Ryno Kruger, J. Dee Higley, Psychology Introduction Studies suggest that social relationships play a critical role in physical and mental health1, with effect sizes similar to that seen for smoking and alcohol abuse. Those experiencing real or perceived social isolation show higher rates of mortality3, while those with stronger social relationships show decreased rates of mortality4. […]
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Can Stress Management and Personal Wellness Courses Improve Student Resiliency? A Pilot Study
Aimee Schouten and Michael Thomas, College of Nursing Introduction: The nursing profession is emotionally and physically demanding. Long shifts, complex and often difficult patients, as well as working in an emotionally challenging environment all contribute major stress for nurses.[1,2] Over time this stress often turns into compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue and burnout become overwhelming to […]
A Comparative Study on the Developing Impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in Utah
Lauren Bretzing, Julie Valentine, College of Nursing Introduction In 2016, a case report was published revealing that the prosecution rate of adult sex crimes in Salt Lake County from 2003-2011 was a shockingly low 6% (Valentine, Shaw, Lark & Campbell, 2016). This research quickly became a front news story, with one local news station launching their […]
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 […]
Investigating the Impact of Recreation-at-Work: A Case Study Approach
Mat D. Duerden and Mark A. Widmer Evaluation of How Well the Academic Objectives of the Proposal Were Met Targeted Academic Objectives Our proposal described the following targeted objectives for this project: Students involved in the project will gain a rich exposure to case study research skills by learning to conduct field observations, take field […]
A Study of Buddhist and Hindu Art and Culture in the Kathmandu Valley and Sherpa Culture in the Solukhumbu Region of Nepal
1. Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Background Background In 2014, I received a MEG to direct student research in two regions of Nepal; Kathmandu and the Khumbu region of the Himalayas. While we were in transit to New York, Nepal experienced a serious earthquake. Consequently, the study was […]
Time evolution study of viscous conservation laws
David Todd and Dr. Blake Barker, Department of Mathematics Introduction The goal of this project was to create code for a generic numerical solver utilizing a finite difference scheme. Prior to the creation of this code, those wishing to study the evolution of traveling waves in STABLAB, a MATLAB based program specifically designed for studying […]
An Eye Tracking Study: Composition Teachers’ Assessment of Native and Non-Native
Rachel Casper and Faculty Mentor: Grant Eckstein, Department of Linguistics & English Language Introduction Applied linguists are interested in the cognitive processes of writing teachers within the subfields of both second language writing and writing assessment. Such cognitive insights as how a teacher reads and scores a piece of non-native English speaker (L2) writing can […]
ONIOM(DFT:MM) Study of Yaku’amide A and Analogues
David W. Kastner and Dr. Steven L. Castle Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction Yaku’amide A (YA) was isolated in late 2010 from the deep-sea sponge Ceratopsion sp. and exhibits potent inhibitory activity against 39 human cancer cell lines via a potentially novel mode of action. 1 However, due to its complex amino acid profile […]
The YSA Mind in Provo A Study of Men and What Motivates Them
Bethany Winn and Faculty Mentor: Sarah F. Webb-Wood Introduction Dating. A topic that is on everyone’s minds here in Provo, Utah. In years past dating has proven to be a difficult subject to approach as it leads to something even more elusive: love. One of the hardest challenges in the dating game is most definitively […]
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