Undergraduate Honors Papers: Recent submissions
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FOOD SENSITIVITY TESTING IN CHILDREN: A CASE STUDY AND NARRATIVE REVIEW
(2023-05-19)Despite the significant prevalence of food intolerances (FI) in children and adolescents (2 to 18-years-old), food intolerance mechanisms and testing are severely misunderstood and under researched. A FI is a non-immunological ... -
Communication in Families with Autistic Children: The Impact of Child Anxiety, Autism Severity, and Parental Broad Autism Phenotype on Family Communication
(2023-05-19)Communication skills are vital for children to learn, grow, build relationships, and solve problems. Autistic children have unique communication challenges. There is very little research on communication in families with ... -
Applying Feminist Theory to Theatrical Processes: Making Theatre More Inclusive and Caring
(2023-05-19)This project illustrates the ways in which feminist theory can positively impact how theatre companies go about conducting their season selection, audition, rehearsal, and performance practices to support, protect, and ... -
The Effects of Ethanol Preservation on Mercury Concentration in Spiders
(2023-05-19)Spiders are sentinel species, organisms that serve to map the bioavailable fraction of contaminants in an ecosystem by retaining contaminants in their tissues. For example, spiders in the families Tetragnathidae and ... -
Piano at the BLUU!
(2023-05-19)When I first considered different ideas for an honors project, I initially felt that I had a plethora of options to pick from. My first thought was to do a lecture recital, possibly on a lesser-known composer. Upon further ... -
Numbers and Narrative: The Subtle Art of Grant-Writing for Non-Profits
(2023-05-19)This study sought to identify the best practices of grant-writing and create an understandable analysis for new non-profit communicators. In a realm reliant on the generosity of others, writing strong grant applications ... -
Rethinking Representation: Inclusion of Women Composers in Standard Classical Repertoire
(2023-05-19)Women composers are severely underrepresented in classical performance around the world. This is due partly to oppressive historical circumstances and prejudiced attitudes towards women in society and in music. Subsequently, ... -
“REALIZE THIS IS MY SPACE”: APPLYING CO-CULTURAL THEORY TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS
(2023-05-19)This paper explores the significance of Deaf individuals' communicative practices and the orientation outcomes they enact when engaging with sign language interpreters through co-cultural theory. Orbe's co-cultural theory ... -
The Effect of Aid-for-Trade on Trade Openness, Trade Flows, and Exports
(2023-05-19)Previous research has highlighted the export increases that the Aid-for-Trade foreign aid program has precipitated in aid recipient countries. Here I argue that trade openness is the real variable of interest to measure ... -
The Effects of a Mediterranean Versus Western Diet in C57BL/6 Mice on Inflammation in the Brain
(2023-05-19)Due to our rapidly aging population, 6.5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this is predicted to increase to almost 14 million in the next 40 years. AD is currently the sixth leading cause of ... -
EXAMINATION OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SEX, AND ACES AMONG YOUTH IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
(2023-05-19)The purpose of the current study is to examine how many youths in the juvenile justice system in the sample experience sexual exploitation compared to the rest of the youth in the juvenile justice system and what difference ... -
INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CBD IN VITRO
(2023-05-19)Oxidative stress and chronic inflammation play a role in the pathogenesis of many diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative stress occurs when there is an accumulation ... -
The Effect of Differential Training on Learning in a Standing Broad Jump
(2023-05-19)This investigation examined the influence of two approaches of motor skill learning (differential learning and repetition-based) on the acquisition of a novel explosive motor task. Twenty-seven participants were randomly ... -
On the Labor Font: Uncovering Dallas's Union Legislators 1890-1920
(2023-05-19)Dallas, Texas, has long held a reputation as a stronghold of conservative Democratic rule. Such rhetoric reflects the nature of Texas politics throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, as Texas was essentially a state ... -
Stars Behind Bars: Hard Time and Good Times on Texas Prison Radio
(2023-05-19)This project follows the beginning years of the prison radio show, Thirty Minutes Behind the Walls. The show originated in Texas and aired mainly out of the Huntsville Unit from 1938 to the late 1950s. Through an analysis ... -
The Flourishing Prison Initiative
(2023-05-19)The subject of this project is flourishing in prison, with a focus on how mindfulness practice can help make that accessible to this particularly vulnerable population of people. I am very concerned about the harsh and ... -
Controversial Cinema: How PR Influences An Industry
(2023-05-19)Films reflect society, telling stories about people in a country, claiming a moment in history. Moving pictures are a bridge between thought and action; a tool used to stir up discussion, promote thought, incite action, ... -
Tracing Olmec Artistic Influence in Southern Mesoamerica through Iconography
(2023-05-19)"America's first civilization," the Olmec, influenced the art and culture in Southern Mesoamerica. As one of the earliest identifiable cultural groups, the Olmec were the first to have a distinguishing style to their artwork ... -
Novel Hinging Motion Observed in Large, Cyclic Molecules: Synthesis and Characterization
(2023-05-19)This research aims to understand how to design and control molecular hinges. The molecular hinges of interest are nano-sized equivalents of door hinges. Such hinges could find applications in new materials or the design ... -
Framing the conversation around ivermectin: News media's role in the spread of misinformation about the anti-parasitic drug in the treatment of COVID-19
(2023-05-19)The World Health Organization labeled the rise of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic an "infodemic,"[1] or an overabundance of information, both online and offline. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of how the ...