Vol. 16 (2015)

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Cameron Rhode
Editor

Cameron Rhode

Benjamin Woodworth
Editor

Benjamin Woodworth

Daniel Grove
Graphic Designer:

Daniel Grove

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Table of Contents

Kendall Queen
Modeling the Building Blocks of the Pancreatic Islet: Connecting α-, β-, and δ-cells
Page 10

Hollie Adejumo
Evaluating the Ability of Low-Tech Processes to Remove Bacterial Contaminants from Drinking Water in Kenya
Page 36

Sarah Klimek
The Tragedy of Reluctant Compassion: Jewish Child Refugees and Britain’s Kindertransport Program Before the Second World War
Page 48

Boris Tizenberg
Darwinism and Moral Realism
Page 78

Alexis Rubin
Effects of Social Skills on Hearing Impaired Children’s Academic Achievement: A Mediation Analysis
Page 90

Hannah Jones
Philanthropy and Reputation in the Lives of Joseph Townsend and Baltimore’s “Public Spirited Citizens”
Page 108

Ryan Kotowski
Reanalysis of Modern Colloquial French Subject Clitics as Agreement Features
Page 138

Alexa White
Residential Waste Analysis and Achieving Understanding of Waste Management Infrastructure for Improving Sustainability at a University
Page 168

Caitlyn Leiter-Mason
Evaluating the Success of Question 6: A Case Study of Abortion Politics in Maryland, 1990-1992
Page 190

Alana N. Lescure
The Role of RpS9 in Ribosome Assembly and rRNA Processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Page 210

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