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Effects of anorexia nervosa on muscle quality following long term recovery in rats
No full textThis poster explains the effects of anorexia nervosa (AN) and long term recovery on muscle area, bone density, and fat area using a rodent model. We found that muscle area and bone density recovers from AN after three months of recovery, and fat area remains significantly lower from AN even after a five month recovery period. These results suggest that AN has prolonged physiological effects well into recovery.https://scholarworks.uark.edu/coesym25/1009/thumbnail.jp
Tourism Dependency: Prosperity or Precarity
No full textTourism Dependency: Prosperity or Precarity
Is being tourism dependent in a developing country a beneficial tool to use to grow economic
Problems and Risks Within the Agriculture of Stann Creek
No full textAgriculture is a significant part of the economy of Stann Creek, Belize and faces many challenges. This research presents data from farms in the areas surrounding Dangriga regarding the problems that they have been experiencing and potential risks they may face. The research covers family/individual farms, an agriculture cooperative, commercial farms, agritourism businesses, and Mennonite communities. This research was conducted as part of an internship with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of Belize alongside extension officers of the Stann Creek branch of the MOA. The data from the internship found that agriculture in Stann Creek dealt with problems regarding availability of capital, availability of labor, weather and climate change, non-climate change related environment, pests, plant and animal disease, lack of experience and access to information, and market access, with the most commonly faced problems relating to the lack of availability of capital and climate change related problems. This thesis discusses potential solutions brought up by the extension officers and the advantages and drawbacks to each
The Long Tail: Business Viability After the Crisis
No full textThis thesis examines the barriers to business growth and youth development in Dangriga, Belize, within the broader context of post-crisis economic recovery. Despite Belize’s record-breaking tourism arrivals in 2024, Dangriga has not experienced parallel growth, hindered by limited government support, insufficient infrastructure, and gaps in workforce readiness. Through field research, stakeholder interviews, and the development of tailored business strategies, this project identified critical needs in risk assessment, collaboration, and youth engagement. The findings underscore the interconnectedness of politics, culture, and economics in shaping local business ecosystems, and highlight the importance of adaptable, context-specific solutions over the direct application of models from more developed economies. The work further reflects on the personal and professional growth gained through immersive engagement in a developing country, emphasizing lessons in humility, cultural awareness, and the value of sustainable, community-centered economic strategies
The Effect of Blue-green Light on Behavioral Repertoire and Fear Responses in Broiler Chickens
No full textThe broiler chicken industry has increased the number of birds produced each year,
making the mitigation of stressors that affect broiler health and meat quality increasingly
important. New management strategies, like lighting protocols, could help combat stressors and
promote behavioral indicators of positive welfare. This study compared the effects of blue-green
and white light on broiler fear response using a tonic immobility test and behavioral repertoire in
the home pen using continuous focal sampling. Day-of-hatch male broiler chicks (N=600) were
randomly divided into 12 pens (n=50 chicks/pen). The pens had either a white LED light
(control, n=6) or a blue-green spectrum LED light (treatment, n=6). After 12 days, 3 birds per
chamber were tested for tonic immobility (TI), which involved placing the birds backwards on a
V-shaped cradle for a maximum of 300 seconds, and the latency for the bird to right itself
(seconds) was recorded. On day 13, the behavior of one chick per room (n=12) was observed for
9 behaviors (walk, stand, run, peck, preen, stretch, sit, drink, and eat) for 30 minutes in the
morning (0930) and in the afternoon (1400). Behavior was observed using continuous focal
sampling, and the duration of each behavior bout was recorded manually and using Noldus
Observer XT 14 software. The results for TI revealed that there was no significant light effect on
chicken latency to the right, but there was a numerical one, with birds from the control taking
137 seconds to the right compared to 115 seconds for the treatment. Lighting treatment had few
significant effects on the percentage a bird spent in each behavior. Time of day had a greater
influence on behavior, with birds spending a greater percentage of time drinking in the morning
(p=0.02) and pecking in the afternoon (p\u3c 0.0001). The interaction between light and time of day
was significant for pecking behavior, with control birds pecking the lowest percentage of time in
the morning (p=0.02) compared to both treatments in the afternoon. There were no significant
2differences observed for all other behaviors for time of day, lighting treatment, or the interaction
between the two. Overall, lighting treatment had minimal impact on broiler behavior and fear,
but this could largely be due to the small sample size used in the study. Future research should be
done using a larger sample size to get more comprehensive results
Retrospective Analysis of Implemented Project Management within a Small-Scale Student Engineering Project: BENG Fountain Wars Team Case Study
No full textThis honors thesis provides a retrospective analysis of how the 2025 inaugural University of Arkansas’s ASABE Fountain Wars Student Team could be improved through project management. Project commitment, early stakeholder influence, rich communication, and a detailed project plan are all attributes of successful projects, and the team’s strengths and weaknesses within these categories were determined through a team poll. After the poll was conducted, three methodologies, Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall, were assessed to determine how they would effectively address the team’s weaknesses. A weighted objectives table was created to compare each methodology’s effectiveness across the management categories. The analysis revealed that having a detailed project plan was the team’s major weakness, which positioned the Traditional methodology as the highest-scoring option. However, upon reflection of both the quantitative and qualitative experiences of the team, a Hybrid approach with a lean towards Waterfall would be the best retrospective fit for the team
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers: Shall We Play a Game? The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the First Cases
No full textIn the 1983 movie WarGames, a young computer hacker accidentally accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to run nuclear war simulations. Four decades after WarGames, lawyers are now facing similar challenges of learning to use and communicate with artificial intelligence––hopefully without destroying the world. Artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, are quickly being incorporated into legal practice. These systems can draft documents, perform analysis, and support other legal tasks. While lawyers adjust to these new technologies, courts and regulatory authorities are actively developing appropriate frameworks to guide and supervise the use of these tools within the sector.
This first installment in this series lays the foundation with a brief history of artificial intelligence, the rise of generative models, and the problem of “hallucinations” that make these tools especially dangerous for lawyers. It also surveys the first wave of cases, where courts sanctioned attorneys and pro se litigants for relying on hallucinated citations, imposed new procedural safeguards, and began confronting broader disputes over evidence, intellectual property, education, and government transparency. The next installments will shift from cases to rules by examining the American Bar Association’s Formal Opinion 512. Formal Opinion 512 is expansive, so it will be examined in two parts, first through its guidance on competence, confidentiality, and communication, and then through its treatment of candor, supervision, and fees. From there, the series ill turn to the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, surveying federal inaction, California’s aggressive framework, the European Union’s AI Act, and Arkansas’s initial steps. The final entries in this series will focus on practice by outlining best practices that lawyers can adopt today and previewing the new skills that will define the next frontier of lawyer competence
Taste of Florence: A Hospitality Student\u27s Guide to Study Abroad in Florence
No full textThe goal of this creative project is to better prepare hospitality student for studying abroad in Florence, Italy. Studying abroad can be a daunting class, but there’s so many benefits from doing it. For example, you learn a lot about yourself and others around you. It better prepares you for after college because it teaches you life lessons like becoming more aware of the world around you. It also sets you apart from others when you start to apply for internships or jobs, because it shows the companies that you are independent and culturally diverse.
The results that I gathered are from when I studied abroad in Florence. While I was there, I gathered information about the things that I liked to do and see. I compiled all this information together to make a tour guide for other students to be able to become more prepared for their trip.
In addition, this guide can provide an example for other hospitality students to create their own travel guide to another major city, like Rome or Milan