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Mallender, Zachary | Assay of the dreem device on sleep metrics and an exploration of sleep staging in chronic short sleepers during time in bed extension | Despite clear and plentiful research that sleeping less than seven hours per night has a wide array of health consequences, a large portion of American adults report sleeping less than seven hours per night and thus receive chronic insufficient sleep. Many studies exploring the consequences of insuf... | 2022 | |
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Kober, Derek | Anthropogenic Climate Change and Pollen Trends: Analyzing genera-specific impacts and correlations with temperature and precipitation across the United States (1990-2018) | Studies have shown that human-driven climate change is associated with both higher airborne pollen concentrations and extended allergy seasons. Research particularly indicates that the concentration of pollen is positively correlated to increasing temperatures. This study aims to analyze the pollen ... | 2023 | |
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Willis, Hannah | Habitat factors influencing carnivore site usage in Sarikamis, Kars Turkey | In a world where natural areas are increasingly developed and fragmented, an understanding of spatial ecology is critical for proper land management that benefits both people and nature. Traditionally, policy makers have relied on the use of a single, charismatic species to serve as a protective umb... | 2020 | |
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Lawrence, Derek John | Porous fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite scaffolding with human osteoblast cells bone graft: a pilot study | The incidence of bone injuries and defects in the United States has continued to increase in recent years, prompting the need for surgical interventions to repair them [1]. Currently in use are several interventions, autografts, allografts, and manufactured apatites, each with their own benefits and... | United States; fluorapatite; temperatures | 2022 |
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Brown, Audrey | Analyzing response patterns of olfactory bulb glomeruli at low odorant concentration regimes | Sensory input to the olfactory system begins with the binding of an odorant molecule to an olfactory receptor (OR) contained on the surface of an olfactory sensory neuron (OSN). Olfactory bulb (OB) glomeruli receive information from OSNs containing the same OR type and are thought to help process se... | 2021 | |
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Luong, Katie | An examination of the relationship between positive covid-19 infection and vaccine hesitancy within the Utah recover study population | Vaccine hesitancy is defined by the World Health Organization as a "delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccination services," and is affected by a wide range of factors. Some of these factors identified in the literature include perceived safety and importance of vacc... | COVID-19; health | 2023 |
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Chong, Alisha | Effects of increasing sleep duration on C-Reactive protein, insulin sensitivity, and blood pressure in adults with habitual short sleep | Short sleep, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes are all highly prevalent health issues in modern society. Previous findings demonstrate that obtaining short sleep is linked to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. However, the mechanisms un... | 2023 | |
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Isom, Anika | Amniotic fluid treatment of vocal fold injury in an in vivo rabbit model | Hyaluronic acid (HA) injectables are a standard treatment for vocal fold injuries in both clinical and research settings. Results from these treatments are not permanent, however, and may vary in effectiveness. Because of this, there is a significant clinical interest in finding an alternative for H... | Vocal folds; rheology; wound healing of vocal folds; hyaluronic acid; amniotic fluid; regenerative medicine | 2022 |
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Garzella, Erin | Coinfection of Malaria and gammaherpesvirus in B cells and macrophages | Malaria kills over 600,000 people a year. 67% of those deaths are children under five and pregnant women. Some children get malaria, but they do not die. The reasons for this are not completely understood. Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, and in sub-Saharan Africa Plasmodium falciparum ... | 2023 | |
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Lindley, Clara | Pre-surgery inflammatory and angiogenesis biomarkers as predictors of 12-month cancer-related distress: results from the colocare study | Background Patients with colorectal cancer commonly suffer from complex psychological distress. Elevated distress may be linked to systemic biomarkers. We investigated associations of biomarkers of inflammation and angiogenesis with cancer-related distress (CTXD) score. Methods N = 315 patients (sta... | 2023 | |
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Peterson, Mikal | Somatic chromosome pairing in interspecific drosophila hybrid and hybried rescue crosses | Homologous chromosomes of somatic tissue pair together in Drosophila. One current model proposes that somatic pairing starts in an undirected manner; when sites on the chromosome, called "buttons", come into contact and pair. Then, after this initial pairing, the rest of the chromosome then synapses... | 2022 | |
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Orton, Cody | Presynaptic bouton and postsynaptic Kenyon cell claw morphology with synaptic plasticity in drosophila | My thesis aims at determining whether or not neural activity affects connectivity in the Drosophila melanogaster olfactory circuit. Specifically, I am testing whether sensory activity is required for Projection neurons and Kenyon cell morphology. Therefore, my primary and central question is: does s... | 2021 | |
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Wiese, Claudia | DNA metabarcoding of trnL intron using the minion device to assess BEE foraging from Pollen | In recent decades many bee species, including Apis mellifera (European honeybee), have experienced worldwide population declines. In this paper we tested a novel molecular approach to evaluate foraging of A. mellifera Specifically, we sequenced trnL (UAA) intron DNA barcodes from isolated pollen fro... | 2023 | |
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Temme, Jack | A closer look at aberrant muscle function | When a skeletal muscle is inhibited from operating at its full function it is called an aberrant muscle. Such inhibition tends to occur after joint trauma in order to protect the injured area from further aggravation. However, inhibition can linger after the injury is healed, which negatively impact... | 2021 | |
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Varghese, Alyssa A. | Identification of virulence factors in invasive haemophilus influenzae isolates causing disease in Utah Children | Haemophilus influenzae can cause serious disease in children. After widespread use of the H. influenzae serotype b (Hib) vaccine, H. influenzae serotype a (Hia) became a significant cause of invasive infection in Utah. Although most Utah Hia isolates belong to a sequence type theorized to be less in... | 2021 | |
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Streeter, Forest | Deficiency in regulator of G-Protein signaling, LOCO, protects D. Melanogaster from effects of a high Salt diet | Gerontology and studies of aging have been grappling with the effects of a westernized diet for decades now. Some of these effects include diseases related to overconsumption such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and many more. These pathologies are now contributor... | 2021 | |
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Azadpour, Elmera | The effect of inorganic VS organic fertilizer on an urban lawn in Salt Lake City, Utah | 2019 | ||
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Scamfer, Sierra | Studying pancreatic acinar cell differentiation through transcription factor reprogramming | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a highly lethal human cancer that originates from acinar cells in the pancreas. Ptf1a is a transcription factor that plays an important role in the development of the pancreas and in the differentiation and maintenance of acinar cells. Ptf1a expression is lost dur... | 2021 | |
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Larson, Brooke | Chacterization of signaling to the degradative pathways of the cell | Protein degradation in cells is a complex network of pathways that are distinct from each other but highly interconnected. Understanding how proteins are degraded in cells is important for understanding and developing treatments for diseases such as lysosomal storage diseases and neurodegenerative d... | 2023 | |
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Calder, Dallen | Adipocyte enhancer binding protein 1 (AEBP1) as a potential therapeutic target to combat cardiac fibrosis | Fibrosis is one of the major hallmarks of heart failure (HF) progression and is characterized by fibroblast activation and excess extracellular matrix (EMC) deposition. RNA sequencing of myocardial tissue acquired from HF patients showed a significant upregulation of adipocyte enhancer binding prote... | 2022 | |
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Young, Chelsea | Effect of docosahexaenoic acid on female rat pups after controlled cortical impact | Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children. After an initial mechanical impact, the injury continues to evolve and propagate in a secondary injury cascade. Previous research by the Schober lab has indicated that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a promi... | 2022 | |
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Enriquez, Trisha Pauline Diaz | Substrate use within the drosophila melanogaster species subgroup | Effective sensory perception is a vital aspect of survival for living organisms such as Drosophila. More specifically, olfaction, or the sense of smell, is essential because the detection of odors allows it to find potential food, danger, or specifically, where to lay eggs. This review will examine ... | 2021 | |
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Tennant, Karrin | Competitive nighttime stomatal response of Populus Trichocarpa during drought | Stomata are critical valves responsible for gas exchange on the leaf level. They control rates of transpiration and as such play a crucial role in terrestrial water cycling. When stomata open, water molecules in the intracellular leaf space are subject to evaporation, especially in dry conditions. T... | 2021 | |
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Reimers, Noelle | Exploring the role of lipied metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive cancer with poor survival rates and limited treatment options whose prevalence is expected to increase up to 137% by 2030. Existing therapies outside of liver resection or transplantation have poor efficacy, and few new treatment options have been deve... | 2021 | |
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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 |