Peck, Connor The Chemotherapeutic Potential of Resveratrol-Based Treatments Faculty Mentor: Kim O’Neill, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction Cancer is one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases in the world. In 2012 alone, there were approximately 14 million new cases of cancer and over 8 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite extensive research in […]
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Seeing the World through New Eyes: Implementing map-based mobile apps in field trips and research
Chambers, Mariah Seeing the World through New Eyes: Implementing map-based mobile apps in field trips and research Faculty Mentor: Ron Harris, Department of Geological Sciences Introduction Mobile apps are a resource that can aid in field trip instruction and enhance students’ learning. Because the specific location of the field trip is often an important element […]
How Well Can Machine-learning Algorithms Predict Biomedical Outcomes Based on Gene-expression Data?
Anna Guyer and Stephen Piccolo, Department of Biology Introduction Biomedical data are increasing in size and complexity. To make sense of these data, biomedical researchers often use “machine-learning” algorithms, which are developed by the computer-science community. Our goal was to perform a systematic comparison of many of these algorithms across 100 data sets to identify […]
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related with Disabilities in Kosovo
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related with Disabilities in Kosovo Ari Kokol and Faculty Mentor: Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Kosovo was a focal point of conflict in the wars in Yugoslavia in the late 1990s. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia leaving Kosovo partially recognized as an independent […]
Let’s Find Out! Motivating Motivational Interview Evidence-based Practice in TR
Lora Hughes and Neil Lundberg, Recreation Management Introduction Diseases related to aging, developmental disorders, mental illnesses, acquired physical disabilities, and traumatic events cause untold human suffering each year. Many professionals seek to alleviate such suffering, including the discipline of therapeutic recreation (TR), which uses a holistic process of targeted interventions, leisure education, recreation participation, and […]
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 […]
Access in the Accent: Career Opportunity Based on Differences in Regional Accents
Stephanie Hedges and David Eddington, Linguistics Accents affect employment ratings more when the accent is perceived to be stronger (Carlson & McHenry, 2006). When the accent is strongly perceived by the employer, employment ratings drastically dropped for those speaking Spanish-influenced, Asian-influenced and African American English dialects (Carlson & McHenry, 2006). However, when the accent was […]
Strength-Based Assessment for Children with Autism and Related Disabilities in Bosnia.
McKenzie May and Faculty Mentor: Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Bosnia was the center of conflict during the war in Yugoslavia from April 1992 to December 1995. In post-war Bosnia, where there are limited resources, families of children with special needs bare the burden of care on their own. Caring for a […]
Differences in Social Interaction Patterns between Teachers and their Students Based on Gender
Shelby McNeill and Dr. Kristie J.R. Phillips, Department of Sociology Introduction Over the past few decades, a shift has occurred in the educational attainment between the sexes. In the 1990’s, the number of adults ages 25 to 29 years-old who had received a bachelor’s degree or higher was comparable across the sexes, whereas in 2012 […]
Development of Student Research Resources and Training Material for Functional and Structural MRI-Based Research at BYU
Professor Neal K Bangerter, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Professors Erin Bigler and Brock Kirwan, Psychology Overview This project was aimed at providing in-depth training and mentoring for a small group of students to address the large anticipated demand for accessible research and training resources at BYU’s new MRI Research Facility. The facility opened summer […]