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- Creators: Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
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Every professional sports organization relies on three pillars: money, fan engagement, and team performance. Within these pillars lie several subcategories, encompassing the entirety of an organization. Ideal sports organizations maintain a balance between these subcategories, not allowing one factor to heavily influence the others. Using data from 2008-2019, any relationships displayed between performance, attendance, and payroll by each team in the NBA and MLB will be quantified. A series of regression tests will uncover any correlations between three key statistics that generalize each pillar: payroll, attendance, and performance. A significant correlation between performance and attendance indicate a team has shown increased levels of attendance during seasons of improved performance. A significant correlation between payroll and performance implies that improvements in performance have typically occurred with a similar increase in payroll. Significant correlations between payroll and attendance show a team’s attendance typically declined when payroll decreased. The results of each test are compared on a league level and teams are categorized based on their combinations of significant correlations. Teams with no significant correlations between payroll, performance, and attendance have won the most championships over the past 12 years, and have the best organizational foundation moving forwards.
ContributorsHollerbach, MacLain David Cordeiro (Author) / Lee, Christopher (Thesis director) / Nelson, Scott (Committee member) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
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The purpose of this project was to characterize the mucin layer in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). EoE is a chronic disease that is characterized by eosinophilic inflammation in the esophagus. The current diagnosis and standard of care for patients with EoE is less than ideal. Diagnosis is highly invasive as it requires histological confirmation of eosinophilic inflammation in the esophagus, the patient must undergo an upper endoscopy to obtain the tissue sample. The histology as determined by the pathologist is subjective not quantitative which causes significant error in diagnosis. The current treatment methods are dietary therapy or corticosteroids, which require significant cost and time. The pathology of EoE is largely unknown, though it is known to involve allergic inflammatory and type-2 cytokine-mediated responses. Past studies have determined the genetic expression of mucins to be varied in the esophagi of EoE patients using RNA sequencing techniques. The varied expression of mucins in the esophagi of EoE patients has not been validated at the protein level. This study sought to better define mucin protein expression, specifically that of MUC1, MUC4, and MUC7, in the esophagi of EoE patients (n=4) and control patients (n=3). This was accomplished using histological staining. The tissue samples were stained for eosinophil peroxidase (EPX) in order to visualize the eosinophils, which are a pathological marker of EoE. The results of this study showed a qualitative increase in the protein expression of MUC4 in patients with EoE, indicating that MUC4 may play a protective role in the body’s defense against EoE. MUC1 and MUC7 staining showed no pattern. This study defined the conditions necessary for precise staining of esophageal tissues with the MUC4 8G7 antibody. The orientation of the tissue samples on the slides and the small sample size created significant difficulty in analysis and inhibited quantitative analysis. Future studies with tissue orientation standardization and greater sample size are needed to confirm the findings of this study. If verified, the increase of MUC4 protein expression in patients with EoE has implications for EoE diagnostics and therapeutics.
ContributorsCall, Abigail (Author) / Plaisier, Christopher (Thesis director) / Jacobsen, Elizabeth (Committee member) / Chemical Engineering Program (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05
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In India, the number of people with diabetes continues to grow rapidly, and those living in rural areas are directly affected by limited resources and provider accessibility resulting in insufficient self-care knowledge. This creative project focuses on how leaflet handouts were used to implement patient education on self-care management for patients with diabetes living in the rural outskirts of New Delhi, India. Implementation was done in pop up clinics in rural villages of the outskirts of New Delhi as well as through a volunteer-run free clinic in the town of Faridabad. Leaflet components included diet, exercise, medication information, signs of hypoglycemia, and a celebrity segment. The content and layout of the leaflets were based on concepts from Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory as well as critically appraised literature. Results were comparable to the literature review in that they demonstrated knowledge deficit of foot care, medication adherence, and health status. Overall, the implementation of the leaflets greatly assisted in patient education with complete language barrier, as well as proved to be sustainable after six months.
ContributorsLozano, Angela Maria (Author) / Rascon, Aliria (Thesis director) / Crawford, Daniel (Committee member) / Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05
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Did He Kill the Mockingbird? is a play I wrote, which explores the effects of being on the Autism Spectrum plays in Arthur Radley’s life. Arthur Radley is a very misunderstood member of Maycomb County, who is constantly seen as a lesser member of society in Maycomb County.
Did He Kill the Mockingbird? provides an alternate ending to To Kill a Mockingbird. In the original play, the townspeople never discovered that Arthur Radley killed Bob Ewell. In Did He Kill the Mockingbird? a townsperson overhears Atticus Finch and Heck Tate discussing Bob Ewell's death. This leads the townsperson to tell others in Maycomb County of the events that had unfolded the night Bob Ewell died.
As the play progresses, we explore how ignorance, willful and not, change the daily lives and actions of individuals who have mental illnesses and disabilities such as Autism. The townspeople may not see a problem with the way they treat Arthur Radley, as he is just a man who they believe stabbed his mother. However, in reality, they are causing more harm by encouraging and perpetuating rumors about Arthur Radley. In turn, the rumors enhance the stigma that plagues Arthur Radley.
Jean Louise Finch is the main character in Did he Kill the Mockingbird? Jean supports Arthur Radley, and is able to see the good in him although the rest of the townspeople continue to believe he is a bad person.
I hope that my version of this alternative ending to original play brings to light the changes that we need to make as a society to encourage the acceptance of all people. As a society, we need to treat all people, whether disabled or not, as equals. Rather than perpetuating stereotypes, we need to encourage everyone to work hard and reach for their goals whatever they may be.
Did He Kill the Mockingbird? provides an alternate ending to To Kill a Mockingbird. In the original play, the townspeople never discovered that Arthur Radley killed Bob Ewell. In Did He Kill the Mockingbird? a townsperson overhears Atticus Finch and Heck Tate discussing Bob Ewell's death. This leads the townsperson to tell others in Maycomb County of the events that had unfolded the night Bob Ewell died.
As the play progresses, we explore how ignorance, willful and not, change the daily lives and actions of individuals who have mental illnesses and disabilities such as Autism. The townspeople may not see a problem with the way they treat Arthur Radley, as he is just a man who they believe stabbed his mother. However, in reality, they are causing more harm by encouraging and perpetuating rumors about Arthur Radley. In turn, the rumors enhance the stigma that plagues Arthur Radley.
Jean Louise Finch is the main character in Did he Kill the Mockingbird? Jean supports Arthur Radley, and is able to see the good in him although the rest of the townspeople continue to believe he is a bad person.
I hope that my version of this alternative ending to original play brings to light the changes that we need to make as a society to encourage the acceptance of all people. As a society, we need to treat all people, whether disabled or not, as equals. Rather than perpetuating stereotypes, we need to encourage everyone to work hard and reach for their goals whatever they may be.
ContributorsTravieso, Alejandra (Author) / Fette, Donald (Thesis director) / Hoyt, Heather (Committee member) / Division of Teacher Preparation (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05
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With opioid use disorder (OUD) being an epidemic, it is important to investigate the mechanisms as to why this is so. This study established a self-administration paradigm to model and investigate the mechanisms of polysubstance, sequential use in conjunction with the analysis of withdrawal symptomatology driven by opioid withdrawal. The independent variables were dichotomized into the control group (food/cocaine) and the experimental group (oxycodone/cocaine). We hypothesized that more cocaine would be self-administered on the first day of oxycodone withdrawal. In addition, we hypothesized that somatic signs of withdrawal would increase at 16 hours post-oxycodone self-administration. Finally, we hypothesized that cocaine intake during oxycodone withdrawal would potentiate subsequent oxycodone self-administration. Our findings revealed that animals readily discriminated between the active (food or oxycodone) and inactive levers - but will however require more animals to achieve the appropriate power. Further, the average cocaine infusions across phases exhibited significance between the oxycodone/cocaine and food/cocaine group, with the average cocaine infusions being lower in food than in oxycodone-experienced animals. This implies that the exacerbation of the sequential co-use pattern in this case yields an increase in cocaine infusions that may be driven by oxycodone withdrawal. Further, to characterize withdrawal from oxycodone self-administration, somatic signs were examined at either 0 or 16 hrs following completion of oxycodone self-administration. The oxycodone/cocaine group exhibited significantly lower body temperature at 16 hrs of oxycodone withdrawal compared to 0 hrs. No differences in somatic signs of withdrawal in the food/cocaine group was found between the two timepoints. Oxycodone withdrawal was not found to potentiate any subsequent self-administration of oxycodone. Future research is needed to uncover neurobiological underpinnings of motivated polysubstance use in order to discover novel pharmacotherapeutic treatments to decrease co-use of drugs of abuse. Overall, this study is of importance as it is the first to establish a working preclinical model of a clinically-relevant pattern of polysubstance use. By doing so, it enables an exceptional opportunity to examine co-use in a highly-controlled setting.
ContributorsUlangkaya, Hanaa Corsino (Author) / Gipson-Reichardt, Cassandra (Thesis director) / Olive, M. Foster (Committee member) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05
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There is a widely held assumption that a good chief executive in the business world will
be a good chief executive in the government. In the past, there have been many Chief Executives
in the government who have had either military experience, or some congressional experience.
President Ulysses S. Grant was a General, President Zachary Tayler was a Major General,
President Herbert Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce, and contributed to the Treaty of
Versailles, and therefore cannot be criticized on the basis of having no practical government
experience, as well as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was also a Commanding
General. On the other hand, with many well-known entrepreneurs, people tend to focus on the
achievements that those people accomplish, and thus see that as something that can be
transitioned from business to politics. However, I would argue that this is generally not the case.
be a good chief executive in the government. In the past, there have been many Chief Executives
in the government who have had either military experience, or some congressional experience.
President Ulysses S. Grant was a General, President Zachary Tayler was a Major General,
President Herbert Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce, and contributed to the Treaty of
Versailles, and therefore cannot be criticized on the basis of having no practical government
experience, as well as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was also a Commanding
General. On the other hand, with many well-known entrepreneurs, people tend to focus on the
achievements that those people accomplish, and thus see that as something that can be
transitioned from business to politics. However, I would argue that this is generally not the case.
ContributorsGuerrero, Ismael (Author) / Watson, Jeffrey (Thesis director) / Broberg, Gregory (Committee member) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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When President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected in 2018, I read news stories that claimed he was “Mexico’s Trump” for his anti-establishment rhetoric—and his attacks on the press. My goal with this project was to gain a better understanding of attacks on the press in Mexico and their impact.
For this thesis project, I went back to Mexico to speak with journalists and academics about the country’s political history, the history of its press, and what it is like to work as a reporter under the López Obrador administration.
This project uses qualitative interviews with Mexican and American reporters and academics in Mexico and the United States with firsthand experience reporting on Trump and AMLO and thorough knowledge on Mexican culture and history. It will attempt to explain how, even though attacks on the press are similar on both sides of the border, López Obrador’s attacks on the press in Mexico have a larger impact because of the Mexican press’ relatively young independence, influenced by a system of government censure and control over the media, as well as the lasting effects of the Mexican political system in the 20th century.
For this thesis project, I went back to Mexico to speak with journalists and academics about the country’s political history, the history of its press, and what it is like to work as a reporter under the López Obrador administration.
This project uses qualitative interviews with Mexican and American reporters and academics in Mexico and the United States with firsthand experience reporting on Trump and AMLO and thorough knowledge on Mexican culture and history. It will attempt to explain how, even though attacks on the press are similar on both sides of the border, López Obrador’s attacks on the press in Mexico have a larger impact because of the Mexican press’ relatively young independence, influenced by a system of government censure and control over the media, as well as the lasting effects of the Mexican political system in the 20th century.
ContributorsPietsch, Bryan (Author) / Crane, Steve (Thesis director) / Martinez, Andres (Committee member) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Comm (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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Many journals provide guidelines for their publications, which outline the expectations for authors when submitting an article for publication. Although these guidelines have become common practice for some journals, there is little written regarding the impact that these guidelines have on the reporting of research. This paper aims to provide insight regarding the question of “How do journal guidelines address the reporting of data in scientific journals?” This study does not measure the impact that guidelines have had on the reporting of research and instead aims to use the established methodology of document analysis to develop a new instrument for helping understand how and whether publication guidelines impact the reporting of data. The work conducted to develop this methodology involved analysis of the language used in publication guidelines and its potential impact on the use of qualitative versus quantitative data in the reporting of animal behavior research. The topic was chosen as animal behavior research often requires the use of both quantitative and qualitative observations when reporting. In this study, we examined the differences in publication guidelines outlined by the Elsevier’s Animal Behaviour between the years 1960 and 2019, to identify any potential influence of the journal’s publication guidelines on the reporting of scientific research in Animal Behaviour. This study highlights three emerging themes (data presentation, types of research topics and paper types) and identifies supporting language in the guidelines that address the use of qualitative and quantitative terms in the reporting of scientific research.
ContributorsVazquez, Luis Armando (Author) / Briggs, Georgette (Thesis director) / Brian, Jennifer (Committee member) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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This research highlights how problems that women face at the structural, social, professional and individual level impact their business success, personal growth, and the business economic environment. The first section of the paper provides a global view about gender gaps and challenges. The second section is narrowed down to the city of Baños de Agua Santa in Ecuador where the findings were sought through a grounded theory research. After the analysis of the findings, a business model has been developed which addresses the major challenges and problems that women and the city are currently encountering. The ultimate purpose is to implement the project in the city; it promotes entrepreneurial education, innovation, association, and personal growth. The overall research is a cutting-edge study as it emphasizes that the business success of women entrepreneurs is not solved by one big fixed but more through a holistic solution.
ContributorsCurrat Luna, Daphne Christelle (Author) / Mary, Sully De Luque (Thesis director) / Joshua, Ault (Committee member) / Thunderbird School of Global Management (Contributor) / College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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This research project dug into mathematics in music, exploring the various ways a number series was used in the 20th century to create musical compositions. The Fibonacci Series (FS) is an infinite number series that is created by taking the two previous numbers to create the next, excluding 0 and 1 at the very start of the series. As the numbers grow larger, the ratios between the numbers of the FS approach the value of another mathematical concept known as the Golden Mean (GM). The GM is so closely related to the series that it is used interchangeably in terms of proportions and overall structure of musical pieces. This is similar to how both the FS and GM are found in aspects of nature, like to all too well-known conch shell spiral.
The FS in music was used in a variety of ways throughout the 20th century, primarily focusing on durations and overall structure in its use. Examples of this are found in Béla Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste (1936), Allegro barbaro (1911), Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Klavierstück IX (1955), and Luigi Nono’s il canto sospeso (1955). These works are analyzed in detail within my research, and I found every example to have a natural feel to them even if its use of the FS is carefully planned out by the composer. Bartók’s works are the least precise of my examples but perhaps the most natural ones. This imprecision in composition may be considered a more natural use of the FS in music, since nature is not always perfect either. However, in works such as Stockhausen’s, the structure is meticulously formatted in such that the precision is masked by a cycle as to appear more natural.
The conclusion of my research was a commissioned work for my instrument, the viola. I provided my research to composer Jacob Miller Smith, a DMA Music Composition student at ASU, and together we built the framework for the piece he wrote for me. We utilized the life cycle of the Black-Eyed Susan, a flower that uses the FS in its number of petals. The life cycle of a flower is in seven parts, so the piece was written to have seven separate sections in a palindrome within an overall ABA’ format. To utilize the FS, Smith used Fibonacci number durations for rests between notes, note/gesture groupings, and a mapping of 12358 as the set (01247). I worked with Smith during the process to make sure that the piece was technically suitable for my capabilities and the instrument, and I premiered the work in my defense.
The Fibonacci Series and Golden Mean in music provides a natural feel to the music it is present in, even if it is carefully planned out by the composer. More work is still to be done to develop the FS’s use in music, but the examples presented in this project lay down a framework for it to take a natural place in music composition.
The FS in music was used in a variety of ways throughout the 20th century, primarily focusing on durations and overall structure in its use. Examples of this are found in Béla Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste (1936), Allegro barbaro (1911), Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Klavierstück IX (1955), and Luigi Nono’s il canto sospeso (1955). These works are analyzed in detail within my research, and I found every example to have a natural feel to them even if its use of the FS is carefully planned out by the composer. Bartók’s works are the least precise of my examples but perhaps the most natural ones. This imprecision in composition may be considered a more natural use of the FS in music, since nature is not always perfect either. However, in works such as Stockhausen’s, the structure is meticulously formatted in such that the precision is masked by a cycle as to appear more natural.
The conclusion of my research was a commissioned work for my instrument, the viola. I provided my research to composer Jacob Miller Smith, a DMA Music Composition student at ASU, and together we built the framework for the piece he wrote for me. We utilized the life cycle of the Black-Eyed Susan, a flower that uses the FS in its number of petals. The life cycle of a flower is in seven parts, so the piece was written to have seven separate sections in a palindrome within an overall ABA’ format. To utilize the FS, Smith used Fibonacci number durations for rests between notes, note/gesture groupings, and a mapping of 12358 as the set (01247). I worked with Smith during the process to make sure that the piece was technically suitable for my capabilities and the instrument, and I premiered the work in my defense.
The Fibonacci Series and Golden Mean in music provides a natural feel to the music it is present in, even if it is carefully planned out by the composer. More work is still to be done to develop the FS’s use in music, but the examples presented in this project lay down a framework for it to take a natural place in music composition.
ContributorsFerry, Courtney (Author) / Knowles, Kristina (Thesis director) / Buck, Nancy (Committee member) / School of Music (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12