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2024
Regulation of Sweetened Alcohol Drinking Behaviors in Rats by Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Activation, Shi Qing Ng
Effect of D91 and E294 Mutations on the Kinetics of Yeast Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase, Kylie Nguyen, Jing Zhang, Heejeong Kim, and Mark Behrens
Strategic Audit of Orvis, Jacob Nielsen
Copper Deficiency Reduces Insulin Receptor and AKT Activation in Mouse Hepatocytes, Harper Odom
Visual Product Search, Carl Olson, Harish Krishnappan, Ryan Brown, Derek Kluck, and Spencer Godina
Intergenerational Executive Function Transmission: The Role of Parenting Behaviors During Everyday Conflict Resolution Discussions, Grace E. Parolek, Jenna E. Finch, Ashley Votruba, and Malia A. Bloemker
Sew Lucky: An Analysis of "Show, Don't Tell" Filmmaking, Hannah Pedersen
Examining Anxiety in Adolescents: Maternal Transmission, Stress Management, and Neuroanatomy Analysis, Karina Pedroza Sotelo
Suicide Reporting to a Statewide K-12 School System Tip Line, Madelyn Pfeiffer
Mobility’s Impact on Healthcare Work Arrangements: Evidence from a Late-Night Bus Service Expansion, Juliana C. Quattrocchi
The GitHub Gaze: Eye Tracking and the Thought Process of Developers in Code Evaluations, Ethan Rasgorshek
Hudl Assist for Field Hockey, Jayden Rocha, Colin Safford, Madelyn Craft, John Delfosse, and B Littman
Structure and Heparin Binding Capabilities of Rodent Stabilin-2, Reed Rohr
Association of Moraxella bovis Genotype with Geographic Location and Host Factors in Cattle from the United States, Anna Schmit
The Resurrection of Jerome: Erasmus’ Communication on the Translation of St. Jerome from 1514-1517, Eliana Siebe-Walles
Health Behavior Moderates Relationships Between Sickness Behavior, Mood, and Attenuated Positive Psychotic Symptoms, Brianna Speakar
Procedural Fairness and Parent Participation in Domestic Violence Dependency Cases, Julia Stephenson
The War Against Education: The Long-Term Effects of Antiwar Protests in Midwestern Colleges, Landon Sunde
Designing a STEM Focused Gardening Curriculum for Nebraska Youth Educators, Alexander Thomas
Preparing First Responders: The Effects of the Hearing Distressing Voices Simulation on Mental Health Attitudes, Abigail VanHorn
Scoular Feed Marketplace, Prema Vasudevan, Mitra Vajjala, Natalia Trejo Andalon, Ealynn Hsu, and Malcolm Saltzman
Coca-Cola: A Comprehensive Strategic Analysis, Anna Warmka
Effects of Maternal Milk Consumption on Reproductive Development of Neonatal Boars, Maddie N. Wegner, Nicole E. Nordell, Jackie Shelton, and Dr. Amy T. Desaulniers
File Organization System for Engineers, Maci Wilson, Bethany Barnwell, Brendan Shanks, Will Anderson, and Kyle Auman
What Makes Community and How Does It Make Us?, Hudson Windrum
Exposed Wires: A Short Story Collection, Lillian Young
Brass Specialities: A Recital Featuring Trumpet, Euphonium, French Horn, and Voice, Kirby Zinniel
2023
Race and Ethnicity in a School-Based Restorative Justice Program, Emily Barajas, Ana Cienfuegos, and Eve M. Brank
Inventory Verification, Ciara Baumert, Simreen Kaur, Evan Melchior, Sam Ingledue, and Brysen Reeser
Characterization of Novel Terminal Proteins Associated with a Mitochondrial Linear Plasmid in B. rapa, Nicole Bender
The “Grit and Glory” of College-Aged Women: Higher Solitary Desire was Associated with Higher Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic., Andrea Bieker
Investigating the Role of Post-Translational Isomerization on Peptide Signaling: A Critical Reflection, Cole Blasing
Apple Strategic Analysis, Ben Brandt
A Seeing Place: Guiding Principles for Developing a Biopic Screenplay, Anna Grace Braxton
Comparative Video Analysis of Drosophila Fly Courtship, Emmanuel Caliandro
Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence: A Literature Review and Development of Domestic Violence Class Materials for Voices of Hope, Eliuteria L. Castro
Persistent Customers, Megan Chaffey, Lauren Kasparek, Cole Johnson, Joshua Madsen, and Ryan Orth
Evolution and Emergence of Primate-Specific Interferon Regulatory Factor 9: critical reflection, Grace Claussen
Economic Policy for the Restoration of Balance: A Metaeconomic Analysis of Neoliberal Contradictions, Brandon Collins
Fiserv: Cybertrust, Alexis Delos Reyes, Blake Branvold, Blake Simpleman, Kieran McWilliams, and Khondamirkhon Umarov
Zika Virus-Mediated Microcephaly and Amyloid Precursor Protein, Sam Drury
Social Class and Gender Privileges’ Impact on Empathy and Punishment, Dawson Eccles
Secondary Mathematics Education Research Project, Evan Ericksen
Piezoelectric Properties of Amorphous Chiral Solids, Evan Fulton
Seasonal Nebraska Nutrition Education Activity Kit: Introduction and Analysis, Grace Gawecki
Students’ Understanding and Perception on End-of-Life Care: A Gerontology Education Study, Alexis Gravagna
Teaching the Criminal Amendments of the United States Constitution: A Lesson Plan for College Instructors in Nebraska, Peter Greff
Bereavement: A Creative Exploration of Mourning and Loss, Sarah Guyer
Musculoskeletal Back Injuries Among Allied Health Professionals: A Survey, Robyn Handley
ALLO Complaint Resolution, Sophie Hellebusch, Erik Konnath, Hannah Pokharel, Samuel Rangira, and Sophie Hill
The Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Amphibian Health, Abigail Horner
Exploring the Reward-Enhancing Effects of Continine and Its Interactions with Varenicline in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Sydney Houser
Case Study: Walmart Strategy Analysis, Dakota Huxhold
Exploring Membrane Contact Sites Components Enabling Biogenesis of Photosynthetic Membrane, Joslin Ishimwe
Nebraska School Activities Association: Web 2.0, Vivian Jacobitz, Emily Dalton, Carly Gove, Clare Kramper, and Viet Ninh
Ag Sustainability Profiler, Bryce Janke, Alex Miller, Nick McElroy, Max Bielstein, and Luke Farritor
How We Answer Questions: A Measurement of Mental States After Answering Political or General Knowledge Questions, Matthew Jockers
Loneliness Intervention: How Spending Increased Total Time with Amazon's Alexa Aids in Loneliness Reduction of Those 75 and Older, Kathrine Johnson
Identification and Characterization of Potential Monomeric Transcription Factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Camden Jones
An Analysis of the Episodic Writing Process, Megan Kanger
Confined Spaces Rover, Kally Karkazis, Samuel Schneider, Jay Patel, William Anderson, and Dylan Araujo
Observation and Characterization of Vorticella Convallaria's Two Swimming Modes Under Three Different Gap Heights, Dilziba Kizghin and Sangjin Ryu
Community Development in Student Chapter for Engineers Without Borders, Isabelle Koehler
Bonus Capture, Caleb Koranda
Bank Location Predictor, Emily Kraai, Cooper Sheets, Gisele Kamanzi, Connor Boudreau, and Elizabeth Kenes
Stories of Small Dead Places, Emma Krab
Talent Marketplace, Anna Krueger, Benjamin Lohrman, Arnaaz Brar, and Mitra Vajjala
The Impact of Urban Heat Islands on Convection Initiation, Ryan Martz, Adam Houston, and Matthew Van Den Broeke
The Development of DnaG Primase as a Novel Narrow-Spectrum Antibacterial Therapy Target, Clarissa Mason and Mark A. Griep
A Morpho-Syntactic Analysis of the Authorship of Hebrews, Graham McVicker
Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility Secondary Expansion Proposal for an Aerobic Granular Sludge System, Allison Metschke
The Iksigah: Fantasy World Building and Creative Writing, Thara Michaelis
Aggregating Prey Lowers Handling Time Costs in Wolf Spiders, Aleah Miller
Tapp Sports, Parker Miller, Jayden Boesch, Michael Kelly, Daniel Stara, and Matthew Hotovy
Examination and Reflection of the Math Education Program, Hannah Molskness
Item Standardization using Artificial Intelligence, Justin Morrow, Daniel Noon, Angeline Luther, Samuel Atkins, and Shivani Mudhelli
A Case Study of Seismic Design: Anchorage M7.1 (2018) Earthquake and the Eagle River Elementary School, Paul Mullins
Zoonotic Disease Awareness and Preventive Health Behaviors among Rural Communities in Western Rwanda, Roberto L. Nayituriki
Why Words Matter: Effects of Gendered Language and Its Implications for Teaching Languages, McKenzie Nelson
Eakes Office Solutions Strategic Audit, Ray Nierman
Project ZeroDelta, Damien Niyonshuti, Devin McGuire, Jessica Chen, and Harish Krishnappan
Neurostructural Changes associated with Methamphetamine Use and Traumatic Experiences, Olivia O'Clair
Contact Center AI Sentiment Analysis, Carl Olson, Caleb Burbach, Max Radlicz, Colin Safford, and Kellen Carney
Clarity, Leah Olson, Ariel Levi, Toan Nguyen, Francis Nzivugira, and Prema Vasudevan
Translation of Literary Excerpts from French to English & from Russian to English, Sydney Ostler
Dyslexico, Bridget Peterkin, Grace Clausen, Tristan Curd, and Schadrack Shumbusho
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center's Policy Scholar's Program: An Overview and How Experiential Learning Promotes Educational Equity, Bhagyalakshmi Pushkaran
Monty, Praveen Rao, Andy Zhang, Trinity Mozingo, Jayden Rocha, and Dillon Howell
Examining the Role of 4-H Youth Development in Developing Young People’s Spirituality, Jessie Reed
Mixed-Initiative Schedulers for the MathDay Event, Chase Resio and Caleb Koranda
“That Old Mob Violence”: An Examination of Seventy Years of The Ku Klux Klan in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1921 to 1991, Ellie Russell
Unsterile Needle Acquisition among PWIDs in Rural Puerto Rico, Clarice Ann Santos
Needles and Nerves: Vaccine Hesitancy Among the Undergraduate Student Population at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Haley Sawyer
Hudl Athletic Director Experience, Isabelle Schmidt, Nathan Kolbas, Tejaswini Boinpally, Harry Do, and Alisson Ntwali
Implementation of a Pre-Course in Organic Chemistry I to Improve Student Course Outcomes, Kelbie Schnieder
Kiewit Corporation Strategic Audit, Carson Scott
Degrees of Agential Substantive (Ir)Rationality, Crystal Seet