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Beatty, Danielle N. | A kappa carrageenan sponge material for Marine oil spill remediation | There are significant problems associated with the methods employed to clean up oil released from non-natural sources (greater than 343 million gallons annually). Many of the cleanup methods utilized create additional waste or increase the toxicity of spilled oil. To address these problems, and sust... | 2019 | |
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Taggart, Maxwell M. | A novel MRI-based screening method for assessing atrio-esophageal fistula risk following cardia ablation | Atrio-esophageal fistulas affect 1 in 2000 patients who undergo cardiac ablation procedures with a mortality rate of 93%. Methods for detecting atrio-esophageal fistula formation that are objective and non-invasive could reduce the mortality associated with this disease. This study was performed ret... | Magnetic resonance imaging; Cardia ablation; Trio-esophageal fistual | 2014-12 |
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Gilbert, John | A novel tool to capture neural activity across an entire brain using C-FOS as an indicator | Immunohistochemical staining for the expression of the immediate early gene c-Fos is a powerful tool to measure neuronal activation of neurons across an entire brain. The results of c-Fos immunostaining are often quantified by counting the number of immunolabeled cells in a region of interest (ROI) ... | Brain - Localization of functions - Research; Brain - Physiology - Research; Brain mapping - Research; Memory - Research; Mice as laboratory animals - Research; Brain activity; Immunohistochemical staining | 2016-05 |
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Ashurst, Blayze | A telemetry communication system for ucubesat | The goal of U CubeSat club at the University of Utah is to launch the University of Utah's first CubeSat into space, and thus inspire future engineering students at the U to develop and launch increasingly capable CubeSats. My contributions to this project was to determine the requir... | 2022 | |
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Hodgson, Keeton R. | Accelerating DNA Sequence Alignment | Precision medicine can provide breakthroughs in current medical technology and treatment. The ability to prescribe a speci#12;c cure to a speci#12;c disease for a spe- ci#12;c person can greatly reduce the cost of medical treatments, reduce mistakes in the medical #12;eld, and increase the e#11;ecti... | 2018 | |
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Porras, Adrian M. | Acoustic emission monitoring on reinforced concrete frames with improved seismic resilience | In modern structural engineering, reinforced concrete (RC) structures are wildly adopted due to their strength in resisting compressional and flexural loads. Moreover, RC structures can be precast or cast-in-place and have been used for many applications, such as footings, beams, and columns. Howeve... | damage; structure; Moreover | 2020 |
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Lillquist, John | Active Cadence Braking (ACB) for Safer Recreational Rehabilitation | Recreational rehabilitation is a proven way to provide a therapeutic experience and enhancement of quality of life for individuals with disabilities. The Mountain Chair is a device developed for individuals with high level traumatic spinal cord injuries (HL-SCI) to provide them with a system compara... | ||
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Jackson, Dale Jay | Aerodynamic mixing losses and discharge coefficients due to film cooling from a symmetric turbine airfoil in transonic flow | Aerodynamic losses and discharge coefficients are obtained for two different Pratt and Whitney axisymetric turbine airfoils with film cooling holes. Blade 3 results are given for the blowing ratios, of 0.42, 0.73, and 1.28. The pressure ratios are 1.18, 1.45, and 2.07 for the "ambient" tests and 1.1... | Mechanical Engineering | 1998-12 |
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Sivo, Jacob | Agile in the Wild - An in-Depth look into EAE Student Development Practice | There have been works produced on Agile techniques and their e#11;ectiveness in terms of both actual project progress as well as human factors, especially in industry. There are many training programs that companies enroll their employees in, such as ASPE. In these training programs, individuals are... | 2019 | |
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Loftus, Patrick D. | Agonist binding of herg K+ channels inhibits epithelial cell extrusion but not apoptosis in MDCK monolayers; providing possibilities to cancer metastasis regulation | Metastasis is commonly referred to as cancerous cell movement from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body. When these moving cancerous cells are malignant, an individual's chance of survival is decreased. In order for epithelial cells to move they are detached from the epitheliu... | Biomedical Engineering | 2012-01 |
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Meier, John E. | An evaluation of the quality of contemporary ray tracing methods on architectural materials | Predictive computer graphics can be used to visualize the appearance of an object or scene from a virtual design. A seminal experiment in that field was performed in 1984 to evaluate the perceptual quality of computer graphics images with a physical model of the scene. The original study was limited... | Ray tracing algorithms | 2009-05 |
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Sharma, Kapil | Analyzing the relationship between PDM2 and B-catenin proteins in human cancers | Tumorigenesis is promoted by the manipulation of several co-factors and pathways, in which PKM2 and P-catenin proteins play a significant role in a variety of cancers. New research states that these two hegemonic cancer proteins directly bind with each other and may provide a new angle for cance... | Pyruvate kinase - Research; Tumorigensis - Research | 2016-04 |
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Jensen, Sierra A. | Assessing Utah's 90th Percentile storm to understand bioretention design and cost to meet Utah's Modified stormwater mangeement rule | his research dissects and improves understanding of the implications of Utah's modified stormwater permit rule. By analyzing the 90th percentile (90th-P) storm depth calculation and modeling an urban watershed on the foothills of Salt Lake City, Utah; this project provides initial guidance to local ... | 2018 | |
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Anjewierden, Scott | Automated kinematic analysis of pre-pluse inhibition in larval zebrafish | Animals differentially ignore or attend to sensory information depending on their immediate environment. A significant example of this phenomenon is audiomotorpre-pulse inhibition (PPI), in which the startle response to a loud noise is suppressed by a preceding stimulus of lower intensity. This a... | Zebra danio - Development; Kinematics - Research; Kinematic parameters; Swim kinematics; Pre-pulse inhibition | 2014-12 |
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Bekeris, Michael Joseph | Block Copolymers and Nanosphere Lithography as a Bottom-up Fabrication Tool for Facilitating Deterministic Lateral Displacement | With the capability to separate red blood cells and exosomes, deterministic lateral deisplacement (DLD) has established itself as a great utility in biological sparation applications on both the microscale and nonoscale. Current methods of employing DLD on the nonoscale require electron beam lithogr... | 2020 | |
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Tallman, Lance | Breaking the mold: using epistolary architecture to craft a new type of video game narrative | Breaking the Mold: Using Epistolary Architecture to Craft a New Type of Video Game Narrative discusses the uniqueness of classic epistolary literary works, such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, and demonstrates how applying the storytelling techniques of these texts can allow game developers to create a ne... | 2022 | |
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Eccles, Patrick Nolan | The Cabal reflection: A post mortem of an entertainment arts and engineering capstone project | This document will serve as Patrick Eccles' Honors Thesis at the University of Utah and will reflect upon the process and result of his and his team members' senior project within the Entertainment Arts and Engineering program: the 3D Puzzle Platformer A Divided Light . On the senior project team, P... | Computer games - Design; Cabal Process | 2015-08 |
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Peterson, Ezekiel | Calibration of Low-Cost Ozone Detectors to Measure a Key-Indicator of Summertime air Quality in the Salt Lake Valley | The air quality measurement boards developed by the University of Utah department of electrical engineering and evaluated by the department of chemical engineering were calibrated for the measurement of ozone. The redox sensors in these boards had a strong inverse response to increases in ozone conc... | 2018 | |
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Tarboton, Paisley | Characterization of Apoptosis and Inhibitory Neurons in Cortical Organoids Generated from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. | Modeling human brain diseases in a laboratory setting is critical to understanding the underlying pathology and developing new treatments for patients. Organoids are 3D tissue cultures that provide a promising way to model human brain development in vitro and have been used previously to gain novel ... | 2018 | |
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DeHaan, Matthew | Citizens West residential building energy modeling | Citizens West is a newly-built development in Downtown Salt Lake City. This building was built by the Giv Group and is 100%. The Giv Group strives to build sustainable but affordable living. In order to determine ways to decrease prices, a digital twin of Citizens West was built, validated, and simu... | 2023 | |
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Slominski, Emma N. | Comparison of transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound phase correction simulations to clinically measured MRTI | Essential tremor and Parkinson's disease are neurological disorders causing involuntary shaking that affects an estimated 8 million people in the United States. Transcranial Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (tcMRgFUS) is a noninvasive alternative method of treating tremors to the invasiv... | 2021 | |
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Sowards, Steffan | Computational fluid dynamics modeling for Respiratory airflow patterns of python regius | The phylogenetic distribution and mechanisms underpinning unidirectional pulmonary airflow, in which gases pass through a portion of the lung in an identical direction during both aspiration and expiration, are poorly understood. Until recently, it was thought this pattern of flow required unique fe... | 2018 | |
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Gilbert, Andrew | Computational modeling of the rat hippocampus for improving neural stimulation | Neural prostheses are used to restore some level of function to tissue damaged by disease. It is important to model and correctly identify the relationship between electrical stimulation and neural response to provide a framework for prosthetic stimulation. This work will show a struc... | Neural stimulation - Research; Hippocampus (Brain) - Research; Memory - Research; Rats as laboratory animals - Research; Neural prosthetic | 2016-05 |
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Dibble, Alicia G. | Computer Simulation-Aided Design of Single-Ion Conducting Structures for Solid Polymer Electrolytes in Lithium0ion Batteries | Lithium-ion batteries are commonplace in consumer devices, but the volatility of the liquid electrolyte used in those batteries poses an innate safety risk that must be combated if the batteries are to maintain their preferential status in modern technology. One alternative to liquid electrolytes is... | 2019 | |
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Young, Michael | The Contributions of Elastin to Ligament Viscoelasticty | Ligaments exhibit viscoelastic behavior in response to strain. This behavior protects joints from injury during loading. Collagen is the primary structural component of ligaments, but does not account fully for the viscoelastic behavior. Elastin is another structural protein in ligaments, and provid... | 2017 |