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Submissions from 2024

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The Impact of a Structured Exercise Program on the Pre-Established Exercise Goals for an Individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder, David Adams, Gary Smith, Paige Mccollum, and Emily Batini

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Depressive Symptomology Mediates the Relationship Between Self-stigma and Mental Health Help-seeking Intention, Carrie Aigner, Jena Cruces, Kim Polanco-Mendoza, and Kyle Ruelas

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Prevalence, Risk, and Treatment of Muscle Dysmorphia in Transgender Populations, briseyda Alvarado

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Vigilance Rates in Shorebirds in Marsh and Beach Habitat During the Non-Breeding Season, Jennifer Alvarado

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Comparative Anatomy of Mouse, Zebrafish, and Trout, Adnan Alyan

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Does the Thatcher Effect extend to infant faces?, Adnan Alyan, Nathan Boone, and Amanda Hahn

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Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin Membrane Protein, Jacquelyn Amadeo-Ranch, Jenny Cappuccio, David Morales, Valeria Aviles, and Frank Cappuccio

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KCACTF:Community, Art, Activism, Filip Amborski

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When the forest goes silent: Effects of human foot traffic on communication and diversity of passerine birds., Ruby Andes

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Transitioning Faiths: Assimilation of Polytheistic Traditions into Monotheistic Institutions, Justin Andrew

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A Review and Possible Interventions of Hypertension Prevalence in the Filipino American Population, Jason Arcilla

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The Role of Exercise Addiction and Overtraining in Collegiate Athletics and the Effects on Collegiate Athletes, Carmella Baldassarre

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Increasing Chiropractic Prevalence in Black Communities, McKenna Bartlett

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Orchid Micropropagation and the Potential for Conservation, Rebecca Bendzick, Heidi Rutschow, and Valori Mraz

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Ulterra-Nigma: An Experimental Excercise in The Study of Myth, Jared Benham

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College Corps: Community Service on Wiyot Land, Seth Beres, Marie Roberts, Nick Salgado-Stanley, Rhiannon Lopez, and Jovanni Flores

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Hummingbird Nectar Preference in Urban and Forested Areas, Bridget Blanco

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Resistance Training and Kinesiophobia Post Hip Replacement, Ian Blank

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“Revised and Enriched ‘Where to Go Camping Guide’ for Boy Scouts of America, California Inland Empire Council”, Andrew Blessum

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A Prediction Model of Nathan's Jacket Preferences, Nathan Boone

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Effects of cleft lip and palate on visual scanning and neural processing of infant faces, Nathan Boone and Amanda Hahn

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Build a Causal Diagram to Compare Calculus Outcomes Across CSU Campuses, Nathan Boone, Rosanna Overholser, and Francesca Messina

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Efficacy of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscle Growth and Pain Management Post-ACL Reconstructive Surgery, Abby Borg

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College Corps and Arcata House Partnership Combating Homelessness in Humboldt County, Annika Botha and Amanda Anderson

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Drug Decriminalization, James Brother

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College Corps: Big Brothers Big Sisters College CORP Experience, Ivory Browning

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Carbohydrate phloem loading mechanism in Nicotiana tabacum via the downregulation of sucrose transporter 1, Jennah Brown

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The Effects of Combined Oral Contraceptives on Mood and Affect: A Meta-Analysis, Camille Burns and Shairy Jimenez-Delgado

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American Pikas Responses to Long and Short Alarm Calls During Mid-Summer in Lassen National Forest, California, Thomas Butler

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Visualization of Broadleaf Cattail Root Biofilm from the Arcata Marsh via Scanning Electron Microscopy, Lillian Caballero and Frank Cappuccio

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Culturally-Informed Interventions for Self-Harm in Indian Country, Elizabeth Caplan

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Human Disturbance and Anthropogenic Noise Impacts on Foraging Egrets at the Arcata Marsh, Yesenia Cerrillo

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Challenging Boundaries: Investigating the relationship between human persecution and Coyote behavior in California, Steven Childs

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KCACTF: Opportunity, Experience, Expression and Knowledge, Stephan Chittenden

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College Corps: Potawot Community Food Garden, Erin Clear, Azariah Mohr, Angelica Mercer-Garcia, Chrys Furrer, Lily Green, Karina Juarez, and Leighanna Jake

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A meta-analysis of the variables affecting tick abundance, Curtis Cline

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College Corps: Market Watch - Northcoast Growers Association, Fiona Connors and Robyn Stallman

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Envisioning a Better Future for the Tijuana River Using an Anthropological Approach, Kimberly Cramer

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Media Coverage of the Klamath Dam Removal, Jessie Cretser-Hartenstein, Oden Taylor, Jillian Wells, Emma Wilson, and Gabriel Zucker

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College Corps: Increase in Queer Knowledge, Madison Culp, Alexis Villegas, Ares Munguia, Bee Wilson, and Melissa .

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Using the California Mussel as a Bioindicator for the Presence of Heavy Metals on the Humboldt County Coastline, Emily Curry and Dana Johnstun

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The Fun Factor: A case for focusing on fun and enjoyment in Physical Activity, Dorian DeNisi

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Benefits of Birth by Water Immersion, Kylie Dennhardt

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Stories about Global Health in Humboldt County, Eden Donahue and Amanda Dinscore

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Pacific Purple Sea Urchin Movement Trends, Holly Elbert

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Do bears know when trash pickup day is?, Amber Elving

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KCACTF Poster, Sophia Escudero

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White-crowned sparrow song adjustments to anthropogenic noise, Lucca Faccini

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Intergenerational Connections: Silvercrest Eureka, Salvation Army, Myranda Felton

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Water Adsorption/Desorption on Environmental Metal Oxides Determined by the Diffuse Refractive Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) Technique, Cesar Fernandez, Jill Mochizuki, and Jack DeCorso

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ANALYSIS OF ACIDITY, CO2 AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATION DURING SUMMER UPWELLING CONDITIONS IN HUMBOLDT BAY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Lindsey Fischer

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Shifting the Paradigm from Weight to Health, Aubrey Lyn Flores

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The Educational Development Center: A Stepping Stone to Sustainable Development, Jazzmin Fontenot`

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Mammal presence in coastal foredunes dominated by European beachgrass., Ethan Franco

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The Body’s Adaptations to Facilitate Motor Learning and Injury Prevention for the Overhand Throw Skill in Baseball Players, Dominic Gallardo

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Studies of Bio-Sustainable Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Priscilla Gamez and Frank Cappuccio

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Sea Stars and Wave Action, Jackson Gershanoff

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A Survey of Shrew (Soricidae) and Mole (Talpidae) Mortality in Arcata, CA, Christina Giltzow

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Senior Speed Mixer, Charlie Gittings and Grace Daverso

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Role of Recreational Trailways and Cover Objects in Relation to Terrestrial Salamanders, Anthony Gomez

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Climate Change and Its Effect on Spring Migrating Waterfowl, Xander Gonsalves

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Human Impacts on Songbird Abundance and Diversity, Chloe Good

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Candidate Landing Sites for Artemis 3 in Two NASA Candidate Landing Regions Nearest The Lunar South Pole, Steven Gracy

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The Best Parts of KCACTF 2024, Aly Greaver

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Seabirds and Their Effects on Plant Growth, Hunter Green

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Sea Star Wasting Disease and Species Biodiversity, Lily Green

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Investigating How LGL1 Loss Affects the Murine Brain Cytoarchitecture, Madison Gutierrez and Ashley King

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Women are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity: How activists are connecting to local food systems, Allison Hair

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Black to the Kitchen: A Genealogical Cookbook, Dillon Harp

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Macroinvertebrate Abundance Decreases Waterfowl Diversity, Rachel Higuera

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Camp Hall Project Proposal, Grey Hildebrand

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Eelgrass beds impact on juvenile Dungeness crab in Humboldt Bay, CA., Jillian Hodge

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Around the Bay in 80 Days: Investigating the Relationship between Bird Diversity and Plants, Quinlan House

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Benefits of Physical Exercise On Motor and Non Motor Aspects in Parkinson's Disease, Ebony Isaiah

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Revisiting the Five Finger Discount: Shoplifting as a Reproductive Strategy, Shairy Jimenez Delgado

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Does Handedness Affect Lateralization of Facial Emotion Processing, Shairy Jimenez Delgado and Alice Zhang

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Harmonic Analysis of Currents in Humboldt Bay, Taylor Juchau, Tamara Barriquand, Noe Camarillo, and Steven Gracy

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College Corps: Greenwood Cemetery: Preserving Veteran Legacies, Nizhoni Kears

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Redefining Career Prep for Environmental Studies, Ashley Keya, Imran Rashid, and Athens Marron

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2024 International Social Work Day - Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change, Cheuk-Shan Kuang and Ella Green

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Multifaceted: SEM analysis of Entolomatoid basidiospores, Casey Ledford and Frank Cappuccio

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FISH 480: Challenges that Women Scientists Encounter Conducting Fieldwork-Based Research, Cynthia Le Doux-Bloom, Rebecca Colyar, Raili Makela, Raven Mcadams, Elizabeth Meisman, Sarah Moreau, Ellena Negrete, and Isidra Trejo

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Strategies to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions in Rural Hospitals, Xee Lee

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Temperatures Impact on Insect Capture and Black Phoebe Foraging Activity, Alyssa Lomeli

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Beyond the Impact: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Long-Term Association with Neurodegenerative Diseases, Andrea Lugo

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Plastic Ectotherm Plasticity, Jacob Mackenzie

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Cal Poly Humboldt Earth Week Quest/ Treasure hunt Evan Mack and Joe Watson Recreation Administration, Evan Mack and Joe Watson

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The Therapeutic Potential of Exercise for Substance Use Disorder: Targeting Stress Resilience, Neuroplasticity, and Reward Pathways, Lillian Maddock

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A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: Factors Influencing Disability Accommodations, Alicia Martin, Matias Solorzano, and Mari Sanchez

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Is Ice effective for acute injuries or should it go away?, Cali Martino

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Indigenous Occupation and Projectile Chronology of the Kern Plateau in Tulare County, California, Nick Mavrolas

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Case Study Focusing on ASD, Improving Accuracy in Sports with SDT and Video Modeling, Cassandra Mcmillen and David Adams

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Through The Eyes of Liberian Americans: The Post-Civil War Consequences on Liberia, Joy Mehn

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Does cleft palate repair surgery restore normal neural processing for infant faces?, Francesca Messina, Nathan Boone, David Harris, and Amanda Hahn

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Agent-based Modeling of Microglia Behavior in the Context of Alzheimer's Disease, Emmanuel Mezzulo, Cheyenne Ty, Amanda Case, Abigail Penland, and Kamila Larripa

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Scanning Electron Microscope Imaging of Nitropentaamminecobalt(III) Chloride ([Co(NH3)5NO2]Cl2) Crystal Structure, David Morales

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Effects of Participation in a Deliberative Democracy Initiative on Sense of Community, Marissa Morales, Elka Medina, Kat Singer, Audrey Ashdown, Alejandro Lopez, and Benjamin Graham

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Physical Education Teacher Burnout, Nelson Na

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Fort Humboldt: The Development of Redwood Logging in Humboldt, 1878-1950, Qasim Naqvi

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Reclaiming Turtle Island: Decolonizing Anthropological Narratives of Migration, Sadie Neff