Charles Wilson and Dr. Jeffrey Chadwick, Department of Church History and Doctrine To research the Hebron “Sheep Tablet,” a cuneiform account text recording counts of sheep, goats, and rams, I first found all of the published materials mentioning the text and read them. The tablet is mentioned in seven publications. Finding and reading the published […]
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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, […]
Student Perception of How Simulation Applies to Clinical Experience
Brooke Alleger and Dr. Debra Wing, College of Nursing For students in the nursing program at Brigham Young University, lab time in the Nursing Learning Center in the basement of the Spencer W. Kimball Tower is a regular part of the classroom experience. In this lab, nursing skills such as assessments, starting IVs, inserting catheters […]
Recruiting Internal Auditors: The Effects of Using the Internal Audit Function as a Management Training Ground and Performing Consulting Services
Matthew Starliper and Dr. David Wood, School of Accountancy A critical component of high quality corporate governance is attracting well-qualified job candidates into the internal audit function (IAF). Yet, IAFs face significant challenges in hiring a sufficient number of qualified professionals to perform their worki. Given this challenge, it is important to understand factors that […]
Estimating Pinyon and Juniper Tree Cover Across Utah Using NAIP Imagery
Darrell Roundy and Dr. Steven Petersen, Department of Plant and Wildlife Science Pinyon and juniper (pj) encroachment is an ecological problem in the western United States. As these species expand they replace valuable sagebrush and grassland communities decreasing forage for livestock and wildlife, reducing habitat for multiple sagebrush obligate species and increasing fuel loads that […]
Student Resistance to the Inquiry Method of Instruction in the Biological Sciences
Liahona Hamblin and Dr. Jamie Jensen, Department of Biology The purpose of this study was to test student resistance to the inquiry method of instruction in tertiary introductory biology classes. Proven to be beneficial, the “inquiry” method differs from confirmatory “cookbook” laboratory experiences in that students explore phenomena and solve problems (Prince & Felder, 2007). […]
Credibility and Accountability: The Effect of Publication on NGO Willingness to be Evaluated
Megan Spencer and Dr. Michael Findley, Department of Political Science Abstract In today’s NGO environment, evaluations are frequent, but NGOs rarely have outsider expectations on which to base their assessments. Thus, NGOs have strong incentives to make their evaluations strictly contextual. Consequently, NGO stakeholders—donors, beneficiaries, and local government officials—have little information as to the quality of a given organization […]
Positional Segregation in Sport: How Rugby Introduces New Ethnicities to Research
Dylan Lubbe and Dr. Mikaela Dufur, Department of Sociology Modern scientists continue to argue over an issue that has existed since the first time a person realized that his or her skin was a slightly different shade or tint than someone else’s: Does skin color serve as an indicator for something deeper? The conversation about […]
Closing the Gap: Defining the Determinants of School Dropout in Rural Mexico
Ashley Dymock and Dr. Tim Heaton, Department of Sociology My research examined the motives behind school dropouts occurring between primary and secondary schools in Guanajuato, Mexico. It involved both preliminary quantitative analysis as well as field research that was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. I am currently in the process of evaluating the data […]
Power Harvesting System for More Efficient, Cleaner Burning Cookstoves
Suman Pokharel and Dr Matthew Jones, Department of Mechanical Engineering Each day more than 2 billion people cook using open fires or fires in primitive cook stoves that are fueled with biomass (wood, straw, crop waste, dung, etc…). These fires pollute homes and the environment, leading to serious health problems and contributing to global climate change. […]