Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium
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TWU's Creative Arts and Research Symposium highlights the research and scholarly activities of undergraduate and graduate students, across many departments and colleges. In addition to the platform and poster presentations by TWU students, the student symposium features special sessions showcasing student research, the Chancellor's Student Research Scholars, the scholarship of the graduate council awardees, and a keynote speaker.
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Item 2019 Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium - Program(2019) Symposium information and presentation abstractsThe Symposium Planning Committee is pleased to welcome you to the 2019 Annual Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium. Over the past years we have honored students, both artists and scholars, who have since gone on to fulfill the promise they first demonstrated at these Symposiums. These students have become researchers, teachers, artists, health care providers, and working professionals contributing to society and serving as positive role models as graduates of TWU. We are celebrating our 22nd year of meeting the following goals: Providing opportunities for all students to share their scholarly pursuits and build leadership and other professional skills, and celebrating student‐mentor achievements in a way that promotes a culture of scholarship and community at TWU. We continue to offer various venues for presentations including poster and platform sessions and virtual presentations. Thank you for joining us in this joyous celebration of a culture of scholarship at this, our 22nd Annual Symposium! 2019 Symposium Planning Committee Chair: Don Edwards, Chair and Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Heidi Collins, Associate Director, Teaching and Learning with Technology Diana Elrod, Director, Center for Student Research Helen Everts, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences Mark Hamner, Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Improvement; Associate Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science DiAnna Hynds, Professor, Biology Tracy Lindsay, Director of Operations, Research and Sponsored Programs Meredith Maddox, Assistant Director, Residence Education Sarah McMahan, Associate Professor, Teacher Education Aimee Myers, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education Elizabeth Restrepo, Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing Shannon Scott, Chair and Professor, Psychology and Philosophy Donna Scott Tilley, Vice Provost for Research; Professor, Nursing Sumod Sebastian, Graduate Student Representative Gary Washmon, Professor, Visual ArtsItem Abilities of Beauty(2021) Werchan, HannahMy process of meticulously handcrafted realism drawings and the context of being a young disabled woman examines the ability to find empowerment in oneself through beauty. Philosopher Denis Dutton describes beauty as a characteristic of Darwinian theory and a tool of survival. Through my self portraiture series, Abilities of Beauty, I’m focusing on the different versions of oneself and using beauty as a coping mechanism and means of survival to find empowerment in life’s circumstances. I explore ideas of using beauty, vanity, and materiality to build self empowerment and how the dichotomy related to me as an artist living with disabilities being able to use a laborious process to create a beautiful product can evoke feelings of empowerment. The goal of this project is to explore the ways we describe, interpret, and execute beauty and additionally drawn to such things.Item Acculturation and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Hispanic Adults, National Health and Nutrition Survey 2011-2018(2021) Lopez-Neyman, Stephanie; Miketinas, Derek C.The project explored the relationship between acculturation and diabetes among US Hispanic – adul ts. Data from adults (≥20y), participating in the NHANES 2011-2018 were used for analysis. Participants classified as having diabetes: (1) with doctor-diagnosed diabetes or (2) doctor-undiagnosed diabetes with a glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5%. An acculturation score was calculated based on previously developed scales. Unadjusted prevalence diabetes rates were compared across acculturation status using Rao Scott Chi Square tests. The overall prevalence of diabetes for adults was 12.6%, and for Hispanic adults was 13.8%. The unadjusted prevalence of diabetes for each acculturation level was as follows: lowest (10.6%), low (20.9%), high (15.4%), and highest (11.6%), (p < 0.0001). The results are consistent with other studies demonstrating that the risk of diabetes increases with acculturation among Hispanics. The acculturation process is a potential modifier of the interaction between the food environment and biology for future studies.Item Achondroplasia as a Genetic Basis for Dwarves in Folklore(2021) Goyco, Maria; Gumienny, Tina L.Dwarves are a prominent part of folklore in many world cultures. They are characterized by short stature, large heads, coarse facial features, and curved spines. This project explores a possible genetic cause for the dwarf throughout our folklore tradition. We propose that a genetic disorder called achondroplasia provides a basis for accounts of dwarves in folk tales. Achondroplasia causes short stature, shortened arms and legs, bowed legs, enlarged head (macrocephaly) and frontal bossing, and spine curvature. It affects <1 in 15,000 newborns annually worldwide, making it a very rare but observable and noteworthy occurrence. Achondroplasia is caused by mutation of the FGFR3 gene, which over-activates a protein that helps regulate cell growth and division, most notably bone growth. This genetic disorder is now known to be the most common cause of dwarfism and is a likely natural cause for the presence of dwarves in our ancient, enduring legends.Item Activated Caspase 3 Analysis in Traumatic Brain Injury Cerebral Organoids(2022) Romo Mercado, Nohemi; Lybrand, ZaneTBIs stands for traumatic brain injury which causes permanent loss of neural tissue. This experiment focused on pressure caused TBI and its resulting pathology. Cerebral organoids are in-vitro 3- dimensional stem cell cultures that display cerebral cortical regions similar to a developing human brain. Cerebral organoids were used because they potentially offer a more humanistic model of organization. The cerebral organoids were grown using the Pasca protocol and then to model a pressure induced TBI, the organoids are loaded into a tabletop blast chamber. The sections were stained using immunohistochemistry for activated caspase 3, which is an apoptosis marker to determine if the organoids reacted the same as a human brain would. In the cerebral organoids the frequency of the blast and the amount of cell death have a positive correlation. Thus, the dose response to different frequencies gives a threshold of cell death like that of a human blast TBI. (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Zane Lybrand)Item Active Learning Prioritization Exercise for Junior Nursing Students(2020) Meddaugh, NatalieIn response to the need to promote higher-level critical thinking and evidence-based practice education, a prioritization exercise was created for a class of Junior-level nursing students. The exercise will reinforce content, concepts, & implications for nursing regarding fluids, electrolytes, and atrial-based gas (ABGs) results in patients. Active learning blended with traditional learning allows the students to learn necessary content while utilizing critical thinking skills to increase the retention of information. During the exercise, students will be challenged to assess the fluid and electrolyte status of patients and prioritize which patients are the sickest. The exercise will also reinforce content involving labs and medications needed to treat alterations in fluids & electrolytes.Item Activism and Mental Health: A Social Work Perspective(2022) Tipsword, Rachel; Rosa-Dávila, EmarelyWhile the connection between activism and mental health has been thoroughly researched, little consensus has been reached as to whether the end results are positive or negative. This data-analysis aims to combine previous research on the topic of activism and mental health with the core principals of social work. With this insight, social workers can provide more effective assistance to affected populations. To accomplish this task, I selected the research dated from 2011 to the 2021. and conceptual articles specifically on queer activists and activists of color and the related mental health topics of anxiety and depression. Despite social justice being a core value of the social work profession, little research has been done on this topic through the social work lens. This data- analysis aims to combine previous research on the topic of activism and mental health with the core principals of social work. With this insight, social workers can provide more effective assistance to affected populations. (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emarely Rosa-Davila)Item Adolescence, Homosexuality, and Futility in Willa Cather’s “Paul’s Case”(2022) Whitaker, AnnaWilla Cather’s “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament” is a short story that highlights the early twentieth century’s discrimination against homosexuality and the devastating effects that oppression can have on adolescents. The story, published in 1905, is about a young man named Paul who flees his miserable home in Pittsburgh for a lavish life in New York. He finds immense joy and freedom here, and when this new lifestyle is threatened, Paul commits suicide instead of returning to his old home. This essay uses original research, the lens of queer literary theory, and a review of existing scholarship on the topic to demonstrate that “Paul’s Case” is an allegory for Paul’s struggle with his sexuality and the effects of the restrictions that were imposed on queer men during that time.theory, and a review of existing scholarship on the topic to demonstrate that “Paul’s Case” is an allegory for Paul’s struggle with his sexuality and the effects of the restrictions that were imposed on queer men during that time.Item Adolescent Expectations Regarding Disclosure: The School Counselor's Perspective(2021) Sohne, KathrynParental knowledge is a significant protective factor for adolescents associated with less engagement in antisocial and delinquent behavior, and lower levels of internalizing and externalizing issues. Adolescent disclosure is the primary method of attaining parental knowledge, but parents and their offspring often experience a disconnect in communication during these formative years. This poster provides insight to better understand why an adolescent might choose to disclose to a school counselor rather than a parent, focusing on the adolescent’s expected responses to disclosure. The school counselor provides a unique and significant perspective because parents and adolescents often share information with a school counselor that they do not share with each other. The information provided in this poster is most helpful for parents, school counselors, and other family practitioners who would like to strengthen their communication with adolescents.Item Adolescent perfection driven distress(2019) Peterson, Treisha; Dutton, Catherine L.As rates of loneliness, anxiety, and depression continue to rise, it is imperative that family advocates, educators, and professionals are familiar with the breadth of perfectionism and the impact this has on emotional, mental, and physical well‐being in the family. With a primary focus on the growing and urgent need for awareness of adolescent perfection driven distress, this poster will discuss perfectionistic traits and the critical role that adolescent distress has on the social and emotional competencies and outcomes in families, schools, and communities. In addition, this poster will address the import of the identity gap and the role of perceived ought and ideal selves on perfection driven distress in the identity seeking adolescent. Additional conversation will address wellness and connection promoting strategies that foster hope by way of healthy striving, goals, pathways, and individual agency.Item Adolescent Well-Being and Religiosity: A Theoretical Integration & Visualization(2020) Peterson, TreishaThe adolescent quest for autonomy requires the identity seeking process of sifting and sorting expectations, values, and beliefs. For many adolescents, life satisfaction is compromised by significant life events and daily hassles that result in feelings of rejection, isolation, inadequacy, and hopelessness. As one of the key identity commitments of adolescent development, religiosity and spirituality are likely to be explored and evaluated. As we come to understand the relationship, both adaptive and maladaptive, of religion and the identity seeking process, relational others are better prepared to nurture pro-social connectedness, foster hope, develop resilience, and support positive wellbeing throughout the identity formative years.Item Aerosols: The Unseen Threat!(2021) Torres, Amanda; Cabrera, Alejandra; Gallardo, Carmen; Galvan, Melissa; Hinojosa, AlexisThe purpose of this study was to measure aerosol containment when various forms of hand-held high evacuation (HVE) were utilized during ultrasonic instrumentation. Trials were completed using ultrasonic instrumentation on a dental mannequin’s anterior teeth. Glo Germ® Gel was placed on teeth. Two-minute ultrasonic intervals were conducted. Slow speed suction with saliva ejector, saliva ejector adaptor used with HVE, HVEsolo®, Purevac® and Safety Suction® were compared. Grid paper positioned 3 inches from the mannequin, 50-degrees to the floor, recorded contamination. A one-way ANOVA was used to examine how the HVE groups differed on the number of contaminated cells. Results indicated that there were significant group differences, F(4, 144) = 22.23, p < .001, eta2 = .38. Post hoc pairwise comparisons indicated that the control group (saliva ejector) had a significantly lower number of contaminated cells than each of the other groups (p < .01). Hand-held HVE revealed higher contamination.Item Alleviating ESL FYC students' Writing Anxiety (Writer’s Block) through Exploring and Teaching Rhetorical Criticism with Narrative Perspective on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee and Daehyun Won’s Raindrops(2022) Won, Daehyun (DH)The majority of first-year composition students commonly experience writing anxiety (i.e., writer's block) that greatly hinders teachers' effective teaching and students' confident learning which are essential for expressing creative and critical thoughts on a white page. In particular, for an English as a Second Language (ESL) student, due to their unique situations, being set between their own language-based cultural communications and the English-based rhetorical conventions, writing anxiety is weightier. The anxiety causes ESL students’ dreadful learning obstacles when composing their western culture-based rhetorical assignments. Due to the fact that writing anxiety is a matter of psychological, linguistic, cultural, and even social system issues, instead of relying on grammatical knowledge, academic genres, and strict grade scorings, FYC teachers can pedagogically facilitate multicultural, multidimensional, and multimodal narratives and their storytelling methods, in learning such as Cha’s Dictee and Won’s Raindrops, to inspire unconstrained-thinking processes with creative writing skills.Item Analysis of Differing Issues Amongst Women Politicians(2020) Bates, ColeWomen politicians run for office at a lower rate than their male counterparts, but when they run they are more successful. However, there seems to be a gender gap amongst the platforms that these politicians choose to focus on. This paper is an examination of those issues across both parties.Item Analysis of how LiCl inhibits cytomegalovirus, a common herpesvirus(2021) Mbue, Ifeoma; Vazquez, EloisaOver a decade ago, studies found that LiCl can inhibit the replication of some herpesviruses, but how it inhibits was never determined. Recently our lab confirmed that LiCl can inhibit cytomegalovirus replication, a herpesvirus which hadn’t been previously studied with LiCl. When LiCl was added at the time of infection, viral production was reduced 5 logs over 2 days, but if added 24 hours after infection the reduction was only 10 fold. This study investigates whether LiCl acts on the virus or host. We compared the effect of pretreating the cells with LiCl for 4 hours before viral infection and having LiCl present at various time points of infection. If pretreatment leads to a decrease in virus production/proteins then cellular proteins must be a major factor, but if it’s most effective during specific stages of viral replication this can help guide us to what viral proteins may be affected.Item An Analysis of Relationship among CO2 Emissions, GDP, Population, and Energy Use on a Global Scale(2022) Pang, Wei Qi; Gratch, Jonathan; Zhang, JianThis project analyzes the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and life expectancy globally from 2012 to 2014 and explores how other energy-related factors affect life expectancy. CO2 is a primary driver that caused global temperature rise and led to climate change. CO2 emissions are different by region according to the situation of the economy and human factors. Therefore, serval problems need to be analyzed. First, what is the difference between CO2 emissions in the high gross domestic product (GDP) and low GDP countries, and how to determine and label GDP? Second, do countries with larger populations consume more energy and affect CO2 emissions more? Third, what is the difference between life expectancy in countries with high CO2 emissions and low CO2 emissions? This project adopts exploratory data analysis methods and machine learning to identify the relationship based on the patterns between variables of data sources from The World Bank. (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Gratch)Item Angolan Special Education Administrators’ Perceptions about Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Physical Education: A Pilot Study(2022) Gomes, Agueda; Mann, M.; Dillon, S.; Yang, Q.; Cox, E.Physical Education is a part of the general education curriculum in Angola, but it is quite new for students with disabilities to be included (Charles et al., 2020). This study sought to understand the perceptions of both special education administrations and students with disabilities regarding the inclusion of SwD in general physical education in Angolan schools. In addition, this study compared the opinions of administrators and students with disabilities on the quality of the services provided for inclusion in physical education classrooms. A phenomenological research approach (Crotty, 1998) analyzed the phenomena of experiences that students with disabilities experience in their physical education environment (Creswell & Creswell, 2018). The themes revealed barriers and facilitators, such as teachers' lack of preparedness, the curriculum appropriate to students' needs, lack of accessibility, and the existence of policies that support physical education.Item Anti-proliferative Effects of Lentinan, a Beta-glucan from Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes)(2021) Sombuor, Titus; Broughton, K. Shane; Bergel, MichaelCancer is one of the most significant health challenges worldwide. Lentinan, a betaglucan from shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes, has been demonstrated to have an inhibitory effect on selected cancer cells but results are inconclusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-proliferative effect of lentinan on breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF-7), prostate carcinoma (DU-145) and ovarian carcinoma (SKOV3) using MTS assay, and explore possible mechanisms of action of this compound. Treatment of DU-145 cells with different doses of lentinan resulted in up to a 42% inhibition in cell growth. In SKOV3 cells, lower doses of lentinan promoted cell proliferation by 170% – 250%, however 1.6 mg/ml inhibited cell proliferation significantly. In the MCF-7 cells that were used as a positive control, Lentinan inhibited growth by 94.3%. Our findings suggest that the ability of lentinan to inhibit or induce cancer cell proliferation depends on the type of carcinoma.Item Antiproliferative Activity of Dioecious Maclura pomifera Plant Extracts on ER-positive Breast Cancer Cell Lines(2022) Rumpa, Mafia Mahabub; Maier, CameliaM.pomifera is a dioecious tree native to the south-central USA,reported to have anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, andantiproliferative properties. Native Americans have used plantparts for cancer treatment but few cancer research studies havefocused on M. pomifera, limiting our understanding of its medicinal properties. The goal of this research is to determineantiproliferative activities of M. pomifera plant extracts in ER-positive breast cancer MCF-7 and T47D cell lines. Capsaicin-likephytochemicals are known ligands for TRPV1 plasma membranechannels and were extracted from M. pomifera using organicreagents. Antiproliferative activities were evaluated using MTSassays, revealing that M. pomifera plant extracts significantlyreduced cancer cell growth, indicating antiproliferative properties.Future work will focus on elucidating the mechanism of action of M. pomifera in cancer cell lines via the TRPV1 channel and could leadto the discovery of natural products for the development of newanti-cancer drugs.Item Applied Algebra: Codes and Ciphers in Data Security(2021) Edwards, KahlanCodes and ciphers are an integral part of modern-day security and integrity, having been used throughout history for a similar purpose; ensuring that those who are not meant to have certain information do not get it. The use of codes and ciphers continues to increase, growing more complex as mathematics and technology evolve. Codes and ciphers are an irreplaceable part of data security and data integrity systems; thus, it is important to understand how they work with advancing technology, such as the quantum computer. This presentation provides a brief overview of past and current uses of codes and ciphers in data security. The presentation then focuses on research in mathematics and technologies and their evolving roles in data security and integrity.