Journal of Undergraduate Research
Melanie Dell
Editor

Esther Gross
Editor

Faryal Khalid
Graphic Designer

Brendan Lipton
Graphic Designer

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
“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