Academics - ACURA Current Projects
The ACURIAN is Abington College’s online journal of undergraduate research. The journal is composed of research abstracts authored by our student-researchers from each of the three academic divisions, Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences. Please click on the ACURIAN link and read through the array of research and creative innovations emanating from our brightest undergraduate students. See ACURIAN - Journal of Undergraduate Research.
Research abstracts from Arts and Humanities:
- Malcolm X’s Legacy in the City of Philadelphia (African American History)
- A Collective Unconscious (Art)
- Book Arts: Expressive Material and Form (Art)
- The Human Resources Conflict Story Project (Corporate Communication)
- Crime and New Coverage in Late-Victorian England (History)
- Neolithic Stone Circles: Avebury (Religion)
- Neolithic Stone Circles: Avebury and Stonehenge (Religion)
Research abstracts from Science and Engineering
- Determination of Gene Expression Changes in Breast Epithelial Cells After Exposure to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by RT-PCR (Biology)
- Expression of LMO1 is Induced by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Breast Epithelial Cells (Biology)
- Hydrogen Bonding in a Computationally Simulated Cellulose Fiber (Chemistry)
- Synthesis of Triphenyltin Compounds as Fungicides for Dutch Elm Disease (Chemistry)
- The interaction between Bcl-XL and Cytochrome C suggested by the HSQC NMR spectroscopy (Chemistry)
- Application of Computer Vision to Smart Home Technology (IST)
- Engaging Underserved Students – Preparing for the Digital Workforce (IST)
- Virtual Lab to Test Human-Robot Interaction (IST)
- Velocity of hydrogen gas opposite of galactic center (Radioastronomy)
- Searching for Hydrogen in the Center of the Milky Way (Radioastronomy)
- A radio sky map of R. A. 19:30:00 - 21:02:00 and Dec. 30o-50o (Radioastronomy)
- Mathematical Modeling of Traffic Jams (Physics)
- ASK NOT: Health Care and Social Security (Statistics)
Research abstracts from Social Sciences
- Perceptions on Alcohol: The Great Debate (Administration of Justice)
- The Historical Archaeology of the American Exploration of Franz Josef Land, Russia, 1898-1905 (Cultural Anthropology)
- What Makes College Students Happy: The Effect of Employment, Studying Time and Other Uses of Time on Students Well Being (Economics)
- Sam rocks back and forth and Chad can’t walk: An intervention study to increase children’s understanding of Autism and Cerebral Palsy (Health and Human Development)
- Women’s Sexuality: Double Standards and Stereotypes (Sociology)
- Carnivalesque Popular Film: Inverting Political Correctness (Sociology)
