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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. - EXAMINING ATTITUDES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR AQUACULTURED SEAFOOD ATTRIBUTES I. Ko Britwum * II. Caroline Noblet 2. - Development of a Hybrid Thermoplastic Composite and Concrete Deck System I. Benjamin Smith * II. William Davids 3. - Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perspectives and Attitudes Caring for Elderly Patients at End of Life I. Karen Chase * II. Patricia Poirier 4. - Backpack Programs: How Maine Elementary Schools Are Tackling Childhood Hunger I. Julianna Acheson * II. Julia Van Steenberge III. Dean Rando IV. Ashlee Atchinson V. Sandra Caron 5. - Using Structure from Motion and 3D Printing as a Method for Preserving the Petroglyphs of Machias Bay, Maine I. Kendra Bird * II. Lisa Neuman 6. - Capacity Assessment of Older T-Beam Bridges Using Field Load Testing and Nonlinear Proxy Finite-Element Analysis I. Andrew Schanck * II. William Davids 7. - Interventions Supporting Social Communication Skills in Preschool-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder I. Paige Hanson * II. Paige Castonguay III. Heather Lowry IV. Taylor Dupont V. Paige Lane 8. - Attitudes Towards Immigration Following the 2018 Family Separation Crisis: Content Analysis of Tweets in The Washington Post vs Fox News I. Rebecca Blodgett * II. Vincent Eze III. Ariana Cruwys IV. Sandra Caron 9. - Nurses Role in Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention I. Laura Roberts * II. Julia Schnee III. Bronwyn West IV. Alex Roderick V. Valerie Herbert 10. - Overwintering strategies of the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis I. Emma Taccardi * II. Carrie Byron III. Ian Bricknell 11. - The eects of diverse aged enrollment on community school literacy rates in rural Zambia: Case study on Impact Network International schools, Eastern Province Zambia I. Naomi Caywood * II. Kristin Vekasi 12. - Eect of Simulation in Nursing Education on Senior BSN Students’ Self-Condence Level and Preparedness for Practice I. Kaitlin Robinson * II. Patricia Poirier 13. - A Content Analysis Television Family Sitcoms 1950-Present: A Comparison to United States Census Data on Family Structure I. Jamie Hornsby * II. Sandra Caron 14. - Nanocellulose Conduits for Enhanced Regeneration of Peripheral Nerve Injury I. Nicklaus Carter * II. David Neivandt 15. - Impact of Stress on Aphasia I. Jana Watson * II. Lauren Emery III. Olivia Rogers IV. Emily Hernando V. Paige Lane 16. - Cochlear Implants and Vestibular Dysfunction I. Emma Jandreau * II. Willow Beccia III. Emily Brackett IV. Jordan Belanger V. Isabel Alesse VI. Paige Lane 17. - Course Evaluation System I. Stanley Small * II. Jovon Craig III. Robert Judkins IV. Samuel Elliott V. Yuanqi Guo VI. Terry Yoo 18. - The Relationships Between Income and Education on Cognitive Function I. Amanda Laverdiere * II. Angel Boeve III. Rebecca Macaulay 19. - Determining the Role of Prophage, Cuke, Gene Expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis I. Sarah McCallister * II. Sally Molloy 20. - Honors 350 CFTR Knockdown and the Innate Immune Response I. Ryan Andrick * II. Anna Tyrina III. Amanda Cusack IV. Rachel Bonney V. Erika Pacheco VI. Melody Neely 21. - Determining the impact of prophage BPs viral gene expression on bacterial host Mycobacterium chelonae gene expression e p ess o I. Emma Freeman * II. Sally Molloy 22. - Genetic Screening as a Tool for Personalized Medicine I. Niklas Hase * II. Dakota Archambault III. Gina DiFederico IV. Emily McLaughlin V. Denry Sato VI. Bruce Stanton VII. Haley Morrill VIII. Benjamin King 23. - Discovery of Novel Long Non-Coding RNAs during Zebrash Caudal Fin Regeneration I. Emily Robinson * II. Benjamin King 24. - Identication of Novel Regulatory Genes with Roles in Muscular Dystrophy I. Grace Smith * II. Michelle Goody III. Clarissa Henry IV. Erin Bailey V. Benjamin King 25. - The Eects of Mirror Therapy on Limb Function in Stroke Patients I. Madison O'Rourke * II. Jennifer Goulding III. Emily Stevens IV. Kasha Sereyko V. Valerie Herbert 26. - Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Initiating Active Cooling Measures I. Mikayla Morin * II. Julianne Fitzpatrick III. Theresa Murray IV. Patricia Poirier 27. - Characterizing the impact of Mycobacterial prophage by curing M. chelonae of McProf through overexpression of the excise gene I. Jaycee Cushman * II. Sally Molloy 28. - In infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, are non-pharmacological interventions as eective as pharmacological interventions in demonstrating symptom improvement? I. Katie Cotton * II. Marty Bushey III. Stephanie Woods IV. Valerie Herbert 29. - Preventing Psychiatric Hospital Readmissions I. Samantha Davis * II. Taylor Roy III. Hannah Moutal IV. Patricia Poirier 30. - Role of Arsenic and CFTR in Neurological Development and Regulation of Immune Processes I. William Petterson * II. Ben Williams III. Christian Potts IV. Joshua Passarelli V. Sarah Latario VI. Keith Hutchison VII. Benjamin King 31. - Does follow up home health care reduce emergency room visits and hospital readmissions in patients six months after being discharged from an inpatient stay compared to standard discharge instruction? I. Danielle LaPointe * II. Hannah Welborn III. Ivy Wallace IV. Abigail Doyle V. Valerie Herbert 32. - Co-learning Sustainability Science & Policy: An interdisciplinary approach to food waste reduction I. Brieanne Berry * II. Skyler Horton III. Hannah Nadeau IV. Shayla Rose Kleisinger V. Taylor Patterson VI. Andrew Flynn VII. Cynthia Isenhour 33. - The Impact of Television on Children Aged Birth to Four Language and Communication Skills I. Abigail Glidden * II. Courtney Daly III. Ashley Houp IV. Olivia Hamm V. Jenna Hope VI. Paige Lane 34. - Avian microbiome composition and diversity in wild birds on the Witter Farm Madison Bangs1, Olivia Choi 1,2, Pauline Kamath1 1 School of Food and Agriculture, 2Ecology and Environmental Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, University of Maine I. Madison Bangs * II. Oliva Choi III. Pauline Kamath 35. - Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Coupling for Upgrading Biomass-Derived Organic Molecules I. Elnaz Jamalzade * II. Thomas Schwartz 36. - Risk Perceptions of Moose-Winter tick interactions in Maine I. Asha DiMatteo-LePape * II. Sandra De Urioste-Stone 37. - Faking Orgasm: Interview With College Women About How, When, and Why They Pretend to Experience Orgasm I. Lanie Howes * II. Sandra Caron 38. - Is There a Demand for Aquaculture Insurance? An Analysis of New England’s Oyster Market I. Avery Cole * II. Nicholas Alvarez III. Xuan Chen 39. - The Eects of Dysphagia on the Psychological Well-being of Both Patients and Their Caregivers I. Madison Burt * II. Amy Samson III. Olivia Rancourt IV. Mairead Clonan V. Paige Lane 40. - Generalization of Categorical Knowledge between Dierent Training Methods I. Rose Deng II. Renee Savoie * III. Olivia Stevenson IV. Sahvannah Michaud V. Anna Driscoll VI. David Smith VII. Sebastien Helie VIII. Shawn Ell 41. - OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ALTERS THERMAL CARDIAC PERFORMANCE, HEMOCYTE ABUNDANCE, AND HEMOLYMPH CHEMISTRY IN SUBADULT AMERICAN LOBSTERS I. Amalia Harrington * II. Heather Hamlin 42. - What strategies can be implemented to increase workplace satisfaction and decrease emotional exhaustion thus decrease nurse turnover rates? I. Tessa Lindsley * II. Samantha King III. Kathleen Thibodeau IV. Taylor Durepo V. Patricia Poirier 43. - The Association of Late-Life Depression, Cognitive Functioning, and Sleep Disorder in Aging I. Jessica Aronis * II. Ali Abedi III. Cli Singer IV. Thane Fremouw V. Marta Herzog VI. Ariel Bouchard VII. Taylor Delp VIII. Chris Gilbert IX. Ahmed Almghasilah X. Katrina Daigle XI. Marie Hayes 44. - How Heart Failure Education Can Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates I. Peter Hatch * II. Kacie McLaughlin III. Ryan Lavway IV. Patricia Poirier 45. - Innovations in measuring habitat: habitat use of grassland songbirds in northern mixed-grass prairies I. Nicole Guido * II. Katharine Ruskin 46. - Design and Testing of a Wind Tunnel Gust Generator I. Aaron French * II. Wilhelm Friess 47. - Does delayed umbilical cord clamping lead to short term and long term benets in the hemodynamic status of the newborn? I. Lilly DeLisle * II. Lydia Murray III. Darissa Rodas IV. Megan Dunroe V. Patricia Poirier 48. - The Eects of Sediment Acidication and Temperature on the Immune Capacity of the Atlantic Jackknife Clam (Ensis leei) I. Brian Preziosi * II. Timothy Bowden 49. - Isolation and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophage SleepyHead I. Ryan Andrick * II. Marissa Kinney III. Trevor Dugal IV. Dylan Taplin 50. - Characterization of Novel Gordonia Phage: Sidious I. Jack Burnell * II. Hanna Grin III. Hope Dorr IV. Nathaniel Jordan V. Sally Molloy 51. - Prophage BPs drives dierential gene expression in pathogenic Mycobacterium chelonae I. Sarai Smith * II. Sally Molloy 52. - Analysis and Investigation of the Genomic Map of Gordonia terrae Bacteriophage SweatNTears I. Erika Pacheco * II. Alex Barrios III. Benjamin Gove IV. Jennifer Quezada-Loja V. Sally Molloy 53. - #youronlinebaggege - A Socially Engaged, Graduate Art Endeavor I. Rachel Church * II. Anna Martin III. Arturo Camacho IV. Susan Smith 54. - Race To Lysis; Characterizing Novel Gordonia Phage MagicMan I. Caiden Fraser * II. Emmie Baillargeon III. Alec Ballinger IV. Zachary Williams V. Keegan Gray VI. Melody Neely 55. - Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Novel Bacteriophage Whack I. Ezekiel Robinson * II. Matthew Cox III. Eva Nazim IV. Jack Beaulieu V. Sally Molloy 56. - Isolation and Annotation of Gordonia Phage
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