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  • Arias_Roger.pdf

    Creator:
    student
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Possible Components That Might Affect the Academic Performance of Immigrant College Students

    Description:
    The study of interpersonal communication is gaining importance in this current climate of globalization. Students need to develop interpersonal communication skills because they are very important through all aspects of living. Because of this increasingly multicultural environment, cross cultural communication and interpersonal communication skills are very important and must be developed while studying in a foreign country. Over the years, the number of immigrant students attending schools in the United States has increased dramatically. Interpersonal communication is at the centre of human central relationships and psychoanalysis (Amaraju, 2012). Therefore, the number of challenges in school for foreign students increases as a result of the lack of interpersonal communication skills. The importance of interpersonal communication skills and the development of satisfactory relationships with other students is necessary to understand such behaviors in college students and their effect on academic performance. The proposed study will discuss the possible components that might affect the academic performance of immigrant college students and the interpersonal communication skills that might affect a college education experience as a result. The study will also cover the scope of grammar and speaking limitations among members of the immigrant student community, as well as the effect of their seclusion from the mainstream on their academic performance. This proposal includes my methods for gathering information, and the possible challenges to immigrant students in the classroom including bullying and discrimination.
    Creator:
    Bustillo, Jose
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Date Created:
    30-May-2014
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Bernadette_Sylla.pdf

    Creator:
    Saint Peter's University
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Heather_Helsel.pdf

    Creator:
    Saint Peter's University
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Francisco_De_Jesus.pdf

    Creator:
    Saint Peter's University
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Cassandra_Demosthenes.pdf

    Creator:
    Saint Peter's University
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    10/08/2019
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - United States
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • The Fools and the Nerds in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

    Description:
    In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, we can see both examples of foolish and nerdy characters who have taken their predominant personality traits to an excessive point. This excessiveness – in social frivolity, on one hand, and in book learning, on the other – is not only foolish but also a recipe for social outcasts. Pride and Prejudice explores the consequences of excessive behavior on both the foolish and the nerdy characters.
    Creator:
    Neykova, Dimana
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/22/2019
    Date Modified:
    10/22/2019
    Date Created:
    30-May-2011
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Why "Save the Whales"?: A Philosophical Examination of the Justifications of Conservation Biology

    Description:
    One of the struggles within conservation biology is to justify the field and its objective to preserve biodiversity. The two main camps arguing in support of conservation biology are intrinsic value theorists and utilitarians. The theoretical problems accompanying these schools of thought and the absence of a solid ethical foundation have called for a new environmental ethic. In this thesis, I propose environmental virtue-based ethics as a constructive alternative to the false dichotomy presented by traditional perspectives in conservation biology. I will demonstrate that because of its ability to account for human interests alongside the wider consideration for biodiversity, while simultaneously avoiding the problems characteristic of the dominating intrinsic and instrumental value theories, Environmental Virtue-based Ethics (EVE) is uniquely poised to justify the goals of conservation biology.
    Creator:
    O'Callahan, Alexis
    Contributor:
    Dr. Peter Cvek, Thesis Advisor
    Owner:
    lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/23/2019
    Date Modified:
    10/23/2019
    Date Created:
    May 2019
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Inhibitory Effects of Probiotics on the Growth of Biofilms: A Review

    Description:
    This review examines the role probiotics can play in reducing and inhibiting the growth of biofilms that cause bacterial infections in humans. The use of probiotics as an inhibitory agent against biofilms is a new field of study that requires further research. As of now, there is little research or scientific literature to defend the health claims of several commercially sold probiotics. Also, biofilms are a fairly new field of study even though biofilms are the cause of most bacterial infections. Since biofilms have an increased antibiotic resistance, it has become increasingly more important to find alternative treatments for bacterial infections. However, there have been a couple of studies that have shown positive results for probiotics inhibiting the growth of different types of biofilms such as Lactobacillus acidophilus in patients with dental caries caused by the biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans. Specifically, the biosurfactant of the probiotic was used to disrupt the biofilm. Another study was done on patients with Clostridium difficile infection who showed a decline in symptoms when treated with the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii as an additive to antibiotic treatments . While the oral health and gut health fields have started to utilize the benefits of probiotics, the effect of probiotics on the biofilms that cause infections for patients with medical devices has yet to be studied.
    Creator:
    Collins, Schieler
    Contributor:
    Dr. Jill Callahan, Thesis Advisor
    Owner:
    lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/23/2019
    Date Modified:
    10/23/2019
    Date Created:
    May 2019
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper

  • Black Artists' Appeal to Mass Audience

    Description:
    Music is an art form that has been around for centuries as a form of expression, ritual, tradition, and more. Now, it has transformed from art into a business. Today, the music industry is a $43 billion industry according to Maeve McDermott (2018) in the news article, “The music industry is booming” (McDermott, 2018, para.1). With this industry comes an array of different music styles and artistry. One of them being black music artists who have dominated the industry since the beginning of Motown and maybe even before then. Every year new black music emerges such as Beyonce, Childish Gambino, Kanye West, Drake, Travis Scott, Sza, and many more. This research study was conducted to look at the history of black music and artistry of today and compare it to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960’s and the Hip-Hip Revolution of the 1980’s and 1990’s. Along with this historical and cultural analysis was a survey, which was handed out to participants to see the result to how people responded to black music artists. In the end, the discovery of this research became much more than about music, because it showed how we consume music as a society and what appeals to us. The survey and interviews conducted in this research have shown that different racial and ethnic groups such as whites, blacks/African-American, Hispanic/Latinos, Asian/Asian-Americans, and others are listening to black music artists with interest and at a high percentage. The results of the this study explores the appeal of black music artists to different audiences and shows the progression of black popularity to a wider audience.
    Creator:
    Johnson, Kadira
    Contributor:
    Dr. Cynthia Walker, Thesis Advisor
    Owner:
    lsquillante@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    10/23/2019
    Date Modified:
    10/23/2019
    Date Created:
    May 2019
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper