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Tuft, Marie | Quantitative analysis of virus trafficking in a biological cell | Virus replication is a complex process that is important to understand. If a virus is to successfully infect a host cell it must travel from the cell wall to the nucleus by hijacking that cell's existing transport system of microtubules. This motion occurs as two iterated steps: passive diffusion th... | Viruses -- Reproduction -- Mathematical models; Virus trafficking | 2015-05 |
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Qin, Heidi | Queer and Trans Students of Color: Survival and Resistance in Predominately White Institutions | As institutions continue to rethink and redefine the praxis and pedagogy of diversity, young queer and trans students of color continue to be left behind. While the intersections of race and gender become increasingly evident, the body of literature centering those at the intersections of being a qu... | 2017 | |
| 853 |
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Boren, Alex | Questioning my answers: Exploring Cloud Atlas in relation to my B.U.S. degree, "Philosophy for Life" | In my sophomore year, I wanted to choose courses that helped me question my answers. Choosing a traditional major felt too restrictive, so I created my own major through the Bachelor of University Studies program. Titled "Philosophy for Life," my major includes courses from 13 academic disciplines o... | Mitchell, David (David Stephen). Cloud Atlas; Philosophy | 2015-04 |
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Stoddard, Kari | Racially and ethnically diverse midlife women's health needs and symptom experience during the menopausal transition | The menopausal transition (MT) and post-menopause involves a systemic development in which bothersome symptoms can occur. While symptoms occur for women across all racial and ethnic groups, some symptoms are worse for racially and ethnically diverse women compared to White women. Because of risks as... | acupuncture; evidence-based non-pharmacologic interventions; Group Medical Visits; perimenopause; menopausal transition; post-menopause | 2022 |
| 855 |
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Estrella, Itzel | Radiation doses for Nuclear Medicine Procedures: a Compiled Resource | Many types of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging in nuclear medicine require radiation as an essential part of the procedure. These entail different amounts of dose and exposure to the patient. Doctors, technologists, and patients in nuclear medicine often wonder how much dose and exposure is associ... | 2017 | |
| 856 |
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Stovall, Karen L. | Reasons for cohabitation on the outcome of relationship quality and satisfaction | Cohabitation before marriage has become a common choice for many couples in North America. Reasons for couples deciding to live together can vary, including a desire to spend more time together or to combine finances and avoid the hassles of living apart. When looking at reasons for deciding to live... | Unmarried couples; Relationship quality; Cohabitation | 2015-04 |
| 857 |
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Dutson, Matthew J. | Reconstruction of Cosmic Ray Geometry using Cherenkov backscattering | Fluorescence detectors are often used to examine the energy spectrum and arrival directions of ultra high energy cosmic rays. An accurate reconstruction of geometry is key when determining both energy and direction. In the past, it has been necessary to build multiple fluorescence detectors to take ... | 2017 | |
| 858 |
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Thompson, Patrick C. | Redesigning communities: The case for utopias | This thesis studies the importance of Utopian city planning in attempting to transform our communities and solve the social issues faced throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. Idealist city plans originated as a genre of literature dating back to the 16th Century, playing a vital social role throug... | Utopias -- United States City planning -- United States | 2014-05 |
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Djokovich, Alexander Cataldo | Reducing waste in supply chains in pursuit of a sustainable and socially responsible future | The purpose of this research project is to propose solutions for reducing waste to optimize supply chains that are both workable and yield tangible results when applied by firms as theorized. In addition to the well-established cost-saving rationale behind reducing supply chain waste, the pressing i... | 2023 | |
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Sánchez, Alexander Alberto | Reexamining global drug eradication policies: A systemic analysis of their ecological and societal effects in Mexico, Colombia and Afghanistan | Since 1961, the U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs has continued to be the overarching treaty that has been followed and enforced, as a prohibitionist international drug control model. By conducting a systematic review of primary and secondary sources, this paper demonstrates how U.N. establis... | Drug control -- Mexico; Drug control -- Colombia; Drug control -- Afghanistan | 2015-04 |
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Bingham, Kouver | Reflection groups and coxeter groups | In this paper we give a survey of the theory of Coxeter Groups and Reflection groups. This survey will give an undergraduate reader a full picture of Coxeter Group theory, and will lean slightly heavily on the side of showing examples, although the course of discussion will be based on theory. We'll... | Finite groups | 2014-07 |
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Ellis, James H. | Refractory status epilepticus and chronic kidney disease in a large pedigree due to a variant in the mitochondrial encoded trna phenylalanine (MT-TF) gene | Mitochondrial disorders present with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations. Clinical syndromes are described largely by phenotypic indicators. Epilepsy is a common but not universal feature. Myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) is a common clinical syndrome that presents with e... | 2018 | |
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Grahmann, Bridget N. | Refugee use of the women, infants and children program | This study examines the experience refugee families have with the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, and attempts to identify the difficulties they have in order to make suggestions that might result in more efficient use of the WIC program among the refugee population. Thirty women enrolled... | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.); Women refugees -- United States; Women refugees -- Food | 2014 |
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Steiner, William | Regulation of protein complexes during hedgehog signal transduction | The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway essential in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis. Several cancers can form as a result of Hh pathway dysfunction. The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) Smoothened (SMO) is activated upon binding of the secreted Hh pr... | 2021 | |
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Guerrero, Jimena Murillo | The relationship between common factors and specific interventions in psychotherapy | The effectiveness of psychotherapy depends on a combination of specific interventions and nonspecific interventions, or common factors (CFs), that are widely used across different approaches in therapy. CFs are generic characteristics and behaviors across different approaches of therapy such as the ... | 2020 | |
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Bryan, Candace | The relationship between Native Americans and Museums: a case study of the natural history museum of Utah | Taking a class about Native American studies opened my eyes to the many problems the Native American community has had to face for decades. One of those problems was with something I've enjoyed my entire life: museums. Museums have always been a place of wonder and learning for me. I never was taugh... | 2020 | |
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Fields, Aalia | The relationship between preschoolers' engagement in book reading and self-regulation | Children's engagement in literacy-related tasks has been identified as a contributor of literacy skills and achievement for elementary age children (Guthrie, Wigfield, & You, 2012). However, literature is limited on the development of reading engagement and its predictors, especially for young presc... | Reading (Preschool); Human behavior | |
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Ellingson, Lily ann | Relative: Identity, Portraiture, and Human Connection | Our relationships with others define us more than we realize. Our connections to family and community shape the ideas we have about ourselves in ways we dont notice until we step back and analyze them. The people we spend time with, how we relate tot hem, and how we define those relationships clarif... | ||
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Richardson, John R. | Religious Liberty, Equal Protection, and the Utah Compromise | The conflict between religious freedom and civil rights for LGBT Americans is often seen as a zero-sum game. Legal battles over wedding cakes and floral arrangements have garnered national attention and result in a court-sanctioned winner and loser. States and local governments across the country ha... | 2018 | |
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Howard, Kathryn | Religious trauma effects on LGBTQ+ individuals in the LDS context religious trauma effects on LGBTQ+ individuals in the LDS context | In recent years, there has been more discussion around the trauma and trauma responses that come from being a queer individual (one who identifies with members of the LGBTQIA+ community) inside a high-demand religion that does not affirm existence or behaviors of LGBTQ+ individuals. Emerging literat... | 2023 | |
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Lietzke, Stephanie | Removal of endotoxins from recombinant antithrombin | Endotoxins (also known as lipopolysaccharides or ETs) are a pyrogenic byproduct of the breakdown of gram-negative bacterial cell-walls, such as E. coli. They cause fever and septic shock in humans, and are therefore highly regulated by the FDA and USP. ETs are a common contaminant in recombinant pr... | Endotoxins - Research; Antithrombins - Therapeutic use; Sheep as laboratory animals - Research; endotoxin removal; Angiogenesis | 2016-04 |
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Blackburn, Alexander | Replicating Musical Style: Data-Driven Algorithmic Melody Composition | This thesis describes a novel technique to algorithmic composition which combines two data structures-an N-gram language model and an association network-with a user friendly interface meant for music producers. The MelodySmith is a music composition tool which incorporates this logic into a product... | 2018 | |
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Maruta, Nene | Reproductive health and Barriers to Care Among Women With Disabilities | Women with disabilities face many barriers when accessing healthcare. Barriers can include emotional stressors, inaccessible exam tables, and the lack of provider understanding about specific disabilities. Continued barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare for women with disabilities can impact... | 2020 | |
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Tran, Kathy Thanh | Reproductive rights of incarcerated women: Disrupting the system in the women's jail | The history of the reproductive rights of incarcerated women and the current trends of mass incarceration demonstrate the prevalence of the hegemonic system that still expects women to embrace a maternal and feminine role. Historically, the United States has incarcerated women because they break awa... | Women prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Reproductive rights | 2015-05 |
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Oyler, Anthony Fratto | Residential Photovoltaic and Storage in Utah: an in-Depth Analysis into Policy and Infrastrature | Variable fuel prices and the interest in pursuing less carbon intensive energy has led to a variety of federal and state policies for renewable energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) has become a commonly used renewable technology. Despite a high upfront cost, solar PV has a long economic life, little main... | 2017 |