Effects of Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Inhibitors on Lymphoid Tissue Viral Load in Murine Retrovirus Infection

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Eric R. Griffiths and Dr. Greg Burton, Microbiology During HIV infection, blocking viral replication has drastic effects on HIV immune complexes maintained on follicular dendritic cells (FDCs): HIV immune complexes quickly drop off FDCs to undetectable levels (1). This was a remarkable and unexpected finding since FDCs typically preserve trapped antigen for months to years. […]

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Preattentive Processes And Visual Search On A Memory Task

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Aubree Greenhalgh and Dr. Donovan Fleming, Psychology Extensive research has been done with regards to attention and visual processing. Particular attention has been paid to preattentive processing which is the automatic registration of features by processing all targets simultaneously across the visual field (Matlin & Foley, 1997). Some of the particular properties which visual objects […]

A Comparison of y Scuti and y Doradus Variable Stars

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Matthew B. Garvin with Dr. Eric Hintz, Physics and Astronomy Overview During the course of this summer, I observed a possible ã Doradus/ä Scuti variable star, V927 Herculis. Observations of this star were made using the David Derrick 16 inch telescope located on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus in the Orson Pratt Observatory. Due […]

The Effects Of Live Harp Music On Caloric Intake, Weight Gain, And Length Of Stay Of Infants In The Newborn Intensive Care Unit

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John Wallace Gardner and Dr. Rosalie R. Pratt, Music Prematurely born infants begin life with underdeveloped systems and organs and lack the stability to live optimally outside the womb without significant support from technology and trained professional staff. Preterm infants may suffer from low weight, difficulties with consumption and digestion, exposure to high stress, uncontrolled motor movement, […]

Fiber Optic Modulator

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Christian A. Fox and Dr. Richard H. Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering During the past decade, much research has been invested in the optics field to develop high-speed optical modulators. In particular, efforts have been directed toward combining the fast electrical responses of nonlinear optical polymers with the light guiding characteristics of fiber optics.1 At […]

Where We Seek The Light

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Tami Foulger and Professor Peggy Honey, Visual Arts As proposed, the research portion of my project included both the investigations into the physical benefits of light as well as the spiritual needs of light. We also refer to this light as “His” light or the light of Christ. The creative portion of the project was […]

Orientación prenatal en Acapulco, Guerrero: Las señales de alarma durante el embarazo y las fuentes de información relacionadas con ellas

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Douglas J. Fife & Benjamin D. Fox & Graciela Agnela Javier with Don Bloxham, Spanish & Portuguese The preliminary report of the findings of this study were written in Spanish so that the data could be of use to the local health organizations and the University of Acapulco Medical School in Guerrero, Mexico. Although the […]

Predicting Gas-phase Reaction Rates For Elementary Diatomic Substitutions Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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Karl Fails and Dr. Richard Rowley, Chemical Engineering The purpose of this study was to examine a new method for predicting elementary gas-phase reaction rates using molecular dynamics simulations. The diatomic substitution reaction: was to be used as a test model for its simplicity. Molecular dynamics simulations were to be used to calculate the motion […]