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Grounded In Reality: An Exploration Of Acceptance In Relational Conflict, Audrey Johansen Apr 2023

Grounded In Reality: An Exploration Of Acceptance In Relational Conflict, Audrey Johansen

Student Research Symposium

Acceptance work encompasses “the processes that allow us to be fully grounded in reality” (Canfield, 2023). It allows individuals to embrace what truly is, both the good and the bad. It enables them to be at peace with what they can’t control, so that they can put their energy into changing what is within their power. This project explores how acceptance work connects with other aspects of conflict process, including grieving, emotional regulation, and other concepts. Research was conducted by studying materials on communication and conflict processes, and by applying the materials to the author’s life. Throughout the course of …

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Masculine Women, Feminine Men, And Androgyny: Gender Expression In Ancient Rome, Samuel Cash Apr 2023

Masculine Women, Feminine Men, And Androgyny: Gender Expression In Ancient Rome, Samuel Cash

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Transgender individuals are erased from the historical narrative due to little definitive evidence of their existence in language, literature, or the archaeological record. Items like clothing, textiles, and wigs, which distinguished them from cisgender people, are largely lost to time. However, one way that we can view gender nonconformity is through art. Recently, historians recognized that homosexuality in antiquity was common. It took several centuries to come to the consensus that queer individuals existed. Gender identity and the complexity of gender expression in the ancient world is still debated among historians. While historians tend to negate the existence of transgender …

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Applying A Health-Risk Model To Climate Change Communication: The Benefits And Barriers Of The Eppm For Inciting Carbon Footprint Reductions, Mikenna Debruin Apr 2023

Applying A Health-Risk Model To Climate Change Communication: The Benefits And Barriers Of The Eppm For Inciting Carbon Footprint Reductions, Mikenna Debruin

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Whereas over 99% of the scientific community believes in the concept of anthropogenic climate change, lay support is still lagging behind. I suggest three key factors to lagging lay support: 1) complexity, 2) manufactured scientific controversy, and 3) doom-and-gloom framing. Because of these factors, individuals are less willing believe in the prevalence of human-induced climate change, nonetheless do something about it. The Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), however, presents a model to assuage eco-anxiety and counter psychological distance from the problem. The EPPM, proposed by Kim Witte in the 1990s, combines appeals to threat and appeals to efficacy to contextualize …

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Shifting The Paradigm With Wednesday Addams: Why Nuanced, Intersectional Portrayals Of Autistic People Matter, Camille Bassett Apr 2023

Shifting The Paradigm With Wednesday Addams: Why Nuanced, Intersectional Portrayals Of Autistic People Matter, Camille Bassett

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For decades, Autistic people have been portrayed in the media through dehumanizing stereotypes such as the robot, the superhuman savant, and the empty shell. Through these stereotypes, Autistic people are construed as non-human, above-human, and sub-human but never as human beings with complexity, authenticity, and dignity. In addition to being stereotypical, depictions of Autistic people have historically featured white and male characters, a longstanding pattern that erases Autistic women and people of color, among others. In 2022, however, Netflix’s spinoff series of The Addams Family, Wednesday, brought to the screen one of the very first autistic-coded women of color—its titular …

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Victorian Architecture In Modern Day Living, Sarah Haslam Apr 2023

Victorian Architecture In Modern Day Living, Sarah Haslam

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The Victorian era was a period between 1820 and 1914 around the time of Queen Victoria’s reign. It was a time when the population and economy were growing, and Britain was the most powerful empire in the world. During this period, Britain was the cultural capital of the English-speaking world. The culture and art during this time were picturesque, rich, and dramatic. Much of Victorian design consisted of decorative details and rich color combinations.Society has shifted to more modern design with clean lines, neutral color schemes, and minimalistic details. Over the years, we have lost quality and detail. Many homes …

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Energy Modes Of Gravitons, Abhay Katyal Apr 2023

Energy Modes Of Gravitons, Abhay Katyal

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The Standard Model of particle physics is arguably the most accurate and successful theory humanity has created. However, it is unable to incorporate Einstein's theory of gravity, so we explored a theory named Supergravity, which can unify the two pillars of physics. This theory operates in 11 dimensions, where 6 of them are extremely small and curled up, undetectable by the current energy levels of particle detectors. We incorporate the energies of the compactified dimensions into the graviton, a usually massless particle. We are then able to calculate the effective mass spectrum of the graviton to probe into the additional …

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A Classification Of Spacetimes, Guillermo Frausto Apr 2023

A Classification Of Spacetimes, Guillermo Frausto

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Symmetry reduction is an important tool for simplifying physical problems. But in some cases, symmetry reducing the Lagrangian may lead to incorrect equations. When this issue occurs, a symmetry is said to violate the principle of symmetric criticality (PSC). It’s known that for PSC to hold in a local field theory, two conditions must be true (the Palais and Lie conditions), but for most spacetime symmetries, the validity of PSC has not been established. In this project, we provide a classification of spacetime symmetries based upon the validity of PSC for gravitational field theory. Using the DifferentialGeometry package in Maple, …

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Cultural Models Of Water In Northern Utah, Dorie Pardone, Jacob Martin, Brelle Christensen, Kayla Warren Apr 2023

Cultural Models Of Water In Northern Utah, Dorie Pardone, Jacob Martin, Brelle Christensen, Kayla Warren

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Water heritage studies serve as a nexus for research and applied sciences to understand myriad roles that water functions in everyday life. The Water Heritage Anthropological Project evaluates dimensions of water, its infrastructure, and management practices through an interdisciplinary lens. We report on ethnographic work from northern Utah where we conducted semi-structured interviews with three different categories of water users: farmers, water managers, and community members. Our work identifies cultural dimensions of water identity that study participants use to describe their relationship with water. We discuss the social, economic, and environmental implications for communities in the Mountain West.

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Surface Roughness And Electron Yield: Finding The Optimum Parameters For Correlation, Anh Phan Apr 2023

Surface Roughness And Electron Yield: Finding The Optimum Parameters For Correlation, Anh Phan

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The surface conditions of a material, such as roughness and cleanliness, can significantly affect its electron yield, thereby influencing the amount of surface charging. This study aims to identify roughness parameters that correlate surface roughness to electron yield. Surface roughness and electron yield of aluminum samples were measured and compared. Four roughness parameters, namely Spc, Sdr, Sa, and Ra, were identified as effective in characterizing surface roughness. Understanding the correlation between surface roughness and electron yield is crucial for predicting the electron yield of a material with a specific roughness and developing effective mitigation approaches.

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Heart2heart Online: A Discrimination-Based Stress Reduction Intervention For People Of Color, Shari Linares Apr 2023

Heart2heart Online: A Discrimination-Based Stress Reduction Intervention For People Of Color, Shari Linares

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The purpose of this project was to extend prior work on developing an intervention to reduce discrimination-based stress, moving from Latinx college students to a broader audience of people of color. In addition, moving the intervention online from a face-to-face modality allowed the researchers to have a broader reach, thus broader impact and larger reach. The original intervention, Heart 2 Heart was developed for in-person delivery prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (Domenech Rodríguez Linares, 2020a). A single-subject design evaluation showed some evidence of promise in reducing discrimination-based stress, however, the project was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, …

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Critiquing The Present And Imagining The Future: Diversity In Contemporary Young Adult Dystopian Fiction, Ericka Stone Apr 2023

Critiquing The Present And Imagining The Future: Diversity In Contemporary Young Adult Dystopian Fiction, Ericka Stone

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This project investigates the historic and contemporary representations of diversity in young adult dystopian literature. First, the functions of utopia and dystopia are examined, as each genre seeks to create change within society, whether it is by presenting the possibility of a more hopeful future, or by projecting the problems of the present into a terrifying vision of what might happen if change is not made. By examining the elements of utopian and dystopian fiction and the way each genre conveys their themes, this project seeks to locate the significance of diversity and representation of all races, ethnicities, genders, and …

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Social Media And Marketing For Social Workers, Megan Bolan, Jaylee Cox Apr 2023

Social Media And Marketing For Social Workers, Megan Bolan, Jaylee Cox

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Marketing for non-profits is an extremely important task for an organization to function well, and social media, in the last decade, has become an important tool for marketing. Through work with the Clinical & Social Work Association (CSWA), it was realized that there is very little information on how to effectively market non-profit organizations such as CSWA to social workers and social work students. There is also little information on how to increase engagement with social workers through social media. We conducted our research using a logic branching mixed methods Qualtrics survey, targeting social workers (licensed or unlicensed) and social …

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The Effectiveness Of Translation Apps And Understanding The Flaws Of Language Learning In Classroom Settings, Mia Knight Apr 2023

The Effectiveness Of Translation Apps And Understanding The Flaws Of Language Learning In Classroom Settings, Mia Knight

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There are over 7,000 languages spoken around the world. In the past twenty years alone, the internet has digitized and improved much - including translation apps. With apps specific to particular languages and topics and with the ability to access so much information at the touch of a finger, it is easy for individuals to engage themselves in communicating with those who speak different languages. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2022, language learning in the United States was at its lowest point in twenty years.2 Conversely, translation app use has increased. Although these mobile translation apps, e.g., Google …

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Ecclesia And Synagoga: The Tragic Pair Of Christian Iconography, Lilly Jones Apr 2023

Ecclesia And Synagoga: The Tragic Pair Of Christian Iconography, Lilly Jones

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Ecclesia and Synagoga: The Tragic Pair of Christian Iconography

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Sunrise Mental Health Clinic, Kassie Kunzler Apr 2023

Sunrise Mental Health Clinic, Kassie Kunzler

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How color affects our mental health and how we can apply it in interiors to help in the healing process.

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Analyzing State Reactions To Panserbjørne Coup: A Case Study In Realism, Athena Dupont, Lyra Belacqua Silvertongue Apr 2023

Analyzing State Reactions To Panserbjørne Coup: A Case Study In Realism, Athena Dupont, Lyra Belacqua Silvertongue

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In a global climate of instability and increasingly volatile political shifts in both election-based and non-election-based governments, it is critical to understand how states react to sudden changes in leadership in other nations. While there are numerous theories that try to account for the decision-making processes on an international scale, few of them withstand application to historical case studies. One such study, the 1990s overthrow of Svalbard's King Iofur Raknison by the disgraced former king Iorek Byrnison, offers unique insight into the reactions of other nations. While the Panserbjørne nation is not generally considered a world power, its regional hegemony …

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Nitrogen Use Efficiency And Soil Health Indicators In Corn Silage Production In A Semi-Arid Environment, Phearen Miller Apr 2023

Nitrogen Use Efficiency And Soil Health Indicators In Corn Silage Production In A Semi-Arid Environment, Phearen Miller

Student Research Symposium

The world faces the challenge of increasing food production while reducing the impact of excess reactive nitrogen (N) in the environment. A field study was conducted at USU Greenville farm in northern Utah since 2012 to examine the effects of different N sources in corn silage under semi-arid conditions. The study used a randomized complete block design with four blocks and four treatments: control (no nitrogen) (denoted as Control), low ammonium sulfate (AS 112 kg N/ha) (denoted as AS100), high ammonium sulfate (AS 224 kg N/ha) (denoted as AS200), and steer manure compost (224 kg total N/ha) (denoted as Compost). …

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Glycosylation Of Anti-Tb Agent Chlorflavonin For Combating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Jie Ren Apr 2023

Glycosylation Of Anti-Tb Agent Chlorflavonin For Combating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Jie Ren

Student Research Symposium

More than two billion people were infected by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in 2020. However, during the past 50 years, the first-line (isoniazid, delamanid, and rifampicin) and second-line (capreomycin, streptomycin, and cycloserine) therapies have remained unchanged with disadvantages such as long treatment periods and severe side effects. The slow development of anti-TB drugs cannot combat the fast development of drug resistant M. tuberculosis strains from multidrug-resistant (MDR) into extensively drug resistant (XDR), which further hinders the World Health Organization’s goal to end the global TB pandemic by the year 2035. Flavonoids are a type of natural product with …

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Designing For Autism, Brinley Gibby Apr 2023

Designing For Autism, Brinley Gibby

Student Research Symposium

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder with a wide spectrum of different symptoms in varying forms and varying levels of severity. ASD can be detected and diagnosed in a child as early as three years of age. Because of the range of symptoms and the range of severity in those symptoms, those with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience their own strengths and challenges. When it comes to designing for people with ASD, especially children, many aspects of design need to be taken into account in order to make a space as comfortable and as stimulating or as non-stimulating as …

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Light Scattering From Periodic, Conducting Nanostructures, Wesley Mills Apr 2023

Light Scattering From Periodic, Conducting Nanostructures, Wesley Mills

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A material with broadband light absorbing capabilities has the potential for much usefulness in devices such as photovoltaics and thermoelectrics. By energy conservation, a non-transparent material with low reflectance will be highly absorbing. Thus, much research has been devoted to understanding what makes material having low reflectance across a wide wavelength spectrum. Here, mode matching at the boundaries is used to solve a plane wave of light scattering from an array of apertures in a perfectly conducting metal. This approach provides numerical solutions of Maxwell’s equations, instead of the commonly used finite-difference-time-domain simulations which provide solutions but can vary with …

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Women's Healthcare In Kenya, Anne Szymanski Apr 2023

Women's Healthcare In Kenya, Anne Szymanski

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Research on the current healthcare that women have access to in Kenya and how the design of a facility can solve problems.

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Haven Women's Shelter: Interior Design Promoting Equality, Safety, And Comfort, Sierra Martineau Apr 2023

Haven Women's Shelter: Interior Design Promoting Equality, Safety, And Comfort, Sierra Martineau

Student Research Symposium

The objective of this project was to develop a concept that would not only enhance accessibility for occupants of a women’s shelter, but also create an environment where interior design fosters healing and comfort for its residents. The space was designed to cater not only to women but also their children and pets, offering all necessary facilities to meet the residents’ needs within the shelter’s premises.To create this vision, included in the space is a comprehensive set of amenities, including a therapy room with an onsite therapist, a medical room staffed by a qualified registered nurse, a daycare area for …

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Cycloaddition Of Aryldiazoacetates With Terminal Alkynes And Nitriles Via A Bioinspired Cobalt Complex, Liming Tan Apr 2023

Cycloaddition Of Aryldiazoacetates With Terminal Alkynes And Nitriles Via A Bioinspired Cobalt Complex, Liming Tan

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In this study, we present a novel method for the efficient cycloaddition of aryl diazoacetates with both terminal alkynes and nitriles, employing a bioinspired cobalt complex as a catalyst. Our findings indicate that terminal alkynes react with aryl diazoacetates to yield a cyclopropenation product through a 2+1 cycloaddition reaction. Meanwhile, nitriles react with aryl diazoacetates to produce an oxazole product via a 2+3 cycloaddition reaction. These results have significant implications for the development of new synthetic routes towards cyclopropenation and oxazole compounds.

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Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Nanang Mahardika Apr 2023

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Nanang Mahardika

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This poster summarized the work on the Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCE). The validations of the potential were performed by comparing the density and nematic to isotropic transition temperature. After the validation, the thermal properties of nematic LCE (glass transition temperature) and the spontaneous deformation were computed for different compositions of LCE. The results show that the MD simulation can capture the relatively large spontaneous deformation but obtain the different values of glass transition temperature with that of the experiment. Further studies will be conducted to investigate the influence of the polymerization process on the …

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The Study Of Last Things, Bailey Rigby Apr 2023

The Study Of Last Things, Bailey Rigby

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The Study of Last Things is a series of photographs that explore a crisis of faith, indoctrination, and identity outside of family traditions and the LDS church.

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Dignity And Functionality In Affordable Housing Design, Olivia Wallentine Apr 2023

Dignity And Functionality In Affordable Housing Design, Olivia Wallentine

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The cost of housing across the United States is becoming a major issue that seems to be spiraling quickly out of control. The percentage of Americans who report that the availability of affordable housing is a major problem in their community is rising quickly, and it is becoming much more difficult for young adults to buy a home than in previous generations. The inability to afford housing, or anything beyond housing, has severe consequences across society. These include but are not limited to poverty, homelessness, poor public health, economic decline, population decline, high crime rates, and low education rates.Affordable housing …

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Behind The Scenes: An Educational Theatre Model, Mckenna Finley, Rachel Tillotson Apr 2023

Behind The Scenes: An Educational Theatre Model, Mckenna Finley, Rachel Tillotson

Student Research Symposium

To replicate and revise a previous educational model, Rachel, along with McKenna Finley, a Spring 2023 bachelor’s graduate, will create a summer camp designed for students 12-18 to encourage involvement in theatre and theatre programs. I intend to replicate and improve upon an educational model that was devised over the 2022 Spring and Summer semesters: The Behind the Scenes Summer Camp. During the 2021-2022 school year, two undergraduate students were tasked with devising and running a summer camp that was intended to recruit students to the Caine College Department of Theatre Arts and to provide an accessible form of summer …

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Design For The Betterment Of Senior Living, Summer V B Miller Apr 2023

Design For The Betterment Of Senior Living, Summer V B Miller

Student Research Symposium

My great-grandparents have always been an inspiration to me, their smiles could light a room. They had always been a big part of the community and I could tell they were craving these connections in their living facility but were living in an environment that did not nurture new relationships. Through design senior living facilities can encourage connection, hobbies, and good quality of life. By using research regarding the proper use of natural light, color, and design we can create atmospheres worthy of anyone's beloved family members.

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Treating Yellow Fever Virus With The Antiviral Bdaa And Effects On The Immune Response In An Animal Model, Abbie Weight Apr 2023

Treating Yellow Fever Virus With The Antiviral Bdaa And Effects On The Immune Response In An Animal Model, Abbie Weight

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Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a mosquito-borne virus with a considerable disease burden in South America and Africa and no approved antivirals. BDAA is an experimental antiviral for YFV which inhibits the viral protein NS4B and is effective against YFV in cell culture and a hamster model. Along with directly inhibiting virus replication, treating YFV-infected cells with BDAA increases the detection and response to foreign RNA by the host cell by releasing YFV replication intermediates into the cytoplasm. While this has been shown in cell culture, it is important to understand if this immune effect is relevant to BDAA’s efficacy …

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Identifying “Good Neighborhoods” For Watershed Restoration Initiative Treatments For Mule Deer, Jaylin Solberg Apr 2023

Identifying “Good Neighborhoods” For Watershed Restoration Initiative Treatments For Mule Deer, Jaylin Solberg

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With current mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations in decline, wildlife managers have increased their efforts on improving factors that limit population growth. In Utah, these efforts have included habitat restoration which is expected to improve conditions for deer. Although previous work has demonstrated that restoration can improve deer populations, it is unknown at what spatial scales restoration efforts have the greatest effect, or what landscape composition of restoration efforts are optimal. Our objectives are to (1) Identify the scale-specific environmental drivers that influence deer use of restored habitat, and (2) Determine the ideal landscape matrix composition that maximizes deer on …

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