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Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found organically in psychedelic mushrooms, is currently classified as a Schedule I drug with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule I classification regulations on psilocybin largely makes doing significant research infeasible due to bureaucratic and financial barriers. Despite this classification, some researchers have studied the impact of ingesting psilocybin as a means of treating mental disorders and other conditions. Current and past research shows promising results for psilocybin’s ability to alleviate symptoms associated with mental disorders while also having a low abuse potential. In the interest of public benefit for the discovery of novel treatments and insight into brain function, psilocybin must be redesignated to allow for more extensive research in order to determine its therapeutic potential.
ContributorsCristal Resendiz Zarazua, Cristal (Author) / Puttick, Jessica (Co-author) / Rigoni, Adam (Thesis director) / Fong, Benjamin (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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The town of Visaginas, originally known as Sniečkus, is a small city in Lithuania located about a two hour drive from the country's capital of Vilnius. While Vilnius is a lively and big city of about 600,000 that draws people in and acts as the country’s hub, Visaginas is a small and quiet town. The town is a Soviet-planned city, and was fully established in 1975 almost exclusively to house workers of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. Its ties to Russia and nuclear energy give Visaginas a complex history. Almost all workers at the nuclear plant came from the Soviet Union, so the community served as an instrument for Russification. Visaginas' geographically isolated location and predominantly Russian speaking demographic effectively makes it an exclave in Lithuania. When the decommissioning of the INPP was completed, Visaginas lost its main source of economic revenue, but it was also a huge loss to the community because their sense of identity was strongly tied to the nuclear plant. Visaginas provides a one of a kind case study and a unique opportunity to examine the energy justice implications of the end of the nuclear industry.
The complex relationship between Lithuania and the Soviet Union, succeeded by Russia, has played a major role in shaping Visaginas as well as contributing to some of the ongoing struggles in the region. This thesis will aim to address the history of Visaginas in relation to the geopolitics between Russia and Lithuania and examine the lifespan of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. The decommissioning will be framed through the lens of energy justice by examining the distributive, participatory, and recognition justice implications that stemmed from the decommissioning process. Finally, the paper will address the era of post-nuclear urbanism in Visaginas, Lithuania, and explore possible future avenues for the town. This thesis is a comprehensive literature review of relevant research and studies completed relating to the topic, and elements informed by the Generator Project week-long field school, a European Humanities University energy justice fellowship.
ContributorsBussiere, Jacqueline (Author) / Richter, Jennifer (Thesis director) / Kelman, Jonathan (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / School of Sustainability (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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If quantum computing becomes feasible, many popular cryptographic schemes, such as RSA, Diffie-Helman, and methods using elliptic curves will no longer be secure. This paper explores code-based cryptography, specifically looking the McEliece cryptosystem, as well as the more recent Classical McEliece cryptosystem, which was proposed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a potentially quantum-secure algorithm.
ContributorsFletcher, Julia (Author) / Sprung, Florian (Thesis director) / Childress, Nancy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This project analyzes a survey given to currently incarcerated men and women in Arizona asking about their experiences on community supervision, what motivated them, what challenges they faced, and what ideas they have for resources or aspects of the program that would help support their success. This is to bring light to the incarcerated perspective on these issues, provide insight into lived experiences on community supervision, and uncover what helps and what hinders people’s success in community corrections programs on a structural level. After describing the survey conducted and the results collected, formal and practical recommendations for the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry are made based on this research and existing literature, designed to help improve the way community corrections operates to cultivate more successful completions and foster rehabilitation.
ContributorsGuevara, Monique (Author) / Wright, Kevin (Thesis director) / Barnhart, Patricia (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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The Eutopia zine explores Utopian philosophy through several essays and art pieces. Utopianism is often critiques for being naïve and unrealistic. This zine aims to analyze and counter that criticism by proposing that the value of utopianism is not to create the end product of "utopia", but to consider how envisioning better futures can help guide our present action and resistance. The zine is available for viewing online here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c09f6227e8.html
ContributorsPhillips, Corinne (Author) / Napolitano, Daniella (Thesis director) / Brian, Jenny (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / School of Art (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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While Latinos are assumed to be a homogenous group regarding political opinions, there are actually a variety of factors than can affect them. This thesis analyzes the opinions of Latinos across four generations regarding immigration opinions and how their generational and nativity status can affect those opinions. Using survey data, Latinos were asked about their opinions on various immigration policies and analyzed across generations and nativity status. It was found younger generations of Latinos may actually be more likely to be in favor of restrictive immigration policies.
ContributorsFowler, Morgan (Author) / Neuner, Fabian (Thesis director) / Rouse, Stella (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
Created2024-05