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Schwartz, Maisie | Travel in dance education: what's the pointe? | The purpose of my project was to examine the benefits of travel in dance education to determine if international travel is something the University of Utah Department of Ballet should continue to support The funding and allowance of training and performance-based travel abroad has long been a point ... | Dance - Study and teaching; Travel - Philosophy | 2014-05 |
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Aderibigbe, Justis | Trends in the usage of bidentate phosphines as ligands in nickel catalysis of hydrogenation reactions | A critically important process in catalysis is the formation of an active catalyst from the combination of a metal precursor and a ligand, as the efficacy of this reaction governs the amount of active catalyst. This review is a compacted but comprehensive review of reactions catalyzed by nickel and ... | | 2021 |
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Scott, Isabelle | Tropical analog to the log canonical threshold | In algebraic geometry, the log canonical threshold is a property of singularities of planar curves. While singularities have multiplicities, the log canonical threshold can be a more telling invariant. It helps to classify curves beyond what the multiplicity indicates by examining how quickly the in... | Geometry, Algebraic | 2013-04 |
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Wang, Albert Abdul-Barr | Two reflections on the capitol insurrection | Two Reflections on the Capitol Insurrection acts as a complementary set of essays for Albert Abdul-Barr Wang's extensive photo book The Cults of the Famous and the Dead (https://www.blurb.com/b/11471408-the-cults-of-the-famous-and-the-dead). The artist reflects on the impetus for his research projec... | | 2023 |
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Schoensee, Kohl | U of U Fsae Aero Package CFD Optimization & Structural FEA | I would like to thank my older brother, Luke Schoensee, for pushing me to develop Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models with ANSYS that are comparable to those developed by the top Formula SAE teams. I am grateful for the countless hours on the phone with Luke where he helped explain the problem... | | 2019 |
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Karahalios, Vasiliki | The Unassuming Subversion of Jacksonian-ERA Democracy: An Analysis of Mary Edmonia Lewis's Minnehaha and Hiawatha of 1868 | By the mid-nineteenth century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had become one of the most celebrated poets in the United States. The publication of his poem The Song of Hiawatha in 1855 established him as the great American epic poet of the 19th-century. Not only was The Song of Hiawatha widely read and ... | | 2019 |
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Woodruff, Derek | Uncovering Synaptic Defects resulting from loss of the intellectual disability and autism-associated gene Kirrel3 | Neurodevelopmental disorders severely impact an individual's life. Surprisingly, the genetic and cellular cause of over half of intellectual disability cases and more than 80% of autism spectrum disorders remain undiscovered1,2. It is likely that mutations in molecules regulating synapse development... | | 2017 |
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Hair, Maddie | Uncovering the microeconomic costs of reproductive care in the United States | Abortion is complicated. It is a highly emotional concept which requires multifaceted ethical considerations, as well as practical considerations in order to construct ethical and effective policy. The more attention-grabbing components of the issue are the ethical perspectives. However, economic im... | | 2024 |
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Sarah F. Small | Uncovering the microeconomic costs of reproductive care in the United States | | | 2024 |
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Liddell, Nicholas | Undergraduate Recruiting for Accounting Majors | The objective of this paper is to describe the process of recruiting for undergraduate accounting and finance majors. Because human capital that comes from U.S colleges is an immensely important resource for businesses across the globe, students have stress and pressure placed on them from their ear... | | 2020 |
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Badizadegan, Parisa | Understanding and evaluating effective technology integration in the classroom | The current study analyzed four major research questions: (1) Are the attitudes and beliefs of pre‐service teachers correlated with constructivist/traditionalist approaches to technology integration? (2) Does prior technology usage predict constructivist/traditionalist approaches to technology int... | High technology and education | 2015-04 |
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Walker, Kortnie | Understanding and treating diabetic retinopathy | Diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular disease of the retina and is the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population in the United States. Complications as a result of hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) break down the blood-retina barrier (BRB) and retinal vasculature. Current tre... | Diabetic retinopathy | 2015-05 |
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Amaechi, Ayana | Understanding sex differences in early predictors of pathological aggression with a mouse model | Antisocial behavior (ASB) is characterized by aggression, violence, drug use, thrillseeking behavior, and delinquent behavior. While childhood and adolescent maltreatment contribute to the ontogeny of this condition, converging evidence suggests that genetic factors play an equally important role. T... | MAOA; pathological aggression; sex differences; stress; early development; animal models | 2021 |
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Li, Danika | Understanding State-Sponsored Violence: Tiananmen Square | The Tiananmen Square Massacre presents an interesting puzzle to political scientists, as it contradicts traditional strategic theory that attacking one's own civilians erodes a government's base of power. The massacre defies these expectations through the ensuing decades of iron control the Communis... | | 2018 |
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Straight, Rachel | Understanding students' negative experiences during summer research programs in the US | Undergraduate research experiences, common among STEM majors, offer students practical skills, challenge them to enhance their abilities and help clarify career objectives. While undergraduate research programs offer numerous benefits, studies like Limeri et. al (2019) underscore potential challenge... | | 2024 |
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Bunker, Kerrigan | Understanding the current State of food-based mutual aid in Salt Lake City for community resilience | Salt Lake City experienced a growth in food-related mutual aid networks throughout the pandemic that sought to provide food to those without. But now we are approaching the end of the third year of a world with COVID-19, the current state of mutual aid initiatives varies. The current study seeks to ... | | 2023 |
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Sageser, Emily | Understanding the radial distribution of dwarf satellite galaxies beyond the virial radii | Dark matter has been theorized to exist for over 80 years based on astronomical observations but has yet to be found in terrestrial experiments. Named for its lack of interaction with the electromagnetic field, dark matter does not absorb, reflect, or emit electromagnetic radiation making it undetec... | | 2023 |
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Robinson, Rayne | Understanding unmet social need in Utah's pediatric population: how can social needs by addressed in patient populations? | Background: Social determinants of health (SDoH) are the environmental conditions, material attributes, and patterns of social engagement that shape an individual's health exposures and health behaviors, contribute to an individual's health outcomes, and can place individuals at risk for poor health... | | 2022 |
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Valle, Ciriac I. Alvarez | Undocumented Undergraduates in the Utah System of Higher Education | This thesis focuses on how undocumented students navigate institutions of higher education in the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), and considers the specific culture, legislation, and demographics of the state of Utah. Following my personal experience as an undocumented student, I interviewed... | | 2017 |
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Kopcrak, Gina | Unearthing Hamlet in Ulysses | Although Ulysses is a complex work, it is possible to discover aspects of it by close reading and analyzing specific aspects of particular episodes. I use a variety of critics of Ulysses to discover aspects of Shakespeare's play Hamlet in the Scylla and Charybdis episode, the ninth episode of Ulysse... | Hamlet (Legendary character) - Examination; Joyce, James, 1882 -1941. Ulysses - Examination; Shakespeare criticism | 2012-07 |
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Powell, Cheyenne | The unforgiven: Pathways to homelessness | Homelessness is a socially constructed problem. We as a society do not take the time to truly listen to the concerns of those who are still impact us in our day to day lives. In this current study, the use of qualitative data was analyzed to determine and understand pathways to homelessness. The pur... | Homelessness - United States | 2016-04 |
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Gibson, Olivia | United States Counterinsurgency and BOKO haram | This thesis seeks to analyze insurgencies strategies and tactics as well as the United States counterinsurgency plan. The research focuses on highlighting the importance of developing a strategy centered on addressing the political, economic and religious complexities of varying communities, so as t... | | 2021 |
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Leyendecker, Peyton | Unraveling the Q system function in prokaryotes | Expanding the prokaryotic synthetic biology toolbox is a promising strategy for enhancing control of gene expression. More specifically, understanding the eukaryotic Q system activation of the T7 promoter in prokaryotes can enable enhanced engineering applications for research and biomedicine. Here,... | | 2024 |
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Crompton, Patrick | Urban planning public engagement: the importance of values research in pedagogy | This paper provides a comparison of how public engagement for planners is described in academic literature and how public engagement is accomplished in real world planning projects This is accomplished through an analysis of academic writing on the subject and a selection of modern planning projects... | City Planning | 2016-05 |
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Green, Philip | US venture capital and the effects of diversification | This paper is a discussion of the effects of diversification in venture capital (VC) portfolios. The venture capital structure is formed by three components: the firm, a fund (or funds), and portfolio companies within each fund. One single firm can have simultaneous active funds, which typically las... | Diversification in industry; Venture Capitalism | 2012-05 |