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Data to accompany: How does rapid body color change affect the conspicuity of lizards to their predators and conspecifics?
No full textPredator-prey interactions drive the evolution of prey visual camouflage, but prey species also often require salience to their conspecifics for social signaling purposes. Whether rapid body color change can help to dynamically balance conspecific visibility and predator concealment, in the eyes of each group’s respective visual systems, remains poorly understood. We tested this question using water anoles (Anolis aquaticus), a small lizard that uses rapid dark-to-light body color change to visually camouflage itself from its avian predators across diverse microhabitats. We used digital image analysis and visual modeling to assess the effectiveness of color-matching camouflage in A. aquaticus, as perceived by anoles and avian predators. Our findings reveal that A. aquaticus body coloration was perceived similarly by both groups. However, sex-specific differences in overall salience emerged, with males less variable in their color matching across microhabitats compared to females. Females showed reduced color matching in their lighter phase, possibly linked to their increased refuge-seeking behavior. In contrast, males may rely more heavily on close-range camouflage possibly due to their increased exposure during territorial defense, potentially explaining the observed correlation of body size and color matching. We highlight the context-dependence of color change, with sex-specific differences and microhabitat substantially affecting its function
Satire As Confirmation Bias: South Park Meets The Simpsons
Get PDFIn this paper, I contrast The Simpsons and South Park to highlight how differing satirical strategies have the potential to spread disinformation through confirmation basis. The creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, employ a satirical strategy that does not seek approval or input from the objects of their satire. In contrast, the creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, seeks approval and agreement from the objects of their satire. Their different approaches to how they present their content to their audience coupled with the concepts of confirmation bias serve as yet another way for the possible spreading of disinformation. I argue that the difference between these satirical strategies can be defined using the terminology and conceptual frameworks of disinformation studies, namely, confirmation bias and theories of satire that highlight its potential to perpetrate disinformation.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1003/thumbnail.jp
“I Don\u27t Know How to Use This, But I Don\u27t Care!” Exploring Flexibility and Persistence During Play-Making in K-2 Setting
Get PDFResearch on young children’s creative thinking suggested that some of young children’s behaviors are antecedents to young children’s creative thinking and creativity. These behaviors include exploration (behaviors related to the approach to new situations), involvement and enjoyment (behaviors related to the creative process), and persistence (behaviors related to facing obstacles). Our current project focused on two of the creative thinking behaviors - flexibility and persistence. The literature suggested that flexibility was linked to divergent thinking and resulted in more creativity. On the other hand, persistence was connected to convergent thinking which is less creative. Our research investigated this theory. We utilized the Analyzing Children’s Creative Thinking (ACCT) framework to analyze children’s behaviors during play-making sessions in a K-2 school setting. Based on our preliminary findings, we proposed that both flexibility and persistence are important elements of children’s creative thinking.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1031/thumbnail.jp
The Effect of Fast Food Consumption on Development of Mental Disorders
Get PDFIncreasing evidence suggests a relationship between fast food consumption and the progression of mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. The study conducted aimed to identify whether or not there is an association between these two factors. An anonymous online survey was administered through Google forms. The survey included basic demographic questions regarding diet and mood. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze data in SPSS version 25.0. Our results suggest that there is an association between increased consumption of fast food and the prevalence of mental disorders. Practicing healthier eating habits along with limiting fast food consumption may prevent or lower the risks of developing mental health disorders.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1034/thumbnail.jp
Coffee: An Ersatz Community
Get PDFIn our capitalist society, businesses exist to maximize profit, and they do so with myriad marketing techniques. One of these, the ersatz community, is a false kinship between people who have little in common beyond their consumption habits and is a replacement for real communities built on interpersonal relationships. The coffee industry, beloved by many for providing a miracle drink to keep them from feeling the limits of their mortal bodies, uses this tactic to great effect: it allows consumers to be part of not just the coffee drinking community but also communities built upon brand recognizability, homogeny, elitism, and convenience, all pillars of consumerist society. Members of these communities take solace in being one of millions but have no true ties to their fellows. The drive to consume in the faithful adherents to capitalism ties them to the idea that consumption can fill the hollow voids of their souls. Especially the idea of “sustainability,” all-encompassing yet meaningless, says that consuming is the only way to save the world. This research reveals the ersatz communities used by the coffee industry, and their connection to the infinite capitalist drive for consumption.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1042/thumbnail.jp
Car Types to Pollution and Health: What’s the Best Option?
Get PDFAn extensive amount of air pollution and its impact on climate change are due to chemical emissions like CO2 (carbon dioxide), CO (carbon monoxide), PM 2.5 (particulate matter), and SO2 (sulfur dioxide), which are released from gas and fuel based automobiles that we drive today. This is important because the bad air quality is affecting our health, leading to hospitalizations and bringing us to the point of mortality. However, there are now better options: electric vehicles (EVs). The three types of electric vehicles are PEVs (plug-in), BEVs (battery), and HEVs (hybrid). What truly is the best option? In order to decide, there will be content analysis and correlation studies of quantitative research from data sets to see vehicle contribution to air pollution to health, gas and ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) vs electric vehicles, ICEVs vs HEV vs PHEV vs BEV, and BEVs being the best option. My desired outcome is to prove BEVs the best option and my purpose is to help buyers make the best decision in purchasing a car environmentally and healthwise.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1060/thumbnail.jp
Human Rights Granted to Children of Incarcerated Parents
Get PDFAs the rate of incarcerated women increases, issues concerning pregnancy-related treatment and motherhood policies in jails continue to grow. Without proper federal and state laws in place, women’s basic human rights are violated in jails across the country, which puts both their physical and psychological needs at risk. However, an additional growing problem is the violation of the rights of children born to incarcerated parents. There is an inherent contradiction of providing children a chance to bond with their parents without treating them as prisoners. In my research, I will use a human rights lens to explore the rights children of incarcerated parents are guaranteed, by delving into specific policies and programs that have proved effective and ineffective. To do this, a closer inspection of state policy will be conducted, comparing outcomes from nursery-based incarceration programs and immediate separation at birth.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1074/thumbnail.jp
Relationships between Impostorism, Perceived Parental Support, and Gender in First-Generation Undergraduate Students
Get PDFImpostorism is characterized by feelings of self-doubt and phoniness regarding one’s abilities and achievements, despite one’s history of success. Previous research has demonstrated a link between impostorism and perceived parental support (PPS), such that higher degrees of parental care were associated with lower imposter feelings. Our research examined the relationship between impostorism and PPS among first-generation college students (FGCS), a population shown to be more vulnerable to impostorism. Additionally, we investigated whether gender moderates the link between impostorism and PPS. A total of 503 FGCS at Binghamton University were included in the study. The results revealed a significant negative correlation between impostorism and PPS, such that students perceiving higher levels of parental support were associated with lower levels of impostorism. Additionally, the results revealed that the relationship between impostorism and PPS did not differ as a function of gender. Practical and theoretical implications of our findings will be discussed.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1103/thumbnail.jp
The Effects of Chemical Water Contamination on Public Health
Get PDFWater in the greater Binghamton area has a history of chemical contamination. One of the most infamous events—the International Business Machines Corporation chemical spill in 1979—is still affecting residents despite the water being considered safe by state standards. Effects as threatening as a rise in the occurrence of rare cancers have been observed. Is the water we use and drink truly safe? Focusing on local experiences, I will be conducting a survey to gain insight into personally observed effects as well as public awareness to draw connections between reported effects of respondents to recorded effects in areas such as Flint, Michigan and Love Canal. The target population is people 18 and up who live in the Binghamton area (both part-time and long-time). Following this, I will be determining the effects of chemical water contamination on the greater Binghamton area’s public health. Health hazards lie in the water that many people are unaware of, and this project aims to spread awareness of that.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1106/thumbnail.jp
Residency: International Writers\u27 and Translators\u27 House, Ventspils, Latvia
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