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The Correlation between Self-Consciousness and Depression in Adolescents
Get PDFKirmser Undergraduate Research Award - Individual Non-Freshman category, honorable mentionJung Sim JunThe purpose of this research proposal is to study the relationship between high levels of self-consciousness and depression among adolescents. In the context of this study, a positive relationship between the study variables is expected to reflect that adolescents are more at risk for the development or continuation of depression or depression symptoms when they experience or maintain high levels of self-consciousness. To assess adolescents’ levels of self-consciousness and severity of depression, participants in this study will be expected to complete a survey questionnaire. The use of these instruments incorporates quantitative data as numerically ranked measurements of personal reflection within a reliable screening. The Revised Self-Consciousness Scale (SCS-R) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) will be in a combined survey distributed to 100 adolescents aged 9-12 years old. Data will remain anonymous and be collected through a classroom setting. The results of this study are expected to help health professionals, parents, educators, and individuals consider self-consciousness as a more emphasized and prevalent element in adolescent depression and mental health
Molecular structure retrieval directly from laboratory-frame photoelectron spectra in laser-induced electron diffraction
Get PDFUbiquitous to most molecular scattering methods is the challenge to retrieve bond distance and angle from the scattering signals since this requires convergence of pattern matching algorithms or fitting methods. This problem is typically exacerbated when imaging larger molecules or for dynamic systems with little a priori knowledge. Here, we employ laser-induced electron diffraction (LIED) which is a powerful means to determine the precise atomic configuration of an isolated gas-phase molecule with picometre spatial and attosecond temporal precision. We introduce a simple molecular retrieval method, which is based only on the identification of critical points in the oscillating molecular interference scattering signal that is extracted directly from the laboratory-frame photoelectron spectrum. The method is compared with a Fourier-based retrieval method, and we show that both methods correctly retrieve the asymmetrically stretched and bent field-dressed configuration of the asymmetric top molecule carbonyl sulfide (OCS), which is confirmed by our quantum-classical calculations
Tennis: a promising approach to family-centered physical activity and health promotion
No full textDespite global goals to reverse the prevalence of obesity and inactivity, little to no progress has been made. This article presents the details of a tennis-based, family-centered program that can serve as a model for future wellness interventions. The program succeeded in providing a source of physical activity for the children and adults involved. Participant feedback confirmed that the program was well received and that an expanded program would be feasible. Tennis appears to be a viable platform for health promotion, and tennis professionals looking to build partnerships for the purpose of growing the game should keep in mind potential public health stakeholders
If I Were the Boss of You...This Is How All Meetings Would Be Run
Get PDFSome meetings are invigorating, some a struggle, and some make participants feel like they are riding on the hot mess express. Attendees may be unsure of why they are in the meeting. The usual person dominates the conversation without adding anything of substance. Meeting members might leave with a completely different understanding of what happened than someone else. This session provides tangible tips for shaping meeting expectations and roles, introduces free or low-cost tools that allow for voices to be heard that would otherwise be silent (or talked over), and supplies ways to wisely use and respect everyone’s time
Archives and Absence: The Role of the Institutional Archive in Retaining Cultural Memory (Part 1)
No full textPresented during American Archives Month, archivists Veronica Denison, Helena Egbert, and Irina Rogova from K-State Libraries’ Morse Department of Special Collections offer the first in a series of three talks inspired by the themes of community and memory in The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.
Part 1: Why are there so few materials from folks of marginalized identities in institutional archives
Handedness and scale orientation effects on consumer usage of sensory scaling
Get PDFMaster of ScienceDepartment of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and HealthKadri KoppelMartin TalaveraSensory evaluation is integral to the understanding of individuals’ perceptions of products and how the creation of those goods meet their needs. Sensory scaling systems allow researchers to translate consumer perceptions into quantitative data that can more effectively relate the story of a product. However, in some cases, biases linked to the study or the participant can taint the validity of sensory studies, causing researchers to get the wrong message from consumers. This thesis evaluates whether participants of a consumer study have biases related to their handedness and the orientation of commonly used sensory scales. This research was comprised of three studies with varying products including breakfast sandwiches, sponges, and dry pet food requiring different senses to be engaged. Each of the individual studies utilized questions formatted in the 9-point hedonic, 5-point just-about-right, and 5-point expectation and purchase intent scales. Participants were placed in one of four groups based on their handedness, right or left, and the scale they received, standard or reversed, unbeknownst to them. The data was then analyzed using an analysis of variance test to determine if the differences between the four groups mean scores were significant (CI = 95%) and a chi-squared test to determine if the distribution of selection for right- and left-handed individuals was significant. The results showed that when individuals use a 9-point hedonic scale the orientation of the scale and the handedness of the individuals have little effect on the scores given. Across all the studies there were only three out of twenty-three attributes that displayed a significant difference between two of the groups. Interestingly, for the breakfast sandwich study and sponge study there was a consistent trend that left-handed participants rated products more highly when using the standard scale. Across all three studies, right-handed individuals rated products more highly when receiving the reversed scale. The results from the 5-point just-about-right questions were similar in that a few attribute mean scores were significantly different between the four groups, though no trend could be verified from the data. The chi-square test found few instances where the rate of liking was significantly different based on the scale orientation or handedness of the individuals. Overall, there is little effect of an individual’s handedness and the orientation on the scale on the responses by the consumer, yet the trend of how each handedness group scores based off the scale orientation which they are given should be further examined with larger sample sizes
Garden to Table: A Head Start Adventure
Get PDFEvery summer I work solo in my position as a chef supervisor for the Northland Head Start. Classes are reduced from ten rooms and a maximum of 170 students to two rooms and a maximum of 34 students. Head Start is a program that prepares children ranging from infant to pre-school age to enter school, and specifically serves low-income families. The Northland Head Start is host to children that are three to five years old.
Upon returning from several months of a shut-down in March 2020, due to Covid, classes were able to safely resume in July of 2020. Class sizes were limited, and social distancing was enforced. I began to brainstorm how I could help brighten the days of these kids who were experiencing a whole new norm. Additionally, I saw the need for healthy eating education. These were the days of produce boxes being placed into trunks as the world tried to figure out how to help mass amounts of people who were unemployed or struggling to feed their families.
I remembered a small bag-style garden on folding legs that the teachers had tried to use a few years before. I dug it out of storage and utilized my neighborhood social media platform to ask for donations of soil. I set it up in the playground and used seeds I had on hand as well as those donated from fellow staff members. We were quickly rewarded with lettuce and basil that were used in school lunches, and later a few rainbow carrots that were passed around for exploration.
I witnessed the pure eagerness of the children seeing the tiny plants emerge from the soil and then trying the end product. That is when I knew I had to do something bigger. I began to research raised garden beds that would be suitable for our playground, along with a source for soil and water.
My goal for this project was to see if I could increase vegetable consumption in the classroom during meals. I also wanted to increase awareness of the garden system and to see if it could serve as a learning medium
Report of Progress 1163
Get PDFSunflower performance tests were conducted by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station to provide farmers, extension workers, and private industry with unbiased agronomic information on many of the sunflower hybrids marketed in the state. Environmental factors affecting test results and cultural practices are presented for each individual test site
Decreased wheat production in the USA from climate change driven by yield losses rather than crop abandonment
Get PDFAn increase in global average surface temperature over the 21st century will affect food production. There is still uncertainty if the source of the production losses caused by climate change could be driven either by lower yield or reduced area harvested. We use county-level production data on winter wheat coupled with fine-scale weather outcomes between 1981-2007 to examine the impact of climate change on winter wheat production in Kansas. We decompose the total impact of weather variables through both the yield and harvested acreage channels. We find that an insignificant portion—both in terms of magnitude and statistical significance—of the production losses are due to reduced harvested acres (i.e., crop abandonment). The proportion harvested only account for 14.88% and 21.71% of the total damages under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5 and neither effect is statistically significant. An implication of this result implies that studies that only examine climate impacts on harvested yields are not significantly underestimating the climate change impacts on production
Pulse Energy and Pulse Duration Effects in the Ionization and Fragmentation of Iodomethane by Ultraintense Hard X Rays
Get PDFThe interaction of intense femtosecond x-ray pulses with molecules sensitively depends on the interplay between multiple photoabsorptions, Auger decay, charge rearrangement, and nuclear motion. Here, we report on a combined experimental and theoretical study of the ionization and fragmentation of iodomethane (CH3I) by ultraintense (∼1019 W/cm2) x-ray pulses at 8.3 keV, demonstrating how these dynamics depend on the x-ray pulse energy and duration. We show that the timing of multiple ionization steps leading to a particular reaction product and, thus, the product’s final kinetic energy, is determined by the pulse duration rather than the pulse energy or intensity. While the overall degree of ionization is mainly defined by the pulse energy, our measurement reveals that the yield of the fragments with the highest charge states is enhanced for short pulse durations, in contrast to earlier observations for atoms and small molecules in the soft x-ray domain. We attribute this effect to a decreased charge transfer efficiency at larger internuclear separations, which are reached during longer pulses