Carla Johnston and Dr. James McDonald, Economics Department Introduction Does happiness depend on income? What puts people at risk to become “heavy smokers?” Do gender and wage affect job promotion? The answers to these varied questions have one thing in common: they employ grouped or categorical data. Happiness is often reported on cales of 1 […]
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Turn of the Century Sweden and the Ecological ImaginaryTopic Modeling Ecological Thought in Swedish Nature Texts
Benjamin Holt, Dane Christensen, and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Humanities The roots of ecology in Scandinavia begin with the botanist Linnaeus in the 18th century, who developed the notion of the economy of nature. Throughout the 19th century, proto-ecologists carried the movement that would eventually be recognized as a legitimate and viable science, studying the interaction […]
Customizing 3D models from MRI data: Creating educational anatomy models of neurologic disease
Brett Gardiner and Dr. Jon Wisco, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Introduction Neuroanatomy lab specimens are limited to cadaver availability and inconsistently demonstrate variations confronted in pathology. Using rapid prototyping (RP) technology to create 3D models from segmented MRI data offers distinct benefits to medical education. An efficient and replicable procedure for customizing these […]
Novel Comet Assay Identifies Preliminary DNA Damage Prior to Cell Apoptosis in Mouse Model of RAGE Over-expression
Steven Knapp and Paul Reynolds, PDBIO Introduction The goal of this project was to characterize the predisposing susceptibility of mice that overexpress receptors for advanced gylcation end products (RAGE) to apoptosis (cell death) and autophagy. Work has already been done to characterize this mouse model as pro-apoptotic; this new project will allow us to identify […]
Bayesian Model for Antarctic Accumulation and Proposing Field Measurement
Philip White and Shane Reese, Statistics Introduction Antarctica’s significance to the global climate is due to the vast amounts of water stored in its ice sheet. Indeed, its ice sheet stores enough water to increase the global sea level by about 200 feet if it were to melt. Even though radical climate change could not […]
Three-Dimensional Modeling of Facial Nerve VII
Dani Peterson and Jonathan Wisco, PDBio Introduction Due to its long and complicated trajectory through the cranium, facial nerve VII (CN VII) (see figure 1) can be damaged in surgeries, sometimes resulting in facial muscle paralysis. Surgical removal of acoustic neuromas and parotid tumors, in addition to surgical repair of the temporomandibular joint disorder are […]
Characterizing Dna2 in Model Plant Arabidopsis
Connor Woodward and Brent Nielsen, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction Dna2 is a protein that is known to be essential for DNA replication in human and yeast mitochondria. In these organisms it acts as both a helicase and an endonuclease. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana an ortholog of Dna2 exists but has never been […]
Gaussian Process Modeling of Modern Mass Spectrometry Computer Experimental Data
Mickey Warner and C. Shane Reese, Statistics Introduction A new mass spectrometry technique (VENDAMS) has been developed to allow the quantification of rate constants for complicated chemical reactions. Due to the expensive nature of the method, computer experiments designed to solve a set of equations provide supplemental information to the process. The computer simulator takes […]
Digital Outcrop Model and Paleoecology of the Eight-Foot Rapid Algal Field (Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay Sequence), Paradox Basin, Utah
Colton Goodrich and Scott Ritter, Geological Sciences Abstract Although phylloid algal mounds have been studied for 50 year, much remains to be determined concerning the ecology and sedimentology of these Late Paleozoic carbonate buildups. Herein we perform a digital outcrop study of the well-known Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay mound interval in the Paradox Basin because […]
Computational modeling of wave propagation in metamaterials
Shue-Sum Chow, Mathematics Academic Objectives The project is concerned with the study of wave propagation in metamaterials. We recall the work plan described in the original proposal and provide an evaluation of the academic objectives. Gathering of information about existing mathematical models for various metamaterials and related references on the mathematical properties of FDTD and […]
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