Jill Terry Rudy, English, and Jarom McDonald, Digital Humanities Evaluation of Academic Objectives This project has leveraged data processing and visualization methods that are becoming significant paradigms in digital humanities scholarship; specifically, we have repositioned the existing teleography of fairy tales on television from Channeling Wonder into a data corpus that can be mined and […]
The Critically Annotated Collected Works of Elisa von der Recke and The Missionary Imagination
Michelle S James and Cindy Patey Brewer, German Studies Without funding there would be no Sophie project, which is why the first item in this report on the Sophie activities during 2014 must again be an expression of our gratitude to both the ORCA office and to the College of Humanities, on behalf of the […]
Constructing an Impact Assessment of Teens Act, a Program Serving Low-income, Minority Students at Risk for Dropping Out
Carol Ward, Sociology Overview of project The MEG evaluation project began with development of an approach appropriate for the assessment of short-‐term and long-‐term impacts of the program. Thus, the project included planning and development of process assessment activities and assessment of program outcomes and impact. Evaluation planning also included development of a sampling plan […]
Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Dependence III
Scott C Steffensen, Psychology, and Jeffrey G Edwards and Sterling N Sudweeks, Physiology and Developmental Biology Proposal Abstract Alcoholism and nicotine (NIC) addiction are chronic relapsing disorders that have enormous impact on society. Alcohol and NIC are the most commonly abused drugs, and a large body of evidence indicates that there is a positive correlation […]
Handwriting Recognition through Distance-Based Morphing and Energy Minimization
Dr. William Barrett During the past year, I have had the opportunity to mentor two undergraduate students as we performed research for improving technologies used for family history. The specific projects each student worked on, the outcomes of the projects, and the mentoring are described below. Handwriting Recognition Dataset Creation We are working on handwriting […]
Geometric Optimization, Analysis, and Design
Faculty Advisor: Denise Halverson 1. Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The goals for the mentoring environment were reached: Academic Development – Each student had the opportunity to work on a cutting edge research problem, as indicated below. Papers are in various stages of completion, a few submitted or […]
An Examination of Relationship Processes on Cancer Screening Decisions in Married Couples
Wendy Birmingham, Psychology Review of Research Study and Academic Objectives Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. A family history of CRC is one of the strongest risk factors for the disease; those with a first-degree relative (i.e., a parent, sibling or […]
Reconstructing Prehistoric Diets of Desert People through Dental Calculus
Michael T Searcy, Anthropology Academic Objectives Met In 2014 I was awarded a Mentoring Environment Grant by ORCA to examine microfossils embedded in the dental calculus (tartar) of individuals who were found during excavations in and around the site of Paquimé, which dates to the thirteenth century A.D. This ancient city is located in the […]
Impact of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on fMRI Measures of Cognitive Functioning in Depressed and non-Depressed Individuals
Patrick Steffen, Psychology Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The primary objectives of this project was to examine neurological changes in depressed individuals who were randomized to either a psychotherapy plus Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback training or to a treatment as usual group. A control group with no […]
Refining a leaders use of the therapeutic relationship in small group treatments: The impact of Group Questionnaire and Outcome Questionnaire feedback
Gary Burlingame, Psychology What follows is brief summary of how we used the MEG funding to support a 3-year multi-site randomized clinical trial involving students in group treatment at three Utah counseling centers—BYU, SUU & USU. We’ve organized the summary using the five report guidelines listed on the ORCA website. Evaluation of how well the […]