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Individual self-control and collective outcomes: An examination of cigarette addiction and taxes
No full textCan individual self-control problems affect policy variables? And if so, through what type of channels? Building on recent literature in political economy, we explore a specific channel that allows for links between individual addiction and state taxes. We develop a theoretical lobbying model to explain the role of addiction in the political process of cigarette taxation. Our model shows that equilibrium cigarette taxes are determined by the average addiction level in society, corruption, and their interaction. Our results suggest a potential impact of individual self-control issues in the process of government policy
Determination of Nitrate in Aqueous Media
No full textDetermining the amount of inorganic ions in aqueous media is important in the food industry and environmentally. In the environment high levels of ions like nitrate, nitrite, and phosphate can lead to unhealthy conditions for aquatic species. Similarly, high levels of nitrate and nitrite can cause health issues in humans. One method for determining nitrate levels in aqueous samples involves reducing the nitrate species to nitrite via a redox reaction with finely divided zinc powder followed by conversion to a diazonium salt and complexation with 1-napthylamine to form a colored complex. In the work described herein, this modified version of the Griess reaction was used to spectrophotometrically determine the amount of nitrate in several environmental and food samples
Group of women with dog
No full textGroup of women with dog. List of names on reverse of photo:
Miss Celeste Parrish, Danville, Teacher
Sallie Hunt, Chatham, Va.
Kate Hunt
Va. Reynolds, Teacher, Pennsylvania
Lillie Fox
Myra Compton, Front Royal, Va.
Lillie May Staples, Meherrin, Va.
Ida Watts, Lynchburg, Va.
Mattie Holden, Petersburg, Va.
Anna Thornhill, Lynchburg, Va.
Lillian Whitehead, Farmville, Va.
Hattie Lovenstein, Richmond, Va.
Rosalie Schaap
Lucy Boswell, Halifax, Va.
Bessie McKinney, Farmville, Va.
Mary Knight
Mary Berkeley
Fannie Berkeley
Taken by Miss Mary White
S.F.N.S
Farmville, Va.https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/ruthgaver/1007/thumbnail.jp
Annie J. Thraves, school nurse
No full textAnnie J. Thraves – school nurse (same photo used in 1907 Virginian).https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/ruthgaver/1001/thumbnail.jp
Homosexual Persecution in the Holocaust
No full textDuring the Holocaust, same-sex desiring men were persecuted alongside Jews, political prisoners, and other minority groups. The punishments that same-sex desiring men faced were directed at the act of homosexuality instead of the identity of homosexual. Incarceration in Nazi camps for same-sex desiring men included sexual violence and an attempt to convert these men to a heterosexual lifestyle. This research explores memoirs by homosexual holocaust survivors, including Heinz Heger and Pierre Seel, as well as experiences with same-sex desiring men written by a communist prisoner of Sachsenhausen, Harry Naujoks
The Effect of Aphantasia on Visual Memory Retention
Get PDFAphantasia is the inability to create mental imagery which affects approximately 2% of people in the world (Zeman et al., 2015). The vividness of visual imagery questionnaire (VVIQ) was used to sort participants into four groups (aphantasia, low, medium, and high vividness) based on their vividness score with aphantasia participants scoring a 16 (the minimum). I tested the effect of aphantasia on scores of a visual memory recall test. Participants saw two of six possible images and answered five questions per image. Analysis of the results did not show any significant difference between aphantasia and non-aphantasia scores on the recall test however there was a significant difference between the image type (clipart or real-world scenes) and recall score. Future directions should examine the subconscious’ role in mental imagery as a possible explanation as to why there was no significant difference between VVIQ groups on recall score
(Dis)advantages of Device-Free Time: A Qualitative Study
No full textSmartphone use is associated with things like immersion into false realities, worsened mental health, and even addictive tendencies, and reducing usage can produce both negative outcomes like fear of missing out and separation anxiety, as well as positive outcomes like attainment of study goals and reflective states (defined as states wherein behavior relies on forethought and a deliberate examination of options). However, there is a gap in what is known about expectations in anticipation of smartphone use reduction, and the prevalence of quantitative approaches has meant that there is a lack of richer, participant-driven data about device-free experiences. Using qualitative coding of student reflections, the project addresses the question: What do students expect, and what outcomes do they experience, from device-free periods of time? Based on existing literature, we expected themes of negative expectations paired with generally positive outcomes, including presence (defined as being present in the real world rather than engrossed or absorbed by media), focus, and psychological well-being
Boyd Coyner, portrait photograph
No full textDr. Boyd Coyner, Professor of Psychology.https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/elizabethwagner/1000/thumbnail.jp
Single Parents Effect on Children
No full textThere are a ton of different family structures and one of those structures include single parent families. Single parents are parents who take care of their children on their own without the help of a significant other. A single parent can be a mom or a dad. At times it can be hard to tell how a child is affected due to how their parent became a single parent or how their family structure is. Therefore, the question my research project will be asking is how are children who have single parents emotionally and socially affected? Depending on the family structure some children may have a stronger relationship with their single parent due to their parent putting their child as a higher priority. However, this depends on how big the single parent family is. This research will look at how a single parent family affects a child emotionally and socially