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Posselli, Darcy | The presence of environmental advocacy through the foundational theology of love, contemplation, and prayer in midcentury christiantiy | In the 1968 essay "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis," Lynn White Jr. makes an argument for what he evaluates as the influence of Christianity on Western culture, which has led to the environmental degradation that marks the 20th century. By looking at a few prominent theologians who wer... | Environmental Studies, Honors | 2012-05 |
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Gallegos, Morgan | Her | This creative exploration is a study of how a girl comes to identify herself in an increasingly judgmental and harsh world. Her is a collection of short stories that are linked together through one character. The stories are intentionally fragmented to display the fragmentary nature of identity. Eac... | American fiction - 21st century | 2012-05 |
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Marler, Tyler | The role of gangliar plexi in the treatment of atrial fibrillation | Introduction: Gangliar plexi (GP) are bundles of interconnected neurons found embedded in FPs (FPs) surrounding the atria of the heart. The function of these neurons is controversial but they may form a localized control system for the heart and play a role in the induction of atrial fibrillation (A... | Atrial fibrillation Treatment; Gangliar plexi | 2012-05 |
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Johnson, Kent | In search of a universal model for personal data | A comprehensive model of personal data provides citizens across the globe with protections to breaches of personal data and facilitates the sharing of valuable data. Personal data are valuable to those who create it and those who use it. Creating a universal model for personal data enables that valu... | Personal data protection; OpenID; Facebook Connect | 2012-05 |
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Loftus, Patrick D. | Agonist binding of herg K+ channels inhibits epithelial cell extrusion but not apoptosis in MDCK monolayers; providing possibilities to cancer metastasis regulation | Metastasis is commonly referred to as cancerous cell movement from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body. When these moving cancerous cells are malignant, an individual's chance of survival is decreased. In order for epithelial cells to move they are detached from the epitheliu... | Biomedical Engineering | 2012-01 |
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Johnson, KariAnne Rencher | Identification of PASK substrates and/or interacting proteins | PAS kinase (PASK) is an evolutionary conserved serine/threonine kinase that appears to have a role in the regulation of cellular energy metabolism. It has previously been shown that mice lacking PASK (PASK"/_ mice) are resistant to the development of hepatic steatosis (lipid accumulation in the live... | Biology | 2012-05 |
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Judd, David Paul | Telomere proteins of Drosophila melanogaster: HipHop and MSK81 | DNA molecules encoding two proteins, HipHop and MSK81, were cloned into bacteria so as to make large amounts of these proteins that bind to telomeres of Drosophila (fruit fly) chromosomes. The goal was to determine whether known DNA binding motifs are present in HipHop and MSK81. Understanding how t... | Biology | 2012-05 |
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Franklin, Jacob | Running forward | Founded in 2009 by Jacob Franklin and John Asher, Running Forward, is a non-profit organization that encourages healthy lifestyle choices in elementary school aged boys and girls by emphasizing nutrition, physical fitness, and personal growth through a mentality of empowerment. Running is the primar... | Running for children; Success - Psychological aspects | 2012-12 |
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Fan, Huijun | Examination of Y-Deterium isotope effects for the solvolysis of model isoprenoid compounds | Model isoprenoid compounds can undergo two distinct pathways, dissociative or associative nucleophilic substitution depending on the conditions used. The dissociative pathway consists of two steps, involving a carbocation intermediate where the formation of that carbocation is rate determining. The ... | Isopentenoids; Solvolysis; Deuterium - Isotopes | 2012-05 |
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Choi, Andrew Young | The transnational marriage migration subjectivities of Filipina wives in Gwangju, South Korea | "Marriage migration" of "foreign brides" Into South Korea (henceforth Korea) has recently gained scholarly attention (e.g., Belanger et al., 2010). For blue-collar men, the changing status of women has lessened the availability of marriageable Korean women. This social decoupling has various labels,... | Intermarriage - Philippines; Intermarriage - Korea (South) - Kwangju-si; Filipinos - Korea (South) - Kwangu-si; Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo, Korea) - Social conditions | 2012-05 |
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Shapiro, Darien | Activation of transient receptor potential ankyrin-1 by wood smoke particulate material | Exposure to wood smoke particulate matter (WSPM) has been linked to exacerbation of pre-existing respiratory conditions such as asthma, development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and premature deaths. While it is clear that WSPM exposure is hazardous to human health, the molecular ... | Smoke - Physiological effect | 2012-05 |
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Taheri, Kiana | Stories of transgressions: individual diffrences in the presence of specific scripts in narratives of negative experiences | This study examined the relationship between attachment styles, individuals' narratives of their transgressions, and indicators of well-being. We asked 82 university students (56 females and 26 males) with an average age of 21.85 (SD=3.99) to provide six narratives of times they hurt another individ... | Transgressions, cultural studies and education | 2012-05 |
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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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Vu, Wendy | Comparing the virulence and prevalence of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O517 serogroups | Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are bacteria known to cause human illness. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 265,000 STEC infections occur in the United States (U.S.) annually; symptoms range from mild diarrhea to life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome. S... | Escherichia coli; serogroups | 2012-05 |
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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 |
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Pham, John V. | The function of the protein VCP/CDC48-associated mitochondrial stress-responsive 1 in mammals | Although mitochondrial dysfunction has been linked to many human diseases, mitochondrial interacting proteins and protein quality controls are just beginning to be understood. The objective of our study was to characterize the function of the VMS1 protein in mammals. We determined the role of Vms1 o... | Mitochondrial disorders; Mitochondrial diseases - genetics; VMS1 | 2012-05 |
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Porter, Louis-Bassett | Perceived stress and ambulatory blood pressure: an analysis of potential health behavior mechanisms | Ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) has been linked to perceived stress. However, research is needed on the more specific processes that might be responsible for such a link. In the present study, we examined how potential health behavior mechanisms (weekly exercise, weekly alcohol consumption, and smok... | Ambulatory blood pressure measurement; stress management | 2012-05 |
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Kenney, Devin | Monumental failure: the navajo tribe and radiotoxic wastes | The extraction of uranium has a troubled history in the Navajo Nation, a history born of lack of representation, lack of interest, and ultimately, lack of regard for human life. The United States government failed to carry out their obligation to protect the health and economic well-being of the Nav... | Navajo Tribe - Government relations; Uranium mines and mining - Environmental aspects - United States; Uranium mines and mining - Waste disposal - Navajo Indian Reservation | 2012-05 |
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Rou, Janvida | Monte-Carlo simulation of stellar intensity interferometry | Stellar intensity interferometers will allow for achieving stellar imaging with a tenth of a milli-arcsecond resolution in the optical band by taking advantage of the large light collecting area and broad range of inter-telescope distances offered by future gamma-ray Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) ar... | Monte Carlo simulation | 2012-05 |
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Oliva, Brenden Clark | Second hand stories | This collection of short stories examines human behavior through the lens of biology, particularly the present-day manifestations of evolutionary history. The stories' characters exhibit behavior that appears to contradict Darwinian concepts of individual success. On the surface they are self-destru... | American fiction - 21st century | 2012-05 |
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Peterson, Joseph Ryan | Deflagration and detonation modeling of heterogeneous condensed phase explosives | A modeling approach to the deflagration and detonation phenomena is employed to study a variety of explosive scenarios. An engineering model for macroscale reaction of energetic materials over the wide range of explosive reaction from deflagration to detonation is developed based upon solid foundati... | Deflagration phenomena; Detonation phenomena; mesoscale model | 2012-05 |
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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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Kim, Bum Jun | Does ceramide contribute to vascular dysfunction in mice with type 1 diabetes? | Approximately 2 million individuals have type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the United States. Cardiovascular disease is 2-4-fold more prevalent in these patients but the mechanism(s) is unclear. Recently, we showed that the sphingolipid ceramide contributes to arterial dysfunction and hypertension in mice wi... | Ceramide - Research; Type 1 Diabetes; Mice as laboratory animals | 2012-05 |
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Kopcrak, Gina | Unearthing Hamlet in Ulysses | Although Ulysses is a complex work, it is possible to discover aspects of it by close reading and analyzing specific aspects of particular episodes. I use a variety of critics of Ulysses to discover aspects of Shakespeare's play Hamlet in the Scylla and Charybdis episode, the ninth episode of Ulysse... | Hamlet (Legendary character) - Examination; Joyce, James, 1882 -1941. Ulysses - Examination; Shakespeare criticism | 2012-07 |
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Parker, Braden | The internet's informal influence on newspaper writing and presentation | For over two hundred years, newspapers served as America's primary text based news medium. That began to change in the 1990's with the advent of the internet. Today, newspapers compete with an expanding array of internet based news sources. This competition has caused some newspapers to fail and oth... | Newspapers - United States; Writing - Technique; Writing - Technological innovations | 2012-01 |