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Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal Volume 7 Article 1 Fall 2006 Inquiry: The niU versity of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal - Volume 7 - Fall 2006 Inquiry Editors Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/inquiry Recommended Citation Editors, Inquiry (2006) "Inquiry: The nivU ersity of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal - Volume 7 - Fall 2006," Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 7 , Article 1. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/inquiry/vol7/iss1/1 This Entire Issue is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inquiry: The nivU ersity of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Editors: Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journa University libraries, MAIN 7 Received on: 09-29-06 Inquiry : the University of Arkansas undergraduate research journal Published by ScholarWorks@UARK, 2006 1 Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 7 [2006], Art. 1 ' INQUIRY: The Undergraduate Research Joumal of the UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, FAYETTEVILLE Volume 7 - 2006 2 Editor's Foreword, Publication Board Section 1: Arts and Humanities 4 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND THEORY: Callie Williams. Development of Gendered Space: The Archaic and Classical Greek Temple 10 ART: jennifer Pease. Lucas van Leyden's Dance Around the Golden Calf The Northern Triptych in the Age of the Reformation (Note: This work was recognized as one of the three best undergraduate research projects completed in 2005-06.) 18 FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Lauran Elam. Beurs in the Hood: Coming of Age in the Banlieue 29 MUSIC: Ana Maria Alarcon jimenez. The Sounds of JapaneseNoise: First Generation of Japanese Noise-Artists Section II: Social Sciences and Business 37 ACCOUNTING: Rikva Berman. SEC Enforcement Actions: An Analysis of Economic Determinants of Restatements 44 ACCOUNTING: Andrea Parker. An Investigation of Changes in Contributions of State Lotteries to Education Over Time (Note: This work was recognized as one of the three best undergraduate research projects completed in 2005-06.) 52 FINANCE: Elizabeth Dodson. Semi-strong Form Market Hypothesis: Evidence from CNBC' s Jim Cramer's Mad Money Stock Recommendations 59 INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Brian Thanh Tran. Biometric Security: Are Inexpensive Biometric Devices Reliable Enough to Gain Wide-Spread Security Usage? Section III: Sciences and Engineering 66 BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING: jack Bourne • Evaluation of Rice Hulls as a Lignocellulosic Substitute in Wood Plastic Composites (Note: This work was recognized as one of the three best undergraduate research projects completed in 2005-06.) 73 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: Thet N. Soe. Ultrafiltration Membrane Process for Pyrogen Removal in the Preparation of Water for Injection (WFI) 81 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING: Kyle Neumeier. Dynamic Composition Of Agent Grammars 93 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING: Mauricio Carrasco. A Study of the Impact of Prognostic Errors on System Performance http://scholarworks.uark.edu/inquiry/vol7/iss1/1 2 Editors: Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journa 2 INQUIRY Volume 7 2006 Foreword: This journal, the seventh in an annual series, is a project of the Teaching Academy of the University of A~kans~s ~nd is testimony to the Academy's belief that a function of good teaching is to encourage good research and creative thmkmg on the part of the students. This issue of Inquiry records the individual research exploration of twelve U of A student/faculty mentor pairs during the 2005/2006 academic year. The projects included here are drawn from disciplines from four of ~he six undergraduate colleges and schools-the School of Architecture, the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration, and the College of Engineering-and are representative of the quality of research done by honor students in the various disciplines represented on campus. The breadth of subject matter included here is testimony to the commitment made throughout the university to honors study and research at the undergraduate as well as the graduate level. These twelve articles were chosen by Inquiry's publication board from nearly fifty papers submitted for consideration. (Publication economics controls the size of the journal: most of the papers received were of publishable quality.) The papers chosen vary in subject, in writing style, and in the manner in which they reference their research sources; but they are uniformly excellent in content. In most cases, the paper published herein is a digest of the student's larger research product. The intent of the journal is to record the depth and breadth of the scholarly activities of the university's best undergraduate students. I believe that it does this. The editor and publication board of Inquiry depend on colleagues throughout the institution to serve as reviewers of material submitted for consideration. The range of disciplines at an institution like ours makes it impossible for the board to be able to evaluate all the papers submitted. We are grateful for the assistance that we receive from reviewers throughout the institution. A personal note: This is the last issue of Inquiry for which I will serve as editor. The journal will continue as a project of the Teaching Academy, of course, but under new leadership. I have enjoyed my tenure as Inquiry editor and am proud of the quality of the student work published since the birth of the journal seven years ago. The journal as it exists today would not have been possible without the wholehearted support of the Provost, Robert Smith, the board and membership of the Teaching Academy, the Inquiry Publications Board, faculty who encouraged their students to submit their work to the journal for publication consideration, and to the students whose work we have published. To all these people I exten'lk=~~.J.. • Murray Smart, Jr., Editor, University Professor of Architecture, Emeritus INQUIRY PUBLICATION BOARD, 2005-2006 ACADEMIC YEAR Ethel Goodstein, Professor of Architecture; Douglas A. James, Professor of Biological Sciences; Donald M. Johnson, Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education; Thomas Kennedy, Professor of History; John Nonvood, Associate Professor of Accounting; Curt Rom, Associate Professor of Horticulture and President of the Teaching Academy; Charles Rosenkrans, Associate Profe~sor of Animal Sci~nce; Mary Jo Schneider, Professor of Anthropology; David A. Sloan, Associate Professor of Htstory; Deborah Thomas, Professor of Accounting and President-elect of the Teaching Academy Published by ScholarWorks@UARK, 2006 3 Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 7 [2006], Art. 1 INQUIRY Volume 7 2006 3 SECTION I: ARTS AND HUMANITIES ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, ART HISTORY, MUSIC HISTORY, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES http://scholarworks.uark.edu/inquiry/vol7/iss1/1 4 Editors: Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journa 4 INQUIRY Volume 7 2006 DEVELOPMENT OF GENDERED SPACE: THE ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK TEMPLE By Callie Williams . Program in Architectural Studtes Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kim Sexton Department of Architecture view specific forms of architectural space through the Greek Abstract: ideals of gender hierarchy .. Initially, the function and occu~~ncy Throughout the ancient Greek world, temples marked the ofcertain typical spaces created structures with inherentcondiU?ns landscape as a sign of Greek civilization. Although Greek of internal and external space. Greek ideals oflived space- I.e., temples hare been examined, described, and catalogued space lived directly through associated images an~ symbols - scientifically since archaeology came ofage in the 18'h century, would have influenced the design of both domestic (e.g., the the question oftlzeircultural significance in their original Greek Greek house or oikos) and public venues\e.g., the agora).' The context has vet to be fully answered. Many twentieth-century Greek oikos, the protective abode of the ideal Greek woman, imerpreters. tended to yoke the history of Greek temples to hidden away from public interaction, became the archetype of narratives ofmodem ism, resulting in anachronistic conclusions. what is now known as feminine space. However, the gendered Current trends in architectllral history hare begun to test other "femininity" of its space does not reside in the presence o~ f~male iflferpretative strategies, such as the interrelationship between bodies dwelling therein. Instead, it is the main charactenst1cs of architecture and the emergence ofGreek philosophy. This essay hidden or enclosed space with often very dim lighting that explores the possibilities of a deeper reading of these conveyed a sense of fixity and security, a much sought after architecturallY stunning spaces through both current and classical characteristic of a residential dwelling, which genders this space theories of gendered space. Despite thorough Freudian feminine. 2 In contrast, the space of the Greek agora is masculine examinations of gendered space as it relates to the body and in that it is characterized by an unremitting sensation of openness culwral interactions in modem domestic architecture by and mobility. These qualities combine to create architectural sociologists such