Zach White and Philip Rash, Ph.D., Counseling and Career Center & Undergraduate Education Introduction Peer education is well established as an effective means of supporting first-year students in their transition to the university experience (Shook & Keup, 2012) (Esplin, Seabold, & Pinegar 2012). In large part, the success of peer education programs depends on the […]
Archives for January 2016
Microbial Pretreatment of Waste for Anaerobic Digestion
Braden Myers and Faculty Mentor: Jaron Hansen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The aim of this research was to demonstrate Caldicellulosiruptor bescii is a feasible microbial pretreatment of lignocellulose for enhanced production of biogas when coupled with secondary anaerobic digestion. Before anaerobic digestion of waste can reach its maximum energy production potential, economically sound methods […]
Measuring Frequency Noise for Use in Preventing Mode Hops in Extended Cavity Diode Lasers
McKinley Pugh and Faculty Mentor: Dallin Durfee, Physics Introduction Diode lasers are useful in physics because they are relatively cheap and robust, they are available in a number of wavelengths, and they are tunable. However, because diode lasers have large bandwidths compared to atomic resonances, a reflection grating is added outside the laser. This creates […]
Examining the Link Between College Gender Ratios and Assortative Marriage
Bryan Seegmiller and David Sims, BYU Economics Department Introduction It has been well-documented that the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century has seen vast upheavals in the societal roles of males and females in Western society. One noted result of this gender revolution is the striking change in college gender […]
Effects of Exposure to Anthropomorphized Products on Social Behavior
Wade Wade and Dr. Ryan Elder, Marketing Introduction This project was designed to investigate the effects of exposure to anthropomorphized products on the way that consumers treat other people. Researchers have shown that people starved of social connectedness will sometimes seek relationships with products or brands as a way of relieving social insecurity and the […]
An Examination of the Relative Accuracy of Family Cancer History Knowledge and Perceptions of Spousal Influence in a Younger Population
Emily Hartung and Wendy Birmingham, Psychology Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, yet many people are not aware of their own personal familial risk. This may be especially true in younger individuals in the population. According to the American Cancer Society, over 1.5 million Americans will be diagnosed […]
Ideological Movement in House Party Leadership A Difference in Difference Model
Hayden Galloway and Michael Barber, Political Science I hypothesized that the party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives converges their roll call voting behavior to the median of their parties after being selected as party leaders. This measured through ideological differences in congressional roll call voting behavior. The median voter has classically been used […]
Barbara d’Austria: Women and Religious Upheaval in 16th-century Europe
Victoria Fox and Brandie Siegfried, English Introduction The purpose of this project was to recover source documents regarding the life of a significant 16th-century woman who has been otherwise largely left out of history. Barbara d’Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, was an intensely religious and ambitious […]
The Effects of a Recruitment and Mobilization Experiment on Caucus Meeting Dynamics
Alejandra Gimenez and J. Quin Monson, Political Science Studies on political recruitment have increased over the past few years, and specifically that of female recruitment in regards to political candidacy. Studies have shown strong evidence that recruitment increases participation, both in activism and candidacy. However, much of this work focuses on the effects of recruitment […]
A Hermeneutical Approach to Understanding Non-Causal Concepts in Medicine
Chloe Halsey and Travis Anderson, Philosophy Department INTRODUCTION: In the early 1900’s, medical practice shifted largely to a science-based study, which greatly changed the experiences of both physicians and patients. With a new method of explaining diseases in hand, physicians and scientists were able to more consistently and effectively treat patient ailments. Since this adoption […]
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