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Choi, Andrew Young | Examining off-task behaviors as regulatory mediators of long-term interest and performance online | Learning via the Internet requires greater reliance on self-regulation (Artino & Stephens, 2009). Online students have easier access to both interesting related materials (i.e.,lesson-related videos) and unrelated materials (i.e., social media). Initial results from the Regulation of Motivation and ... | Internet literacy - Study and teaching; Regulation of Motivation and Performance Online (RMAPO) | 2012-05 |
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Victorine, Paige | Examining the DBT ways of coping checklist and therapist expectancies as predictors of success in DBT gift group participants | Researchers have long focused on which variables play a role in managing the stress-illness relationship, and more specifically, emotion dysregulation (Linehan, 1993; McCrae, 1984). The current study examined psychologically dysregulated individuals (n=22), who had been recommended by their primary... | Dialectical behavior therapy | 2016-04 |
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Flach, Brian | Examining the effects of whisker trimming on mouse brain cell growth | Hoxb8 microglia are a particular breed of scavenger cells in the brain which have been related to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)-like behavior among other behavioral disorders. These cells have been found to reach full maturity during a period of neurological development known as the critical ... | Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Research; Microglia - Research; Mice as laboratory animals - Research; Whiskers; Scavenger cells; Hoxb8 microglia | 2016-04 |
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Velarde, Valerie | The exchange of sexually explicit cell phone pictures (sexting) among high school students | The sending, receiving, and forwarding of sexually explicit pictures via cell phone, a relatively recent phenomenon known as sexting, has recently received substantial media attention, including reports of serious consequences for some of those engaged in sexting (e.g., suicidal ideations, sex offen... | Sexting; Adolescents; Social media | 2014-05 |
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Fine, Keli | Executive functioning and grade point average in college students | Research has demonstrated a positive correlation between Executive Functioning (EF) and Grade Point Average (GPA; Duckworth, Tsukayama, & May, 2010; Latzman, Elkovitch, Young, & Clark, 2010; Knouse, Feldman, & Blevins, 2014). However, previous studies have failed to give a comprehensive view of all ... | Executive functions (Neuropsychology); Academic achievement | 2014-12 |
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Waller, Rosalie G. | Exome sequence comparison of seventy-seven multiple myeloma cases identifies potential risk alleles | Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a heritable cancer of plasma cells with poor prognosis. Although a few genomic risk-loci have been identified for MM, no risk variants have been published that explain MM heritability. We hypothesize MM heritability is due to rare germ-line variants that can be discovered th... | Multiple myeloma -- Genetic aspects; Exomes; Exome sequence; Risk alleles | 2015-05 |
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Bell, Anthony W. | The expansion of pinyon-juniper woodland and the appearance of peromyscus truel in the Toiyabe range of central Nevada | In the early twentieth century field biologists from the University of California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology conducted vertebrate faunal surveys throughout the Great Basin region. Over the past several years we have been conducting resurveys of many of the localities visited by MVZ scientists. Our... | Piñon mouse -- Nevada -- Toiyabe Range; Piñon mouse -- Habitat -- Nevada -- Toiyabe Range; Piñon mouse -- Climatic factors -- Nevada -- Toiyabe Range | 2012-05 |
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Miller, Curtis | Explaining Utah's gender gap in wages | Women earn less than men, and the disparity between men's and women's wages in Utah is larger than the same disparity at the national or regional levels. Little is known as to why Utah has a larger wage gap than the nation or its neighbors. In this paper, we use Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to decom... | Women -- Employment -- Utah; Wage differentials -- Utah; Gender gap | 2015-08 |
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Cox, Mitchell | Exploring exercise adherence: the impact of exercise intensity and variability on affect during exercise | Physical exercise increases affect, and increased affect is associated with greater adherence to exercise. Group exercise is a popular form of exercise, yet little is known regarding the impact of exercise intensity and variability on during-exercise affect. Furthermore, little is known regarding th... | Psychology | 2014-04 |
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Garcia, Anthony D. | Exploring galactic chemical abundance of phosphorus in the ultra-violet with HST | Ultra violet observed spectral data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) are made available to the public. These data sets have been extracted into one-dimensional and flux-calibrated spectral data, and are ready for analysis. We have normalized the extracted spectra with a Planck black body cu... | Milky Way - Phosphorus content | 2014-05 |
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Welsh, Timothy Britton | Family curds and ways: Divergent representations of U.S. families through cheese making | In this essay, I examine how contemporary cultural politics around family and gender are reflected in representations of food, specifically in two different styles of cheese: industrially produced and handcrafted, artisanal cheeses. The growing rift between handcrafted, artisan cheese and industrial... | Cheesemaking - Social aspects | 2015-04 |
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Howard, Connor | FASB proposed revenue recognition and the impact upon United States corporate financial statements | The objective of this paper is to better understand how proposed revenue recognition principles by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will impact financial reporting in the United States. This thesis focuses on current revenue reco... | Financial Accounting Standards Board Financial statements -- United States Corporations -- United States Corporations -- Finance | 2015-05 |
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Jensen, Megan | Faustus, Marlowe, and Bosch: Intersections of medieval fantasy imagery | This thesis is a theoretical costume design project for Christopher Marlowe's play The Tragical History o f the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus that uses The Garden of Earthly Delights, a triptych painting famous for its outlandish imagery by the Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch, as its s... | Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus; Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516. Garden of delights; Costume design | 2015-04 |
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Varanese Gregory James | The feedback paradigm: how positive and negative feedback affects small group dynamics | As a manager, it is imperative to be able to deliver succinct and timely feedback. The key to success, is to ensure that there is a environment built around giving and receiving feedback. Creating a culture where feedback is perceived positively, openly received, and sought out is crucial. This feed... | Feedback control systems; Management style | 2012-05 |
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Blanton, Natalie | Female inmate sexual health literacy and disparities in the Salt Lake County jail | The rates of women interacting with the criminal justice system are increasing steadily yet little is known about the experiences of these women within the system as well as the latent effects that follow them throughout their lives. With a sociological perspective, one comes to understand the imm... | Incarcerated women; Sexual health; Reproductive health; Contraception; Women's experiences; Health literacy | 2014-05 |
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Kim, Jean | Female labor participation in South Korea: implications of policy and culture | South Korea, although being a highly developed nation, surprisingly exhibits a lower female labor participation rate when compared to other countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), such as the United States. The percent of Korean women in the workfor... | Policy - South Korea; Culture - South Korea; Female labor - South Korea | 2015-04 |
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Cook, Elizabeth | Fidelity to the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP): Is it possible? | There are many English Language Learners (ELLs) present in today's school system. Many of them are actually native U. S. Citizens. However there is a large gap between the learning of ELLs and their native English speaking peers. There are many programs the at have been suggested and used to make th... | Observation (Educational method); Teachers - Training of; English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers | 2016-04 |
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Longino, Erika | Field guide for the inquisitive urban ecologist | This thesis consists of an independent mixed-media publication, or zine, which explores five specific case studies that demonstrate urban ecology. These projects exemplify urban ecological thinking and can be used as a field guide to understanding the urban landscape in Salt Lake City, Utah. These ... | Urban ecology (Sociology); City planning - Environmental aspects | 2014-12 |
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Ranzenberger, Elise Kitterman | Figuratively foreign | Germany is a country with profound historical significance and a unique fusion and coexistence of international cultures. There are infinitely diverse perspectives and 5 experiences to be found from the people who live there, each with their own story and significance, composing modern German identi... | Art, German - 21st century | 2013-07 |
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Kirby, Kaltin | Finding a character | My thesis revolves around the idea of creating a character. There have been countless theatre practitioners and theorists Stanislvasky to Meisner who have tried to develop the "best way" to create a character. This project centers around my personal process to create a character based on my traini... | Acting | 2014-05 |
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Parnell, Alycia M. | Finding home: discovering place in a changing world | In spring of 2010, I took a class called Global Environmental Issues from a professor in the biology department named Fred Montague, who had achieved a somewhat legendary status as a lecturer. He taught us science, the grim outlook of the environment, and the convoluted policies working against chan... | | 2012-08 |
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Barnes, Rachel | First ladies: It's not about aptitude; it's the way you're viewed | While Presidential popularity is frequently researched and discussed, the same attention has not been paid to the study of the First Ladies and their popularity. With the constantly changing role of femininity in American society, the First Lady has become an increasingly important and visible figur... | Presidents' spouses - United States - Public opinion; Public opinion - United States - History | 2013-05 |
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Shackelford, Daniel T. | The first servant of the nation : an in-depth analysis of how Jimmy Carter's religion influenced his presidency | Mitt Romney's recent run to become the nation's first Mormon president has made many Americans question what role religion plays in the presidency. While some fervent Romney supporters saw him as man chosen by God for the White House, opponents saw his overt commitment to his religion as a dangerous... | Carter, Jimmy, 1924 - Religion; Christianity and politics - United States - History - 20th century | 2013-05 |
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Chure, Griffin Daniel | FLHE influences cellular morphology through control of flagellar assembly in escherichia coli | The bacterial flagellar motor is a complex nanomachine composed of thousands of individual protein subunits. One of these proteins, FlhE, has not been studied in depth and its function is not completely understood. The flhE gene is cotranscribed with flhB and flhA in the flhBAE flagellar operon. In ... | Escherichia coli; Flagella (Microbiology) | 2013-05 |
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Santos, Jean Paul Dytioco | Flight control systems with optimal effector allocation accounting for load constraints | This paper describes the development of quadratic optimization algorithms to be used in flight control systems; such optimization algorithms aid in distributing control efforts among available actuators to produce forces to keep aircraft stable and in flight. With the advancement of computing power,... | Flight control; Algorithms | 2013-05 |