Brent Kraczek and Dr. Jean-Francois Van Huele, Physics and Astronomy Quantum computation is a recent idea of how to use quantum mechanics to improve computer performance. Although a full quantum computer has not yet been built, a few algorithms have been developed which take advantage of different aspects of quantum mechanics. David Deutsch, one of […]
“Borrowing” Constraints: a Panel Study
James Cardon and Dr. Barrett E. Kirwan, Economics Although the theory of aggregate consumption was first addressed in 1936 by Keynes, the modern theory stems from work done in the mid 1950’s by Modigliani and Brumberg (1954) and Friedman (1957); their theory has been termed the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis (LC/PIH). While Keynes proposed that, […]
Convergent HIV Evolution
Keith A. Crandall and Dr. Chris R. Kelsey, Zoology The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus with RNA as its genetic material. During the replication cycle, the enzyme reverse transcriptase uses the RNA template to transcribe a complementary DNA copy. Because of the significant infidelity of reverse transcriptase, mutations accumulate within the viral genome […]
Summary on Fishy Swoi
Sam R. Kennedy and Professors Brent Adams and Richard Hull, Visual Arts Fishy Swoi is a story about a gold fish that is trying out for the part in Jaws. It began as an idea that three students had in one of my animation classes. We created a two and a half minute script and began […]
The Reception of Western Legal Reform in Bulgaria A Qualitative Study
Paul Edwards and Dr. Vanya Illieva Kalaidjieva, Political Science The research I did ultimately seeks to answer the question whether the door to the West is open for Bulgaria. Bulgaria is not a Western country, even though it is in Europe. In fact it has never been a Western country. During its fifteen centuries of […]
Monotonic and Cyclic Response of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels Fastened to Wood Framing
John P. Judd and Dr. Fernando S. Fonseca, Civil and Environmental Engineering OBJECTIVES This paper summarizes the results of a research project to determine the response of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) panels fastened to wood framing, under two different loading schemes: monotonic and repeated cyclic loading. The results of the monotonic testing phase of the […]
Nature of Calcium Carbonate Precipitate and Chemical Composition of Water at Blue Lake Warm Spring, Utah
Benjamin R. Jordan and Dr. Eric H. Christiansen, Geology Blue Lake is located in a remote area of Western Utah, about 25 km south of Wendover, Utah. The lake has a year-round temperature of 23 degrees Celsius. This is due to the lake being fed by warm springs located at a depth of 15 m […]
Allusions to Home
Gary Barton and Professor Lisa F. Jones, Visual Arts What differentiates a home from a shelter? What is a mother’s role in creating the environment we call home? What role does art and craft play in the creation of that environment? These are some of the questions I had in mind as I began this […]
Bench Top Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene
Colin Jones and Dr. Alan Harker, Microbiology The initial aim of the project was to compare degradation rates of trichloroethylene (TCE) using two different bacterial strains. After four months of research, my greatest find concerns how to build an effective reactor. After the reactor was constructed, time allowed only focusing on the genetically engineered bacterium […]
Production of Cytokines Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Human Adrenocortical H295R Cells
Joseph Johnson and Dr. Allan M. Judd, Zoology Difficulties associated with research into the physiology of the human adrenal gland have been alleviated due to the isolation of the human adrenocortical tumor cell-line, NCI-H295R, which retains the ability to produce adrenocortical steroids (e.g. aldosterone, cortisol, DHEA) when grown in culture (1). We investigated whether these […]
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