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{"title":"Violence and Development: The Cost Countries Pay for High Rates of Homicide","authors":"B. Lowe","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/9","url":null,"abstract":"Violence is one of the largest and most persistent humanitarian crises across the globe. Understanding violence’s role in economic costs and losses is crucial to informing and guiding decision makers. This study uses international panel data to conduct a log-linear regression with time and country fixed effects. It focuses on studying the causal effects of violent crime on GDP at an aggregate, international level. The results find that the homicide rate has a statistically significant, negative effect on GDP per capita. Acts of violence come not just at a humanitarian cost, but also at the cost of economic progress and growth. From these results, recommendations of further investigation into this relationship as well as spending allocation at a country-level are made.","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126042798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Alcohol on the Developing Drosophila Nervous System","authors":"Erica E. Hassoun","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/18","url":null,"abstract":"Ethanol is the most common human teratogen, contributing to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) when effects are the most severe. Key effects of fetal alcohol syndrome are observed in the nervous system. The high prevalence of prenatal alcohol exposure necessitates novel treatment and prevention methods. However, ethical issues prevent researching humans in utero. For this reason, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has emerged as a model organism for studying FAS. Because Drosophila is a small and non-placental organism, its environment can be easily controlled, allowing for specific doses and time periods of ethanol exposure to be studied. This review discusses findings related to the impact of alcohol on the developing Drosophila nervous system. Findings related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) exposure, a consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure due to the metabolism of alcohol, are emphasized. Impacts of ethanol on insulin signaling and epidermal growth factors are also mentioned. Further research on Drosophila nervous system development under ethanol exposure may prove beneficial in the treatment and prevention of FAS.","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129426105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Your Personal Guide to Getting into Research","authors":"Katherine Brown","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133834800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel Pilot Development of a Closed-Loop Sustainable System Between Biogas Renewable Energy, Distilling, and Aquaculture by Vermiculture of Stillage Wastes","authors":"S. Kessler","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/15","url":null,"abstract":"This study provides a mixed-methods approach in analyzing a potential closed-loop system between renewable biogas production from anaerobic digestion, vermiculture production, aquaculture production, and organic wastes with a particular focus on stillage wastes. Knowledge gaps to implementing this system were qualitatively identified as disconnect between digestate management of biodigestion and aquaculture production. This gap was addressed by conducting a vermiculture rearing trial utilizing a digestate-infused substrate (along with an organic sorbent and stillage wastes) for Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL, Hermetia illucens). Those larvae were then analyzed for nutritional content, to consider in comparison to other Hermetia illucens used in commercial BSFL products for aquaculture feed production. In a separate aquaculture production trial, said BSFL ingredients were formulated into two different aquaculture feeds to assess a comparison with commercial aquaculture feed for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromus niloticus) which is one of the most widely cultured species. Results provide that BSFL feed is readily accepted by Tilapia, and that BSFL reared on the digestate infused substrate are of comparable proximate nutritional content. This study verifies the efficacy of a directional link between anaerobic biodigestion, vermiculture, and aquaculture and, therefore, holds great potential to implement a more closed-loop sustainable system with the primary outputs of food products and renewable biogas energy from anaerobic biodigestion in such a manner that may reduce methane emissions from component practices of the more closed-loop model. The conclusion of this pilot scale work urges large-scale implementation, which necessitates collaboration between scientific and industrial communities along with support from policymakers and legislative bodies to incentivize synergetic behavior across multiple sectors and components of the system.","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123577506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Metamorphosis in Amphibians and the Role of Thyroid Hormone","authors":"H. Maxwell","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/20","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115400848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Lieber Code: A Historical Analysis of the Context and Drafting of General Orders No. 100","authors":"Alexander Mindrup","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/27","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"140 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125828996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Media’s innate feature of Social Interaction and Engagement that are Utilized by the Marketing Industry","authors":"Zayna Qaissi","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130610871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Microbial Influence on Alzheimer's Disease","authors":"Ashley N. Hamby","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"39 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120915578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Loneliest Galaxies in the Universe: A GAMA and GalaxyZoo Study on Void Galaxy Morphology","authors":"L. Porter","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/5","url":null,"abstract":"The Loneliest Galaxies in the Universe: A GAMA and GalaxyZoo Study on Void Galaxy Morphology Lori Porter and Benne Holwerda 1 The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA ABSTRACT The large-scale structure (LSS) of the universe is comprised of galaxy filaments, tendrils, and voids. The majority of the universe’s volume is taken up by these voids, which exist as underdense, but not empty, regions. The galaxies found inside voids are void galaxies and expected to be some of the most isolated objects in the universe. However, their standard morphology remains poorly studied. This study, using the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and Galaxy Zoo’s survey, aims to remedy this. To do so, survey results from GAMA have been plotted using the Sérsic index (n) to form an analysis about morphology, while data from Galaxy Zoo’s crowdsourced study supplies a second analysis. For completeness purposes, we only include void galaxies identified by Alpaslan et al. 2014 with a redshift (z) between .08 and .215 and stellar mass (M*) between 109.35 and 1011.5. We then utilize KolmogorovSmirnov (KS) testing for significance. As a result, we conclude that, as supported by previous literature, most void galaxies have a disky morphology with Sérsic index n<2. KS testing proves that we have significant differences between the two samples for the following categories: features present in GalaxyZoo, rounded bulges in edge-on disks, and no bulge in edge-on disks. Future studies may include an investigation into mergers, void galaxy quenching, or finding a bridge relation between the size of voids and the properties of galaxies that reside inside them.The large-scale structure (LSS) of the universe is comprised of galaxy filaments, tendrils, and voids. The majority of the universe’s volume is taken up by these voids, which exist as underdense, but not empty, regions. The galaxies found inside voids are void galaxies and expected to be some of the most isolated objects in the universe. However, their standard morphology remains poorly studied. This study, using the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and Galaxy Zoo’s survey, aims to remedy this. To do so, survey results from GAMA have been plotted using the Sérsic index (n) to form an analysis about morphology, while data from Galaxy Zoo’s crowdsourced study supplies a second analysis. For completeness purposes, we only include void galaxies identified by Alpaslan et al. 2014 with a redshift (z) between .08 and .215 and stellar mass (M*) between 109.35 and 1011.5. We then utilize KolmogorovSmirnov (KS) testing for significance. As a result, we conclude that, as supported by previous literature, most void galaxies have a disky morphology with Sérsic index n<2. KS testing proves that we have significant differences between the two samples for the following categories: features present in GalaxyZoo, rounded bulges in edge-on disks, and no bulge in edge-on disks. Future studies may include an investigation into merge","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131984592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Y’all Means All: The Southern Queer Experience and Grassroots Archives as Places of Remembrance","authors":"Emma Johansen","doi":"10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/8","url":null,"abstract":"While the burgeoning field of queer history grows in academic prominence and scholarship, southern queer identities and histories are left in the gaps of this trailblazing research. As a segment of a larger senior honors thesis on gay press in Kentucky and the broader American South, this brief research report will specifically examine queer rurality, visibility, and space in the archive. This report also aims to highlight the political and sociological importance of remembering, studying, and teaching queer heritage, especially in the rural American South. This report argues that the complexities of southern queer histories are especially felt in the Women-In-Print Movement and in the methodologies of early queer historians in the mid-twentieth century, and that these waves of intellectual change should be included in narratives of national queer history. While many assume gay identities and southern identities to be mutually exclusive, the histories and peoples weaved throughout this research report prove that there is a vibrant culture that is both proudly southern and proudly queer in Kentucky and the American South.","PeriodicalId":349818,"journal":{"name":"The Cardinal Edge","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134316372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}