stilling the through other and the stream, in the one directly site: been used at the have Doppler acoustic our curve. SonTek a handheld develop to first The two, methods three utilized use of a rating the curve. We require discharge flow stages. at low The at known discharge levels stream measure ADCP floatingflow directly used to and a StreamPro were meter flow meter, profile surveying stream-bed map the to site the involved process This using Manning’s Equation. developed was method, an indirect third, stream-bed an appropriate estimate and to stream, stages, slope of the find channel the stream at various area cross-sectional the estimate and to an Recently, discharge. a rating curve stream develop enabled us to estimates that accurately coefficient. have methods roughness three These us every sent to are data, These every minutes. which level 15 water measure to site at the dataloggerautomated well installed was stilling in the in near real-time. discharge stream calculate ability to us the hours, give four William Cheek, SOUTH FORK NEW RIVER STREAM DISCHARGE ANALYSIS During fieldwork in Loperot, Kenya, we excavated a ~28m trench that exposed 30 units of Miocene sedimentary rocks. Facies fluctuate between fluctuatebetween Facies sedimentaryrocks. Miocene of units 30 exposed that trench ~28m a excavated we Kenya, Loperot, in fieldwork During floodplain, to river from respectively. fluvialshifts localized paleoenvironment in several indicate and mudstones, paleosol and sandstones bulk geochemistry the and humidity), can of paleosols conditions (temperature and environmental of weathering a product soils are Because fluorescence geochemical the Using X-ray characterized formed. (XRF), we they conditions under which about the crucial information provide annual mean CIA-K)and (CIA weathering of and reconstruct degree the data used those and paleosols characterize to seven of signature precipitation (MAP). paleosols Loperot the that indicate Our results a paleosol sample. and K) within amount of mobile cations (Ca, Mg, Na, the CIA ratios quantify MAP results Calculated under arid conditions. contain alkaline,formation soil poor abundant mobile cations (CIA > 1) and are suggesting (semi-arid). (using CIA-K) support mean annual precipitation Early Miocene as <675mm/yr the during data CIA the reconstruct and (namely precipitation) did not climate that indicate trench the within unit paleosol each for calculated MAP values up-section, plotted When was migration (i.e., the river) sediments of the Loperot the by shift assert recorded paleoenvironmental the that therefore time. We over change tectonics. caused by likely more instead and was change of climate a result not ANCIENT SOILS AND THEIR IN ROLE RECONSTRUCTING PALEOCLIMATE: STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION AND BULK GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS A MIOCENE OF FOSSIL SITE IN KENYA Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Arts and Sciences AlexisCoauthor(s): Chaize, Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce Kevin Bynum, The Williams Fork Formation (WFF) is an understudied member of the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Group. We collected microvertebrate microvertebrate collected We Group. Mesaverde Cretaceous Upper member of the (WFF) is an understudied Formation Fork Williams The the from known marine taxa few were Colorado. relatively Although in N.W. a locality near Rangely, Site, J&M the matrix from fossil-bearing a clear marine influence report represent species that multiple taxa we selachian The site. J&M at the sp. and Cantioscyllium Chilloscyllium WFF, Lonchidion An indeterminate WFF. the for records new and are ecosystem marine members Campanian Late of the represent markaguntensis in morphology similar are Lonchidion to teeth The Fm. report is the and taxa site, this at the of Fork Williams the is present species from estuarine from L. griffisi species. distinct, exclusively is known a new, represent but may Group, Mesaverde the from griffisi, also known is which guitarfish of the confirm presence the Myledaphus bipartitus The J&M site. at the We abundance. in great present are fossils shark Batoid sites. taxa a freshwater three These represent WFF. the for records and new site, at the present sp. are sp. and Pseudomyledaphus Cristomylus rays and account environment, the for majority (~64%) at elasmobranch fossils of the our J&M recovered site. While most of the collected fossils influence is undeniable marine there Western the environment, from a freshwater represent and reptilian) (osteichthyan J&M site the from Formation. taxa Fork Williams the to new chondrichthyan from can be inferred that Seaway Interior Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert, Arts and Sciences AndrewCoauthor(s): Heckert,ReBecca John Foster, Hunt-Foster Nickolas Brand, THE ELASMOBRANCH (CHONDRICHTHYES: SHARKS AND RAYS) ASSEMBLAGE PALEOFAUNAL THE OF UPPER CRETACEOUS WILLIAMS FORK FORMATION (NORTHWESTERN COLORADO): RECONSTRUCTING MILLION A 72 YEAR BRACKISH OLD WATER ECOSYSTEM 70 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 71 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Faculty Mentor: Scott Marshall, Arts and Sciences ScottCoauthor(s): Marshall, Elizabeth Madden, Michele Cooke is very SAF the While plates. well and North tectonic American Pacific the that divides main structure is the (SAF) fault San Andreas The California-Mexico near the Valley, Imperial on the focus we Here, south. in the it terminates and where how is no consensus as to there studied, connections or makes terminates SAF southern if the determine Sea. To Salton end at the to been hypothesized has SAF the where border, Community Center’s Earthquake California Southern models based on the a series of physics-based created have we faults, regional other with along each of slip distribution the calculate used to GPS and are by measured motions plate tectonic by driven are models Model. The Fault find using model the that We predictions. model the to studies geologic existing from rates slip compare we results, the test To fault. modeled 5.0 mm/yr of slip it predicts notably, Most faults. regional key several for slip rates geometry SAF geologically implausible a terminated predicts proposed various models with of additional a suite create then We mm/yr. of 15-40 geologic estimate the to compared fault Imperial the across the to fits directly connected data best that model The region. SAF in the the has structures major and other SAF the connectors between fault and act as a single large all link together faults three model, the In this fault. Prieto Cerro the to connected is then which fault Imperial hazards. earthquake carrying future structure, for significant implications Jacob Dorsett, Jacob WHERE IS THE SOUTHERN END THE OF SAN ANDREAS A PHYSICS-BASED FAULT? MODELING STUDY Agisoft is a widely used program for creating 3D models of fossilized specimens from high-quality digital camera images of small fossils with with digital camera high-quality of small fossils images from specimens 3D models of fossilized Agisoft creating for is a widely used program embedded in sandstone reptile of a fossil (7 cm) skeleton used Agisoft detailed we models of a tiny 3D develop project, this to For 2/3 overlap. specimen the then vertical. Even from at 30° camera the with set 3D microscope used a Keyence size, we specimen’s of the matrix. Because camera angle of the Changing the in the overlay. horizontally achieve to stage so the moved was field in the fit of view, big to entirely too was for results better images gave the of areas out-of-focus or masking the cropping therefore, picture; of the resolution the lowers slightly Keyence out because masked and subsequently sandstone on the be placed to had scale that also taken a physical with were pictures models. The the resolution high The and ultra-high resolution. resolution images at high the processed digital models. We the scales further complicated ultra-high the sufficient digital on the In comparison, visualization. texture provide 3D printing but did not model for a high-quality provided model. Using printing a 3D for quality best and the digitalthe texture for an ideal quality but provided process longer to much took resolution each although specimens, making 3D models of small for method be a viable to photogrammetry proved has for microscope Keyence the results. optimal for adjustments its own specimen requires Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert, Arts and Sciences AndrewCoauthor(s): Heckert Yanelis Delgado, DETAILED MODELS A JUVENILE OF 3D FOSSIL REPTILE FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC NORTH OF CAROLINA CREATED USING AGISOFT AND A KEYENCE MICROSCOPE 3D Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert, Arts and Sciences AmandaCoauthor(s): Hendrix, Caleb Lewis, Spencer Lucas, Alex Harrison, Andrew Heckert taxa, preserve In Mexico Cretaceous. fossil abundant ranging entire the in New seaway interior western Cretaceous marine deposits of the The (NMMNH L-5636) locality Formation Menefee marine older both early Campanian to rich an exceptionally from fossils compare we poster this in an intraformational found were fossils of the Most and Kirtland Fruitland younger assemblages of the assemblages and nonmarine formations. of identifiable Thousands sieves. nested with and screenwashed collected is locally bone-bearing, and were lag that clay-pebble conglomerate taxa report include we Chondrichthyan and Osteichthyes). fish (Chondrichthyes are 85% of fossils about of which recovered, were fossils and indeterminate Melvius, taxa include Paralbula, Osteichthyan Cretodus. and Scapanorhynchus, Carcharias, Lonchidion, Cristomylus, geologic maps recent although Formation, Menefee the resembles locality physically geology of the The teeth. pycnodontid and lepososteid wacke) (lithic sandstone of crossbedded composed is primarily horizon fossiliferous Shale. The Lewis overlying as lying within the site depict the fluvio-deltaic suggest as some strata containing nodules, which as well siderite or interbeds, lignite mudstone bentonitic with environments. significant point to influence. marine taxa, same In the and some osteichthyans, sharks of the including most recovered of the many However, further of marine influence. supporting our inference Teredolites, is a log riddled with nearby horizon Austin Deans, Austin NEW LATE CRETACEOUS (EARLY CAMPANIAN) MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS NEW OF MEXICO 16 FAST and the TB FAST 16 Ⓡ 320, a two part liquid plastic that sets in 15 minutes. We chose to mold a mold to chose We minutes. 15 in sets that plastic part liquid two a 320, Ⓡ 10:1. The casting agent was Smooth-Cast was agent casting The 10:1. 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A COMPARISONOLD NEW: FOSSIL OF REPLICATION TECHNIQUES Faculty Mentor: William Anderson, Arts and Sciences Anderson, Anthony M. Hengst, William Jr., Coauthor(s): P. Chuanhui Gu Urbanization, North in Boone, Carolina. campus flowing State University stream Appalachian the is a headwater through Creek Boone downstream to upstream from increases reduction, including impervious culverting, vegetation and riparian bank armoring, surface coverage, timescales. hourly instability thermal to on minute urbanization causes downstream this show studies Previous reach. km study along our 1.9 timescales. yearly at daily to regime thermal on stream urbanization’s effects investigates study This with after al. (2001) Caissie et temperatures air based on daily average temperatures stream of daily average an analytical model developed We data site gave total) of study (78 site-years year each model for the Optimizing fit small stream. dynamics of our thermal the better to alterations site. each connection for temperature water temperature air of the coefficients strength the quantifying (K) exchange annual thermal inertia and thermal However, increase. volume as discharge downstream decrease to expected Creek, Boone are K values like In a gaining stream Regressional discharge. doubling of a despite downstream 0.149 to upstream 0.112 from increase reach study in the K values average interannual indicating a tipping point in K values upstream than of magnitude faster an order along-stream increase K values downstream analysis reveals inertia. thermal stream urbanization overpowers at which relationship temperature temperature/water stream the MODELINGAIR TEMPERATURE/WATER TEMPERATURE RELATIONS ALONG SMALLA MOUNTAIN STREAM UNDER INCREASING INFLUENCEURBAN Emily Fedders, tooth of the shark Carcharocles megalodon for our comparison. Over a three-day period each mold was poured every ten minutes to keep the the every keep to poured mold was minutes ten period each a three-day Over our comparison. megalodon for Carcharocles shark of the tooth presumably high kept mold is of the temperature internal the Fahrenheit degrees 140 reaching plastic the Due to mold under constant stress. major experiencing began mold TB the whereas 68, cast until tearing major experience to begin not did mold degradation.PB The expediting before casts 68 handle could PB the however PB, the than significantly was better quality cast TB the first the casts 40 Over 42. cast at tearing a short directly which amount of time, over models outreach at creating mold is actually better PB the results these major degradation. From mass production. for better molds are TB claims that the with contrasts Platinum (PB) and tin-based (TB) silicone rubbers are two materials employed in making molds for replicating fossils. PB molds are advertised are molds PB fossils. replicating for in making molds employed materials two rubbers silicone (TB) and tin-based Platinum (PB) are goal of The production. mass ideal for molds are TB whereas mass production, for intended not are occasional use but under years for last to and heat. The PB mold Mold used Starwas than PB under constant assess stress if TB is actually better is to this project Max Mold was used mold Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert, Arts and Sciences AndrewCoauthor(s): Heckert Matthew Eads, Matthew TAKING BITE A OUT PLATINUM OF AND TIN-BASED SILICONE RUBBER LIFE CLAIMS 72 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 73 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Environmental Science, Undergraduate Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, The Menefee Formation of northwestern New Mexico records a Late Cretaceous deltaic Cretaceous a Late floodplain. records Mexico New of alternating of northwestern Allison Member consists The Formation Menefee The bearing localities and contains microfossil the environment of a freshwater-to-brackish indicative and coal bearing mudstones sandstones taxa. NMMNH L-5636 tetrapod batrachian An albanerpetonid-like several from data updated and L-5635. on microfossils provide we Here belonging floodplain of a and teeth Osteoderms dentary hypotheses past environment. of turtle presence and the fragments shell reinforce morphologically, differ teeth crocodilian two However, collected. fossils abundant tetrapod most the are alligatoroid a Brachychampsa-like to teeth collected recently of these Features ecosystem. the within multiple niches occupying genera of crocodilians or more two suggesting recorded and previously indet., Hadrosauridae include fragments belonging to teeth Ornithischian taxon. hypercarnivorous a larger, suggest and a dromaeosaurid representing teeth, of theropod set A diverse diversity. greater elements suggest skeletal centrosaurine indeterminate marsupial two teeth, multituberculate several by represented Mammals are diversity. further known the species of troodontids, increase two data This Mexico. New from known mammalian fossils oldest the represent discoveries These metatherian mammal premolars. and two teeth, interval during a poorly documented ecosystem understanding Cretaceous. of a Menefee thorough Late in the a more provides Faculty Mentor: Andrew Heckert, Arts and Sciences AustinCoauthor(s): M. Deans, Caleb Lewis, Spencer G. Lucas, A. Alex Harrison, Andrew B. Heckert Amanda Hendrix, REVISITING THE ALLISON MEMBER THE OF MENEFEE FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS: EARLY CAMPANIAN), SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO Riparian zones occur at the interface between surface water and groundwater. Denitrification is an important in occurring natural process surface and groundwater. water interfaceRiparian zones occur at the between stage fluctuations Stream bank storage increased is removed. leading to groundwater and streams pollution in nitrate zones where riparian moments.” Since the as “hot to denitrification, referred microbial anaerobic through nitrate of river-borne removal on the effect a strong have denitrification table can be significant water the when control, greatest the exert to considered carbon are organic and oxygen of availability controls on hydrologic focused moments have on denitrification hot during studies Previous topsoils. carbon-rich the organic reach rises to depth the between examining relationship the by knowledge upon this expands study This carbon input. organic dissolved as stream as well cross-sectional moments using a two-dimensional of denitrification rate carbon and the hot zone during of soil organic in the riparian profile over removal and nitrate exchange and transport hyporheic flow simulate model is applied to (MT3D) model. The groundwater (MODFLOW) for constant as a proxy decay nitrate the treat We North in Boone, Carolina. stage using data Creek Boone rise and fall from periods of stream will simulation this from zone. Results riparian in the of nitrate transport model the and subsequently content carbon and removal soil organic surface and groundwater. both water from of nitrate removal the importance the into insight in controlling of topsoil provide Faculty Mentor: Sarah Evans, Arts and Sciences ChuanhuiCoauthor(s): Gu, Sarah Evans Nicholas Hammond, EFFECT SOIL OF ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT RIPARIAN ON NITRATE ATTENUATION DURING STREAM FLUCTUATIONS STAGE The Phanerozoic strontium isotopic (87Sr/86Sr) seawater curve is constructed using a variety of geologic materials including calcite fossils, fossils, including calcite curve materials of geologic using a variety seawater is constructed (87Sr/86Sr) isotopic strontium Phanerozoic The for because evidence values useful in preserving 87Sr/86Sr are example, seawater for Brachiopods, bioclasts. and phosphatic rocks, carbonate chemically are shells and brachiopod recrystallization microscopy, easily confirmed can be material of prismatic shell using scanning electron preservationalor to susceptible are occurs biases. If this rock one can use bulk carbonate brachiopods stable conditions. However, under most samples and bulk carbonate conodont (bioapatite) Devonian that hypothesis the tests study This 87Sr/86Sr. seawater estimate to fossils other region Basin Great the from collected samples conodont and three bulk carbonate Nineteen 87Sr/86Sr. seawater for estimates can provide curve. Preliminary 87Sr/86Sr data Devonian that a brachiopod-based with bulk carbonate show compare to measured were (central Nevada) to 0.7087 curve from radiogenic brachiopod-based the than decreases that more 0.7088, slightly to 0.7101 from decrease values 87Sr/86Sr values. 87Sr/86Sr seawater absolute for reliable not is but it trend 87Sr/86Sr preserves a similar seawater rock bulk that suggests This 0.7081. for substitute to used can be Devonian data Lower the from 87Sr/86Sr conodont-based whether Ongoing analysis will show of conodonts studies. 87Sr/86Sr Paleozoic future for preferred data, are brachiopod-based or if brachiopods Faculty Mentor: Cole Edwards, Arts and Sciences Edwards Cole Coauthor(s): Daniel Govert, STRONTIUM ISOTOPE (87SR/86SR) STRATIGRAPHYLOWER OF DEVONIAN CARBONATE ROCKS FROM THE GREAT BASIN REGION: TESTING SR ISOTOPE METHODS USING CONODONT APATITE AND BULK CARBONATE 13C excursions excursions δ13C 13C excursions interpreted to to interpreted excursions δ13C 13C excursions are representative of Late Ordovician Ordovician of Late representative are excursions δ13C 13C values differ by 0.03–2.51‰ from published values. values. published from 0.03–2.51‰ by differ values δ13C 13C from a single drill hole to represent that rock. Drawing Drawing rock. that represent to a single drill hole from δ13C 13C from a single succession, which has implications for studies that correlate correlate that studies for implications has a single succession, which from δ13C 13C values compared to bulk carbonate material. Inadvertent sampling of these phases could phases these of sampling Inadvertent material. bulk carbonate to compared values δ13C 13C, questioning whether published positive positive published whether questioning δ13C, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st During the last Ice Age, glaciers eroded and deposited a massive amount of sediment in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The Integrated Ocean Integrated Ocean. The northeast in the amount of sediment Pacific Ice Age, a massive During the last and deposited glaciers eroded examine to sedimentary the climatic period. this during northeast in the drilled sites formed Pacific record Expedition 341 Drilling Program further north Alaskan on the U1419 upper slope, and Site Trough Bering of the mouth at the U1421 Site drilled in deep water, was U1417 Site radiocarbon- against and plotted calculated ice-rafted all sites, continentalon the (IRD MAR) were debris mass accumulation rates slope. For These patterns. consistent purpose the periods showing time into subdivided timescales. For IRD MAR curves of datadated comparison, were in Variance sites. three the curves in the discrepancies describe ice-raftingbetween to interpreted historyany and account for periods were sea surface sea temperature, advance/retreat, of glacial phases including ocean circulation, factors, glacial and oceanic curvesthe from result to microscope identified using a petrographic were and U1419 U1417 Sites fragments from of rock composition The change. ice, and sea level may compositions reflect they time and whether Glacier’s drainage Bering the basin. Variable over sites the for material IRD source determine can reflect U1417 fragments analyzed in IRD at Site SE Alaska. within icebergs All rock survivability for glacial sources or different of icebergs coastalbe traced to Alaskan bedrock. Faculty Mentor: Ellen Cowan, Arts and Sciences Ellen CowanCoauthor(s): Kayla Mitchell, COMPARISON LATE OF PLEISTOCENE ICE RAFTING RECORDS WITHIN THE NE PACIFIC Boone Creek is a gaining stream that drains a 5.2 km2 watershed in Boone, North Carolina. Road salt use during winter months entersmonths the winter salt use during Road North drains in Boone, that a 5.2 km2 watershed Carolina. is a gaining stream Creek Boone gradients near the aquifer during runoff reverses levels events surface-water via runoff stream High stream precipitation during melt or events. baseflow during salinity stream the stream to chronically-elevated conditions, causing Salt returns causing salt transport aquifer. the stream, into past the Creek. Boone For culvert draining to a concrete within years few past the over formed has a wetland watershed, the Within values. dataloggers, probes, samples. using hand-held and analyzed water salinity, analog for an conductivity, electrical measured have we six months data Our and simulations flow finite-element using the model FEFLOW. modeled groundwater transport and solute wetland the through We those to similar processes peak runoff through reduces during salt events salinities which functions as a small aquifer the wetland that suggest Boone to wetland the from discharging in water levels peak salinity decreasing acts as a temporary buffer, wetland The riparian aquifer. in the along of mini-wetlands but our data creation the that demonstrates naturally, formed wetland studied The its arrival. and attenuating Creek of Cl- values average (four-day of 860 mg/L) and chronic values Cl- average (one-hour acute reduce to potential strong has systems sewer storm contamination streams. 230 mg/L) chloride in receiving MICRO-WETLAND IN URBAN TOPOGRAPHY TO MITIGATE CONTAMINATION SALT Faculty Mentor: William Anderson, Arts and Sciences Anderson, William Fedders Emily Coauthor(s): CarlyMaas, interpretations from these single data points, however, could be tenuous without documenting the degree of alteration. degree documenting the without could be tenuous single data these interpretations from points, however, 13C δ A published trend measured from Ordovician (~450 myr old) carbonate rocks records several positive reportedthese whether test to done was rocks of these perturbations. re-sampling carbon cycle High-resolution represent shows samples of twelve or artifacts Re-evaluation of alteration. reproducible are several with samples in all studied of alteration evidence shows analysis microscopy sections using cathodoluminescence thin of Petrographic different have stages may of cementation, which rapid fluctuations apparent explain in variable can produce alteration that suggest Results seawater. effects. alteration characterize to screening data adequate points without based on a few excursions rapid δ13C Carbonate rocks are used to study changes in the global carbon cycle throughout Earth history by measuring their carbon isotopic composition Earth composition throughout history carbon cycle global in the carbon isotopic their measuring by changes study used to are rocks Carbonate the measure methods Standard chemistry. seawater ancient for as a proxy (δ13C) Faculty Mentor: Cole Edwards, Arts and Sciences Edwards Cole Coauthor(s): William Lamb, William TESTING WHETHER LATE ORDOVICIAN CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS RECORD RAPID VARIATIONS IN THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE 74 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS 18O isotope values across the section suggests that these 87Sr/86Sr values are not due not are values 87Sr/86Sr these that section suggests the across values isotope δ18O Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 75 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Faculty Mentor: Steve Hageman, Arts and Sciences It is part coastline. (Iapetus) of a ErwinThe proto-Atlantic on the deposit and shallow-shelf is an early Cambrian shoreline Formation Erwin The Group. and is part Chilhowee of the Pennsylvania to Georgia from stretching region Appalachian in the sequence transgressive members These can be Hesse Quartzite, Shale, Quartzite, members: and Helenmode Member. Murray Nebo four into is divided Formation member. of each of deposition environments the sediment type, grain size, and sedimentary by characterize distinguished which structures, support analog, deposit modern shelf a potential deposits, shelf idea that the and modern Atlantic Cambrian sequence of the Comparison on developed environment shelf shifting on a reworked by Erwinthe quartz finer sand ridges with developed was silts in between formation of indicative sequences in both found are layers and clay sandstone megaripple and interbedded from Cross-stratification margin. a passive ridges and troughs length kilometer of large, consist deposits modern Atlantic the However, environment. weather and fair storm a waning modern Atlantic the Comparing sequence. the to exposure of limited because present if even be observablenot record, would that rock in the understanding deposits shelf proto-Atlantic a better of the achieve us to sediments will help of Appalachian coastline ancient the to coastline ago. million years Erwin the created and climatic conditions that 515 ancient environmental Formation and possibly identify the Skyler Ray, Skyler COMPARISONMODERN OF ATLANTIC SHELF SEDIMENTS TO CAMBRIAN MA) CLASTIC (515 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS The Toxaway Dome (TD) is an elongate gneiss dome located west of Brevard, NC. Its interior is primarily Toxaway Gneiss, a Grenville-aged Gneiss, a Grenville-aged Toxaway is primarily NC. Its interior of Brevard, west gneiss dome located Dome (TD) is an elongate Toxaway The Ma) (~1090-980 banded granitic gneiss, and it is mantled by the metasedimentary Falls present Formation. Tallulah We data obtained from 500-700 °C both range from temperatures conditions of doming. Deformation on the constraints new suggest analysis to microstructural °C with 550-650 ranging from temperatures record samples Most microstructures. based on quartz dome, and outside the within and feldspar differing dome commonly show the inside and outside from adjacent samples data. Additionally, temperature the by given no spatial pattern boundary along the in rocks observe fabrics of the of high-strain we presence the microstructures, Closely examining deformation temperatures. boundary. western the along found also are but Fault, Brevard the to close is boundary, which eastern the to limited not are fabrics These TD. of high- presence The events. based on detailed field studies observations of multiple folding Previous as a result doming occurred suggested boundary the across faulting TD suggest of the temperatures deformation contrasting the TD and of the margin western along the fabrics strain timing of high- the determine to geochronology monazite conducting are further conditions, we doming constrain doming. To to contributed peak metamorphic TD. the derive analysis to for conditions as thermobarometric as well formation fabric strain Faculty Mentor: Jamie Levine, Arts and Sciences JamieCoauthor(s): Levine, Gabriele Casale, Claire Martin Nicholas Powell, MICROSTRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS CONDITIONS ON DOMING OF DOME, IN EASTERN THE TOXAWAY BLUE RIDGE to clastic contamination and that the samples have not experienced major alteration. The continuous sedimentation The alteration. major experienced and its section in this not have contamination clastic to samples the and that in studies existing ratios to 87Sr/86Sr compare to in which site a valuable unit this make orogeny the Variscan from far location in an area Mountains. Appalachian the substantial experienced from shedding sediment and North America which Europe The Devonian-Carboniferous (D-C) transition is a period of mass extinction and rapid global faunal changes that affected both marine and marine both affected that changes and rapid faunal global (D-C) transitionperiod of mass extinction is a Devonian-Carboniferous The sections. many in alteration or unconformities to due time this data for isotope veryis There 87Sr/86Sr continuous little ecosystems. terrestrial D-C boundarythe that in northeastern Island on Cat Ba indicates Formation Han Pho the within present is Conodont biostratigraphy continuous sedimentation and has D-C the boundary. Whole across platform, carbonate China South on the deposited unit was This Vietnam. around localities observed regression in many the due to D-C transition, at the potentially input clastic geochemistry increased indicates rock D-C the boundary oscillating fluctuations across indicate of carbonate measurements Han Formation Pho in the 87Sr/86Sr New world. the between of correlation A lack seawater. fit for LOWESS McArthur the within al. (2012) are values of these et Many 0.708672. 0.708052 to from geochemistry and rock whole with values 87Sr/86Sr Faculty Mentor: Sarah Carmichael, Arts and Sciences SarahCoauthor(s): Carmichael, Allison Dombrowski, Cameron Batchelor, Drew Coleman, Johnny Waters, and Konigshof Peter Olivia Paschall, 87SR/86SR ACROSS THE DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS TRANSITION WITHIN THE HAN PHO FORMATION, ISLAND, BA CAT VIETNAM: OUTSIDE NEW AN OF DATA OROGENY OLD Geology, Undergraduate Geology, Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Political Science, Graduate Science, Political Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Barbara Arts Zaitzow, and Sciences an estimated Today, States1800s. the since United the in utilized been Solitaryhas prison management, for confinement, technique a as Justifications for 2017). Project, (Sentencing years or even months weeks, for 23 hours a day in cells for isolated people are 100,000 80,000 to use of solitarythe mainstream the vulnerable from individuals incapacitating confinement protecting range from to incorrigible individuals of isolation effects on the evidence empirical of the in light questionable are rationales, These however, 2012). 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According to Caputo and Butler and Butler Caputo to According an important initiatives. mitigation presents in climate and untapped potential As it stands, forestland family Managing carbon storage. for money collected but only 2% have wooded, stay to woodlot their like would owners forest 86% of family (2017), of forest traditional align with notions necessarily lands does not goods and services ecosystem forest on family forest alongside other carbon for of recognition the benefits involves of a bundle of forest provision the for strategies Prioritizing management al. 2017). et management (Clay conditions, values, social demographics) importance and the place, biophysical (time, (e.g. objectives, of context preferences owner/user diverse to tradeoffs in relation present can and policies). This pertaining and carbon storage recreation, timber use/extraction, markets to land tenure, (1) what identify we in rural Appalachia, owners a series of interviews planning. Through decision-making and future forest with day present carbon forest to relate may they and 3) how time; over valued benefits these are 2) how owners; important most rural benefits forest to are forest an understanding baselines and to contribute of carbon storage Results carbon offset projects. participating in forest for mechanisms and the trade-offs, preferences, function of human baseline is a complex the where forestlands, on rural family carbon storage for potential an increased time. over and land-use trajectories Faculty Mentor: Ruseva, Arts Tatyana and Sciences Ruseva Tatyana Coauthor(s): Erin Bishop, AN ANALYSIS SOUTHERN OF APPALACHIAN FAMILY FOREST OWNER AND VALUES DERIVED BENEFITS IN RELATION TO CARBON OFFSET MECHANISMS GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE STUDIES Faculty Mentor: Steve Hageman, Arts and Sciences is a Middle Mountains and Tennessee, Appalachian Virginia in southern in the located Formation, Benbolt 465 million-year-old The as the to referred commonly Event, Biodiversification Ordovician Great the records deposit that shelf marine subtropic to tropic Ordovician of A compilation Ordovician. during the fauna of marine diversity in the a series of rapid increases by is characterized GOBE The GOBE. morphological the data habit to general based on the morphology disparity growth is compared bryozoans of the region of the and brachiopods morpho-eco genera of a hypothetical of occupation of bryozoans and later pattern document the to of early genera of brachiopods in order important regional provides Formation Benbolt the from of bryozoans habits forms shell and brachiopod space. An analysis growth of the given is restricted Formation Benbolt the data The from region. in the data collected support occurred that to event the biodiversification global data. to and contributes data Disparity fauna Formation Benbolt on the collected rich but the setting, and regional environmental the fauna. Event Biodiversification Ordovician analysis the Great of additional space and time through in both be expanded can equivalents to potential has Middle Ordovician during the region Appalachian the within invertebrates morphological the Studying of fossil differences on Earth. life subsequent the and its legacy for GOBE of the our understanding to contribute global implications of the Delaney Ryan, Delaney THE GOBE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS:RECORD A INVERTEBRATE OF FOSSIL MORPHOLOGY DISPARITY 76 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 77 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Global Studies, Undergraduate Political Science, Undergraduate Science, Political Criminal Justice, Undergraduate Justice, Criminal Faculty Mentor: Renee Scherlen, Arts and Sciences media has U.S. the how Sweden, into of refugees increase understanding recent of the effect gain a better on the seeks to project research This capita per intaken has largest in the number of refugees As Sweden policy. on U.S. this for implications any are there and if events, these depicted outside understand in Sweden actually happened what actions. To their for vilified praised, others while Sweden media outlets some U.S. Europe, public opinion current assess the to during January in Sweden analysis conducted paper includes a qualitative media, this of 2018 lens of U.S. the collection of data, analyses. 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REALITY: REFUGEES IN SWEDEN AND ITS POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE U.S. Faculty Mentor: Cary Arts Fraser, and Sciences faced leadership King Hussein and the in Jordan Middle East. of the governments the for trans formative was 1967-1973 period between The kingdom Hashemite the how ultimately discover to attempts case study This fronts. and international the domestic on both challenges many fundamentalism, military religious Marxist-Nationalist continued uprisings, from from threats loss of territory, pressures the dealt with defeats, neighbors of their survival many with regime's the how compares and success will explore study politics. 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Finally, these to responses enforcement understandutilized to law settings. and historical modern in both and riots of protest events Seth Fraser, MODERN TRENDS INRIOTS AND PROTESTS Public Health, Undergraduate Health, Public Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Public Health, Undergraduate Health, Public Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st There is an emerging technology revolution to monitor fitness and health with mobile health monitors. The Nokia Health platform includes platform Health fitness Nokia monitors. The health mobile monitor with and health to revolution technology is an emerging There a proprietary via males and pulse transit times, detected yet algorithm, of increased goal of early recognition the scale with Cardio Body the never laboratory have against differences and sex been tested has device gold standards of body mass. 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We AtCor (SphygmoCor, standard scale in a laboratory Cardio Body the utilized years) mean 20 ± 1.1 female; male, 10 (10 college-aged individuals METHODS: 20 normotensive, all for employed was An rmNOVA SphygmoCor. the with standing PWV measurements by obtain followed to setting PWV measurements, 6.6 ± 0.244 and 5.9 ± 0.179 was (m/s) and female and 6.9 ± 0.244 6.3 ± 0.179 was velocity Male pulse wave RESULTS: dependent variables. this 0.703 and 0.653 in females; PWV in males by underestimated Nokia respectively. technologies and SphygmoCor Body Cardio (m/s) with sexes both for PWV at home measure accurately to Cardio Body Nokia ability of the The insignificantis a statistically CONCLUSION: value. physician. an individual’s for significance a wider scope of information and can lead to healthcare lends great INVESTIGATION SEX OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOKIA CARDIO BODY AND SPHYGMOCOR APPLANATION TECHNOLOGY Faculty Mentor: Scott Collier, Health Sciences SR Collier St.Clair, A.Coauthor(s): Lubkemann, McCraw, C. P. Megan Campany, Faculty Mentor: Adam Hege, Health Sciences ErinCoauthor(s): Bouldin, Adam Hege rooted are disparities of these States. Many United of the region Appalachian the disparities across health numerous highlighted has Research are (ACEs) experiences childhood adverse that found have studies Previous insecurity. food is which of one health, of determinants social the in using a population- insecurity food link with the explored but none has in adulthood health socioeconomic status and poorer lower to related and compared region Appalachia in the located (NC) are that North Carolina on 28 counties in western focused we In this study, based sample. Surveillance reported if Respondents Factor Risk System. Behavioral 2012 NC’s dataused from adults on state. the of We rest the with them also Respondents research. previous with consistent or 4+ ACEs, classified 0-3 ACEs as experiencing them we ACEs; of 11 any experienced they always, were if they months; 12 past the within foods nutritious buy to money enough about having often worried/stressed they reported how 23% of people with in Appalachia, respondents Among 1,934 insecure. classified as being food them we worried/stressed or sometimes usually, age and after for association persisted This adjusting ACEs. 4 or more 46% of people with to insecurity compared food experienced 0-3 ACEs insecurity food to contribute ACEs people outside Appalachia. than insecurity food experience to likely more were in Appalachia People sex. risk. at elevated already are who in Appalachia including among people in adulthood, Margaret Bennett, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND FOOD INSECURITY IN APPALACHIA Faculty Mentor: Erin Bouldin, Health Sciences HegeCoauthor(s): A, Bouldin ED outcomes health adult negative several with associated been have (ACEs) experiences childhood adverse that shown have Studies Background: of North region vary Appalachian in the adults living abuse may alcohol on between have ACEs that impact abuse. The including alcohol as well as abuse alcohol and ACEs of categories the between understand to aims relationship the study This not. do who those and Carolina Surveillance Risk Factor System Behavioral and 2014 2012 Data North Carolina's Methods: them. from between geographicthe differences Regional Appalachian based on the classifiedoutside of Appalachia or within as living were BRFSS the to utilized. Respondents was (BRFSS) further then classified one into were childhood in their ACEs of 11 any reported who experiencing Commission's definition. Respondents four the answered who Respondents abuse. and sexual abuse, dysfunction, - household physical/emotional subtypes of ACEs three of the were child abuse as a and emotional physical experienced who used. Conclusions: Adults use were alcohol regarding BRFSS on the questions abuse emotional and physical experienced who in Appalachia Adults geographical areas. in both drinkers heavy be considered to likely more household or abuse and emotional physical either experienced who outside of Appalachia adults while be binge drinkers, to likely more were be classified to as binge drinkers. likely more dysfunction were Peyton Attaway, EFFECTS ADVERSE OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ALCOHOL ON ABUSE IN ADULTHOOD HEALTH ANDHEALTH EXERCISE SCIENCE 78 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 79 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Athletic Training, Undergraduate Increases in concussion research has raised awareness regarding long-term effects and prevention of these pathologies; however, little is known is known little however, pathologies; of these and prevention effects long-term regarding raised has awareness in concussion research Increases recovery improve afterconcussion, and may changes balance and coordination-related addresses therapy Vestibular options. treatment regarding gradual return- to rehabilitation compared if vestibular and determine literature the review aimed to therefore time after injuries. We these us allowing terms, relevant for searched systematically and PubMed were CINAHL in athletes. symptoms post-concussive decreased to-activity efficacy the rehabilitation After in concussed individuals. evaluated that identify 7 studies articles, identifying the to vestibular of a critical supported studies use of vestibular the All seven and statistical quality. quality applicability, main categories: in three completed appraisal was the to major threats assessment revealed quality The trying when option symptoms. concussion treatment decrease to as an effective therapy that showed randomization and blinding of subjects and assessors. to quality statistical of the Evaluation regards with validity, internal studies’ this suggests evidence although Overall, often not provided. articleswhile of clinical significance reported statistical significance, were measures specific and populations sport-related concussion experimental to control better employ need to would further is effective, research treatment conclusion. a definitive draw to VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION IN CONCUSSION RTP PROTOCOLS Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle, Health Sciences Needle. Alan Sawyer, Caroline Coauthor(s): Jena Donovan, Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of mental illness in student athletes and their help seeking behaviors. seeking behaviors. help and their of mentalPurpose: athletes prevalence the illness in student purpose The determine to was study of this to support the provided improve and mental to athletes illness in order on student served research study This current upon the expand to at a email via administered assessment was health a campus-wide of 2017, semester fall In the population. Methodology: special student this survey The demographics and history capturing included 63 items, of mental U.S. of the health region South-East in the mid-size university Students months. 12 last the within and suicidality, of: overwhelming depression; anxiety; occurrence about the asked were Students challenges. Analyses include mental about their seeking behavior. help asked health then was items of these either to response a positive provided that student were 118 participated students assessment, of which in the 1,800 than More ratios. Results: as rate statistics as well descriptive simple athletes Student age 17-20. identified and 93 were as non-white, participated, that 31 78 identified athletes as women, Among student athletes. Mental also 38% lower seeking was help health of suicidality. rates higher slightly yet of depression, rates significantly lower have to found were have supports athletes findings study Conclusions: This student that previous athletes. non-student to compared when athletes among student of mental peers. rates non-athlete less than illness and seek help comparable STUDENT ATHLETES AND MENTAL HEALTH: AN EXPLORATION POTENTIAL OF HURDLES TO STUDENT SUCCESS Faculty Mentor: Howard, Alex F. Health Sciences Howard Alex F. Coauthor(s): Amber L. Daniel, INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, however, is not manifested until manifested is not States, however, United in the women in cause of death leading is the (CV) disease Cardiovascular INTRODUCTION: as hypertension in diseases such is a contributing factor (OS) stress Oxidative CV protection. in of estrogen role a indicating post-menopause, and subsequent loss estrogen this NO, release to been shown has estrogen (NO). Because oxide in nitric decrements through and atherosclerosis if males determine PURPOSE: To females. seen in post-menopausal CV risk elevated in the be a contributing factor could OS environment ThirteenMETHODS: in OS. males supplementation) (antioxidants) and decrements (oxygen elevations to differently respond and females design. Blood pressures supplementation in a randomized, cross-over (OXY) oxygen or (AOX) antioxidant received – 25 years) (18 and females ANOVA a 3-way using OXY) (baseline, AOX, conditions between compared and arterial were and brachial) function measures (aortic, carotid, Females OXY. with in arterial a decrease compliance Males displayed significant. when RESULTS: t-tests appropriate up with and followed more males are suggests This AOX. with blood pressures and peripheral (brachial) central (aortic in both and carotid) decreases displayed stress. oxidative decreased to responsive more are and females stressor oxidative an to susceptible Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Kappus, Health Sciences Jessica LaurenCoauthor(s): Dunn, Yomano, Caroline Blackman, Rebecca Kappus Anna Carmichael, Ruth SEX DIFFERENCES IN OXIDATIVE STRESS: IMPLICATIONS VASCULAR ON FUNCTION FS-ave (F [3, ωFS-ave ave over each 100-m interval. was first The straight 100-m each over θave ∆ FS-ave and ii) FS-ave ω ave) were used to evaluate foot strike changes. Each foot strike was averaged across the four 100-m 100-m four the across averaged was strike foot Each changes. strike foot evaluate to used were θave) ∆ Interdisciplinary Studies, Undergraduate Public Health, Undergraduate Health, Public Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise ave (F [3, 60] =2.683, p=0.055) over each 100-m interval. Contrary to our hypothesis, runners did not move from a from interval. move runners did not Contrary 100-m each our hypothesis, to over (F [3, 60] =2.683, p=0.055) θave ∆ Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st FS-ave) and change in foot strike angle ( angle strike foot in change and FS-ave) FF strike to a RF strike during the straight sections of the 800-m run. 800-m sections of the straight during the a RF strike to strike FF run significantly faster than the other three straights (F [3,60] =15.982, p<0.001). There were no significant changes observed no significant changes for were There p<0.001). (F [3,60] =15.982, straights three other the than run significantly faster straight intervals of the 800-m. One-way repeated measure analyses of variance (ANOVA) were used to (1) analyze time across the 100-m straight straight 100-m the across analyze time (1) used to were analyses (ANOVA) of variance measure intervalsstraight repeated 800-m. One-way of the of distance on i) the factor intervals of the 800-m run and (2) investigate Oxidative stress can result from prolonged, high intensity exercise and may lead to skeletal muscle fatigue and decreased exercise performance. performance. exercise and decreased muscle fatigue skeletal lead to and may exercise intensity high prolonged, from can result stress Oxidative caused by stress oxidative against enzyme, defends antioxidant dismutase (MnSOD), an endogenous mitochondrial Manganese superoxide to was study this of objective The characterized. been not MnSOD has transgenicoverexpressing in mice function muscle Skeletal superoxide. matrix (SOD2) wild-type and their in the mitochondrial MnSOD transgenic overexpress mice that capacity differs between if exercise investigate trials. between 1-min rest with tests strength grip mo old SOD2 and WT forelimb (WT) 3 consecutive mice performed 8-10 Female littermates. incline, followed and 5-10° m•min-1 up at 10-12.5 warm of a 10-min consisted which capacity test, a maximal exercise mice performed Next, 48 hours exhaustion. incline and mice ran to every 3 m•min-1 at 10° speed by remained stage; treadmill 2-min stages treadmill of increasing by up at 10- warm of a 10-min consisting endurance test an exercise all mice performed capacity test maximal exercise of the after completion the Grip strength, and incline of 10°. speed of 22 m•min-1 at a constanttreadmill exhaustion a run to by incline followed 5-10° and m•min-1 12.5 SOD2 and WT between findings different that mice (p>0.05, all). These suggest not endurance were capacity and exercise maximal exercise or endurance capacity in mice. exercise treadmill grip strength, alter of SOD2 does not overexpression EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN OVEREXPRESSING MANGANESE DISMUTASE MICE SUPEROXIDE Faculty Mentor: Zwetsloot, Kevin Health Sciences ShriyaCoauthor(s): Rao, Benjamin Klatt, Alexander McKinley, Andrew Brooke Shanely, Christian, and Zwetsloot Kevin Charleston Gaillard, Faculty Mentor: Christopher Seitz, Health Sciences Seitz Christopher Coauthor(s): condition is a health Pre-eclampsia level. grade at a 4th-6th reading Experts be written material educational health that Background: recommend level reading the however, condition; patients about this inform that online educational materials are mortality. There maternal with associated lean about pre- us to patients may that of popular websites levels reading analyzed the study be analyzed. This to yet have materials of these by operated first of the 40 websites a sample collect engine to search internet used in an was “pre-eclampsia” term The Methods: eclampsia. of tallying is a process used, which was formula reading SMOG the website, of each levels reading determine To organizations. health-related approximate the determine chart used to was a conversation Then, a text. from of 30-sentences a sample from number of polysyllablethe words grade 4th-6th at the information none had study, in the 40 websites Of the Findings: tally the based from of polysyllable words. level reading level. grade reading 11th a mean of the with level, school graduate grade 7th the to from level ranged in reading material The level. reading free several provides general government the The public. be modified be accessible to need to to materials Discussion: Online pre-eclampsia levels. reading recommended at the written are materials sure make to polysyllable words simplify professionals public health help guides to Mary Clare Gabel, READABILITY ONLINE OF EDUCATIONAL PRE-ECLAMPSIA MATERIAL 60] =0.880, p=0.457) or p=0.457) =0.880, 60] Foot-strike patterns (FSP) are associated with improved running economy and injury-risk biomechanics across distance runs. While forefoot and injury-risk running economy distanceforefoot While runs. across biomechanics improved with associated (FSP) are patterns Foot-strike We of mid-distance intensity high the run influences running in an 800-m how in sprinting, it is unclear prevalent is more (FF) running FSP. a more from be a change would there hypothesized intervals of an 800-m run. We 100-m across change FSP how determine aimed to therefore yrs) participated 800- a maximal in 24.29±4.54 7 male; age: female, subjects (14 run. 21 the throughout (RF) strike rearfoot a more to strike FF angular velocity strike MA, Foot Lexington, USA). mc10, inertial assessed using was (BiostampRC, units measurement strike m run while foot (ω Faculty Mentor: Herman Werkhoven, van Health Sciences MarkCoauthor(s): Marco H. Langley, Meucci, Alan R. Needle, Natalie R. Kile, Herman Werkhoven van Kathryn Farina, DOES FOOT STRIKE PATTERN CHANGE DURINGA MAXIMAL 800-METER RUN? 80 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 81 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Previously, our group demonstrated that 20-ecdysterone (20E) increased skeletal muscle protein synthesis and fiber size in old mice; however, and fiber synthesis size in old mice; however, muscle protein skeletal (20E) increased 20-ecdysterone that demonstrated our group Previously, of 20E supplementation if 7 days investigate To eccentric contraction (EC) induced damage is unknown. from on recovery of 20E effect the assigned mo) were (PLA), placebo (agemale mice old 27.5+/-0.5 to EC, compared muscle function following of skeletal recovery improves (TF) obtain to elicited a torque-frequency contractions were and Isometric anesthetized Mice were EC+20E or EC+PLA groups. either to relationship TF the induce injury to performed then completion, At crural muscle group. in the anterior EC were (PRE). 150 relationship Mice oral gavage. or PLA (saline) by mg*kg-1 20E (50 either BW) mice received anesthesia, from recovery (POST). Upon re-measured was of muscle function. assess recovery to (7-day) re-measured was TF relationship 8, the On day days. 7 total daily for 20E or PLA given were of 20E 7 days whereas at 7-day, (p<0.01) relationship TF in the a depression EC in EC+PLA led to that showed ANOVA measures Repeated (40 Hz) isometric (250 Hz) and submaximal maximal Additionally, PRE (p=0.461). to supplementation relationship TF of the recovery led to (p=0.559, p=0.632, respectively) no change EC+20E showed while and p=0.004, respectively), in EC+PLA (p=0.014 depressed remained torques EC muscle function following of skeletal recovery beneficial aid in the 20E exerts findings that These to effects suggest 7-day. PRE to from induced injury. PHYTOECDYSTEROIDS ENHANCE SKELETAL MUSCLE FUNCTION RECOVERY FOLLOWING IN VIVO ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION INDUCED INJURY IN MICE OLD Faculty Mentor: Zwetsloot, Kevin Health Sciences JoshuaCoauthor(s): S. Godwin, A Zwetsloot, Kevin R. Andrew Shanely Charlie Hodgman, Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford, Health Sciences DannaCoauthor(s): Rodriguez,Abigail Stickford not risk are increased this for reasons The in life. disease later and cardiovascular blood pressure elevated with is associated anxiety high Importantly, sympathetic These vessels. and blood blood pressure central the nervous controls in how system changes involve but may understood, completely observed. are (BP)) blood pressure disease (e.g., elevated of cardiovascular clinical manifestations any before even be present may neural changes heart rate, blood pressure, example, (for of stress measures and physiological the primaryThus, examine is to psychological study of this objective session, During each college-aged students. in anxious vs. non-anxious, healthy and during exercise nervous at rest activity) system and sympathetic types nerve different simulate to activities heart in subjects performing (MSNA), activity muscle sympathetic will be measured (HR), and BP rate (orthostatic The tilt test and a head-up challenge). (exercise), grip test (pain), a dynamic hand test a cold-pressor including stress, of physiological in MSNA, increases (i.e, greater reactivity cardiovascular greater adults will display anxious young highly that are research of this results expected understand us to will help cardiopulmonary the study of this results The limitations stressors. and physiological various the to in response HR, BP) interventions future. in the exercise effective design and implement to in order of anxiety symptoms Taylor Goodman, Taylor THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY ON PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS We previously reported depressed contractile function in old compared to young skeletal muscle. The purpose was to compare the recovery recovery the purpose muscle. The skeletal compare to young was to contractile compared function in old reported depressed previously We male mice (5.6 mo) mo) (O) and young Old male mice (27.0 muscle damage. eccentric after in vivo muscle 7-days skeletal young of old versus pre-injury the determine placement and to electrode optimal for performed contractions were isometric and in vivo anesthetized (Y) were post- immediately induce injury. re-measured to TF was The elicited contractions eccentric were (PRE). 150 relationship (TF) torque-frequency showed ANOVA measures again. Repeated measured was TF and the anesthetized injury mice were confirm to recovery, After damage. 7-days group a between and TF pre-injury in the groups (p=0.231) between no difference (p=0.035), with interaction group a significant time by O than in Y (p=0.313) degree a greater to TF recovered the that Further analysis revealed post-injury in the TF 7-days difference (p<0.001). recovered only O while (IT) (p=0.254), torque isometric of initial 77% Y recovered indicated (40 hz) (p=0.003). Analysis torque of a submaximal pre-injury to torque, Y nor O recovered neither indicated (250 hz) Analysis after48% of initial IT (p=0.003) of maximal tetanic torque 7 days. EC. from of recovery and old male mice after in young 7-days persist IT decrements (p=0.003), respectively). of initial and 67% 46% (p<0.001) damage. eccentric IT following recover dataThese to capacity a diminished old mice exhibit suggest Faculty Mentor: Andrew Health Shanely, Sciences Rice, A. Kevin Zwetsloot, Hodgman, T. R. Charles Andrew Tyler Coauthor(s): Shanely F. Joshua Godwin,Joshua RECOVERY FROM IN VIVO ECCENTRIC SKELETAL MUSCLE DAMAGE: VERSUS OLD YOUNG ·kg-1). ventilatory Elapsed time, min-1). During visit two, cyclists completed completed cyclists ·kg-1 two, ·min-1). During visit Chemistry, Undergraduate Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Public Health, Undergraduate Health, Public Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Caffeine (CAF) is commonly ingested as an ergogenic aid among cyclists, in part, due to its effect on pain perception. CAF also may improve improve also may CAF in part, on pain perception. effect its due to aid among cyclists, as an ergogenic is commonly ingested (CAF) Caffeine and the performance exercise dyspnea. purpose The to compare to was related study of this perceptions the altering by performance exercise male cyclists Eight or placebo (PLA) in trained after (RPB) dose of CAF cyclists. of a moderate ingestion breathlessness rating of perceived 60.8±5.7 ml (VO2peak: pulmonary capacity test and a peak aerobic completed function testing Faculty Mentor: Andrew Health Shanely, Sciences JayvaughnCoauthor(s): Jonathon Oliver, Stickford, Kimberly Fasczewski, R. Andrew Shanely Erica Larson, EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND PERCEPTION BREATHLESSNESS OF AFTER CAFFEINE INGESTION IN TRAINED CYCLISTS a fixed-work familiarization time trial (TT) equivalent to a distance of 20km. Subsequently, and on separate days, subjects completed in a subjects completed days, on separate and a distance to of 20km. Subsequently, time trial (TT) equivalent familiarization a fixed-work 5 mg (TTCAF; caffeine of a placebo (TTPLA) or ingestion with TTs order, randomized, counterbalanced during TTCAF significantly Elapsed time was reduced interval TT. every during each measured 10% were responses dynamics, and perceptual and interval TTCAF at any differ between did not and ventilation RPB TTPLA trials (33.5±2.8 vs. with min, p<0.01). 35.5±2.7 compared RPB. elevate to known is a parameter ventilation after However, ingestion. caffeine improved performance TTPLA trials. Exercise Spending time outdoors and outdoor physical activity (OPA) has been shown to have various benefits to mental health for young adults. College young benefits various mental to for health have to been shown has (OPA) activity Spending time outdoors and outdoor physical The life. academic of demands the from result that stress and depression of symptoms decrease means to as a OPA often students overlook promote peer counseling to utilizes which study Ambassador pilot Park a Student purpose baseline data evaluate from is to collected study of this survey an online assessed participants’ that completed demographic State University in introductory courses Students at Appalachian level OPA. time Half reported frequent survey. the and mental completed status. health students Sixteen outdoors, time spent in the OPA, characteristics, 25.0% reportedOnly participatingin frequent day. outdoors <1 hour 30.3% spending with week typical a on spent outdoorsin a typical week or fidgety”, “nervous”, “restless feeling feeling 75.0% 62.5% of participants month, past In the in a typical week. reported frequently OPA “worthless.” feeling “everything an effort”,feeling was and 12.5% 37.5% up”, them could cheer nothing that “so depressed feeling 12.5% in improvement for room is much there among college students, mental symptoms health of negative rate high relatively the given Overall, to mental college students interventions It will be important health. develop for to improve to outdoors time spent in the and OPA students’ views benefits of the spent outdoors of spending time and OPA. subjective their change Faculty Mentor: Richard Christiana, Health Sciences RichardCoauthor(s): Christiana, W. Rebecca A. Battista, Joy J. James, Rebecca K. Hess Vanna Labi, TIME SPENT OUTDOORS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MENTAL HEALTH STATUS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: BASELINE DATA FROM THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PARK PILOT STUDY Inflammation plays an important role in the skeletal muscle repair process after damage. In addition to exerting anabolic/growth effects on effects Inflammation after anabolic/growth exerting to damage. In addition process repair muscle an important skeletal in the plays role anti-inflammatory possess been reported to have (20E), properties.Little is known 20-hydroxyecdysone like phytoecdysteroids, muscle, skeletal influence the after purpose damage. The process investigate of to was muscle repair the affect study of this may phytoecdysteroids about how inflammatory20E on the running; DHR). bout of injurious downhill damage (an acute eccentric muscle following in mouse skeletal response 20E supplementation. or without with Mice were DHR groups, or No DHR either randomly assigned to of age) were Male mice (3-6 months and five days harvested two after immediately DHR and every muscles were sacrifice. until (PLA) treatment 20E or placebo Skeletal day given cryosectioned, immunofluorescence and techniques, microscopy using light then were histochemical samples DHR. Muscle following days in no significant was difference There examined, respectively. infiltration generalthe tissue morphology were and macrophage and neutrophil our preliminary p=0.255). Furthermore, respectively; minutes, vs. 7.6 59.3 + (65.8 + 15.5 and 20E groups PLA time between running downhill after placebo, to an morphology tissue supplementation alter infiltration, does not or monocyte compared phytoecdysteroid that suggest results muscle. running in mouse skeletal bout of injurious downhill acute Faculty Mentor: Zwetsloot, Kevin Health Sciences Goslen Kevin Coauthor(s): Zwetsloot , Kevin William Johnson, INFLUENCE20-HYDROXYECDYSONE OF SKELETAL ON MUSCLEMONOCYTE INFILTRATION FOLLOWING ECCENTRIC DAMAGE 82 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 83 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Purpose: This study investigates the feasibility of Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) as a measure of 3-dimensional (3D) as a measure (pQCT) Tomography Computed Quantitative of Peripheral feasibility the Purpose: investigates study This absent of radiation, Though MRI bone geometry. determine been commonly used to Imaging (MRI) has Resonance Magnetic bone geometry. less invasive offers pQCT scans take a cheaper, 20-35 minutes. extremity trained highly personnel. Also, typical lower requires and is costly (T8 bones irregular of samples Two Methods: x-ray). fractiona regular at of levels radiationdosage (with to subject a exposes and approach using completed were protocols Three scanner. 3000 pQCT XCT scanned using a STRATEC talusvertebra; were bone models) - synthetic scan times (ST), to radiation respect with compared scans were the from 20. Results images (slices): 5; 10; numbers of cross-sectional different a 3D model of bone structure. create software (ImageJ) to Scanned slices will serve (SQ). processing image to (RL) and scan quality as input levels different respective the for mSv 2.76-7.02 and RL range from minutes and Discussion: Preliminary 6-21 STResults indicates range from results x-ray. a single than lower estimated were time ranges MRI scan within and radiation levels well were number of scans (5-20 scans). All results for option can be a viable pQCT that of MRI, indicating those to could be comparable bone model quality that suggest Initial SQ results bone geometry analysis. foot use for pQCT will investigate research Future measuring bone geometry. ABSTRACT: PQCT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MRI TO QUANTIFY BONE 3D GEOMETRY – A FEASIBILITY STUDY Faculty Mentor: Herman Werkhoven, van Health Sciences Hannah Clark Herman Werkhoven, van Coauthor(s): Wilton Norris, Eccentric exercise incorporating lengthening muscle contractions are commonly used in strength training. This type of exercise contributes to to contributes exercise of training.type This incorporating strength in used commonly contractionsmuscle are lengthening exercise Eccentric reflex modify inflammation, to soreness, to of muscle leading known are loops micro-tearing and sensations of muscle stiffness. symptoms These aimed muscle. We recruit appropriately to ability the joint injuries, affecting and corticaland chronic acute among populations with inhibition subjects healthy muscle damage (EIMD) modified reflexive and cortical if exercise-induced calf muscles. Twelve the to inhibition determine to calf muscles. Reflex of the an eccentric muscle damage protocol Hoffmanusing the assessed was inhibition reflexcompleted sciatic nerve, at the after, immediately before, stimulation transcranial magnetic and cortical through silent period quantified assessed using the was inhibition at 75 percent eccentric calf contractions on a dynamometer of 10 sets of 10 consisted and 72 hours after EIMD protocol EIMD. The and 24 after EIMD in soreness increases despite that indicated assessed using analyses Results of variance. were times across Changes maximal force. reflexive observed (F6,48=0.822 p=0.558) or silent period inhibition soleus or gastrocnemius for were p=0.006), no changes (F3,27=5.124, modify neural as observed inhibition EIMD does not findings that p=0.569). These indicating suggest studies, in joint damage (F3,15=0.696, muscle. nervous the recruit ability to impede system’s does not eccentric exercise that THE EFFECTS ECCENTRIC OF MUSCLE DAMAGE NEURAL ON INHIBITION Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle, Health Sciences HermanCoauthor(s): Werkhoven, Edward Van Merritt, Alan Needle John Mackall, Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) is considered a gold standard for measuring arterial health in adults. Deleterious changes in arterial compliance in arterial compliance changes measuring arterial in adults. Deleterious health for a gold standard is considered (PWV) Velocity Pulse Wave measure to its ability been marketed Scale has of cardiopulmonary Cardio Body be an early risk factor to Nokia disease. The been shown have the determine to was of our study aim The PURPOSE measure. if it is an accurate is no data show there to however home, PWV in the in applanation tonometry gold standard the to in comparison Cardio Body Nokia of the feature PWV of the accuracy and reproducibility be significantly different. not would measurements two the between differences the that hypothesized Medical). We AtCor (SphygmoCor, with PWV measurements study. in this enrolled years) +/-1.1 adults (20 years young healthy normotensive female) male, 10 METHODS 20 (10 obtained over were operating system each with maintain measurements utilized to scale. Three the with ecological validity were SphygmoCor were significant differences No as mean ± SE. RESULTS All data (counterbalanced). individual expressed each for a period of sixty minutes 6.8 ± vs. PWVNokia= ± 0.1 6.1 (PWVSphyg= detected. were systems Cardio Body or Nokia SphygmoCor with measurements between found PWV of tracking system the home-based suggesting devices, between detected no statistical differences were There 0.2 m/s). CONCLUSION insight clinical cardiopulmonary Monitoring accurate. highly can be useful in providing can be at home health Body Cardio Nokia using the monitoring. longitudinal healthcare for Faculty Mentor: Scott Collier, Health Sciences Megan ConnorCoauthor(s): Campany, McCraw, Price Scott St. Clair, R Collier Austin Lubkemann, VALIDITY NOKIA OF VELOCITY PULSE WAVE SCALE VERSUS GOLD STANDARD APPLANATION TONOMETRY IN A YOUNG POPULATION HEALTHY O2max) exercise O2max) tests. exercise During ̇ O2max. Each trial was separated by 15-20 ̇ AthleticTraining, Undergraduate Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st High intensity and prolonged exercise results in oxidative stress due to the generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species. This negatively negatively species. This oxygen radicals and reactive generation the of free due to stress in oxidative results exercise and prolonged intensity High hydrogen Catalase, performance. a naturally-occurring enzyme, converts antioxidant muscle contractile function and exercise skeletal impacts of disease context the within been studied mice have catalase transgenic (mCAT) Mitochondrial-targeted and oxygen. water to peroxide grip The purpose measure to was been characterized. study of this not capacity have muscle function and exercise but skeletal pathology, muscle, heart, of skeletal catalase and mitochondria in the overexpress mice that endurance in mCAT and exercise capacity, exercise strength, test capacity exercise maximal a test, strength grip wild-type (WT)and forelimb a old) performed mo mice (3-8 littermate mCAT tissues. other and 48 exhaustion, to incline) every m•min-1 3 by speed stage treadmill and 10° stages 2-min of increasing by followed up, warm (10-min in any existed differences No exhaustion. incline) to at 10° of 22 m•min-1 speed (constant treadmill endurance test hours an exercise later grip alter does not and WT catalase enzyme overexpression mitochondrial findings that mice, (p>0.05, all). These mCAT suggest between test endurance in mice. or exercise capacity, exercise treadmill strength, EXERCISE CHARACTERISTICS IN MITOCHONDRIAL CATALASE OVEREXPRESSING MICE OVEREXPRESSING CATALASE IN MITOCHONDRIAL CHARACTERISTICS EXERCISE Faculty Mentor: Zwetsloot, Kevin Health Sciences Shriya Rao, CharlestonCoauthor(s): D. E. Gaillard, Alexander Klatt, McKinley, J. Benjamin R. T. Andrew Brooke Shanely, E. Christian, and A. Kevin Zwetsloot Shriya Rao, the the second visit, participants completed three, 6-min constant work rate cycling trials at inspiratory placed in the were and trials, additional ventilatory cycling of the 50% dead space or resistors two During recovery. of passive minutes V examined cycling during the (RPU) were of breathlessness and unpleasantness (RPB) breathlessness expiratoryof perceived lines. Ratings additional ventilatory the control, dead space with As compared procedures. all testing participants completed (one female) Two trials. Results: increased severely less generation, resistors pressure greater requiring Despite respectively. 2.0±0.0 and 2.5±0.7 AU, RPB and RPU by increased to be related may individuals Conclusion: Exertional dyspnea in healthy respectively). AU, and 1.3±1.1 (1.5±0.7 control and RPU above RPB respiratory the of muscles. required work rather total the than expansion, wall or chest blood of the composition chemical the Introduction: The underlying mechanisms of exertional dyspnea in otherwise healthy individuals are not completely understood. Purpose: understood. completely not dyspnea are individuals of exertional otherwise in underlying mechanisms The healthy Introduction: initial visit, During the Methods: students. in college-aged dyspnea exercise during to purposeThe examine related to is factors study of this participants standardized completed body composition, pulmonary function, and maximal aerobic capacity (V Faculty Mentor: Jonathon Stickford, Health Sciences Stickford Jonathon Coauthor(s): Jayvaughn Oliver, EXERTIONAL DYSPNEA IN ADULTS YOUNG Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is a common surgerya is is often populations, and athletic among done necessary (ACLR) continue ligament reconstruction cruciate to Anterior arthrogenic inhibition, muscle muscle due to quadriceps of the is atrophy ACLR following problem A common lifestyle. active a physically deficits, of these rehabilitative nature neuromuscular of the Because in strength. losses muscle and subsequent the of inactivation leading to muscle activation. improve used to are stimulation as electrical such and modalities strength, quadriceps is often sufficient not restore to exercise after in strength improvements to rehabilitation with contributed if electrical stimulation and determine literature the review aimed to We appraised for were and databases: and SPORTDiscus three PubMed, CINAHL, through found were Articles topic this surrounding ACLR. of patients strength aid in the to stimulation electrical articles five of the appraised found Four and statistical quality. quality, applicability, included of care standard the a time when during be of no use occurred to electrical stimulation one article The found that ACLR. following adequate and had quality methodological strong All articles results. the employed impacted negatively have immobilization, and may prolonged intervention an effective is for stimulation use of electrical the that concluded therefore reporting and clinical significance. of statistical We in patients post-ACLR. muscle strength of quadriceps recovery aiding in the Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle, Health Sciences Jones, Kevin Coauthor(s): Alan Needle, Jennifer Howard Victoria Nothnagel, IN COLLEGIATEATHLETES DOESPOST ELECTRICALHOW SURGERY, ACL STIMULATION WITH REHABILITATIONCOMPARED TO REHABILITATION ALONE AFFECT STRENGTH? 84 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 85 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Graduate Science, Exercise Exercise Science, Undergraduate Science, Exercise The scientific community has established that for most women, the benefits of exercise during pregnancy far outweigh any potential risks. The The risks. potential any outweigh far pregnancy during benefits the of exercise women, most scientificThe established community has for that in living women in pregnant and exercise activity, about physical and beliefs the self-reported behaviors purpose determine is to study of this activity physical interventional aimed at increasing findings the that develop studies to can be utilized It is our objective rural North Carolina. local to distributed Surveys and families. local women were aid in community-based for and to education events women, among pregnant surveys. partially participants Seven completed returned (20-36 years) counties. Twelve and surrounding centers health in Watauga women’s moderate agree (71.4%) women fewer safe, is exercise intensity light that agree women of 85.7% survey following: the indicate results complete of participants reported exercises that 71.5% safe. is exercise intensity vigorous that agree only 42.9% of women while is safe, exercise intensity This unsafe. contact are and falling physical for potential involving activities that felt and all respondents unsafe, are abdominal twists involving best the us determine help and will in rural North Carolina, beliefs of women about exercise knowledge gaps in data current the to contributes current the Due to during pregnancy. health women’s improve help to methods, or other resources, education, through whether approaches, conclusions. definitive data make size, more is needed to small sample HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS AMONG PREGNANT IN WOMEN RURAL COMMUNITIES Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford, Health Sciences AbigailCoauthor(s): Stickford, Goodman Taylor Emma Taylor, Faculty Mentor: Jonathon Stickford, Health Sciences pulmonary worsen may to and contribute function in swimming pool environments by-products disinfectant to exposure repeated The benefits airway to function in swimmers EIB. with protective exhibit may in swimmers. of EIB oil supplementation, Fish however, symptoms swim an indoor indicators of pulmonary over spirometric or not function change assess whether to purposeThe is threefold: study of this course the season of a swim over in swimmersin FEV1 worsen EIB with swimmers, assess if a decrease collegiate to season in competitive efficacy on the coursethe of fish-oil of a swim season. It is supplementation investigation in swimmers over EIB with a pilot perform and to swimmers and EIB with course the season in competitive of an indoor swim over will increase airway that hyperresponsiveness hypothesized swimmers Competitive EIB. with placebo, in competitive with as compared fish oil supplementation airway will attenuate hyperresponsiveness, Swimmers underwent participation pulmonary study. in the for recruited function and submaximal exercise were ages 18-25 swimmers (n=13) pulmonary assessed at 3 and period. Additionally, was function and after (if part an eight-week testing portion EIB of the before study) of the researchers 8 weeks, in FEV1 over changes SPSS data in the were software. there Though ANOVA Data using a one-way analyzed 6 weeks. was season. swim course the week of an eight or FEV1 over observed in FVC no statistically significant changes Hannah Snyder, INDICES FUNCTION AIRWAY OF IN IN-SEASON COLLEGIATE SWIMMERS OVER EIGHT WEEKS Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine sympathetic neural, cardiovascular, and perceptual responses to the cold pressor test (CPT) in in (CPT) test pressor cold the to responses perceptual and Purpose:neural, cardiovascular, purpose The examine sympathetic to is study the of sedentary healthy n=4) and (SED; (PA; active and sedentary physically screening, Afteractive Methods: a pre-health women. physically young arterial where blood pressure(SBP; laboratory the function testing, to autonomic Subjects returned for test. a VO2max completed n=2) women a two-minute during, and following before, continuously recorded nerve heartDBP), were activity(MSNA) and muscle sympathetic rate(HR), ±1.9 in BMI(22.7 similar were and SED women Results:PA CPT. the following immediately pain on a scale of 1-10 their Subjects rated CPT. more performed women DBP:72 ±8 vs. mmHg; 75 ±7 mmHg).PA ±15 vs. ±3 113 blood pressure(SBP:115 kg/m2), and resting vs. 23.6 ±1.1 HR(62 ± 11 Resting VO2max. in a higher resulted which vs 0 ±0 min/week) ±136 SED(319 than per week activity physical moderate-vigorous SBP(peak increments: similar had groups both CPT, the During PA. in lower was bursts/min) ± 1 vs.± 7 MSNA(7 and bpm) 17 12 ± vs.76 Δ = +26 ±22 mmHg, vs. respectively), DBP(peak +41 ±5 Δ vs.= +17 +22 mmHg),HR(peak Δ ±4 = vs. +14 ±1 +10 bpm),and MSNA(peak Δ = aerobic Conclusion:Chronic ±1.5). vs. 7.4 ±1.1 ratingsPA(8.8 pain than reported higher slightly vs. women bursts/min).SED ±8 +28 ±15 +36 responses. neural and cardiovascular similar sympathetic displayed groups both pain sensitivity; however, lower to activity correlates physical Faculty Mentor: Abigail Stickford, Health Sciences R. Abigail Goodman, Taylor S.LCoauthor(s): Stickford Emma K. Taylor, Danna Rodriguez, EFFECTS PHYSICAL OF ACTIVITY SYMPATHETIC, ON CARDIOVASCULAR, AND PERCEPTUAL RESPONSESTO PAINFUL A STIMULUS Global Studies, Undergraduate French, Graduate AthleticTraining, Undergraduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Darci Arts Gardner, and Sciences phenomenon, this for common explanations of dégénéréscence in fin-de-siècle investigating concept France, the explore aims to project This social unrest The be introduced. will then explanations Alternative recently. more experts historians by time and by at the as understood be in decline will a society was embrace of the fin-de-siècle idea that of the society as cause of and a result as both can be understood which crime, Statistics regarding exhibited. brands a similar were of pessimism eras during which other it to comparing by context a broader put into of handling the manner in which and the generally taken state of the as indicators of society areas populations, and other institutionalized part on the figures those media influences of the fin-de-siècle the Modern knowledge public opinion will be examined, era and others. in both certain to how and predisposed are perception of modes we which in understandways the better to applied be then will biases cognitive of in fin-de-siècle provoked concern it and the dégénérescence obsession with sum, the In society. our attitudes toward shape predispositions those cynicism and fatalism, rather a truly unique than toward tendency human of a recurring as only a notable manifestation will be revealed society moment in history: trend. of a larger a case study Courtney Roberts, DÉGÉNÉRESCENCE IN FIN-DE-SIÈCLE FRANCE: A CASE STUDY LANGUAGES, LITERATURES ANDLANGUAGES, CULTURES After several waves of attacks and countless threats, France's interior security policy has come to combat counter-terrorism more so than any any so than more combat counter-terrorism come to has policy security interior France's of attacks and countless threats, waves After several security attacks allowed 2015 after November the instituted a state of emergency years, three past of the most For security. to threat other Because judicial approval. minimal with and investigate activities, propertiesterrorist of suspected surveillance,personnelperform to search policy a permanent security it fit institute to saw Emmanuel Macron President lessened, not has state the caused that emergency of threat the liberties, civil diminished concerns with security the address to similar to powers and government enforcement maintainsthat law heightened liberties on civil security interior worth imposition France's that security the perceived Is the question: the answer I seek to state of emergency. of description a comprehensive in France, timeline of attacks an accurate and policy adjustment provide to In so doing, I hope policy provides? and an assessment policy, of current a spectrum of public opinions, an analysis and effectiveness legality of the debate, policy actors in the key conflict As this analysis a timely contribute will study this worth the policy. of the citizens evaluate present, in the developing is French of how a history context. issue for of the and provide response public the as explain policy as well and past of current THE DEBATE OVER FRENCH INTERIOR SECURITY SINCE THE TERRORIST 2015 ATTACKS: SECURITY VS. CIVIL LIBERTIES Faculty Mentor: Michael Behrent, Arts and Sciences Mary Kate McCann, HISTORY Emerging evidence suggests cognitive demand is a factor for injury recurrence among patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI); however, instabilityankle however, (CAI); injury chronic with patients among for factor a is demand recurrence cognitive suggests evidence Emerging of multiple effect the determine to aimed tasks single-modality conflicting to contributing only investigates We results. research previous to recruited were controls) healthy 16 CAI; Thirty-two CAI. with on dynamic balance in individuals modalities cognitive participants (16 each trials were Five 15s. balance for to asked were they where platform, a force a series of 20 single-leg hop-to-stabilizations onto perform tasks Judgment of Line Orientation including cognitive Sevens (SDM), Modalities Serial Digit Symbol (JLO), as subjects completed performed Analyses and conditions. revealed of variance stabilize groups time to (CON). The load after(SVN) analyzed across was hop the or no cognitive p=0.382), where vertical stability (F=1.034, for groups between but a significantdifference stability, and lateral forward for effects no group unstable) JLO than (more greater was TTS in SVN (5.584±0.110s) revealed testing hoc Post controls. to compared in CAI worse balance was although controls, patients from CAI differentiate did not modalities cognitive dynamic balance with indicate results These (5.342±0.119s). observed tasks without and with between were While differences strategies. landing different population indicating in this worse balance was rehabilitation. for has this implications it is unclear what components, visual Faculty Mentor: Alan Needle, Health Sciences NeedleCoauthor(s): Alan R, Bearden Anna Doughton C, JHorton. Elizabeth Watson, THE EFFECTS MULTIPLE OF MODALITIES COGNITIVE OF LOAD DYNAMIC ON BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY. 86 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 87 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Mathematics, Undergraduate The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the modified NUTrition Risk in the critically ill (mNUTRIC) score’s ability to to ability critically ill (mNUTRIC) score’s Risk in the modified the evaluate NUTrition to was project purposeThe improvement quality of this than more mortality for CCU the predict to hospitalcommunity admitted a patients in adult All stay of length and ruralin North Carolina. study. this necessary of the from missing one or more excluded data were who points were analysis. this Patients for considered hours were 24 score mNUTRIC a received 36.7% sample, total the risk.Of nutritional high a represented ≥5 scores calculated; hand were scores mNUTRIC of > 5. Six deaths occurred during the data collection period; all deceased patients had a mNUTRIC score of ≥5. mNUTRIC score a high of patients with Low mNUTRIC and 81.8% high respectively. days and 17.0 days of 10.7 of stay length an average patient’s had mNUTRIC score RDN personally the patients was 48 hours. an RDN within Primary mNUTRIC score assessment in high RDN assessed by for were reason of mortality predictor for of stay and length is a strong score the mNUTRIC identified that nutritional risk. patient at high suggest the Results practice facility’s in the as a routine mNUTRIC score of the implementation that also indicate CCUs. Results facility’s the to patients admitted therapy. nutrition intensive prompt, benefit from may identifying patients who patient outcomes by in improved result CCUs may IMPLEMENTATION THE OF MNUTRIC SCORE IN RURAL CRITICAL CARE UNITS: A CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth, Health Sciences NoelCoauthor(s): Barnwell, Katrina M. Weavil, Margaret Barth, L. Thompson Kyle Jessica Barnwell, NUTRITION AND HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE NUTRITION WOODCARB3 expands the capabilities of the WOODCARB2 spreadsheet model by changing to an R package platform. The conversion The conversion an R package platform. to changing model by spreadsheet WOODCARB2 capabilities of the the expands WOODCARB3 datasets. data This other with ease of integration the manipulation, analysis, and reporting. capability for It also increases brings increased types of analysis of the package. Examples WOODCARB3 the for potential some of the and demonstrates results describes some of the poster possible include uncertainty pathways. and alternate model dynamics, analysis, analysis, sensitivity alternate ANALYZING AND INFLUENCING CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN HARVESTED PRODUCTS WOOD Faculty Mentor: Eric Marland, Arts and Sciences AlanCoauthor(s): Arnholt, Hannah X Laws, Andrew Sullivan Kelly Loucks, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Faculty Mentor: Paul Wallace, Education in engagement, and affect of presence, feeling levels, anxiety evaluate aimed to project an overview of a research presentationThis provides provide MR technology VR and (MR) gameplay. reality virtual and mixed desktop, (VR), reality compares project The gaming experiences. video have they affordable, more become have technologies these As an environment. in presence physical a simulate that sounds and images realistic industries. gaming and other by been adopted responses of emotional investigation media, and the is an important dimension design in interactive aspect of user experience affective The engaging more producing experiences gaming of design the to lead could they Potentially, situations. and environments MR and VR to measures assessment, combining self-report multimodal and objective integrated employed study aim, this that To and involvement. interaction gauge used to state were evaluation emotional of and situations. Self-report measures gaming environments various toward and anxiety of affect real-time measured which sensor, assessed using a wearable were measures Physiological of stress. and level emotions and describe different (EDA). activity including electrodermal and arousal, indicators of anxiety Preliminary results play. game MR and desktop than stressful, also more participants that engaging, yet It is expected will find be more VR to of data presentation. in this analysis will be presented John Leppard, MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO VIDEO GAMEMODALITIES LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st BACKGROUND: The extent to which birthweight influences future risk of developing metabolic syndrome and chronic diseases has been has diseases birthweight influences which chronic and to metabolic extent The syndrome developing of risk future BACKGROUND: findings. these confound may and social factors environmental if other however, unclear, It remains widely theorized. of risk on an individual's birthweight (LBW) and low examined birthweight of high (HBW) effects the study This OUTCOME: RESEARCH factors. social, and environmental behavioral, consideration with of lifetime in life; later metabolic syndrome developing and metabolic with identify individuals Risk in Communities (ARIC) dataset syndrome used to was Atherosclerosis METHODS: The risk and adulthood as childhood analysis also included in the such were covariates Pertinent or LBW. reported who individuals HBW either metabolic with syndrome. and HBW LBW compare analysis used to was regression Logistic metabolic syndrome. for factors pertinentby and socioeconomic attenuated was risk of metabolic syndrome and future LBW between relationship A possible RESULTS: was participant the metabolicand definedthat syndrome factors influence. risk both familial their and HBW lifestyle-related between A link found. not risk multifaceted the support However, of birth adult metabolic with does not syndrome. a correlation weight work This CONCLUSIONS: similarly influence that factors socioeconomic and lifestyle genetic, to be attributed a may of metabolic syndrome development in the factors birthweight infant. an extreme of delivering likelihood mother's EXTREME BIRTHWEIGHTS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN ADULTHOOD Faculty Mentor: Martin Root, Health Sciences MartinCoauthor(s): Root, Margaret Barth, Thompson Kyle Emily Curlin, The purpose of this study was to examine the possible inverse relationship between total meat intake or processed meat intake on insulin meat intake total or processed between relationship purposeThe examine to possible inverse the was study of this participants’ calculate used to (QUICKI) was Index Check Insulin Sensitivity Quantitative The (BMI). index body mass by as mediated sensitivity cohort. Communities In Risk analysis Mediation was Atherosclerosis the of 1 Visit from used data Cross-sectional were sensitivity. insulin kg/m2, meat intake 1.76 total was 27.3 mean BMI was The Hayes. Andrew by SPSS developed for macro PROCESS using the conducted meat intake total As hypothesized, 0.34. was score mean QUICKI and the meat intake 0.44 was servings processed servings per day, per day, with -0.0034) -0.0044 model was effect total (95% CI: -0.0054, significant The inverse insulin sensitivity. significantlywas lower with associated effect indirect The effect. total of the majority the accounting for indirectly CI: -0.0033, -0.0024)] [-0.0029 (95% effect BMI a significant inverse also significantly decreased meat was with associated meat intake total Processed on QUICKI. association between 66% of the for accounted meat intake as mediated and QUICKI processed association between the effect, each significant for p values having despite However, QUICKI. confidence intervals the findings that These effects. suggest indirect and overlapping due to direct of the inconclusive considered BMI was by on BMI effect its by is contributed of meat on insulin sensitivity small effect majority of the DOES MASS BODY INDEX MEDIATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MEAT INTAKE AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY? Faculty Mentor: Martin Root, Health Sciences MartinCoauthor(s): Thompson, Root, Kyle Margaret Barth, Camille Ekker-Runde Abigale Clapham, Abigale Faculty Mentor: Martin Root, Health Sciences Health Martin Root, Mentor: Faculty Melissa Gutschall Kimberly Fasczewski, MartinCoauthor(s): Root, of life. on quality effects profound and has US and Canada adults in the of older 16-25% affects impairment Cognitive BACKGROUND: been inconsistent. have but results in some studies, function cognitive better with been associated has (MedDiet) Diet Mediterranean a to Adherence the taken from Data decline. METHODS: were of cognitive rates and adherence MedDiet between relationship analyze the To OBJECTIVE: data MedDiet assess to used was questionnaire frequency Food US. the in counties 4 45-64age adults from 15,792 included which study, ARIC Symbol Digit Recall, Word assessed using Delayed was function Cognitive Dietary Score. Mediterranean-Style the to according adherence Pattern between association assess the used to was Linear regression follow-up. baseline and six-year at administered tests Fluency and Word Substitution, grain whole and for sub-scores 20.0 ± 6.5 with was score MedDiet average The function. RESULTS: in cognitive and change score MedDiet in change and cognitive Score MedDiet between no significant was relationship There respectively. ± 1.1, and 0.4 ± 1.1 1.2 at wine consumption particularly adherence, ARIC participants grain in whole and MedDiet low had models. CONCLUSIONS: demographic, or complete univariate, participants. among ARIC change significantly cognitive with associated not was adherence MedDiet wine consumption. AshleyChilders, A PROSPECTIVE STUDY MEDITERRANEAN OF DIET ADHERENCE AND COGNITIVE DECLINE 88 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 89 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Objective: The objective of this observational study was to evaluate adherence to a volume-based enteral nutrition catch-up feeding protocol protocol feeding catch-up nutrition enteral observational a volume-based of this to objective The adherence evaluate to was Objective: study adult four the of each in days eight Data for Methods: collected was center. medical comprehensive a in ICUs adult patients in four ICU in patient each to provided volume formula enteral the am, 8:15 and am hours the 7:45 of Hospital.Memorial Cone H. Moses at ICUs Between continuous patient receiving of each pump the feeding after checking hours eight recorded was 32 hours previous and in the previous in the used was EMR The volume. 32-hour the from subtracting volume 8-hour the by calculated was volume 24-hour previous nutrition. The enteral during the been stopped had feeding if the excluded Data Results: were nutrition prescription. enteral patient’s each collect datato regarding yet not and been removed had tube restarted been feeding patient’s the or if yet not had and intolerance patient hours to due 24 previous and standard reference the from (p < 0.001) different statistically was SD = 24.5%) data (81.2%, goal volume mean of all percent The replaced. adult ICUs the that show results Conclusions: The ICUs (p = 0.155). between no statistically significant differences were There goal of 100%. may improvement Opportunities volume. for feeding enteral of their goal 24-hour 100% patients with goal of providing the achieve did not RNs. specifically toward education directed include protocol Faculty Mentor: Martin Root, Health Sciences MartinCoauthor(s): Root, Heather Pitts, Kimberly Harris, Thompson, Kyle and Debbie Underwood Kathleen Jablonski, ADHERENCEEVALUATING TO A VOLUME-BASED FEEDING PROTOCOL IN FOUR INTENSIVE ADULT CARE UNITS Food security status (FSS) is associated with obesity and other nutrition-related chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) purpose The diseases. determine: to was study this of chronic nutrition-related security status obesity and other with (FSS) is associated Food improving around churches local with two formed were utilized among a rural population. Partnerships coping strategies FSS and 2) food the survey locations. The following included the church at both survey A cross-sectional administered (n=95) was community. access in the food 3) dietary coping strategies, and 4) socio-demographic behaviors, activity Module, 2) food FS Household and physical 10-Item 1) USDA topics: food 48.4% were 95 respondents, Of the study. the approved IRB university coded and analyzed using SPSS. The were Responses information. coping strategies. of use of food a significant was FSS predictor hunger.” security with “very indicated food low 22.1% and, of those, insecure p<.05), (X2(10)=22.711, food free was there functions where community 1) attending were: coping strategies indicated frequently most five The it last make to food 3) stretching p<.05), pizza, candy) (X2(10)=26.829, ramen, (e.g. noodles, frozen food processed cheap, 2) purchasing food for money and 5) borrowing p<.001), pantryfood bank or (X2(10)=54.959, a food from 4) obtaining food p<.01), longer (X2(10)=33.311, populations. Churches food-insecure for foods healthy to access intervene Communities can short-term provide to p<.001). (X2(10)=49.436, pantries and community gardens. establishment access including the of food food improving a prime target for communities are and faith-based Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall, Health Sciences Christiana, Conner Hege, Richard Adam Lanae Cami Hubbard, Gleason-Wallace Ball, W. Coauthor(s): Cameron Hubbard, FOOD SECURITY STATUS IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA: EXPLORING COPING STRATEGIES AMONG COMMUNITY RESIDENTS Food insecurity plagues roughly 48.1 million, or 1 in 6 Americans, with over half of all very food insecure counties categorized in a rural counties categorized insecure very of all half food over with or 1 in 6 Americans, million, 48.1 roughly insecurity plagues Food needs of vulnerable the populations been addressing has center, and resource Coalition (HHC), a local food Hunger and Health The setting. a community-academic explored study This households. insecure in food living are of residents 19% than more County where in Watauga selection food and self-efficacy knowledge improve to increase to aimed initiatives partnership implementing of designing and feasibility the and collect to design, aimed food-pantryamong security used a mixed-methods study This clients. food will increase in turn which behaviors, observation Data and evaluation. design and implementation, approach: and feedback, data a three-step through and quantitative qualitative of surveys levels and validated assess participation and subsequent developed aimed to previously via initiatives in nutrition collected was Self-efficacy winter/spring. analyzed this and was is an important of 2017 fall the in Data and self-efficacy. completed collection was knowledge food skills, knowledge, increased demonstrate clients will that is intended It choices. food into in translating knowledge that determinant gained meals. Insights nutrient-dense prepare to items food selections and using donated and self-efficacy food making healthier for security, target the audience. reach to improvements program in future will result and evaluation implementation through Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall, Health Sciences Melissa Thompson Gutschall, Barth, Margaret Kyle Coauthor(s): Katharine Garrity, Katharine REPORTEDSELF EFFICACY AMONG PARTICIPANTSNUTRITION OF SERVICES LOCALA AT FOOD BANK AND RESOURCECENTER IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Introduction: Blueberries possess anthocyanins which exert anti-hypertensive properties and may reduce blood pressure. The objective of the of the objective The blood pressure. reduce properties and may anti-hypertensive exert which Blueberries possess anthocyanins Introduction: velocity examine of daily blueberry to effect the was (BP), augmentationstudy (AIx), and central pulse wave index on blood pressure ingestion (n=22), who Participants Methods: hours post-consumption. one and two effects assess acute period and to a three-week over (cPWV) weekly and consumed 38 g/d of freeze-dried (n=12) or B A (n=10) group randomized into of age, were 70 years 40 to and were inclusion criteria met three, end of week the At at baseline and weekly. measured AIx, and cPWV were BP, weeks. three for blueberry or placebo, respectively, powder treatments of ingestion Chronic Results: hours post-consumption. takentwo and one at were measures acute and ingested, were B or A of g 38 were significantdifferences no point further to point comparison, Upon SBP. for interaction time x significantin treatment resulted time over of ingestion acute (p=0.036). However, Interaction x Time (p=0.593), and Treatment Time (p=0.109), Treatment observed. were Main effects for found were significant differences No (p=0.015). Interaction x Time blueberry (p=0.03) and Treatment in significant Time resulted powder was cPWV since distensibility, vessel in change a by mediated be to found not was SBP acute in change The Conclusion: cPWV. or AIx, DBP, examined study. in this not change a physiologic due to was change the Therefore, altered. not TIME COURSE BLUEBERRY OF INGESTION MEASURES ON ARTERIAL OF STIFFNESS AND BLOOD PRESSURE Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty, Health Sciences ConnerCoauthor(s): McGraw, Ali Price Beth Magyar, Pressley, McAnulty, Steve Thompson, St. Clair, Kyle Scott Lisa Collier, McAnulty Julieanne Pike, Introduction: While food insecurity (FI) is a prevalent problem among college students, no previous studies have identified among college rates have studies no previous among college students, problem (FI) is a prevalent insecurity food While Introduction: freshmen. of FI among college and correlates identify prevalence aimed to study This freshmen. containing an online letter a link to an email recruitment received (N= 2,744) Freshmen survey. cross-sectional A descriptive, Methods: using the USDA/ERS status security determined was analyzed using SPSS. Food Data using Qualtrics. were administered questionnaire (p≤0.05 significance). performed were procedures and inferential AFSSM. Descriptive academic progress poorer with correlated FI was 21.4%. of FI rate a freshmen AFSSM indicated the responses, viable 413 Of the Results: nearly twice as (p<0.05). Males were expenses non-food and increased usage (p<0.0001), meal skipping (p<0.05), coping strategies (p<0.01), and anxious (35.7%, frustrated feeling with associated (p<0.05). FI was as likely half and financial aid users were be FI (p<0.001) to likely financial aid (55.6%-63.0%). meal plan, a job, or more affordable a more desired students FI p≤0.005). Most impairment, FI and academic progress an association between suggested results The at ASU. freshmen one out of five affects Conclusions: FI emotions. and negative meal skipping, financial stress, Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur, Health Sciences LauraCoauthor(s): McArthur, Elaine Wartinger, Kimberly Fasczewski Jordan Miller, PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES CAMPUS OF FOOD INSECURITY AMONG FRESHMEN ATTENDING A UNIVERSITY IN APPALACHIA Objective: Convenience foods have become more popular in the United States, including rural Appalachia. Many processed foods contain foods processed Many States, rural including Appalachia. United in the popular more become have foods Convenience Objective: recipes Appalachian historical Studying disparities. health diet-related contributing to fats, sugar and saturated amounts of sodium, excessive dietary effective develop help interventionsmay traditional based on foods. whole cookbooks. Appalachian historical of 15 exploration Design: Qualitative librarian at research the from advisement with selected cookbooks reflecting were diet traditional the Appalachian Comprehensive Methods: with sub-categories and 31 research based on previous categories major four coded into Eury were Collection. Cookbooks Appalachian W.L. the consensus of findings and researchers. among the comparison sugarsand fats added by followed combined), mentions (2,720 group, food mentioned frequently most the were and vegetables Fruits Results: (601 vegetables fruit mentions), (267 berries, mentions), fruits (297 tree were sub-categories fruit and vegetable top (2,002 mentions). The (490 mentions). vegetables mentions), and bulb oral history analyses from previous Conclusion: While interviews a significant dietary also suggest were diets of fruits and vegetables, basis reported actual dietaryto ingredients cookbook develop include comparing to patterns may research beans and corn. Future by dominated patients. rural Appalachian for consumption meaningful interventions fruit and vegetable aimed at increasing Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall, Health Sciences CodyCoauthor(s): McRee, Thompson, Kyle Alisha Farris, Melissa Gutschall Kelsey Johnson, DEFINING THE TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN AN DIET: ANALYSIS KEY OF REGIONAL COOKBOOKS 90 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 91 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty, Health Sciences LisaCoauthor(s): McAnulty, Thompson, Kyle Melinda Parks assigned medical center in a regional of patients characteristics key describe to was project (QI) purposePlan: The improvement quality of this insulin with characteristics key of these associations any sliding scale plus basal-bolus insulin, determine to sliding scale insulin compared to QI. of this topic the to related further improvement for and identify possible areas regimen, general on the medical floor stayed patients that using adult diabetic conducted was medical chart review of a regional retrospective Do: This sliding scale receive to a physician assigned by were All patients 2017. 25th, September to 2017 1st, September from in North Carolina center of body mass determination for and weight height Age,insulin or sliding scale plus basal-bolus insulin, based on blood glucose control. gender, analysis. analyzed using chi-square and data were recorded, of hospital length and (BMI), were index (LOS) stay sliding to addition in insulin basal-bolus given were 15 and alone insulin scale sliding given were 24 study, this in patients 39 the Of Study: non-obese status obese or LOS (BMI), or assignment and age, gender, group no association between analysis showed scale insulin. Chi-square all measures). (p>0.05 for the investigate should projects QI Future or LOS. BMI, assigned and age, gender, significant observed association was insulin regimen Act: No for parameters. relevant assigned and hospital and other medications, insulin regimen diabetic A1c, home diagnosis, hemoglobin between relationship SLIDING SCALE INSULIN VS. SLIDING SCALE AND BASAL-BOLUS INSULIN REGIMENS IN HOSPITALIZED DIABETIC PATIENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Caroline Sharrits, Caroline Food insecurity amongst college students is becoming of increasing concern as studies are finding that college students are facing food insecurity insecurity food facing are finding college students that are concern as studies is becoming of increasing college students insecurity amongst Food or uncertain limited insecurity is having definition The acceptable access, in socially of food average. national the than higher much at rates and female male insecure food compare to aimed study present This life. and healthy sustains that active an diet and safe an adequate to ways survey email via distributed was anonymous genders. A cross-sectional both insecurity for of food possible predictors and determine students expenditure, money as coping strategies, such factors security status other along with assess food to academic year 2015-2016 during the We being female. identified 39% being male and 61% with were insecurity and demographics. of 393 cases of food A total academic progress, scale, coping strategy of the results Male gender, as follows: and are insecurity food for variables predictor following identify the also able to were there Students, State University among Appalachian insecurity of food prevalence high this Given themselves. don't cook for who and students students. among undergraduate food access to improve to policy change level state and university is a need for Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur, Health Sciences LauraCoauthor(s): McArthur, Lanae Ball, Don Holbert Dylan Rudisill, PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES FOOD INSECURITY OF AMONG UNDERGRADUATES APPALACHIAN AT STATE UNIVERSITY: A ANALYSIS GENDER PLAN: Evidence suggests that oral nutrition supplements (ONS) improve nutritional status, reduce length of hospital stay (LOS), reduce of hospital length reduce status, (LOS), nutritional reduce stay oral that improve supplements (ONS) nutrition suggests PLAN: Evidence carried (QIP) Project Improvement Quality of this objective The of life. quality enhance and, overall, healing, wound improve readmissions, the improved (IDT) of an Intake Documentationimplementation if determine Tool hospitalout in a community to was in North Carolina (MST), a Tool Screening Malnutrition The (RNs). DO: Nurses Registered (EMR) by medical record intake of ONS electronic the in recording a MST patient with score any for ordered all patients. An ONS is automatically to nutrition risk, determine is administered to tool validated delegate to RNs allowing by documentation compliance improve might the IDT that investigators the by thought It was <18. >2 and/or BMI STUDY: Certified Assistants, and meal delivery Nursing Nutritionists, Dietitian employees. nutrition staff to monitoring including Registered rate compliance IDT, of the implementation the to EMR. Prior the to compared were months course the of four over ONS orders of 67 A total appropriate by IDT of the Implementation ACT: ongoing QIP. is an This IDT. of the introduction 40.3% following to 6.4% and increased was goal desired the however, ONS documentation 34%; in increasing by effective ONS documentation was IDT RNs. The the by staff improved IDT. of the ongoing education, training, and reinforcement need for the due to achieved not of 90% was Faculty Mentor: Lisa McAnulty, Health Sciences LisaCoauthor(s): McAnulty, Thompson, Kyle Alisun Boldrini, Margaret Barth Mabel Rodriguez,Mabel DEVELOPMENT INTAKE OF DOCUMENTATION TOOL ORAL FOR NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Introduction: Few publications have documented the impact of implementing a room service a room of implementing foodservicefacilities impact the documented care model in health publications have Few Introduction: line tray purpose the of improving for Sigma methodology Lean Six utilized operating traditional foodservicecurrently research models. This a suburban general evaluating hospital’s service spent six weeks room foodservice meal delivery and investigator The production times. Method: Lean Six and meal delivery line production following times while tray purpose the an interventionmodel and implementing of improving for in the collected delivery defined meal delivery first in the were and patient meal tray phase metrics time times were Target Sigma methodology. The phase. intervention benefitfrom flow Improve in the would that identify an area A detailedsecond phase. to work chart developed was measured of the in any no significant reductions were There Results: on meal trays. placement silverware for pre-wrapping intervention involved were metrics of set complete the of DeliveryMeal component a as Time for significant,statistically required minutes the not Although metrics. of actual Meal Delivery comparisons and after- the intervention. before- significantly reduced, not Conclusion: Although following reduced further of other study for avenue be a promising meal delivery Lean total that of the Six Sigma may indicate as a component process Time interventions or combinations of intervention. Faculty Mentor: Thompson, Kyle Health Sciences Haft; Lyn MarlonCoauthor(s): Davis; McAnulty; Steven Thompson Kyle Christopher Thompson, IMPROVING MEALDELIVERY TIMES IN SERVICE A ROOM FOODSERVICE IN MODEL A SUBURBAN HOSPITAL: A LEAN SIX SIGMA APPROACH Introduction Undergraduate students in the health-related fields participating health-related in the students service-learning in community Undergraduate opportunities improve Introduction may services providing while members community in need. Service-learning to and cultural competency discipline-specific learning competencies learning desired at achieving been effective have and programs, curriculum of undergraduate the been included within opportunities have to was project of this objective The community-academic partnerships security. regarding is available evidence targetingoutcomes. Limited food settings: different in two experience Production Food Quantity their completing students dietetic of undergraduate learning outcomes compare community 75 meals for prepared HHC (n=10) pantry, (HHC). Methods Coalition Hunger and Health local food the (OC), versus on campus dietetics 18 included scales Rating outcomes. learning of achievement their self-rate to asked intervention,were students members.Following expectations, Likert service using a 5-item scale. meet rated and five not or did meets, learning competencies, as exceeds, rated competencies, significantly higher HHC demonstrated Results groups. between in responses differences assess the to used was t-test An independent samples service of the results OC (p<0.5). The to and four compared learning outcomes when competencies dietetics of the four learning outcomes for specific learning outcomes. pantry local food in the improved working students dietetic undergraduate that suggest project of this Faculty Mentor: Melissa Gutschall, Health Sciences Keenan Kelsey Coauthor(s): Corinne Spiczenski, Corinne DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING OUTCOMES BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE DIETETICS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CAMPUS- BASED VS.COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE 92 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 93 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth, Health Sciences Melissa Gutschall, Alisha Barth. Margaret Farris, Coauthor(s): leaders create to and school professionals, childcare teachers, to training and resources NC, provides in western Learn, a nonprofit Lettuce to them enable naturalthe world, with opportunitieseducation experiential place-based, children engage holistic, to for landscapes edible supporting development curriculum the core nutrition and encouragebuilding sustainable A need for communities. choices, healthy make surveyed among the were interest of education topics leadership Learn Nutrition team. Lettuce the identified was by eating objective heathy choices healthy make to use MyPlate (5.NPA.1.1) 1. Living objectives: NC Healthful to identified related were leadership and 3 topics team more are that beverages categorize morning; 3. (3.NPA.2.3) each a nutritious breakfast eat to use MyPlate 2. (3.NPA.1.1) beverages; of foods/ lesson included Each nutrition education resources. recognized of national, variety using a developed lesson plans were nutrient dense. The and points; a post-test; curriculum an outline of key objectives; learning an overview and purpose; pre-test; objective; Living NC Healthful the of 3 standard Learn a portfolio with Lettuce and provide develop to was project of this objective overall The learning activity. an experiential implementation and demonstrate/pilot grade - 5th students 3rd for specific objectives Living NC Healthful nutrition lesson plans addressing County school. Learn-affiliated at a Lettuce Watauga teachers lesson plans for of the DEVELOPMENT HEALTHFUL OF LIVING CORE CURRICULUM THE FOR LETTUCE LEARNPROGRAM SCHOOL-AGED FOR COUNTY,CHILDREN NORTH CAROLINA INWATAUGA Desa Wells, Desa Introduction: Food Insecurity means having limited or uncertain access to nutritionally adequate and safe foods in socially acceptable ways. acceptable in socially ways. foods or uncertain limited safe and Insecurity means having adequate nutritionally Food access to Introduction: a are students College at 17.7%2. average rates North with Carolina insecurity as of 2017, food experienced had households of U.S. 12.3% insecurity. food vulnerable population for insecurity. food and familial of on-campus and identify correlates prevalence measure to was study present aim of the The Objective: Adult USDA’s using the security status determined was food and campus family The email blast. through recruited were Freshman Method: Statistical behaviors. spending and money academic progress, meal skipping, Survey Security coping strategies, Food Module. Scales measured significance < 0.05. p was on-campus the and at home lived freshmen the year last during the insecure food were families the 6.2% (n=28) of that indicated Scores Results: = (B used strategies coping of number were insecurity food family of Correlates (n=95). 21.2% was freshmen the among rate insecurity food p = 0.023). (B=-.148, composition and family p < 0.001) 0.247, when reported from rates the to in comparison among college freshman times higher be three to found were insecurity rates Conclusion: Food to home food took and food, cheap ate food, reporting stretched they that are students and on campus home In the at home. lived students both for interventions problem this alleviate be put in place to to and policies is a clear need for security situation. There their food cope with and students. families Faculty Mentor: Laura McArthur, Health Sciences LauraCoauthor(s): McArthur, Jordan Kimberly Miller, Fasczewski Elaine Wartinger, Elaine PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES FAMILY AND OF CAMPUS FOOD INSECURITYAMONG FRESHMEN A UNIVERSITY AT IN APPALACHIA Nutrition andHealthcare Management, Graduate Nutrition and Healthcare Management, Graduate Appalachian Studies, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Settled in the heart of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian State University is considered today one of the leading academic one of the today is considered heart in the Mountains, State University Settled Appalachian Appalachian Southern of the research beginnings. This place since its to a commitment shown college has the country in the institutions Established in 1899, in sustainability. and indicates history, school's the throughout Office the through environment the trace commitment to this of Sustainability to is intended use of yearbooks, the through Research time. over expanded has in place, which deeply rooted mountains the are and nature for love this that Office the of Sustainability share course allowed to catalogs, newspapers, and interviews school members faculty have and previous current with in Plemmons and displayed be ongoing, continuously updated, will project this Ultimately, history. a timeline of this findingsthese through Union. Student SUSTAINABILITY APPALACHIAN AT STATE UNIVERSITY: A HISTORY SINCE 1899 Faculty Mentor: Lee Ball, Arts and Sciences Lee Ball,Coauthor(s): Specht Neva Jacob Meadows, Jacob OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY OF OFFICE Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the fastest growing developmental disabilities globally and rates continue to rise. In the US, ASD In the rise. continue to globally and rates disabilities developmental growing fastest (ASD) is one of the spectrum disorder Autism evidence, interest, is growing population. There of 1-2% of prevalence and reports in NA, and Asia show Europe is 1 in 68 children prevalence Research Autism The of autism in children. treatment for modalities used in collaboration other with nutrition strategies and demand for of various and safety reporting effectiveness >50% of parents showed Efficacy and Safety Rating of Treatment (ARI) SurveyInstitute’s of Parent intervention nutrition in ASD and for evidence of current included review study this of objectives The children. their nutrition therapies for nutrition-focused Current centersChina. in care autism servedpediatric ASD with surveyneeds three by current a children of from results Autism Brief the combining a modified questionnaire implementing identified by served centers were ASD care the by needs of children and Gastrointestinal Problems Early Identification of Feeding for Questionnaire Structured Brief and (BAMBI) Inventory Mealtime Behavior selectivity, reported food parents 68% Chinese surveys ASD (BEFG-ASD) with from showed Results in Children 66 parents. among Symptoms centers at the and, based on findings, approaches nutrition-related need for show and >50% specific GI ailments. Results refusal, food 59% new centers. at the implementation for nutrition education and training materials effective developing are we Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth, Health Sciences M. MargaretCoauthor(s): Barth, Melissa Gutschall, Xuemei Zhang, Garner Dewey Jennifer Wuerffel, DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE-BASED OF NUTRITION MATERIALS EDUCATION TO MEET THE NEEDS CLINICAL OF PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AUTISM AT CARE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT CHINA. Objective. Evaluate teaching practices and student outcomes following a three-year garden literacy program for nutrition students. nutrition for program literacy garden a three-year outcomes following practices and student teaching Evaluate Objective. Lab used a community-based study This Garden of HEN and implementation Methods. participatory development guide the to approach cohorts Participants different with of students. years consecutive three over and repeated revised curriculum was The education and curriculum. literacy. and garden scale), demographics, self-efficacy to related (0-10 collect information to questionnaire program a pre/post completed was effect program Overall years. three among the analysis of mean differences ANOVA a One-way by evaluated was effect style Teaching a confidence and had interval of 95%. SPSS 20 (2011) on IBM performed analyses statistical were Both T-test. an One-sample by determined style between-year/teaching for results ANOVA year. program the to according subgroups three into divided was (N=30) sample The Results. significant and self-efficacy literacy garden were variables, for effect analysis of overall be insignificant to (p>0.05). T-test found were difference (p>0.001). statistically was program the of effect overall the however years between significantstatistically no difference showed style Conclusions. Teaching garden on participant effect an lab had could impact HEN Garden curriculum outcomes and its analyzed (p<0.001). variable each significant for style. of teaching regardless nutrition professionals confidence of future and teaching literacy Faculty Mentor: Margaret Barth, Health Sciences MaggieCoauthor(s): Gartman, Lanae Ball, Martin Root, Margaret Barth, Melissa Gutschall, Laura McArthur Virginia Woollens, Virginia HUNGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION (HEN) GARDEN LAB: TEACHING PRACTICES AND PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES INGARDEN A LITERACY PROGRAM TARGETING NUTRITION AND DIETETICS STUDENTS 94 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 95 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Physics, Undergraduate Physics, Physics, Undergraduate Physics, Physics, Undergraduate Physics, The Biophysics and Optical Sciences Facility (BiyOSeF) houses a custom-built fluorescence anisotropy instrument. In fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence In fluorescence instrument. a custom-built houses (BiyOSeF) Sciences Facility and Optical anisotropy anisotropy, Biophysics The a specific only molecules with orientation of photoselection, phenomenon the with vertically with Through polarized light. is excited sample the motion of molecular representative is light emitted of any depolarization The excited. are incoming light the polarization axis of the to respect fluorescent emitted of the fluorescence calculate polarization components of the intensity used to The are light lifetime. excitation during the is independent of the and about molecular mobility information qualitative provides that is a dimensionless quantity Anisotropy anisotropy, of a fluorescent binding the things, among other protein. a large molecule to study, to can be used technique This sample. of the intensity total is light detected that ensure to camera and spectrometer high-resolution a Raman spectroscopy with instrument coupled this have we Recently, and instrument custom-built the on progress our present we Here noise. fluorescence unwanted desired the other or light excitation of instead include some fluorescence data instrument. with the collected A COMBINATION FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT PROTEIN OF OBSERVATIONS FOR BINDING Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences MichaelCoauthor(s): Paolino, Caroline Jennifer Donaghy, Burris, Brooke Hester Lucian Murray, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences BarryCoauthor(s): Canipe, Ben Groelke, Simon Marland, Scott Hancock stiffness, also known particles. Trap micrometer-scale confine nano- to to light laser and manipulate uses focused system (OT) tweezers An optical experimental the determination for trapping of the of a particle allows constant, strength measured, and if of the is an indicator as linear force knowledge trapped of the particle depends on high-resolution and adjacent fluid. measurement this temperature of the some techniques, For calibrating of particle process The in units of volts. position (PSD) returns particle. position in time of the of the A position sensing detector automation. for need the hence frequently, a particle to be repeated correspond is time consuming and needs to displacement to a voltage collect high- position-sensing detector, the camera, size of the calibrate pixel the calibrate to automated and software are Our instrument spectrum power methods: trap data stiffness and perform three with determine analysis to position data, temperature, resolution determine the of and accuracy checking consistency for outcomes allows of the and Boltzmann statistics. A comparison analysis, equipartition of energy, instrumentation,the an overview data and methods, the of softwareour with written analyzed and here collected present stiffness We values. in LabView. AN AUTOMATED OPTICAL TWEEZERS INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION, FOR COLLECTION, AND DATA EXPERIMENTAL TEMPERATURE OF DETERMINATION Jeffrey Miller, Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences MichaelCoauthor(s): Paolino, Brooke Hester to healthy transitions from system as that can change which amount of elasticity some exhibit level protein at the biological systems Many of Our apparatus consists systems. of such elasticity of the measurements for instrument a custom-built present we diseased or aged. 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We We K). 30 to ~5 and mbar −7 Physics, Graduate Physics, Undergraduate Physics, Physics, Undergraduate Physics, Physics, Undergraduate Physics, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st Faculty Mentor: Rachel Smith, Arts and Sciences ElisabethCoauthor(s): Murthy Panto, Gudipati, Rachel Smith fractionation 12C/13C investigate to CA) Laboratory Propulsion Jet the at Lab (Pasadena, Spectroscopy Ice the in experiments conducted We early carbon investigate to program Worlds Emerging NASA’s is part funded by study This ice analogues. project of a larger in interstellar chemistry -- key toward understanding the formation of the solar system ~4.6 billion years ago, in the unusual heterogeneity and shown observations have that systems astronomical interpret help stellar designed to of young are the experiments origin of prebiotic molecules. Our the from desorption of 12CO preferential exploring in protoplanetary possible influence gas, with ice. Toward CO 12CO/13CO gas by on the observations astronomical the explain and could help – and 13CO, 12CO between differences energy zero-point could be due to ice – which be important to in protoplanetary known phenomena desorption of thermal ice effects the two and photodesorption, began investigating we (~10^ conditions near-astrophysical under conducted experiments and created were analogues ice CO chemistry. Lucas Smith, EXPLORING ICE-GAS 12CO/13CO FRACTIONATION THROUGH INTERSTELLAR ICE-ANALOGUE EXPERIMENTS determined a sublimation point for CO ice (28.5 K), which was used as a benchmark for the desorption experiments. Initial results thus far far thus desorption the results Initial experiments. for used as a benchmark was CO ice (28.5 K), which a sublimation point for determined and results, these will verify desorption thermal either we fractionation to due study ongoing In this or photodesorption. no preferential show ices on CO reservoirs. astrophysical of various effects the investigate CO2 and H2O to with CO ice mixed test Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences MurphyCoauthor(s): D'Oyen applications in microfluidic be used for object and may devices a nanometer-sized from emitted are that sound waves are waves Nano-pressure trapped A gold nanoshells. optically by generated nano-sound waves and detecting on producing our work present We and piezoelectric devices. modulation intensity The frequencies. at various sinusoidally is modulated intensity whose tweezers trapped optical with is optically nanoshell we modulation. Here as the same frequency at the serves position yielding sound waves trapped the particle oscillate its equilibrium to around sound frequency. desired or "loudness" at the sound intensity the on maximizing and detecting our progress present Gregory Rapp, CREATING AND DETECTING NANO-PRESSURE WITH WAVES OPTICAL TWEEZERS In order to combat anthropogenic global warming, the release of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere has been proposed. Sulfate aerosols aerosols Sulfate proposed. been has stratosphere the into aerosols of sulfate release the global warming, combat anthropogenic to In order atmospheric increasing global cooling by to and contribute eruptions, as volcanic such events by atmosphere the into naturallydeposited are atmosphere the into release for as a possible candidate reflectivityinvestigated been has that aerosols sulfate precursors to or albedo. One of the be must factors environmental different efforts, of DMS to response the such for candidate be a viable sulfide (DMS). To is dimethyl is investigated. the enzyme DMS monooxygenase with and formaldehyde methanethiol degradation the of DMS to In this work, understood. means one, by degradation in the of DMS. In step catalyzes step a different component enzyme; each component is a two DMS monooxygenase 2 in step component is a critical FMNH2, which to (FMN) is reduced Mononucleotide Flavin as DmoB, to referred of a catalyst component The work. goal of this the is reaction of the first in the step involved component identity of the DmoB the elucidation of The of the reaction. of fluorescence technique using the emission. is investigated DmoB for candidates binding constant several of FMN to Michael Paolino, IDENTITY CATALYST DMOB OF ELUCIDATION IN THE DEGRADATION DMS USING OF FLUORESCENCE EMISSION Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences Culpepper Megen Hester, Brooke Donaghy, Caroline Coauthor(s): Optical trapping is the process in which a focused laser beam of light is used to trap a particle near the focus of the beam. The polarizability of of polarizability The beam. of the trapparticle a used to is of light laser beam focus near the a focused in which trapping process is the Optical also scatter to trapping. tendency Their optical for good candidates them makes light. This scatter metallic to particles tendency their outweighs optimized for methods our present we particles. very poster, In this small nanometer-sized for even detection, for candidates good them makes plane interferometry sensing photodiode. and a position trapped metallic of single optically nanoparticlesdetection back-focal using Faculty Mentor: Brooke Arts Hester, and Sciences JeffCoauthor(s): Brooke Miller, Hester Forrest Myers, OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTIMIZED POSITION DETECTION METALLIC OF NANOPARTICLES 96 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 97 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Graduate Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Individuals engage in impression management behaviors in most social situations. However, one of the most prone settings to impression impression to settings prone most one of the However, social situations. in most management behaviors engage in impression Individuals is influenced management behaviors impression performs an individual by which to extent the though Even context. work management is the there is also plausible that so it others, than management behaviors engage in impression to likely more some people are situational factors, in engage to likely are individuals which to extent the importantis it measure able to be to Therefore, involved. component dispositional a is as a Specifically, management is proposed. of impression measurement the to approach an innovative study, management. In this impression management propensity. impression measure to is developed (CRT) test assessment, a conditional reasoning of implicit form Faculty Mentor: Acikgoz, Yalcin Arts and Sciences ErichCoauthor(s): Jackson, Iverson, Ashley Tessa Devon Tollefsrud, Hickman, Acikgoz Yalcin Kristin Collins, Kristin DEVELOPING A CONDITIONAL REASONING TEST IMPRESSION FOR MANAGEMENT Performance appraisals are conducted regularly in professional organizations as a means to evaluate employee performance and overall company company and overall performance employee evaluate as a means to organizations in professional regularly conducted appraisals are Performance has research Previous results. positive minimal yield and tedious, consuming, time as often appraisalsviewed are Performance effectiveness. In order effectiveness. overall their important determining appraisals consider when are of performance to perceptions employee that shown the appraisals, from especially a deeper examinationof performance issues the into managers and employees, by view positive more build a to colleges and academic library a survey to looks at data from is needed. Our study given gathered manager’s perspective, managers at four-year survey Embedded in this purposefulness the appraisal system. evaluate performance to them an open- is current of their prompting universities, a of responses 154 library.their in data Our system from extracted was PA the of perceptions their directors asking question, ended response managers that perceived determined we this From appraisal effectiveness. of performance survey depicting managerial perceptions multifaceted decisions. compensation managers and helps determine employees, develop use, helps easy to it is when effective be most to an appraisal system that a system developing towards appraisals first is the in performance step effective deem as most managers what and employees Knowing needs of supervisors.suits the effectively THE DARK SIDE TO PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL Faculty Mentor: Shawn Bergman, Arts and Sciences AlexisCoauthor(s): Hellman, Louis Savastano, Haley Driest, Melissa Bogert, Shawn Bergman Cameron Brown, Faculty Mentor: Acikgoz, Yalcin Arts and Sciences Acikgoz, Ezgi Yalcin Demircioglu,Coauthor(s): Canan Sumer screen SNS to sites use social networking rise, it is no surprise popularity of social media on the the With beginning to are that organizations selection to reactions of applicant in terms outcomes negative lead to may use of SNS screening the However, hiring process. applicants in the of possibility and the in nature, internationalized becoming more companies many With & Meade, 2015). Thompson, practices (Stoughton, in examining reactions applicant studies U.S. in the applicants based to being exclusive not potentially SNS screening to reactions negative media screening social to reactions applicant compare to study cross-cultural a developed we is needed. Accordingly, cultural settings different are countries two These States and Turkey. United countries, the two of applicants from examine reactions we which in process hiring in the been have distance, which in important and power as individualism/collectivism examined differences because of their cultural such variables applicants’ In examining applicant reactions, influence to 2015). & Johnson, proposed (Black, Stone, SNS screening to applicant reactions variables. will be used as outcome attraction, and litigation intentions organizational of privacy, invasion perceived Yasmin Ayala-Johnson, Yasmin CROSS CULTURAL EXAMINATION APPLICANT OF REACTIONS TO SOCIAL MEDIA SCREENING PSYCHOLOGY Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Graduate Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st We as psychologists know that people use cognitive shortcuts, including stereotypes, to understand the informational world. Stereotypes refer to to refer Stereotypes world. understand to informational the shortcuts, people use cognitive that including stereotypes, know as psychologists We consistently have Researchers legal system. lies in the of stereotypes One practical implication or groups. about individuals overgeneralizations courtroom the preexisting with enter Jurors 2015). assault trials (Hildebrand & Najdowski, in sexual convict reluctant to are jurors that shown in a seminal Burt example; a prime (1980), are Rape myths stereotypes. by and perpetrators victims assault informed beliefs about sexual are that perpetrator the of absolve [which] beliefs about rape, rape and rapists victims, or false stereotyped, as “prejudicial, defined rape myths study, is an study This on contemporary rape myths. is little research there assault.” However, the for responsibility victim's the guilt and increase a free completed (N = 182), Turk Amazon’s Mechanical via recruited Participants, assault stereotypes. sexual examination of current empirical sexual on college campus focuses study this and perpetrators. assault victims sexual Uniquely, surveyresponse on general attitudes toward research future inform may study this analyses. Ultimately, qualitative yielded from are and results coded thematically, were assault. Responses assault. campus toward attitudes current regarding college campuses to insight provide assault cases, and may decision making in sexual on juror Faculty Wingrove, Mentor: Arts Twila and Sciences AmberCoauthor(s): Layfield,Twila Wingrove Ciera Ferrone, QUALITATIVE ANALYSES CURRENT OF CAMPUS SEXUAL STEREOTYPES ASSAULT The use of advanced technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) in the selection process has become an increasingly popular practice within artificial as become an increasingly has such (AI) in the selection process intelligence technology use of advanced The outcomes affect may reactions those and how procedures new these to applicants react examined has how little research However, organizations. use of technology the that suggested has research attraction, and job pursuit Previous organizational intentions. fairness, of as perceptions such as face-to-face such traditional using selection procedures to compared outcomes when negative more lead to may selection process in the interviewing. selection in the decision-making technologies use of advanced the purpose The to examine is to applicant reactions study of this of in terms reactions decisions. participants hiring as artificial negative make that such significantly had systems more intelligence process, condition. human the to compared decision-maker the AI was when and litigation intentions of justice, attraction, perceptions organizational APPLICANT REACTIONS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS Faculty Mentor: Acikgoz, Yalcin Arts and Sciences HannahCoauthor(s): Booth, Katie Maness, Nkem Obi-Melekwe, William Hodes, Ayala-Johnson Thorpe and Yasmin Daley, Logan Ellis, Faculty Mentor: Arts Galloway, Amy and Sciences at beginning finger with infants foods and whole providing on focuses (BLW) Led Weaning as Baby known approach weaning infant A new in the caregivers grows, of BLW popularity As the cereals. and baby purees traditional the place of the in practice6 months feeding of spoon practices the used in feeding infant current purpose The characterize infants. to was own their study with of this utilizing BLW begun US have surveyonline an questions answering completed who months 12 ages of 6 to the between of infants (n = 172) mothers were US. Participants a BLW following were they indicated who and demographics. Caregivers milestones, cognitive practices, diet, feeding infant their regarding Surprisingly, infants. traditionally fed than earlier foods family introduced and age of months 6 at weaning implemented (16.9%) approach identified who traditionalas caregivers to compared education of level lower and parental weight average higher a had infants BLW of mothers 58.1% as opposed to first their food, self-feed to children their allowed (24.4%) A minority of caregivers weaners. or non specified/unknown ate (53.2%) of infants half Over 59.9%. totaled and fruits vegetables while 30.2% of first foods, for accounted cereals Baby spoon fed. who a US, and provide in the understanding into a first use of BLW the findings step are descriptive These times. or all of the most foods family practices used in some homes. feeding infant of current glimpse Katelyn Currie, BABY LED WEANING IN THE UNITED STATES: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY INFANT OF FEEDING PRACTICES 98 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 99 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Many have explored what photography, autophotography, and photo essays can reveal about the characteristics of individuals, including focusing including focusing of individuals, characteristics about the can reveal essays and photo autophotography, photography, what explored have Many 2017), (Dollinger, of college students essays in photo present of themes studies 1988), (Ziller, themselves photos in the apparent themes on the detected could be reliably finding depression that controls, and healthy individuals clinically depressed online by posted photos comparing aspects of photographs various between relationships in which line of research of this an extension propose We 2017). & Danforth, (Reece Gosling by informed is process This explored. are participants takenby self-reportedand their cell phones personality their with characteristics they in which personalities of their evidence environments in the statingleave individuals that hypothesis, residue al.’s (2002) behavioral et used they how a survey to responded who regarding Turk Amazon’s Mechanical identifiedindividuals include 239 through Participants reside. to in addition personality personality (IPIP-NEO), traits self-reported using a 50-item big-five their inventory Participants cell phones. their and Extraversion literature, residue behavioral past with Concurrent characteristics. and self-reported photograph and intellect, narcissism their As an and Narcissism. Neuroticism, experience, to Openness by followed of photos, characteristics with various associated Agreeableness were personality advance assessment. to attempts that work and future current informs study this research, of past extension DO OUR CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL OUR PERSONALITIES? Faculty Mentor: Rose Mary Webb, Arts and Sciences Rose MaryCoauthor(s): Christopher Webb, Holden Michaela Kirby, Michaela When young children are learning the structure of the English language, they learn rules like “add –s if there is more than one of something.” one of something.” than more is “add –s if there learn rules like language, they English of the structure learning the are children young When not after principles, is “women” all it simple these abide by all words point out, not quickly would speaker experienced as a more However, necessary; apply morphological general when not the guidelines, they to rules even an of the exceptions each master children Before “womans”. (i.e. “childs”) of words forms overregularized incorrect, the resist to struggle preschoolers that shows Research as overregularization. known error al., 2016). et (Kondrad form correct the provides informant accurate a previously when even (i.e. “children”), forms irregular correct, the over influenceto been shown both learning have about race which accent, and information with accuracy will be stacked previous study, In this accent. members, same race a foreign people of the without and those in-group their trust to social goals lead them Children’s preferences. paradigm to trust a typical selective morphological with familiar trust Using a slideshow to goals pull them patterns. epistemic their However, an in- against of a word form over-regularized incorrect, tempting the says member who an out-group between with a choice children present should year-olds four White goals. and epistemic social between competition a direct creates form correct irregular, the says who member group speaker. native-accented White, the by presented form irregular the choose THE LIMITS SOCIAL OF CATEGORIES PRESCHOOLERS' ON SELECTIVE TRUST Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad, Arts and Sciences Kondrad Robyn Coauthor(s): Margaret Hancock, Margaret With a tight job market, companies are hard-pressed to attract the best applicants. With recruiting budgets skyrocketing in response to a to in response skyrocketing budgets recruiting With applicants. attract best the to hard-pressed are companies market, job a tight With job examines how our study Accordingly, options. it is important employment evaluate applicants understand to how market, candidate-driven opportunity. of a job evaluation at an overall arrive candidates attributes include multiple which job options rule in evaluating or adding averaging applicants use an examines whether the study Precisely, of all attributes values the adding rule, in the whereas, attribute of each values the an agent averages rule, (e.g., salary, benefits). averaging In the be added. would of an option job offers with fake survey applicants, an online include two is used by which be utilized will decision-making strategy which elucidate To attribute attractive moderately one have will other the while job attributes, attractive highly three will have One job offer multiple attributes. reviewing job offers, of the the first with group attractiveness perceived the and rate will review groups Three original three. the in addition to will options both reviewing group the that hypothesize offers. We one of the two reviewing groups job offers second and third the while both the by higher be rated will attributes three job with the while attractive, more attributes four job with the rate thus use an adding rule and one job offer. reviewing groups Faculty Mentor: Acikgoz, Yalcin Arts and Sciences Elise Connor Haylett,Coauthor(s): Treyball, Caitlyn Nearhood, Daniel Sumner Jarod Fyler, ADDING VS. AVERAGING: DO APPLICANTS JOB ATTRIBUTES? HOW JOB EVALUATE Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Graduate p2 = .188. Participants perceived the woman as engaging in more FT in the EFT (M = 43.45, SD = 10.02) than in than EFT (M in the = 43.45, SD = 10.02) FT as engaging in more woman the perceived Participants ηp2 = .188. Psychology, Graduate Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st The present study developed and validated vignettes capable of manipulating various levels of Fat Talk (FT) by a heterosexual woman with her her with woman heterosexual a (FT) by Talk of Fat levels various capable of manipulating vignettes and validated developed study present The Minimal [EFT], FT Excessive X 3 (Vignette: male or female) A 2 (Gender: relationship. male partner romantic of a committed context in the of a target woman’s perceptions examine used to men’s and women’s design was body talk) [SA] between-subjects FT [MFT] or Self-accepting recruited Participants, al., 2013). et Royal (FTQ; Questionnaire Talk rating Fat amount of FT using the scale), and body size (Pulvers likeability, questionnaires. completing before vignettes one of the read randomly assigned to were who included 63 men and 43 women MTurk, from M = 3.93, SD = .88, (M = 3.29, SD = 1.04; target the when that used EFT rather SA, than seen as less likeable was she found ANOVA One-way (M in MFT = 3.69, SD = .96, p = .002, than (M in EFT = 4.52, SD = 1.23), be larger body size to her perceived p = .006, d = -.66). Participants FT, of perceived level on the a main effect indicated FTQ on the ANOVA d = .79). One-way p < .001, SD = 1.17, (M = 3.57, d = .75), and SA p < .001, = 11.60, F(2, 100) Faculty Mentor: Denise Martz, Arts and Sciences DeniseCoauthor(s): M. Martz, Cassidy M. Miles, Doris Bazzini a are vignettes these that suggest Results d = 1.09). < .001, p SD = 14.08, (M = 30.14, and SA d = .51), .041, p = SD = 11.85, MFT (M = 37.80, relationships. FT in heterosexual regarding research future manipulating FT for of way valid Madison Morsch, DEVELOPMENTVIGNETTES OF THAT EFFECTIVELY MANIPULATE TALK IN WOMEN’S THE FAT CONTEXT HETEROSEXUAL OF RELATIONSHIPS Using vignettes about a fictional couple, Michael and Jessica, the current study examined how varied levels of the woman’s fat talk were talk fat were woman’s of the levels varied examined how study current and Jessica, the about a fictional couple, Michael Using vignettes with women) 112 men, (127 people 239 heterosexual were Participants satisfaction. and sexual couple’s relationship the affect to perceived Self-Accepting& Talk, Fat Minimal Talk, Fat Excessive Talk: Body of (Level 3 a Using experience. relationship year) 1 least at (i.e., long-term and Talk a Body randomly assigned to Jessica) design, participants & Michael were x 2 (Perspective: Male & Female) x 2 (Gender: Talk) Body talk fat participants that indicated Results excessive in the questionnaires. and complete a vignette read to asked condition and were Perspective perceived talk minimal fat the than body talk and self-accepting levels satisfaction The levels conditions. satisfaction lower condition perceived target of the woman’s perceptions Participants’ body talk self-accepting the talk significantly and minimal fat by differ. conditions did not in those that also indicated Results conditions. three the significantly across differ appearance did not physical about her cared signal that she talk fat and condition excessive the than body image positive more as having targetthe female body talk self-accepting the condition perceived body image than the positive of perceived levels higher talk fat minimal the rendered condition talk minimal fat the condition. Additionally, talk fat condition. excessive Faculty Mentor: Denise Martz, Arts and Sciences DeniseCoauthor(s): Martz, Rose Mary Doris Webb, Bazzini, and Madison Morsch Cassidy Miles, Cassidy TALK ANDFAT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: TALK AFFECT DOES FAT RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION AND SEXUALSATISFACTION? This study examines how emotion regulation (i.e. suppression, mindfulness) during encoding impacts feelings of anxiety at re-exposure to the the to at re-exposure of anxiety feelings impacts encoding during mindfulness) (i.e. suppression, regulation emotion examines how study This time. over exacerbate emotions these short-term affect and may negative at changing ineffective is suppression suggests Prior research stimulus. Prior disorders. psychopathological with in those affect negative chronic reduce to been shown mindfulness-based therapies have In contrast, improved mindfulness in short-term differ effectiveness, did not in our laboratoryand suppression mindfulness though that found research hypothesis, this test To re-exposure. upon stimulus felt anxiety decrease may memorystimulus improvement This anxious individuals. in highly Anxiety Beck the complete experimental Participants design. mixed Condition) (Instruction 3 x Point) (Time 2 x Anxiety) (Trait 2 a conduct I participants 1, participate. to Time At invited are quartiles scores of these upper and lower in the those as a screen; study the prior to Inventory 2, participants Time At view reactions. and valence arousal for ratingeach strategies, regulation emotion under different a series of images view increase to suppression under viewed images expected I conditions. instruction without pictures, new with along pictures same these rate and mindfulness- which by a mechanism could describe results mindfulness. Such for results opposite with 2, Time 1 to Time ratings from anxiety effects. long-term based therapies exert Faculty Mentor: Lisa Emery, Arts and Sciences Emery Lisa Coauthor(s): RebekahKnight, AWARENESS, ATTENTION, ACCEPTANCE: MINDFULNESS HOW AS AN EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGY COULD REDUCE ANXIETY 100 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS = .452, p <.001). This demonstrates that younger females were more likely likely more were females younger that demonstrates This β = .452, p <.001). Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 101 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

= -.004, p < .01), gender ( β = -.004, p < .01), Psychology, Graduate Psychology, Undergraduate Psychology, Psychology, Graduate Disgust sensitivity (DS) is the strength of response an individual has to a disgust-eliciting stimulus, such as feces or a bloody injury. It is believed or a bloody injury. It is believed as feces such stimulus, a disgust-eliciting to has an individual of response strength (DS) is the sensitivity Disgust a suggests research substances. harmful Previous potentially from an individual protect illness and to prevent to as a way DS evolved that find this using purpose men. The in DS than be higher replicate to to tend was study of this gender and DS, as women between relationship higher have would women younger that hypothesized We lifespan. the of DS across levels investigate and to sample, representative a larger, online were who included US citizens of DS, particularly study in this levels contamination the within DS subscales. Participants and core the completed old. Participants 83 years to years-old participants, and 535 men, all aged 18 804 women 1,339 were There workers. MTurk analysis, results and Contamination Subscales. Using multiple regression Animal-Reminder, Disgust, Core the included Scale, which Disgust particularly subscale (R2 = Core the sensitivity, types of disgust different several predicted in general, that gender and age reliability showed age ( = 48.69, p < .001, .099, F(3,1335) Faculty Mentor: Arts Galloway, Amy and Sciences Coauthor(s): Amy Galloway Laura Sarsony, EFFECTSGENDER OF AND WITHIN AGE DISGUST SENSITIVITY Preschoolers struggle to correctly interpret deceptive pointing. This study explores whether this difficulty stems from a bias to follow pointing follow a bias to difficulty this whether from stems explores study pointing. This deceptive interpret correctly to struggle Preschoolers pointing negative true or biases) both violates (which pointing deceptive either saw olds Four-year- point. who those believe to bias a or gestures to cups and pointed under one of two a sticker hid conditions, an experimenter both pointing). In follow bias to children’s violates only (which true negative in the whereas was, sticker the where point to would she claimed falsely experimenter condition, the deceptive one. In the empty the deceptive, not but negative, true interpreted correctly Preschoolers not. was sticker the where to point would she claimed truthfully she condition, children’s predicted tricked were they points. Explaining how understanding of true negative children’s pointing. Inhibitory predicted control when others believe bias to their from difficulty pointing stems deceptive with children’s that suggest results points. These deceptive to response communication. others’ interpret otherwise abilities that cognitive bias overwhelm point. Violations of this children help other they Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad, Arts and Sciences MeganCoauthor(s): Norris, Robyn Kondrad Marissa Sariol-Clough, MYFOLLOW POINT?: PRESCHOOLERS’ EXPECTATIONS ABOUT VERIDICALITY DISRUPT THEIR UNDERSTANDING DECEPTIVE OF POINTS The current study explores whether children (N = 85) generalize epistemic behaviors (i.e., past accuracy) and social behaviors (i.e., nice vs. (i.e., accuracy) and social behaviors (i.e., past behaviors (N = 85) generalize epistemic children whether explores study current The learn that will and 5-year-olds Four- experience. no direct have part children whom but with members are nice) to who same group of the not or being benevolent) information accurate (e.g., providing one behavior demonstrate always group”) (e.g., “red one group people who belong to will half other being labeled and the group the will hear children Half the behavior. opposite the demonstrates always group other the while objects novel like situations ambiguous to exposed are they when built just they representations the on rely to need then will Children not. shirtblue a wear will one while informants; unfamiliar two to introduced be will children Next, displayed. being actions novel or labeled being group as their behaviors same ambiguous the offer will met, never have shirt. a red children whom individuals, These wear will other the the from stranger on the chance) (above rely to only willing are condition, children epistemic in the that show Results earlier demonstrated. regardless nice stranger on the will rely social condition children in the social category the hear they when group labels. However, knowledgeable on someone as a good relying membership before about group information need more children young findings that of labeling. These suggest social behaviors. a stranger's about social category need this making inferences when do not they information of information; source Faculty Mentor: Robyn Kondrad, Artsand Sciences Robyn L.Coauthor(s): Kondrad Megan Norris, PRESCHOOLERS STEREOTYPE SOCIAL TRAITS MORE READILY THAN EPISTEMIC ONES to report higher levels of DS, supporting the hypothesis that younger women have the highest levels of DS. These results will be interpreted will be interpreted results of DS. These levels highest the have women younger that of DS, supporting reportto levels higher hypothesis the an evolutionary as a cultural lens. through as well Social Work, Undergraduate Social Work, Recreation Management, Undergraduate Management, Recreation Recreation Management, Undergraduate Management, Recreation Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st EXPLORING COPING SKILLS HOSPITALIZED OF CHILDREN: A CHILDREN’S BOOK PROPOSAL Faculty Mentor: Peter Fawson, Health Sciences uncomfortable or painful procedures Hospital involve typically stays children. for especially face, to Hospitalization an easy challenge is not of, or during hospital in anticipation become fearful stays. may people. 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Lyndsay Wilcox, SOCIAL WORK SOCIAL In today’s culture, one of the biggest criticisms is that people spend less time outside, and less time with people face-to-face (Louv, 2005; Orr, 2005; Orr, (Louv, face-to-face people people spend less time outside, and less time with is that criticisms biggest one of the culture, In today’s as summer can spend time outdoors, such importance, children places where is of growing technology In this age where 1967). 2004; Montessori, have setting, outdoor the with coupled trends, and research camp Existing 2005). (Louv, well-being and vital growth their more to even are camp, camp the improve help to research need for the explores study This 2015). 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The developmental children's Battery:Outcomes Youth ACA the from development youth of measures 4 on based during camp self-reportedsurveys progress campers’ measured development collection of youth recent most the was study this knowledge, my To and responsibility. affinity nature, for community, teamwork, be a reflection may this short sessions, of the no significance, of camp length however Initial survey showed themselves. results data campers from benefits. maximize developmental to perspective youth the from research more need for the revealing THE BENEFITS CAMP: OF NECESSITY THE OF OUTDOORS AND COMMUNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Faculty Mentor: James, Joy Health Sciences Annie Pharr, Annie Faculty Mentor: James, Joy Health Sciences about their asked are They summer camps. at residential interviewing experience have people who identifying LGBT+ involves study This experiences and relationships their affected identity of that aspect of their sharing/non-sharing the community and how the identities within participants. study resulting The on seven analysis conducted was stance A qualitative on minority sexualities. camp's as that as well at camp, staff space to welcoming a more providing in camps help will This exploration. and identity experience as a transformative camp was theme of all identities. and campers Emily Cluen, OUT THE OF CABIN, OUT THE OF CLOSET: THE TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES CAMP OF AND IDENTITY EXPLORATION RECREATION MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION 102 21 ABSTRACTS ABSTRACTS Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors 103 and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st 21

Appalachian Studies, Graduate Appropriate Technology, Undergraduate Appropriate Technology, Advanced metering infrastructure allows electricity usage to be monitored on a near real-time basis, and makes possible a variety of innovative innovative of a variety possible and makes basis, on a near real-time be monitored electricity usage to allows infrastructure metering Advanced use of Watauga energy in the trends historical analyzes study electricity use. This efficient encouraging more to and productive approaches impacts and other savings potential the and explores service in the County municipal buildings located & Power Light territory River of New accounts county electric usage of 18 Using kW demand and kWh billing approaches. simulating alternative by of smart grid technology costs. use and future estimating examined seasonality coincidence of electricity use was the baseline for as a and used and 2017, 2012 between as virtual of multiple and combined billing virtual such metering, account aggregation, net billing structures, of alternative impact the Then of value the affecting factors identify key billing approaches, innovative of these impact potential the examineddetermine to accounts were cost-effectiveness, efficiency, the improve to can be leveraged smart understand how and better grid technology approaches, alternative these of electricity billing structures. and convenience ALTERNATIVE COUNTY BILLING METHODS MUNICIPAL WATAUGA FOR BUILDINGS Faculty Mentor: Jason Hoyle, Fine and Applied Arts Hoyle Jason Coauthor(s): Katie Lorenzini, SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTSUSTAINABLE THE BUILT Faculty Mentor: Robert Perdue, Arts and Sciences storytelling earth. the Appalachian traditions sense of connection to and people’s I ask, between “What relationship can the I am researching understand people earth?” the connections to their Appalachian traditional I consider and emerging ways various the about storytelling reveal participatory to the to attention and literature ballads, oral performance, from I also pay storytelling digital and technologies, chatbots. styles and ability. age, religion, in race, gender, storytellers identities of including differences diverse in Appalachia, intertwining intense the storytellers’ of noted with subjectivities Inscoe, have and John Walker, Chelsea as bell hooks, such scholars, Other things fascinating most One of the values. on to and hold matters“storytelling because topic This landscapes. their develop people to [helps] … generation establishes next as the own its along, just them pass to and tries values generation establishes its own each is that about humankind Art along" (Spaulding, The pass them to and tries values of Storytelling). scrapbook artistically that reflections incorporates a physical my I am producing on and analyses of a range Appalachian of research, on my Based and art. digitize I will eventually and incorporate stories personal photography Appalachian own my with scrapbook, In the stories. will wrestle I storytelling, their so for known well are family in my patriarchs digital the to presentation. Two scrapbook,the field recordings adding nature alongisde mine. incorporate to I hope voices their Zachary Kopkin, SCRAPBOOK APPALACHIAN OF STORYTELLING AND THE LANDSCAPE SOCIOLOGY Appropriate Technology, Undergraduate Appropriate Technology, Appropriate Technology, Graduate Appropriate Technology, Dance Studies, Undergraduate Studies, Dance Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors and Creative Annual Celebration of Student Research st SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT POST-NATURAL DISASTERS Faculty Mentor: Clark Maddux, Arts and Sciences Harvey as Hurricane of placing the after such results or Irma. The a natural disaster is produced that waste to happens what paper explores This handle to analyze how If communities complications. unintended many in landfills can create come and generated generations to affect waste look to was research this in used method landfill The material. this of for need the landfill,a can eliminate to it they send then they before waste steps Then, situations. used in those were that management strategies waste of the implementations and analyze the natural disasters at past takingand possibilities all of view critical a examined. information this combining By were Florida and Houston in up clean takenpost-storm in waste landfills post-storm look at this communities When as possible. from waste divert as much to devised was management, a plan waste for eliminating the to In addition aftera storm. products or repurpose destroyed all the remake, can reuse, they rather as waste, than as a resource a minimum. to after costs a storm rebuilding keep local jobs, and to produce communities healthy, keep aims to landfills, proposal this need for Daniel Brehm, WATAUGA RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE WATAUGA Faculty Mentor: Marianne Adams, Fine and Applied Arts based on a study is a phenomenological This 1920s. in the H. Pilates Joseph by created was as Contrology, originally known method, Pilates The method Pilates the going through in sensations while “will a deepening of awareness question, research The method. daily practice Pilates of the daily practice. I also and after each I journaled before experiences, the record and mental body?” To physical my to an awareness bring begins to The process. the throughout a gradual increase showed mindfulness which of my track keep Scale to Awareness Mindful Attention used the an image, body in change a led to in body awareness increase an pain, back in lower a decrease themes, main four to led journal analysis of my state of mind. a present in in mindfulness and an increase increase Alison Bird, THE PILATES METHOD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AWARENESS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY THEATREAND DANCE Faculty Mentor: Brent Summerville, Fine and Applied Arts truck a standard replaces that module setup solar of a dual ruggedness and performance the test to is First twofold: is project goal of this The functions such mobile for are that of solar renewables implementation common the curiosity to and raise awareness second is to The bed cover. boosting. vehicle and emergency off expeditions, road camping, as recreational the hold mounting to custom build the be to will first The step 1500. 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The modules together maintain aerodynamic to height a reduced two stationary both elements while the bed from the and mobile. protecting a flush bed cover, a traditional truck replicate to system mounted Boone, from ground break, covering Christmas 2017 the starting date, 3000 miles to over approximately travelled has as a whole system The taken different about notes and documented been has trip entire The few. a name and Myrtleto SC Beach, WV, Fayetteville, Mi, Flint, to NC (3333 in elevations changes observations temperatures, sub zero observations. wind chill, include high meteorological and elevations Weather and rain. in Myrtle and plentiful snow sea level Beach), above 0 feet to in Boone level sea above feet Chris Stevens, TESTING THE RUGGEDNESS A SMALL, OF SYSTEM RECREATIONAL TO PHOTOVOLTAIC MOBILE PRODUCE OFF FOR WATTAGE GRID APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 104 21 ABSTRACTS