Stacey, Brooke Improving Immunization Rates among Pregnant Women Faculty Mentor: Lacey Eden, College of Nursing Introduction Pertussis cases have been increasing in the United States, over the last decade, as more parents have decided not to vaccinate with the Tdap vaccine. The population of infants less than two months of age is at the greatest […]
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Final Report for 2013 MEG: Improving the memory response of pathogen specific helper T cells
Scott Weber – Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology The following two aims are from my 2013 MEG. We made great progress and completed most of both Aim 1 and Aim 2. Details on the progress for each aim are described below. Mentoring Environment: This MEG allowed me to expand the size of my lab […]
Minimizing pain during childhood vaccination injections: improving adherence to vaccination schedules
Lacey M. Eden, Janelle L.B. Macintosh, Karlen E. Luthy, Renea L. Beckstrand College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA Abstract Pain experienced in childhood can lead to long-term and psychologically detrimental effects. Unfortunately, the most common pain experienced in childhood is caused by vaccinations and may lead to non-adherence to the recommended vaccination […]
The Efficacy of Neurofeedback in Improving Physical Balance
Christopher Schow and Dr. Scott C. Steffensen Ph.D., Department of Psychology Introduction: Biofeedback is a process by which a person may learn to control physiological functions of their body they would otherwise not be aware of e.g. heart rate. This is accomplished by relaying real-time information back to the user. The user then changes their […]
A Multi-Faceted Approach to Improving ADAMTS13 Deficiency Prediction Algorithm
Steven Nevers, David Brandt, and Matthew Biggs 1 Abstract Despite previous work by our group and other researchers, the existing methods to predict ADAMTS13 deficiency are inadequate. Through the use of machine learning techniques applied to mined patient data we have improved the accuracy and efficiency of our existing ADAMTS13 deficiency prediction algorithm. In conjunction […]
Motivating Millennials: Improving Practices in Recruiting, Retaining, and Motivating Younger Library Staff
Sara Diane Smith and Professor Quinn Galbraith, HBLL Human Resources The purpose of this project was to explore generational differences in the library workplace through a literature review, through studying results from national workplace surveys, and through analyzing the results of past surveys given to student employees at the Harold B. Lee Library. As part of […]
Improving Error Discovery in Guided Search Model Checking
Neha Rungta and Dr. Eric Mercer, Computer Science As computer systems grow in complexity it is becoming harder to completely test them. The cost of finding and correcting errors after deployment is staggering. Current validation methods are not well suited to finding subtle errors laden in the concurrency of modern systems. This project searches the […]
Improving Conditions for Families with Children with Disabilities
Mallory Grover and Dr. Lynn K. Wilder: Counseling Psychology and Special Education Many families with a child with disabilities undergo much stress. Lack of communication and delayed development, along with other factors are causes of problem behavior among children with a disability. In order to prevent problem behaviors from elevating, support service intervention is key. […]
Additional Elements for Improving the Accuracy of the Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead
Will Ashby and Dr. Lawrence B. Rees, Physics and Astronomy History of CABL Bullets often mutate or fragment upon impact. This can erase physical markings such as rifling. Until the development in the mid 1900s of techniques for precisely analyzing elemental compositions of materials such as lead, forensics scientists could do nothing to compare bullets […]
Hispanic Labor Childbearing Women: Improving Perinatal Outcomes
Cambria Jones and Dr. Lynn Callister, Nursing In recent years there has been a surge in the influx of Hispanic immigrants to the United States. With this influx of immigrants pushing beyond the border states into more central United States, healthcare providers have been presented with the challenge of how to adequately meet the needs […]
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