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In vitro Activation of Human Follicular Dentritic Cells and its Effects on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

April 2, 2014 by admin

Sean Llewellyn and Dr. Gregory F. Burton, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Importance of Project HIV is known to survive on follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) for many months and is believed to contribute to persisting HIV infection. FDCs protect HIV from degradation, thereby prolonging the infectivity of the virus. Moreover, when virus is trapped on […]

Filed Under: Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ORCA-2009

Survey of the Perception of Nurses in the Critical Care Setting Concerning End-of-Life Care

April 2, 2014 by admin

Jeff Brown and Dr. Renea Beckstrand, College of Nursing In an intensive care center, one sees many patients suffering and staff rushing about, caring for patients’ needs. The most important thing about working in the area of intensive care is efficiency. Dr. Renea Beckstrand of the Brigham Young University College of Nursing has been researching […]

Filed Under: College of Nursing, Nursing Program, ORCA-2009

Message Enhancement Techniques for Business Writing

April 2, 2014 by admin

Sierra Sloan and Dr. William Baker, Management Communications The business world requires efficiency and accuracy to be profitable, and poorly written business communications can waste time and resources. Thus, any research that seeks to enhance the effectiveness of writing has the potential to yield significant personal and organizational improvement. While most writing-analysis studies examine the […]

Filed Under: Marriott School of Management, ORCA-2009, Organizational Leadership and Strategy

The Emergence and Importance of Savings-Led Microfinance

April 2, 2014 by admin

Misty Lefrandt and Dr. Todd Manwaring, Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance This research was used by the conveners of Opportunity Collaboration, an international poverty alleviation conference, to assess the value of inviting savings-led microfinance programs to the 2010 event. The major considerations are a) what is the basis for a savings-led model, b) what is […]

Filed Under: Economic Self-Reliance, Marriott School of Management, ORCA-2009

Micro-finance Projects in the Yucatan Peninsula

April 2, 2014 by admin

Dario Espinoza and Dr. Warner Woodworth, MSM In December 2009, I visited three cities within the Yucatan Peninsula to investigate the government’s efforts in providing micro-finance opportunities to citizens in struggling areas. My purpose in visiting these areas was to evaluate the success of the government’s micro-loan projects, to report on their status, and to […]

Filed Under: Marriott School of Management, ORCA-2009, Organizational Leadership and Strategy

ORCA project for Taylor Turnbull

April 2, 2014 by admin

Taylor Turnbull Our project went according to plan, with a few small modifications along the way. Initially, we had proposed to incorporate gender profiling in attempt to understand the differences in serum proteomics profiles in men and women. As planned the information concerning gender was obtained and used to effectively design an additional project, to […]

Filed Under: Biology, College of Life Sciences, ORCA-2009

Cholesterol Oxidation Products in Stored Egg Powder

April 2, 2014 by admin

Jonathan Swindler and Dr. Michelle Lloyd, Nutrition Dietetics and Food Science Department Cholesterol Oxidation Products (COPs) are a family of 27-carbon cholesterol oxidation derivatives that are formed from the auto-oxidation of cholesterol. They can result in food from high-temperature processing and storage. COPs have a variety of cytotoxic effects and are believed to be involved […]

Filed Under: College of Life Sciences, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science, ORCA-2009

Up-regulation of Receptors for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) in the Lung Results in Significant Tissue Loss and Neonatal Lethality

April 2, 2014 by admin

Jeff Stogsdill and Dr. Paul Reynolds, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is becoming an increasingly popular molecule of study after having been initially characterized in relation to a number of diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and atherosclerosis among others. It has recently been noted that RAGE is […]

Filed Under: College of Life Sciences, ORCA-2009, Physiology and Developmental Biology

Identifying Assessment Under-utilization of Prenatal Care by Resettled African Refugees and Immigrants in Salt Lake City

April 2, 2014 by admin

Jessica Lynn Lowe and Dr. Carl Hanson, Life Science – Health Science The purpose of this project was to address a continuing and growing health disparity, healthcare of refugees. 8.2 million legal immigrants entered the United States (US) between 1986 and 1993 (Gavagan, 1998). While these numbers have slowed slightly in the past couple of […]

Filed Under: College of Life Sciences, Health Science, ORCA-2009

Microbial Degradation of Folic Acid in Micronutrient Fortified Corn Masa

April 2, 2014 by admin

Brandon Jahner and Dr. Michael Dunn, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Introduction: Pregnant women who consume the recommended micronutrient level of folic acid can reduce the incidence of newborn neural tube defects (NTD), like spina bifida and ancelephthy, by up to 70% (Yang et al., 2002). Hispanic women with the highest rates of NTD births, […]

Filed Under: College of Life Sciences, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science, ORCA-2009

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