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Item A Study on the Relationship Between Security and Prosperity in PakistanHubbard, Austen Cross; Dailey, Jeffery; Ehlers, Robert; Martinez, Eduardo; Abernathy, SusanSince 2014 Pakistan has reported improvements in their security and their economy. The aim of this study is to determine if those improvements are a result of counterterrorism policies implemented that same year, along with aggressive military operations. By utilizing a linear regression model, the hope was to identify a direct negative relationship between Pakistan’s Market Potential Index scores from 2007-2014 and their reported fiscal loss due to terrorism during the same years. If a relationship exists between those two variables, then there is an opportunity to argue that Pakistan has improved their economic situation by reducing domestic terrorism within their borders. Other research on this topic only measures Pakistan’s economic loss from acts of terrorism; there is no record of research gauging the effects of reported improvements. By studying the effects of a reduction in terrorist acts on the economic potential of Pakistan, the goal is to support increased security reform in Pakistan and international cooperation in their road to stability.Item Knots, Tangles, and Their Applications to DNARebrovich, Jackson David; Abernathy, Susan; Eoff, Shirley M; Smith, Trey; Taylor, JesseMathematics is an interconnected subject with many concepts intersecting in various ways that allow for new understanding and research topics to arise. This paper gives an overview of mathematical knots, links, and tangles, and discusses the fundamental question in knot theory: how can we tell two knots apart? We present some ideas used to address this question such as knot colorability and knot determinants. We also combine these ideas in a survey of mathematical knots and tangles which culminates in an overview of DNA Topology. Finally, applications of knot theory to biomedical research on various diseases such as cancer and leukemia are discussed.