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Events from 2023

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Design Problem, Marissa Anderson, Cameron Steele, and Brady Chambers

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The Relationship Between Breakfast Consumption and GPA Among University Students, Sarah Baxter

Holland Shear Die, Seth Beyer, Nolan Paape, and Nathan Marks

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The Effect of Education on Support for TNR as a Method of Feral Cat Management, Katie Bishop

Identifying the Optimal Pedagogy for Preparing Undergraduates for the MCAT Exam, Alyssa Black

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Analysis of the Population Structure and Migration Habits of the Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates Pipiens) at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Gretchen A. Brinkman

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Sleepy Summers, Rachel Carter

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The use of Aloe-based Silver Nanoparticles as a Possible Treatment for Contaminated Water, Lozetta Davis

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Tiny House for Universal Application to Urgent Housing Needs, Conner Dempsay, Joey Borrelli, Seth Mulliniks, and Cory Enfield

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Introducing Various Foods During Infancy and the Development of Food Allergies During Toddler/Preschooler Years, Sara DiGrazia

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Police Officers' Perceptions Regarding their Interactions with the Disabled in Kankakee County, Jilliann English

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The Biology and Ecology of Bostrichid Beetles in Endangered Savanna Ecosystems of the Midwestern United States, Noah Finney

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The Italian Domatic Number on Varying Graph Families, Keith Gallegos

The Use of Endangered Midwestern Prairie and Savanna Ecosystems by Bumble Bees of Conservation Concern, Bethany Johnson and Rachel Christopherson

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Evaluating College Students’ Health Literacy and Its Effects on Their Perceptions of Information Concerning Mask-Wearing in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hannah Ketchum

Audience Appeal Through Poetic Devices in a Medieval Poetic Old Testament Narrative, Karen Knudson

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The Effect of Masks on Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms Related to Ragweed and its Influence on College Students, Katherine Knutte

Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Car Competition, Bryant Linhart, Joe m. Mayo, Jacob D. Bagley, Jose J. Villearreal, and Matthew B. Blackmer

The Birthday Problem meets Graph Theory, Jeremy Lyle

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ITW Zip-Pak Automatic Splice and Cut machine, Dylan Miller, Jon Bodine, and John Rienow

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Social Media’s Influence on College Students’ Recognition of Inaccurate Nutrition Information, Meghan Olthoff

Kankakee Elks Country Club Golf Course Renovations, Ethan Underwood, Eric Godines, Rachel Lautermilch, and Ingamnwie Acha

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The Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on the Self-Esteem of College Students, Maggie Van Heemst

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The Fire of Pentecost: A Historical Reading of Acts 2:3, Doug Ward

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The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Muscle Synthesis and Fitness Levels in Drosophila melanogaster Using a Model of Muscle Atrophy, Kevin Williams

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How to Convey a Tube?, Alisha Wright, Rebecca Witvoet, Carson A. Caldwell, and Michael Rollberg

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The Association of Stress on College Student's Food Choices, Jaici Wright

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The impact of ARNI therapy vs. traditional ACEi/ARB therapy on NT-pro BNP levels and ejection fraction in females with HFpEF, Annette Zaborski

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Survey of the Performance of 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles Within an ssDNA-Stabilized Biosensor for the Detection of Hg2+, Madalyn Zagajowski

Submissions from 2022

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Impact of Mindfulness on Test Anxiety in College Students, Lindsay Alcock

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Advocating for the Middle Man: An Explication of Chair Perceptions on Overcoming Emotion at Work, Brittany Armstrong

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Advocating for the Middle Man: An Explication of Chair Perceptions on Overcoming Emotion at Work, Brittany Armstrong

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Patrick Pearse: Nationalist Traditionalist Revolutionary and the Murder Machine, Levi Berg

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Participation in STEM Activities and the Test Scores of Elementary ELL Students, Michael Bleyle

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The Impact of Food Prices on College Students' Food Choices, Caroline Boehne

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In-Line Profile/Easy Open Inspection, Margaux Catafort-Silva, Kyle Pearson, and Josh Turner

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Sport Specialization and Injury Risk in NAIA Athletes, Connor Cavanaugh

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Sport Specialization and Injury Risk in NAIA Athletes, Connor Cavanaugh

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BUV Canopy, Nathanael Coyle, Seth Ernest, and Nathan Johnson

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SAE-Baja 4WD Redesign, Alex Detcher, Samuel Goin, James Legrand, Javier Martinez, Tyler Minogue, and Wyatt Wagner

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Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on Nonprofits’ Charitable Contributions, Megan Drenth

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Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on Nonprofits’ Charitable Contributions, Megan Drenth

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Assessment of Walls with Phase Change Materials through Synergistic and Performance Measures using Experimental and Simulated Test Houses, Cory Enfield

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Watseka Pavilion, Jacob Esselstyn, Josh Hagan, Geovanni Martinez, and Elijah Mendoza

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Centralized Wastewater System, Gabe Ferguson, Caleb Inorio, Ashton Loitz, and Byshop Williams

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Plunger Inserter Device, Erik Firganek, Ben Martin, and Christian Mikrut

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Dewaxing Bulding Containment, Liam Gahan, Katarina Nikolic, and Emily Ziemba

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Fish Pond Aerator Energy Source, Matt George, Luke Johnson, and Benjamin Ridler

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Automatic Tail-Cutter, Miles Hardesty, David Hutton, and Kevin Vroman

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Sheperd Community Campgrounds Cabin, Nathan Hart, Michael Hill, Hannah Taggart, and Miles VanderKlok

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The Impact of Sustainability Education on College Students' Meal Choices, Liberty Henry

TYGR Release Party, Andrew Hoag

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Racial Acceptance and Behavior Incidents While Being Educated in an Elementary Dual-Language Classroom, Heather Hodal

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Angle Iron Profile Rotator, Ethan Hodel, Dan Lahners, and Gavin Muhlstadt

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A Correlational Study Exploring the Relationship Between the Teaching of Ethics in Business Schools and the Ethical Behavior of College Students in Those Schools, Jeffrey Horwitz

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PERICHORESIS AND MISSIONAL THEOLOGY: HUMANITY’S INVITATION INTO THE MISSION OF GOD, Hannah Jones-Nelson

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Short Bar Removal, Austin Kasap, Connor Medina, and Rodrigo Munoz

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Analysis of Botulinum Toxin A and Interacting Proteins in Skeletal Muscle Cells: An Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind Botulinum Toxin A as a Treatment for Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome, Lauren Kee

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Analysis of Botulinum Toxin A and Interacting Proteins in Skeletal Muscle Cells: An Investigation into the Mechanisms behind Botulinum Toxin A as a Treatment for Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome, Lauren Kee

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Perry Center Supplemental Heating, Bekah Kruger, Sam Lonard, and Nick Willis

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Watseka Affordable Housing, Kiana Kruhulik, Benjamin Skolek, Allison Winter, and Mikayla Zakutansky

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In-Line Leak Detection, Nate Mayo, Ben Murfin, and Dan Pietz

Optimizing Percentile Matching, Joshua Megchelsen

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Preprocessing of Astronomical Images From the NEOWISE Survey for Near-Earth Asteroid Detection, Rachel Meyer

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Preprocessing of Astronomical Images from the NEOWISE Survey for Near-Earth Asteroid Detection, Rachel Meyer

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VEX-U Robotics, Rachel Meyer, Coby Mollema, and Kalvin Quackenbush

The Department of Behavioral Sciences: Selected Student Research Projects, Janelle D. Parish and John Adams

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Teaching Tough (Math) Topics (T^3): Survey of High School Teachers, Darl Rassi

A Ribbon of Quicksilver: Art and Environment on the Kankakee River, Jon Seals, Scott Dombrowski, and Brianna Munnich

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Kankakee County in Deindustrialization: An Oral History Approach, Rachel Shepard

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Tracking Simulated Somatosensory Deficiencies that Affect Postural Stability through Detrended Fluctuation Analysis, Cameron Steele

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An Examination of Clergy Preparation in the Church of the Nazarene, Thomas D. Taylor

Exam Overconfidence and Exam Performance Over Time, Kristian Veit and John Adams

Personality and Exam Overconfidence, Kristian Veit and John Adams

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Quality of Life Disparities for the Rural Economically Disadvantaged, April Westerfield-Jackson

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How Demographic and Social Factors Correlate With the Perception of Gluten and Gluten Sensitivity (GS), Grace White

Events from 2021

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Structural studies of worm proteins- adventures with nematode CAP proteins, Oluwatoyin Asojo

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AC INJURY PREVENTION PARTICIPATION AMONGST COLLEGIATE FEMALE ATHLETES, Natalie Bardwell

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ACL Injury Prevention Participation Amongst Collegiate Female Athletes, Natalie Bardwell

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Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon Britain: Cultural difference, Levi Michael Berg

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Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon Britain: Cultural Differences, Levi Michael Berg

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TYGR Release Party, Kyra E. Blair and Andrew Geiger

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Mothers and Sons: Queen Mothers of Judah and the Religious Trends that Develop During Their Sons' Reign, Brian Bowen

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Mothers and Sons: Queen Mothers of Judah and the Religious Trends that Develop During Their Sons' Reign, Brian Bowen

Investigating relationships between religion, politics, self-compassion, and attitudes toward social justice, Elaina Callahan

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The Effects Of Work-Family Conflict On The Career Of Police Officers, Melvina Calvin-Edwards

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Impact of Organizational Fairness on Ethical Policing in the Community, David Cepiel

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Impact of Organizational Fairness on Ethical Policing in the Community, David P. Cepiel

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Situational versus characterological factors in relation to loneliness, Lukas Dale

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Surveys of bees at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie with special focus on the possible presence of a rusty patched bumble bee populations, Nicole Dede

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Department of Music Programs 2020-2021, Department of Music, Olivet Nazarene University

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Restoration of β-Hexosaminidase A deficiency through the use of molecular chaperones, Anthony Fund

Restoration of β-Hexosaminidase A deficiency through the use of protein chaperones, Anthony Fund

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The Relationship Between Leadership Behaviors, Trust In Leadership and Teacher Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Tonia Y. Havard-Dew

Assessing Reliability and Validity of Peer and Self-Graded Assessments, Jennifer Kahn

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Origen’s Christian Philosophy: Misunderstood Master or Horrendous Heretic?, Shelby Karch

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The reliability and validity of the Open Enneagram of Personality Scales, Kayleigh Kastelein

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The reliability and validity of the Open Enneagram of Personality Scales, Kayleigh Kastelein

Examining the Effects of Motivation on the Propensity to Commit Financial Statement Fraud, Robert Knisley

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Teachers’ oral proficiency: What happens after they graduate?, Karen Leonard and Nancy Bonilla