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2021 Abstracts

Intelligent Species & Civilization

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Austin Skousen, Woodbury School of Business, Philosophy
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Interleukin-6 mediated regulation of ENaC via Time-Dependent MAPK Family Activation

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Harini Srinivasan, College of Science, Chemistry
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Intersectionality and Outdoor Leadership Programs

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Sarah Woods, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Sociology Institute for Social Research
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Interviews of Undergraduate Bioinformatics Students Suggest Contrasting Reasons Why Men and Women Do or Do Not Participate in Cl

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Emilee Severe, College of Life Sciences, Plant and Wildlife Sciences
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Investigation of a Translatable Animal Model in Order to Understand the Etiology of Heterotopic Ossification

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Rose Godfrey, College of Medicine, Orthopaedics
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Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Results from a survey on Architectural Beauty

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Ian Hargrave, College of Engineering and Technology, Architecture and Engineering Design
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Is Coloburiscidae Monophyletic: A Test of the Gondwanan Hypothesis

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Meecham, Jarod; Ogden, T. Heath (Utah Valley University)
Faculty Advisor: Ogden, Thomas (Science, Biology)

This research aims to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships of the mayfly family Coloburiscidae
(Ephemeroptera) - the spinose gilled mayflies. This family is comprised of three genera: Murphyella, Coloburiscoides, and Coloburiscus. A unique characteristic of this family is that they demonstrate Gondwanan distribution being found in New Zealand, Australia, and Southern South America. In past studies, combined morphological and molecular data have questioned the family's monophyly. The molecular data that has been used mostly comes from five "traditional" genes used in insect molecular phylogenetics. We compared our newly generated phylogenomic data to these traditional genes. We used targeted capture next generation sequencing to generate over 400 exons from the mayfly genome to create a large phylogenomic dataset. Bioinformatic software was used to align the data and carry out phylogenetic tree reconstruction using maximum likelihood, Bayesian, and maximum parsimony analyses. The resulting trees support the monophyly of Coloburiscidae, confirming the hypothesis of this research.
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Isolation and purification of bacterial species from rhizosphere of native plant Ceanothus velutinus (Snowbrush)

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenters: Katherine Webb, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate
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Isolation of halotolerant bacteria from the rhizosphere of Ceanothus velutinus May Contribute to Plant Health in Saline Soil

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Jacob Davis, College of agriculture and applied science, Plant, climate and soil sciences
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La Reconquista: How VOX uses the political myth of the Catholic King’s “Reconquering”

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Madeline Talbot, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Global Communication
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Lack of female representation in peace processes in the Middle East and Northern Africa

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: McKenna Swindle, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, Sociology
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Lactobacillus curvatus Metabolomics

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Dallin Leatham, College of Science, Microbiology
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Ladylike in the Extreme: The Propagandism of Britain's African Princess and Her Subsequent Erasure

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Megan Orr, College of Humanities, Art History
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Laser Mediated Photochemistry: Exploring the Isomerization and Decaying Behavior of Dipyrroles

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Taime Clark, College of Science and Engineering, Physical Science
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Less is more or less is a bore? A study on architectural simplicity and complexity.

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Riley Winter, Engineering and Design Technology, Architecture
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Leveraging Commercial Nuclear Reactors to Power Space Exploration

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Benjamin Johnson, College of Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering
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Lineage Tracing in Zebrafish with CRISPR Prime Editing

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Sahar Kanishka, College of Science, School of Biological Sciences
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Literature Synthesis for Diabetic Self-Care

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Fatima Faizi, College of Behavioral and Social Science, Health Society and Policy
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Live Hospice Discharge: A Critical Analysis About the Ethics of Ending Hospice Care for Terminal Patients

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Madeleine Sorenson, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health, Society, Policy
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Longitudinal Geometry of Pig Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Savanna Cahoon, College of Science, Biology
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Love and Compromise

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Saya Zeleznik, College of Humanities, English
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Making Octahedral Particles

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Miles Robertson, University of Utah, Biochemistry
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Master Minds and Artists: Visiting guests during WWII and the pre-Civil Rights Era

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Alan Chavez, College of Fine Arts, Department of Music
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Maternal sensitivity has been identified as one of the most important predictors in child development. Parents with a lower SES

January 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Presenter: Kirstin Tanner, College of Behavioral Sciences, Psychology
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