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Welcome to the UCM Undergraduate Research Journal!

We are proud to provide UC Merced students with the opportunity to publish their research through the Undergraduate Research Journal. The Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) seeks to promote strong undergraduate writing, scholarship, and creativity in as many disciplines as possible, to reflect UC Merced’s interdisciplinary focus.

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UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal, First. Further. Foward. Challenge the Now, Fall2024, Volume 17, Issue 1 cover page. Image of University of California, Merced Beginnings Statue with the University Lawn in the background.

Current Issue, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2024

First. Further. Forward. Challenge the Now

Staff

Letter from the Editors
Le, Emily

Humanities and Arts

Nerves and Spines: A Textual Analysis of the Significance of Nopal in the Florentine Codex
Burge, Isaac

Modern Times & Modern Tastes: How Contemporary Film and Its History Impacts the Development of American Consumers
Serrano, Joey

Social Sciences

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Depression
Stopforth, Collin

Testing the Moderating Effect of Burnout on the Relationship Between Anxiety and Sleep Quality
Jong, Dylan

Understanding Convicting and Sentencing Decision Biases: A Review of Psychological Perspectives on Judicial Decision-Making
Quiroz-Cruz, Angela G

Natural Sciences

A Literature Review on the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance and its Impact
Doss, Mariam S.

Research Posters

Modeling Infectious Disease Spread: Comparison of the Agent-Based-Modeling and Differential-Equation Approaches
Park, EunSang; Kim, Changho

Exploring Pesticide Effects On Hematopoiesis and the Thymus
Young, Jada Mari C.; Manilay, Jennifer O.

Native American Belonging in the University of California
Cambridge, Anaya N.; DeLugan, Robin M.

Computer Science and Engineering

Thru-Reflector-Wall (TRW) Solar Cooker Kitchens
Ezimora, Ukamaka; Agorrilla, Ruth; Abrenic, Daniel Christian; Garcia, Santiago

Classification of Hallucinations in Large Language Models Using a Novel Weighted Metric
Raghava, Saaketh

Standard & Poor’s 500 Index: A Trading Forecasting Analysis through Generative Artificial Intelligence
Vagish, Adhya; Rao, Aditya

Public Health

AI Robots in Elderly Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Concerns
He, Johnny

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UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal

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urjournal.ucmerced.edu

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Susan Varnot,
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Dr. Iris D. Ruiz,
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