Determining the Expression Patterns of Developmental Genes in Tribolium

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Cecily P. Vaughn and Dr. Randy Bennett, Zoology Development in animals is controlled by a set of genes called homeotic genes whose protein products regulate the expression of other genes. Although many homeotic genes have been locates in numerous organisms, there is still much that remains to be learned about the manner in which these […]

Systems Integration of the Goldhelox X-ray Telescope

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Paul F. Eastman and Dr. Thomas J. Utley, Jr., Mechanical Engineering The Project The GoldHelox X-Ray Telescope is an undergraduate project of the Brigham Young University Physics Department in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is a fully autonomous robotic telescope and camera system capable of converting x-rays in the range of […]

Confronting the Past: Japan and its Legal and Moral Responsibilities Towards Asian Comfort Women

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Timothy D. Tree and Dr. Ray Christensen, Political Science On August 14, 1991, Kim Hak-Sun became the first Asian comfort woman to break fifty years of self-imposed silence about the horrors she and thousands of other young Asian women endured a half century ago. Four months later, two more Korean women stepped forward and told […]

Ultrasonic Study of Normal Tendons and Ligaments of the American Quarter Horse

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Joseph Thurgood SUMMARY The palmar metacarpal aspect of 27 purebred (n=24) and appendix (n=3) American Quarter Horses were divided into sections and ultrasonically viewed to determine the circumference and cross-sectional area of the four principle tendons and ligaments in this region: superficial digital flexor tendon, deep digital flexor tendon, inferior check ligament, and suspensory ligament. […]

The Effects of Prenatal Phytoestrogen Exposure on Fetal Brain Calbindin Levels

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Heather Taylor and Dr. Edwin Lephart, Zoology Introduction: Calcium plays a major part in muscle contraction, bone growth, but especially in central nervous system (CNS) development and function. Calcium participates in neuronal growth and degeneration. For example, the CNS depends on calcium during the development of neuronal cytoskeletal structures and synapse formation. When there is […]

Effects of Prematurity on the Presence of Weibel-palade Bodies in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells in Situ

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Niloufar Tabatabeai and Dr. John S. Gardner, Botany & Range Science Newbom, premature infants have greater susceptibility to infection compared to older newborn infants. Although the reason for greater susceptibility to bacterial infection in premature infants is unknown, there are many reports that focus on neutrophils as the defective cell type in the immature neonatal […]

Summary of Analysis and Marketing Plan Prepared for a Haitian Handicraft Company

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Christian Syphus and Dr. Christopher Meek, Marriott School of Management The economic and political instability of Haiti has rendered it “the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and its only least-developed country” (1). Familiar with social unrest due to military takeovers and high unemployment, Haitian leadership has struggled to provide consistency for its citizens since […]

Phylogeny of the Order Siphonaptera Based on Molecular Data

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Alison Swindle and Dr. Michael F. Whiting, Zoology Background The insect order Siphonaptera (fleas) has been historically significant for thousands of years. Beginning as early as 430 B.C. outbreaks of the bubonic plague have swept across continents and killed millions of people. Before fleas were linked with the plague, they were a little known order. […]

From Ruin to Zion: Research Pertaining to the Farm Security Administration Activities in Utah (1936-1941)

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James R. Swensen and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History One of America’s most important and extensive photographic collections is housed in the archives of the Library of Congress. These photographs, numbering over 250,000, do not contain images of America’s exploration or development, but rather document the national plight of the Great Depression. They recorded in […]

Conversations in The South: Latin American Fiction And Rewriting Historical Reality in Three Novels

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Bryce A. Suzuki and Dr. Dale J. Pratt, Spanish and Portuguese In his 1982 Nobel acceptance lecture, Gabriel García Márquez describes the plight of the Latin American artist as a “solitary” calling, seldom understood by those not living within the cultural framework that fuels the work: It is only natural that [the rest of the […]