Implementing a Woodwind Maintenance Program

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P. J. Woolston and Dr. Christian Smith, Music Because of the emphasis on performance in the BYU School of Music, a student’s most important tool, the instrument itself, is often grossly neglected. Woodwind instruments are particularly susceptible to deterioration. As keys are repeatedly pressed and manipulated, instrumental noise (the clicks and squeaks of keys interacting […]

Isolation And Structural Elucidation Of Cancer Therapeutic Agents In Rhamnaecae Ziziphus Obtusifolia

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Matthew Woll and Dr. Noel Owen, Chemistry and Biochemistry Many important and useful biological compounds are found in plants. Extensive work has been done on evaluating anti-cancer 1, 2, anti-malarial 3, and anti-viral 4 properties of plants. The Yaqui Indians of northern Mexico have traditionally used many natural products to cure various diseases. Gloria Moroyoqui, […]

Three Art Installations At Sundance Resort, Utah

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Michael Whiting and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts This creative grant resulted in three sites of sculpture that were displayed at Sundance resort, April 1 through April 30, 1999. These three sites were intended to create a dialogue between the man made objects themselves and their surroundings. The project explored the ability to transform the […]

a Testimony in Art and Artifacts: the Paul Chesman Exhibit

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Nathan Whetten and Drs. Marti Allen, Anthropology and Alan Parrish, Religion The subject of my project was former BYU professor Dr. Paul Cheesman and his collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts. During Dr. Cheesman’s collecting years there was significant numbers of collectors, with many different goals. Many collections were made for museums, or by archaeologists, or by […]

Law Schools Environments Study

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Jacob S. Walker and Alf Pratt, Communications; Eileen Crane, Pre-law Advisor The researchers aimed to establish a set of criteria for judging the environments at various law schools, and then apply these criteria to five national law schools. The students specifically examined the academic and social environments at each school as they relate to a […]

Summary Of Research On The Narcissus Myth And Its Variant In Turn- Of-The-Century French Literature

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Stephen B. Vaisey and Dr. Scott M. Sprenger, French and Italian The goal of my research was to identify the origin of a deviation from the classic Ovidian myth of Narcissus that Professor Sprenger noticed in the Traité du Narcisse of Andre Gide. Gide’s Narcissus dies by drowning while trying to embrace his own image […]

DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD OF OBTAINING FLUID TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS USING A LASER

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Scott L. Thomson and Dr. Dan Maynes, Mechanical Engineering Developing a method of measuring fluid temperature using a laser-based system was the goal of this research project. The following paragraphs summarize the research procedure, results, and plans for future development. The temperature measurement technique is based on molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV), an established, non-intrusive method […]

The Relationship Of Nd1 Mtdna Gene Polymorphisms To Energy Metabolism And Risk Of Obesity Among Peruvian Native Americans

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Karen K. Thomas and Dr. Mark J. Rowe, Food Science and Nutrition INTRODUCTION Mitochondria are involved in the conversion of energy in the cell. Metabolic energy from the food we eat is converted in mitochondria to ATP by the electron transport system (ETS) and oxidative phosphorylation. The enzyme complexes involved in the ETS contain thirteen […]

Using Mechanical Resonance to Overcome Van der Waals Forces in Optical Trapping Experiments

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Nathan B. Terry and Dr. Justin B. Peatross, Physics and Astronomy The laser trapping of microscopic particles has many applications, especially in chemistry, biology and physics (1). It is of special interest to utilize optical trapping to levitate small objects for interferometry work. The levitation of a glass microsphere requires first that the Van der […]