The focus of this paper is on the use of the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) to make effective cost and production system design decisions. A comparative study is conducted to illustrate how and why the total cost is reduced when the functional requirements defined by the MSDD are achieved. The ultimate goal of this research was to advance manufacturing and productionsystem development to being guided by engineering science and design rather than the common practice of duplicating another person’s or entity’s notion of the best physical implementation

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10.32609/0042-8736-2020-5-86-106

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We reviewed the current state of waste management practices in Nigeria using examples from different parts of the country. Commonly practiced waste disposal methods in Nigeria, such as burial, open-air burning, and open dumping, were found to be ineffective and detrimental to public health and the environment. It was also shown that waste management cannot be successfully operated as a social service. Rather, the generator of waste must be held responsible. Problems confronting efficient waste management in ..

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Fyodor S. Wheeler is a junior history major and religious studies minor focusing on Western civilization and the history of the Christian Church. His first paper presented at the IPFW Undergraduate History Conference (2016) was “Empires of the Air: The Beginning of Radio,” at the 2016 conference. He currently serves as a tutor- not Tudor- for Western Civilization Part I

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Most people have this stigma or preconceived notion that growing older is a bad thing. What I have found is that we can learn a lot from people who are more seasoned with age, and they are still living and experiencing new things each and every single day. I love hearing their stories, and I think they need to be shared. My project is a collection of these life experiences and reflections, titled “A Life Well Lived”. To create this project I did extensive research through surveys and personal one on one interviews with the elderly population. Many of the people I interviewed multiple times, collecting stories and images about them. I asked them research questions and personal questions regarding their thoughts on aging. I compiled these stories into a project highlighting their outlook on life and their experience. Through this process, I began to understand how people feel about aging and hope to open up a dialogue on the subject. In this way, I hope to reduce the stigma and fear associated with aging.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1022/thumbnail.jp

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Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are microbial assemblages that play important roles in the areas they inhabit, and can influence aspects such as local nitrogen flux, water infiltration, and plant seedling germination. In the dune environment, BSCs can form close connections with sand particles to stabilize dunes at their surface. Despite their potential critical role within Indiana Dunes State Park, little is known about their diversity, ecology, or interactions with plant communities there. The objective of this study, therefore, was to examine abiotic and biotic factors that influence dune BSCs, using Illumina high-throughput sequencing (HTS) to characterize these microbial communities. We hypothesized that specific environmental variables would influence BSC microbial diversity. In this study we sampled every 50m along a 550m transect, moving from the Lake Michigan shore inward to the hind-dune environment. At each sampling point soil pH, PAR, UV, and chlorophyll and scytonemin pigments were measured, and plant community cover, richness, and diversity were assessed. Moisture, conductivity, and nutrient content (total N and P) were also measured at every 100m. Overall, our HTS effort recovered 1,214,542 bacterial sequences across our 30 samples, and five major phyla were found to dominate our BSC samples, these being Proteobacteria (~20% of all sequences), Acidobacteria (~17%), Actinobacteria (~16%), Bacteriodetes (~17%), and Cyanobacteria (~10%). While there were no significant trends observed for BSC diversity moving along the transect, we did note a significant negative correlation for biological pigments and soil pH, suggesting a shift in the microbial community structure in response to these environmental parameters. The tendency for pH to structure terrestrial microbial communities has been noted in many studies; therefore, we are currently carrying out additional analyses to examine BSC community composition changes across our transect in relation to measured abiotic variables, with pH being of special interest.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1039/thumbnail.jp

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A number of studies have found that a variety of political phenomena, including democracy, can spread through a diffusion process. It is also possible that non-democratic phenomena can follow a similar pattern. The spread of authoritarian regimes in Europe between World I and World War II provided a classic case to determine whether there were such patterns. In fact, the creation of authoritarian political systems followed a diffusion pattern in some periods under some circumstances. There were also indications that those countries that were at lower levels of economic development were a factor that led to the establishment of authoritarian political systems

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Education of a child is mostly understood as teaching practices in schools, but education is also the child’s complete development. The purpose of this case study was to examine the multiple factors that influence a developing child’s cognitive, social emotional, language and physical development. The study considered the ecological factors based on Bronfenbrenneru27s Ecological Theory (home, school and community) that contribute to the child’s learning and development (McDevitt u26 Ormrod, 2016). This case study uses Bronfenbrenner’s theory to examine the contextual influences on a developing child through analyzes of the child’s individual self within the microsystem of school, peers, family and community. This inquiry was a 15-week case study that was conducted at a local school in Fort Wayne Community Schools in which one child was observed in the school setting. During the fifteen weeks of the case study, I did six naturalistic observations of the child in the school setting, engaged in informal interviews with the child, teacher and other school staff and collected anecdotal field notes. As a student teacher intern and researcher, I also spent time working with the child one-on-one in the classroom and got to know him on a personal level. The observations were analyzed using concepts of child development research and theories of child development to learn about one child’s unique experience in the classroom. This case study demonstrated a real-life experience of a child and the influential factors of child development looking at cognitive, social emotional, language and physical development. Knowledge acquired during this study was understanding a child’s thought process of the world and learning, good relationships with peers, socialization, and the importance of active and competitive play in school for boys. This case study demonstrates the importance of not only to teaching and mentoring students in the classroom but accommodating content based on each students’ needs.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1009/thumbnail.jp

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In this poster presentation, the author examines how core competencies of technical communication incorporate information systems and project management. The presentation explores particular data governance concepts that can be used to expand upon Hart-Davidson’s (2001) “core competencies of technical communicators” and Redish’s (2010) four elements of successful technical communication. Data governance defines roles and “assigns responsibilities for decision areas to these roles,” while establishing standards and ensuring compliance with strategies on an organization-wide basis (Weber, Otto, and Österle, 2009, p. 2). Technical communicators should be versatile and add value to their organizations and products (Dubinsky, 2015), as seen by the growing variety of competencies identified by Brumberger and Lauer (2015). These competencies connect technical communication to information systems and project management, as well as other fields. The presentation explores how this added value corresponds to Nardi and O’Day’s (1999) idea of the workplace “gardener,” an individual who grows productivity in his or her workplace. Specifically, this presentation demonstrates methods of bridging the fields of information systems and technical communication, elevating technical communication from its traditional support role by utilizing data governance concepts and versatile workplace “gardeners.”http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1032/thumbnail.jp

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This edition has been superseded. Please see the current 13th edition (updated January 2018): http://opus.ipfw.edu/mcetid_facpubs/56

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This short talk will discuss the experience of incorporating active learning to a one-shot information literacy session for engineering technology students. The librarian will cover her reflections from the session, compare that to the student feedback received, and offer suggestions for librarians seeking to incorporate active learning activities into their instruction

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23 and 7/8u22 x 27 and ¾u22. Diapositives, paper, Plexiglas, hex bolts with washers, and cap screws mounted on Gatorfoam. German silver frame.http://opus.ipfw.edu/haecceities_facgallery/1087/thumbnail.jp

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Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are associations between microorganisms and the surface of the soil that occur in relatively undisturbed soils exposed to sunlight. They have been shown to stabilize soils and contribute to nutrient cycling in otherwise barren soils. Cyanobacteria are important microorganisms in BSCs because they initiate their development, serve as primary producers, and provide stability for the BSC microbial ecosystem. BSCs are known for their presence in open areas such as deserts, although they can be found in the more temperate environment of the Indiana Dunes State Park in the sand dunes along the Lake Michigan Lakeshore. With increasing temperatures, it is unknown as to how BSC microbial communities will respond and how a changing climate will specifically impact the cyanobacteria within these soils. Therefore, the objective of this research is to isolate cyanobacteria from BSCs of the Indiana Dunes and observe their temperature tolerance in comparison to cyanobacteria from arid deserts of the western US. It is hypothesized that strains from the Indiana Dunes will be more psychrotolerant and respond more similarly to Microcoleus vaginatus from the Colorado Plateau, than Microcoleus steenstrupii from the Sonoran Desert. Two strains of cyanobacteria were isolated from the Indiana Dunes and, following PCR and sequencing, were determined to most likely be strains of Leptolyngbya and Pseudophormidium. These two isolates, M. vaginatus, and M. steenstrupii were allowed to grow for 20 days at 10, 25 and 35oC. Their growth and survival will be determined by changes in the amount of chlorophyll and statistically compared to identify any significant difference in temperature tolerance between these strains. If Leptolyngbya and Pseudophormidium are unable to grow in warmer temperatures then their ability to colonize BSCs may be affected and this will have unknown consequences to the microbial ecosystems they harbor as temperatures increase.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1036/thumbnail.jp

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In this chapter, we argue that Walter White’s status as a fictional character in no way precludes our empathizing with him as another subject. Taking our cue from Edith Stein’s concept of empathy, we demonstrate that acts of memory are different from acts of empathy, and that how it is possible to empathize with fictional characters. This analysis is supplemented by Merleau-Ponty’s concept of a phenomenal body, which defines a body as a locus of possible action rather than a thing constituted of a certain material. We then provide an analysis of the potential conflict between empathic concern for (possibly evil) others and our own ethics; although it seems that great differences exist between individuals with respect to moral judgments, our similarities far exceed these differences

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Best practice in wound care requires regular assessment of the wound to determine the progress of healing. The accuracy of this assessment is essential as clinicians determine treatment based on this information. Measurement of a wound’s dimensions and coloration are both critical aspects of this assessment. A reduction in wound size and healthy coloration are good indications of healing. The current standard of care for wound measurement involves using a ruler or measuring tape to measure the wound’s length, width, and depth at their greatest point. This manual method of measuring has limitations as it does not provide an accurate assessment of the surface area of the wound, and there is room for error between those performing the assessment. Traditional methods also inconvenience the patient with travel to a medical facility and consume significant hospital resources in the form of personnel and space. A system for remote monitoring of wounds by healthcare professionals via internet-enabled mobile devices equipped with stereoscopic cameras, has potential uses in the home, home healthcare, remote locations, extended care facilities and more. These mobile devices communicate with a web application to centralize patient imagery and analysis. Healthcare professionals will be able to remotely access the scaled images for examination, annotation, and historical comparison. With this information they can advise the patient without repeated office visits. Analysis such as color profiling in the assessment of the wound can guide treatment that could lead to better patient outcomes and satisfaction with their care. This project refines, extends, and integrates a prototype system that was developed by a senior capstone project team during the 2015-2016 academic year, with the primary goals of assisting healthcare professionals by minimizing opportunity for user error and increasing the effectiveness and fidelity of analysis. The effectiveness of stereoscopic 3D vision technology when applied to wound assessment will also undergo the beginning stages of user study. Additional features will include stereoscopic 3D vision display of wound imagery, color analysis, and the capability to upload stereoscopic images to the server directly from a newly developed mobile application

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The gut microbiome of herbivorous animals consists of organisms that efficiently digest the structural carbohydrates of ingested plant material. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) provide an interesting model of change in these microbial communities because they undergo a pronounced shift from a surface-pelagic distribution and omnivorous diet to a neritic distribution and herbivorous diet. As an alternative to direct sampling of the gut, we investigated the cloacal microbiomes of juvenile green turtles before and after recruitment to neritic waters to observe any changes in their microbial community structure. Cloacal swabs were taken from individual turtles for analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences using Illumina sequencing. One fecal sample was also obtained, allowing for a preliminary comparison with the bacterial community of the cloaca. We found significant variation in the juvenile green turtle bacterial communities between pelagic and neritic habitats, suggesting that environmental and dietary factors support different bacterial communities in green turtles from these habitats. This is the first study to characterize the cloacal microbiome of green turtles in the context of their ontogenetic shifts, which could provide valuable insight into the origins of their gut bacteria and how the microbial community supports their shift to herbivory

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Young adults report more positive sexual and emotional consequences when sexting is with a committed partner, rather than with a non-committed partner (e.g., casual dating partner). Interventions with teens should highlight the potential negative emotional consequences of sexting in non-committed relationships

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I am Seth Carpenter-Nichols and I graduated from IPFW as a History major in December 2016. I became a History major in the Spring 2014 semester and I actively participated in each of my history classes. Even now that I have graduated, I still expand my knowledge on history. I always had a deep passion for history since I was in elementary school. My expertise in history consists of United States Presidents, World War II, world dictators, and the Cold War. I had the honor of participating in last year’s History Conference, when I presented my paper on President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I am glad that I was able to return to this year’s History Conference with a paper on Saddam Hussein and the Kurds. I chose to write about the mass murder of the Kurdish population by Saddam Hussein because it is one of the worst acts of mass murder in the Middle East and the modern world. Saddam’s power was at full strength in the Middle East, and there was nothing to stop him. The real interest, however, was not that Saddam was able to kill the Kurds, but that he was able to get away with it. The United States government knew what was happening to the Kurds but did nothing to stop it for several years. What I discovered in my research was that greed and stability came first over basic human rights. That is the real tragedy overall in my paper

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Bre Anne Briskey is a third-year Chapman Scholar, majoring in history and psychology. She is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi, The National Society of Leadership and Success, and the current president of Phi Eta Sigma. Bre Anne is participating in the Honor Program at IPFW where she has earned the Honors Pin and is a member of its student group, the HonorDons. Bre Anne presented her statistics research project at the 2015 Student Research Symposium along with presenting at the 8th Annual Undergraduate History Conference. Her historical interests consist of a wide array of topics, including Tudor England, Mexico, and the history of science and medicine. After graduating from IPFW, Bre Anne plans on attending graduate school

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Modeling binary familial data has been a challenging task due to the dependence among family members and the constraints imposed on the joint probability distribution of the binary responses. This paper investigates some useful familial dependence structures and proposes analyzing binary familial data usingGaussian copula model.Advantages of this approach are discussed aswell as some computational details. An numerical example is also presented with an aim to show the capability of Gaussian copula model in more sophisticated data analysis

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Although a shift in culture is occurring in many nursing homes, things that matter from residentsu27 perspectives need investigation. The purpose of this study was to describe things that matter to residents while living in nursing homes. The shift from a quantitative to qualitative method expounded on concepts of empathy, consistency, and reliability from perspectives of residents who lived in the long-term care section of nursing homes. An iterative process using conventional content analysis revealed findings of residentsu27 positive and negative experiences that provided ideas for expanding on current person-centered care strategies used in nursing homes

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Adultsu27 attachment representations were analyzed in relation of their use of mental (compared to physical and/or behavioral) attributes to describe their (a) primary caregiver and (b) their current romantic partner. Significant associations were found between adultsu27 attachment representations and their use of mental attributes to describe their romantic partner

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Our goal has been to develop a compartmental model of vitamin B-6 metabolism which can respond appropriately to a variety of conditions using data from the literature. Modeling vitamin B-6 metabolism is challenging because vitamin B-6 is interconverted between 7 common forms: pyridoxine, pyridoxine 5u27-phosphate, pyridoxal, pyridoxal 5u27-phosphate, pyridoxamine, pyridoxamine 5u27-phosphate and 4-pyridoxic acid. In addition, in humans 5-pyridoxic acid becomes a significant metabolite with high vitamin B-6 intakes. Development of the model utilized the Simulation, Analysis and Modeling (SAAM) software originally developed at NIH and now available as WinSAAM(http://www.winsaam.org/) and SAAM II (https://tegvirginia.com/solutions/saam-ii/). The model is designed to achieve a steady state before changes are introduced. We found that several characteristics were required in the model. Because plasma values fluctuate with meal intake, the model needed to reflect meal intake. Because experimental data reveals flushing effects, at least some pool sizes must have limits to generate flushing. Because reducing intake has limited effect on the vitamin B-6 content of muscle, which accounts for about 70% of the body pool, there must be a mechanism to conserve vitamin B-6. Models provide a method of simulating various situations. In the case of vitamin B-6 this model can be used to estimate turnover rates, the effect of changes in intake on body pools, and the role of erythrocytes in vitamin B-6 metabolism. The model can also be used to determine optimal sampling times for proposed experiments. It can easily be updated as new data become available. We are still working to improve the fit of the model to various data sets. We also hope to add more data on circulation and additional tissues

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This paper discusses the Humanistic Revolution, promoting individual aesthetic with phenomenology and experiential fusion at its core, offering insight into experientiality, phenomenology, and the power of the handmade

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We establish elliptic regularity for nonlinear inhomogeneous Cauchy-Riemann equations under minimal assumptions, and give a counterexample in a borderline case. In some cases where the inhomogeneous term has a separable factorization, the solution set can be explicitly calculated. The methods also give local parametric formulas for pseudoholomorphic curves with respect to some continuous almost complex structures

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Absolute population size has been proposed as one factor that encourages terrorism since large states have more difficulty maintaining security. More populous states suffer from more terrorism because they have more people, but the relationship disappears when per capita measures of terrorism are used. There are some indications that smaller states are more secure, but the evidence is not consistently present

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A longitudinal study examines the correlation between social networking behaviors and romantic relationship variables. Rather than being harmful to relationships, analysis indicates that most behaviors are reflections of the relationship’s current state. Flirtation and public praise are exceptions, with the former diminishing relationships, and the latter enhancing

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The force of attraction between any two objects in the universe is related to the mass of each object and the distance between the objects multiplied by a proportionality factor, G. We measure the universal gravitational constant using a torsion balance with two pairs of metal masses, one small and one large. Attaching a mirror to the pendulum bob and using a laser projected from the mirror allows us to measure the angular twist of the torsion ribbon in response to the attraction between the large and small masses on either side of the pendulum. We used three different methods of using the pendulum to calculate this constant. Each of the three methods yielded values of G: GI = 6.41 ± 0.05 x 10-11, GII = 6.36 ± 0.04 x 10-11, and GIII = 7.8 ± 0.1 x 10-11

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A pair of POCOP-supported mono- and dicarbonyl complexes of Co have been prepared and crystallographically characterized. The reactivity of (tBuPOCOP)Co(CO) with H2, acids, and carbon monoxide has been compared to that of the previously reported Rh and Ir counterparts. Co is found to share reactivity traits with both Rh and Ir

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The animal microbiome has rapidly become of great interest in current research as the microbiome is considered to be of vital importance to the survival of its host. Most studies have focused on bacterial communities due to their large populations and their smaller genomes. However, there are other understudied groups, such as fungi, which may also be important to improving our knowledge of their roles with their hosts. In this study we aim to identify the fungal communities within the cloaca of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) with the secondary goal of discovering whether these communities vary by ontogenetic shift in habitat. Pelagic-stage turtles were sampled from the Port of Venice, Louisiana while neritic juveniles were sampled from along the beachfront of Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Cloacal swabs were collected and stored at –20˚C until DNA extraction. The fungal ITS regions were amplified using PCR and cloned into the pGEM-T vector for selection and sequencing. Samples from six individual turtles resulted in 30 clones which show that the majority of the fungal communities in the cloaca are dominated by the phylum Ascomycota, which includes the genera Candida, Cladosporium, Podospora, and Epicoccum. Other fungi identified include strains of Exophiala and Malassezia. The overall fungal community of the cloaca is primarily dominated by cellulolytic fungi, especially in the neritic sea turtles. A majority of the fungi identified are common on the dermis of animals, while others, such as Epicoccum nigrum, may even have some antimicrobial properties to aid the host in avoiding pathogens. At present, and to the best of our knowledge, there have been no other studies made in an attempt to characterize and identify the mycobiome of healthy, juvenile green sea turtleshttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1013/thumbnail.jp

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The growing number of universities passing open access policies is increasingly pushing librarians into the role of educators in issues of scholarly communications. This paper addresses a number of faculty concerns pertaining to open access publishing and institutional repositories which have arisen in connection with the passage of an open access policy, as well as practical ways librarians can educate faculty and graduate students in navigating issues of open access, institutional repositories, and journal quality

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Phylea Anderson is a senior at IPFW. She will be earning a degree in Communications with a concentration of interpersonal and organizational. Along with her B.A., she will also be receiving a certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). Each of these disciplines has allowed her to see farther than the world she lives in and the people that surround her. Her biggest joy is volunteering for the annual Harambee Festival in Fort Wayne. Founded over 20 years ago by Phylea’s grandmother, it has enabled her to continue the legacy of goodwill and peace

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In light of recent scholarship about teachers leveraging social media to support their continuing professional development, this article documents an investigation of school board policies governing teachers’ use of social media. Focusing on 30 traditional public school systems within a 10-county region in the Midwestern United States, the author collected social media policies and conducted an ethnographic content analysis to build an understanding of the policies that stand to guide teachers’ professionally oriented participation online. Of the 30 public school districts included in the study, 19 districts published policies specific to teachers’ use of social media. Reporting the study’s findings, the author addresses the districts’ efforts to craft policies that define social media, reiterate relevant pre-existing policies and support educational uses of social media. Implications for teachers, teacher educators and policymakers are included

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The type of response (text based, emoticon based, or none at all) to a negative text message was assessed. Participants preferred text based, over emoticon based, over no response. Personality factors related to these preferences were also assessed. Thoughtful written responses appear to be the preferred way to communicate support

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It is widely accepted that by 2050 the world will host 9 billion people. Today’s society already copes with nearly 1 billion chronically hungry people worldwide; factoring climate change effects and subsequent alterations in geology, there will be devastating effects on food sources. We need to find new ways of growing food and rediscover our original diets as Homo-sapiens. An insectivorous diet is able to provide essential proteins and nutrients to the human body. Insect consumption also offers a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science in both developed and developing countries. Placing insects back into the human diet will allow alternative nutrition, a healthier environment, and increased trade and economic development. This paper contains two surveys conducted in the hope of raising awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and in human life. The first survey, with 100 responses, sheds light on the misperceptions people have when considering eating insects. In the end, 39 of the 100 responses would choose insect diets over beef. The second survey of 200 responses gives the respondents nutritional, environmental, and geographical facts about insects before leading into questions in response to the facts given. Based on the second survey conducted, 88% of 200 respondents are more willing to try insects and believe in the changes that could happen globally if the insect diet were embraced. From the two surveys, it appears people are more willing to try insects after they have been presented with the relevant nutritional and environmental incentives. All it takes is education/ and exposure to change people’s perceptions.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1031/thumbnail.jp

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Thrips are economically damaging plant pests. Not only does the thrips feeding on crops cause damage but they also serve as vectors for plant diseases such as tospoviruses. These viruses cause diseases that damage crops and lead to severe yield loss around the world. Studies with tospovirus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus have shown that virus infection changes the feeding behavior of thrips, causing them to probe three times as often as uninfected thrips. The tospovirus, Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus is an emerging disease that is vectored by soybean thrips (Neohydatothrips variabilis). The objective of this study is to determine whether infection with SVNV causes changes in the feeding behavior of the soybean thrips vector. The feeding behaviors of thrips, either infected or uninfected with SVNV, are monitored using the electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique. Electrical penetration graphs (EPGs) record electrical signals or waveforms when mouthparts of piercing-sucking insects, such as thrips, probe into a plant. Different feeding activities produce different waveforms, which can be analyzed to determine insect feeding patterns. Our results show that feeding behavior of infected thrips is significantly different compared to uninfected thrips. It is found that the most common probe type for the infected thrips was non-ingestion probes. Non-ingestion probes not beneficial for the thrips because they not ingesting the cell content. However, non-ingestion probes are beneficial for the virus because they allow the virus to be transferred. These results emphasize the coordinated evolution between topsoviruses and their thrips vector.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1024/thumbnail.jp

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Our society faces a large amount of fear and emotions surrounding the ideology of death. The intent of my project is to create a way that we as a society can come to understand the importance of better expressing our views on death and its relationship in the life cycle. My project is an effort to answer questions concerning death and create a means in which we can all more fully understand how to cope with the aspect of the life cycle. The process and product I will be creating to address the issue of death and the life cycle, will be to create a company that will promote and produce end of life celebrations for individuals. My company, “Bucket Party”, will work with individuals and families to create a celebration of life party that will take place while a person is still alive. This will allow the individual a chance to gather with family and friends to celebrate and reflect upon their life. By doing this, I hope to show that by celebrating an individual’s life and accomplishments, they can better come to terms with the end of life. I have already hosted one such party and the results and impact were profound. I hosted a Bucket party for a military veteran who was dying of cancer. Family, friends and loved ones gathered together to celebrate the life and accomplishments of this individual. Doing this prior to death is a unique and profound way to celebrate life and come to terms with mortality.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1016/thumbnail.jp

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At the end of this semester, Heather Dewey will graduate with a History major, an Honors Medal, minors in Spanish and Creative Writing, and a certificate in International Studies. Afterwards, she hopes to be accepted into a doctoral program to continue her studies in the effects of political regimes and historical narratives on the memories and historiography of nations like Chile, Spain, and the Soviet Union. Over the summer, she will be taking courses in Russian and will continue to practice Spanish. In her spare time, she writes psychological horror stories and is working on a novel that she and her sister (an illustrator) hope to self-publish. Attending IPFW has been one of the greatest times of Heather’s life, and she would like to thank everyone in the History Department and others who have helped her develop and grow as a scholar and as a person

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Social media provides one route to behaviors that may be potentially harmful to romantic relationships, such as communicating with alternative partners, which can sometimes create relationship conflict, breakups, or divorce. Limited empirical evidence exists concerning social media infidelity-related behaviors and marital relationships. This study examined whether married/cohabiting individuals are using social media sites to engage in online infidelity-related behaviors and to what extent this related to relationship satisfaction, ambivalence, and relational attachment characteristics as reported by 338 married/cohabiting individuals from 176 families. Only a small percentage of married/cohabiting couples reported engaging in social media infidelity-related behaviors; however, more engagement in infidelity-related behaviors on social media was significantly related to lower relationship satisfaction, higher relationship ambivalence, and greater attachment avoidance and anxiety in both women and men. Additionally, attachment anxiety and gender interacted with relationship satisfaction in predicting online infidelity-related behaviors when controlling for other variables. Implications are discussed

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Adultsu27 Theory of Mind (ToM) was examined in relation to positive (empathy and interpersonal attachment) and negative (e.g., manipulation) socialpersonality characteristics. Higher levels of ToM were associated with more empathic concern. By contrast, adultsu27 ToM scores were inversely related to negative social-personality characteristics, such as those related to manipulatio

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Internet addiction predicts risky sexual behavior; however, pornography and sex site usage are sequential mediators in this relationship. Progressing from passive (pornography viewing) to active (sex site usage) Internet sexual behavior, relates to higher rates of risky offline sexual activities (i.e., sexting nude pictures and meeting for offline sex)

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“Why can’t they just quit!?” Many individuals, including counselors-in-training, have difficulty experiencing empathy for clients struggling with addiction. The purpose of this poster session is to discuss the use of an abstinence exercise in counselor education addictions courses and the present data regarding the impact of such an exercise on student counselor empathy for people with addictive disorders

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Sports culture is central to the lives of many students, whether they participate in athletic competitions or sports fandom. Unfortunately, sports culture also reflects many sociopolitical issues and inequities that impinge upon our greater society in the present day (e.g., domestic violence, racism). For those reasons, sports-based text sets—diverse collections of texts about figures, events, and happenings in sports culture—stand to support teachers in honoring students’ knowledge of and interests in sports culture while also facilitating critical literacy practices through the investigation of inequities that ail both sport and society. This article introduces the notion of a sports-based text set, addresses the types of texts that might be featured in such a set, and presents ideas for exploring specific texts with students, using the issue of inequitable compensation for male and female athletes as an example

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Mothers with depression tend to engage in insensitive styles of interaction, which have been associated with delays or deficits in early socioemotional and cognitive development. Furthermore, decreased levels of sensitivity have been found, not only in clinically depressed mothers, but also in mothers with elevated symptoms of depression (e.g., Bettes, 1988; Donovan, Leavitt, u26 Walsh, 1998). While research has established that maternal interactional sensitivity is an important contributor in development, little research has been conducted concerning contributions from the father. This is important because in the United States, fathers are present in 72% of households, making them a large factor concerning nonmaternal care and interactions with children (Forbes, Cohn, Allen, u26 Lewinsohn, 2004). In the present research, depressive symptoms are expected to be negatively correlated with parental mind-mindedness (i.e., parents’ tendency to treat their children as individuals with independent minds; Meins, 1997), and parents’ sensitive attunement, or responsiveness, to their preschoolers’ mental processes during collaborative problem-solving. Parents completed a set of questionnaires, participated in a mind-mindedness interview, and collaborated with their child on a puzzle construction task. Parent-child interactions are coded for interactional attunement. We found that both mothers and fathers who showed depressive symptoms used more control comments and fewer autonomy comments. In other words, both mothers and fathers who exhibited depressive symptoms were more likely to give directions and engage in control comments (eg., “Put that there.”) when interacting with their child, and encourage less independent thinking. The present findings may contribute to the understanding of the relation between parental depression and interaction styles. Self-focused tendencies associated with depression and depressive symptoms may hinder parents’ ability to represent their children’s mental processes. The representation of mental processes is viewed as a precursor to the ability to respond appropriately and sensitively to children’s mental processes (Meins, 1999). Perhaps with additional research, intervention techniques could be developed to promote higher levels of mind-mindedness in those with a tendency to be self-focused, to promote more optimal developmental outcomes.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1011/thumbnail.jp

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From its original discovery in 2008, the Soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV), first prevalent in Tennessee, has since spread to fifteen states in the Northern region. Typically vectored by thrips, the Tospovirus genus virus’ effects are gaining attention even as SVNV’s agricultural importance has yet to be fully assessed. Currently, soybean thrips is considered the primary vector or most efficient transmitter of the virus, whereas tobacco thrips and eastern flower thrips are secondary vectors. The purpose of this study was the following: Investigate the mechanism by which thrips spread the virus from plant to plant by conducting choice tests. Choice tests were conducted in enclosed structures to isolate an individual leaf connected to two distinct living plants. Six SVNV-infected thrips were released inside the enclosure. This allowed for random choice of the thrips. The choice-test can explain whether infected thrips (1) prefer to feed on uninfected plants rather than infected plants or (2) thrips show no feeding preference at all. A series of twenty non-choice tests were completed using two uninfected plants to reveal thrips preference in a control setting. The results showed an approximately 1:1 preference for the two leaves, which laid the groundwork to support the non-random preference of virus transmittance. A second set of twenty choice tests were completed using one infected and one non-infected plant to reveal thrips preference. The choice-test showed all of the infected thrips preferred to feed on the uninfected plant. This suggests that as SVNV-infected thrips feed and infect a healthy plant their offspring will become infected which could lead to increased virus transmission as a result of increased population of viruliferous thrips.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1017/thumbnail.jp

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We present a thin front model for the propagation of chemical reaction fronts in liquids inside a Hele-Shaw cell or porous media. In this model we take into account density gradients due to thermal and compositional changes across a thin interface. The front separating reacted from unreacted fluids evolves following an eikonal relation between the normal speed and the curvature. We carry out a linear stability analysis of convectionless flat fronts confined in a two-dimensional rectangular domain. We find that all fronts are stable to perturbations of short wavelength, but they become unstable for some wavelengths depending on the values of compositional and thermal gradients. If the effects of these gradients oppose each other, we observe a range of wavelengths that make the flat front unstable. Numerical solutions of the nonlinear model show curved fronts of steady shape with convection propagating faster than flat fronts. Exothermic fronts increase the temperature of the fluid as they propagate through the domain. This increment in temperature decreases with increasing speed

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“Revisiting/Recreate Walter Ruttmann animating technique” I am presenting a Creative project of a short film using the technique of abstracted animation based on the work of Walter Ruttmann. The main purpose of this creative project proposal is to get a better understanding of the animation technique used by Walter Ruttmann and how he used abstract shapes to tell multiple stories. The goals of my project are: 1. Develop a few different types of shape sequences similar to Ruttmann’s Opus 1. 2. Study and apply the color technique used in Walter Ruttmann’s films. 3. Study and apply Ruttmann’s various shape movements. 4. Understand how Walter Ruttmann converts one shape into the next in a way that is pleasing to the eye. 5. Show how Rittman’s work contributes to today’s animation. The conclusion of this creative project will help give me a better understanding on how to integrate different animation techniques into my work. Exploring the style of Walter Guttmann will further give me the knowledge to become a better animator and graphic designer.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1008/thumbnail.jp

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Most adults report self-dishonesty across different online venues (e.g., social media, online dating, anonymous chat rooms, and sex sites), they believe others are less honest than they are within each of these online venues, and they expect different types of lies (e.g., lies about age or appearance) across different venues

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Our naturalistic study of bargoers showed that many intoxicated individuals consider themselves and their intoxicated friends too impaired to drive; however, few, especially men, consider themselves or their friends too drunk to consent to sex. This has implications for consent promotion and bystander models of sex assault prevention

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We documented trackways of free-living Crocodylus acutus on beaches at the mouths of Tamarindo and Ventanas estuaries, Costa Rica. Our crocodiles had estimated total lengths of 1–3 meters or more. Manus prints have five digits, with digits I–III bearing claw marks. Pes prints have four digits, with claw marks on digits I–III. The pes is plantigrade. Claws generally dig into the substrate. Apart from claw marks, digit I and the heel of the pes are usually the most deeply impressed parts of footprints. Trackways are wide-gauge. Pes prints are usually positioned just behind ipsilateral manus prints of the same set and may overlap them. Manus and pes prints angle slightly outward with respect to the crocodileu27s direction of movement. Claw-bearing digits of both the manus and pes may create curved, concave-toward-the-midline drag marks as the autopodium is protracted. The tail mark varies in depth and clarity, and in shape from nearly linear to markedly sinuous. Sometimes the tail mark hugs the trackway midline, but sometimes it is closer to, or even cuts across, prints of one side. American crocodile footprints and trackways are similar to those observed in other extant crocodylian species, indicating substantial trackway conservatism across the group

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Risk sensitivity combined with prospect theory and framing concepts can be quite useful in explaining which individuals and groups can become radicalized and more likely to resort to terrorism to achieve their political and economic objectives. Such radicalization can occur with groups willing to use violence for major gains and for groups seeking to prevent significant losses of status or wealth. The Sikh uprising in the Punjab in the latter part of the twentieth century is an example of terrorism based not on poverty but as part of an effort to preserve or regain a relatively advantageous position. The Sikhs were in a somewhat advantageous situation in India but faced increasing challenges to their economic, political, and social position in the Punjab and in India in general. The counterterrorism policies of the government contributed to the perception of threat that further radicalized the Sikh community.Risk sensitivity combined with prospect theory and framing concepts can be quite useful in explaining which individuals and groups can become radicalized and more likely to resort to terrorism to achieve their political and economic objectives. Such radicalization can occur with groups willing to use violence for major gains and for groups seeking to prevent significant losses of status or wealth. The Sikh uprising in the Punjab in the latter part of the twentieth century is an example of terrorism based not on poverty but as part of an effort to preserve or regain a relatively advantageous position. The Sikhs were in a somewhat advantageous situation in India but faced increasing challenges to their economic, political, and social position in the Punjab and in India in general. The counterterrorism policies of the government contributed to the perception of threat that further radicalized the Sikh community

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We are providing residents surrounding the Hartford Iron u26 Metal (HIu26M) facility with groundwater contamination results, distributing hand soap labeled with contact information for reporting violations to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), and collecting nine upwind/downwind moss samples to analyze for possible air contamination. Located in Blackford County, HIu26M sits in the middle of a low SES residential neighborhood where many residents rent; it lacks a neighborhood association. Blackford County Concerned Citizens (BCCC) is investigating the concerns of residents in relation to the industrial history of the county in an attempt to improve public health. Statistics indicate that Blackford County has significantly higher levels of three types of cancers – colon, thyroid, bladder – in Indiana. HIu26M, IDEM and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered an agreement in 2009 and a 2010 site assessment showed soil samples that were contaminated with heavy metals and organic compounds. HIu26M had not complied with the court order as of 2015 and IDEM is responsible for enforcement of that order and has been slow to force remediation. Recent remediation efforts have been focused on groundwater contamination and municipality entities and have ignored other avenues of contamination, including air pollutants surrounding HIu26M. The goal of this service learning course is to cultivate human agency by development of collective consciousness that seeks to address the concerns of affected residents. We aim to address HIu26M’s ecological impact on the surrounding neighborhood by empowering residents in light of institutional deficiencies.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1030/thumbnail.jp

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The St. Joseph River Watershed is one of eight watersheds that make up the Maumee Watershed. This river was originally carved by the Huron-Erie Glacial Lobe approximately 22,000 years ago. Formation of this watershed ended approximately 12,000 years ago with the final retreat of the Erie Lobe. Over time, anthropogenic activity has altered the watershed by draining wetlands and turning the land into farm and cropland. Prior studies found that pesticides, pollutants, and nutrient loading were the main concerns in water quality, and that erosion and flooding were the largest overall concerns. Our study aims to analyze the St. Joseph River along four transects ranging from southeast DeKalb County to Allen County. Coarsest sediments were found near the center of the channel, while sediments fined toward the inner part of meanders. Longitudinally, the highest abundance of coarse grains was found toward the northernmost sample site (upstream). Based on our data, the grain size distribution depends on the geometry of the channel. Geochemical analyses of the water during a time span of five months (October-February) show a general decrease in the concentration of NO3, PO4, and SO4, and a slight increase in the concentration of Fe2+ and Cl2. In the same months, while pH and dissolved oxygen readings were stable, total dissolved solids showed a general decrease

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Opus: Research and Creativity at IPFW supports the university’s academic mission to raise its national and international profile through open access to the academic and creative accomplishments of IPFW faculty and students

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Holly Jean Holland is studying Secondary Education with a concentration in Social Studies and a minor concentration in Psychology, Government and Citizenship, and a minor in TENOL here at IPFW. She is a first generation college student and part of the 21st Century Scholarship program. This is her first time presenting at the Annual Undergraduate History Conference. Holly was selected for the Bahrom International Exchange Program with Seoul Woman’s University and studied in Korea for a month in the Summer of 2016. Her historic interests consist of a wide variety of topics, including 19th and 20th–century American History, Korean history and development, Native American history after Jackson’s Removal, and the history of revolutions and warfare. After graduating Holly plans to teach English in South Korea for a number of years before returning to America to teach Native American children and engage in politics to further America’s Education

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Knowledge of an animal’s behavior during particular life history stages can provide insights into habitat selection, and this can have important conservation implications. Gravid hawksbill turtles spend the internesting interval resting on the seafloor, but their diving behavior has only been previously examined in shallow-water habitats. We examined depth use of gravid hawksbills in a location of variable bathymetry to determine if hawksbills engage in deeper diving if deeper waters are available. We attached archival time-depth recorders onto hawksbills nesting at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, where the neritic zone ends within 500 m of the shoreline. We recorded seven internesting intervals from five individuals. Internesting intervals were characterized by long dives (mean 24.2 ± SD 22.3 min) to a constant depth, consistent with seafloor resting in a spatially restricted residence area. There was little variation in the water temperatures at all depths occupied (mean 29.06 ± SD 0.43 °C). Two turtles attained the deepest recorded dives for gravid hawksbills (95.1 and 84.4 m) and sometimes remained at depths greater than 60 m for up to 30 min. Although we recorded instances of relatively deep diving for the species, the overall pattern of seafloor resting and infrequent diving was consistent with hawksbills in other ocean basins with different offshore habitats. We propose that benthic resting is common behavior for gravid hawksbills globally, and protection of benthic habitats near the nesting beach should be a management priority

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47 Seconds is a fictional story focusing on police shooting between a white officer and black victim. It is meant to mirror current events but is not based on any particular one. The purpose of this story is to illustrate how these tragic events affect the lives of everyone involved. It offers possible reasons for why an officer may shoot a suspect. The intent of the story is to prompt the reader into giving more consideration to those reasons before passing judgement. The idea came from an assignment to write a short story with relevance to current culture or events. I wanted a familiar topic that would resonate with readers. While most would not have personal experience with a police shooting, they would be aware of them. Before I began, I looked at some of the most visible examples of police shootings and considered why they received so much attention. The ones that garnered the most scrutiny often involved a black suspect and white officer. Shootings such as Terence Crutcher of Tulsa, William Chapman of Portsmouth, and Sylville Smith of Milwaukee served as grim inspiration for this piece. Each situation varied greatly but the outcome was the same. Race seemed to be an important factor relating to the attention these shootings received. For that reason I considered several different roles and narrative arcs involving race. Initially, I considered a black officer and white victim to show the inverse of the idea that black suspects are much more likely to be shot than white suspects. It felt less impactful and relevant because whites are not perceived as being discriminated against. An event mirroring current issues carried more weight. Using the inverse of the current events, a black officer and white victim, felt like I was trying to promote the idea that these shootings happen to everyone and aren’t an issue. That wasn’t what I wanted to convey and seemed likely to alienate and further polarize readers. By choosing details mirroring current events and then showing that event from a different angle, I hoped to lessen the divide and inspire more understanding in the reader. I wanted to show the weight of taking a life, regardless of race. The fatal encounter was left until the latter portion of the story to keep the focus on the officer instead of the shooting. The focus is often on the person who is shot and the person who pulled the trigger is viewed as a perpetrator. I wanted to illuminate how convoluted the idea of the victim actually is in these situations. It isn’t meant to detract from the tragedy of these events but amplify it. Most officers don’t want to take a life anymore than someone wants to lose theirs. The outcome of these situations can be hard to comprehend. When race is involved, it can become an easy scapegoat. I wanted this story to convey that idea and show how tragic these events can truly be for everyone involved.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1014/thumbnail.jp

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Although 29% of fertility treatments resulted in a live birth in 2013, the cost, emotional stress, and physical toll is enough to have couples searching for an alternative option. Adoption is expensive, but it is a fraction of the cost of fertility treatments, without the physical toll on a woman’s body, and allows couples become parents. Through my research and project, I will examine the options of adoption and educate the viewer on the benefits and expenses that adoption has for interested people. The research for this project centered heavily on the rules and intricacies for couples wishing to adopt, as well as the expenses involved. I explored some of the laws and regulations that are in place regarding adoption to help educate the viewer on this issue. This information will be demonstrated in my poster to visually showcase my findings. Through this process I discovered that there is a large financial burden on couples wishing to adopt. To assist with the high cost of adopting, I have created a not for profit organization that helps relieve the financial stress on adopting parents. Funds raised through my Adopt-a-Bow organization will be donated to couples in need. The products created through my organization will be sold and funds raised will be given to couples who demonstrate a financial need and a desire to adopt.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1040/thumbnail.jp

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I am going to be documenting through photography, the lives of the people of Cienfuegos, located in the Dominican Republic. This is an area within the Dominican that has poor housing, few paying jobs and extremely poor living conditions. The people of Cienfuegos are considered squatters on land that they do not own. This is true even if they have built a house to live in. The area is so poor and destitute that people essentially find a small area of land and construct a very basic house to provide shelter. It is an area adjacent to the city of Santiago’s trash dump. This creates conditions in which many people living in the area, roam the dump for food, toys, and daily needs. These conditions have caused respiratory and gastric problems among many of the people here and is an unsuitable place for any human being to live. I will be traveling to Cienfuegos for a week and performing research on these people and how their life is different than ours. I will also be taking photos in order to observe more fully and share the people of Cienfuegos’ way of life. After research, I will be comparing and contrasting their way of life with our life here in the US, as well as researching new ways to help these people change their life. My hope is that I can bring to light a very serious humanitarian crisis that is not very well know here in the United States

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According to the “germaneness standard,” public university faculty have a First Amendment protection for course-related speech, even provocative statements, when their statements or activities connect to the subject matter or pedagogy. Private university faculty have no corresponding, generalized First Amendment protection, but do have course-related speech prerogatives grounded in the tradition of academic freedom, which can be established by contract law. Students at public universities have First Amendment protection for their courserelated statements similar to public university faculty. However, according to the Hazelwood standard, learning-related student speech can be restricted when it is considered substantially disruptive to learning or is in opposition to legitimate pedagogical objectives

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As professional educators, the experience of a novice writer and researcher is often lost, and librarians and teaching faculty alike struggle to bridge the gap between inexperience and expertise. In this interactive session, participants will have the opportunity to practice skills for interviewing students as a strategy to gain a depth of perspective not readily available through other methods. In particular, we will explore how digital technologies impact students’ academic research and writing, and the ways in which technologies might either enhance student work, create barriers to, or even transform the research and writing process. Attendees will be invited to reflect on their own experience with technology and then to participate in role-playing as interviewers and student interviewees. Finally, the presenters will share preliminary findings from interviews with students and will facilitate audience discussion about the role of technology in the writing and research process. The session is based upon a collaboration between two librarians and an English composition instructor who is also the coordinator of the university writing center

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“Revisiting and Reinventing the Technique of Kevin Gemin.” I am presenting a creative project to develop a short animation based on the work of Kevin Gemin, a French animator. The main purpose of this creative project proposal is to understand the animating technique of Kevin Gemin, and how he uses the somewhat unusual program of Flipnote Studio1 for his work. The impact of this technique is defined by its frame-by-frame method, and how the work of this artist can be applied today to Nintendo 3DS, 3D animation and gamin consoles. A fundamental goal of this project is to implement Gemin’s animation technique in the narrative of the short animation sequential process and how this process will help me to craft my own style of storyboarding and concept art. The goals of my project are to: ● Develop a character based on his animations in 2D and 3D, and how he is multifaceted for multiple media: video games, cinematic, and Virtual Reality. ● Study transition effects in the video animations, and how they help to enhance the animation narrative. ● Study and apply Kevin Gemin’s visual effects in his animated sequences and cinematic videos, such as Fade In Fade Out, Blinds, Dissolve, etc. The project will help me expand my knowledge and skill set as an artist and animator. 1 Flipnote Studio allows the user to create both word and picture-based notes with the stylus, add sound, and put them together to create frame-by-frame flipbook-style animations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipnote_Studiohttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1012/thumbnail.jp

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Kyler Hudson is a junior at IPFW, majoring in history and political science. His historical interests include WWI, presidential politics, and the Supreme Court. He plans on completing his undergraduate degrees next spring and is currently contemplating law school. He hopes to remain in the Fort Wayne area, ideally finding a position at a law office or local television station

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Social networks play an important role in connecting people and facilitating human social interaction. Influence can spread through a social network. “Word-of-mouth” and “viral marketing” effects have been widely exploited to promote new products and technological innovations. For example, when an individual adopts a new product and finds it useful, she or he would recommend it to her or his friends and colleagues. One of this individual’s friends takes the advice, and may also feel excited about the product and spread the words about it to her or his own friends. In such a way, social influence can help diffuse new products or ideas. Modeling the spread of influence in social networks is valuable to computer science because of its relevance to digital networks (e.g., online social networks), but this research also holds importance in other fields, such as epidemiology, physics, and social sciences. The goal of this work is to derive a mathematical model that can accurately predict the influence of individuals in social networks. Such an accurate model can help computer scientists in designing new network protocols, structures, and policies to facilitate the spread of influence or information. Previous works on modeling the spread of influence assume the status of a single node in the network is independent of the status of other nodes in the network. In social networks, this is not true. For example, two friends in a social network tend to both either favor a product or reject it, meaning that the two individuals are spatially related to each other. In our work, we investigate the spread of influence in social networks using a Markov model, which assumes that neighboring nodes are spatially dependent on each other. To simulate the spread of influence in a social network, we use several generated network topologies and a real co-authorship network of scientists working on network theory, where the relationship between nodes is that author X wrote a joint work with author Y. We develop simulation tools in C++ to replicate influence diffusion through these networks. Our results show that our proposed Markov model predicts the spread of influence in a social network better than previously proposed models. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt in studying the spatial dependence among nodes to describe influence dissemination.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1042/thumbnail.jp

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During the Rwandan genocide, over 800,000 Rwandans lost their lives over the course of just 100 days. From early April to early July 1994, the Rwandan government, headed by extremist Hutu military leaders, ordered the extermination of Rwandan Tutsis along with moderate Hutus. In addition to mass extermination, the government ordered a campaign of terror and violence; victims faced unimaginable atrocities such as torture, rape, and witnessing the deaths of people they knew. Only after the Rwandan Patriotic Front seized control of Rwanda did the genocide stop. Despite its short duration, the genocide continued to affect the survivors, even after many years had passed. Organizations such as the United Nations conducted interviews of the survivors in the years following the genocide. Numerous survivors had their interviews recorded in order to have a more complete perspective of what transpired during the Rwandan Genocide, in the hope of seeing perpetrators brought to justice. The experiences repeatedly recounted in the testimonies--seeing the murders of fellow Rwandans, the uncertainty regarding the murders, exposure to other violent acts, such as genocidal rape caused survivors excruciating psychological trauma. Research conducted found that survivors’ mental health was negatively affected by the genocide. In particular, gender played a role in survivors’ mental health; female survivors had a higher probability of developing depression and post-traumatic stress disorder than male survivors. In the testimonies, survivors of both genders referenced the negative impact mass violence and rape had on women. But while female survivors described their experiences during the genocide, such as genocidal rape, male survivors lamented on witnessing the effects of the genocide on their female family members. Female survivors have suffered the greatest long term physical and psychological trauma, that until recently has not been looked at. This finding potentially impacts the way that survivors of a genocide receive treatment.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1003/thumbnail.jp

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In the child developmental literature, parental mind-mindedness (or parentsu27 tendency to represent their child in terms of their mental processes) has been found to predict differences in attachment security (e.g., Laranjo, Bernier u26 Meins, 2008; Lundy, 2003). Secure infant attachment relationships appear to be associated with their parentsu27 ability to consider their childu27s mental processes. Research looking at adults use of mind-mindedness in relation to their attachment representations of their significant other has not yet been conducted. It is plausible that, secure attachment representations in adults may be similarly linked to their ability to describe their significant others in terms of mental characteristics (compared to behavioral or physical characteristics). The present research examines the relationship between adultsu27 attachment representations and the use of mental attributes to describe their current romantic partner. We hypothesized that individuals with secure attachments would provide more mental descriptors of their current romantic partners, while those with insecure representations were expected to use fewer mental (and more physical and behavioral) descriptors. We found a significant association between secure representations and the use of mental attributes to describe participant’s current romantic partner. Adults with fearful and preoccupied representations provided fewer mental comments and more behavioral descriptors. Adultsu27 descriptions of romantic partners (mental versus behavioral or physical attributes) are significantly associated with attachment representations. This study suggests that mind-mindedness, interpreting the behavior of one’s significant other in terms of their mental states, is related to attachment representations. The findings suggest that adultsu27 ability to connect with their romantic partneru27s mental processes may facilitate or be facilitated by their attachment representations.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1010/thumbnail.jp

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Identity deception is common online; however, most people (both college students and MTurkers, N = 262) believed an online confederate posing as a 13-year-old in a chat room. A well-developed online persona that uses both content and stylistic cues to portray age and gender may be effective for category deception

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Newton’s Constant of Universal Gravitation is used in the calculation of gravitational attraction between any two or more objects. In this experiment, we use a rotating torsional pendulum, different sized masses, and an optical lever to determine the value of this constant. After accounting for additional forces acting on our masses and various sources of error, we determined our most precise measurement for the constant of universal gravitation to be 6.4110-11 ± 5.1610-13 m3kg−1s−2. This measurement, given the NIST CODATA value of 6.6740810-11 m3kg−1s−2, was 5.1 times our uncertainty

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I call the key cognitive move in processing allegory “gist projection”: the reader extracts a “gist” from the literal level of the text and projects that meaning to an outside target domain. Because the text includes no language directly referring to that target, a reader’s ability to recognize the presence of allegory occurs through an intuitive flash of understanding. In typical allegorical texts, authors spark this allegorical intuition in readers by including disruptive details—for example, references that allude to a situation outside the text, that undermine the reader’s expectations, or that create noticeable discontinuities within the text. Once the allegorical intuition has been activated, the reader begins problem-solving, summarizing the gist of the text and testing its application to hypothesized target domains. But to the extent that authors grasp how allegory works cognitively, they can play with these readerly expectations, as we see in two recent novels that undermine the traditional literary uses of allegorical intuition. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel avoids activating the allegorical intuition by providing naturalistic explanations for details such as the presence of animals on the boat with Pi. Therefore, the reader, who ordinarily might interpret animal characters with reference to allegorical beast fable, instead reads this as a non-allegorical narrative, until the end of the book, when Pi provides an allegorical reading in which the animal characters represent humans. In contrast, in The City and the City, China Mieville plays with the reader’s allegorical intuition by activating it with strange details and then offering no clear target domain for projection. The strangeness of the story, of two cities inhabiting the same space, suggests political allegory, but the novel resists allegorical interpretation. The “weird” experience of reading these books derives in part from the unusual ways the authors manipulate their readers’ allegorical intuitions

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Creative project abstract: “Compositional Comic Book. Exploring Roy Lichtenstein’s style through a sequential and storyboarding graphic format.” I am presenting Creative project allowing me to research and understand Roy Lichtenstein’s use of lines, colors, and design to create a comic book while allowing myself to experiment and design my own story based on his use of different emotional effects between pieces. The goals of my project: 1. Develop character(s) based on one piece of his work and apply the technique that he uses within that piece. 2. Study and illustrate use of his strokes while allowing myself to possibly understand his work in another medium 3. Study and use the visual effects that Lichtenstein is able to replicate in animation and motion graphics. The conclusion of this creative project will greatly impact in my future professional work as, not only an animator, but an illustrator as well to better understand how to become successful at telling a story while having a muse for a jumping point and, in the future, allowing me to create works through inspiration

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Theory of mind (ToM, or the tendency to consider the mental processes of others; Astington, 2003) has been linked to important social-relationship skills within the developmental literature (Hughes u26 Dunn, 1998; Keenan, 2003; Lalonde u26 Chandler, 1995; Peterson u26 Siegal, 2002; Slaughter, Dennis, u26 Pritchard, 2002; Watson, Nixon, Wilson, u26 Capage, 1999). The findings of a recent study suggest, however, that childrenu27s ToM may also be linked to more negative social characteristics (Sutton, Smith u26 Swettenham, 1999). Few studies have examined links between adult ToM and various types of social-personality characteristics. Given the recent findings of the link between childrenu27s ToM and manipulation, adultsu27 ToM was explored in relation to negative attributes (i.e., machiavellianism). The purpose of the present research was to examine adultsu27 level of engagement in ToM in relation to negative social-personality characteristics in the Dark Triad (machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). It was hypothesized that individuals with higher levels of ToM would be more likely to engage in negative personality characteristics, while those who reported lower levels of ToM would not. The relations among adultsu27 ToM and negative (e.g., machiavellianism) social-personality characteristics were assessed using a sample of 123 undergraduate students (80 males and 43 females). Participants completed the Imposing Memories Task (IMT, a measure of ToM) and the Dirty Dozen (DD; Jonason u26 Webster, 2010), two tasks that have been used in previous literature. Unlike some of the recent developmental research which we used to construct our hypothesis, we found that adultsu27 ToM scores were inversely related to negative personality characteristics, such as manipulation (machiavellianism, r =-.22, pu3c.01), narcissism (r=-.16, pu3c.05) and psychopathy (r=.26, pu3c.005). In other words, adults who scored higher on the ToM tasks were less likely to engage in negative personality characteristics (machiavellianism and narcissism). This suggests a positive link between childrenu27s ToM and negative characteristics (e.g., machiavellianism). The present findings contribute to the understanding of adult ToM in relation to social-personality characteristics. This is important because the use of ToM can help understand and predict bullying. Further research is needed to study the relations among these variables in real life situations.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1001/thumbnail.jp

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From Felix the Cat to Judy Hopps, the animation industry is full of anthropomorphic animal characters. For my poster presentation, I will make a comprehensive study that explores both the history of these characters and the success of their designs. In doing this, I will be putting a spotlight on why these types of characters exist, as well as the influence they’ve had on their audience. Here is what I’ll need to do to achieve that goal: z 1. Study the origins and history of these characters.2. Analyze several different characters’ personality and design.3. Compare and contrast anthropomorphic characters to similar human characters in how they exchange behavioral, psychological, and acting performances. 4. Replicate analytic findings with one or more example characters. This project will help me grow as an animator in a professional setting, as so many large animation companies use these characters for their projects. Additionally, the conclusion of this project will be applied to other creative endeavors outside of animation such as character design for animal-based costumes and animal characters in comics and graphic novels.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1026/thumbnail.jp

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Flow has been conceptualized as an intrinsically rewarding state of optimal experience that is enjoyable and uplifting. People who experience flow become so absorbed in what they are doing they lose temporal and self-awareness. Flow has been associated with a host of positive emotional and behavioral outcomes. In an effort to understand the determinants of flow, much research has focused on personality traits. For example, several studies have shown that people who are extraverted tend to exhibit high flow propensity, while introverts tend to exhibit relatively less flow propensity. We think this extraversion-flow link is potentially misguided because it does not consider the powerful role that situations can play in determining a wide-range of psychological states, including the extent to which introverts and extraverts experience flow. Our main proposition is that extraverts will tend to experience greater flow in group situations and less flow in solitary situations, while introverts will tend to experience greater flow in solitary situations, and less flow in group situations. We also explored several other potential personality-situation interactions on flow propensity. To test our predictions, we asked participants (N = 195) to complete an online questionnaire. They completed a measure of introversion-extraversion and other personality traits. They then completed two measures of flow (The Flow Questionnaire, the Flow Proneness Questionnaire). Finally, participants indicated the extent to which they had experienced flow in 25 different situations, including social group situations (e.g., attending a concert with friends, going to a party), and solitary situations (e.g., reading an enjoyable book, writing a research paper). Our primary hypotheses were supported. Extraverts were significantly more likely to experience flow in social group situations than in solitary situations, while introverts were significantly more likely to experience flow in solitary situation than in social group situations. We also identified several other interesting personalitysituation interactions on flow propensity. Research suggests that flow is psychologically healthy state. It is therefore useful to identify the variables that determine or predict flow. Rather than emphasizing the role of personality characteristics, which is the dominant focus amongst flow scholars, our research suggests that a concurrent consideration of both personality and situational forces is necessary to fully understand the dynamics of flow.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1005/thumbnail.jp

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A pseudoholomorphic curve, or J-holomorphic curve, is a differentiable map from a Riemann surface to a manifold with almost complex structure J, that satisfies an analogue of the Cauchy-Riemann equations. When J is smooth, pseudoholomorphic curves have well-known regularity and uniqueness properties. I will survey what can happen when J is only continuous or satisfies a Hölder condition

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It has been established that the personality traits of openness and agreeableness are inversely associated with prejudice. We propose that these personality traits also influence group-based memories. In general, people have better memories for a person’s traits when those traits fit a stereotype (e.g., Linda the librarian was quiet). This is called the stereotype-consistency effect. Because people high in openness are less likely to rely on heuristic processing of information (quick, automatic thinking), we hypothesized that they would be less prone to the stereotype-consistency effect. In addition, because highly agreeable people tend to be interpersonally sensitive and non-judgmental, we hypothesized that they also would be less prone to the stereotype consistency effect. To test our predictions, we asked 282 participants to complete established measures of openness and agreeableness. They were then presented with a story about a White American, African American, or Hispanic American person (randomly determined). The person exhibited multiple positive and negative attributes that were stereotypical and non-stereotypical of each ethnic group. Lastly, participants were asked to recall the person’s traits. Our primary hypotheses were supported. Both openness and agreeableness were significant predictors of accurate recall of positive traits associated with outgroup members, and fewer errors when assigning negative stereotypic “decoy” attributes to the target person. Our research demonstrates that some basic personality traits may play a significant role in understanding memory biases associated with social stereotypes. Our research contributes to recent efforts to integrate personality and situational factors that influence intergroup relations

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There are two commonly utilised, but distinct, methods for measuring carapace length of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Either the carapace is measured along the central ridge or to the side of the central ridge.Here, we demonstrate that these two measurements produce differing results. Moreover, we formulate a globally-applicable correction factor to standardise between these two measurements. Standardised curved carapace length measurements from leatherback turtles at nesting sites worldwide generally fit into 3 size categories: small (157.5 cm; Indian: Southwest, Indian: Northeast, and Pacific: West

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Warm-ups are the oft-neglected yet essential component to an excellent choral rehearsal, and many of us come into the rehearsal room well-prepared to teach repertoire but ill-prepared to lead warm-ups that will set the tone for success. Beyond supplying attendees with examples of different warm-ups, this workshop will offer a pedagogical approach and practical advice about how to lead effective and relevant choral warm-ups for groups of any age

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My name is James Bradley Crump. I am a legal studies senior here at IPFW, and will begin a graduate program for a Master of Law in the fall of 2017. I also spent six years in the Army. I have held various undergraduate legal internships, some of which have been in the Fort Wayne area. These include Malloy Law LLC and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office. I have also held various research positions. Regionally, I have conducted research with the Center for Social Research at IPFW. Nationally, I was recognized as a research assistant for The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. At The Federalist Society, my work included the National Lawyers 2016 CLE, extensive research into public discourse and cognitive scientist George Lakoff for grant proposals, critique of Akhil Amar’s The Constitution Today, and inter alia content edit of the newly released book, DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington. While in DC this past summer, I was also awarded a fellowship with the Fund of American Studies. I attended various lectures from bi-partisan and partisan think tanks, the South African embassy, the State Department, and a multitude of high-level executives and government officials. Additionally, I completed a course through The Fund of American Studies and the Reagan Foundation on Leadership and the American Presidency, which resulted in academic excellence and deeper appreciation for the uncertainties that face a presidency. Today, I am here to open all to a new world and deeper understanding of judicial review

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This edition has been superseded. Please see the current 13th edition (updated January 2018): http://opus.ipfw.edu/mcetid_facpubs/56

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Cody Fuelling is in his fourth year at IPFW, pursuing majors in History and Political Science, an Honors Certificate, a Certificate in International Studies, and a Minor in Psychology. He has been a research assistant for two professors in the Department of History and currently works as a teaching assistant in the Department of Political Science. He presented at the 7th and 8th Annual History Conferences, has received two scholarships from the Honors Program, and works as an Assistant Book Review Editor for Enterprise and Society

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Businesses and entrepreneurs are using social networking sites (SNS) to widen their network and increase their e-social capital. However, advertisements and impersonal messages are perceived as alienating rather than relationship building. Thus, to build relationships, marketing messages should be crafted to be more personal, appealing to recipients’ individual interests

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Educational advances over the years has enabled students with disabilities to access educational opportunities in higher educational institutions, creating a diversification of the student population in higher education. This has necessitated faculty to increase their knowledge about providing appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities, as well as devise new pedagogical methods that cater to the different learning needs of students in their classrooms. This study was conducted to investigate faculty willingness to utilize inclusive instructional accommodations for students with disabilities in their classrooms, through an anonymous survey that was distributed to full time and part time faculty from a Midwestern University. Quantitative analysis of the data through SPSS showed that 79.1% of the participants reported a willingness to provide instructional accommodations in their classrooms. Qualitative analysis of the data reported that participants expressed a need for improved knowledge and training on how to provide certain instructional accommodations, citing increased collaboration and enhanced communication with the office of services for students with disabilities as avenues that would aid in fulfilling the gaps. This type of research study adds to the previous and increasing literature in the field, which focuses on how pedagogical methods can be enriched to cater for the currently diversified learning needs of the students at high institutions of learning. Key Words: Students with disabilities, higher education, instructional accommodation, faculty perception, faculty knowledgehttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1027/thumbnail.jp

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Mental rotation is the ability to use a mental representation to rotate a two or three-dimensional object in the human mind while also recognizing that it is the same from any perspective. Previous studies have shown gender differences in mental rotation, with men performing mental rotations more quickly and accurately than women. Another study has shown that rotation practice using a joystick to rotate a figure on a computer screen benefits subsequent mental rotation. The purpose of our research was to examine whether mental rotation could be trained, specifically by using an iPad app we developed. In the current study, introductory psychology students were given a mental rotation pretest in which they viewed two geometric figures side by side and were asked if they were the same figures in different rotations, or two completely different figures. In the control group, participants completed additional trials identical to those in the pretest. In the experimental group, participants were asked to rotate a figure presented on the iPad with their finger until it matched the same orientation as the figure shown on the computer. The figure on the iPad started at different orientations than the figure on the computer (i.e., rotated 30 degrees along the x-axis, 90 degrees along the Y-axis). Finally, participants in both groups completed a posttest similar to the pretest, but including both familiar and unfamiliar figures. We found that males were more accurate at rotating the figures in the pretest and posttest, replicating findings from previous studies. However, the iPad training did not improve mental rotation in the posttest in either females or males. Based on these findings, we conclude that our app does not engage people in thinking about mental representations of the figures and rotating them in their head. In a future project, we plan to examine whether mental rotation can be improved by training participants to attend to the specific axes around which the object is rotating. We believe this method will be more effective in engaging participants in the mental rotation of a three dimensional object.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1006/thumbnail.jp

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