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The collection contains posters by undergraduate students in the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Student Research Program (VUSRP). The goal of VUSRP is to enhance joint student-faculty research efforts.
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Item Domestic violence among undocumented Hispanic immigrant couples: an ecological solution to the problem (Powerpoint)(Vanderbilt University, 2008-09) Erb, Melanie; Cynthia Wasick, Roger ConnerEach year, thousands of abused Hispanic immigrant women struggle to balance their personal safety with competing goals such as family unity, financial security, and cultural loyalty. While domestic violence poses difficulties for all women who want to seek help, immigration status can create additional obstacles for abused women who want to escape domestic abuse. When both she and her partner are undocumented, an immigrant women must consider a wide range of repercussions before she can decide whether or not to report domestic violence to the police or to seek help from social services. One of the goals of this research is to document the various environmental factors which hinder or improve an immigrant woman's chance of receiving help for domestic violence. In particular, this presentation tries to assess the factors which discourage or encourage undocumented Hispanic immigrant women from seeking help against domestic violence committed by their undocumented, male Hispanic partners. Some of the supportive factors may include bilingual social services, community-based violence prevention programs, and domestic violence laws which afford immigration relief to undocumented victims of domestic abuse. Some factors which discourage immigrant women from seeking help include cultural sanctioning of domestic violence, lack of knowledge about social services, and legal remedies which do not benefit the victim. In addition to assessing the factors which encourage and discourage help-seeking after domestic violence has occurred this research analyzes the factors which affect whether or not domestic violence happens in the first place. In order to recommend policies which will target at-risk groups of Hispanics, this presentation identifies risk factors which increase the likelihood that an undocumented Hispanic man will become an abuser and risk factors which increase the likelihood that an undocumented Hispanic woman will become a victim of domestic violence. After citing risk factors, this presentation describes how social programs can remove or ameliorate those risk factors so as to prevent domestic violence.Item A novel device for controlling D. discoideum movement with an electric field(Vanderbilt University, 2008-09-12) Skandarajah, Arunan; Henson, DevinCells have been shown to respond to electric fields, moving in a process known as electrotaxis. This process has significant implications in human physiology, but devices that allow scientists to study electrotaxis are inadequate. The poster demonstrates the construction a device utilizing microfluidics to address current problems and serve as an easily adaptable platform for diverse future experiments. Dictyostelium discoideum is a useful model for human cells and is used to test the new technology.Item Coping profiles associated with barriers to self-management in adolescent diabetes(Vanderbilt University, 2008-09) Hartog, Alison; Mulvaney, Shelagh; Wallston, Kenneth A.; Ken Wallston, PhDItem Recruitment of the knee extensor muscles during cycling using EMG and MRI(Vanderbilt University, 2008-09-10) Cook, Ryan; Elder, Christopher; Damon, Bruce; Bruce DamonThis poster explores the spatial and temporal pattern of muscle activation during stationary cycling using surface EMG (Electromyography) and mfMRI (Muscle functional MRI). Two females and two males, all four recreationally active, are used in the testing, and six different muscles are examined.