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THESIS & DISSERTATION TITLESThe Youngstown State University College of Graduate Studies provides an integrated program of advanced study leading to discipline masteryand an understanding of related subjects. Graduate students working with highly qualified graduate faculty members demonstrate mastery oftheir discipline and document discovery of knowledge through research and scholarly activity.Spring Dissertation TitlesLora Annette Adams-KingEducational LeadershipExplaining the Achievement Gap of African AmericanMales Relative to Other Student GroupsNicholas V. Cascarelli Jr.Educational LeadershipThe Impact of Physical Education on Childhood Obesityin Ohio School ChildrenDiane P. KandrayEducational LeadershipA Study of Underrepresented Minorities in the DentalHygiene ProfessionKyle Matthew MyersMaterials Science and EngineeringStructure-Property Relationship of Binder Jet PrintedFused Silica Preforms to Manufacture Ceramic-MetallicInterpenetrating Phase CompositesSusan M. OliveEducational LeadershipThe Value of Science Fair and the Factors that Have Ledto the Decline in Ohio Science Fair CompetitionSilvia A. StefanEducational LeadershipAssessing the Impact of Course Delivery onStudent SuccessKimberly Justham ZippieEducational LeadershipThe Early Learning Harvest: The Relationship BetweenTeacher Education Levels and Child OutcomesDavid ZupsicEducational LeadershipExploring the Values of Education Using StudentViewpoints to Redesign the Educational Structure toAchieve Optimal ExperiencesSpring Thesis TitlesMohanad Ali Al-AzzawiChemistryInvestigation of Perovskite-type CompoundsSamuel J. AmazingCreative WritingThe Disappearance of Desmond WillowsLiseli Jeanette BaichIndustrial and Systems EngineeringImpact of Infill Print Parameters on Mechanical Strengthand Production Cost in Material Extrusion BasedAdditive ManufacturingPatrick Albert BascomInterdisciplinary CommunicationPolitical Discussions and the MediaJillian L. BilleckBiologyInvestigation of Empathy-like Behavior in SocialHousingKayla A. BrownBiologyChanges in Gene Expression of Neurospora Crassa inResponseto Quinic AcidBrielle Retha CamposEnglishHybrid Genre and Character Representation: NoirFantasy andFantasy Noir in Constantine Pushing Daisesand the Dresden FilesAaron Maureese CarmichaelCriminal JusticeThe War Amongst Our Homes: Society’s AttitudeTowards the Increased Militarization of AmericanPolicingJoseph Edward CorpaApplied Behavior AnalysisReducing and Eliminating Persistent and SevereAggression and Property Destruction with ConsistentlyContingent Positive Reinforcement for InstructionalCompliance and Academic BehaviorsTimothy James DaughertyMechanical EngineeringComputational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a ChemicalVapor Deposition ProcessKathleen Masena FlemingChemistryThe Gas Phase Ligand Exchange of Select Alkaline Earthand Transition Metal B-Diketonate ComplexesBrian Karl Friedrich IIMechanical EngineeringAn Experimental Study of Volumetric Quality on FluidFlow and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Two PhaseImpinging JetsAnne Leigh GarwigCreative WritingRe: Verse LibreKory Kenneth GeorgeBiologyInduction of the qa-y and qa-1F genes inNeurospora crassa at Differing Times of Quinic AcidExposureRobert Christian GranchieEnvironmental ScienceDistribution and Partitioning of Lead Related to SoilCharacteristics in a Former Gun RangeGarrett Thomas GuerrieriHistoryThe Catholic Church in Italy and Italian CatholicImmigration to the United States: 1880-1914Joshua Scott HallCriminal JusticeReligiosity and Mental Illness: A Comparison of CombatVeterans Active Duty Veterans and CiviliansMarissa Christine HundeltCriminal JusticeComparative Analysis of Drug Courts: Effectivenessof Sentencing an Offender to Treatment andRehabilitationBinod PaudelCivil, Environmental and Chemical EngineeringDetermining Material and Geometric Properties of FlatSlab Bridges Without PlansImranComputing and Information SystemsPredicting Bug Severity in Open-Source SoftwareSystems Using Scalable Machine LearningTechniquesMonica Victoria RamunnoChemistrySynthesis and Characterization of New Ceramic-MetalInterpenetrating Phase Composites via theReactive Metal Penetration of 3D-Printed CeramicPrecursorsTravis John KneenMechanical EngineeringCharacterizing the High Strain Rate MechanicalBehavior of Stainless Steel 316L Processed bySelective Laser MeltingLawrence Paul ReentsCriminal JusticeWhat Influences Mental Health Treatment AmongMilitary Veterans?Mohan Krishna KundetiElectrical EngineeringComparative Study of Implementing MultilevelInverters Powered by PV-battery Stand-aloneSystem to Enhance the Performance on InductionMotor DriveNiraj LamichhaneCivil, Environmental and Chemical EngineeringDevelopment of a Flood Warning System for theGrand River near the City of Painesville, OhioLukas LennerMechanical EngineeringEngine Redesign Utilizing 3D Sand PrintingTechniquesShannon Marie Grove-LutzEnglishPhonological Language Attitudes: Exploringthe Discriminatory Paradigm of PredeterminedPerceptions and a Plan for InterventionPreetham MadetiComputing and Information SystemsUsing Spark MlLib to Predict Closed Questions onStackOverflowAmira Nabil MoatassemComputing and Information SystemsOnline Writing Tutoring ApplicationsMohd FaseehComputing and Information SystemsProbabilistic Smart TerrainKamal NeupaneCivil, Environmental and Chemical EngineeringBacterial Inhibition in Frack Related Water UsingCopper Ion SolutionDavid Matthew NickellEnglishMeeting at the Intersection of Delawareand Chauncy Street: Roseanne Conner as aWorking-Class ParadigmChelsey Marie HaneyCriminal JusticeAre Clinically Depressed Adolescents More LikelyTo Carry a Handgun than Non Clinically DepressedAdolescents?Gary Russell RepaskyCriminal JusticeDo Critical Incident and Organizational Stressors VaryBetween Races in Law Enforcement?Nicholas L. SauerHistoryDisability in Late Imperial Russia: PathologicalMetaphors and Medical OrientalismVinayak SinhaComputing and Information SystemsSentiment Analysis on Java Source Code in LargeSoftware RepositoriesShobha Kanta SubediCivil, Environmental and Chemical EngineeringDetermining Load Bearing Capacity of Flat Slab BridgesWithout PlansYonatan Abebe TadesseElectrical EngineeringThe Electromagnetic Simulation of Birdcage Coil inMagnetic Resonance ImagingClaret Mengwi Tening NdifetEnvironmental SciencePhytoremediation of Historic Lead Shot ContaminatedSoil Grand Valley Ranch NE OhioYener UlusBiologyPhytoremediation of Heavy Metals by UsingEDDSJamison Paul VanLoockeEnglishThe Influence of Spacing on ReadingComprehensionMarshall Lee WinklerBiologyEffects of Social Housing on Conditioned PlaceAversionDaVena ZivkovicChemistryEnzymatic Characterization of Aldose Reductase and ItsInhibitorsON THE COVER: Stephen Harvey, Master of Music student, with his original composition “Suite Childhood”.College of Graduate StudiesDr. Salvatore SandersDeanOffice of ResearchAcknowledgements2Michael HripkoAssociate Vice President of ResearchAndrew Shepard-SmithDirector, Office of Research ServicesWriters and EditorsWriter and EditorFiona KellyGraduate Assistant, EnglishOffice of Marketing & Communications Staff:EditorAngela IrelandAdvertising & Publications CoordinatorAdvisorsLayout DesignRenée CannonLayout & Design ArtistPhotographyJoel LewisPhotographerDr. Jay GordonAssociate Professor, EnglishAngie Urmson JeffriesGraduate Administrative Affairs
Good Hair GenesResearch Targets Alpaca Hair QualityApril Chestnut aims to help alpaca breedersproduce animals with superior hair quality.Alpaca fur provides material to create socks, scarves andother items. In order to make important breeding decisions,however, owners need to be aware of the quality of fur thatcertain lineages of alpaca produce. April Chestnut, an MSBiology student, is studying the structure of alpaca skinand hair in order to aid alpaca owners in making breedingdecisions.According to Dr. Mark Womble, April’s project will allowfor superior alpaca hair production by looking at alpaca skinand hair fibers.Chestnut examines alpaca skin and hair under a microscopeto determine the quality. She specifically looks for animalswhich have a greater density of hair follicles (which willproduce more hair), follicles that will produce softer, narrowerhairs, and the number of oil-secreting sebaceous glands.Within her project, she is defining andidentifying each of these qualities.In order to best examine the tissuesamples, Chestnut cuts and stainsthe samples. She then looks at themunder a microscope and uses digitalsoftware to record her findings.When she has found animals withhighly desired hair types, she tracestheir lineage to see if their offspringhave similar features.“These animals can go forthousands of dollars, so it’seconomically important that we knowthese qualities exist,” stated Womble.After she finishes her project,Chestnut hopes to submit her findingsto a scientific journal for publication.Chestnut’s research project wasreviewed by YSU’s InstitutionalAnimal Care and Use Committee andit was determined that the purpose ofthe research fit within the guidelinesof work to improve the fur on anagricultural animal.The two types of alpacas, Suri and Huacaya, are bredprimarily for their very different fleece types. Throughfiber analysis and microscopic examination of the skinat the cellular level, comparisons are being made todetermine what factors contribute to the most desirablefiber traits of each breed.3
Everything Old isNew AgainArtisans in Florence have followed Renaissance techniquesfor nearly a thousand years. Ellen Jones, a Youngstown artist andassistant professor of theater and dance, recently traveled to Italy tostudy Italian Renaissance painting techniques, which she says “areas sustainable as they are beautiful. The Renaissance works have abeauty and a grace, and art for art’s sake that didn’t exist before.”Jones received a fellowship from The United States Institute ofTheater Technology and a grant from the YSU University ResearchCouncil to travel to Italy to work with artisans who are still usingRenaissance techniques and materials. She says her goal was “tosee if these works were more sustainable because they were notsynthetic, and if such techniques could be used in contemporarypainting practices.”Jones says she did not anticipate the significant difference inmaterials before she traveled to Italy. “I didn’t know if they would be more sustainable because they were natural, ormore dangerous because of the difference in safety standards.” Her interest in studying sustainability of Renaissanceart materials was both for personal enrichment and for teaching. Through knowledge gained, she plans to teach herstudents and peers about more sustainable painting materials and new methodologies for creating theatre set piecesbased on the Renaissance techniques.During her fellowship, Jones spent five weeks in artisan studios, making pieces which she brought back toYoungstown.Jones says she became interestedin this field of study because of theattraction to Renaissance piecesby all students of the visual arts.“There is something about being ina place where all the art producedin the city is still there. It has asense of history, and the fact thatall of the people there are stillworking in traditional ways usingtraditional materials and traditionalmethods. We are talking about achain of knowledge that hasn’tbeen broken for a thousand years,and something about that appealsto me on all levels.”Works completed by Jones during hertime in Florence.4
Fighting Fire with TECHNOLOGYWhen fighting fires, every second counts. That is why Johndata terminals located in the vehicle, precise GIS mapping allowsBralich, YSU’s Geographic Information Systems Managerfirefighters to quickly find the exact location of the closest fireand his student intern, YSU Senior Jordan Wolfe, are usinghydrant,” says Bralich.geographic information system (GIS) technology to helpIn order to complete this project, Bralich and Wolfe are usingprecisely map every fire hydrant throughout the Youngstownvarious technologies to locate all the fire hydrants in the Cityarea.of Youngstown. ForGeographicexample, rather thaninformationtravelling through thescience iscity to individuallythe sciencefind and map eachunderlyinghydrant, they firstgeographicconsult aerial viewsconcepts,of each street usingapplicationsGoogle Maps. Thenand systems.they add preciseA geographicgeographic latitudeinformationand longitudesystem isdesignations to eacha systemhydrant. “This processdesigned toresults in a detailedcapture, store,GIS map that ismanipulate,extremely accurate,analyze,eliminating any offsetmanage andor variance,” sayspresent allBralich.Wolfe (left) and Bralich work to map fire hydrants on a GIS layer.types of spatial“On average,or geographical data. In general, GIS describes any informationI am able to locate and map about 1,000 hydrants per week,”system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares and displayssays Wolfe.geographic information. GIS allows users to create interactiveA senior majoring in political science and minoring inqueries (user-created searches), analyze spatial information, editnon-profit leadership, Wolfe initially interned in economicdata in maps and present the results of all these operations.development, and later became an intern working on aYSU has provided GIS services to local, regional and nationalvariety of GIS projects as part of the University’s Regionalclients for more than 15 years. During that time, literallyEconomic Development Initiative (REDI). He says that thisthousands of data-rich maps have been created to better depictproject is personally important to him because of the history ofdata and information in a meaningful way, offering enhancedfirefighters within his immediate family, such as his father andclarity of data and information to a broad spectrum of clients.several uncles.Wolfe also has personally observed the result ofBralich has previously provided the city with GIS mapsfirefighters being unable to find a fire hydrant. While recentlydepicting a broad array of community infrastructure, includingworking with YSUscape, a student organization that helps toroads, bridges and utility poles. He points out that, “While theclean up vacant properties in Youngstown, he witnessed a housecity had available GIS data and computer-based information oncatch fire. Though the firefighters quickly arrived on site, theythe location of sewer lines, they had only paper blueprint-basedlost precious time trying to locate the nearest fire hydrant. Wolfeinformation on the location of water lines.”hopes that, with the completion of this project, situations like thatAs he was recently conducting a vacant property survey, hewill no longer happen.took note of the number and locations of fire hydrants on theUpon graduation from YSU, Wolfe plans to attend graduateproperty, and he captured their precise geographic coordinates.school in public policy. He views GIS technology as a criticalRecognizing the value of this information to firefighters, he metelement for this field of study. “GIS can really help publicwith the City officials, who requested that he provide detailedpolicy decision making. It enables any local government orGIS mapping of every fire hydrant in the city.township in the community planning process, the inventory andLike many vehicles today, Fire Department vehicles have GPSlocation of community assets, and even in support of publicsystems; but uniquely, Fire Department GPS Systems portrayhealth decisions.”all known fire hydrants. If the map coordinates of the hydrantsare not precise, any delays in locating the hydrants can be costlyto property and more importantly, to human life. “Using mobile5
Keeping Their Head in the Game:Concussion identification and treatment for low-income student athletesWallace performing a concussion test on a YSU athlete.Wallace with high school athletes during her datacollection in 2015.6Dr. Jessica Wallace, assistant professor of HumanPerformance and Exercise Science, is involved inconcussion research for high school student athletes,particularly in the diagnosis and care of athletes from highschools in low-income areas. Starting next fall, Wallacewill begin working with coaches, trainers and athletes inhigh schools, to provide them with tools to assess baselineneurocognitive function and help with follow-up carewhen student athletes get a concussion. Her analytical anddiagnostic tools include neurocognitive software, vestibularocular motor screening, balance testing and the standardconcussions assessment test.According to Wallace, a concussion is not a structuralinjury, but is instead a functional injury. “There are 22different signs and symptoms of concussions, but aconcussion is a very heterogeneous injury. As a result,concussion symptoms vary from person to person, makingidentification and treatment more difficult than with otherinjuries.”In her research, she is focused on the vestibular system(inner ear) as well as the ocular system (eyes), the areas inwhich current concussion research is focused.Ultimately, Wallace hopes to increase awareness aboutconcussions and enhance the health and safety of studentathletes. “I want to assess the level of standard care ofstudent athletes in low socioeconomic neighborhoods andschools, and offer meaningful solutions. With my research,I hope to help student athletes by providing the appropriatemedical personnel with the tools to quickly diagnose andtreat the injuries, and provide the appropriate follow-upcare.” In addition, she intends to add to the establisheddatabase of composite and normative data for these groupsof students.Although experts do not agree on exactly what happensif a concussion is not treated, the results, says Wallace, arealways bad for the patient. “If a concussion is not treatedproperly, the patient tends to have symptoms that lingerfor a longer period of time, or symptoms which potentiallycould lead to other long term issues,” says Wallace.Wallace also states that, if untreated, concussed studentathletes are occasionally also at risk for “second impactsyndrome.” “If a student athlete is concussed, theyexperience a whole metabolic crisis in the brain. If theycontinue to have symptoms and their brain has not healedand they get another concussion, there’s a very high risk ofa catastrophic event,” warns Wallace.
Stargazing:YSU Planetarium Receives NASA FundingThe increase of technology and electricity haspolluted the night sky with light. As a result, manycan no longer see the stars. However, the increase oftechnology also enables people to photograph andview areas of the sky and world never before seen.Youngstown State University’s planetarium facultymakes these images accessible to anyone withinternet access.According to Patrick Durrell, YSU associateprofessor of Astronomy and director of theplanetarium, Cosmoquest is a virtual facilitythat gives free access to images that can beprojected onto a half-sphere planetarium.Planetarium faculty photographpictures of stars, telescopes, and othersignificant aspects of cosmology andconvert the image to be projectedon a half-sphere. Therefore, anyonewith the proper equipment cancreate planetarium shows for free.Although Cosmoquest is nota new website, they recentlyreceived a sub-award from NASA tocontinue this project. The Universityof Southern Illinois inEdwardsville is themain university onthe grant, but YSU’splanetarium is receiving 650,000 to fund Cosmoquest as part of the 11.5million five-year cooperative agreement with NASA.The funding will go towards maintaining andimproving Cosmoquest. Currently, the websitehas multiple shows and images that planetariums,museums and universities can use. The fundingfrom the NASA award will now allowplanetarium faculty to make new content. Thefunding w
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