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Fayetteville ::::ived on: 03-30-09 Inquiry : the University of Arkansas undergraduate Ky research journal Fall2008 Published by ScholarWorks@UARK, 2008 1 Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 9 [2008], Art. 1 CONTENTS INQUIRY: The Undergraduate Research Journal of the University of Arkansas Volume 9 - Fall 2008 2 Editor's Foreword, Publication Board Winners of the 2008 Undergraduate Research Award given by the Teaching Academy 3 ANTHROPOLOGY: Covington, A. K. Why Pentacostal? A Look at the Phenomenon of Rapid Pentecostal Growth in Latin America. (for full text, go to http://inquiry.uark.edu/) 5 ECONOMICS: Lee, B. Outcomes of the Transition Process in Central and Eastern Europe: The Roles of Culture and Society in Adopting Democratic Capitalism. 16 MUSIC: Sears, D. Processing Surprise Tension in Tonal Melodies. Remaining Table of Contents in Alphabetical Order by Last Name 23 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Cantrell, A. Factors Affecting the Spread of a Bioterrorist Agent Throughout a Building. 27 FINANCE: Cox, C. Flights-to-Quality: The Effects of Market Volatility on Short Term U.S. Treasury Yields. 33 ART: Harrington, C. The Sainte-Chapelle Ivory Virgin and Child: Rayonnant Style and Private Devotion. 38 CROP, SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: Koehn, K. Investigation of Antecedent Moisture Content Effects on Stormwater Runoff Using a Combined Geographic Information System and Curve Number Approach. 47 ECONOMICS: Lippert, T. The Impact of Severance Taxes on the Arkansas Natural Gas Market. 57 CLASSICAL STUDIES: Merced, D. J. Roman Isis and the Pendulum of Religious Tolerance in the Empire. (for full text, go to http://inquiry.uark.edu/) 58 TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS: Otto, A. Economic Literacy at the University of Arkansas. 66 HISTORY: Peyton, C. Opportunity Knocks: An Examination of the Knoxville Transient Bureau and Transient Population. (for full text, go to http://inquiry.uark.edu/) 68 HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: Quinn, T. Train Stations: Iconography, Wayfinding, and the Evolution of a Type. 78 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING: Rosequist, A. Relative Searching Using an Ordered Token List. 83 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: Strobel, A. Computational Modeling of Oxidative Stress: An Analysis ofNAD(P)H Effects on Nitric Oxide and Superoxide During Hypertension. 92 HISTORY: Terry, J. T. R. Give Me That Old Time Religion: Nostalgia, Memory and the Rhetoric of Loss in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. 103 ECONOMICS: J0, T. Market Correlation: Effect of Historical Events on the World's Largest Financial Centers from 1983-2003. Cover: Roma Termini, Rome.ltaly.lmage used with permission ojTricia R. Quinn. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/inquiry/vol9/iss1/1 2 Editors: Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journa 2 INmJIRY Volume 9 2008 FOREWORD The Inquiry journal is a project of the Teaching Academy of the University of Arkansas. The journal is supported financially and conceptually by the offices of the Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Research. Through print and on-line publication, Inquiry provides a forum tor sharing the research and creative endeavors of undergraduate students at the U of A This print issue of Inquiry records the scholarly contributions of 16 U of A student/faculty mentor pairs during the 2007/2008 academic year. The full text is included for 13 manuscripts. Abstracts are provided for an additional three papers which are posted on the Inquiry website (http://inquiry.uark.edu/). These longer works were submitted originally for consideration for the Undergraduate Teaching Award and received high ratings from reviewers. Student authors of longer papers were encouraged to submit condensed versions of their work for print publication. In some instances, reducing document length significantly diminished the overall quality of the work, and these specific authors were given an opportunity to publish on-line. As has been true in the past, the number of articles accepted for publication is controlled in part by the size of the journal, and we received many more high quality manuscripts than we could publish. The articles included in this issue are drawn from disciplines in four of the six undergraduate colleges and schools-the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration, the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences, and the College of Engineering--and are representative of the quality of research done by 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 research at the undergraduate as well as the graduate level. Articles are selected for publication after review by faculty members. The range of disciplines at an institution like ours makes it impossible for a few individuals to evaluate critically all the papers submitted without the assistance of experts in specific academic areas. The Editor and Publication Board of Inquiry are grateful for the assistance of those campus colleagues who have served as reviewers. As Editor, I must also thank the members of the Publication Board who gave so generously of their time, particularly at the end of the spring semester when no one has any free time. While the papers chosen for publication vary in subject, method, length, writing style, and manuscript format, they are uniformly excellent in content. As much as possible, we have endeavored to maintain discipline-specific styles to provide students with a publication experience comparable to one they might find in their individual disciplines. The intent of the journal is to record the depth and breadth of the scholarly activities of some of the university's best undergraduate students. I hope you enjoy the print and on-line offerings of the 2008 issue of Inquiry. Barbara B. Shadden, Editor INQUIRY PUBLICATION BOARD, 2007-2008 ACADEMIC YEAR Ro Di Brezzo, University Professor of Exercise Science; Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Professor of Civil Engineering; David E. Gay, Professor of Economics; Ethel Goodstein, Professor of Architecture; Amy Jo Herzberg, Professor of Drama; John M. Norwood, Associate Professor of Accounting; Curt R. Rom, Professor of Horticulture; Charles F. Rosenkrans, Jr., Professor of Animal Science; l\lary Jo Schneider, Professor of Anthropology; Murray J. Smart, Jr., Emeritus Professor of Architecture. Published by ScholarWorks@UARK, 2008 3 Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 9 [2008], Art. 1 ANTHROPOLOGY: Allison Kidd Covington 3 \VHY PENTECOSTAL? A LOOK AT THE PHENOMENON OF RAPID PENTECOSTAL GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA By Allison Kidd Covington Department of Anthropology Faculty Mentor: Stephen l\1. Striffler Department of Anthropology Abstract Pentecostal churches that cannot be described by the above I first got the idea for my thesis studying Spanish in characteristics. For the purpose of this paper. however, it Costa Rica in the fall of 2006. Not long after I arrived at is important to define what exactly is mea/It b_v Pentecostal. my lwstfamily's home, my host mother asked me whether or and the previously mentioned aspects appear to be the most not !was "evangelica ".!was somewhat confused by this inclusive. question because it went against my pre1·ious assumption that Hm·ing defined the term "Pentecostal", I explored various the majority of Latin Americans-or at least Latin American social and political stimuli for the mm·etnent's growth, keeping Christians-were Catholic. Knowing a minimal amount of in mind the political turmoil that existed in the latter half Spanish and vel}' little abollt the culture, I answered yes, of the twentieth ce/ltUI)'. Interestingly, some of the countries essentially translating "evangelica" as "Protestant". I would that experienced the most politicaluphea\'al at this time soon learn, however, that the term "ewmgelica" had much (e.g. Chile, Guatemala, Bra:::.il) simultaneously e.\perienced deeper meaning and held quite different connotations to mv substantial Pentecostal growth. Two importallt social stimuli host mother and to many other Latin Americans than my . for Pentecostal grmt·th have been the rights of both women and definition of Protestant did to me. minority groups. Pentecostal congregations generally believe I quickly began to grasp the difference between the i11 the priesthood of all believers, or the idea that each believer. Latin American understanding of "evangelica" and my own regardless