Vol. 13 (2012)

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Melanie Dell
Editor

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Esther Gross
Editor

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Faryal Khalid
Graphic Designer

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Brendan Lipton
Graphic Designer

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UMBC Review


Table of Contents

MICHAEL CURTIS
A Collaborative Filtering Model: Statistical Properties of Alternating Least Squares
Page 10

SAMUEL GARRETT
Force in Stasis Spectral, Spatial and Theoretical Finding in “Pilentze Pee”
Page 22

DANIELLE VIENS-PAYNE
Crossing Boundaries Foreign Language Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities
Page 36

JOHN WINDER
A Digital Skeleton Key to ArtSymbolism of Light and Dark in European Oil Painting
Page 64

XUAN GE, DAVID STONKO
Modeling a Cellular Response to a Gradient Mathematics and Molecular Biology Inform a Mechanistic Understanding
Page 90

KELLY JORDAN
“Oh Lucy!” Sitcoms and the 1950s Housewife in the Early Cold War
Page 114

ASMARA QAMAR
Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Characterization of ketolide-resistant mutants
Page 128

CHRISTINA BRISCOE
Young Mothers in a Quilombo Praia Grande, Brazil
Page 146

SIMBARASHE MARUFU
Ethics and Anthropology: Observational Data, Meta-Ethical Moral Relativism, and the Role of Values
Page 182

JOSHUA HUNTER
NATO: Identity, Role, and Function in the Post-Cold War Era
Page 198