Spring 1018 Scholar's Day Program

Welcome to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Spring 2018 Watson Scholars' Day. Sponsored by UMHB's Office of Research, Scholars' Day showcases outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research conducted on campus under the guidance and leadership of our extraordinary faculty members. Members of the UMHB Research Committee, listed below, serve as the organizing body of the biannual Scholars' Day event. All events are located in the Bawcom Student Union Building (BSUB).

PAPER PANELS

Research Committee: Dr. Colin Wilborn Dean of Research Dr. Aaron R. Baggett Director of Undergraduate Research Dr. Joshua Albrecht Dr. Nancy Bonner Dr. Kaleb Heinrich Dr. Todd Kunders Dr. Ty Leonard Dr. Janene Lewis Dr. Adam Winn Dr. Lem Taylor

Schedule of Events: Time

Event

Location (BSUB)

9:00 am—10:20 am

Concurrent paper panels

McLane Great Hall A/B

10:30 am—11:50 am

Poster session presentations

McLane Great Hall Lobby

12:00 pm—1:30 pm

Lunch and Scholars’/Honors Day awards

McLane Great Hall

9:00 am—10:20 am McLane Great Hall A & B Bawcom Student Union Building

PAPER PANEL A ( MCLANE GREAT HALL A)

PAPER PANEL B ( MCLANE GREAT HALL B)

Psychological Predictors of Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury

Love in the Time of Cholera:Literary Analysis of a 1930's Colombian Society

Author(s): Brook Shuck, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Trent Terrell

Author(s):Guillermo Lopez, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Janene Lewis

Description: The purpose of this paper is to gain insight on genetic and psychological predictors of recovery after traumatic brain injuries. Although, there is not enough evidence to say that psychological predictors matter more than others, this presentation will conclude that psychological predictors can be a reliable way to predict recovery.

Description:Taking inspiration from both his personal life and his mid-1930's Colombian society, Gabriel Garcia Marquez critiques on the social limitations of sexual orientation and of the disabled class through various characters in "Love in the Time of Cholera."

An Examination of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

On Numbers and Theories:Exploring the Development of Statistical Research in Psychology

Author(s): Corey Brister, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Cecilia Erlund

Author(s):Ambrianna Freeze, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Cecilia Erlund and Dr. Aaron R. Baggett

Description: ADHD is a disorder that can cause a lack of control in an individual's behavior and action. Symptoms may affect many areas of one’s life but can be managed with medication and behavioral therapy. As a student with ADHD, I have provided a case study regarding my experience with it.

Description:Dr. Mary Smith worked with Dr. Gene Glass to determine if psychotherapy is effective for every patient. To complete this study, the researchers utilized a refined research technique now known as meta-analysis. Smith and Glass analyzed over 365 studies to determine that psychotherapy is effective in nearly every form.

A Feminist Theology of Suffering in the Book of Job

A Gaming Subculture and Hegemonic Masculinity

Author(s): Katelyn Keeling, College of Christian Studies Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kim Bodenhamer

Author(s):Dejai Nelson, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Todd Ferguson

Description: Using a feminist theology, this paper deconstructs abusive theology that stems from misinterpretations of Job, namely that the book functions as a forerunner to the atonement, and that Job’s suffering is redemptive, in order to emphasize that relationship rather than suffering is redemptive.

Description:An Observational ethnography of a gaming subculture that provides insight to the persistence of hegemonic masculinity.

Emotions of Poetry in Music Author(s): Amberlee Pendleton, College of Visual & Performing Arts Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Joshua Albrecht Description: Music is universally recognized as capable of emotional expression, although it is unclear exactly what the mechanisms are that communicate emotionally. This study examines the thought that later Romantic composers will more accurately communicate the expressive meaning of the poems they set than earlier composers.

Finding Associations Between Purchases and Bundling Movies Using Association Rule Mining Techniques and the Statistical Programming Language R Author(s):Cayce Dunham, Noah Crosby, Cameron Gass, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Heejun Choi Description:Association rule mining helps find rules within a transaction and predicts the occurrence of certain items based on the occurrence of items in the set provided. This paper will apply association techniques to a movie title set and analyze what movies are typically bought together.

POSTER SESSIONS

1. Discovering The Accuracy Of Popular Applications In Predicting Resting Energy Expenditure In Humans Author(s):Hannah John, Stacie Urbina, Katelyn Villa, Camille Rex, Seth Bates, Javier Zaragoza, Dr. Cliffa Foster, Dr. Colin Wilborn, EXSS Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Lem Taylor Description:Exercise applications are widely used. People depend on them to accurately estimate calorie goals, or more specifically, resting energy expenditure – the number of Calories the body burns at rest. Although a high level of trust is placed in these applications, there is little data that supports or disproves their accuracy.

2. A Pilot Study:Bio-Flocculation Of Chlorococcum Microalgae Via Fungal Association Author(s):Joanne Thomson, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Kathleen Wood Description:During an experiment, spherical aggregations of C. microstigmatum were observed, leading us to investigate the source of flocculation, which appeared to be an unknown fungal contaminant. The purpose of this study is to provide baseline data for future research by investigating bio-flocculation of Chlorococcum microstigmatum with this fungus.

3. Detection Of Spam Mail Using Bayesian Data Mining Techniques Author(s):Jonathan Simmons, Keznyc Walton, Zayn Evans, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Heejun Choi Description:Classification based Data Mining pertains to the ability to utilize machine learning algorithms and Bayesian probability algorithms to determine characteristics of known data and applying that set of characteristics to an unknown set to extrapolate unknown information. This project will show students data mining classification techniques through the R language.

10:30 am—11:50 am McLane Great Hall Lobby Bawcom Student Union Building

4. Building The Big Data Cloud Computing Cluster For Hands-On Practice

7. Progress Of Meningitis Vaccine

Author(s):Sherlock Zhang, Tyler Adent, Jacob Baren, Brandon Behar, Noah Crosby, Keith Edwards, Wence Ortiz, Jonathan Simmons, Brannon Stegemoeller, Cameron Gass, Oliver Wood, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Heejun Choi

Author(s):Mariah Harris, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy

Description:For course purpose, to remedy the insufficient capacity of the individual computer deployed, a high-powered big data server will be set up in Davidson, equipped with Windows server 2016 and VirtualBox 5.2, which will be operated in CentOS, a Linux distribution. Furthermore, Cloudera Manager will be utilized to install big data software, such as Server Putty, R GUI, Python IDLE, etc.

5. Antibacterial Properties Of Common Household Foods Author(s):Courtney Cain, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Kathleen Wood Description:In this experiment, various fruit and vegetable extracts and tissue samples were used to test their effectiveness against three commonly known bacteria.

6. The Effect Of Timed Tests On Students' Anxiety Author(s):Brieanna Trebbe, Rachel Clemons, Karon Chapa, Rachel Judd, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Trent Terrell Description:The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of a timed assessments on students' achievement and anxiety levels. The results showed that students who were aware of the time limit experienced less anxiety and answered more questions correctly than those who were not aware.

Description:This poster explains the history and the progress of the meningitis vaccine in the African meningitis belt. With this information, people can begin to see why the meningitis is important and why it was necessary for university students.

8. The Effect Of Group Size On Inclination To Violate Social Norms Author(s):Katelyn Keeling, Haley Gates, Daisy Christiansen, Madison Cates, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Trent Terrell Description:We examined the relationship between group size and self-disclosure in the form of insulting language. We hypothesized that as group size increased, so would selfcensorship. We found, however, that larger groups produced more insulting language, suggesting that group size served to diffuse responsibility for the insults produced.

9. Smallpox Vaccine Should Still Be Storage Author(s):Cristian Gallardo, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy Description:This poster will explain why Smallpox Vaccine should still be storage even though the disease has been eradicated. In the poster it will be explain how the disease can come back to everyday life, how the vaccine should be storage and exactly how many should be storage.

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An Ethnography Of A Nail Salon

Author(s):Savannah Fleming, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Todd Ferguson Description:An ethnography was conducted non- intrusively to observe and analyze a nail salon as a gendered space.

11. A More Effective Method Of Adminestering Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV1) A Literature Search Author(s):Tanner Stricklin, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy Description:I made a poster on Word that is about an alternative administering method for the inactivated polio vaccine. In the poster I have information from two literary sources that both talk about microneedle injections that illicit a higher immune response than that of the traditional method of shot form.

12. The Efficacy Of The BCG Tuberculosis Vaccine And The Research Of New Vaccines - A Literary Investigation Author(s):Christian George, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy

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An Application Of Mixed Effects Modeling To eSports Data

Author(s):Brett Cutts, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Aaron Baggett Description:This study applied mixed effects regression models to data from the eSports Overwatch League to estimate the degree to which fight win rate predicts individual players' overall skill ranking, resulting in a random intercepts model explaining approximately 51% of the variance in players' skill ranking.

16. Deciphering Zinc Finger Protein Expression In Estrogen Receptor Α Silenced MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells Using Bioinformatics Applications Author(s):Analia Trevinso-Flitton, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Joni Ylostalo

Description:A literary research into the efficacy of BCG vaccines in childhood and pulmonary tuberculosis.

Description:Zinc finger proteins are present in estrogen receptor ERα DNA binding domains and gene expression. Research suggests expression of ERα inhibits cancer invasion of MCF7 breast cancer cells. The aim of this bioinformatics study was to identify zinc finger proteins that are deferentially expressed in ERα silenced MCF7 breast cancer.

13. Using Bioinformatics Tools To Decipher Regulatory Gene Networks In Leishmania Major Infected Dendritic Cells

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Author(s):Emily Ensley, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Joni Ylostalo

Author(s):Ashlyn Strittmatter, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy

Description:Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector borne disease resulting in ulcer near the sight of infection. The goal of this research was to study complex gene regulatory networks in Leishmania major infected dendritic cells. We identified differentially expressed transcription factors and co-expressed genes involved in leishmaniasis infection at various time points.

Description:The information presented in this poster was found during a literature review of the MMR vaccine. This poster highlights Dr. Stephanie Seneff's research regarding the link between the MMR vaccine and the neurodevelopment disorder Autism. Furthermore, findings are discussed regarding the current vaccination regulations among elementary school students.

14. Teasing Apart The Role Of An ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler During Development

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Author(s):Alexis Hood, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Brett Bishop Description:Proper gene expression is important for the development of an organism.

Currently, the role of ATP dependent chromatin remodelers are not fully understood during development. To better understand these mechanisms, we will study the chromatin remodeler PKL and its role in gene expression during development.

Safety And Efficacy Of The MMR Vaccine, A Literature Review

The Efficacy Of The Rabies Vaccine- A Literature Search

Author(s):Kalli Bradford, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy Description:I did my research over the rabies vaccination and how effective it has been worldwide. The project covers the efficacy, advancement, and solutions of the vaccine to the disease. Although there are many studies continuing to understand the disease, solutions have been introduced.

19. Using Bioinformatics Tools To Decipher Regulatory Gene Networks In Leishmania Major Infected Dendritic Cells

23. The Efficacy Of The Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine - A Literary Exploration

Author(s):Emily Ensley, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Joni Ylostalo

Author(s):Ximia Moore, Scott & White College of Nursing Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy

Description:Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector borne disease resulting in ulcer near the sight of infection. The goal of this research was to study complex gene regulatory networks in Leishmania major infected dendritic cells. We identified differentially expressed transcription factors and co-expressed genes involved in leishmaniasis infection at various time points.

Description:This research project critically examines the well-known TetanusDihptheria-acellular Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. The project discusses the ingredients, risks, and controversy associated with the vaccine to ultimately decide its efficacy.

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Mathematical Detection Of Partisan Gerrymandering

Author(s):Jacob Baran, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Meri Huhges Description:This project quantifies how awkward Congressional Districts are drawn and examines who may be benefiting from the current political system where state legislators can draw district lines to benefit their constituents.

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Shingles Vaccine:But I Didn't Get The Chickenpox

Author(s):Brandi Jefferson, College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Ruth Ann Murphy Description:This project is about the shingle virus and the vaccines to treat it. i go into cause of disease, efficacy of virus, and reasoning to see if the vaccine is worth getting.

22. Analyzing Heated Issues On Social Media Using Text Mining And Word Cloud Author(s):Sherlock Zhang, Brannon Stegemoeller, Jose Suarez, McLane College of Business Faculty Sponsor:Dr. Heejun Choi Description:Advanced analyzing techniques and tools are necessary nowadays to cope with the heated data-driven world, where useful information is deeply hidden. This project is about using Text Mining technique to analyze massive text data and utilizing Word Cloud tool to visualize the result as depictive keywords by using R language.