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Tillman: Abstract: This policy memo will recommend training for physicians in the Sudan to better identify symptoms of intimate partner violence, and to better respond to the problem. Dingmann: Abstract: The conflict in Syria has attracted worldwide attention. Estimations of the death toll are as high as 70,000. But there is another facet to this war that is being ignored, the refugees. 100,000 Syrians have fled to Jordan and another 100,000 have fled to Egypt. Once there, these refugees are facing an incredibly difficult time finding work. They are being forced to marry off their daughters to Jordanian and Egyptian men for the dowries given to them. These men have sex with their new "brides" and then leave them a month, or even a week, later to find a new wife. I propose a series of federal funded works projects, similar to FDR's New Deal, to help prevent this legitimate rape. Cummings: Abstract: This policy memo will describe how student mobility – students who frequently move from one school district to another – contribute to the educational achievement gap in Minnesota, and recommend ways in which schools can work with communities to remedy the problem. Elhard: Abstract: A Policy Memo regarding English as a Second Language education. There is a large disparity between the opportunities offered to English Language Learners and mainstream students in the St. Cloud School District (District 742). There were 9,396 students enrolled in the St. Cloud School District in 2010-11 school year. With roughly 625 mainstream teachers the ratio of students to teachers was about 1:15 overall. The district currently has 1,100 ELL students and 28 staff assigned as EL teachers that serve in the schools. This leaves the student to teacher ratio at 1:39. Mainstream students clearly have more access to teaching professionals. The learning opportunities for these ELL students are most certainly not equal in terms of the academic support they are offered. Rogers: Abstract: A policy memo about the sustainability of the largest sockeye salmon run in the world with all five types of wild Pacific salmon. The memo covers the protection of the Southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay fisheries and asks whether they can coexist with the development of the proposed Pebble Mine, containing copper-gold-molydenum deposits one of the biggest of its kind in the world. My proposed policy solution is to have the EPA implement public process under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act or for the EPA to continue to conduct more scientific peer reviewed research on a mine of this scale with other stakeholders. Kunkel: A Borderless World? How History has Kept us in Controversy Stommes: An Arms Race or a Bureaucratic Dogfight? Assessing the Underlying Causes of India’s Nuclear Force Developments Kruger: Shaking the Military Pillar of Regime Support: A Closer Look at the Factors Influencing Military Defections during the Revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria during the Arab Spring Movement Jude: Abstract: New Hampshire currently gets 90 percent of its energy from out of state, predominantly using fossil fuel sources. This policy memo recommends a major wind energy project for the city of Merrimack, New Hampshire. Perera: A Window of Opportunity: Defeat of the Tamil Tigers Movement in Sri Lanka Mithuen: The Adoption of Gay Rights Legislation in Resistant States Desutter: Nuclear Non-Use Since 1945: Assessing Israel's Nuclear Decision-making in the Yom Kippur War Collins: Abstract: This memorandum to the Senate and House Elections Committees is an effort to replace Minnesota’s legislative redistricting process that thrives on political motivations with an independent redistricting commission that gives the task of drawing legislative and congressional district lines to the people of the great state of Minnesota and ensures a fairer, more transparent redistricting process. Massopust: Abstract: Policy Proposal to create safer and more accommodating arterial streets in Rapid City, South Dakota. Barry: Abstract: The Affordable Care Act will use patient surveys as a way to fund different Medicare reimbursement strategies. The patient response to their care will be one benchmark in the response they have to determine the different levels in terms of funding. My question concerns the most effective use of surveys. When the responses are used to dictate funding, hospitals have an incentive to keep survey scores high, rather than using the surveys to focus on the potential problems of the treatment. It is more effective to use patient surveys as a tool to identify and fix problems. So, hospitals should be graded on their ability to identify and fix problems with their patient surveys, rather than the actual surveys themselves. Newkirk: Abstract: A new Minnesota law permits school districts to replace traditional forms of school administration with schools directly administered by teachers. The policy recommends that the Rochester, MN school district implement teacher-led schools because classroom teachers better understand the needs of students than administrators who have not been in the classroom for decades, if ever. Coleman: Abstract: The United States Congress is called to revise the Family and Medical Leave Act through the allocation of 2 weeks paid leave to individuals who have specific family medical issues. Psychology Schedule
Abstracts__Heying'>Abstracts Heying: Music and Aspects of Identity in People with Alzheimer's Disease Koch: It has been found that tasks that require self-control deplete our willpower gradually over time, and have been linked with glucose levels. This “ego depletion” effect has rarely been tested in emotional regulation. The combined effects of glucose depletion (by means of the mentally challenging Stroop Task) will be compared with two emotional self-regulation strategies by pairing them in four conditions. Half of all participants will undergo the Stroop task, which will ask them to read aloud the ink color of words while ignoring the semantic content of those words. They will then be given instructions for viewing a video clip asking them to either suppress or reappraise their reaction to the film. Participants will be then shown a brief video clip invoking disgust, as measured by an emotional rating scale. It is hypothesized that of the four proposed conditions (normal glucose/reappraisal, low glucose/reappraisal, normal glucose/suppression, low glucose/suppression), the normal glucose/reappraisal condition will be the most successful in moderating emotional experience and the low glucose/suppression condition will be the least successful. As for the other two conditions, it is hypothesized that the normal glucose/suppression technique will be more successful in moderating emotional experience than the low glucose/reappraisal condition. Essentially, it is thought that our glucose levels will be more effective in determining emotional intensity than our conscious strategies. Background: As the geriatric population grows, depression rates are also on the rise. This is especially evident in American veterans, as depression affects close to 30% of veterans, making it one of the most common diagnoses treated within the Veterans Health Administration (Hankin, Spiro, Miller et al, as cited in Cully, Zimmer, Khan & Petersen, 2008). Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify selected variables associated with depression among older male veterans. The results could help improve patterns of care, hopefully improving the management of depression. Method: This retrospective descriptive study uses existing medical record data to identify patterns of factors commonly occurring in veterans with depression. Demographic variables, depression screening scores, and patterns of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 9th Revision (ICD9 codes) are analyzed for patterns that can improve care. Results: Descriptive findings and relevant correlations are reported with recommendations to improve clinical practice for male older adult veterans diagnosed with depression. Stevens: Exposure therapy and mindfulness meditation are frequently used to decrease anxiety during certain stressor tasks. Previous research has indicated that the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) consists of public speaking that is judged and repetitive arithmetic equations to increase the release of the hormone cortisol, heart rate, and perceived stress. Other studies have found evidence that answering interview questions or speaking in front of a video camera can also increase these physiological and perceived measures of stress. The purpose of this study is to see if practicing an exposure exercise or practicing a mindfulness meditation will decrease physiological and perceived measures of anxiety after speaking in front of a video camera. To test this, participants were instructed to practice in front of a mirror for three sessions throughout the week, practice a formal meditation technique for three sessions throughout the week, or have no preparation. At the end of the week participants were asked to prepare and present a speech by answering several job interview questions in front of a video camera. Participants were then told that they would be judged for the quality of their speech. Participants’ cortisol samples, heart rate, and subjective units of distress were taken before and after the speech. It is predicted that in all conditions, participants’ physiological and perceived measures of stress will increase after the speech. However, it is predicted that in the exposure and mindfulness meditation conditions, participants’ physiological and perceived measures of stress will be significantly lower than the control condition immediately after the speech. John: For decades, the importance of factors such as race and cultural background has been disputed in the diagnoses of both the rates and severity of psychological disorders. There has been little research done into this area and the research done has proven both inconclusive as well as conflicting. The research is divided on whether or not ethnic minorities suffer from greater rates of psychological disorders than the majority population. The research is also divided as well as whether or not minorities suffer from more severe cases of psychological disorders in comparison to the majority of the population. This study investigates the comparison between the levels of psychological distress minority and international students have versus those of white students as well as the correlation between the recorded numbers of microaggressions and levels psychological distress measured via different scales. Three sources were used in this study: survey data from over 100 students, in-depth interview data from 24 students and a content analysis of a popular Facebook page used by students on campus. Five hypotheses were examined: 1) that minority and international students will score significantly higher on the Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale than Majority students; 2) minority and international students will score significantly higher on the Racial Microaggression Scale than the Majority students; 3) The third hypothesis is that Minority and international students will score significantly higher on the UCLA Loneliness Scale than Majority students; 4) there will be a significant correlation between the score on the Racial Microaggression Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale; 5) there will be a significant correlation between the score on the UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Service Learning Schedule
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Abstracts Lor: After 38 years of the Hmong people’s permanent residence in the United States, many Hmong Americans have adapted and integrated into mainstream American society, yet still rooted to the Hmong heritage. More Hmong Americans have moved up the socio-economic ladder by attaining higher education. Hmong American leaders have emerged as politicians, business owners, authors, comedians, actors and educators. In general, the Hmong American community has progressed. However, not all Hmong Americans are progressing at the same rate. I would be turning a blind eye on the Hmong American community if I fail to acknowledge the Hmong Americans who are regressive, who still practice traditional cultural practices that hinder the growth of the Hmong community, especially for Hmong women. This paper aims to analyze the intersection of the language on marriage and divorce for women in the Hmong culture, and to propose necessary changes to the Hmong religious and patriarchal worldview that has been deeply rooted in pessimism about the women condition in which death dictates how women live their lives. Interdisciplinary Presentations: Asian Studies Schedule
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