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Understanding Student Intentions to Study Abroad in a Pre-departure Context
No full textAs cultural awareness becomes an increasingly important trait in today’s world, study abroad plays an even more important role, particularly in higher education. While many studies focus on the study abroad experience in terms of acquisition, this study builds on existing research, offering insight on student intentions and factors from a pre-departure perspective. This study includes observing study abroad informational events as well as interviewing four students, two academic advisers, and a study abroad faculty representative at a liberal arts institution. I found various factors relevant to students’ selected locations. Human and cultural capital theory offers a grounded context of how an individual’s SES on top of their acquired skills influences their affordability and motivations to study abroad in college. Foreign language interest and distinctions between high-density destinations versus low-density ones were also factors that in some cases affected students’ interest or lack thereof to study abroad
Exploring the Strategic Inclinations of Japanese Environmental NPOs in Post-Fukushima Japan
Get PDFFollowing Sine and David’s research on the potential of environmental jolts shifting the status quo in U.S. energy policy, we focus on the potential for environmental non-profit organizations in Japan to shift the status quo through institutional entrepreneurial efforts following the environmental jolt from the Fukushima nuclear power catastrophe. We evaluate the institutionalization of energy policy in Japan both pre- and post-Fukushima as the context for examining the potential for change in Japan’s energy policy. We utilize mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods to evaluate the attitudes and strategic inclinations of privately funded Japanese environmental non-profit organizations. Following Dreiling and Wolf’s model of material–organizational dependencies versus ideological motivations of non-profit organizations, we develop a typology to identify which, if any, segments of environmental Japanese non-profit organizations might pursue institutional entrepreneurial (Levy and Scully) opportunities in support of renewable energy policy
The Effects of Birth Order, Personality, and Parenting Styles on Procrastination in College Students
No full textProcrastination is an individual’s tendency to delay difficult or unwanted tasks, which ultimately disrupts their goals and performance. Procrastinators tend to experience decreased anxiety when tasks are neglected and increased anxiety once tasks are finally started. In the current study, we examine the influence of birth order, personality, and parenting styles on procrastination in college students. Since authoritative parents balance both involvement and support while authoritarian and permissive parents do not, we expect participants with authoritative parents to have low levels of procrastination. Since those with high conscientiousness demonstrate good self-discipline, those with high neuroticism get overwhelmed when facing obligations, and those with low impulse control struggle to complete tasks on time, we expect participants with low conscientiousness, high neuroticism, and low impulse control to have higher levels of procrastination. Lastly, since personality traits differ among first-borns and later-borns, we expect to find links between birth order, personality, and procrastination
Effectiveness of Eliciting EGFR Loss-of-function Phenotypes Upon Expression of RNA Interference in Drosophila
No full textDevelopment of Drosophila tissues depends on proper function of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR). Our goal was to determine which of four RNA interference lines were most effective in eliciting loss-of-function phenotypes when the expression of egfr was knocked down in different tissues. The Valium20 vector produces short hairpin RNA, while Valium10 and VDRC produce long hairpin RNA. As Egfr signaling is required for vein formation, we examined the effect of knockdown in wings. In some cases, results were so severe that the wings no longer functioned. Other times, knockdown produced wings with reduced vein formation. We used the lzGal4 driver to express RNAi in the eye. Eyes had \u3e200 to 0 ommatidia. We also used the simGal4 driver to knock down EGFR expression in the midline glial cells, and this resulted in fusion of the anterior and posterior commissures
Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Detection of Esfenvalerate in the Susquehanna River
No full textEsfenvalerate is a synthetic compound used as an insecticide on various crops. Following the use of the insecticide, the chemical may run off into a nearby water source, and cause harm to the surrounding environment. Designing a molecularly imprinted polymer assists in the detection of esfenvalerate in water samples by containing a pocket within the polymer itself, which works to provide a binding site for the compound. The collected washes of the polymer are analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to identify the presence of the compound, captured by the polymer. The amount is determined using a set of standards consisting of known concentrations of esfenvalerate solutions, which is then used to calculate the percent recovery of esfenvalerate from the water sample
The Developmental Benefits of Strategic Decolonization in the Caribbean
No full textThis study examines the sovereign nations and semi-autonomous dependent territories that border the Caribbean sea to determine the presence of significant structural differences between Caribbean nations that gained sovereignty during the pre-1945, \u27early-period\u27- characterized by violent, unplanned popular uprisings- those that gained sovereignty in the post-1945, \u27late-period\u27- characterized by diplomacy and favorable economic and political relationships between young nations and FCPs- and those semi-autonomous territories still under the control of colonial nations. Based on data from the World Bank, I have identified very strong evidence that early-period independent nations have significantly lower economic development, score significantly lower on indicators of good governance, and have had significantly slower progress in industrialization and technological advancement than both late-period independent nations and semi-autonomous territories. This challenges common scholarship on decolonization strategies, provides valuable insight into the value of relationships between young nations and their FCPs, and identifies potential hazards of poorly planned decolonization
Effects of gestational food deprivation on Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the reward pathway
No full textLow birth weight offspring have an increased risk of obesity and metabolic disorders. More recently a link between LBW and addiction has been suggested, providing the possibility that reward pathway development is altered in LBW offspring. Tyrosine hydroxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme for dopamine synthesis, the primary neurotransmitter in the reward pathway. Therefore, we investigated whether or not gestational food deprivation alters offspring tyrosine hydroxylase expression, possibly leading to alterations in susceptibility to addiction. In restricted off spring we found a significant difference in the number of tyrosine hydroxylase positive cells in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). This research will be able to contribute to better understanding how the reward pathway contributes to addiction and therefore the risk of obesity
The Effect of Experience On The Prevalence of Change Blindness
No full textOur research is examining the effects of a student’s science background on change blindness for scientific materials. Change blindness is a phenomenon in which individuals fail to notice changes to an image or scene, and research has shown that individuals can often have difficulty detecting even very large changes if there is a gap in the visual information. However, it has also been shown that relevant knowledge may decrease the chances of change blindness. Specifically, individuals with more experience or expertise in a particular field are often faster to notice changes made to images that relate to that field. For example, compared with chess novices, chess experts are more able to notice changes to the configuration of a chess board. In the current experiment, we are exploring the relationship between the neuroscience courses that a student has completed (including neuroscience, psychology and biology courses) and their ability to notice changes to neuroscience relevant images
Oskar Schindler, John Rabe, and Chiune Sugihara And Their Memory Reflected in Memoirs, Films and Education
No full textThis poster is a visual representation of my research that shows the significance of public memory of a person through memoirs, films, and education. I examined the similarities and differences between the memorialization of three people in their own countries. Oskar Schindler, John Rabe, and Chiune Sugihara, in Germany, China, and Japan. I chose them because of their unique circumstances during World War II, in which their names became synonymous with an unlikely hero. Individually, their stories share many similarities; they were all allies of the Axis Party and in positions of power. Schindler saved the lives of Jews in Poland, Rabe helped organize and lead safety zones during the Nanjing Massacre, and Sugihara wrote numerous visas for Jews in Lithuania. However, Germany, China, and Japan remembers them and World War II very differently, even ithough their actions were similar. The memory of each person remains unequal
The Seeds You Sow: Jamie Okuma and the Evolution of Native American Beadwork
No full textBeadwork in the Western art world is deemed a decorative, and thus secondary, art medium. However, for Native American artists, the tradition of beadwork continues to be an important and necessary connection to their heritage and culture. Contemporary Native American works, unlike that of their Western peers, continues the legacy and resilience of the past instead of breaking from it and serves as a symbol of hope for the future. This presentation addresses the history of Native beadwork traditions, Western influences, and the vitality of the medium among Indigenous communities in the US through a focus on the evolving work of contemporary artist, Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/ Shoshone-Bannoc