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Babies behind bars: An extensive look into the implementation of prison nurseries vs. community based care programs in the state of Oklahoma
(2015-05-05)Each year, about 40,000 pregnant women are incarcerated in the U.S. The infants are usually taken from their mothers within the first 24-48 hours of birth and placed in foster care or kinship foster care. Only ten of the ... -
Bacillus pangenome and the answers hidden within
(2019-05-10)Objectives: We've been taught since we're young that bacteria are everywhere but are they really everywhere? To address this question, we created Bacillus pangenomes. Analysis of the pangenomes allowed us to answer questions ... -
Bayesian analysis of carbon dioxide emissions in states under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(2015-04-28)In the field of environmental economics, cap and trade systems are an attempt at using a marketplace with as little government restriction as possible in order to reduce emissions of an undesirable pollutant. A hard cap ... -
BB-8 robot
(2022-04-22)This report details the process on how my team created/updated the BB-8 robot, which included hardening the body and introducing communications and machine learning algorithms. -
Behavioral and physiological attention biases to positive emotional stimuli
(2016-04-15)Prior research has examined attention to emotional stimuli with the conclusion that fear-relevant information automatically facilitates attention and autonomic nervous system activity. While appraisal theories of emotion ... -
Belief in afterlife appears to modulate alpha-amylase reactivity to mortality salience
(2014-10-03)Terror Management Theory (TMT), a widely popular psychological research topic, suggests people use culture, more specifically religion, as a buffer against fearing death; however, no physiological data has ever been given ... -
Beneficial life skills for college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(4/24/2023)Friendship, conflict resolution, consent, and healthy communication are essential life skills for all individuals to learn because these are skills that will always be used. However, these skills are even more important ... -
Benefits of benefits: How work-life benefits affect positive job outcomes
(2017-05-01)With a focus on positive job outcomes including organizational commitment, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior, this study explores the relationship between such organizational outcomes and fourteen ... -
Berlin as the showdown city: Architectural symbolism in the capitol of the Cold War
(2019-08-19)In the wake of World War II, reconstruction of destroyed Berlin was the most important task for Germany’s occupying powers, the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. Corresponding to the heightening tensions of the Cold ... -
Betti numbers of edge ideals of cyclic graphs
(2015-04-28)The goal of this Honors thesis is to analyze the Betti numbers of the edge ideals of cyclic graphs. In particular, our aim is to prove the values of the Betti numbers corresponding to the minimal linear first syzygies and ... -
Bilingual word learning: Against the stereotype
(2020-04-29)The development of bilingualism in children and how they learn words has been a long-studied subject. Past research suggests that monolinguals and bilinguals have a different but distinct trajectory of word learning. The ... -
Bio-Shield medical waste processing unit: Final report
(2015-04-24)Medical waste processors are large pieces of machinery which sterilize medical waste so that it may then be disposed of as non-hazardous waste. The primary components include grinders, conveyors, autoclave, steam generation, ... -
Biodegradation of lignin monomers and dimers by bacteria
(2019-12-13)In natural soil, many species of bacteria are actively involved in the degradation of lignin, a complex biomolecular matrix that makes up a portion of plant cell walls. This activity is of great interest to researchers in ... -
Biomarkers in serum that correlate to disease severity and prognosis within COVID-19 patients - A retrospective analysis
(2021-05-10)The Covid-19 pandemic shocked the world to its core as it quickly swept the globe ravaging both healthcare systems and infected individuals alike. Our overwhelming lack of knowledge placed scientists and medical providers ... -
Bird Community Index using life history guilds of breeding birds in Taiwan
(2016-05-06)As humans continue to expand our range, biodiversity is suffering. In order to preserve biodiversity, it becomes necessary to set aside land for preservation. In Taiwan, there is currently a corridor of preserved landscapes ... -
Black Hills in color
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Blockchain technology: Trending upward
(2021-05-04)Blockchain technology has slowly become a more and more popular term being tossed around in the technological world. It is a very versatile area of technology that has yet to be used to its full potential. Despite its ... -
Body composition measures associated with postprandial triglyceride concentrations
(2022-04-11)Background: