Troy Walker and Dr. David Embley, Computer Science Data extraction is a rapidly growing area of computer science. It focuses on the extraction of pertinent data from large stores of knowledge such as databases or the internet. Data extraction allows us to use existing stores of data in new ways. One application for data extraction […]
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A Study of the Effects of Reduced Transaction Costs and Information Asymmetry in E-Commerce
Kendall C Hulet and Dr. Scott Sampson, Business Management Information asymmetry is usually defined as a market failure that increases transaction costs. Buyers and sellers in a typical market transaction have varying degrees of information on which to base their decisions, whether it be about the quality of the good or service, or about the […]
French Utopian Socialists Coming to America: The Transformation of Etienne Cabet’s Icarian Colony in Nauvoo
John McCorquindale and Dr. Daryl Lee, French and Italian While many of the definitively American utopian groups have received a good deal of curious attention in the past century, the Icarian colonies are relatively unknown. Maybe it is because of their less accessible French background, or because their iconoclastic leader Etienne Cabet (who once garnered […]
Transformation of the Storyteller’s Identity and Role Through the American Storytelling Movement
Rachel Parkinson and Dr. Marsha Broadway, Harold B. Lee Library Juvenile Literature Librarian Twenty-four storytellers and prominent people involved in the American storytelling movement were interviewed to gather information on the following research question: How has the American storytelling movement changed the identity and role of the storyteller? Storytelling seems as definable as the taste […]
Internal Security, External Solutions: Reevaluating the Formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Brock Evans Taylor and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science The formal organization of the Gulf Cooperation Council began on February 4, 1981. After a ceremonial reading of a Qu’ranic Surah the heads of state of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman agreed in principle to facilitate cooperation between their […]
Psychosocial Factors Related to Mexican Immigration and Subsequent Identity Formation
Mark Mills and Professor Lynn England, Sociology In my research proposal, I indicated that my research had three primary objectives: 1) discover the underlying psychosocial reasons for Mexican immigration and evaluate the push/pull theory of immigration (i.e. what factors, either psychological, economic, or social, push immigrants away from their native land, and what factors pull […]
The Effects of the Intensive Care Unit on the Formation of Implicit and Explicit Memories in ARDS Patients
Michael J. Larson and Dr. Ramona O. Hopkins, Psychology Each year thousands of patients become critically ill and require medical treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). Recent literature suggests that patients recovering from critical illness have little or no recollection of their time in the ICU (1). The ICU has many features that may […]
Informational Sources Utilized by Men with the Diagnosis of Localized Prostate Cancer in the Selection of Treatment
Jonathan Horey and Dr. Bruce Brown, Psychology Purpose Although prostate cancer is the most common malignancy affecting males in the western world, the detection and management of this disease has produced intense controversy among researchers and physicians alike. As a result, men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer are forced to select a course of […]
Information Technology Benchmarking Survey of Institutions of Higher Education
Alan P. Hyatt and Dr. Eric L. Denna, Information Technology Introduction In the realm of higher education, learning is continually facilitated, enhanced, and improved through technology. At Brigham Young University, the summary mission of the Office of Information Technology is to support the mission and objectives of the Church Educational System and its operating units […]
Potential Role of Direct Inhibition and Phosphorylation of the Sodium-potassium ATPase in Cataract Formation
Jason E. Wright and Dr. Steven W. Graves — Chemistry and Biochemistry Proposal and hypothesis Preliminary data suggested that bovine lens epithelial cells (BLEC) are able to increase the amount of sodium-potassium ATPase (sodium pump or SP) in the plasma membrane. I set out to accomplish three objectives: (1) to continue ongoing ouabain inhibition experiments […]
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