Browsing JURSW Volume 5 by Issue Date

The Ideological Foundation of the People’s Party of Texas

Gray, Gavin (The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)

Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A Theoretical Application of Mass Media Persuasion on Performance Art

Swets, Megan (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

Ellis, Dusty (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 ...

Arachne According to Ovid and Dante: Challenging False Idols

Harrell, Maxim Pike (The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 5, 2019)

Ketonitriles as Intermediates for the Synthesis of Antiparasitic Drugs

Dallmann, Alexandria; Narayan, Lauren; Rocha, Sarah; Zamarripa, Claudia; Glover, Johnny III; Vallor, Ana; Carvalho, Paulo (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

Kenemore, Jordan (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

Barbosa, Jose Saul (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 ...

Comparison of Regression Methods to Identify Differential Expression in RNA-Sequencing Count Data from the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression

Arreola, Ivan; Han, David (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 ...