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The Impact of Perceived Self-Efficacy on Regret
The purpose of this study was to shed light on the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and regret. I measured regret by its two subcomponents, cognitive regret and affective regret . I hypothesized first that as ... -
Effects of taste aversion on alcohol seeking behavior in mice
This study explores the sex differences in aversion-resistant drinking. Mice were used in an operant conditioning setting in order to study these differences. We found that female mice exhibited aversion-resistance behavior ... -
[Re]investing in education: enhancing education through design
Education, much like architecture, has the power to shape the ways in which we live and how we interact with the world around us. Through thoughtful architectural design, is it possible to design an environment that ... -
Rethinking urban voids: in search of spaces for public in the dense urban context of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Looking at any growing city and its urban voids, a few uncomfortable questions inevitably arise: Where is the space for the urban people? Where is the space to breathe? Where is my/our space in the city? The preoccupation ... -
Driving towards the future: developing the autonomous-electric vehicles identity and its impact on architecture
For over a hundred years, the internal combustion engine has been the primary method powering our vehicles. Initially perfected in Germany and France, American Henry Ford would bring the automobile to the masses with the ... -
A search for identity: how to re-invent the post-industrial past to lead towards a vibrant future
The grand architecture of Wheeling, West Virginia has long been forgotten. Constructed in the late 19th century by wealthy factory owners, the Victorian and Gothic Revival buildings have remained abandoned ever since wealthy ... -
Artspark: community engagement in the visual and performing arts
Dance and architecture are two creative disciplines that share a special connection. These disciplines have a major overarching intent, the creative exploration of space. Dance can be defined as the movement of bodies ... -
Cultural sustainability in contemporary architecture
Globalization contests traditional and contextual architecture, and sustainable development has become one of the major challenges to cultural and regional development. Introducing technology and passive design strategies ... -
Linguistic Differences in the Production of Narratives by Adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Adolescents with (n=20) and without (n=20) autism spectrum disorder (ASD), matched for age, intelligence, and language, produced narratives during the Trier Social Stress Test that were analyzed for pronoun use, mental ... -
Student Understanding and Navigation Patterns of Miami University Sexual Violence Webpages
I noticed through conversations within my own peer group that students were not that well versed in sexual violence policies and resources. And, because of that, they did not know the resources that they could refer friends ... -
Andrea Alciato and the Politics of the Printed Image: A Study of the Emblemata’s Origins, Evolution, and Abstraction
Focuses on the historical conditions in Milan during the early sixteenth century that influenced the emblem’s emergence. -
Metaphors We Love By: A cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors of Love in Metropolitan French and American English
What began with intensive background research, has developed into an extensive project which offers a cognitive linguistic analysis of conceptual metaphors of love in both English and French based on corpora linguistic data. -
Nimruz and Agadez: A Comparative Study on People Smuggling on the Route to Europe
Analyzing the Research Process: Comparing People Smuggling Operations in Afghanistan and Niger -
Investigation of Library Research Strategies in an Undergraduate Biochemistry Project
This paper investigates the use of Miami University Library resources and services in undertaking a Biochemistry research project spanning the author"s entire undergraduate career at Miami University. -
The initial applications of the unconsciousness on design
The "Unconscious Design" is a design concept first proposed by Naoto Fukasawa. The concept, also called "intuitional design," advocates to convert the unconscious ideology into visible objects. It is a concept aimed to ... -
Mars habitation: Design for extreme condition
We landed on the Moon a little less than fifty years ago, and human beings will potentially colonize a second planet in near future. The most possible option is Mars. NASA and some private organizations are presently ...