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Janet Mock: Overcoming the Experience as the "Other"

Janet Mock is a prominent figure in a controversial, yet well-known group in American society: the trans* community. This community in particular faces discrimination because they break a certain rule...

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Numerical Computations of Generalized Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equations

We consider the following generalized Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation 𝑢𝑡+𝑎𝑢𝑥+2𝑏𝑢𝑢𝑥+𝑐𝑢𝑥𝑥𝑥−𝑑𝑢𝑥𝑥=0. The above equation is the generalized version of the KDV equation 𝑢𝑡+𝑢𝑥+2𝑢𝑢𝑥+𝛿𝑢𝑥𝑥𝑥=0. Here 𝑢=𝑢(𝑥,𝑡) is...

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Old Dog, New Tricks for Alto Saxophone and Fixed Media

Most repertoire for concert hall performances exists in notated form, which performers can read on stage during a performance. Since the 1950s, however, pioneers such as Stockhausen and Verese...

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Isolation of Antimicrobial Compounds from Trischosporon spp

As antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microorganisms continues to be a world-wide health and safety concern, the demand for new and more advanced antibiotics has never been more pressing. The rate of...

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Eclipsing Binaries

The mass of a star is one of its most important properties, and it is nearly impossible to directly measure. The stellar mass is used to determine a stars size, brightness, color, and lifespan....

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Audit Effectiveness Prior to Bankruptcy

Management of the U.S. Economy depends heavily on corporations’ annual financial statements (10K’s) which ideally indicate how well a company is doing by many financial measures. This study analyzes...

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COMPARING THE GEORGIA ENDEMIC CALYCANTHUS BROCKIANA (CALYCANTHACEAE) AND...

This project seeks to compare the genetic sequences of the native shrubs Calycanthus floridus L. and Calycanthus brockiana Ferry & Ferry using the nuclear ribosomal ITS region and the chloroplast...

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Spider Preference of Prey Reared on Diets Rich in Iridoid Glycosides vs...

To study the behavior of spiders when given the choice of prey reared on different diets (iridoid glycosides and pyrrolizidine alkaloids), Trichoplusia ni caterpillar hatchlings were reared on...

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Do Spirobranchus giganteus Prefer Coral Hosts that Provide Camouflage from...

Spirobranchus giganteus, also known as Christmas Tree Worms, is a species of polychaete worms that inhabits reefs in warm waters of the Caribbean. The worms live on multiple species of coral, where...

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How the Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s Transformed American Television

As the popular radio quiz shows seamlessly transitioned to television in the mid-20th century, they experienced growth in popularity, ratings, and cheating, driven by the lack of federal regulation...

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A Survey on the Cybersecurity of K-12 Schools

Whenever a student sits behind an electronic device connected to the internet, he or she is vulnerable to outside threats. Computers play a crucial role in the transmission and access of information....

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Connecting Electronics to the Internet of Things

This poster will describe the possibilities that the Internet-of-Things (IoT) will bring to society in the near future. As the months go by more and more tools and appliances are gaining internet...

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How Organizational Psychologists can Develop Technical Skills in the Elderly...

As the number of elderly workers increase, the challenges of efficient productivity among them increase as well. Organizational Psychology can contribute to improvement in this area. Specifically,...

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Ornamental Plant Found Spreading Aggressively: Potential Invasiveness of...

Dryopteris erythrosora, commonly called Autumn Fern or Japanese Shield Fern, is an exotic fern native to Japan, Korea, and China. In the summer of 2017 while collecting plants for BIOL 3329K...

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Gesture Analysis of Yoga Poses for Exergame Using Machine Intelligence

PURPOSE: Many innovative information technology applications use gestures as input that span a variety of platforms, from touch screen of a smart phone to natural input. Visual Gesture Builder (VGB)...

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Effects of Iridoid Glycosides and Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids on Eating habits of...

Chrysodeixis Includens (Soybean loopers) have a wide range of food sources. We wanted to find out the effects that iridoid glycosides(IGs) and pyrrolizidine alkaloids(PAs) on chrysodeixis includens...

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Mechanism of the enzymatic synthesis of furan-containing compound

This research project stems from the desire to explore and eventually harness the enzymatic mechanism of 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furan-carboxaldehyde-phosphate synthase (MfnB). The enzyme of interest,...

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The Satire of "The Office"

In this paper, I argue that NBC’s “The Office,” which ran from 2005 to 2013, transformed television through its satire and development of a new sitcom genre, cringe comedy. The American series,...

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Preliminary investigation of aquatic vertebrate diversity and anthropogenic...

The aquatic ecosystems of North Georgia are constantly under pressures related to human activity. Understanding the effects, both positive and negative, of certain structures and activities on the...

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An active and creative approach to learning: tangible/alternative projects...

Tangible/alternative projects in literature-based courses help students understand difficult subject matter more thoroughly and from a different perspective. Tangible/alternative projects (TAPs) are...

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