Diana Carter and Professor James E. Kohl, Nursing Introduction The ability of registered nurses and healthcare providers to correctly quantify blood and fluid loss is an important factor in providing quality care as it often directs healthcare interventions. Underestimation of blood and fluid loss can lead to delays in treatment and can be detrimental to the […]
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Food Costs of a Gluten-free Diet: Comparison to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Allotments
Blair Harmon and Dr. Rickelle Richards- Dept. Nutrition, Food Science, & Dietetics Introduction Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the lining of the small intestine when gluten is present, which can lead to poor absorption of nutrients resulting in malnutrition.1 The only medical treatment for people with this condition is […]
Influence of Intermediate Lamina Propria Composition on Synthetic Vocal Fold Vibration: A Comparison of the EPI and Stiff Ligament Models
Ryan Jenkins and Dr. Scott Thomson, Mechanical Engineering Introduction: The vocal folds are two multi-layered regions of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate as air flows past from the lungs. This vibration is the basis of voiced speech, one of mankind’s primary means of expression. Due to a complex fluid-structure-acoustic interaction and the inaccessibility […]
Word and Image of the ‘Other’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Georg Forster’s “Voyage Round the World” in Comparison to William Hodges’ Paintings Produced During Captain Cook’s 2nd Voyage
Philip Thomas and Professor Joe Ostraff: Department of Visual Arts I’ll never forget the moment sitting in the large workshop in the basement of Rangi Kipa’s house in Ohope, New Zealand, when he talked about his art and especially the Paraka carvings, a shape based off the prow figure found on traditional Maori Waka (a canoe […]
Women’s Needlework In Eighteenth-Century England And America: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Hilary Pothier and Dr. Martha Peacock, Department of Art History In the past eight months, I have completed a great deal of research in a cross-cultural comparison of women’s needlework in England and America during the eighteenth century. The majority of my research focused on women’s embroidery in England during the time period, because I […]
Squandering the Future? A Utah-Colorado Comparison of Industry Development Path Dependency
Michael Murff and Dr. John Griffin, Political Science Problem Statement Escalating in the 1970s, the Intermountain West experienced a dramatic economic shift from mining and agriculture toward information technology (IT). Both Utah and Colorado took steps to attract computer and software firms in an effort to diversify and develop IT industries. At first glance Utah […]
Comparison of Body Fat Percentage Results Derived Using Hydrostatic Weighing And The Bod Pod in 185 Women
Rich Jarvis and Dr. Larry Tucker, Physical Education Obesity will probably replace cigarette smoking as the major killer of Americans in the next century.1 Research shows that excess body weight leads directly to many health problems, and it often contributes indirectly to other serious diseases by precipitating dangerous metabolic abnormalities.2 In short, obesity plays a […]
A Comparison Of The Effects Of Preattentive Processes And Visual Search On A Memory Task
Aubree Greenhalgh and Dr. Donovan Fleming, Psychology Extensive research has been done with regards to attention and visual processing. Particular attention has been paid to preattentive processing which is the automatic registration of features by processing all targets simultaneously across the visual field (Matlin & Foley, 1997). Some of the particular properties which visual objects […]
A Comparison of y Scuti and y Doradus Variable Stars
Matthew B. Garvin with Dr. Eric Hintz, Physics and Astronomy Overview During the course of this summer, I observed a possible ã Doradus/ä Scuti variable star, V927 Herculis. Observations of this star were made using the David Derrick 16 inch telescope located on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus in the Orson Pratt Observatory. Due […]
Research Project Results: An Economic Comparison Of Two Rural Chilean Towns
Wade O. Bean and Dr. Darren Timothy, Economics, with special thanks to Delworth Gardner, Economics Rural areas in developing countries are often the breeding ground as well as the testing ground for economic theory. Two rural towns near Santiago, Chile became of particular interest to me, as they were very similar in many aspects of […]
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