UTILIZING GUANIDINIUM CATIONS TO REVEAL THE STRUCTURAL AND ENERGETIC CONSEQUENCES OF COVALENTLY LINKING MALONYL GRAMICIDIN MONOMERS

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James E. Ricks and Professor David Busath, Zoology The existence of multicellular organisms is dependent on the concerted activities of scores of individual cells. These vital communication links are supplied by hosts of receptors, hormones, and trans-membrane channels. One of these key links is the gramicidin ion channel, a helical peptide which when dimerized forms […]

THE EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN-1, INTERLEUKIN-6, AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ON ALDOSTERONE RELEASE FROM THE BOVINE ADRENAL CORTEX

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Todd A. Richards and Dr. Allan M. Judd, Zoology The adrenal is an endocrine gland that is important for the release of steroid hormones and cathecholamines. The adrenal gland is closely associated with the immune system. This association is closely linked by the release of cytokines. Cytokines are a diverse group of proteins first isolated […]

STATEMENT OF CREATIVE ACTIVITIES GRANT RESULTS: A NEEDLE’S EYE

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Brent C. Reeves and Professor John Lee, Theater & Media Arts The results thus far of being accepted for the 1996-1997 ORCA scholarship are (1) my first motion picture screenplay, twenty-seven pages in length, (2) various story boarded, or handdrawn and illustrated scenes and sequences from the screenplay, and (3) much gained wisdom and experience […]

AUGUSTINE’S THEORY OF LANGUAGE; ITS INTEGRATION WITH HIS ONTOLOGICAL THOUGHT

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John Rather and Dr. James Siebach, Philosophy In the Confessions, St. Augustine writes that his conversion to Christianity was made possible by a prior conversion to philosophy. By the time of his Christian conversion, and for the rest of his life, Augustine’s philosophical and theological views were most deeply affected by Neoplatonism. It was by […]

THE IDENTITY OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

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Ryan Quinn and Dr. David A. Whetten, Statistics In the popular press of today’s business world, socially responsible business is a hot topic. Periodicals, books, mutual funds, associations, and countless other media, groups, and people tout socially responsible business as the “right” thing for forward-looking companies to do. Underlying all of the claims of benefits […]

A RECORD OF A HUNGARIAN JEWISH FAMILY AND THEIR IMMIGRATION TO ARGENTINA

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Christine Reading Porschet and Dr. Steven Epperson, History Tibor Feldmann, my grandfather, first married in 1938 in Szhekesfehervar to Magda, outside of Budapest. In 1944, while he was serving in the Hungarian army, fighting first against the Germans and then the Communists, his father, wife, and five month old daughter were taken to Auschwitz. He […]

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LITERARY STUDY TO THE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

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Tory Rob Peterson and Dr. Brandie Siegfried, English In response to growing criticism that young doctors were insensitive to patient needs, many medical schools have now turned to literary studies to expose medical students to the thought processes necessary for evaluating and appreciating what it means to be a patient. For my research project I […]

CROSSING BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING: AN INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL FOR HUMANITIES 201

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Rebecca Petersen and Dr. Michael Call, Linguistics My goal in creating this tutorial was to “bring to life” some of the sites and treasures studied in the Humanities 201-202 sequence, stimulating student’s interest in the topics and providing support to the faculty teaching the courses. I feel that the module I completed successfully achieves that […]

THE DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER: THE CASE OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH IN 1870

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Tally Shae Payne and Dr. Clayne L. Pope, Economics In his study, “Education Among the Mormons,” Frederick S. Buchanan noted that “when we examine development of public schooling in Utah during the half century which elapsed between the initial settlement by Mormon pioneers in 1847 and the granting of statehood in 1896, it is not […]