Rob McFarland and Michelle S. James Acknowledgements: Without funding there would be no Sophie project, which is why the first item in this report on the Sophie activities during 2017 must be an expression of our gratitude to both the ORCA office and to the College of Humanities, on behalf of the faculty members involved, […]
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Computational Number Theory: Modular Forms
Paul Jenkins, Mathematics In 2017 and 2018, the following students participated in the BYU Computational Number Theory research group under my direction and produced the following deliverables. 1. Hankun Ko, BYU PhD student in mathematics (PhD 2019 expected) a. Spoke at 2017 Student Research Conference b. Spoke at 2018 Student Research Conference c. Attended 31st […]
Increasing the Accuracy of Molecular Biomarkers via Evidence-based Algorithm Selection
Stephen R. Piccolo, Biology This is a final report for a Mentoring Environment Grant that Brigham Young University awarded to me in 2016. Below is a summary of the project that this grant enabled students in my research lab to perform, as well as information about how the funds were used. Research Project In making […]
Funding American Democracy
Michael Barber Academic Objectives The academic objectives of the project were largely met. Students participated in a number of research projects from beginning to end. Two students were included as coauthors on papers that were eventually published in academic journals. Other students participated throughout the process as research assistants. They collected data from archival sources, […]
Improving High School Students’ Workforce Literacy through Collaborative, Online Alternative Reality Games
Jon Balzotti, Assistant Professor of English Evaluation of Academic Objectives This project analyzed student engagement in a high school setting using digital learning environments based on a semi-realistic workplace simulation. The research team explored the challenges of high school student engagement in both traditional and digital learning environments. Data from student surveys suggest that traditional role-play […]
Effects of Acute Sleep Restriction on Neural Responding to Anticipated Peer Evaluation and Food Consumption in Overweight and Obese Adolescents
Chad D. Jensen, Ph.D., Department of Psychology Abstract Research conducted with adults has demonstrated increased neural response to high calorie food images among sleep-deprived individuals (Benedict et al., 2012). Furthermore, a significant body of research suggests that social stress increases risk for unhealthy food consumption. Research examining the neural underpinnings of the social stress suggests […]
Analyzing a Corpus of President Trump’s Public Statements to Reveal Possible Media Bias
Kevin Zalewski, William Eggington Introduction In recent years, America has become extremely politically divided. As political polarization has increased, so has distrust of the media, especially during President Trump’s current term of office. The Media Insights Project reports that “just 17 percent of Americans give the news media high marks for being ‘very accurate.’” In […]
The Role of Nr4a1 in β-cell Growth and Onset of Type 2 Diabetes
Adam Wynn, Jeffery Tessem, Ph.D. Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D) includes a loss of functional pancreatic beta cells (β-cells), which are responsible for secreting insulin and maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. Nr4a1 is a gene that has been shown to be involved in fuel utilization in the liver, muscles, and […]
How to Get the Attention of Government Officials: A Test of the Effectiveness of Social Proof Treatments
Aubriana Wolferts, Darren Hawkins, Political Science Social proof treatments—informing people about the behavior of their peers—have generally been shown effective in influencing subjects to engage in behavior due to a psychological desire to conform.1 Social proofs are more effective when they describe what peers typically do rather than what peers generally approve of, and when the […]
The Financing of Transportation Firms Using Rail, Truck, Air and Ship to Test Capital Structure Theories
David Wilson and James Brau, Finance Our project sought to test traditional theories of capital structure (e.g., Ang & Peterson, 1986, Rajan & Zingales, 1995, Titman, & Wessels, 1988 DeAngelo & Masulis,1980, Leland, 1994, and Modigliani & Miller, 1958) through the analysis of a naturally occurring experiment produced among various transportation industry sectors (i.e. rail, […]
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