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The New Face Of Business: Comparing Male And Female Gender Stereotypes In Multi-Level Marketing Facebook Posts In India, Hannah Elizabeth Chudleigh Jun 2019

The New Face Of Business: Comparing Male And Female Gender Stereotypes In Multi-Level Marketing Facebook Posts In India, Hannah Elizabeth Chudleigh

Theses and Dissertations

India's huge financial power and recent economic expansion have been supported by multi-level marketing (MLM) initiatives over the last decade. This type of business structure is notorious for having shady ethics and for enforcing traditional stereotypes, and as MLMs enter the Indian market, they find themselves navigating even more gender and race-based stereotypes. In India-a country where women have one of the lowest labor participation rates in the world and where advertisements have historically portrayed women as submissive-multi-level marketing companies' posts on social media can have large influences on how the public sees gender roles in business. To better understand …

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Sexual Violence Prevention Education For Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: The Social Validity And Effect Of Disability Impact On Parent Perception, Katherine Mizue Willden Jun 2019

Sexual Violence Prevention Education For Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: The Social Validity And Effect Of Disability Impact On Parent Perception, Katherine Mizue Willden

Theses and Dissertations

Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities are sexually abused or assaulted at a rate seven times greater than those without disabilities (Shapiro, 2018). There is a lack of education and prevention programs specifically for this vulnerable population. The purpose of this study was to explore parental perceptions about the need for sexual violence prevention education, based on their child's disability type, severity, and communication level. A 33-item online survey was completed by parents of children with intellectual disabilities (n=61). The majority of parents valued the social validity of providing sexual violence prevention education. A child's disability type did not impact …

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Frequency Response And Recovery Of Muscles And Effects Of Wrapping The Lower Leg On Surface Velocity Measurements, Cameron David Smallwood Jun 2019

Frequency Response And Recovery Of Muscles And Effects Of Wrapping The Lower Leg On Surface Velocity Measurements, Cameron David Smallwood

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is comprised of two studies. The objective of the first study was to find the frequency response and stiffness of the biceps brachii muscle group during recovery from exercise induced damage and to determine whether these data could be used to track muscle recovery by correlating changes in the frequency response with changes in muscle stiffness. Stiffness moduli were collected using Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) which were then applied to a proportional first mode frequency analysis. Data were collected for the muscle stiffness and frequency response for fifteen subjects (25.6 +- 4.5). By comparing the proportion of the …

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What Is The Relationship Between Religiosity, Self-Perceived Problematic Pornography Use, And Depression Over Time?, Meghan Elizabeth Maddock Jun 2019

What Is The Relationship Between Religiosity, Self-Perceived Problematic Pornography Use, And Depression Over Time?, Meghan Elizabeth Maddock

Theses and Dissertations

Previous studies suggest that religious individuals are more likely than non-religious individuals to perceive their pornography use as problematic. For our six-month longitudinal study, we recruited a sample of adults from Turkprime.com. We hypothesized that more religious individuals who use pornography at baseline would report higher self-perceived problematic pornography use at three months, which would be associated with higher depression at six months. We constructed and validated our own measure of self-perceived problematic pornography use, which included two factors: excessive pornography use and compulsive pornography use. We ran two separate structural equation models, one with excessive use at three months …

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Geological And Geochemical Controls On Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Transmission: Examples From Hawaii, Schuyler Thomas Robinson Jun 2019

Geological And Geochemical Controls On Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Transmission: Examples From Hawaii, Schuyler Thomas Robinson

Theses and Dissertations

The opportunistic environmental microbes, non-tuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM), pose an increasing risk of disease and death in both immunodeficient and immunocompetent individuals in the USA and across the world. NTM lung disease is particularly prevalent in Hawaii, although the modes of NTM acquisition and transport in Hawaii are not fully understood. This study evaluated 149 soil and 50 water samples across the Hawaiian Islands to determine geochemical factors controlling NTM. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and principal component analyses (PCA) of modern soils show variables such as Total Organic Carbon (TOC), pH, P, mafic silicate minerals, and Pb seem to control NTM …

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Non-Canonical Amino Acid Labeling In Proteomics And Biotechnology, Aya M. Saleh, Kristen M. Wilding, Sarah Calve, Bradley Charles Bundy, Tamara L. Kinzer-Ursem May 2019

Non-Canonical Amino Acid Labeling In Proteomics And Biotechnology, Aya M. Saleh, Kristen M. Wilding, Sarah Calve, Bradley Charles Bundy, Tamara L. Kinzer-Ursem

Faculty Publications

Metabolic labeling of proteins with non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) provides unique bioorthogonal chemical groups during de novo synthesis by taking advantage of both endogenous and heterologous protein synthesis machineries. Labeled proteins can then be selectively conjugated to fluorophores, affinity reagents, peptides, polymers, nanoparticles or surfaces for a wide variety of downstream applications in proteomics and biotechnology. In this review, we focus on techniques in which proteins are residue- and site-specifically labeled with ncAAs containing bioorthogonal handles. These ncAA-labeled proteins are: readily enriched from cells and tissues for identification via mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis; selectively purified for downstream biotechnology applications; or …

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Adult Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) Consumption Of Juvenile Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) During The Avian Spring Migration In The Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, Usa, Andrew J. Caven, Jenna Malzahn, Keith D. Koupal, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Joshua D. Wiese, Rick Rasmussen, Carol Steenson May 2019

Adult Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) Consumption Of Juvenile Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) During The Avian Spring Migration In The Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, Usa, Andrew J. Caven, Jenna Malzahn, Keith D. Koupal, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Joshua D. Wiese, Rick Rasmussen, Carol Steenson

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Stopover sites provide important forage resources and protection from predators to the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) as they migrate 4000 km across the Great Plains each spring and fall. Given the Whooping Crane’s expansive migration corridor, sensitivity to human disturbance, small population size, and protected status under the Endangered Species Act, it is challenging to gather detailed information regarding the particular forage resources that the cranes exploit at various stopover locations. On 22 March 2018 we observed and photo-documented an adult Whooping Crane consuming at least 5 individual juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus …

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Impacts Of Climate Change On Groundwater Recharge In Wyoming Big Sagebrush Ecosystems Are Contingent On Elevation, Lukas W. Lindquist, Kyle A. Palmquist, Samuel E. Jordan, William K. Lauenroth May 2019

Impacts Of Climate Change On Groundwater Recharge In Wyoming Big Sagebrush Ecosystems Are Contingent On Elevation, Lukas W. Lindquist, Kyle A. Palmquist, Samuel E. Jordan, William K. Lauenroth

Western North American Naturalist

Water is the most limiting and important natural resource in drylands, where low precipitation, high evaporative demand, and drought events are common. Groundwater is the critical resource for human livelihoods to persist through the intra-annual dry periods in dryland ecosystems. Overexploitation of groundwater resources and the externalities associated with depleted aquifers make understanding the ecohydrology of drylands an essential issue. We focus on the water balance and climatic drivers of big sagebrush ecosystems, an important dryland ecosystem type in Wyoming that covers a large spatial extent. The goal of this project was to understand how groundwater recharge (GWR) may change …

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Front Matter, Vol. 79 No. 1 May 2019

Front Matter, Vol. 79 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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End Matter, Vol. 79 No. 1 May 2019

End Matter, Vol. 79 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Adolescent Girls In Kenya, Kelsey Sampson May 2019

Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Adolescent Girls In Kenya, Kelsey Sampson

Ballard Brief

Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is the processes and resources surrounding menstruation. including the knowledge, products. and social norms associated with it. For many adolescent girls in Kenya, MHM is a serious and impactful issue. Although there are likely more causal factors, research suggests that some of the largest causes of this problem are poverty, the culture surrounding menstruation. inadequate sexual health education, and poor sanitation infrastructure. These barriers to adequate menstrual hygiene management create adverse consequences for the Kenyan girls, including infections. poor mental well-being, increased sexual activity, decreased education attainment, and gender inequality. Although changing the status quo of …

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The Genome Of Cañahua: An Emerging Andean Super Grain, Hayley Jennifer Mangelson May 2019

The Genome Of Cañahua: An Emerging Andean Super Grain, Hayley Jennifer Mangelson

Theses and Dissertations

Chenopodium pallidicaule, known commonly as cañahua, is a semi-domesticated crop grown in high-altitude regions of the Andes. It is an A-genome diploid (2n = 2x = 18) relative of the allotetraploid (AABB) Chenopodium quinoa and shares many of its nutritional benefits. Both species contain a complete protein, a low glycemic index, and offer a wide variety of nutritionally important vitamins and minerals. Due to its minor crop status, few genomic resources for its improvement have been developed. Here we present a fully annotated, reference-quality assembly of cañahua. The reference assembly was developed using a combination of established techniques, including multiple …

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Difference Of Opinion: Spousal Influence On Cancer Risk-Reducing Behavior, Wendy C. Birmingham, Maija Reblin, Wendy Kohlmann, Tyler Graff May 2019

Difference Of Opinion: Spousal Influence On Cancer Risk-Reducing Behavior, Wendy C. Birmingham, Maija Reblin, Wendy Kohlmann, Tyler Graff

Faculty Publications

Marriage is consistently associated with better health outcomes. Spouses' attempts to influence partners' lifestyle and general health behaviors may contribute to this effect, although partners may not be aware of this influence. Spousal worry of a cancer diagnosis for an at-risk partner may factor into attempts to influence. An examination of spousal worry and influence on lifestyle choices, general health behaviors, and cancer screening adherence for partners at higher risk of colorectal cancer may shed light on spousal influence and partners' perceptions of influence. Methods: A mixed-method design assessed cancer worry and spousal influence for risk-reducing behavior in first-degree relatives …

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Children As The Power Of Shakespeare, Samantha Rowley Apr 2019

Children As The Power Of Shakespeare, Samantha Rowley

Student Works

An dive into how children are used in Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. While there has been some extensive research on numerous of Shakespeare’s minor characters, some of his other characters, the minors, have been focused on less. Because they fly under the radar, Shakespeare uses these “minor” characters in order to subtly manipulate his audience, using them as a source of pathos in much the same way adults use children to manipulate audiences while silencing the actual opinions of the children they claim to represent. However, though he may often use children for this effect due to their fragility, Shakespeare …

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Genetic Structure Of The Big Summit Herd And Neighboring Wild Horse Populations Inhabiting Herd Management Areas Of Oregon, Ketaki Deshpande, Evelyn Perez, Natalie Leyva, Merly Suarez, Deetta K. Mills Apr 2019

Genetic Structure Of The Big Summit Herd And Neighboring Wild Horse Populations Inhabiting Herd Management Areas Of Oregon, Ketaki Deshpande, Evelyn Perez, Natalie Leyva, Merly Suarez, Deetta K. Mills

Western North American Naturalist

Feral horses roaming North America are distinct not only because of their acclimatization to the wild but also because of their diversified ancestry. The wild horses inhabiting the Ochoco National Forest near Prineville, Oregon, are one of the remaining wild mustang herds and are protected by the Wild Horse and Burro Acts of 1971 and 1978. With deterioration of their rangeland, drought, vegetation conditions, human encroachment, fencing off of grazing lands, competition with wildlife, and other livestock grazing on public lands, a critical balance between conserving the natural ecology of rangelands and protecting and managing the wild horses needs to …

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Sandhill Crane Use Of Riverine Roost Sites Along The Central Platte River In Nebraska, Usa, David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell, Andrew J. Caven, Kelsey C. King, Jason M. Farnsworth, Chadwin B. Smith Apr 2019

Sandhill Crane Use Of Riverine Roost Sites Along The Central Platte River In Nebraska, Usa, David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell, Andrew J. Caven, Kelsey C. King, Jason M. Farnsworth, Chadwin B. Smith

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Wide channels with short bank vegetation, access to nearby foraging habitat, shallow water areas (deep), and absence of disturbance features are factors commonly associated with suitable roost sites for Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis). However, since channel width has typically been evaluated independently of channel depth and flow, it is possible that use of narrow channels is not limited so much by a requirement for wider channels but by deeper water that flows through these narrow channels. We used a discrete-choice modeling framework and 9 years of roost location data to evaluate the influence of channel-width measures and flow …

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Size-Specific Fate And Survival Of June Sucker Chasmistes Liorus Mictus In Utah Lake, Utah, Chase A. Ehlo, Wesley J. Goldsmith, Brian R. Kesner, Paul C. Marsh Apr 2019

Size-Specific Fate And Survival Of June Sucker Chasmistes Liorus Mictus In Utah Lake, Utah, Chase A. Ehlo, Wesley J. Goldsmith, Brian R. Kesner, Paul C. Marsh

Western North American Naturalist

The June Sucker Chasmistes liorus mictus is a large-bodied catostomid endemic to Utah Lake, Utah. It is a federally listed endangered species, and one component to its recovery is a stocking program with a target of releasing 2.8 million fish averaging 200 mm long. Because size is implicated as a factor in poststocking survival of western native fishes, particularly in the presence of nonnative fishes, over a 4-year period a combination of telemetry and remote sensing was used to demonstrate size-specific poststocking survival of June Sucker in Utah Lake. A total of 88 June Sucker were released with acoustic tags …

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A New Locality For The Endangered Microtus Californicus In Mexico, With Clarification Of The Known Distribution, Richard A. Erickson, Eric Mellink, Gerardo Marrón Apr 2019

A New Locality For The Endangered Microtus Californicus In Mexico, With Clarification Of The Known Distribution, Richard A. Erickson, Eric Mellink, Gerardo Marrón

Western North American Naturalist

We clarify misleading published information on the distribution of the endangered California vole (Microtus californicus) in Baja California, Mexico. We photo-document recent records for 2 of the 4 subspecies reported from Mexico and provide a map that includes several locations not previously published.


Aclaramos información confusa publicada sobre la distribución del ratón Microtus californicus, en peligro de extinción, en Baja California, México. Proporcionamos registros fotográficos recientes de dos de las cuatro subespecies reportadas en México y proporcionamos un mapa que incluye varias localidades no publicadas anteriormente.

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Translocation Of Boreal Toad (Anaxyrus Boreas Boreas) Into Two Springs In The Grouse Creek Mountains, Utah, Including Demographic Observations, Paul D. Thompson Apr 2019

Translocation Of Boreal Toad (Anaxyrus Boreas Boreas) Into Two Springs In The Grouse Creek Mountains, Utah, Including Demographic Observations, Paul D. Thompson

Western North American Naturalist

The Boreal Toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas) is widely distributed in western North America and has declined throughout portions of the Rocky Mountains. One mechanism to expand populations is to translocate toads into unoccupied habitats. Wild-captured juvenile (n = 229) and subadult/adult (n = 42) Boreal Toads were translocated into 2 unoccupied spring-fed ponds located near 10 known breeding populations in the Grouse Creek Mountains, northwestern Utah. Boreal Toad egg strands were observed at one pond in 8 of 9 years following the last translocation of toads (n = 1–5 egg strands deposited per year) and …

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Population Sizes, Rhinocyllus Conicus Use, And Patterns Of Genetic Variation Of Cirsium Ownbeyi, A Rare Native Thistle, In Wyoming, F. Leland Russell, Robby L. Mcminn, Lauren A. Konrade, James B. Beck Apr 2019

Population Sizes, Rhinocyllus Conicus Use, And Patterns Of Genetic Variation Of Cirsium Ownbeyi, A Rare Native Thistle, In Wyoming, F. Leland Russell, Robby L. Mcminn, Lauren A. Konrade, James B. Beck

Western North American Naturalist

Cirsium ownbeyi is a habitat-specific, endemic, polycarpic thistle in northwest Colorado, northeast Utah, and southwest Wyoming. In 1998, seven C. ownbeyi populations, which ranged from 4 to >30,000 plants, were known from Wyoming. The population genetics of C. ownbeyi and the threat posed by an exotic flower head–feeding weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus, in Wyoming are unknown. Between 2014 and 2016, we visited Wyoming C. ownbeyi populations to determine (1) changes in population sizes since 1998, (2) extent of R. conicus use, and (3) amount and distribution of genetic variation within and between populations. We quantified densities of plants within populations …

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Mass-Transfer Driven Spinodal Decomposition In A Ternary Polymer Solution, Douglas R. Tree, Lucas F. Dos Santos, Caden B. Wilson, Timothy R. Scott, Jan Ulric Garcia, Glenn H. Fredrickson Apr 2019

Mass-Transfer Driven Spinodal Decomposition In A Ternary Polymer Solution, Douglas R. Tree, Lucas F. Dos Santos, Caden B. Wilson, Timothy R. Scott, Jan Ulric Garcia, Glenn H. Fredrickson

Faculty Publications

Nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS) is a widely occuring process used in industrial membrane production, nanotechnology and Nature to produce microstructured polymer materials. A variety of process-dependent morphologies are produced when a polymer solution is exposed to a nonsolvent that, following a period where mass is exchanged, precipitates and solidifies the polymer. Despite years of investigation, both experimental and theoretical, many questions surround the pathways to the microstructures that NIPS can produce. Here, we provide simulation results from a model that simultaneously captures both the processess of solvent/nonsolvent exchange and phase separation. We show that the time it takes the …

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The Vast Wonder Of The World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, Maryn Wheeler Apr 2019

The Vast Wonder Of The World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, Maryn Wheeler

Children's Book and Media Review

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A Crispr/Cas9 Tissue Specific Forward Genetic Screening Method In Danio Rerio, Joshua Don Yates Apr 2019

A Crispr/Cas9 Tissue Specific Forward Genetic Screening Method In Danio Rerio, Joshua Don Yates

Theses and Dissertations

Many of the cutting-edge innovations on the CRISPR/Cas9 system involve the use of complex sgRNA libraries. For example, such libraries have recently been used in functional genomics applications to screen for specific genes in both cell lines and living organisms, as well as in subcellular imaging to fluorescently label chromatin in living cells. However, chemically synthesizing customized libraries can be cost prohibitive, requires precise genomic information, and can takes several weeks. We developed a rapid and efficient enzymatic method to generate sgRNA libraries from arbitrary DNA substrates, significantly reducing the cost of library generation. A type IIS restriction enzyme binding …

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Apparent Extinction Of Native Mussels In Lower Mill Creek And Mid-Jordan River, Ut, David C. Richards, Theron Miller Apr 2019

Apparent Extinction Of Native Mussels In Lower Mill Creek And Mid-Jordan River, Ut, David C. Richards, Theron Miller

Western North American Naturalist

Native mussels likely occurred in Mill Creek and the Jordan River, Utah, in the past. However, humaninduced impacts have virtually eliminated the possibility of their continued existence in these waters. We conducted an intensive native mussel survey upstream and downstream of a water reclamation facility discharge into Mill Creek and the Jordan River to determine its effects on mussel populations. The survey was conducted from September to October 2017 and resulted in approximately 7.6 m3 of >4 mm-sized substrate particles being thoroughly examined at near 100% efficiency. We then used statistical models to estimate population densities as a function …

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Genetic And Spatial Structuring Of Populus Tremuloides In A Mixed-Species Forest Of Southwest Utah, Usa, Matthew Bishop, Tucker J. Furniss, Karen E. Mock, James A. Lutz Apr 2019

Genetic And Spatial Structuring Of Populus Tremuloides In A Mixed-Species Forest Of Southwest Utah, Usa, Matthew Bishop, Tucker J. Furniss, Karen E. Mock, James A. Lutz

Western North American Naturalist

Populus tremuloides Michx. (aspen) is an iconic species of the southwestern United States, where it is known for its extensive clonality. The size of clones and pattern of clonal distribution within and among stands can provide important clues to the species’ evolution and ecology, but there are very few studies that have conducted the type of sampling necessary to define these features. We examined the genetic composition and habitat associations of aspen in a mixed-species forest in Cedar Breaks National Monument on the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah. Genetic analysis of 94 stems ≥1 cm diameter at breast height (dbh) …

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You Are What You Eat At Any Age: Carbon And Nitrogen Analysis Of Mummies From An Ancient Egyptian Necropolis, Stephen Funk, R. Paul Evans Apr 2019

You Are What You Eat At Any Age: Carbon And Nitrogen Analysis Of Mummies From An Ancient Egyptian Necropolis, Stephen Funk, R. Paul Evans

Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2019

The BYU Egypt Project at Fag el-Gamus necropolis and adjacent Seila Pyramid has studied over 700 mummies excavated over the past 30 years. The necropolis includes an open area with densely located vertical burial shafts and a hill with horizontal burial shafts. The chronological and dietary history of the mummies was assessed using stable isotopy and 14C analysis of accessible biological samples.

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Genetic Basis For Elevated Rheumatic Heart Disease Susceptibility, Joshua J. Cassinat, Justina P. Tavana, Josue D. Gonzalez Murcia, Rachel C. Mcdonald, Ben Bearss, Joshua K. Parker, John S.K. Kauwe Apr 2019

Genetic Basis For Elevated Rheumatic Heart Disease Susceptibility, Joshua J. Cassinat, Justina P. Tavana, Josue D. Gonzalez Murcia, Rachel C. Mcdonald, Ben Bearss, Joshua K. Parker, John S.K. Kauwe

Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2019

Rheumatic heart disease is an inflammatory heart disease that affects millions of people around the world. Especially high rates of the disease can be found in Oceania, including the island nation of Samoa. Genetic studies of immune response genes have provided insight into a possible genetic link to increased susceptibility to rheumatic heart disease, including the genes that code for the toll-like receptor (TLR) protein family. One of the functions of TLR proteins is to recognize the presence of bacteria via identification of bacterial flagella.

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Yuval Noah Harari. Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind. New York: Harpercollins Publishers, 2015, Joseph Drew Apr 2019

Yuval Noah Harari. Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind. New York: Harpercollins Publishers, 2015, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Polynesian Civilization And The Future Colonization Of Space, John Grayzel Apr 2019

Polynesian Civilization And The Future Colonization Of Space, John Grayzel

Comparative Civilizations Review

Polynesian civilization was configured—prior to Western colonization—in ways similar to that sometimes described as necessary for humanity's interstellar migration into space. Over thousands of years and miles, across open ocean, a core population expanded to settle on hundreds of scattered islands, while maintaining shared identity, continued awareness and repetitive contact with each other. Key to their expansion was their development of robust ocean-going vessels and their extraordinary abilities to navigate across vast expanses of open water. The first half of the 1800s saw a surge in contacts between Polynesia and western missionaries and whalers, followed by significant depopulation due to …

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The Effects Of Dixie Harrow Treatments On Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Selection And The Nutritional Value Of Sagebrush During Winter, Jason Alan Wood Apr 2019

The Effects Of Dixie Harrow Treatments On Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Selection And The Nutritional Value Of Sagebrush During Winter, Jason Alan Wood

Theses and Dissertations

Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) is an important source of food and cover for many animals, especially during winter months. Understanding how wildlife species respond to sagebrush management actions can help improve conservation planning. Dixie harrow is a method of improving spring/summer habitat for many herbivores by reducing sagebrush cover to stimulate the growth of grasses and forbs. These treatments, however, may influence the quantity and quality of sagebrush available to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) during winter. We evaluated the effects of Dixie harrow on sage-grouse resource selection during winter (Chapter 1) and on the nutritional value of sagebrush (Chapter …

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