Undergraduate Honors Papers: Recent submissions
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Dendrimeric Organic Nanomaterials At The Ferrihydrite-Water Interface: Size and pH Effects on Dynamics of Binding
(2023-05-19)As the nature and quantity of new/novel nanomaterials continue to expand to meet industrial, medical, and domestic demands, their accidental or intentional release becomes inevitable. To this end, an evolving understanding ... -
Evolutionary PC
(2023-05-19)Building a computer from common off-the-shelf components is a perplexing task. There are supply chain issues, compatibility issues, and budgetary constraints. This research investigates the use of an evolutionary algorithm ... -
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A MACROCYCLE CONTAINING ASPARTIC ACID
(2023-05-19)The long-term motivation for exploring macrocycles molecules wherein at least 12 of the atoms are arranged in a ring is to be able to produce drugs that can interfere with specific protein-protein interactions within cells. ... -
Characterizing the Substrate Target of BRCA1/BARD1 in C. elegans
(2023-05-19)BRCA1 and BARD1 are proteins involved in the repression of genes associated with increased risk for breast and ovarian cancers. This is accomplished through ubiquitination of H2A and subsequent changes in chromatin compaction. ... -
Media Matters: Exploring How Modern Media Shapes Political Identity Among College Students
(2023-05-19)Over the course of the past few decades, it is no surprise that the general public has changed how it consumes political news. When the most common source of political information shifted from print and radio to television ... -
CROSS-FIELD COMPARISON: A STUDY ON THE PARALLEL BETWEEN MIRROR USE IN DANCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE
(2023-05-19)This study explores the impact of mirrors in dance training environments on dancers' mindset and perception of self and evaluates the similarities between the use of the mirror in dance training environments and the use ... -
The Making of a Radical: William Cobbett's Transatlantic Adventures, 1792-1810
(2023-05-19)The concerns of the working people of Britain found little voice in the early 19th century. Though the visionary poet William Blake wrote verse about such figures as "The Chimney Sweeper" (1789), this was an era before ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of BiVO4-Based Photoanodes for use in Photoelectrosynthetic Solar Cells
(2023-05-19)A photoelectrosynthetic solar cell is a device that converts light energy into chemical potential energy by driving an overall endothermic reaction, such as benzyl alcohol dehydrogenation. To catalyze these reactions, ... -
The Vaganova Ballet Technique in Theory and Performance
(2023-05-19)The Vaganova ballet technique is one of many styles of ballet practiced in the world, and it is quite influential in today's ballet landscape. The traditions and features of the Vaganova technique, which was conceived ... -
THE EMOTIONAL PERCEPTION OF PARENTAL DRINKING DURING MIDDLE CHILDHOOD ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION OF YOUNG ADULTS
(2023-05-19)Alcohol-related accidents have been recognized as a leading cause of physical health problems, injuries, and lower academic success among young adults. Exposure to parental drinking has a significant influence on offspring's ... -
HOPE CONNECTION 2.0: EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SENSORY INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE SENSORY PROCESSING IN ADOPTED CHILDREN
(2023-05-19)In October and November of 2022, TCU's Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development hosted the Hope Connection 2.0 camp which is a trauma-informed, therapeutic intervention for adoptive families. Children in adoptive families ... -
The Role of Social Connection in Languishing and Flourishing Students
(2023-05-19)Flourishing is a concept of increasing interest in present research, constructive in the development and well-being of individuals and communities. This quantitative study aims to understand the relationship between social ... -
Analysis of Early Permian Fauna of the Upland Region of Bally Mountain From Collected Blocks
(2023-05-19)Bally Mountain and her sister site, Richards Spur, both located in Oklahoma, have long been sites for prominent fossil findings of Early Permian upland terrestrial fauna, owing to their unique methods of preservation. These ... -
Fluorescing Fish: Use of Transgenic Medaka in Estrogen Detection
(2023-05-19)In response to new legislation, there is a need to screen chemicals for endocrine disrupting activity. There are multiple methods approved for detecting endocrine disruption, but they are either too expensive, too ... -
Testosterone Production and Competitive Factors
(2023-05-19)Previous research demonstrates that testosterone facilitates psychological and physiological preparedness for competitive interactions while boosting the achievement motivation that drives one to compete. Despite these ... -
Discrete Predator-Prey Model in Two Dimensions
(2023-05-19)We show that a discrete two-dimensional logistic predator-prey dynamical system with two parameters undergoes a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation under certain conditions. Our evidence includes numerical computations of eigenvalues, ... -
THE IMPACT OF SELF-REGULAION AND RETRIEVAL PRACTICE ON CATEGORY LEARNING
(2023-05-19)Retrieval practice typically improves learning and memory performance of basic information (Rowland, 2014). Much less research has evaluated the degree to which retrieval practice results in better test performance of more ... -
Addressing the Right to Vote: Address Confidentiality Programs in the United States
(2023-05-19)When a survivor of intimate partner violence (IPV) flees abuse but wishes to engage in a new community safely, what can states do to ensure their ability to do so? Since 1991, 41 states have implemented Address Confidentiality ... -
Pell's Equations: A Handshake Between the Ancient and the Modern
(2022-12-18)This thesis is a comparative study between two approaches to a classical topic in number theory generally known as Pell's Equation. The equation has the general form x2 - Ny2 = 1, where N is a positive integer not equal ... -
The Visual Design of the Original Video Game Cotler
(2022-12-18)A system of visual design was created for a video game with an original concept. Research was conducted to understand the most effective video game visual design methods. Findings suggested that video game design, including ...