Curtis Wigington and William Barrett, Computer Science Introduction Images of historical documents are being collected and archived much faster than volunteers can possibly index them alone. Improvements in offline handwriting recognition could greatly accelerate the work of indexing by FamilySearch. Offline handwriting recognition has already been shown to be effective in assisting indexers and automating […]
Archives for March 2017
Mobile Hands: What Your Phone Use Says About You
Parker Williams and Jeff Jenkins, Information Systems Introduction The percentage of individuals using mobile phones to respond to online applications, forms, and surveys is predicted to rapidly increase in the future. As of June 2, 2015, there were an estimated 2.6 billion smartphones in use in the world; by 2020 there will be 6.1 billion smartphones […]
Sexual Assault Kit Submission Tracking Initiative
Sage Williams and Julie Valentine, College of Nursing Introduction: Sexual assault has serious community health and social consequences and is a prevalent problem throughout the United States. Although many would like to believe that this is only a national problem, recent studies have shown that Utah is not an exception. In Utah, one in three women […]
A Recently Recovered Source: Rethinking Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation
Haley Wilson and Thomas Wayment, Ancient Scripture The following are a few key passages from the article we wrote together. When we first started the project our goal was the following: to compare the changes made by Joseph Smith to the Bible with contemporary commentaries of his day. In so doing I hope to tentatively reconstruct […]
The Creative Struggle
Drake Withers and Robert Machoian Graham, Deptartment of Design Introduction The intent of my project was to gain insight on the position of The Arts in today’s society. Of particular interest were three questions: First, what does an artist go through in order to build and maintain a successful career? Second, is such a career […]
Development and Application of Quassiclassical Direct Dynamics Program for Organic and Organometallic Reactions
Nathan Wohlgemuth and Dan Ess, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction Organic and organometallic reactions are generally assumed to follow statistical mechanical models of reactivity and selectivity that correspond to transition state theory. However, in recent years there have been several organic reactions that have been shown to be controlled by post-transition state reaction dynamics. […]
Martin Luther: a Wild Boar
Claire Woodward and Craig Harline, History Department Introduction: I assisted Dr. Harline in research with his upcoming book Wild Boar: The Rise of the Friar Martin Luther; 1517-1522. We explored these earlier key years of Martin Luther’s life, focusing on the events and people who shaped his rise to Reformation stardom, describing them in a new […]
Understanding Utah’s Water Resources through The Red Canyon Bristlecone Pine Tree
Shawn Wortham and Matthew Bekker, Geography Introduction The purpose of this research project is to properly cross date samples of the Bristlecone Pine Tree in order to learn more of the past, present, and future of Utah’s Water Resources. Under the mentorship of Dr. Bekker, we will take both living and dead cross sections of […]
Natural Selection in Samoan Metabolic Pathways
Sage Wright and John Kauwe, Biology Introduction One of the leading causes of death in Pacific Islanders is diabetes or other metabolic diseases [cdc]. This may be due to the idea that the thrifty genotype hypothesis contributes to the increase in type 2 diabetes [Southam]. The thrifty genotype hypothesis suggests that certain genes that encourage […]
Utilization of Pharmacogenetic Principles in Prescription Medications by Nurse Practitioners
Hyrum Wright and Karen Whitt, College of Nursing Introduction Pharmacogenetics is the study of the relationship between genetics and the metabolism of medications. Some classes of drugs have been shown to be metabolized differently in people of specific genetic profiles, with gene markers correlating to the differences in metabolism. For example, patients taking simvastatin have […]