Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): Student Research Day 2023

Lost in the Archive Sea: Why are Fur Trade Posts Difficult to Locate?

The Patriarchal Stain On Women's Health: Medicalization of Depression

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Battle Grounds: The Female Body as a Site of War

Subsistence Practices and Food Insecurity in the Arctic Circle - A Focus on the Inuit and Sami Community

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Surface Changes in Intentionally Burned Bones

Science’s Need For Philosophy

Conservation Optimism in MacEwan University Undergraduate Students

Incorporating a single-stranded split DNAzyme design concept for use in aptasensors

Response of Migratory Bird Frequencies to Temperature in Central Alberta

Identification of Potential Paralysis Proteins in the Tick Dermacentor andersoni

Identifying unknown soft coral species of Anthelia (Octocorallia) with multilocus DNA barcoding

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Cloning and Purification of a Glycerol Specific Alditol Oxidase for Biosensor Construction

Optimization of Agar-Overlay Bioautography in Screening Antimicrobial Phytochemicals

BMP3 Treatment Effects on Differentiated Chondrogenic ATDC5 Cells Signaling Pathways and Protein Expression

Manufacturing Antimicrobial Silver-Coated Wound Dressings: Chemistry Practicum with Exciton Technologies

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Characterization of Microplastics in industrial, highway, residential, and natural storm water ponds in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Synthesis of Diphenyl Hydrogels for Pharmaceutical Applications: Chemistry Practicum with CNRC-NRC

MacEwanCYU: Exploring STEM Outreach Opportunities within Community Engaged Research

OER: Providing Students with an Interactive, Engaging Learning Experience

Development of Dopamine-Coated Quartz Tuning Fork: Chemistry Practicum with Fourien Inc.

Screening of Invasive Plant Extracts for the Inhibition of β-Glucosidase Activity

Synthesis and evaluation of molecular hydrogels: Chemistry Practicum with the Nanotechnology research center

Investigating Microplastic Ingestion in Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Eastern Canadian Arctic

Intestinal alkaline phosphatase bioautographic analysis of plant extracts

Microplastic Ingestion in Arctic Zooplankton Species

Synthesis and Evaluation of Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents

Are there microplastics in the stomachs of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Arviat, Nunavut?

Oil spill detection using a handheld fluorometer: Chemistry Practicum with CanmetENERGY

Laboratory Design: Multi-method Analysis of Metal Adsorption to Diatomite

Development of New Ionic Exchange Methods: Chemistry Practicum with Sterling Chemicals Ltd

A Brief View of Mine Tailings Leaching and Geological Hydrogen Storage: A Chemistry Internship with CanmetENERGY

Investigating The Fate and Biodegradation of Resin and Asphaltenes in water

Development of Lactate Biosensor: Chemistry Practicum with NRC company

The Accumulation of Microplastics in Craig Bay, British Columbia

Observational Air Quality Monitoring in the City of Edmonton: Investigating the Patterns and Presence of Emissions in CO2 Domes

Lignin depolymerization and methylation in batch

What does diversity do? Exploring parent-child play engagement with loose parts to bridge the learning gap between home and early learning environments

Exploring the role of language development in young children’s unstructured play narratives

Children’s involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with loose parts

Queer Characters Impact on Video Games: Comparing Warzone and Apex Legends

No One is an Island: The Misdirection of the Individual Climate Impact Narrative

Analyzing Factors Impacting COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

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Exploring Music Generation with Magenta

Multicommodity Flow Reliability for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks

Comparing Clustering Results of Specialized Functional Models and Standard Models through Comparative Analysis of Traffic Speed Differential Data

Witch Mother Remedy Kit

Album Cover |Typography 2

Film-to-Book Design

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Reimagining ETS Bus Stops

PREY: Aesop's Fables Selected & Visually Told Anew

Plastic Pollution Campaign Posters: The Art and Language of Persuasion

Horoscope Wheel for the Book of the Year 2022/23 - Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch By Rivka Galchen

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Light photography concept for the album design of Pipe Dreams by Jim Walker and The MacEwan Generations Big Band

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The Book Design of ‘A Blow to the Head,' a Poetic Memoir

Designing an Informative Mental Health Visual Novel

Designing for the Future: A Window into Augmented Reality

Designing User Experience in Crossover Zones; Where ETS intersects with the world; A Case Study

Digital Exploration of Human Anatomy and Fashion

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A Story told through Recipes

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Competition Submission for the 'Pipe Dreams' Album

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Arc Card Campaign: ETS

DUETS: Transposing the Auditory into the Visual

The Mabinogion: The First Branch, designed and edited by Kaitlyn Tupper

Digital Interaction in a Shared Public Setting: An Exploration of West Edmonton Mall Map User Experience

Kepler's Blooms: 'erbs of the earth

Modern Rhetoric Through a Classic Lens: An Exploration of Andrew Tate, Cancel Culture, and the Art of the Clip

Affective Adaptations: Stephen King from the page to the Screen

“The Lurking Place of Nameless Terrors”: Queer Alterity within British Normative Subjects in Richard Marsh’s The Beetle

Jeweled Skulls: Fantasy Meets Horror in Fritz Leiber’s Swords Against Death

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Imagination’s Role in Climate Justice via a Deweyan Analysis

Challenging the Spartan ‘Mirage’ by Redefining the Greek Standard for Burials

Round table with Empeños/Trials artists

The Heroic Love of Socrates

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Descartes & Medicine: Healing Teleology

Utilitarianism in Sparta

Worship of Artemis in Ancient Sparta

Heating Up the Market: A case analysis on Kaiso Hot Sauce

Measuring the Effect of COVID on Alberta Oil Prices

Diagonalization of continuous families of matrices over an interval

Generating Functions Related to the Fibonacci Substitution

Time Series Analysis of USD/CAD Exchange Rate

Quaesitum Emporium - No. 1: A Music Composition and Orchestration Project

Impact of Content Reinforcement of Body Tissues on Knowledge Retention in Nursing Students

BMI and Labour: How does obesity in pregnancy affect intrapartum outcomes for pregnant patients?

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Ethical Dilemmas and Considerations for Nurses During the MAID Process: A Literature Review

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as a Predictor of Homelessness in Mothers: A Narrative Review

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Art Therapy as Self Care

Physiological Knowledge Retention in Second-Year Bachelor of Science & Psychiatric Nursing Students

Third-Year Nursing Student’s Physiological Knowledge Retention

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The influence of social media on the alcohol consumption of mothers of children less than or equal to 18 years of age: a scoping review of the literature

Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture: Healthy Environment, Healthy Citizens

The Impact of Content Reinforcement on Anatomical Knowledge Retention of Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems in Nursing Students

Youth-engaged research in a pediatric mental health care trial

Impact of Content Reinforcement of Muscular and Skeletal Systems on Knowledge Retention in Nursing Students

The Historical Relationship Between Parliamentarians and Public Servants in Canada

An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Social and Emotional Learning

Language Effects on Emotion Recognition in Hearing Children and Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants

Mindfulness as a Moderating Variable of Selfishness and Materialism

A Comparison of Student Achievement Across Pedagogical Modalities

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Does a Growth Mindset Intervention Reduce Perfectionism and Procrastination?

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Do Cognitive Load and Processing Mode Influence Stereotypical Thinking About Consent?

Do narcissists act differently with their romantic partner in public vs. private settings?

Childhood Pet Ownership and The Strength of Sibling Relationships

Wake up Sheeple!: Personality traits and belief in pseudoscience

Examining how different sensory inputs impact motor learning

I "Woof" You: How Pet Pictures Influence Online Dating Selection

A procrastination solution for students

From Hurting to Helping?: Psychopathic Traits, Primes, and Costly Helping

The Myths and the Memories: Perceptions of Traumatic Memory and Victim Credibility

Hooked on a terpene: investigating the presence of withdrawal in zebrafish (Danio rerio) following cessation of repeated exposure to ß-caryophyllene

Does Online Biofeedback Increase the Use of Stress Coping in Undergraduate Students?

The cannabis terpene bisabolol increased locomotion but had no affect on anxiety-like behaviour in zebrafish

Examining the anxiolytic potential of Cannabis terpenes: The differential effects of alpha-pinene enantiomers on zebrafish anxiety-like behaviour and locomotion

The behavioural effects of beta-caryophyllene in zebrafish are mediated by CB2 receptor activity

Eyes bridge the gap: how eye gaze-induced arousal biases distance perception

Recognizing Risk Factors for the Perpetration of Campus Sexual Violence

Does perpetrator intoxication during a campus sexual assault influence perceptions of risk and sanction recommendations?

What Does it Mean to be an Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community? Comparing Definitions of LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Individuals

Combating Internalized Homophobia: Protective Factors and Their Effectiveness

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How different magnitudes of visual shift affect motor learning in prism adaptation

Hiding and Searching Behaviours in a 2D environment

Calculating Risk: Sexual Behaviour as a Consequence of Personality, mating orientation, and alcohol consumption

Using Complex Video Games to Improve Executive Function

OCD Correlates and Photographs as a Checking OCD Coping Mechanism

Singing the Stress Away: Karaoke As a Coping Tool

Motivations in Political Conversations

Comparing Public Perceptions of Narcissism and Anxiety

A psychophysiological examination of the automatic arousal response caused by being watched

Book to the Basics: Systematically Teaching Children to Read Well

Do Personality Traits, Ageist Beliefs, and Knowledge of Dementia Influence Canadian Undergraduates Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards People With Dementia?

Worth the Risk: Narcissism and Risky Health Behaviour

Language and Voice Effects on the Perception of Mixed Emotions in Children

Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control: The Associations Between the “Automatic Pilot,” Executive Function, and Executive Attention

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Pluralistic Mating Strategies: Examining sexual orientation with CNM, jealousy, sex drive, and sociosexuality

Puzzling Perceptions: Attraction, sociosexuality, and rivalry evaluations among women

The Impact of Positive Animal Stimuli on Stress and Well-being

The Visual Categorization of Handwritten Letters

Social anxiety response to acute nerolidol exposure in Zebrafish

A methodological exploration of drug dosage time in Zebrafish behavioural pharmacology research

The Unsolved Mysteries of Applied Behaviour Analysis

Does This Look Like STALKING to You? Factors Associated with Identification of Stalking Behaviours

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Profiles of Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Their Sentencing Outcomes, and Risks in Recidivism

Using ACT to Increase Class Engagement in University Students

Does Feeling Heard Improve Emotional Responses to Worldview Conflict?

We’re Queer and We’ve Always Been Here: The Impact of Learning About Queer History on Young Adults in Alberta

The Aversive Effects of Infrasound on Zebrafish in an Open Field Test

Evaluating the Effects of Infrasound Frequencies on Human Stress and Anxiety Behaviours

Investigating the Anxiety-Increasing Potential of β-Carboline (FG-7142) in Zebrafish

Sexpectations: Coercive Control Experiences in Sexual Minorities

Lateralization of facial emotion recognition in the human cerebellum: A transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS Study)

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A Signature Squeak: Acoustic Features Related to Identity in American Pika

Examining Anxiety Sensitivity, Metacognitions, and Anxiety Symptoms

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The Terpene (-)-A-pinene can Alter Locomotion in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Stressed and Stuck: How Can We Motivate Students to Use Effective Coping Strategies?

Falling Through the Cracks: The Gaps in our Healthcare System Integration of Applied Behavioural Analysis in Pediatric Primary Care

He Said, She Said, They Said: Gender Identity, Displayed Emotion, and Perceptions of Sexual Assault

Canadian Undergraduate Perspectives on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for Mental Illness: Does Psychiatric Illness Type and/or Age Influence Acceptance of MAiD?

Discrimination and Picking up Political Cues

Neuropharmalogical Effects of Acute Terpinolene Administration on Zebrafish Behaviour

Finding comfort in a world of uncertainty: Exploring Ecological grief and anxiety through support circles

Increasing Independent Self-Care in Autistic Children through Telehealth Parent Coaching

Parasocial Relationships and Materialism in the Media: The Moderating Role of Motivation

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Music Entertainment Effects on Attention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Redefining detection limits of the baker-Nunn telescope

The link between supernovae and star births

Falling Through the Cracks: Case Management of Clients Accessing Services in A Settlement Agency, Edmonton, Alberta

Afrocentric Knowledge Within the Context of Social Work Education and Practice

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From Global Practices to Global Mindedness: Utilizing Reflexivity and Cultural Relevance Towards a Global Indigenization of International Social Work

Three years of individual and community-based research in Indigenous worldview and housing

BIPOC Community Contributions in Volunteerism and Civic Engagement

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Workplace Inequality

Displacement of Ukraine

The Effect of Russian Colonialism on Ukrainian cultural identity

Gendered Representations of Crime in the Media

Effects on emergency department wait times due to Covid-19

The Normalization of Weight-Cutting in Combat Sports: A Sociological Analysis

Representation of Multiculturalism Within the 2021 Federal Election

Medical Racism in Canada: A literature Review

A Woman's Role in a Mans World: Understanding Gender in Corrections

Investigation into the Implementation of Rehabilitation in the Penal System

Citywide Youth ID Access: Youth Empowerment and Support Services

Perceptions of Dairy Farms on the Environment: A Content Analysis of TikTok Comments

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Towards Indigenous Food Sovereignty

City Wide ID Project : C5

Sharenting and Exploitation: A Content Analysis of Public Reactions to the Wren Eleanor Situation

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Student Experience and Reactions to Online Learning on Facebook: A Content Analysis of Remote Learning Issues during COVID-19

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Masked Reactions: Public Reactions to a Masking Update by the Premier of Alberta

Content Reinforcement of Cell and Membrane Transport between Physical Education and Arts and Science Students

Content Reinforcement of Cell Membrane and Transport Improves Long-term Knowledge Retention in Physical Education Students

Massage Therapy for Ankle Mobility and Spasticity in an Adult with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report

Examining parent-child play types, duration, and engagement with loose parts: How parental income, educational attainment, and children’s age and cognitive functioning shape loose parts play

Children's Rights: Focusing on How Consent and Inclusion Affect Participation

"I'm Exhausted!" The effects of fatigue on deaf students

Investigating Black Women’s Work Experiences in Canada: An Undergraduate Student’s Perspective

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Preventative Health Methodology in the Canadian Market

Can Geothermal Heat Projects and Systems help stimulate economic development in rural and small-town Alberta?

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Research of Baroque and Renaissance painting for the purpose of creating a painting of contemporary student life

Chismosa: The gossiper and the act of self-portraiture