Alyssa Carpenter and Chris Crowe, English Introduction Since I was sixteen, I have struggled with self-harm and depression. One of my coping mechanisms was reading. I would read and read and read in search of a solution where my sadness and despondent nature would be whisked away into a made up world where all the […]
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Landmark vs. Manual Tracing: A Novel Method For Hippocampal Segmentation
Bryce Owen and Faculty Mentor: Brock Kirwan, Psychology Introduction Calculating hippocampal volume from MR images is an essential task in many studies of neurocognition in healthy and diseased populations. The “gold standard” method involves hand tracing, which is accurate but laborious, requiring expertly trained researchers and significant amounts of time. As such, segmenting large datasets […]
Morphology of Human Myoblasts in Cultured Muscle Cells by the Novel Small Molecule SGI
Ryan Matekel and Robert Hyldahl, Exercise Science Introduction Muscle wasting is a symptom of cancer, AIDS, renal failure, heart failure, aging, prolonged bed rest, and has been seen in rodent models for burn, and kidney disease (Han, 2013). Muscle wasting negatively impacts quality of life by decreasing functional independence and increasing morbidity and mortality (Anker, […]
Effect of Myostatin Pathway Inhibition on Fibroblast Activity Using a Novel Small Molecule
Seth Hampton and Dr. Robert Hyldahl, Exercise Science Introduction Fibroblasts play a key role in repairing injured tissue by secreting collagen and growth factors into the tissue. In states of disease and overuse, fibroblast activity can become overly abundant and can lead to skeletal muscle fibrosis, decreasing strength and muscle elasticity. This fibrotic condition can […]
Novel G-protein Coupled Receptor Expression and Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity
Michael Thayer Christensen and Dr. Jeff Edwards, Physiology and Developmental Biology Introduction According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alzheimer’s disease – infamously known for its patients’ loss of memory and other intellectual abilities – is the sixth most common cause of death in the United States. Sadly this is just one of […]
Isolation and Characterization of Novel Lytic Phage to Treat MRSA
Tyler White and Bradford Berges, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction: The bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus is the cause of a serious skin disease that is known to cause life-threatening infections such as pneumonia, endocarditis, meningitis, sepsis, bacteremia, and toxic shock syndrome [1]. Nonetheless, most SA infections are readily remedied via antibiotic treatment with methicillin. However, over […]
Ali: A Novel
Joshua Sabey and Stephen Tuttle, English Introduction When I was in high school, my family hosted an Iraqi student named Ali. He eventually went AWOL (absent without leave) and we were able to help him get political asylum. Since then I have built friendships and collected stories from several other Iraqi students that I have […]
“See, You Are a Reader”: Using Graphic Novels to Help Struggling Readers
Stephen Nothum and Dawan Coombs, English Department Introduction I set out on this project to evaluate how the emerging genre of graphic novels could be used in the junior high English classroom to help struggling students develop the skills they need to not only enjoy reading but engage with literature in a meaningful way. By […]
Discovery and confirmation of novel serum biomarkers diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease
Tyler Mower and Dr. John Kauwe, Department of Biology Dipti Jigar Shah1, Frederick Rohlfing2, Swati Anand1, W. Evan Johnson3, MeiHwa Tanielle Bench Alvarez1, Jesse Cobell2, Jackson King2, Sydney A. Young1, John S. K. Kauwe2, Steven W. Graves1,* 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, […]
Recontextualizing Chekhov through the Graphic Novel
Matisse Hales and Dr. Mark Purves, Russian Brief: The purpose of our project was to create a graphic novel comprised of the short stories of Russian author Anton Chekhov. Great literature often inspires interpretation, but interpretation often fails to shed meaningful light upon an original work. Our goal in embarking upon the task of illustrating […]
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