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Islamophobia: The Effect Of Personal Interaction And The Media On Arab Prejudice In Spain, Isabelle Stoddard

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Throughout the western world, prejudice toward Arabs continues to be a significant issue. As the migration of Arabs into Spain continues, it is important to understand the various influences on Arab prejudice. The purpose of this thesis is to examine and analyze the influence of personal interactions and media consumption on Arab prejudice in Spain. To do so, I address several questions: does personal contact significantly change attitudes and language sentiments toward Arabs in Spain? Does the type of media consumption significantly change attitudes and language sentiments toward Arabs? To what extent do personal contact and media consumption jointly affect …

Vanguards Of Change In The "Georgia Of The North": Youth Activism In The New Jersey Civil Rights Movement, 1935-1955, A Digital History Project, Emily Peterson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

By highlighting how youth activism in New Jersey advanced efforts for racial justice in the state and facilitated regional and national collaboration, this project helps us understand the mid-twentieth century's civil rights movement as a national, not just a Southern struggle, led by youth.

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the civil rights movement, with scholars looking beyond the most prominent male leaders of the national movement in the 1960s. This project builds on the work of scholars like Martha Biondi and Tomas Sugrue who have established the significance of the Black freedom struggle in the North. …

Songs On The Road: A Novel, Lane Welch

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Songs on the Road: A Novel reimagines the open road of mid-century American literature, a literary phenomenon that frequently imbued the mundane with a power bordering on the fantastic, as literally fantastic in a way that examines and deconstructs literary tropes from the mysterious hitchhiker to the film noir detective. This thesis includes excerpts from the novel and a critical introduction exploring the works of literature the novel draws from and engages in dialogue with.

Insects Are Attracted To White Wind Turbine Bases: Evidence From Turbine Mimics, Madison S. Crawford, Delina E. Dority, Michael E. Dillon, Lusha M. Tronstad

Western North American Naturalist

Wind power is one of the fastest growing forms of renewable energy, but the interactions between wind turbines and insects are largely unknown beyond the observation that the accumulation of dead insects on turbine blades drastically reduces the power produced. Insects may be attracted to wind energy facilities because of topography, the heat that turbines produce, the lighting, or the visual cue of the turbine itself. Turbines can present a striking visual contrast relative to the surrounding landscape, particularly when they are painted bright white and reflect ultraviolet wavelengths. To test the hypothesis that wind turbine color attracts insects, we …

Is Costco Worth Incentivizing? An Analysis From The City’S Perspective., Mccord Lethco

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Costco stores have significant economic implications for smaller cities, often becoming pivotal points in their development. These cities eagerly invite Costco to establish stores within their borders, offering substantial financial incentives to facilitate this growth. The effects of a new Costco store can be diverse, impacting local municipalities in both positive and negative ways. This study focuses on two key aspects: changes in sales tax revenue and property values, keeping in mind the agglomeration[1] effects that Costcos bring about.

I examine three Utah cities to estimate the impact on taxable sales and analyzes Costco's influence on residential property values …

Coral-Mraitk: Catalyzing Original Research And Learning Using Marine Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, And Traditional Knowledge, Joshua Mangelson

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Marine & Underwater Robotics, Marine Ecosystem Monitoring, Intelligent Automated Scientific Data Gathering, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Scientific Education, Connections between Indigenous Knowledge and Western Scientific Understanding

Molten Salt Processing And Electrochemistry, Devin Rappleye

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Molten salt electrochemistry, critical metals (rare earths, refractory) production via high-temperature chemistry, nuclear energy and material processing

The Ballard Center For Social Impact, Jess Anderson

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

We develop the faith and skills to solve social problems

Overcoming Ethical Obstacles, Mckenzie Rees

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Ethical decision-making, negotiations, gender issues at work

Soft And Wearable "Robots", Nathan Usevitch

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Soft robotics, wearable devices, devices that provide physical assistance

Census Tree, Joe Price

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Economic history, record linking, computer vision

Data Mining On Human Diseases, Brett E. Pickett

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Transcriptomics, RNA-sequencing, data mining, machine learning, biomarker identification, comparative genomics, Oxford Nanopore sequencing, genome assembly

How Students Make Educational And Occupational Decisions, Anthony Yim

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Labor economics, economics of education, gender economics

Life Sciences Research, Stephen Piccolo

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

•Analyzing high-throughput, gene-expression data (RNA-Seq, microarrays) •Curating and reusing publicly available ”omics” data •Gene Expression Omnibus •The Cancer Genome Atlas •Creating software and algorithms for analyzing biological and medical data •Also CodeBuddy – a feature-rich, programming-assignment management system •Applying machine-learning techniques to biological and medical data

Using and evaluating large language models for educational research

The Astronomy Animated Gif Lab, Darin Ragozzine

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Astrophysics, Education

Effects Of Vascular Risk Factors On Risk For Dementia And Stroke After Late-Onset Epilepsy, Evan Thacker

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Brain health, neuroepidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology

Raman Spectroscopic Applications For Food Safety & Quality, Shintaro Pang

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Micro- and nano-plastics analysis, food protein detection and characterization, rapid detection of lactose and other sugar-related compounds, probiotics and pathogenic bacteria analysis in complex matrices, other food, agriculture and environment related analytes of concern

Interdisciplinary Research Origination Awards, Larry Howell

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Ensure alignment with the university mission, enhance the educational experience of students, enlarge the influence of a BYU education

Personalized Medecine In Pediatric Oncology, Jared Barrott

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Personalized medicine to treat cancer, genomic sequencing methods, pharmacology and drug testing, antibody drug conjugates, 3D tumor modeling, ChIP sequencing

The Double Empathy Problem And Autism, Garrett Cardon

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Neurophsyiologic and behavioral correlates of sensory processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder and neural plasticity in individuals with hearing loss

3d Printing For Lab-On-A-Chip, Gregory P. Nordin

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

3D printed microfluidics, biological and chemical sensors, nanophotonics and integrated optics, micro- and nanofabrication, MEMS, microfluids

Psychotherapy Treatment Effectiveness, Jeff Jackson

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Psychotherapy intervention effectiveness research: brief strategic therapy, couple therapy, eating disorders, anxiety disorders; protective/risk factors of couple relationship quality & stability; ambiguous loss; disability; meta-analysis

Sustainable Structural Design, Taylor Sorensen

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Sustainable and resilient structural design, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, masonry

Lmic Medtech Research, Preston Manwaring

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Medical Devices - Diagnostic and Therapeutic, MedTech for Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), Medical Device Security

Additive Manufacturing Of Microsystems And Medical Devices, Philippe Passeraub

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Pad printing as a 2D additive manufacturing process, Microsystems design and manufacturing, Open-source medical devices, Open-source instruments

Laser Assisted Machining, Stephen Schultz

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Lasar ablation, micro-patterning, silicon carbide patterning

Statistics Consulting Center, Greg Snow

BYU Research Development Office Research Networking Conference

Statistical support for any university research

Civilizational Security: Why The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Shows That ‘National Security’ Is Not Enough To Understand Geopolitics, Greg (Grzegorz) Lewicki

Comparative Civilizations Review

This paper argues that the idea of “national security” is sometimes overwritten by “civilizational security” in security-related considerations. Civilizational security, as understood in this paper, refers to a country's security stemming from its belonging to a cultural zone or a civilization. The author clarifies the terms “a civilization,” “civilizational identity,” and “civilizational security.” Citing the examples of Poland, Ukraine, and Russia when considering the parameter of civilizational security allows us to better analyze and predict some processes, including geopolitical dilemmas and civilizational trends. It is argued that prior to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia misunderstood its own civilizational security …

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

Claude-Henri, Comte de Saint-Simon, a father of modern sociology, observed that the history of the world alternated between two poles: organic periods (in which the social and political institutions are in harmony with the state of civilization), followed by critical periods, which are transitional and marked by conflict and destructive criticism.

Rector's Welcome, Robert Kosowski Phd

Comparative Civilizations Review

With immense pleasure, we welcome the beginning of cooperation of the War Studies University with the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC). As an Organizing Partner of the 2023 ISCSC annual conference entitled "Civilizational Security", we will facilitate solutions to make the conference impactful, memorable and internationally fruitful.