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Matheson, Kristoffer | Design of a novel x-ray CT in situ experiment for imaging 3D deformation of aluminum foam materials | Open-cell metallic foams show excellent potential for lightweight load-bearing structural applications, electrodes in energy-storage devices, biomedical implants, and heat exchangers, to name a few. A key aspect in efficient and streamlined deployment of aluminum foams for these applications lie... | Foamed materials - Testing; Tomography - Research; Lightweight materials - Research; X-ray computed tomography; Aluminum foam materials; Load frame | 2016-04 |
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Kennedy, Ashley | Design of Optimal Carbonaceous Material from Carbon Capture for Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries | The utilization of carbon nanofiber obtained from carbon capture as a potential anodic material in lithium-ion batteries was investigated in this project. The carbon nanofiber obtained from the carbon capture process was designed to be optimal for use in lithium-ion batteries. Its suitability as an ... | | 2018 |
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Baker, Justin | Designed Swarming Behavior Using Optimal Transportation Newworks | Models of swarming behavior aid in disaster planning, direct the actions of ware- house robots, and can map the foraging characteristics of insects. These mod- els use the optimal behavior of individual agents to determine the behavior of the larger population. Optimal transportation is one such mod... | | 2019 |
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Linnebach, Shawn Michael III | Designing a large scale software application: the Histia Story | When designing a large-scale software system there are many aspects of software design that go into making a successful final product. This document seeks to give insight into the software design process, using my capstone project, Hestia, as a case study. Hestia is an all-encompassing household man... | | 2021 |
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Keller, Jackson | Designing for Interactivity: the Camera in 3D Video Games | This paper analyzes the effect that camera control has on art, design, and player experience in 3D video games. It will specifically explore the implications of various methods of camera control that have emerged during the brief history of 3D games: the first and third-person perspectives, fixed an... | | 2019 |
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Ansari, Adam | Designing Polymer Coated Carbon Nanotube Detectors for Alkane Vapors | Alkane vapors are difficult to be detected in oil pipelines until a leak exceeds 1% of the total flow. Yet, an alkane leak can cause severe security, environmental, and human health problems if it is not identified or addressed. Detecting low concentrations of alkanes will lead to the detection of s... | | 2014 |
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Munn, Jackson | Determining microbial community composition and methane flux or red butte canyon sediment over time | Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is released from the soil into the atmosphere, which contributes heavily to global warming. One potential way of reducing the amount of methane in the air is through studying methane consuming bacteria (methanotrophs) and how they interact with other microbes ... | | 2022 |
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Gajiwala, Snehal | Determining the variability of depressive brain circuitry among healthy subjects for deep brain stimulation | Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is being evaluated to treat Treatment-Resistant Depression, though it has shown mixed results. We believe that variability within the fiber tracts of the brain may account for these outcome differences. In this study, we attempt to characterize this potential variation.... | Brain stimulation - Therapeutic use - Research; Depression, Mental - Treatment - Research; Deep brain stimulation; Depressive brain circuitry; Fiber tracts; Tractography | 2016-05 |
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Buchanan, Kathryn Leigh | Developing and Evaluating a Resilience Curriculum for Nurse Residency Programs | Purpose: There is a nursing shortage worldwide, which is partially due to nurses leaving the workforce prematurely. This phenomenon has been particularly prevalent within emergency, critical care, and oncology. This burnout has been linked to a concept termed "compassion fatigue", where nurses' abil... | | 2017 |
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Mawson, Seth | Developing sport-specific return-to-play testing protocols: incorporation of psychological assessment through self-appraisal in pilot testing for potential return-to-play protocols | | | 2022 |
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Richard Dorsky | Development and use of the light-dark tank assay as a behavioral test to indicate anxiety related behavior in Zebrafish | | | 2021 |
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Luo, Shirley | Development of a bioabsorbalbe active release antimicrobial coating for orthopedic implants | Orthopedic implantations often create an opportunity for biofilm-related infections to arise. Patients infected with biofilm must often undergo additional surgeries for repair or replacement, which puts them at a greater risk of osteomyelitis, sepsis, and other complications including death [17]. T... | Orthopedic implants - Research; Anti-infective agents - Research; Staphyloccoccal infections - Prevention and control - Research; Antimicrobial coating; Staphylococcus aureus | 2016-05 |
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Rahislic, Emir | Development of a Copper-Based Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling | Chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) is a CO2-capture technology that is a special form of chemical looping combustion (CLC). It requires an oxygen carrier that cycles between two reactors picking up oxygen from one and delivering it to another for the combustion of solid fuels. An oxygen ... | | 2017 |
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Robertson, Stuart J. | Development of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Hypersaline Wastewater Treatment Applications | The proper treatment of wastewater generated by human activity is of paramount importance for the preservation of the quality of water sources. For effluents containing high salt concentrations, treatment requires expensive methods that require high energy usage and additional chemicals. Halotoleran... | | 2019 |
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Sanders, Sara | Development of a novel, coumarin-europium sensor for reactive oxidizing species | The synthetic framework has been developed for two fluorescent probes of Reactive Oxidizing Species (RoxS) based on a coumarin-europium fluorescence pair. The coumarin moiety's selectivity for hydrogen peroxide coupled with 620 nm shifted emission of the europium will make these novel sensors biolog... | Reactive Oxygen Species - analysis | 2012-05 |
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Gilbert, Henry | Development of a Power over Ethernet (POE) Airu Sensor | Poor air quality has been linked to both health and economic concerns, and is a growing research topic in Salt Lake City. The AQ&U program at the University of Utah strives to develop a large network of low-cost air quality sensors (AirU's) to study air pollution throughout the Salt Lake valley. Man... | | 2020 |
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Feliciano, Jeppesen Garcia | Development of Computational Strategies for Improved Environmental Simulations of Water Energy Balances, Air Quality, and Energy Use | In the last decade, there has been more focus on urban microclimate due to concerns for inhabitants' health, water and energy resource consumption, and air quality. The Green Environmental Urban Simulations for Sustainability (GEnUSiS) project uses large computational platforms including the Quick U... | | 2017 |
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Radhakrishnan, Sridharan | Development of Low-Cost system for Myoelectric Prosthesis Control | The upper limb prosthetics field has advanced to where artificial hands can mimic human motions based on electrical signals emitted from muscular activation and can even open and close proportionate to the amplitude of signal they receive. However, these prostheses are very expensive, with some cost... | | 2020 |
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Bowman, Sadie | Development of non-toxic, inexpensive DNA Gel electrophoresis kit for CH EN K-12 outreach | The biochemical and biopharmaceutical industries are growing rapidly, and promoting hands-on STEM education in high schools is essential in getting kids interested. One of the most common and easily understood experiments is separating DNA samples using gel electrophoresis. However, Utah has consist... | | 2022 |
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Long, Danielle | Diabetes risk, physical activity, and the physical environment | The current exploratory study investigated the relationships among subjective and objective physical environment ratings, physical activity, and diabetes status. The basic question was whether diabetics were less physically active than non-diabetics and if this lack of physical activity was due to d... | Psychology | 2014-05 |
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Chandler, Julia | Dialectical behavioral therapy, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia: A preliminary investigation into the effects of mindfulness practice in a transdiagnostic clinical population | Researchers have shown that mindfulness based therapies, such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), are effective treatments in trans-diagnostic clinical populations with emotion dysregulation. Researchers have yet to determine the effect of mindfulnessbased therapies on respiratory sinus arrhyth... | Dialectical behavior therapy; Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; Paranasal sinuses -- Diseases; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia | 2015-03 |
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Fife, Cody | Diary of a Pig: Considering Animal Perspective in Animal Liberation | In the early summer of 2017, an animal advocacy group risked arrest to enter Circle Four Farms in Milford, Utah and rescued two piglets named Lucy and Lizza from the facility. This group, called Direct Action Everywhere, was hoping to document and publicize forms of animal exploitation and abuse tha... | | 2019 |
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Wylie, Kathryn Niven | Differences Between Mother and Peer Listeners in the Encouragement Of Perspective-Taking | Existing literature implicates perspective-taking, the cognitive and affective process by which an individual comes to understand the viewpoint of another, in a broad variety of desirable outcomes. Although scaffolding is an oft-researched topic, there is little extant work on how scaffolding may en... | | 2020 |
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Laws, Tyler | Differences in Voice-Onset Time (VOT) in Spanish Between First Language (LI), Second Language (L@), and Heritage Speakers | Heritage speakers are individuals who acquire their first language (L1) in a naturalistic setting, such as the home. Then, they experience a change in linguistic environments and acquire a second language in the new environment, such as school, usually before the onset of adolescence. It is "the sec... | | 2019 |
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Maxwell, Netanya Elise | Differentiation in elementary classrooms | In conjunction with the Utah Educational Policy Research center and under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Rorrer, this paper examines the current research surrounding differentiation in public elementary school (K-5) classrooms in the United States. This paper will seek to find a clear, singular defin... | Individualized instruction; Mixed ability grouping in education; Education; Elementary | 2014-04 |