Filters: Collection: "ir_uspace" Subject: "Utah"
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Smith, Ken R.; Bean, Lee Lawrence; Mineau, Geraldine Page; Fraser, Alison M.; Lane, Diana | Infant deaths in Utah, 1850-1939 | Of all the health revolutions that have taken place in the United States since 1850, the reduction of infant mortality is arguably the most dramatic and far-reaching. Because of the incompleteness and unreliability of surviving vital records,, we will probably never know precisely the rate of infan... | Death; Utah; Infant mortality | 2002 |
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Yu, Zhou | Striving and thriving: Utah's Chinese Pioneers and the expanding tapestry of diversity from 1870 to 2020 | The first wave of Chinese immigrants came to Utah in the 1860s, working on the Transcontinental Railroad and mining projects. This was not long after Mormon pioneers had settled in the Wasatch Front [1-4]. Both groups sought better lives, but their life trajectories diverged in the decades that foll... | Chinese immigrants; Utah; historical; decennial census; microdata; population; migration | |
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Varner, Michael W. | Maternal mortality in Utah. | OBJECTIVE: To determine trends in maternal deaths in Utah, identify opportunities for preventive intervention, and analyze the mechanism of reporting maternal deaths. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed of maternal death certificates and medical records in Utah from January 1, 1982, throug... | Maternal Death; Utah; Pregnancy; Trauma; Pulmonary Emboliam; Maternal Cardiac Disease | 1998-02 |
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Camp, Nicola J. | Genome-wide linkage analysis for aggressive prostate cancer in Utah high risk pedigrees | Research has consistently shown that genetics plays a critical role in prostate cancer (CaP) development, but the identification of CaP genes has proven to be very difficult. Hereditary prostate cancer is a complex disease involving numerous genes and variable phenotypic expression. This heterogene... | Linkage analysis; Aggressive prostate cancer; CaP genes; ICPCG; Utah; Trapeze Interactive Poster | 2009 |
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Lenart, Joshua Bela | The Blue Castle project: a feasibility study of the proposed nuclear power plant in Emery County, Utah along the Green River | With an increasing population in Utah, specifically in the Salt Lake Valley, the demand for energy is rapidly growing each year. Currently, Utah's electric grid is largely produced by burning coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels. In the past, supplying Utahns with electricity from these forms h... | Blue Castle; Utah; Nuclear power plant; Emery County | 2015-08 |
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Ehleringer, James R.; Bush, Sarah Elizabeth; Solomon, Douglas Kip | Ecohydrology in a Colorado River riparian forest: implications for the decline of Populus fremontii | Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood) was once a dominant species in desert riparian forests but has been increasingly replaced by the exotic invasive Tamarix ramosissima (saltcedar). Interspecific competition, reduced flooding frequency, and increased salinity have been implicated in the widespre... | Populus fremontii; Decline; Colorado River; Utah; Invasive species; Riparian; Salinity; Sap flow; Tamarix ramosissima; Transpiration | 2005 |
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