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Perceptions of Aging from the Perspective of the Church Community
(4/20/2013)The proportion of individuals age 65 and over consists of nearly 13% of the United States population and it is expected to double by 2030. The longevity of the older population has led to the development of programs such ... -
“Coming Out” as a Posttraumatic Growth Source in Differently Aged LGBT Individuals
(4/20/2013)Past research has shown that, while trauma and intense negative experiences may have profound negative impacts on individuals, there may additionally be positive psychological changes that individuals experience as a result ... -
Constructed Wetlands: A Solution to Treating Milking Centre Washwaters
(4/20/2013)As of 2016, all dairy farmers are required to properly treat their milk house wastewater prior to disposal. Dairy farmers are interested in a low cost and effective treatment technology to apply. The objective of this ... -
Productivity of Ontario County STOP-DWI
(4/20/2013)The STOP-DWI program that is currently being implemented in New York’s Ontario County is in existence in order to discourage alcohol and drug induced driving. This program has decreased drinking and driving as well as drug ... -
Theatre Therapy and Autism
(4/20/2013)This poster describes the use of theatre as a therapy for children with autuism. As children with autism tend to struggle with social and emotional skills and theatre has been used since the time of the Ancient Greeks to ... -
The Effects of Pulsed Alcohol Consumption on Mouse Mammary Tumorigenesis
(4/20/2013)Alcohol has been implicated as the only dietary factor that increases the risk of breast cancer in women. It is not known whether the effects of alcohol exposure are the same throughout the lifetime, or if alcohol exerts ... -
Devoicing of Word-final /d/ in Castellón de la Plana
(4/20/2013)Word-final /d/ is a phoneme that has not been extensively studied, except a few studies analyzing the voiceless fricative allophone in Central-North Peninsular Spanish (Antón 1998; González 2002; Hualde 1989; Martínez-Gil ... -
Engaged Students, Engaged Learners: Using a Pedagogy of Engagement to Foster Learning for All
(4/20/2013)Education has been shaped by the discourse of the “achievement gap” for decades. This so-called gap is based on statistical data primarily revolving around standardized tests in education. The “gap,” so to speak, is the ... -
Ongoing, Cumulative Mathematics Assessment
(4/20/2013)This presentation intends to examine student learning and academic achievement as measured through the use of ongoing, cumulative assessments in the form of short quizzes. Assessment is essential in classroom instruction. ... -
Overrepresentation of African Americans in Special Education
(4/20/2013)This presentation identifies the causes and possible solutions to why there are so many African American students in special education in comparison to their white peers. The presentation will be a compilation of statistics ... -
Reading Beyond the Blood: How Agatha Christie’s Works Reflect and Shape our Conceptions of British attitudes of Otherness, Colonialism, and Imperialism Within the Imaginative Murder Mysteries
(4/20/2013)Agatha Christie, like Jane Austen and John Steinbeck, successfully captured a time long past in her work. When one reads her work in the genre of mystery and detective fiction, one glimpses the events and attitudes of war, ... -
Constructs of Masculinity in Late-Nineteenth- and Late-Twentieth Century America
(4/20/2013)This presentation will examine how muscular Christianity served as a catalyst in forging new constructs of masculinity, following a perceived crisis in late-nineteenth- and late-twentieth-century America. During these ... -
Effects of Envirornmental Affective Charge on The Creative Process
(4/20/2013)This presentation would encompass a 10 to 15 minute discourse on my Master’s thesis followed by a 10 minute live performance that is directly related. I am studying the potential of unwanted influences to intervene in the ... -
The Impact of Group Counseling on Students Who Have Been Identified as Adolescent Female Relational Aggressors
(4/20/2013)Relational Aggression, a form of bullying frequently experienced and instigated by middle school girls, involves social alienation, rumor spreading and the manipulation of a relationship to cause psychological harm to an ... -
Baby Boomers and Seniors: Multigenerational Learning and Leisure Interests
(4/20/2013)The purpose of this study is to identify leisure values that are seen as motivation for intergenerational learning within an assisted and independent living setting for older adults. Specifically, this project will seek ... -
Ecosystem Scale Impacts of Simulated Emerald Ash Borer in Western New York Forest
(4/20/2013)The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive pest from Asia that has recently become established in localized areas of Western New York (WNY). This pest, first discovered in Michigan in 2002, may kill more than 85% of ash ... -
Revisiting The Efficient Market Hypothesis
(4/20/2013)The efficient market hypothesis is an investment theory that states it is impossible to "beat the market" because stock market efficiency causes existing share prices to always incorporate and reflect all relevant information. ... -
Wearing a Mask of Normality: Reimagining Disabled Masculinity in Steve McQueen’s Shame (2011)
(4/20/2013)Western culture idealizes the male body as a source of strength, energy, control, and movement, devaluing the female body as weak, dependent, and submissive. The ideal male body retains its dominance in society because it ... -
The Impact of Fatigue on Officers within the Irondequoit Police Department
(4/20/2013)The major purpose of the research project was to examine if fatigue was not being well managed by individual officers of the Irondequoit Police Department. This was done by examining the frequency of fatigue and determining ...