Jesse S. Morgan and Dr. John P. Hawkins, Anthropology, I was awarded an ORCA grant in order to carry out ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic (DR.). ORCA’s support made it possible for me to spend four months in Santiago, the second largest city, during winter semester. I had originally intended that my fieldwork would […]
THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION ON BUSINESSES IN BRAZIL
Brian Morgan and Dr. Lee Radebaugh, International Relations and Business The grant I received has helped me write an honors thesis entitled, “The Effects of Inflation on Businesses in Brazil.” For many years now, Brazil has been plagued with high levels of inflation. Although small amounts of inflation can help an economy grow, inflation in […]
A STUDY OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN COUPLES: ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE
Naoki Miyakawa and Dr. Thomas B. Holman, Psychology The purpose of my research was to (1) translate the RELATE (acronym for RELATionship Evaluation) into Japanese thus developing a comprehensive survey instrument for assessing marital patterns in Japan, (2) pilot test the instrument with a sample of Japanese couples and (3) analyze the data collected with […]
LITHIUM-HALOGEN EXCHANGE IN NON-ETHEREAL SOLVENT: EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF 2-BROMO-6-LITHIOPYRIDINE IN DICHLOROMETHANE
Jared R. Mitchell and Dr. Matt A. Peterson, Chemistry and Biochemistry Organolithium reagents have long been known as useful reagents for carbon-carbon bond formation in synthetic organic chemistry. Although a variety of techniques have been developed for their generation, one of the most frequently used methods involves treating either an alkyl or aryl halide (R-X, […]
LIKE FATHER, LIKE GOD: A STUDY OF MATE SELECTION AMONG YOUNG MORMON COUPLES
April Mitchell, Family Sciences, Kelly Welker, Psychology, Amy Whisenant, Family Sciences, Dr. Thomas B. Holman In the social sciences, qualitative research methods have recently become widely used due to the difficulty of measuring social, phenomena quantitatively. Thus, our analyses were qualitative, following the grounded theory method as articulated by Strauss and Corbin (1990). The steps […]
EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN-6, INTERLEUKIN-1, AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ON ADRENAL STEROID SECRETIONS
Brenda Mickelson Crawford and Dr. Allan M. Judd, Zoology Interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and interleukin- I (IL- 1) are cytokines released in response to infection in the body. One signal of infection is lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of the outer coat of grain negative bacterial cells. When bacteria die, LPS circulates in the […]
FAMILY HISTORIES AND GENEALOGIES OVER THE INTERNET: WHAT IS NOW AVAILABLE
Thomas O Meservy and Dr. Rayman D. Meservy, School of Accountancy and Information Systems The objective of my research is to determine how to effectively organize and distribute family histories and genealogies over the Internet. I am interfacing the genealogical files using the PAF standard, which was produced by the LDS church, onto the Internet. […]
FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION: A SUMMARY OF PROCESS AND PROGRESS
Shelley Mendenhall and Professor Gary Barton, Visual Arts The final results of my BFA show were much different than my original intentions. I had initially set out to create a series of triptychs using monotype, drypoint, collage, and drawing procedures, but I ended up abandoning the triptych format altogether. Instead, my show, which was on display […]
LOOKING BACK ON REVOLUTION: POST-REVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL SENTIMENT AS DEPICTED IN THE FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE OF MODERN TUNISIA
Quinn Mecham and Dr. Dilworth Parkinson, Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature I began this research project with the intention of briefly surveying all of the major literature of post-revolutionary Francophone North Africa and extracting the domestic political themes from each text. I soon realized that this was an extraordinarily difficult if not impossible task for […]
ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF MANTLE-DERIVED MINERALS FROM EOCENE ALKALINE INTRUSIONS IN NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH
Daniel T. Maughan and Dr. Jeffrey D. Keith, Geology Mafic alkaline magmas are unusually oxidized, volatile-rich, primitive magmas that are derived from the earth’s mantle when portions of the crust are being extended (stretched). The occurrence of alkaline magmatism is beginning to be recognized as one of the main criteria necessary for the formation of […]
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