经过两年的虚拟演示, students from the 世界杯赌场盘口 presented their research in person at the State Capitol in Jefferson City.

的 密苏里大学系统本科生研究日 featured ten UMKC students, presenting alongside students from the other three 嗯系统 schools.

This annual event at the Capitol is a single day devoted to demonstrate to lawmakers in Jefferson City, 公众也是如此, the unique opportunities undergraduate students have to participate in faculty-mentored research at the four 嗯系统 universities.

今年的特色研究项目有:

老年人跌倒:通过体育活动和骑自行车预防风险

Victor Arellano

教授:博士. 约瑟夫•迪•莱特纳

在美国, adults aged 65 or older (older adults) are at an increased risk of injury from a fall. Reducing an individual’s risk of falling is crucial to avoiding an injury or fatality. Arellano’s study aimed to compare the physical activity (PA) and balance of older adults who regularly cycled to older adults with little to no reported PA and the number of self-reported falls.

阿雷利亚诺正在研究公共卫生.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Middle Aged and Older Adults’ Physical Activity Levels

玛雅·博恩

导师:博士. 阿曼达·格莱姆斯，护理与健康研究

的 purpose of Baughn’s study was to qualitatively explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on middle aged and older adults’ physical activity nearly six months into the pandemic. 本科生对50岁以上的成年人进行了采访, 询问他们的活动如何受到COVID-19大流行的影响. Approximately 230 interviews were conducted with a diverse sample of participants from the Midwest.

鲍恩正在研究健康科学.

Xenolith Structures in Welded Basalt Agglutinate Associated with Dotsero Crater, 科罗拉多州

Kyle Broley

导师:博士. Alison Graettinger，地球与环境科学

的 focus of Broley’s study was to gain a detailed understanding of the lava and sediment interactions that occurred at the Dotsero maar volcano in Dotsero, 科罗拉多州. 的se analyses provide answers to thermal impacts and deformation on the localized sediment pieces from the eruption event to gain a deeper understanding of the impacts to the surface sediments.

布罗利正在学习地球和环境科学

重塑叙事:揭露堪萨斯城女性的爵士乐

尼娜·切里

导师:博士. 艾莉森·德西蒙，音乐学

爵士经典, 主要由白色构成, 二十世纪的男性学者, 忽视和轻视了女性在这一类型中的职业, 尤其是乐器演奏家. Cherry’s research project investigated the historically underrepresented and forgotten women in Kansas City jazz. 的se women were highly influential to the development of the region’s distinct style, 哪一个。, 反过来, 极大地促进了城市的发展, 虽然历史教科书没有反映这一点. Her research has been used to create a database of Kansas City women in jazz, 伯爵夫人.

Cherry正在学习音乐理论.

学生生活 Through the Art of Luis Quintanilla: A Study of the Murals in Haag Hall

维多利亚·多明格斯

教师 mentor: Viviana Grieco, History; Latin American and Latinx Studies

多明格斯的研究重点是博士. 克拉伦斯•德克的, 堪萨斯城大学(现UMKC)校长, efforts at broadening the academic scope of the university by appointing prominent international figures to the faculty, 比如路易斯·金塔尼拉, who established the first fresco painting school in the United States as a resident professor. Dominguez finds her research relevant to Missourians as it shows how higher-education institutions promote cultural engagement through students’ activities within and outside the classroom.

多明格斯正在学习西班牙语和社会学.

酵母在癌症研究中的重要性

Jordy Hernandez

教授:博士. 索尔·霍尼伯格，生物学

埃尔南德斯的研究集中在三种酵母周期蛋白上, 与细胞分裂周期有关的蛋白质, and determining whether mutants in these cyclins affect surrounding cells as well as the cell containing mutations that can form cancer. Yeast is a useful model for cancer cells because it has a short generation time, shares many biological properties with human cells and is relatively simple to genetically manipulate.

埃尔南德斯正在学习生物和化学

斑马鱼的毛细胞再生

Michael Kuehn

导师:博士. 生物学专业的希拉里·麦格劳

在耳朵里，被称为毛细胞的特殊细胞感知声音. When hair cells are damaged, they fail to regrow, resulting in hearing loss. 水生动物有能感应水流的毛细胞, 与人耳中的毛细胞形成对比, 它们可以在受到伤害后重新生长. Kuehn is investigating the genetic regulation of hair development and regeneration using zebrafish as a model organism. Understanding the mechanisms that allow regeneration in zebrafish hair cells could help human treatment research for hearing or balance function loss.

库恩正在学习生物和化学.

Building a Georeferenced Database for the 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake Rupture of the Motagua Fault System along the North American-Caribbean Plate Boundary

Trenton McEnaney

教授:博士. 蒂娜·涅米，地球 & 环境科学

在这项研究中, McEnaney sought to relocate sites along the 1976 Motagua fault rupture by analyzing archival material from George Plafker of the U.S. 地质调查所, who was part of the team that collected data on the effects of the earthquake within days of the event. 在这个项目之前, locating any of these past field sites and points of interest along the 1976 Guatemalan earthquake rupture was hindered by the lack of GPS coordinates. 的 new database will benefit future paleoseismic and seismic hazard analyses research.

麦克纳尼正在研究地球 & 以地质学为重点的环境科学.

压力水平和应对方式如何影响饮食决定

格蕾丝·南尼

教授:博士. 哈吴令，心理学

Nanney’s research analyzed the relationship between problem and emotion-focused coping styles and eating behavior. 参与者根据味道给食物打分, 健康, preference and consumption using a computer food rating and choice task and completed a self-report measure concerning factors associated with eating behavior. Participants then completed a self-report measure that ascertained their preferred coping style.

南希正在学习心理学.