Determining The Mechanism Of How The 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Pathway Of Plasmid pJP4 In Ralstonia Eutropha Evolves To Degrade Phenoxyacetic Acid As A Sole Carbon Source

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David Schlesinger and Dr. Alan R. Harker, Microbiology Being that the scope of this project was much larger than anticipated I was unable to complete my research in its entirety. However I did make substantial progress and was able to answer many of my original questions. Originally the intent of my research was to recreate […]

The Patterns of Feeding And Drinking Behavior After Intraventricular Administration of Orexigenic Compounds to Rats

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Lauro Alejandro de Santiago and Dr. Gregory N. Ervin, Psychology The effects of injections of some compounds on feeding behavior have been studied thoroughly in rats. However, the simultaneous pattern of feeding and drinking after the injection of either anorexic (feeding suppressor) or orexigenic (feeding inducer) compounds have been observed only infrequently or not at […]

Assessing of the Need for an English Grammar Resource for Non-native Speakers

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Steven M. Sandberg and Dr. Penny Bird, English Background The purpose of this study was to assess the need for an established service at Brigham Young University (BYU) to assist non-native speakers of English with revisions of their papers. The study relied on the assumption that effective, writing-process learning only occurs at the point of […]

An Empirical Test of Analogical Modeling: The K/ø Alternation

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C. Anton Rytting and Dr. Royal Skousen, English; Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics The k/Ø Alternation and Analogical Modeling Turkish is an agglutinative language, meaning that each word consists of a word stem followed by a variable number of suffixes. Sometimes, the addition of suffixes causes the stem to change its form. For example, stem-final velar consonants […]

Bacterial Fingerprints

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Kristilyn Rogers and Dr. Ron W. Leavitt, Microbiology Bordetellosis, or turkey coryza, is a highly contagious respiratory disease in poultry caused by Bordetella avium. Turkey growers worldwide are concerned with this disease which results in millions of dollars in losses annually to the turkey industry. Bordetellosis is readily transmitted through close contact with those already […]

The Effects of Combining Ultrasonic Frequency And Antibiotics to Escherichia Coli Biofilms in an in Vivo System

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Rachel L. Robison and Dr. William G. Pitt, Chemical Engineering Prosthetic devices are commonly used in modern medicine. There are two types of prosthetic devices, implanted and transdermal. Implanted devices such as vascular grafts, heart valves, and prosthetic joints frequently become colonized by bacteria due to improper surgical techniques or post-operative infections.2 Transdermal devices such […]

Towards Map-Based Cloning Of The Frl Gene (Crown Rot Resistance) In Tomato

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Matthew D. Robbins and Dr. Mikel R. Stevens, Agronomy and Horticulture Fusarium crown and root rot, or “crown rot”, is a disease caused by the fungus Fusarium Oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL) and infects 36 different species of plants of at least four families.1 Crown rot was first detected in the cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) […]

Using Instructional Design Theory to Create A Student Editing Handbook

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Andrea M. Reese and Dr. Beverly B. Zimmerman, English The curriculum for the Insight student journal workshop class consisted of an eclectic mix of handouts distributed at the editor’s whim. Some were created by previous editors, some photocopied without attribution to the teachers who wrote them, and others adapted from undocumented print sources. Not only […]

Summary of Creative Research Grant Results of The Life of Luke S. Johnson

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James A. Rae and Dr. Richard E. Bennett, Church History and Doctrine The results of being accepted for this scholarship resulted in an extensive life history of one of the most prominent Latter-Day Saint pioneers. Though now largely not well known, Luke S. and the Johnson family played an important role in the beginnings of […]