Journal Cover Artist: Boyu Wen

Welcome to the Volume 6, Issue 1 of MURAJ. In this issue, we present the works of students from 2024. We feature research across all disciplines at the University of Minnesota. Each piece is subject to a rigorous peer-review process by our experienced University of Minnesota undergraduate reviewers. Our excellent authors demonstrate the breadth and depth of undergraduate research in Minnesota and nationwide.

Published: 2024-07-10

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Alice Qian Zhang, Marie Ronnander, Cynthia Shao, Gavin Fuchs, Tyler Swiatkowski, Leah Kellgren, Manasi Nagargoje
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Biological, Animal, and Health Sciences

Traffic Volumes Impact Sex Ratios of Painted Turtle Populations in Ramsey County

Annika Hellerud, Jim Perry
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Association Between Generational Trauma and Progressive Dementia Types

Maisie Simpson, V.N. Vimal Rao
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Cross-Feeding Does Not Affect the Evolution of Antibiotic Tolerance

Sydney Chen, Lauren Slavic, Xun Yuan
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Engineering and Physical Science

Spatial and Temporal Identification of Extreme Ultraviolet Flares in Solar Active Regions

Theo Mahaffey
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Mathematics and Computer Science

Reconsidering The American Dream: A Statistical Analysis

Kevin Jacobson
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Tackling Tuberculosis: A Comparative Dive into Machine Learning for Tuberculosis Detection

Daanish Hindustani, Sanober Hindustani, Preston Nguyen
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Social Sciences, Education and Communication

Liberation Movements in Urban Environments: A Case Study of the Oromo Liberation Movement in Finfinnee and the Twin Cities

Masnoo Adem
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Rush to Straightness: Compulsory Heterosexuality in Greek Letter Organizations

Megan Langsev
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Procrastination of College Student: The Correlation Between Self-Efficacy and Academic Procrastination

Boyu Wen
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Law and Collective Memory: International Military Tribunal for the Far East and Japanese Collective Memory of the Nanjing Massacre

Yuzhou Guo
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Literature and History

The Effect of King Harald Godwinson’s 200 Mile March from London to York on the Battle of Stamford Bridge: A Qualitative Study Using Experimental Archeology

Leo Dannersmith
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Wandering Son’s Negative View of the Transgender Experience: An Emphasis on Pain and the Marked Absence of the Transition

Kieren Wiley
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Zombified Patriarchy: The Role of Nature and Gender with the Undead

Megan Langsev
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The Ghost Amusement Scroll: The Assemblage of Ambiguous Ghost Stories and a Canvas of Self-Expression

Zoe Nguyen
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Unnatural Mothers: Queering Motherhood in Helen Elaine Lee’s Pomegranate

Olaitan Olanrewaju
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Business, Law and Politics

Changes in Wage Returns to Education: A Comparative Regression Analysis of the United States and Indonesia in the 1970s and 1990s

Pranav Sundararajan
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Environmental, Conservation, and Plant Science

Improving Turtle Road Mortality Sampling Methods in Hennepin County, Minnesota

Annika Hellerud
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Diversified Studies

Defeating Dyslexia: A Robust Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Hearing and Dyslexia to Achieve Early Diagnosis and Treatment

Rick Qian
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