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Quantification of CBD in Hemp Oils
Get PDFRecently, there has been a sharp rise in the use of cannabis products such as hemp and CBD oils in the United States of America. This is largely due to decriminalization and legalization of recreational marijuana across many states. However, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level because it contains the psychoactive component, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is currently listed as a schedule 1 drug, meaning there is no accepted medical use, but it has a high potential for abuse. This research primarily focused on determining how much CBD, the non-psychoactive component is in 5 commercial hemp oil product.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/graduate_student_research_natsoc/1002/thumbnail.jp
The “Garden” That is Being Left Behind “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) and its effect on the Kindergarten Experience
No full textThe expectations of both teachers and students of Kindergarten have drastically changed over the past 20 years. Once a place where children could learn and grow in their ideal image, Kindergarten has turned into a place of assessments and accountability measures. The shift in demands and expectations took place after the passing of the No Child Left Behind Legislation in 2002. My research dives into how the passing of the legislation has affected the overall Kindergarten experience and what are the best practices in a contemporary Kindergarten classroom.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/graduate_student_research_ed/1001/thumbnail.jp
Eyes on Me: A Collection Inspired by the Creator of the Iconic Playboy Bunny Costume
No full textJennifer Duarte-Portillo, FTT451: Senior Project in Fashion and Textile TechnologyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Ali Eagen, Fashion and Textile Technology
The RUNWAY theme for my senior project is History Retailored with an emphasis on black designers. Black designers have shaped the way for fashion just as much as other designers, with much less recognition for their amazing and talented work. After looking into many designers for this collection, one made a connection with me: Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes, who created the iconic Playboy Bunny costume. This costume was important to the female revolution where women began to reclaim their independence and the power of their sexuality. In many ways, Playboy gave women a new perspective and the ability to choose what made them feel sexy. It gave them a way to show how a woman can love herself and her body. It allowed women to show who they are in their bodies and be appreciated for it. Unfortunately, most people don\u27t know who made this costume that has influenced so much fashion and women. Valdes also created dresses and fashion for singers without proper recognition for her talent. My collection modernizes aspects of her style with WGSN\u27s S/S22 trend of euphoric along with the color palette. Design methods that I use for this collection include paneling and boning, to give them the style in which Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes made the bunny suit.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-busfashhosp/1005/thumbnail.jp
A Ruff Day for a Dog Salon: A Way to Collect Data
No full textAlexander Wagner, CIS494: Research in Computer Information SystemsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Sarbani Banerjee, Computer Information Systems
The problem that exists in every company is how to collect and store user data, then keep it safe under a login authenticator. Using Django, Python and SQL, organizations can construct a simple website that allows users to enter, collect, and show data that they\u27ve collected. This research project is meant to show how this process may be applicable for small businesses. The project rationale serves the needs of small businesses with limited staff, whose customer information and other data can be lost very easily. Prior research was done to address this problem, but the difficulty was that the application was hosted on a single computer shared by multiple employees. The solution is to launch a website and back-end data storage using Django so the employees can record information with their device of choice. The way this can be done is with Django to set up an IP address that employees can connect to, a form that can be created with Python, and a database that can store the required information. Also, some tools to help download the database in different forms, such as comma separated values and a text document, are used. One can expect an application that runs on a website that is secured with a login client and a means of data collection.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-compeng/1007/thumbnail.jp
Traffic Light Control with Reinforcement Learning
No full textDevanshi Malaviya, CIS494: Research in Computer Information SystemsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Sarbani Banerjee, Computer Information Systems
The rapid increase in automobiles in the past few years has led to traffic congestions all over the world. This forces drivers to sit idly in their cars wasting time and fuel. Current traffic light control policies are not optimized, which leads to people waiting in their cars for nonexistent traffic and more extended travel time than necessary. In the United States, motorists spend an average of nearly 100 hours in traffic congestions per year. The current research project focuses on reinforcement learning to optimize traffic flow to reduce travel time of drivers. It can be done by building an environment where every intersection has knowledge about the number of the vehicles and their speed as they approach the intersection. Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) is used to build a traffic simulator. Reinforcement learning works on state and action policies which allow traffic lights to make optimized decisions based on their current state. It will balance the exploration and exploitation to make sure that the model is not overfitting and every lane is given importance according to how busy it is. For every state, it receives a reward if it reduces travel time, and the goal of the model is to collect as many rewards as possible. Therefore, the project will conclude by attempting to obtain the most optimized simulation. The Python packages used in the project are Keras, Tensorflow and OpenAI.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-compeng/1009/thumbnail.jp
Global Warming: How Will It Affect Your Favorite Destination?
No full textKiara Woodruff, HTR318: Cultural TourismFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Kathleen O\u27Brien, Hospitality and Tourism
Global warming is affecting the world around us. The countries we love to visit and depend on for our travel experiences will be taking the biggest hit since travel has become more affordable and carbon emissions have increased. This trend is likely to continue as the demand for travel increases. My research focuses on identifying the names of popular destinations that depend on tourism for economic prosperity. I link the discussion to the issue of global warming to understand how the economy and preservation of landscapes are affected. Currently, studies indicate that tropical islands are at the biggest risk of environmental degradation due to global warming. My project concludes with recommendations for how tourists and businesses can minimize impacts of global warming. If we want to continue travelling to our favorite destinations, we need to begin making significant changes in carbon emissions. The rising sea levels or damaged infrastructure is a problem everyone should be concerned about. As I advance my goals of becoming a professional in the field, I will pursue information which leads to preservation of these tourist destinations. Hospitality professionals and all citizens are witnesses to the serious effects of global warming over recent years. If we want to save our tourist destinations, we need to be agents of change.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-busfashhosp/1012/thumbnail.jp
Are Those Ants?
No full textKaranveer Gill, CIS494: Research in Computer Information SystemsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Sarbani Banerjee, Computer Information Systems
This project will be studying how to detect people in images who appear miniscule. Small people can be identified as low as 20 pixels. This project has some inspiration from satellite images. It can almost replicate how a satellite image can detect a person. For example, if a picture was taken from a satellite, the identification of small persons will only be beneficial for investigations. This project will be written by using Python language and Jupyter Notebook will be used as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Windows Docker will be utilized to access a COCO annotation. This will be accessed within the Python program, referencing a JSON file. A dataset will be downloaded with help from this COCO annotator. This data annotation will be designed to detect tiny persons. The purpose of the project is to immediately detect persons in a picture that are not in a crowded area. Images will mainly be aerial shots where the people in the image will look tiny in size. There will be an indication that the object, in this case the “tiny-person,” is identified. This project will also attempt to zoom-in the photo, almost to replicate a zoomed-in camera or satellite image. With the identification of tiny people, the object detected will turn out to be human. An objective of this research is to mimic a satellite image or camera identifying potential suspects.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-compeng/1014/thumbnail.jp
Shrouded Mirror
No full textLiam Glynn, DES350: Wood Design IIFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Sunhwa Kim, Art & Design
My goal for this project was to change the basic interaction we have with a mirror. I had the idea of building a wooden screen that would interrupt the mirror\u27s reflected image. In this interruption, you end up looking more closely and carefully at the reflection. The screen is constructed in the traditional Japanese woodworking style known as Kumiko. The case that holds the mirror was inspired by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted the build, and while this was difficult it made completing the project incredibly fulfilling. My slideshow presentation portrays a work that ideally I can show in person in the future. I plan to share with the viewing audience a brief description of the art motifs and inspiration for the project, as well as the build process.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-arts/1003/thumbnail.jp
Mood Effects Induced by Video With or Without Audio on Problem-Solving Performance
No full textHannah Hoebener, PSY499: Independent StudyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Stephani Foraker, Psychology
The main purpose of the current study is to provide further understanding on how mood affects creative problem-solving. In particular, how mood affects convergent compared to divergent thinking is debated. We compare positive, negative, and neutral mood induced by short video clips (Maffei & Angrilli, 2019) before solving three kinds of creative thinking problems. Research indicates that film clips are powerful in inducing mood states (Fernández-Aguilar et al., 2019). Creative problem-solving performance will be compared through use of the Alternative Uses task (divergent thinking), Remote Associates test (convergent thinking), as well as a practical object insight problem which has not received as much attention for mood effects. The practical object insight problem includes a scene with multiple objects that the participant can use to solve the problem described in the instructions. As a novel approach to induce mood, we used video clips with audio and without audio to compare the strength of mood induction. It is predicted that those in the positive mood group will perform best on all creativity tasks, with neutral mood in between, and negative mood producing the lowest creativity performance. A second prediction is that videos with audio should produce a stronger mood manipulation and therefore will magnify the effect on problem solving outcomes. Full results of data collection for this study are presented. The findings from this research can be used to increase creativity on an individual and group level in the workplace.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1017/thumbnail.jp
Press Start to Begin: A Journey Through Video Game Censorship
No full textJohnathan Ciolek, HON400: All College Honors ColloquiumFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Annemarie Franczyk, Communication
Why is there so much violence in the world? The ancient old theory for this is because of violent video games which in turn make people become violent, especially children. The ideas that video games are corrupting youth has caused people to call for more censorship in games that depict death, nudity, drug use, etc. Is this really a necessity though? The idea of censorship began in 1976 with the release of a game called “Death Race” which struck up a lot of controversy over violence in video games. From then on, other games, such as Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and Wolfenstein II have also received much criticism for their content. By looking at the individual games and the experiences they provide, a more concise perspective that video games, while they may be violent, should not always be censored. Certain video games offer historical context for events and by censoring such games, history is being withheld. In addition, when these video games are released, the sole purpose of the game is not to preach morality. That is what makes video games unique: their willingness to push boundaries and open the audience\u27s eyes to different perspectives they may not have been aware of before. I will be focusing on the characters and messages portrayed by various controversial games to explain why these video games are not as immoral as people see them.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1011/thumbnail.jp