Computer Anxiety in Baccalaureate Nursing Students

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Kimberly Ethington and Dr. Lynn Callister, Nursing Computer usage is constantly increasing, both in nursing education and in nursing practice. From the computerized equipment in the critical care unit to the data-based computer terminals that are replacing charting, nurses need to have skills in order to adapt to the continually growing technology (1). Since beginning […]

Mechanisms of the Role of Religion in Adolescence: A Case Study of Palestinian Youth

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Lance Erickson and Dr. Brian K. Barber, Sociology The role of religion in adolescence has been given considerable attention in past decades. The majority of this attention has been concerned with religion as a social control mechanism (1), and therefore has focused on its relationship to adolescent deviance and drug use. Although relatively few in […]

Group Therapy Experience As A Factor In The Outcome Of Severely Mentally Ill Patients

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Jennifer R. Ellsworth and Dr. Gary M. Burlingame, Psychology An interdisciplinary team of academicians from Brigham Young University’s Comprehensive Clinic initially developed a collaborative relationship with the Utah State Hospital for the purpose of improving the hospital’s group therapy program through staff group skills training and improving the hospital’s outcomes tracking system. They chose six […]

Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Tobacco Seed Endosperm Transformed With Zein Protein Genes From Zea Mays

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Susan Eldredge and Dr. Craig E. Coleman, Botany and Range Science Zein proteins represent the prolamin (alcohol soluble) fraction of maize storage proteins. Zeins constitute approximately 50 percent of the total seed protein in maize, and therefore greatly affect the overall amino acid balance of the maize grain (1). Four different zein subunits (á, â, […]

Photodynamic Therapy as a Cure for ICK

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Spencer C. Davis and Dr. James Thorne, Chemistry Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a new technique currently used to treat malignant cancer tumors in humans. This treatment uses the principles of light in a manner similar to types of radiation therapy. In PDT a photosensitizing dye is injected intraveneously diffusing to all cells. Tumor cell absorption […]

Anticancer Extracts From Bark Of Sonoran Desert Plants

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Kimberly Jo Davis and Dr. Rex G. Cates, Botany and Range Science There are many approaches to collecting medicinal plants. I compared results from two plant collection approaches, the ethnobotanical-based collection and ecologically-based collection. The ethnobotanical approach is based on plant use by native people. The ecological approach is based on plant life history principles […]

The Process Of Creating Microsolvated Ions Using Electrospray Ionization And Fourier-Transform Ion Cycoltron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

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Laura Cunningham and Dr. David V. Dearden, Chemistry and Biochemistry Microsolvation is the process of attaching solvent molecules to a host molecule in the gas phase, creating a system which exhibits characteristics between that of gas-phase and solution-phase systems. Study of these microsolvated systems can help us to understand the difference between gas-phase and solution-phase […]

Qualitative Study of Males And Females Reactions to Cooperative And Competitive Group Problem Solving Situations

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Howard B. Cleavinger and Dr. Kay H. Smith, Psychology This study was constructed using a simplified commodities game in which groups of four participants invested in commodities ranging from $100 to $500. The higher the cost, the higher the rate of risk entailed and thus, a higher payoff. The participants were informed that they were […]

Remote Control And Web-Access Of The Mitutoyo Coordinate Measuring Machine

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Cun Ling Linda Chu and Dr. C. Greg Jensen, Mechanical Engineering Overview The goal of this project was to devise a way to remotely control a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) so students could measure an engineering product wherever they have access to a computer. The project began as a semester assignment for Dr. Jensen’s ME […]