Browsing UTSA Student Works by Issue Date
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Individualism-Collectivism and Bias Against Outgroup Members A Literature Review
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)This study examines the extent to which individualism-collectivism influence attitudes and behaviors toward outgroup members. Specifically, this research focuses on negative attitudes such as stereotypes, prejudice, ... -
Controlling their Bodies: Ancient Roman Women and Contraceptives
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)For women in ancient Rome, pregnancy related deaths were one of the leading causes of death because of a higher likelihood of infection or complications during the birth, compared to women in contemporary Italy, such as ... -
Exploring San Antonio: Urban Design and Green Spaces
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Automated 3D Mapping and Quantification of Haversian Architecture in Bone Tissue
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)Bone tissue has a unique architecture necessitating laborious characterization at various scales. Since the extracellular matrix (ECM) exists in a solid phase, traditional histology reduces the mineral content of ECM to ... -
Mechanics and Control of Pumping a Playground Swing and Robotic Implementation
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)We explored the mechanics of a simple pendulum to find the best method to increase the amplitude the fastest way possible. In our experiment, we used MATLAB to simulate the equations of motion and test different approaches ... -
Otilonium Bromide as an Antimicrobial: a Structure-Activity Relationship Study
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Comparison of Gene Set Analysis with Various Score Transformations to Test the Significance of Sets of Genes
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)Microarray analysis can help identify changes in gene expression which are characteristic to human diseases. Although genomewide RNA expression analysis has become a common tool in biomedical research, it still remains a ... -
Skin Conductance as a Measure of Fatigue in Different Tasks
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)Electrodermal activity ( or galvanic skin response refers to electrical properties of the skin that are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system through sweat glands 1 Although EDA has long been known to be an indicator ... -
SmartPlot: Visualization Tool for Aircraft Probabilistic Damage Tolerance Analysis
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)SmartPlot is an application that reads and plots the files produced by SMART|DT (SMall Aircraft Risk Technology - Damage Tolerance) probabilistic damage tolerance software. SmartPlot provides users with features such as ... -
The Children Left Behind: Education and Race Reconstructing San Antonio, 1865-1877
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An Emerging Literature: Reading Video Games in the Classroom
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)The question as to whether or not video games can be seen as literature is an ongoing debate. Cases are strongly made for both sides, and the conversation surrounding it is receiving widespread interest. In order to ... -
The Relationship Between Anxiety and Social Support in College Students
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)This study seeks to understand in greater detail how anxiety relates to students’ future aspirations and goals, perception of university support, life satisfaction, and university guidance. We hypothesized that future ... -
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and a Student’s College Major
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)Worldwide, approximately eighty-five percent of adults in the workforce despise their jobs. Many students enter college with a path already in mind, only to discover that their chosen career is not aligned with their ... -
Hemispheric Solidarity: Experiences and Memories of WWII Internment
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Summer Acoustic Monitoring of Bats at the Cibolo Preserve
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)Acoustic bat monitors were placed near stream, in prairie, in oak savannahs, and along edge sites in the Cibolo Preserve from May to August, 2017. During the 16 week sampling period, 185 gigabytes of acoustic calls were ... -
Correlated Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Aging are Discontinuous with Alzheimer’s Disease
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018)Oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage precede Alzheimer’s disease (AD) hallmark pathologies, neurofibrillarytangles (NFT), and senile plaques.Mitochondria’s exact role in oxidation of pyruvate and NADH play a critical ... -
Children Transitioning from Oral to Written Argumentation: Signaling Meaning through Punctuation in Writing Part II
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Kinematic wearable energy comparison
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)The growing consumer demand for sustainable energy has prompted the exploration of alternative energy systems. One technique that has recently been exploited is the harnessing of mechanical vibrations to produce clean, ... -
The Ideological Foundation of the People’s Party of Texas
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A Critical Appraisal of Lackey’s “Norms of Assertion”
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)