Colby Sanford and Joseph Ostraff, Art Introduction They’re selling the family farm. In the summer of ‘73 my Grandparents left their home in Connecticut to follow the ideologies of Helen and Scott Nearing “to take [their] life into [their] own hands and live it in the country, in a decent, simple, kindly way” (Nearing, 11). […]
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Early Orientalist Sentiments in Dutch Baroque Still Life Paintings: A Study of Harmen Steenwyck
Maika Bahr and Professor Martha Peacock, Art History (Comparative Arts and Letters) Introduction : The relationship between the Dutch Republic and Japan during the seventeenth century provoked early Orientalist feelings that were manifested in still-life paintings. Harmen Steenwyck’s Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanitas of Human Life from 1640, depicts an intricate, Japanese sword […]
Poets of Resistance: Restoring Life to the Student Writings of the Intermountain Indian School
Terence Wride and Faculty Mentor: Michael Taylor, English Department In hopes of permanently removing them from their Indigenous cultures and communities, from 1950 to 1984, thousands of Navajo and other American Indian children were sent to Brigham City, Utah to attend the Intermountain Indian School, the largest of nineteen postwar federal Indian boarding schools that […]
Is MafB Essential to β-Cell Growth and Proliferation?
Aaron Leifer and Faculty Mentor Jeffery Tessem, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Project Purpose: Our goal is to determine if MafB is necessary for β Cell proliferation and glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). Project Importance: Approximately 29.1 million people are affected by type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the United States, according to 2014 […]
Critical-Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles: Changes Over 17 Years
Paul, Cory Critical-Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles: Changes Over 17 Years Faculty Mentor: Renea, Beckstrand, BYU College of Nursing One in five patients in intensive care units (ICUs) dies (Angus et al., 2004). As such, EOLC becomes an integral responsibility of ICU nurses (Attia, AbdElaziz, & Kandeel, 2012). Critical-care nurses propose that […]
Nursing Perceptions of End Life Care Obstacles in Critical Access Hospitals
Leavitt, Rebekah Nursing Perceptions of End of Life Care Obstacles in Critical Access Hospitals Faculty Mentor: Renea Beckstrand, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE College of Nursing Introduction Death is an unavoidable occurrence. Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to caring for dying patients. When providing end of life (EOL) care for critically ill […]
Rural Critical Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles
Smith, Lisa Rural Critical Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles Faculty Mentor: Renea L. Beckstrand, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE College of Nursing Our research focused on gathering a rural cross-sectional, survey which will help determine the direction to move to improve the End-Of-Life care given by rural critical care nurses. The first step […]
Is HDAC1 mediated β-cell proliferation dependent on decreased p15 expression?
Hobson, Amanda Is HDAC1 mediated β-cell proliferation dependent on decreased p15 expression? Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Tessem, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Introduction The body maintains normoglycemia through pancreatic β-cells which sense elevation in circulating glucose levels and secrete insulin to maintain the correct blood glucose concentration. A decrease in functional pancreatic β-cell mass leads to […]
The Effect of Microbiota on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Melinda Koyle The Effect of Microbiota on Lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster Faculty Mentor: John Chaston, Plant and Wildlife Sciences Introduction Almost all animals are affected by the bacteria found in their intestines (1). Recent research has begun to show the close relationship hosts have with their microbiome. These interactions influence metabolic, respiratory, nutritional, neurological, and […]
Effect of Thickness on Fatigue Life on Creased Thin PLA
Peter Schleede with Larry Howell, Mechanical Engineering Introduction Origami-based engineering creates products that solve problems inherent in other designs. For example, they can compress into smaller volumes, achieve new and unique motions, and lessen or mitigate numbers of welds, fasteners, or other joining methods. However, a weakness of these designs is the necessity of folding […]
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