AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MANDELBROT SET THROUGH THE DERIVATIVE TEST

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John D. Melville and Dr. Robert P. Burton, Computer Science Considered the most complex object in mathematics, the Mandelbrot set has dazzled and mystified mathematicians and the public for more than twenty years. Unfortunately little progress has been made in understanding the phenomena that generate the Mandelbrot set. Recent discoveries by the Hyperspace Research Group […]

REFLECTIONS ON A CHANGING REGIME: LOOKING BACK AT THE BOURGUIBA ERA THROUGH THE LENS OF THE FRANCOPHONE TUNISIAN NOVEL

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R. Quinn Mecham and Dr. Arnold H. Green, Humanities, Classics, and Comp. Literature The research for this grant formed the basis for my Honors Thesis, which was completed August 1997. The completed thesis was a total of 133 pages in length and parts of the thesis will be submitted for journal publication. The project took […]

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ANALYSIS OF THE INHABITANTS OF AMANTANI, PERU

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Matthew A. McNairy and Dr. David Hart, Chemistry and Biochemistry Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is useful in population genetics studies because it is inherited only from the maternal parent. Because there is no paternal contribution and no recombination, mtDNA represents a clear maternal lineage. Four predominant maternal lineages or mitochondrial haplotypes have been found to exist […]

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

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David C. McKnight and Dr. Ilona Klein, French and Italian A significant portion of my senior year at Brigham Young University was dedicated to the completion of my Senior Honors Thesis entitled: “An Analysis of the Contemporary Italian Environmental Movement: Challenges and Possible Solutions.” The information most pertinent to my argument had to come from […]

DOES THE Icln PROTEIN FORM VOLUME-SENSITIVE ORGANIC OSMOLYTYANION CHANNELS?

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Peter Hanks Maughan and Professor David Busath, Political Science Cells respond to swelling by releasing ions to balance osmotic pressure with their surroundings. Ions travel out of cells by means of protein channels that form or open in response to increased pressure. The study of volume-sensitive organic osmolyte-anion channels (VSOAC) is relatively new. Other ion efflux pathways […]

STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IN THE OCCIPITAL LOBE OF THE HUMAN CORTEX TO VARIED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS

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Michael A. Malstrom and Dr. Donovan Fleming, Psychology Projecting from the retina of the human eye are two information tracts that are separate but very closely tied together. They are named for the size of the cell which they follow from the retina to the brain. The tract with larger cells is called the Magnocellular […]

THE ADRENAL CORTEX CELL LINE H295R RELEASES INTERLEUKIN-6

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Timothy E Lindsay and Dr. Allan M. Judd, Zoology Importance and Purpose Up to this point, the study of adrenal glands has utilized mostly rat and bovine models. However, in the research of human physiology, human models are preferable to animal models. But human adrenal glands are difficult to obtain, and when they are obtained, […]

REACTION TO AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE 27 IN RURAL GUANAJUATO

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Brandon H. Lee and Dr. F. Lamond Tullis, Political Science Modifications to article 27 of the Mexican Constitution made in January 1992 tremendously altered the land tenure system in rural Mexico. These modifications allow ejidatarios (landholders who possess a usufruct title to the land) to obtain an individual title to their land through a government […]