AB Blood Type and Its Genetic Relationship to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Mark Wadsworth and John S.K. Kauwe, Biology Introduction: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a debilitating disease that has increased the hardship of many lives. Many people above the age of 65 have been diagnosed with this genetically complex disease, which financially and emotionally burdens those diagnosed and their families. Earlier this year a study was released […]

The Intersect of Housing and Health

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Cameron Zenger and Faculty Mentor: Paul Godfrey, Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy Introduction Housing is closely related to mental and physical health. Extensive research demonstrates that even relatively basic housing features such as cement floors or running water create life-altering improvements in the health of occupants. Predictably, homeless populations benefit from such interventions. Utah […]

Secondary Metabolite Production and Biological Activity of Endophytic Microbes of Mahonia aquifolium

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Christopher Rufus Sweeney and Faculty Mentor: Bradley Geary, Plant and Wildlife Sciences Introduction: Secondary metabolites are a result of natural evolutionary mechanism used to aid in plant development and defense, and the research of these metabolites have led to important discoveries in medicines, pesticides and even fossil fuels. In this project, we studied secondary metabolites […]

Landmark vs. Manual Tracing: A Novel Method For Hippocampal Segmentation

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Bryce Owen and Faculty Mentor: Brock Kirwan, Psychology Introduction Calculating hippocampal volume from MR images is an essential task in many studies of neurocognition in healthy and diseased populations. The “gold standard” method involves hand tracing, which is accurate but laborious, requiring expertly trained researchers and significant amounts of time. As such, segmenting large datasets […]

The Effects of Family Structure Stability and Transitions on Young Children’s Sleep: Evidence From the Millennium Cohort Study

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ShaNae Foster and Mikaela Dufur, Sociology Introduction Over the years, family structure has become a topic of great interest in the social science community, particularly as it pertains to family structure type (i.e. biological parents, cohabiting, stepparents, etc.) (Dufur et al., 2010). More recently, family stability has come under scrutiny. Family structure has the potential […]

The Effects of Family Structure Stability and Transitions on Young Children’s Sleep: Evidence From the Millenium Cohort Study

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ShaNae Foster and Mikaela Dufur, Sociology Department Introduction Over the years, family structure has become a topic of great interest in the social science community, particularly as it pertains to family structure type (i.e. biological parents, cohabiting, stepparents, etc.) (Dufur et al., 2010). More recently, family stability has come under scrutiny. Family structure has the […]

What Matters More in Shaping Individuals’ Opinions on Foreign Aids: Facts or Attractiveness?

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Daehyeon Kim and Darren Hawkins, Political Science Gender Bias Associated with Attractiveness Introduction According to Diven and Constantelos’s research, less than 50 percent of Americans support bilateral foreign aid (2012). This is striking, considering the fact that Europeans from countries which have comparable economic prosperity to the United States—such as Finland, Denmark, France, Netherlands, and […]

Positive Psychology Holistic Determinants, Testosterone Treatment, and Veteran Happiness

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Jameson Brau and Faculty Mentor: Larry Nelson, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences In this study I design a survey instrument and construct a data panel from the responses of a sample of US veterans. As part of the survey, I estimate the level of happiness each veteran exhibits using the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. […]

My Father’s Name: A Study of Patronymic Naming in Mozambique

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Preston Christensen and Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics Abstract Patronymic naming is very common in parts of Mozambique but there has possibly been no formal documentation of this practice prior to this study. Patronymic naming involves the passing of the father’s name to the children and is not to be confused with patronymic surnames. The research was […]