David Lee and Dr. Dixon Woodbury, Physiology and Developmental Biology A bilayer is a two-layered membrane made of lipids that form around cells. These membranes are formed by hydrophobic tails (water fearing) and hydrophilic heads (water loving) that align such that the tails are isolated from water, while the heads are exposed to water to […]
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Political Risk and the Currency Markets: A Look at How the Structure of Government Impacts Exchange Rates in Emerging and Developing Economies
Aaron Gifford and Dr. Joel Selway, Department of Political Science Overview For the last three years, the world has seen dramatic changes in the global economy. What began as a local failure of a couple banks and the deterioration of innovative financial products in the U.S. soon spread to other nations around the world. While […]
Diversification Rates, Phylogenetic Relationships, and Character Evolution within an Ancient Group of Decapod Crustaceans (Anomura: Decapoda)
Maren Ettinger and Dr. Keith Crandall, Department of Biology The purpose of phylogenetics is to understand the evolution of a group of organisms and to resolve the relationships within groups. Once phylogenies are created, they can be used for a number of different analyses. My project focused on using a phylogeny of the infraorder Anomura […]
Examining the Relationship Between Graduation Rates and Minority Rates in Utah High School
Stephen Richards and Dr. Eric Eide, Department of Economics The humorist Dave Barry has said, “The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.” I think he’s right, but I presume to add […]
Neurophysiological Substrates of Alcohol Addiction
Dr. Scott Steffensen, Department of Psychology Completion of Academic Objectives Research in my lab is dedicated to the elucidation of brain substrates underlying drug addiction. Elder Boyd K. Packer has stated, “It is my conviction, and my constant prayer, that there will come through research, through inspiration to scientists if need be, the power to […]
RAGE and SAGE: Therapeutic Modalities for COPD
Paul Reynolds, Physiology and Developmental Biology Academic Objectives Met and Results Observed Funding available through this MEG award has provided an opportunity for me to meet many academic objectives I’ve determined to be important at BYU. We have been successful in conducting pilot studies that reveal possible roles for SAGEs in ameliorating mechanisms of lung […]
Meta-Analytic Investigation of Physical Ability Subgroup Differences Based on Age and Race
Cody Reeves, Management, Marriott School of Business Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic objectives are still in the process of being met as the research effort is ongoing. We had hoped to have an academic manuscript submitted during the Fall 2018 semester, however this proved impossible as the project timeline was set back due to the mental […]
The Sophie Mentored Research Project: Red Vienna Sourcebook and The Critically Annotated Collected Works of Elisa von der Recke
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, […]
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 […]
Unseen, But in Plain Sight: Identifying Developmental Patterns of Females with Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rebecca Lundwall Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met I will document the academic objectives met in terms of posters, presentations and papers. Posters Beck, J. S., Lundwall, R., Gabrielsen, T., Cox, J., Dixon, A., Spencer, M., Farmer, M., DeMordaunt, T., Peacock, L., Kamhout, S., Ekins, L., & South, M. […]
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