Fifth Annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students Texas State University November 6-7, 2013 Abstracts Contents Abitbol, Alan ......................................................................................................................................7 Effects of Task Evaluation Knowledge and Leadership Style on Employee Attitude toward a Task ......................... 7 Adcock, Zachary .................................................................................................................................8 Morphological Characters Indicative of All Described Pseudobranchus Subspecies found in a Single Population ... 8 Alanis, Alan ........................................................................................................................................9 The Cosmic Latin American Race and Its Mystical Global Citizenship ....................................................................... 9 Atzmon, Thaddeus ........................................................................................................................... 10 Symbolic Interaction at the Sunday Nigh blues Jam................................................................................................ 10 Basler, James ................................................................................................................................... 11 Attendance Patterns of Christian Fundamentalist Congregations .......................................................................... 11 Bates, Lennon; Wescott, Daniel ........................................................................................................ 12 Examination of Rates of Decomposition between Autopsied and Non-autopsied Human Remains in Central Texas State ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Beck, Brandon.................................................................................................................................. 13 Trans/Forming Educational Leadership: Retrospectives of Transgender Persons as Public Intellectuals in School Contexts................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Bhattacharyya, Sonalee; Schneider, Joni ........................................................................................... 14 Palindromic Numbers .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Blumell, Lindsey ............................................................................................................................... 15 Framing Benghazi: A New Chapter or Repeated Gaffe in International News Coverage? ...................................... 15 Bowen, Charles ................................................................................................................................ 16 Bretton Woods and the Foundations of Globalization ............................................................................................ 16 Calaway, Winter .............................................................................................................................. 17 I Don’t Know When I Will See Them Again: The Lived Experiences of Mexican Male immigrants in Austin, Texas and the Separation of Loved Ones .......................................................................................................................... 17 Cantu, Travis; Irvin, Jennifer; Betancourt, Tania ................................................................................ 18 Organic Nanostructures for Photothermal Ablation ............................................................................................... 18 Clark, Laura; Hardy Thom ................................................................................................................. 19 UAV Exotic Vegetation Classification ...................................................................................................................... 19 Cubisino, Luca .................................................................................................................................. 20 Vincenzo Scaramuzza: A Scientific Knowledge at the service of the Art ................................................................. 20 Curtis, Michelle; Adcock, Zachary ..................................................................................................... 21 Tail Loss in Sirenidae From Rainey Slough, Florida .................................................................................................. 21 1 Danso, Robert; Betancourt Tania ...................................................................................................... 22 Molecularly Responsive Aptamer-Crosslinked Nan-Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Systems ....................................... 22 Davis, James .................................................................................................................................... 23 Cultural Influences on Early-Modern English Cavalry .............................................................................................. 23 Deboer Austin .................................................................................................................................. 24 Tipping the Scales: Equalized First Sale Rights in the Age of Digital Copyright Distribution ................................... 24 Dede-Bamfo, Nathaniel .................................................................................................................... 25 Modeling Potential New Roads in the Afram Plains, Ghana ................................................................................... 25 Deleon, Natalie; Tapscott, Brian; Welch, Holly; Schepis, TY ............................................................... 26 Does Venting Predict Longer Abstinence? ............................................................................................................... 26 Dudley, Katie ................................................................................................................................... 27 Rhetoric of Adventure Tourism Consumers ............................................................................................................. 27 Dusek, Gary; Ruppel, Cynthia; Yurova, Yulia; Clarke, Ruth ................................................................. 28 Comparative Analysis of Hotel Employee Service Orientation in Russia and the United States ............................. 28 Erskine, Nick .................................................................................................................................... 29 The Impact of Socio-Political Images on the Olympic Games ................................................................................. 29 Fidler, Jennifer; Ningmeng Li, Melanie; Mendoza, Melody; Palomo, Daniel; Salas, Flor; ..................... 30 Analyzing the Use of of Instagram in Small Business: A Mixed-Method approach based on the Diffusion of Innovation Theory ................................................................................................................................................... 30 Fuentes, Evangelina ......................................................................................................................... 31 Spanish-Language Music Consumption in Central Texas: Taste and Preferences ................................................... 31 Garza, Jose; Vecchio, Ruth; Vecchio, Joseph ...................................................................................... 32 Righting the Wrongs: On the Misconceptions of Industrial and Metal Music......................................................... 32 Gentile, Hayley ................................................................................................................................ 33 Twenty First Century Copyright Infringement: An Examination of Modern Treaties and the Federal Court .......... 33 Gomez, Andrea; Hah, Ditmar; Forstner, Michael; Dixon, James; Farr, William .................................... 34 Absence of Chytrid Fungus in Historical Samples of Amphibians from a Variety of Habitats in Tamaulipas, Mexico ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Halamicek, Peggy ............................................................................................................................. 35 The Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause: Do the Dangerously High Temperatures at TDCI Facilities Constitute a Violation? ............................................................................................................................. 35 Harward, Kyle .................................................................................................................................. 36 Program Evaluation of the State Office of Risk Management: A study on the Impact of a Self-Insured Risk Pool . 36 Hay, Jonathan .................................................................................................................................. 37 2 Salvadorenidad in the Valley of Peace ...................................................................................................................