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1 | Parker, Dwight | From the margins to the middle: a patient-centered approach to primary care for refugees in Utah | In a country where even English-speaking minorities are often at a disadvantage, refugees' circumstances - especially as a result of social instability, language and cultural differences, level of education, and income - can render the American health care system frightening, inaccessible, incompreh... | Immigrants - United States; Health care - United States | 2012-05 | |
2 | Tanner, Trevor | The automation of a discontinuous membrane extruder | One quarter of American troop deaths in the Middle East were classified as "potentially survivable." Of these, over 90 percent of the battlefield deaths and over 80 percent of the deaths in treatment centers were attributed to one factor: blood loss. Blood's limited supply, short half-life, and r... | Blood - Transfusion - Research; Membrane homogenization; Synthetic blood; Artificial oxygen carriers | 2016-05 | |
3 | Coronado, Yvette Sonia Gonzalez | The pedagogy of sistahood : Living in this skin in the classroom | Historical and contemporary social dynamics have constructed a 'commonsense' of Latina youth as submissive characters to el macho (the male), in addition to portrayals as sexually promiscuous, destined for marriage and pregnancy, quiet, resistant learners, and as lacking in ambition. These deficit m... | Hispanic American teenage girls; Social conditions | 2009 | |
4 | 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 | |
5 | Leonard, Nicole | Vitamin D deficiency in flight attendants and pilots | Vitamin D is a curious molecule. While humans do get some vitamin D from their diet, most of it is synthesized in the body, so it does not fit the definition of a vitamin-a molecule that must come from the diet. Vitamin D synthesis is initiated by the UVB (290-320 nm) portion of ultraviolet radiatio... | Vitamin D deficiency; Flight attendants -- Nutrition; Air pilots -- Nutrition; Ultraviolet radiation -- Physiological effect | 2015-04 |