Washburn Undergraduate Research: Recent submissions
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Goats, goddesses and genitalia: The secret cabinet of naples as seen by the grand tourist
In May of 1827 an anonymous clergyman wrote a letter to the King of Naples, urging him to abolish the Secret Cabinet of the Royal Museum. In this letter he related the experience of “running into a group of foreigners, ... -
"Do to me as thou wouldst be done to:" The Pennsylvania-Maryland-Delaware land dispute and the failure of William Penn's "holy experiment"
In August 1681, William Markham, the Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, delivered to the proprietor of Maryland, Lord Baltimore, William Penn's correspondence of April 12, 1681, one that began a turbulent dialogue between ... -
"Our weapon is our nakedness": Public nudity as a method to bring about social change
Legends holds that in the early eleventh century Lady Godiva was unhappy with her husband's treatment of peasants. The Lady wanted her husband to lower taxes and increase appreciation of the arts and music, actions that ... -
Allowed to speak, difficult to ignore: Methodist women shape the religious and political identity of Kansas through the Temperance Movement
When considering the history of Kansas the relationship between religion and politics is the crucial element required to understand Kansans. An examination of the major political and social issues throughout Kansas history ... -
The pragmatic law: Law as a relationship through experience
In today's society there exists a definite distinction between what law is and what it is perceived to be. For many people law is simply a set of rules that are made by a government and upheld by a court. However, when ... -
American business history through the eyes of Thomas Cochran
Thomas Cochran's views on the growth and development of business are tied tightly to the concept of a national culture. He acknowledged that business can take many forms and having many definitions and chose to define ... -
Determination of tetrachloroethylene bioconcentration in Unio Complaneteus using SPME and GC-ECD
Tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene or PCE) is a harmful, organic solvent. It has been documented as an environmental pollutant in many public drinking water supplies. The long-term effects of the chemical ... -
Visual Adaptation of a Herbivore and a Carnivore Insect
Insect eyes are very special and different from camera eyes of most animals, in that they are composed of many single eyes. Each of the single eyes (ommatidia) produces one pixel of a composite image. Therefore, the more ... -
Professor email signature on student perception of professor credibility, approachability, immediacy, and student level of respect for professor
This is a quantitative study examining the influence of professor email signature on student perception of professor credibility, approachability, immediacy, and student level of respect for professor. The email signatures ... -
Documenting the Dominican Republic
Thanks to the extensive help and cooperation of the Washburn Art Department and International Programs, I traveled to Jarabacoa in the Dominican Republic for the 2011 Spring semester to complete an Art Internship at Doulos ... -
Developing and printing with Caffenol
Caffenol is a photographic alternative process whereby caffeine, sodium carbonate, and optionally Vitamin C are used in aqueous solution as a film and print photographic developer. Other basic (as opposed to acidic) chemicals ... -
Explorations in clay
Focus A series of tea sets ranging in utilitarian sizes will be constructed from hand built and thrown clay parts. At least three different clay bodies and various glazing and firing processes will be explored. Decals and ... -
Detection of sequences conferring resistance to cephalosporium stripe disease in wheat via in situ hybridization with a thinopyrum-specific transposon probe
The fungal pathogen Cephalosporium stripe disease attacks ceral crops, including wheat and can cause a loss of over 50% in yield due to decreased seed size and reduced seed production. We investigated Cephalosporium-resistant ... -
The relationship between atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: What is the evidence?
The etiology of cryptogenic stroke (CS) remains elusive, yet accounts for 30-40% of all strokes. Possible causes include patent foramen ovale (PFO), or a defect where the foramen ovale opening in the fetal atrial septum ...