Effects of Increased Temperature on Fecundity in the Rare Kachina Daisy, Erigeron Kachinensis, Asteracea

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Melanie S. Hall, and Dr. Loreen A. Woolstenhulme, Botany and Range Sciences The purpose of this project is to gain information on the effects of increasing temperatures (higher than optimal) on reproductive success in plants, especially after fertilization has occurred. For this study, Erigeron kachinensis, the Kachina Daisy, will be used since many of its […]

Timing the Introduction of Kanji in the Study of Japanese as a Second Language

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Kerilee Grames and Dr. Robert A. Russell, Asian and Near Eastern Studies The Japanese language has a reputation of being difficult for native English speakers to master as a second language because of kanji, a complex, character alphabet that the Japanese borrowed from China. One of the greatest struggles for teachers of Japanese as a […]

The Weeping Wuntzel Tree

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Jeffrey A. Goodsell and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts, Sculpture and Ceramics For this show, my work started out being a look at life, and the places we struggle to attain to, but I quickly found out that my work is more about beauty than anything. I feel that the project was very successful indeed […]

Foreign Direct Investment in Southeast Asia

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Ryan S. Gifford and Dr. Stanley Fawcett, Business Management One of the driving forces behind the tremendous growth that Southeast Asia has experienced throughout the past decade is foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinational corporations in industrialized nations. Southeast Asian countries have been receiving several billion dollars in FDI annually since the mid 1980s. FDI […]

The Effect of Substrate Structure on the Cleavage Efficiency of TRNA 3′ Processing Endoribonuclease

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Susanna M. Geary and Dr. Roger Kaspar, Chemistry and Biochemistry Viruses insert DNA or RNA into host cells and use the cell’s resources to make proteins designed to propagate the virus. Viral proteins can cause disease, as can defective proteins from faulty or damaged genes. The enzyme, tRNA 3′ processing endoribonuclease (also called 3′ tRNase) […]

Effects of Monetary Rewards and Verbal Praise on Intrinsic Motivation: a Replication Addressing Specific Confounds Present in Earlier Research

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Santino C. Gaitan and Dr. Michael B. Ehlert, Psychology Over the past thirty years a significant body of research has been developed examining the effects that tangible rewards such as money have on intrinsic motivation. Intrinsically motivated behavior consists of behavior that cannot be readily attributed to external factors. Examples could include reading, hunting, and […]

Isaiah on The Web

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Andrew J. Frost and Dr. Victor L. Ludlow, Ancient Scripture History: This project began as a class assignment for Dr. Ludlow’s Writings of Isaiah class. One of the sections that I found most helpful in Dr. Ludlow’s class was the section on poetic parallelism. Dr. Ludlow identifies a visual symbol of each of seven types […]

A Survey For The Construction Management Department at Brigham Young University

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Daniel J. Foutz and Dr. Kevin Miller, Construction Management Kevin Miller and I conducted a survey for the benefit of the Construction Management Department at Brigham Young University. The survey also benefitted two professional associations of the construction industry, namely, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), and the Association of Building Contractors (ABC). The […]

Seismic Timber Connection

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Mathew Fielding and Dr. Fernando Fonseca, Civil Engineering Three light gauge aluminum connections were designed, constructed and tested to determine the possibility of resisting an applied moment in timber beams and columns. A timber column 3 inches by 5.5 inches was axially compressed with 1000 lb. while the attached beam (3 inches by 3.5 inches) […]

HIV in The Immune System: The Role of Specialized Follicular Dendritic Cells in Promoting Viral Disease

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Jacob D. Estes and Dr. Gregory F. Burton, Microbiology Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has become a world wild epidemic affecting millions of people across the globe. Even in the face of potent antiviral drugs which are only available in first world countries, HIV continues to evade intervention strategies and eventually destroy the body’s immune system. […]