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WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record compiled from open scholarly databases; the abstract is shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed, otherwise a short excerpt under fair use. Classifications are automated and approximate.

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Increased Incidence of Congenital Syphilis

Shana Roether, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Background: Congenital syphilis occurs when a pregnant mother passes the syphilis infection to their child during pregnancy. This treatable sexually transmitted infection (STI) is the leading cause of stillbirths and neonatal deaths…

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Prediction of Merger and Acquisition Outcome

Gideon Fox, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) are a ubiquitous corporate phenomenon for which success is elusive. We used a new measure of operating income to assess performance of the merged entity subsequent to the merger transaction. We employ…

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Continued fraction: A research on Markov triples

Daheng Chen, null null, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Our research aimed at findings interesting patterns in continued fractions. The ultimate goal of our study was to build a connection between the roots of the quadratic equation that associate with Markov triples and continued fractions. Me…

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Education and Occupation in The Misophonia Podcast

CJ Gibson, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Misophonia is a disorder that involves a negative response to specific stimuli, commonly repetitive sounds, or movements. It is not in the DSM-5-TR, and in many cases, people with misophonia self-diagnose. They unite over their shared…

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Goal-Directed Hemodynamics in Rapid Response Teams

Erin Waggoner, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Rapid Response Teams became a hospital standard in 2004 after a campaign by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. The intention was to reduce hospital morbidity and mortality by bringing the resources to the bedside that match the…

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Academic Electronic Health Record (AEHR) Implementation

Jomi Praveen, null null, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

AbstractRegistered Nurses (RNs) make up the largest group of healthcare workers that use electronic health records in the United States, yet many nursing schools do not have electronic health record training in their curricula. An academic…

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Engaging Students in Distance Learning Discussions

Dorothy Ochs, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Purpose: The purpose of this poster is to explore various types of discussion formats in order to find ones that keep the students thoughtfully engaged and motivated. • Methods: The poster will compare and contrast several different types…

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Identifying and Avoiding Survey Nonresponse and Noncompliance

Allix Bishop, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In the last five years, researchers have seen a notable increase in difficulty of collecting valid and useful survey data. Respondents, likely attracted to the prospect of receiving prizes or other compensation after survey completion,…

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Applications in Paleohistology: Osteohistology of Protostega gigas

Laura Wilson, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Protostega gigas was a large sea turtle that lived in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America. Protostega fossils are found in the Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Formation in Kansas. Despite their abundance, little…

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Does Weapon Type Affect a BattleBot’s Performance?

Westin Mash, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The objective of this research project is to investigate data from the 2021 BattleBots season, play-in, and championship matches to see if any variables have a statistically significant contribution to how many wins a bot achieves. A…

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FHSU Students' Economic Perceptions & Expectations

David Schulte, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

This project studies the economic perceptions and expectations (P&E) held by FHSU students, since these helps determine a student’s choice of major, student-loan balance, and post-graduation plans. The study is a continuation of a…

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Does M1 Money Supply Affect US Exports?

Coy Lampe, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

M1 money is defined by the Federal Reserve as money in circulation as well as money in demand deposit accounts such as a checking account. The Fed, as it is commonly referred to as, uses this figure to target interest rates in the economy.…

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Prenatal Breastfeeding Preparation to Help Increase Breastfeeding Rates

Melissa Barron, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Today breastfeeding (BF) is often widely promoted in healthcare settings; however, truly little preparation is provided to women. Studies have also shown many health benefits to women and children, leading to a positive economic effect…

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Can Yeast Survive in the Mars-like Environment?

Mia Jang, null null, null null et al. · 2020 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Since yeasts have the most similar way of doing its cellular respiration to humans, we were interested in investigating if yeasts could survive in the Mars-like environment. Preparing for the future life, we thought that if yeast could…

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Retinal Spot Size Formation for Different Wavelengths of Light

Daniel Huantes, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Chromatic aberration in the eye causes differences in the retinal spot size for different wavelengths of light. This work explores the limiting effect of retinal spot size for wavelengths around 590nm, and implements python code to attempt…

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Reducing Spin on a High Altitude Balloon

Andy Kuhl, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The goal of this experiment was to reduce spin on an unmanned balloon as the altitude increases. This problem had been discovered after the initial flight, where the rotation of the Go-Pro camera was nearly sickening. After more research,…

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Model Studies of the Doebner Modified Knoevenagel Condensation

Jared Ridder, null null, null null et al. · 2017 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Previous worksup1-6/sup on an initial model system for the synthesis of polyaromatic dyes for potential use in solar energy collection used the Doebner modified Knoevenagel condensation. This project is continuing the work on this approach…

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The Effect of ISBAR Tool on Patient Safety

Katy Barbieri, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Ineffective communication among healthcare professionals can result in a decrease in patient safety. It is a leading cause of medical errors and poor patient outcomes. This can be due to the complexity and pace of the interactions,…

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Seabirds as Ecological Indicators in Late Cretaceous Marine Environments

Laura Wilson, null null, null null et al. · 2018 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In modern marine ecosystems, seabirds are considered indicators of ecological hotspots because their biogeographic distribution is correlated with physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic factors. Pursuit diving seabirds – those…

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Food and Hunger Initiatives at Fort Hays State University

Brendon McCampbell, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

FHSU students and faculty are committed to addressing food insecurity issues faced by students, faculty and staff. In 2011, the FHSU Victor E. Garden was created to provide greater access to fresh produce for the campus community. In 2012,…

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Virtual and Mixed Reality Simulations Effectiveness on Learning Outcomes

Mark Russell, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) simulation labs have increased in the past few years in nursing programs across the globe. Traditional simulation methods are still being utilized. While VR, MR and traditional simulations have…

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Bridging the Gap Between Rural Communities and Higher Education

Charles Riedel, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Following the economic downturn in 2008, college enrollment numbers increased significantly by 16% between 2007 and 2010 (18.1 million) but decreased by 7% between 2010 and 2017 (Irwin et al., 2021). Research has shown that rural Kansans…

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Value Added: Exploring Porcelain and Gold in Ceramic Art

Linda Ganstrom, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Exploring porcelain claybodies and gold as a surface embellishment as a way of adding value to ceramic art was the focus of our research and creative activity. Researchers visited museums, attended curatorial lectures, and participated in…

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Predicting the Distribution of the Extinct Sea Bird Hesperornis

Blake Chapman, null null, null null et al. · 2019 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In the Late Cretaceous, North America was divided by a shallow epicontinental sea known as the Western Interior Seaway. Native life included various marine reptiles, fish, ammonites, and seabirds such as Hesperornis . Previous research has…

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The Significance of Three Pointers On Wins

Miguel Baca, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In this research project we are attempting to prove the 3 pointer is a significant variable to determine a win. The null hypothesis for our project is that the three point statistic is the less significant statistic in determining wins.…

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A Gender- Based and Trauma-Informed Approach to Incarceration

Megan Shepard, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

For decades, women's imprisonment rate has grown twice as high as men's. Enforcement of low-level drug charges and low-level, nonviolent offenses is one of the contributing factors to the increase. Literature indicates that incarcerated…

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Make the Change: Using Disinfection Caps on Catheter Ports

Erika Balint, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

Every year patients admitted to hospitals all over the nation develop healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) when receiving care. This number decreases with each passing year, but these infections have not been totally eliminated. HAIs…

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Maternal Mortality Rates and The Presence of Skilled Healthcare at Birth

Corinne Baier, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

In this study, the maternal mortality rate across the world was examined from an external viewpoint. The rate was analyzed against births attended by skilled workers, GDP per capita, secondary school enrollment, and income levels. The…

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Population Growth and Municipal Water Insecurity in Mesa County, Colorado

William Wallace, null null, null null et al. · 2022 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

The purpose of this project was to utilize GIS software to develop a population and daily domestic water resource requirement analysis for Mesa County, Colorado by answering the question of what municipalities within the county have the…

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