The Human Understanding of Garments: An Exploratory Study on Technology Inspired Clothing Design for Young Adults with Anxiety

Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award - Group category, grand prizeYingying WuThe purpose of this exploratory study investigates the clothing preferences and choices of people who have anxiety issues. The goal of this project is three-fold: 1) studying the relationship between people's anxiety and their clothing choices; 2) experiment with different apparel technologies to accommodate the wants and needs of people who have anxiety issues, and 3) developing an apparel collection that incorporates apparel technologies to address the anxiety issues of the wearer. The basis for this project revolves around innovative apparel technology, anxiety issues, and their relationships with clothing preferences and choices. The research study included questions about the effect of color, comfort, and fit in clothing in correspondence to participants' anxiety as well as their demographics. Our project “HUG” is focused on the subjects within our 18–25-year target market

MARS/NDRI/KSU Communications Workshop: Part 1. Introductory Material

A. Agenda – Pages 1-2 B. List of attendees – Pages 3-4 C. Group photo of participants – Page

Swell and magmatic fluxes along the Louisville hotspot chain. Data associated with Adam et al. (2022) published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Column 1: longitude Column 2: latitude Column 3: distance from active volcanism (in meters) Column 4: volcanism age (in Ma) Column 5: magmatism flux (in m3s-1) Column 6: swell flux (in m3s-1

MARS/NDRI/KSU Communications Workshop: Part 4. Nominal Group Discussions

A. Nominal Group Discussion Process Description – Pages 1-2 B. Sample Results from Dhulikhel Conference – Page 3 C. Nominal Group Question Organization Matrices for Days 1 and 2 – Page 4 D. Interpreting Nominal Group Discussion Results – Pages 5-

An Examination of Student Loans, Partisanship and Complaining Behavior: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

This research examines consumer complaints within a government-to-consumer context. The study is focused on two highly discussed topics, student loans and partisanship. While student loans are widely promoted to college students, outstanding U.S. student loan debt trails only consumer debt. Similarly, a stark contrast exists between the views of the two major political parties within the U.S. Our examination provides a nuanced view of partisanship and its effect on complaining behaviors within the student loan realm. Specifically, our study investigates whether partisanship affects the level of student loan complaints submitted to a federal agency initiated during partisan division. Our contributions include the use of a diverse, integrated database that enables insights into complaining behaviors within an understudied area, the government-to-consumer context

Vegetarian Menu Substitution Practices and Nutrition Professionals' Involvement in the Foodservice Operations of Urban Kansas Childcare Centers

Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to 155 urban Kansas childcare centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Initial survey distribution occurred on March 7, 2020, and responses were collected through August 2020. Results: Representatives from (N=85) childcare centers answered the survey, resulting in a response rate of 54.8%. When asked how frequently a vegetarian alternative was offered in lieu of the standard meal, 32.9% (n=28) answered “1-2 times/week”, 3.5% (n=3) answered “three times/week”, 15.3% (n=13) answered “four-five times/week”, and 41.2% (n=35) indicated they “never provide a vegetarian alternative”. Multiple centers reported routinely serving a vegetarian meal as the main meal center wide. One in four respondents (n=21) was unsure if vegetarian meals could qualify for CACFP reimbursement. When asked to indicate the credentials of the individuals involved in their centers’ menu process and/or foodservice operations, the most frequently cited credentials were the CACFP Child Nutrition Professional (CCNP), the CACFP Management Professional (CMP), and the School Nutrition Specialist (SNS) credentials which accounted for (n=11), (n=7), and (n=5) responses respectively. Over a third of the centers (36.4%, n=31) reported that their menus were written by the owner or an operations team member, and only 5.9% (n=5) reported menus being written by a dietitian/nutritionist. Application To Child Nutrition Professionals: The majority of the centers provided a vegetarian alternative at least once a week. However, the lack of confidence surrounding CACFP reimbursement for vegetarian meals highlights an important knowledge gap. In addition, many of the centers’ menus were written by the owner or an operations team member suggesting an underutilization of the expertise nutrition professionals have to offer

Investigations into dianionic scorpionate ligands and their metal complexes

Master of ScienceDepartment of ChemistryPeter E. SuesLigand design helps to define reactivity in coordination complexes and organometallic chemistry. Ligand characteristics greatly influence the reactivity of transition metal complexes and simple changes in the steric or electronic properties of a ligand can drastically affect the activity and selectivity of a catalyst. Scorpionate ligands are an easily tunable and display flexible binding modes in that they can act as bidentate or tridentate donors. In literature scorpionate ligands with charged donors are underrepresented and this is an area with great potential to explore and discover new organometallic complexes with novel reactivity. Inspired by scorpionate ligands and phenolate ligands throughout the literature, a set of eight neutral ligands were synthesized and utilized in the generation of metal complexes. These novel ligands were diphenolate ligands with a nitrogen or oxygen containing tail. The steric hinderance of these structures was varied using the ortho substituents on the phenol groups. The various tails also allowed the binding strength of the ligands to be varied. Studies on the activity of the complexes bearing these scorpionate ligands were performed. The effect of the steric size of the ligands as well as binding strength of the tail were investigated

An Overview of the Correlation between Societal Influences, Bodybuilding, and Muscular Dysmorphia

Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award - Individual Non-Freshman category, honorable mentionKatie HeinrichData suggests that there is an underlying connection between societal influences (i.e. childhood, advertisements), bodybuilding training, and muscular dysmorphia, a condition in which a patient believes they are "too small." This relationship is discussed and explored in this literature review

MARS/NDRI/KSU Communications Workshop: Part 5. Summary of Responses to Day 1 Nominal Group Questions

A. Identify Key Issues Regarding Mycotoxins of Relevance to Consumers – Pages 1-3 B. Identify Key Issues Regarding Mycotoxins of Relevance to Producers, Traders & Distributors – Pages 4-5 C. Identify Key Issues Regarding Mycotoxins of Relevance to Health Professionals – Pages 6-8 D. Identify Key Issues Regarding Mycotoxins of Relevance to Educators, Trainers & Researchers – Pages 9-11 E. Identify Key Issues Regarding Mycotoxins of Relevance to Policy Makers & Regulators – Pages 12-1