Browsing UTSA Student Works by Issue Date
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Investigating Site Use through Ethnobotanical Analysis in the Upper Gila River Valley, Arizona
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Double-Conscious Heart
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)African- Americans who often experience double consciousness in society are forced to be aware of both their race and nationality. This may have a direct impact on their health outcomes in several different ways such as ... -
Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A Theoretical Application of Mass Media Persuasion on Performance Art
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Adrienne Truscott is a performance artist and comedienne whose performance Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her P*ssy And Little Else! satirizes rape culture and rape jokes. In this performance, Truscott ... -
Cultural and Historical Views of Women in Ancient Mayan Civilization through Sculpture
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)My hypothesis is that most women were oppressed to a specific gender role in the Maya culture until Yohl Ik’nal became the first female ruler in their history; this event created a new culture of respect and acceptance ... -
History Rewritten: The Damaging Effects of Changing Texas’ Textbooks
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Arachne According to Ovid and Dante: Challenging False Idols
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Effect of Feedback on Hexaco & Learning Styles on Academic Behaviors
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)Personality and learning style tests have been known to predict academic success. However, self awareness (metacognition) of these results could predict achievement still further. The HEXACO personality test measures ... -
Ketonitriles as Intermediates for the Synthesis of Antiparasitic Drugs
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Objective: Synthesize b-ketonitriles as intermediates towards an effective drug to counteract the parasitic tropical disease leishmaniasis. Introduction: Diaminopyrimidines have been used as drugs against parasitic ... -
Factors Related to the Gender Difference in Adaptive Guilt
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Guilt is a self-conscious and moral emotion that involves feelings of regret and remorse over a negative behavior. Adaptive guilt, or guilt that focuses on specific transgressions, is important for strengthening and ... -
An APOS Analysis of Student Learning of Congruence in Taxicab Geometry
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Non-Euclidean geometries are commonly used in the education of college geometry students to enhance their understanding of Euclidean geometry. Of these geometries, Taxicab geometry can be introduced to help students ... -
Recovering Queer History in Texas: Female Impersonators, Public Opinion, and Policy Responses in the Early Twentieth Century
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Psychosocial Predictors of Current Counseling/Therapy Use in College Students
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)Findings from the Center of Collegiate Mental Health (2017) suggest that anxiety and depression are the most prevalent psychosocial stressors affecting college students today. Other frequently reported problems include ... -
Comparison of Regression Methods to Identify Differential Expression in RNA-Sequencing Count Data from the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Comparative RNA-sequencing analysis for the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) can help identify changes in gene expression which are characteristic to human diseases. Since the RNA-sequencing experiment measures ... -
Introduction to Differential Forms in Tensor Calculus
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)The purpose of this paper is to introduce di erential forms in the study of tensor calculus. The reader should have general knowledge of vector calculus along with knowledge in advanced calculus and some linear algebra. ... -
Choosing the End: Women’s Suicide in Literature and the Search for Agency in Impossible Circumstances
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Unaccompanied Minors: Marginalized in the Education System
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)The number of unaccompanied immigrant minors (UIMs) from Central America significantly increased in 2014. More than 213,000 unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been apprehended at the ... -
Application of the Cox Proportional Hazards Model for the Quantitative Analysis of LC-MS Proteomics Data
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)Along with quantitative, analytical genomics, proteomics continues to be a growing field for determining the gene and cellular functions at the protein level. As the liquid chromatography mass spectrometryphy (LC-MS) ... -
The Importance of Location in Black Film
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Predicting the Expected Waiting Time of Popular Attractions in Walt Disney World
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)Waiting lines are inevitable consequence of imbalance in service operations at modern theme parks. Because of that, parks have introduced different approaches to reduce standard waiting time; some of which are at no extra ... -
Borderland Language Conflicts: A Study of Cross-National Interactions and Cultural Resolutions
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019)