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Assessment of Health and Digital Literacy Amongst First-Generation Somali ImmigrantsAssessment of Health and Digital Literacy Amongst First-Generation Somali Immigrants in Dekalb County
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Bringing history to life: Oral history research assignments as a high impact practice.This research study highlights findings on whether the implementation of oral history research projects can serve as a high impact practice in college-level history courses.
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Use of Serum Biomarkers in Helping Determine Need for CT in Adult Patients with Mild TBIThis project evaluated and analyzed research articles about the use of blood-based biomarkers in the evaluation of mild TBI patients to help safely reduce the number of CTs perfomed on this patient population.
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Chiari Malformation Stage 1 in a Female High School Soccer and Wrestling AthleteCase Study of a high school athlete presenting a neurological condition without a known etiology. A discussion course of action, rehabilitation, and education of healthcare professionals for early recognition.
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Advocacy and Leadership Development through Honor Society Membership: Implications for Counseling Professional IdentityChi Sigma Iota (CSI), the International Counseling Honor Society for professional counselors, counselor educators, and students was established in 1985 in recognition for outstanding achievement as well as outstanding service within the counseling profession. This poster exemplifies the exceptional advocacy and leadership developmental work being implemented by the Mercer University (MU) Upsilon Alpha Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Chapter.
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Counseling Lebanese Americans: A Culturally Sensitive ApproachCursory evidence shows that this population, Lebanese Americans, is inordinately impacted by elevated rates of affective and anxiety disorders, acculturative stress, intergenerational trauma, and a wide range of other psychosocial stressors.
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On the Shoulders of Giants: Helping Students Understand Mathematics Through its HistoryThis is a dissertation on the use of the historical development of mathematical ideas to help secondary students understand the nature of the discipline.
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Lessons Learned: The Lived Experience of Tribal College & University StudentsThis is the second part of a large phenomenological study about Tribal College & University students.
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The Growing Attrition in African American Male College StudentsThe purpose of this research is to investigate the relevant issues of increased attrition, discuss the current exclusionary practices of stereotype threat and racial battle fatigue, and explore what interventions current universities and higher education faculty are using to correct the present campus diversity and inclusion issues that occur across predominantly white university campus communities and Black men.
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Development of Openness to Self-Healing Scale (OTS-HS)Development of a holistic integration psychometric scale to measure openness to self-healing in counseling
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An Examination of Commonly Used Fourth-Grade Textbooks Using a LatCrit LensThis is a poster presenting the findings of a qualitative critical discourse and content analysis dissertation study.
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Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, and Professional Fulfillment among Clinical Year Medical StudentsEmotional intelligence is correlated with decreased levels of burnout and increased levels of professional fulfillment in a group of clinical year medical students.
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Promoting Intrapersonal Resilience: Women of Color in STEM ProgramsThe presented study aims to provide a quantitative analysis of the relationship between resilience and experienced microaggressions, and how that relationship influences retention, progression, and degree completion in underrepresented Women of Color in STEM programs. Understanding resilience characteristics allows for the identification of traits and behaviors that can be encouraged.
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Pharmacovigilance Analysis of Drug-Drug Interactions in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System: A Retrospective StudyThe objective of this study is to analyze and assess the drug-drug interactions in the web-based, publicly available FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database in the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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A Study on the Performance of Airbnb Listings in New York CityThis paper aims to better understand what factors are considered when an individual chooses to book an Airbnb and what features contribute most to their experience. With this understanding, it is the goal to be able to effectively market Airbnb to potential customers to increase the number of bookings and generate more revenue.
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Exploring 5-HT2 Receptors as Targets for Treating Epilepsy in Fragile X Syndrome: A Preclinical Study of Fmr1 Knock-out MiceThis project explores the anticonvulsant potential of lorcaserin in Fragile X Syndrome in which epilepsy prevalence is ~25%. We did a full dose response (1-10 mg/kg) in an audiogenic seizure assay in Fmr1 knock-out mice. Lorcaserin did not affect prevalence at any dose but attenuated seizure severity to some extent.
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Sex Differences in an Fmr1 Knock-out Mouse Model of Fragile X SyndromePossessing a single X-chromosome, fragile X syndrome (FXS) occurs more frequently in males than females, and FXS males typically have more severe clinical symptoms than FXS females. Genetic mosaicism (X-inactivation) in females with FXS is the presumed, exclusive reason for the lower symptom severity; we explored the hypothesis that other factors - sex hormones or sexually dimorphic brain systems - could be involved.
