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Hanes, Josh T. | A comparison of nuclear thermal rockets with traditional chemical rockets for space transport | The Solar System has multiple destinations that private and governmental space agencies are planning to explore. Missions within the Solar System are both exorbitantly expensive and time intensive projects that involve high risks for the organizations involved. A mission that is currently being... | Nuclear rockets - research; space vehicles - design - research; nuclear thermal rockets; chemical rockets; space transport | 2016-04 |
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Rebentisch, Kayla, | A content analysis and comparison of hashtag popularity of nicotine and cannabis posts on Instagram | Marketing exposure through social media is an identified risk factor for nicotine and cannabis use. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyze the exposure-selected hashtags found on Instagram to understand the potential reach of nicotine and cannabis marketing on this social media platform. An I... | 2023 | |
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Gomez-Alvarez, Lorhen | A crisis on the border: an unexpected crisis or an expected outcome? | Increased immigration from the Northern Triangles countries has strained the current asylum structures. Overhauling detention and long wait times have plagued the system after the initial arrival of a large group of unaccompanied minors and then subsequently the arrival of large migrant caravans. Th... | 2019 | |
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Gregrich, Madison | A dance between concepts: integration of science and movement | The purpose of this Honors thesis paper is to provide educational evidence that the integration of movement in the classroom affects learning in deep and meaningful ways. I wanted to experience this creative process and investigate, firsthand, how integrating a core subject into a creative dance env... | 2018 | |
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Lee, Charles Chang Suk | A demonstration apparatus for optical pumping of rubidium | Optical pumping refers to the use of light in order to elevate ("pump") the spin (intrinsic angular momentum) of an atom or molecule. This process is of interest from a pedagogical and experimental perspective because it encapsulates fundamental properties of atomic physics and quantum mechanics. Fu... | Optical pumping -- Research Spin exchange -- Research Rubidium isotopes -- Research | 2015-05 |
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Smith, Jaclynn Kehaulani | A feasibility trial to determine the effect of mindfulness on weight-loss maintenance | PURPOSE: Over 70% of all adults in the U.S. have overweight and obesity. Weight loss is often recommended to improve overall health and risk of disease. However, weight regain following intentional weight loss is common and diminishes initial improvements. Therefore, interventions aimed at attenuati... | 2023 | |
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Uong, Amber | A female's first year of college stress, mental health, and alcohol | Transitioning to college marks a critical period of change in a student's life. Students become exposed to new environments that require adaptation. College courses come with academic expectations that are typically higher than those experienced in high school. This honors thesis will review academi... | 2018 | |
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German, Massiell | A genetic analysis of VSX2 function in the mouse eye | Vsx2 is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor essential for maintenance of neuroretinal identity and neurogenesis. Vsx2 is believed to function via mechanisms that are strictly cell-intrinsic. However, recent research reveals evidence for involvement of Vsx2-mediated cell non-autonomous mech... | Neurogenesis - physiology | 2012-05 |
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Thompson, Geneva EB | A history of interest covergence in University of Utah diversity related policies and programs | This paper will look at the history of interest convergence of the University of Utah Administration hi the implementation of diversity related programs and policies. Diversity programs and policies, especially with the pending ruling on Affirmative Action from the Supreme Court, are continuously un... | University of Utah - Faculty; University of Utah - Students; Affirmative action program in education - Utah - Salt Lake City; Minorities - Education (Higher) - Utah - Salt Lake City | 2013-04 |
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Brown, Zackary | A man of genius makes no mistakes: Joycean textuality in contemporary writing | When James Joyce first published Ulysses in 1922, he was at the forefront of a literary movement that would forever change our conceptions of textuality. In crafting a text that contained intentional grammatical and syntactic errors, Joyce, I will argue, created a scenario in which a text's material... | Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses; Creation (LIterary, artistic, etc.) | 2015-08 |
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VandenBerge, Keely | A mentorship model for educationally underrepresented high school students interested in the nursing profession | Evidence demonstrates that when workforce diversity does not reflect the population receiving care, patients' care and outcomes can be negatively affected (Sullivan Commission, 2004). One of the many approaches to addressing this complex issue is the use of mentorship programs to increase diversity ... | 2020 | |
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Craner, Bethlyn "Buffy" Sage | A nation of inequality: The effects of inequality on health, crime and economic achievement | Income inequality is on the rise, growing rapidly since the mid 1970's in the United States of America (Weeks 2007). This study will investigate the effects an increasing gap between the affluent and impoverished has on critical factors of social welfare. A meta-assessment will be performed combinin... | Income inequality - United States | 2012-05 |
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Taggart, Maxwell M. | A novel MRI-based screening method for assessing atrio-esophageal fistula risk following cardia ablation | Atrio-esophageal fistulas affect 1 in 2000 patients who undergo cardiac ablation procedures with a mortality rate of 93%. Methods for detecting atrio-esophageal fistula formation that are objective and non-invasive could reduce the mortality associated with this disease. This study was performed ret... | Magnetic resonance imaging; Cardia ablation; Trio-esophageal fistual | 2014-12 |
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Sperber, Alexander M. | A novel approach to differentiating cardiac fibroblasts from induced pluripotent stem cells | Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, and such disease is caused by electrical, chemical, or biomechanical imbalances in the heart. The two most abundant cells comprising the heart that are responsible for these functions are cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. I... | 2022 | |
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Dhiman, Gareema | A novel organelle of the synapse | During neurotransmission, neurons constantly fuse and recycle synaptic vesicles from the presynaptic membrane. Like other organelles, synaptic vesicles and proteins must be removed when damaged or overused. Build-up of damaged proteins may underlie neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's Disease... | 2023 | |
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Gilbert, John | A novel tool to capture neural activity across an entire brain using C-FOS as an indicator | Immunohistochemical staining for the expression of the immediate early gene c-Fos is a powerful tool to measure neuronal activation of neurons across an entire brain. The results of c-Fos immunostaining are often quantified by counting the number of immunolabeled cells in a region of interest (ROI) ... | Brain - Localization of functions - Research; Brain - Physiology - Research; Brain mapping - Research; Memory - Research; Mice as laboratory animals - Research; Brain activity; Immunohistochemical staining | 2016-05 |
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McWhorter, Bryn A. | A nuclear Iran: The economic, political, and social impetus behind negotiations | In a shocking 2013 policy shift, the Islamic Republic of Iran entered into negotiations with the United Nations Security Council in an attempt to resolve the longstanding issue of the alleged militaristic components of its nuclear energy program. Following decades of hostile tensions with Western po... | Nuclear nonproliferation -- Iran; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997- Iran -- Foreign relations -- 1997- | 2015 |
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Godfrey, Rose | A porcine model for the development and testing of preoperative skin preparations | Clinical preoperative skin preparations (PSPs) do not eradicate skin flora dwelling in the deepest dermal regions. Survivors constitute a persistent infection risk. In search of solutions, we created a porcine model intended for PSP developmental testing. This model employed microbiological techniqu... | 2022 | |
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Martin, Isaac | A result concerning the F-Signature and the torsion divisors of strongly F-Regular singularities | Polstra showed that the cardinality of the torsion subgroup of the divisor class group of a local strongly F-regular ring is finite. In this thesis, we first provide an expository introduction to the field of F-singularities before improving upon Polstra's result by proving that the reciprocal of th... | 2021 | |
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Simon, Philip C. | A study of the optimized load of a traveling wave thermoacoustic heat engine | Thermal interaction between differentially heated solid material and ambient gas in a resonator can lead to self-sustained oscillations or the transportation of heat in accordance with the thermoacoustic effect, first explained by Lord Rayleigh. In this research the phenomenon is employed in a lo... | Thermoacoustic engine - Research; Energy conservation | 2016-03 |
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Chan, Ka Ho | A survey of exchange rate systems with focus on currency boards and on Hong Kong's experience in particular | The choice of an exchange rate regime can make or break a regional economy. While a stable currency is useful to businesses, exchange rate flexibility also has its proponents. This thesis will first describe a brief history of exchange rate systems. Then, it will provide a survey and analysis of the... | Foreign exchange rates - China - Hong Kong; Currency boards - China - Hong Kong | 2014-05 |
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Poggio, Catherine Antoinette | A survey of qualitative research of experiences within women's health throughout a person's lifetime | The women's healthcare system encompasses a variety of milestone events a person could experience within their lifetime. The aim of this literature review is to describe themes, reflect upon the participant and physician relationship, and create an understanding for what happens within the realm of ... | 2021 | |
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Ashurst, Blayze | A telemetry communication system for ucubesat | The goal of U CubeSat club at the University of Utah is to launch the University of Utah's first CubeSat into space, and thus inspire future engineering students at the U to develop and launch increasingly capable CubeSats. My contributions to this project was to determine the requir... | 2022 | |
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Sullivan, Steven M. | A trace formula for G2 | An n-dimensional matrix representation of a group G on a vector space V is a homomorphism from G to GL(V). For our purposes, we consider an irreducible representation to be a representation which cannot be decomposed into the direct sum of smaller-dimensional representations. Let H be a subgroup of ... | Trace formulas | 2013-05 |
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Wall, Alyssa Victoria Mae | A tradition of appropriation of culture for political gain: Music in Korea | Although appropriation of music by political organizations and individuals is a practice in no way unique to Korea, analysis of the phenomenon on the peninsula provides valuable insight its strength in real-world political arenas. This project provides an analysis of the appropriation of music for ... | Music - Korea - History; Cultural property | 2016-05 |