IMAGE ORIGAMI

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Eric Sokolowsky and Dr. Parris Egbert, Computer Science Virtual reality, or the exploration of a virtual (computer-generated) environment, is an interesting field in computer science. However, building the virtual environment is a difficult task because of several factors. First, a realistic-looking object is very difficult to describe to a computer. The most common approach is […]

ISOLATION OF A 55 kD PROTEIN THAT SPECIFICALLY BINDS THE 3′ AU-RICH ELEMENT OF INTERLEUKIN-1B MESSENGER RNA

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David Emergy Skarda and Dr. Roger L. Kaspar, Chemistry & Biochemistry The polypeptide Interleukin- 1 (IL-1) is one of the key mediators of the body’s response to microbial invasion, inflammation, immunological reactions, and tissue injury.1 IL- 1 gene expression regulation occurs at many steps. One of the steps currently being researched is translation. Recent research […]

LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES AT BYU — BUSINESS RUSSIAN

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David V. Shurtleff and Dr. David K. Hart, Germanic and Slavic Languages Business language courses were taught at American universities as early as the 1920’s but did not gain widespread acceptance until the 1980’s. A major reason for the growth of Language for Special Purposes (LSP) was the report of the President’s Commission on Foreign […]

FINDING A SEX-LINKED MARKER IN OSTRICHES USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) TECHNIQUES FOR GENDER DETERMINATION

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Chris Shaw and Dr. Robert Park, Zoology In recent years, ostriches have been used more frequently by ranches to fill the market demand for low fat meat, exotic leather and different oils for lubrication. As the numbers of ostriches have increased, the demand for a reliable way to determine the gender of young ostriches has […]

SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL ARTISTS’ PAINTS USING PIXE

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Silas Menlo Scott and Dr. Lawrence Rees, Physics and Astronomy Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) has been used extensively in the study of items of artistic interest. One area of interest has been determining the chemical composition of various artists’ materials.1 Many companies offer a wide variety of artists’ paints. While the chemical makeup of […]

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE PROCESSES IN A SCHOOL IN ZIMBABWE, AFRICA

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Thira Schmidl and Dr. Russell T. Osguthorpe, Journalism and Education The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future recommended “that schools be restructured to become genuine learning organizations for both students and teachers -organizations that respect learning, honor teaching, and teach for understanding”.1 A lot of change is necessary to accomplish this restructuring asked for […]

SIMILARITY AND CONTIGUITY OF FORM AND MEANING: A PARADIGM OF GRAMMATICAL GENDER CHANGE IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES

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Eve A. Ross and Dr. Cynthia L. Hallen, Linguistics Gender in language is currently a hot topic in linguistics and related fields. One somewhat neglected branch of this subject is grammatical gender. Grammatical gender refers to the gender of a word that does not correspond to the gender of the real world object the word […]

HUNGARIAN HEALTH CARE: WHAT IS THE CURE?

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Charlotte L. Rosen, Professor Walter Whipple, Psychology “Hungarians, rise, your country calls you! Meet this hour, whatever befalls you! Shall we freemen be, or slaves? Choose the lot your spirit craves!”1 This was proclaimed by the famous Hungarian poet, Petrofi Sandor, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1948. This battle cry is a taste of the […]

NURSING RESEARCH: WHAT DO UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT RESEARCH AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN PRESENT RESEARCH?

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Kirk A. Roberts and Dr. Joan Baldwin, Nursing Research is an integral part of any profession. The profession of Nursing uses research as a means to improve patient care and enhance the quality of nursing practice. The College of Nursing also uses nursing research as a “thread” in the complete woven picture of nursing practice. Yet this […]