{"id":12,"date":"2017-05-05T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/wrd\/sample\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:01:09","slug":"sample","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wrd\/sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Important: Abstracts must be 150 words or less. Please make sure to use the Word Count function in Microsoft Word to check the word count of your abstract before submission. Abstracts failing to adhere to this guideline will NOT be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis and individual variation in <\/strong><\/span>predisposition to diet induced obesity in Mus musculus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Human obesity rates and related diseases are rising globally. This study\u2019s purpose<\/p>\n

is to use Mus musculus as a model organism to investigate if an increase in<\/p>\n

non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) will reduce predisposition to diet<\/p>\n

induced obesity. We monitored 12 outbred mice who were fed a standard diet and<\/p>\n

switched to a high-fat diet. Measurements of activity and growth rate for individual<\/p>\n

mice were recorded. Our results found a large variation in the change in mass after<\/p>\n

switching diet. Our statistical analysis showed no significant correlation between<\/p>\n

NEAT and the predisposition to diet induced obesity in the mice.<\/p>\n

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Too high maintenance for me! The effect of dietary restrictions on <\/strong>impressions of romantic partners<\/strong><\/p>\n

This study examined people\u2019s stereotypes of others who adhere to a gluten-free or<\/p>\n

vegan diet within the context of dating. We hypothesized that people with<\/p>\n

gluten-free and vegan dietary restrictions would be perceived as less desirable<\/p>\n

romantic partners compared to people with no dietary restrictions. One hundred and<\/p>\n

sixty two single students from Western Connecticut State University completed the<\/p>\n

study online. Participants answered four open-ended questions (among other<\/p>\n

questionnaires) pertaining to their impressions of others with dietary restrictions.<\/p>\n

Coding of responses revealed that both gluten-free and vegan hypothetical dates<\/p>\n

were viewed as high-maintenance, picky, cautious, healthy and judgmental.<\/p>\n

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Plumbing the depths: History of Candlewood Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of my Herbert Janick Fellowship, I designed an online exhibit that traces the<\/p>\n

creation of Candlewood Lake through newspapers, photographs, land deeds, and<\/p>\n

maps from the endeavor known as the Rocky River Power Project. The exhibit<\/p>\n

chronologically marks the initiatives taken by former Connecticut Light and Power<\/p>\n

Company\u2019s president J. Henry Roraback to build the first hydroelectric power plant<\/p>\n

and storage basin of its kind in the United States. An interactive 1920\u2019s map<\/p>\n

highlights the scale of the project and properties purchased, as well as provides a<\/p>\n

clearer understanding of its impact on local towns near Candlewood Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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