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  • The Impact of a Socially Assistive Robot on Peer and Toy-Use Interactions During Children’s Free Play

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    Olivares, Eliora
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the viability of a mobile socially assistive robot (SAR) in a children’s free play environment. The researchers hypothesized that the SAR would prompt more movement among the participants. In order to test this, the researchers utilized a matched pair study in which...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________________ Nathan Kirk, representing Department of Integrative Biology

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

    Creator:
    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    strength and importance. Writing in 1969, Maurice Pinard, Jerome Kirk, and Donald von Eschen describe the

  • Intersection of political party control and health outcomes in Medicaid expansion

    Creator:
    Page, Joe
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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) sought to reform the health care system of the United States in a number of key ways, including by expanding access to health insurance to low-income Americans. The legislation provided for the expansion of Medicaid, the jointly funded federal-state public...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, 2009-2014 (KFF, n.d

  • Validation of Baking to Reduce Coliform Counts and Salmonella in Cookie Dough

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    Wilson, Julia M.
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    This study aimed to determine the efficacy of baking to reduce bacterial populations (an unknown contaminant or Salmonella) in cookie dough. Baking conditions (time and temperature parameters) were selected based on conditions commonly used in industry. The first study (Chapter 2), “Baking as Validation for Control of Coliform Counts in...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ., Angulo, F. J., Kirk, M., O’Brien, S. J., … International Collaboration on Enteric Disease “Burden of

  • Traumatic Brain Injury: Associated Psychological Consequences and Effectiveness of Therapies

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    Hansen, Jessica C.
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    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. However, along with the increase in the occurrence of TBI, there has been a drastic decrease in the acute and long-term care provided for the TBI patient. This study provides information on the short-...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    . Web. Braverman, Steven E., Jack Spector, Deborah L. Warden, Bethany C. Wilson, Tracy E. Ellis