Victoria Garcia and Dr. Kirk Hawkins, Department of Political Science Populism is “a Manichaean discourse that identifies Good with a unified will of the people and Evil with a conspiring elite” (Hawkins 2009). It is a movement that has been spreading in Latin America, in which a group of people consider themselves as the majority […]
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Healthy First Year: Cultural beliefs and customs of Indian mothers affecting the health of a child in their first year of life
Amy Drake and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology Nearly a decade ago, India held one of the world’s highest rates in both infant and maternal mortality. Attention from the Indian government and the implementation of health programs have contributed to the significant improvement seen in the past ten years. While both rates have dropped […]
How Incarceration Affects Maternal Identify of Female Inmates
Ashlee Manwaring and Dr. Janelle Macintosh, College of Nursing I proposed an ORCA with Janelle Macintosh, RN, PhD, last fall, and was awarded the grant in February. Our original idea was to investigate how incarceration affects maternal identify of female inmates. This was closely related to Dr. Macintosh’s original dissertation proposal and completed dissertation. However, […]
Detection of Genetic Variants Affecting MMP Protein Expression: A genome-wide association study approach
Krista Klingler and Dr. John Kauwe, Department of Biology Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting over 35 million people worldwide. However, the pathology of the disease is not fully understood. Because of this, no cure for the disease currently exists, and once a patient has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, death […]
Negative Affect in Individuals with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Acquiring New Learning
Spencer Liebel and Dr. Michael Larson, Department of Psychology The goal of this project was to clarify the additive role that negative affect plays in the capacity for individuals with moderate-to-severe (M/S) traumatic brain injury (TBI) to acquire new learning. Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, […]
Measurement and Evaluation of Experiencescapes of Tourism Destinations
Dr. Patti Freeman, Experience and Design Management Background Brigham Young University’s (BYU) Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) awarded Patti Freeman, Ph.D. a Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) in January 2017. The MEG was for $19,300 and was awarded to conduct research in Hawaii to study the impact of experience industry structuring techniques on select […]
Multimodal Neuroimaging of Insomnia During Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (MNI_NREM)
Daniel Kay Application Abstract The impact of insomnia on brain regions/networks during sleep may represent mechanisms through which insomnia contributes to the risk for mood disorders. As a first step toward understanding the risk relationship linking insomnia to mood disorders, this study will utilize functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with multimodal techniques to investigate alterations […]
Do Support Groups for Medical Patients Reduce Risk for Mortality? A Meta-Analytic Review
Connor Workman, Dakota Jake, Daniel Rallison, Timothy Smith, PhD; Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, Psychology Recent scientific findings show that loneliness is found among the highest predictors of mortality. This information could prove to be a major influence on future interventions for medical patients. However, the literature is inconclusive on how best to implement these findings in the real […]
The Role of Nrf2 In Prevention of Oxidative Stress Caused by Valproic Acid
Madison Wilson and Jason M. Hansen, Physiology & Developmental Biology Introduction Valproic acid (VPA) is a common drug used to treat epileptic seizures as well as bipolar disease. Over the past decade, the use of these drugs has increased dramatically as they are now being prescribed as antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and are currently being tested […]
The Financing of Transportation Firms Using Rail, Truck, Air and Ship to Test Capital Structure Theories
David Wilson and James Brau, Finance Our project sought to test traditional theories of capital structure (e.g., Ang & Peterson, 1986, Rajan & Zingales, 1995, Titman, & Wessels, 1988 DeAngelo & Masulis,1980, Leland, 1994, and Modigliani & Miller, 1958) through the analysis of a naturally occurring experiment produced among various transportation industry sectors (i.e. rail, […]
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