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Creator | Title | Description | Subject | Date |
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Astin, M. Holly | Modulating Intestinal Liver X Receptor Activity to Alter the Development of Atherosclerosis in Zebrafish | The liver X receptors (LXRs) are important regulators of lipid and cholesterol metabolism and control diverse pathways in development, reproduction, metabolism, immunity and inflammation. Thus, LXRs have potential as therapeutic targets for diseases as diverse as lipid disorders, atherosclerosis... | Liver X receptors - Research; Zebrafish - genetics | 2016-08 |
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Rou, Janvida | Monte-Carlo simulation of stellar intensity interferometry | Stellar intensity interferometers will allow for achieving stellar imaging with a tenth of a milli-arcsecond resolution in the optical band by taking advantage of the large light collecting area and broad range of inter-telescope distances offered by future gamma-ray Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) ar... | Monte Carlo simulation | 2012-05 |
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Kenney, Devin | Monumental failure: the navajo tribe and radiotoxic wastes | The extraction of uranium has a troubled history in the Navajo Nation, a history born of lack of representation, lack of interest, and ultimately, lack of regard for human life. The United States government failed to carry out their obligation to protect the health and economic well-being of the Nav... | Navajo Tribe - Government relations; Uranium mines and mining - Environmental aspects - United States; Uranium mines and mining - Waste disposal - Navajo Indian Reservation | 2012-05 |
729 |
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Keevy, Jenna | More than "yes": an analysis of the elements and barriers of informed consent | Informed consent is a foundational element of bioethics. It specifically tackles what it means for a patient or a participant to say "yes" to procedures and experiments. The common person may not actively realize what is entailed when they sign their name on the signature line. This, coupled with th... | autonomy; informed consent; mandated choice; non-domination; presumed consent; personalized medicine; reasonable patient standard; undue inducement | 2024 |
730 |
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Gambino, Danielle N. | Motivations to participate in the diabetes prevention program among overweight and obese women planning pregnancy | The purpose of this thesis was to describe self-reported motivators of overweight or obese reproductive-age women who enrolled in an online National Diabetes Prevention Program's Lifestyle Change Program (DPP LCP). Exploring preconception women's motivations could be a useful tool to shape intervent... | | 2021 |
731 |
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Webb, Jeanelle | Mountain West parental atitudes and barriers related to HPV vaccination in rural settings | HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States and can cause the following cancers: cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal and oropharyngeal. There is a vaccine to prevent 9 strains of HPV most commonly associated with cancer and genital warts. Unfortunately, rates... | | 2021 |
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| Movie Night: a creative analysis | "Movie Night" is a film about a woman with a haunting fear that her sexuality, or lack thereof, might harm a new relationship. The first scene presents how a lack of representation in media can lead to certain standards and stereotypes, and by putting an alternative in this film itself, I seek to pr... | | 2021 |
733 |
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Beasley, Addison | Moving past the human/nature binary: catalyzing collective action to combat the climate crisis | Climate change is one of the prime social issues of the modern era. I argue that in order to achieve the necessary collective action to reduce the harmful effects of the climate crisis, society needs to move past the human/nature binary. This binary obfuscates the reality that humans have a place wi... | | 2022 |
734 |
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Gonzalez, Carmen Adraiana Flores | Multicultural Literacy in the 21st Century Classrooms | The study focuses on how multicultural literacy is integrated into everyday lessons in the elementary classroom(s). A benefit of multicultural literacy in education is that it can create a sense of belonging in the students, which increases their engagement, and desire to learn. Furthermore, multicu... | | 2017 |
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Hanks, Kelley | The multinational company of Jesus: A modern corporation in the early modern world? | There is significant debate concerning whether or not the Company of Jesus should be considered a modern corporation. There are those who support this view, such as Magnus Morner and C.R. Boxer, while others, such as Dauril Alden, are critical of it. Much of the debate is centered on the economic ac... | Jesuits -- History | 2015-04 |
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Avery, Rebecca | Multipurpose control system for thermal energy scavenging applications | Thermoelectric generators, known as TEGs, can be used to generate electricity from a temperature differential. This project, undertaken by the author and senior project partner Derek Jones, characterizes the SP1848 TEG module and demonstrates its use. Expected output and optimal impedance matching a... | | 2018 |
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Kodele, Christian | Multivalent Human Serum Albumin - Rituximab Fab' Conjugates Induce Apoptosis in Lymphoma Cells | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is an immune disease, mostly of B-cell origin (85%), as well as the ninth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Although treatments for NHLs greatly improved following the FDA approval of Rituximab (RTX), refractive malignancies still occur that are nonrespon... | | 2018 |
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Khoury, Mark | Muscle activity changes due to immobilization and partial weight bearing of the lower leg | Tibial fractures account for half a million hospitalizations per year. Although clinical treatment of tibial fractures requires immobilization of the affected limb and partial weight bearing (PWB) prescriptions, the effects of this treatment protocol on gait and muscle activity have not been studied... | Muscles -- Physiology; Tibia -- Wounds and injuries; Muscle activity; Partial weight bearing | 2015-05 |
739 |
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Jessen, Jenica | Musical Evidence for Syllabification of Highly Moraic Structures in English | This study uses musical data as evidence for syllabication patterns for native English speakers. Our research seeks evidence from musical pitches in songs by American singer-songwriters that syllables with a diphthong and a liquid in their rime undergo bi-syllabification at a rate contrastive to oth... | | 2017 |
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Ng, Sara Blalock | Musical Text-Setting as Evidence for syliabification of Highly Moraic Structures in English | In the standard generative perspective, English is a mora-sensitive language, permitting syllables with one or two moras (or in some perspectives, strictly two). However, structures are readily available in the lexicon which seem to have three moras in a single syllable. Lavoie and Cohn 1999 argue t... | | |
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Richards, Grace | My lung health: shared decision making for lung cancer screening | Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States. In 2019, around 140,000 deaths occurred in the Untied States due to lung cancer. Low-dose CT screening to detect lung cancer is an effective tool for preventing these deaths, but the screening has some harms associated with it in addition to ... | | 2023 |
742 |
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Hall, Adam | My story is an ode to black thought | | | |
743 |
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Scholl, Wallis | Nanomite-Decorated Nanoparticles as Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopy Substrated | Surface-enhanced spectroscopy substrates utilize the localized surface plasmon resonance of nanoparticles for optical, photocatalysis, and biological and chemical sensing applications. Plasmonic anisotropic nanoparticles with sharp tips focus the electromagnetic field of the localized surface plasmo... | | 2020 |
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Hannon, Jackson | National strategy and military doctrine in Afghanistan and Iraq and the creation of the office of foreign affairs and reconstruction | The 9/11 terror attacks in New York by al Qaeda have largely been considered a landmark moment in American hist ory, and in the path of the Bush presidency. While the Bush administration had something of a general foreign policy and guiding strategy, the attacks on 9/11 were a seminal moment for the... | United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Military relations -- Afghanistan; United States -- Military relations -- Iraq; United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq | 2015-08 |
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Jecmen, Devon | Nature, depression, and the vagus nerve | The positive effects of natural environments on mental health have been observed and studied for decades. Specifically, psychology research from across the world has provided evidence that being immersed in nature has positive effects for those suffering from depression, although there is uncertaint... | | 2022 |
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Shields, Carly | Needs of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Healthcare Setting | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability characterized by difficulties with social communication and repetitive and restrictive behaviors patterns (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 59 children were ide... | | 2019 |
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Baker, Stephanie Rebecca | Neighborhood characteristics and obesity: A focus on the food environment | The rate of obese and overweight individuals in the United States is at epidemic proportions. Previous research has found that neighborhood characteristics are correlated with health outcomes and obesity rates. My study focuses on aspects of the food environment and how it may influence obesity rate... | Obesity - Research; Obesity - Social aspects; Obesity - Risk factors - United States - Utah | 2012-05 |
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Bernardo, Madeline F. | The Neural Mechanisms of Sexual Transformation in Thalassoma Bifasciatum, the Bluehead Wrasse | Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead wrasse, is a protogynous sequential hermaphrodite and a commonly used model for studying environmental sex determination and adult sexual plasticity. Terminal phase (TP) male bluehead wrasses demonstrate characteristic behaviors and coloration changes when courti... | | 2020 |
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Thomas, Alyssa | The new age of after-school programs | Through the course of the COVD-19 pandemic, it became apparent that the education system is increasingly reliant on technology. As a result of the transition to online learning, there is a burgeoning demand for research concerning online education and extra-curricular programs, such as supplemental ... | | 2021 |
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Tripathy, Anurag | Nickel-Functionalized Solid-State Titania Nanotube Array for the Electrochemical Detection of Breath-Based Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer | Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in the United States with approximately 137,000 new cases each year, 50,000 of which are fatal due to belated screenings [1]. The gold-standard detection method is colonoscopy, a direct visualization tool that facilitates the removal of minor ... | | 2019 |