Poster Session B Copyright (c) 2013 Illinois Wesleyan University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2 Recent Events in Poster Session B en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:30 PDT 3600 Management of Permanent Pacing Wires During Tricuspid Valve Repair http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/26 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/26 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Luke Sheen, '12 et al. pH-Dependent 15-Lipoxygenase Catalyzed Peroxidation of Linoleic Acid: HPLC/ESR/MS Study http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/25 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/25 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Shuting Zhong, '11 et al. Particle Tracking and AOD Control http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/24 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/24 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Nathaniel Wolanyk, '12 et al. The Nose Knows: Business, National Identity, and the French Perfume Industry http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/23 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/23 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Whitney Wilkerson, '13 et al. Native Spanish Speakers and Their Quest for English in the U.S.: Do They Want to Learn? http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/22 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/22 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Matthew Styx, '11 et al. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Education Incorporated in an Animal Exhibit at the Indianapolis Zoo http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/21 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/21 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Vanessa Snyder, '11 et al. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws in the United States http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/20 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/20 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT In recent years, the social and legal environments surrounding firearms have changed drastically. This study aims to discover if gun control legislation is an effective deterrent mechanism for crime by constructing an index that systematically compares gun laws at the state level and scores them on 30 weighted criteria in six different categories. The index is constructed for 10 high regulation states and 1 0 low regulation states for the years 1 996 to 2005, and using panel data and Ordinary Least Squares regressions, the paper analyzes the relationship between gun control legislation and crime rates, while also accounting for socioeconomic and demographic effects. This study finds that the gun control index has a negative and statistically significant effect on violent crime rates.

JEL Classifications: H l l (Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government), K42 (Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law), R59 (Regional Government Analysis: Other)

]]> Lauren Seidner, '11 et al. Evaluation of DOM Uptake by Spionid Polychaete Larvae from Antarctica http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/19 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/19 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Travis Rosenkranz, '11 et al. Environmental Equity in Illinois: A County-Level Comparison of Toxic Releases http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/18 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/18 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT In 2008, 21,695 industrial facilities reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory Program. Collectively, these facilities reported releasing 3.86 billion pounds of toxic chemicals into the local environment. Of these 3.86 billion pounds of toxic chemicals, 78.7 million were released in the state of Illinois. This study addresses the question of whether or not this toxic pollution is distributed equally between individuals of different race in Illinois. The study uses both county-level hazardous air emissions data from the EPA and US Census data from the years 2000 and 2008. The study employs both statistical analysis and ordinary least squares regressions and determines that Illinois counties with higher populations of black residents are more likely to have higher levels of hazardous air emissions.

]]> Ted Richards, '11 et al. Scanning Electrochemical Microscopic Imaging of Taste Cells http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/17 http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2011/posters2/17 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:35:00 PDT Aaron Moore, '12 et al.