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Undergraduate Research Journal : Spring 2013

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Spring 2013

Abstracts

There are no abstracts in this issue.

Feature Article

Beyond the Claw Crackers: Investigating a Neurobiological Bridge between the Environment and Behavioral Rhythms in Juvenile American Lobsters
—Brigid C. Casellini
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Research Articles

Neil Baroody
The Effect of a Barefoot Training Program on Running Economy and Performance
—Neil Baroody (Mentor: Timothy Quinn)

Can training shod runners to run barefoot improve their running performance? Neil Baroody  joined a research project to find out.

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Sofia Cadime
A Passion for Saving Lives: The Motivation of Surgically Trained Healthcare Professionals in Mozambique
—Sofia Cadime (Mentor: Gene Harkless, Emilia Cumbane)

To address the shortage of doctors in rural Mozambique, most surgeries are performed by specially trained nurses. Sofia Cadime tells us what motivates these healthcare professionals to stay in Mozambique to care for their patients.

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In the Shadow of Court-Clearing: The New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Struggle for Autonomy
—Cory McKenzie (Mentor: Jessica M. Lepler)

Cory McKenzie’s curiosity for New Hampshire legislative history led him to discover that a nineteenth-century trend for abolishing the state court is still a pertinent constitutional issue today.

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Alexa Price
"Who Will [Independence] Please but Ambitious Men?": Rebels, Loyalists, and the Language of Liberty in the American Revolution
—Alexa Price (Mentor: Eliga Gould)

Alexa Price studied documents written by New Hampshire loyalists during the American revolutionary period and learned that the loyalists shared a common rhetoric of liberty with their patriot neighbors.

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How Does Moo-ving to Pasture Feeding Affect the Nutrient Composition of Cows' Blood and Milk?
—Jillian Smith (Mentor: Joanne Curran-Celentano)

Researching cows' blood was not something nutrition major Jillian Smith ever dreamed of doing before coming to UNH, but intrigued by the connection of feeding practices to carotenoid levels, she found herself doing just that.

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Victoria Ward
Researching Soil Hydrogen Dynamics in Subarctic Sweden
—Victoria Lynn Ward (Mentor: Ruth Varner)

It was wet and a bit chilly for fieldwork in subarctic Sweden this past summer, but the sampling and analyzing of soil hydrogen Victoria Ward did will contribute to understanding global climate changes.

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Merhawi and mentor
Interviewing the Street Children of Mekelle City, Ethiopia: Their Plight and What Help Public and Private Organizations Offer
—Merhawi Wells-Bogue (Mentor: Lisa C. Miller, Eden Fitsum)

Merhawi Wells-Bogue visited his home country, Ethiopia, and was inspired to use his journalism training to help the street children there.

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Elizabeth Wible
Investigating the Presence of a Red Zone for Unwanted Sexual Experiences among College Students: Class Year and Gender
—Elizabeth Wible (Mentor: Victoria Banyard, Ellen Cohn)

Elizabeth Wible investigated a red zone for unwanted sexual experiences on a New England university campus as part of an on-going research project.

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Commentaries

Lamb’s Blood and Goose Quills: Learning to Research the History of Blood Transfusion Medicine
—Jennifer Allen (Mentor: Marion Girard Dorsey)
Climate Change in the Wild West Fifty Million Years Ago
—Tristan Amaral (Mentor: William Clyde)
"Menudas Vueltas da el Destino": How Choosing to Live in a Homestay Brought Me Closer to a Culture
—Emily Louick
Juggling Research and Work between Two Campuses: An Undergraduate’s Experience in Cellular Research and the Real World
—Rebecca Mason (Mentor: Charles Walker)

Mentor Highlights

Ruth Varner
—Brigid C. Casellini
John Resch
—Jennifer Lee

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