The first annual Honors Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium was held in 2022, featuring Ole Miss honors students representing a variety of disciplines.
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Perception of COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies and Correlation to Student Demographics at the University of Mississippi
Anna Reese Couhig and Melissa Bass
Are University of Mississippi student perceptions of COVID-19 mitigation strategies correlated to demographics? This research will provide data important for fully understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and to prepare for future pandemics. Additionally, COVID-19 remains a vastly unexplored research topic, and college students’ opinions on mitigation strategies is almost completely untouched.
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Rurality Across the World: An Exploration of Access to Physicians in the Rural United States and Potential Applications Abroad
Edith-Marie Green
A sixth of the U.S. population lives in a rural area. Those in rural areas face a disproportionate lack of access to physicians and acute emergency care, along with preventive medicine; one can make the reasonable assumption that those living in rural areas in other countries face similar conditions. This paper is centered around access to medical facilities, rurality, and place of death and utilizes data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Stratified analyses were conducted based on age groups and cause of death. While the measured association between death in a medical facility and rurality in this study is somewhat weak, there is evidence that the association is stronger for older age groups. This links to issues within the eldercare system in the U.S. that have been exposed due to the ongoing pandemic and are augmented in rural areas, especially when medical issues such as strokes and heart attacks are considered. Follow-up research is being conducted in the international context, with an emphasis on Germany as a country of interest due to its rapidly aging population and national debates in recent years around palliative care, hospice, and physician-assisted death.
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Where’s Our Water? Analyzing Diplomatic History on GERD Dispute
Lee Holmes and Kevin Riehle
Egypt has an extensive history in water control for the Nile river. Egypt claims the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam poses a risk to their water access since the beginning of its construction in April 2011.
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Access Granted: A Demographic Analysis of How the Pandemic Has Disrupted the Monocentric City Model
Jaylin Terreau Jones and Sergio Garate
The Objective of my research is to quantify the effect that the Covid Pandemic has had on the distribution of home values in regard to the monocentric city model as well as identify and explain any demographic variables that have hindered or aided this disruption.
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An Investigation into the Common Problems of Lagoon Wastewater Treatment in Kentucky
Kaylee A. Jones
Objectives: This project aims to identify and provide solutions for the ongoing problems in Municipality A Wastewater Treatment Plant (MAWWTP) in Kentucky. Research conducted in this study provided numerical data to find trends that identified the issue with the treatment methods.
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Sleep Duration is Associated with Caudate Volume and Executive Function
Nicole Jones and Tossi Ikuta
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Iel Dit Quoi ? A Study of the Emergence and Acceptance of Gender Neutral Language in the Francophone World. Case Study: France versus Canada
Alyssa Langlois and Daniel E. O'Sullivan
How has gender neutral language evolved in French, and how is it being used and accepted today? Examining 3 aspects: Gender and Job Titles L’écriture inclusive Gender Neutral Pronouns
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Λ0 Detection Asymmetry at Belle II
Matthew Mestayer and Jake Bennett
The Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider uses a series of detectors to measure the properties of particles created in a high energy environment. These measurements can be used to probe things like CP violation. However, in order to make precise measurements of CP violation, we must account for differences in how matter and antimatter interact with the detector. These "detection asymmetries" must be removed from any analysis seeking to measure CP violation.
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Influences of Post-Fledging Protein Supplementation in Adults and Juveniles on Growth and Reactive Stress Response in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Gabrielle Morris, Mary Lindley Tharp, Carley Craig, Woods Young, Mathew Thibodeaux, Belinda Bagwandeen, and Lainy B. Day
Protein is important in adult and post-nestling juvenile diets with consequences for growth and metabolism.
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A Qualitative Study of Food Behaviors in University of Mississippi Students as They Relate to Nutrition Security
Bethany Selby, Georgianna Mann, and Victoria Zigmont
Objective: To investigate food behaviors in University of Mississippi (UM) students in order to better understand nutrition security on the UM Oxford campus
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Developmental exposure to minor cannabinoids causes morphological and behavioral adverse outcomes in zebrafish larvae
Marissa J. Skulsky, Cammi Thornton, Jason Paris, and Kristine L. Willett
Objectives: Determine if minor cannabinoid exposure results in adverse morphological and behavioral effects in developing zebrafish as was previously measured following THC and CBD exposures; Understand relative potency of the different cannabinoids for developmental toxicities.