Abstracts Archive

This study examines generative thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children using the "third-eye task," where participants are asked to imagine and draw a third eye on their body1. Generative thinking, a key aspect of creativity, is often linked to ...

Sexual violence (SV) against adult women is common, with over 50% experiencing SV involving physical contact in their lifetime. Survivors face long-term effects on their sexual health and well-being, including reduced sexual assertiveness, difficulties in communication, increased sexual shame, and r...

PURPOSE Sports participation can help improve both physical and mental health. However, those with visual impairment (VI) face unique barriers. Organizations seek to help those with VI overcome sports related barriers through targeted fitness programming; however, little is known about perceived bar...

Many natural and engineered networks involve units coupled through multiple layers of interaction. For instance, neurons interact via excitatory, inhibitory, and electrical synapses whose co-action often leads to synergistic effects. Understanding how network topology governs synchronization in mult...

Tracking maternal care behaviors in mice is essential for neuroscience research, particularly in understanding early-life stress. Traditional methods, such as manual tagging with BORIS, are resource-intensive and time-consuming, prompting the need for an automated solution. The objective of this pro...

Is it possible to play our way to liberation? The Animals Talked: An Exploration of Table-Top Roleplaying Games as Tools for Social Justice Pedagogy is a dual creative/academic project that seeks to affirm the use of table-top roleplaying games as pedagogic tools for teaching social justice. Through...

This study investigates the comparative effects of computer-based and paper-based data-driven learning (DDL) on learning new vocabulary. In both of these methods, learners engage with real-world examples of language use in corpora to discover patterns, rules, and meanings through exploration and ana...

Tobacco use is strongly associated with an increased risk of lung disease, respiratory issues, and stroke. To reduce the risk of tobacco consumption, in the United States, many individual states established a minimum legal sale age (MLSA) law for Tobacco products between 2016 and 2019, which prohibi...

Astronomy captivates the public mind, enlightens our relationship to the Universe, and allows us to explore fundamentals of the world. Climate change often terrifies the public, harms our relationship to the Earth, and is forcing us to rapidly change our actions within the world. These topics may se...

This artistic talk will be a creative storytelling/spoken word piece that builds upon the piece I presented last year- Deafening Silence. After facing the worst tragedy of my life- losing my sister to suicide, what happens next? How does one continue to move forward and what does community look like...

This paper seeks to explore the use of LLMs – large language models for sentiment analysis in the quarterly earnings reports of Cummins Inc. This research leverages the Linq platform to predict the impact of press releases of earnings announcements on stock price changes. To carry out this researc...

Sodium Chloride Enhances the Photo-Toxic Properties of a 1,4-Naphthoquinone Found in Marine Environments Bianca Vazquez, Owen Waters, Karen Amike, Sneha Kannan, Kathryn B. Grant Naphthoquinones are released into the environment through the incomplete combustion of wood, coal, petroleum, and other or...

The enzyme D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase is essential for the biosynthesis of L-serine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and offers a significant opportunity for the development of new drugs.(1) Being a metallo-flavoenzyme, the bacterial enzyme employs FAD and Zn2+ to convert D-2-hydroxyglutarate ...

Donor–π-acceptor (D–π-A) fluorophores are organic molecules that consist of a donor unit, a conjugated π-bridge, and an acceptor unit. This structure allows for efficient intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) between the donor and acceptor through the π-bridge, resulting in strong fluorescenc...

Melissa Treanor Graduate Student, Applied Sociology, Georgia State University. Targeting Nutrition Insecurity Though Data: A Research Project in Support of Georgia Community Organizations Access to good nutrition is essential to overall health and well-being, playing a significant role in reducing d...

Despite spending nearly double the international average on healthcare, the United States maintains the highest maternal mortality rate of all economically developed countries (Gunja et al., 2024). In the state of Georgia, maternal deaths are nearly double the national rate (at 50.8 versus 29.6 mate...

In the United States, public funding restrictions prohibit the use of federal funding for abortion services. In this paper, we consider the ef- fects of these initial federal funding restrictions through the Hyde Amend- ment. We find that the federal prohibition of abortion funding raises fer- tilit...

Rice husk biochar and compost mixture produced in Ghana have been reported to retard the mobility of toxic elements and are thus desirable amendments for the remediation of contaminated soils. It is therefore necessary to characterize their physicochemical properties and elucidate the impact of mixi...

According to recent estimates, approximately 37% of Americans indicate an inability to cover an emergency $400 expense using liquid savings. One such expense is fines for traffic violations. If unpaid, the original fine not only increases in nominal value but may result in suspension of driving priv...

Heart patients; cardiac diet, Diabetics; diabetic diet, Chronic kidney patients; renal diet. Everyone has a diet plan after being admitted into the hospital; everyone except chronic pulmonary patients. Chronic pulmonary diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and inte...

Background: Published epidemiological studies on the association between perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) exposure and cognitive functions focus mostly on children, with little information available in adults. Objective: To identify associations between perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic a...

Cognitive offloading occurs when you use external aids to store or organize information, freeing up mental resources and reducing demands on memory or attention. Common examples include shopping lists and daily to-do lists. Offloading often results in a decrease in uncertainty and improves task perf...

Plastic and petroleum hydrocarbon pollution have become ubiquitous in natural and man-made environments, alarming concerns about serious harm to humans and nature. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics and petroleum are used widely worldwide, and their pollution has become a global concern. Our ...

In collaboration with the South River Watershed Alliance and with support of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the study examines industrial stormwater permits in a dense concentration of industrial sites in the highly impacted South River Watershed of metro Atlanta, Georgia. South River rises from tri...

In this work, we introduce Text2Net, a text-based computer network simulation engine, that introduces a transformative approach to computer network education. Text2Net leverages state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) text generation tools to interpret and tran...

A western diet, characterized by high levels of fats, sugars and salt, is linked to increased levels of inflammation and oxidative stress. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway plays a key role in driving inflammation associated with such diets. Blueberries (BB) are well known for thei...

In a visually saturated world, capturing attention across diverse audiences is essential for effective design. Attention processes involve a complex interplay of neuroscience, psychology, and phenomenology. Recent advancements in deep learning have enabled significant achievements in saliency predic...

The nature of conversational turns between young children and their parents can have cascading effects on later cognitive and emotional development (Kochanska, Forman, & Coy, 1999; Landry et al., 2000). Studying these interactions can reveal adaptive and maladaptive communicative skills to target in...

Parenting centers on a child's well-being but can bring significant stress, particularly for parents of children with developmental disabilities. Daily challenges, uncertainties, lack of support, and societal stigma amplify this stress, impacting parents' mental health, family dynamics, and percepti...

This is a persuasive analysis of Future Forward USA Action's ad campaigns for the 2024 presidential election cycle. It showcases two commercial ads funded and produced by the organization and discusses their effectiveness through the lens of social judgment theory and the group dynamics approach. To...