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Halberg, Nick | The Inverse effect of population growth on water use in Utah | The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute projects that Utah will experience rapid population growth over the next 45 years. It is commonly assumed that this sudden increase in population will subsequently lead to a sudden increase in the demand for water, thereby creating a need for new water diversions.... | | 2020 |
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Mailoux, Savannah | Mapping Vitality in Utah's Salt Lake County | The term vitality within the field of psychology is related to someone's energy or spirit as they move through different experiences in life. Most often, the term is associated with a sense of liveliness if someone were to possess high vitality, or a sense of dullness if someone were to possess low ... | | 2019 |
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Eldredge, Nicolle | Maternal stress and the Development of infant regulatory processes | When mother-infant dyads engage in an effective form of communication, one where mother and infant both play an active role, the infant gains an understanding for the emotions that they feel. However, acute stress exposure may challenge the dyad's ability to effectively self-regulate prior to and fo... | | 2014 |
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Ferguson, Christina M. | Marital status and distress among low-income couples transitioning to parenthood | The transition to parenthood is associated with declines in couple relationship functioning and increases in psychological distress. Cohabiting and economically disadvantaged couples are at particular risk during this life transition. This study examined cohabitation as a potential risk factor for p... | Couples -- Psychology | 2015-04 |
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Murray, Clint | Keynes as theorist and investor | There is an abundance of literature that extensively explicates how various factors, notably probability theory, influenced John Maynard Keynes's thinking and economic theories in regards to the behavior of financial markets and the agents making decisions in those markets. Commentators, however, ha... | Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 - Criticism and interpretation | 2016-04 |
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Foott, Bettymaya | Light pollution hazards within ecosystems and mitigation strategies for the future | Light Pollution is a phenomenon caused by poor lighting design, and is increasing globally. Only recently are scientists beginning to fully understand how light pollution affects humans and the environment. Birds, which play an important role in our ecosystem, are vulnerable to light pollution effec... | Light pollution Lighting -- Environmental aspects | 2015-05 |
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Arave, Mariah | Life elevated: investigating the association between altitude and depression | The purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between altitude and depression. Evidence obtained from previous studies show that hypoxia can cause changes in the levels of mood-regulating neurotransmitters, potentially affecting mental health. There is also a region in the western Unit... | University of Utah | 2018 |
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Tonks, Jacob | Politics without character: Liberal virtues and the situationist critique | A critique of virtue ethics has recently been raised by social psychologists who believe experimental psychology has all but proved the non-existence of character. In morally compromising situations, external situational factors have the greatest influence on choice, and therefore virtue as a stable... | Situation ethics; Virtue Choice (Psychology); Autonomy (Philosophy) | 2015-05 |
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Andruski, Jordan Joseph | The social contract of international politics | The purpose of this research paper is to examine the extent to which states engage in the proposed idea of a currently forming international social contract and what effect have institutions had on this development. More specifically, the paper will examine the extent to which the development of int... | Social contract; International relations | 2013-05 |
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Zamantakis, Alithia | Invisible bodies: LGBTQIA youth in the juvenile legal system | Scholars, such as Michelle Alexandra and Angela Y. Davis, and activists alike have begun to voice the inequitable conditions through which people of color are funneled into the prison industrial complex and laws are racially biased, so as to relegate people of color to a space of invisibility. It is... | Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States; GLBTQIA youth | 2015-09 |
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Kaur, Kiman | The Intersections of Gender, Race, and the Environment: How can Queer Ecology Shift Power and Place in Ecosystems? | Colonization and colonialism in the United States (U.S.) create flawed social constructions of race and gender that perpetuate a hierarchical dominance of power based on one's identity. This hierarchy of power overwhelmingly marginalizes communities of color, especially womxn1 of color, while uplift... | | 2018 |
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Rush, Jacob | The Kantian concept of the person, rationality and Socrates' death | In this paper, I consider Socrates' death sentence in The Apology and his choice to accept his death sentence in The Crito. I structure his choice in a Kantian manner. First, I argue that Socrates has a duty to himself, as a rational agent, to (a) act as a promisekeeping individual and (b) perform t... | Socrates - Death and burial; Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1824 - Ethics | 2014-05 |
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Haxhiu, Elird | The labor market implications of unification between Albania and Kosovo | This paper estimates the impact that political unification between the currently independent states of Albania and Kosovo would have on the labor markets in each country. Specifically, it analyzes and quantifies by analogy the propensity of workers in Kosovo to migrate to Albania seeking employment ... | Albania - Economic conditions; Kosovo (Republic) - Economic conditions | 2014-04 |
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Urry, Joshua O. | The Mediating Role of Coping Behaviors in the Realtion Between Partner Relationship Quality and Infant Stress signs | Perceived social support and overall relationship quality between a pregnant woman and her partner could affect an infant's future emotional distress. There are many ways that a couple could cope behaviorally with conflicts that result from poor relationship quality. Indeed, a pregnant woman's copin... | | 2020 |
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Roberts, Jordan | Parity and primacy in perspective : a second Anglophone decline or a second American century? | Much of the systemic theory in international relations focuses on a single explanatory variable: the distribution of capabilities, widely understood to be synonymous with the distribution of power. Despite the significant attention given to the distribution of power, there is still fundamental disag... | Balance of power - Research; International relations - Research; Great Britain - Foreign relations - 19th century; United States - Foreign relations - 21st century | 2013-05 |
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Chloe Garner | Patient Privacy and Database Security for Emerging Health Information Techology | The field of health information technology has exploded over the last decade. With new innovations and technologies evolving quickly, government regulations and policies in place to protect patient information have been created as a response to the changing field, instead of as a way to shape the bo... | | 2020 |
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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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Burns, Henrik | The political economy of international terms of trade and agricultural sustainability: The case of Cuba | For this thesis project I investigated the relationship between international terms of trade and agricultural sustainability for the case of Cuba. To understand the effect of trade relations on agricultural policy I explored Cuba's relationship with the Soviet Union, its largest trading partner betw... | Trade regulation - Cuba; Agriculture and state - Cuba; Cuba - Commerce | 2014-05 |
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Gallafent, Jessica | The Temperature Sensitivity of Leaf Litter Breakdown in Streams and Rivers with Variable nutrient Supply | A significant fraction of terrestrial carbon is processed and stored in surface waters. Elevated global temperature and eutrophication are major changes that influence the processing of carbon in streams and rivers through the breakdown of organic matter. Independently, increases in temperature and ... | | 2019 |
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Smith, Enoch | Sisterwives & submission?: gender power dynamics in polygynist marriages | Polygamy has caught national attention. Most of it has focused on court proceedings against the FLDS Church's alleged child sexual abuse practices, and TV shows like Big Love and Sisterwives. Both present polar opposite perspectives on the practice, but what do we really know about the practice? My... | Apostolic United Brethren; Polygamy - United States | 2015-06 |
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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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Baker, Stephanie Rebecca | Neighborhood characteristics and obesity: A focus on the food environment | The rate of obese and overweight individuals in the United States is at epidemic proportions. Previous research has found that neighborhood characteristics are correlated with health outcomes and obesity rates. My study focuses on aspects of the food environment and how it may influence obesity rate... | Obesity - Research; Obesity - Social aspects; Obesity - Risk factors - United States - Utah | 2012-05 |
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Jenson, Donovon | No low hanging fruits: salient factors for good nutrition by socioeconomic status | In recent years increasing obesity rates have become a major concern in the United States. Statistics show socioeconomic status plays a big role in obesity outcomes, with those of lower SES more likely to be obese. Although exercise and stress have also been shown as important contributors to obesit... | Obesity - United States | 2014-04 |
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Hoang, Uyen | The Misogyny of Climate Denialism and It's Influence on World Leaders' Climate Response | As our planet's climate crisis worsens every year, the actions of our world leaders become increasing imperative when addressing environmental issues. This research investigates the interconnectedness of misogyny and climate denialism by examining various identities and how they may influence, chang... | | 2020 |
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Mallory, Halley | Modeled after Nature | The Anthropocene is the current geological epoch marked by human dominance. Among other changes, human-caused climate change has increased natural disasters, altering the conditions of life for communities around the world. Our best response to these catastrophes is to become more resilient. Case st... | | 2018 |