Browsing JURSW Volume 3 by Issue Date
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Voice Activation Control with Digital Assistant for Humanoid Robot Torso
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)Digital Voice Assistants are an emerging technology due to improvements on mobile communication and computing technologies and are becoming more popular in recent years due to growing marketing strategies on new smart home ... -
The Implications of Zero Tolerance in Public Schools on American Youth and the Juvenile Justice System
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After-effects and Remainders of War— Identifying War as an “Evil Institution”
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)“After-effects and Remainders of War— Identifying War as an ‘Evil Institution’” is an application of Claudia Card's theory of evil in which evils are evaluated not by one’s actions, but in regard to the sufferings of the ... -
The Embodiment of Thought and Language when Performing a College Essay Revision
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U.S. College Students' Norms in Communicating about Race
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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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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...