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9:15am MST

Gender and Religion in a Shifting Social Landscape: Final Phase Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Practices, 600-700 A.D Shooting StarJaime Bartlett • Caroline Palmer Organizational Learning in Inpatient Hospitals: A Systematic Review of the Literature Yankee MeadowBret Lyman • Maggie Gunn • Emily Hammond • Jonathan Jacobs Stroke Optimization for Petroleum Rod Pumping Charles HunterJohn Hedengren • Jens Griffin • Nathan Van Katwyk • Insu Kim • Craig Schoenberger The Benefits of Culturally Adapted Mental Health Treatments: A Meta-Analysis Whiting RoomTimothy Smith • Yerina Flores • Niyeli Herrera • Hanna Prieto • Juan Valladares Traditional Alcohol Production and Consumption in Rural Malawi Cedar BreaksRandy Page • Brian Allen Constitutional Development in Kenya Great HallJoel Selway • Austin Weenig Disability Awareness Using the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Great HallTina Dyches • Kelli Egan • Kimberly Tarnasky Multicultural Competency and Successful Client Outcomes Among Minority Groups: A Meta-Analysis Great HallTimothy Smith • Yerenia Flores • Niyeli Herrera • Hanna Prieto • Juan Valladares Osseointegration on a Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Coated Titanium Surface Great HallAnton Bowden • Laura Bridgewater • Brian Jensen • Natalie Kwon • Jacquelyn Monroe Uncertainty in Optical Particulate Counting Sensors Great HallMatthew Jones • Jared Blanchard “Down Syndrome Advantage”: Adaptation of Single Mothers Great HallTina Dyches • Jamie Easler • Nora Evans • Hannah Grow

9:30am MST

Willing Submission: The Birdcage as a Semiological Signifier in Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good Government Cedar BreaksElliott Wise • Claralyn Burt

9:45am MST

A New Season for Himba Women Whiting RoomDavid Crandall • Rachel Stoddard

10:00am MST

Large-scale Mud Diapirism in the Eocene Green River Formation of Southwest Wyoming Vermillion CliffsSam Hudson • Jason Klimek Learner-centered Teaching: A Historical Example EscalanteChristopher Lee • Evan Sharp The Effects of Nr4a1 Deletion in a High-fat Environment on Blood Glucose Levels and Weight Cedar BreaksJeffery Tessem • Adam Wynn

10:15am MST

She Does Not Want: Wartime Rape in Goya's Disasters of War BallroomHeather Jensen • Heidi Herrera Attitudes Towards and Interactions with the Dead in Nabataean Society Charles HunterDavid Johnson • Anna Nielsen Modeling Decidual NK cell transfer of Granulysin to Trophoblast Cells using stimulated Peripheral Blood NK cells Brian HeadBrad Berges • Kayleigh Ingersoll MultiCRAFTI: Overcoming the Kinetic Energy Limitation to Measure the Cross Section of High-Mass Ions Vermillion CliffsDavid Dearden • Jacob Hickey • Daniel Joaquin • Brigham Pope QUALITY OF HISPANIC ORAL HEALTH IN THE U.S.: PERCEPTIONS OF DENTISTS AND A CALL FOR IMPROVEMENT EscalanteAli Crandall • Mitchell Merrill Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Teamwork Whiting RoomKatreena Collette-Merrill • Jonathan Jacobs

10:45am MST

Possible Prophylactic Treatment for PTSD-Like Symptoms in Rats EscalanteJeffery Edwards • Bryson Dabney • Sean Pickard Poverty Simulation: Students’ Impactful Moments Brian HeadGaye Ray • Mike McNeil • Camry Shawcroft • Debra K Wing Barriers to the proliferation of aged β cells through overexpression of Nkx6.1 Great HallJeffery Tessem • Talon Aitken • Parker Booren • Jackie Crabree • Samuel Grover • Nathanael Jensen Blu-ray Thermal Scanning Microscope Great HallTroy Munro • Ryker Haddock Britain's Role in the Unification of South Africa and the South Africa Act in the Early 20th Century Great HallJoel Selway • Madelaine Campbell Comparison of two common methods used to calibrate motion capture systems Great HallSteven Charles • Kari Beardsley • Ryan Clark • Taylor Dickinson • Dan Geiger • Johnfredy Loaiza Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitors Play a Role in Blocking β cell Proliferation Great HallJeffery Tessem • Talon Aitken • Parker Booren • Jackie Crabtree • Samuel Grover • Nathan Jensen Does Pdx1 Enhance Functional β-cell Mass? Great HallJeffery Tessem • Jasmine Banner • Kenneth Call • Collin Christensen • Aaron Leifer • Trevor Lloyd Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammation in Macaques Great HallErin Kinnally • Kelsey Bennion Fabrication of Multi-material Microfluidic Devices Great HallBruce Gale • Gabriel Poulson Habitability of Martian Recurring Slope Lineae: Building Capacity for Exploring Terrestrial Analogs for Astrobiology Great HallByron Adams • Kate Hendricks KLF14 Function Great HallJeffery Tessem • Jasmine Banner • Kenneth Call • Collin Christensen • Aaron Leifer • Trevor Lloyd Mechanical Testing of Novel Anterior Vertebral Clamp Great HallAnton Bowden • Arianna Reay • Aubrie Taylor The British Empire's Goals Regarding Egyptian Independence Great HallJoel Selway • Davis Agle The effect of monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric cocoa flavanols on β-cell proliferation Great HallJeffery Tessem • Matt Austin • Moroni Lopez • Lauren Manwaring • Brooke Smyth The Effects of Hyperlipidemia on Pancreatic Beta Cells Great HallJeffery Tessem • Andrew Barlow • Mason Poffenbarger • Austin Ricks The Effects of Palmitate on Beta Cell Insulin Secretion Great HallJeffery Tessem • Andrew Barlow • Zoey Fishburn • Trevor Lloyd • Mason Poffenbarger • Austin Ricks

11:00am MST

Combating Obesity Through Gut Microbiota Targeted Bacteriophage Therapy EscalanteLaura Bridgewater • Jeffrey Zhao Converting Gendered Expectations: Critiques of “Traditional” Gender Roles among Protestant and Seventh-Day Adventist Hmong Yankee MeadowJacob Hickman • Stephanie Parsons How Switching Leagues Affects Basketball Performance Cedar BreaksGarritt Page • Kevin Toney Organizational Learning in Health Systems: A Concept Analysis Shooting StarBret Lyman • Jenna Cox • Emily Hammond Povidone-Iodine Vapor Kills MRSA Brian HeadRichard Robison • Jon Mitton • Benjamin Ogilvie • Jordan Tucker

11:15am MST

Constructing the female gaze: a comparison of the careers and filmography of Sofia Coppola and Lucrecia Martel Charles HunterBrandie Siegfried • Summer Perez MafA’s Ability to Enhance β-cell Function EscalanteJeffery Tessem • Jasmine Banner • Kenneth Call • Collin Christensen • Aaron Leifer • Trevor Lloyd Nonverbal Communication Decoding and it's Relation to Marital Satisfaaction Yankee MeadowSpencer James • Trevor Alder • Christopher Neu Surrogate Model of Propeller on Propeller Fluid Interaction Whiting RoomDr. Andrew Ning • Austin Schenk

11:30am MST

Leaving Burma: An analysis of British policy in the Burmese independence process EscalanteKylan Rutherford Nkx6.1 and its Effects in Aged β cells Charles HunterJeffery Tessem • Parker Booren The Impact of Gap Years on Academic Outcomes for Women: A Case Study from the Missionary Age Change Yankee MeadowJocelyn Wikle • Maggie Marchant To Bring the Old and to Lead the Young: Shooting StarJacob Hickman • Venice Jardine

11:45am MST

Changing the Perspective on Suffering Yankee MeadowDavid Crandall • Aubrey Keeler Impact of Micro- and Nano-Structured Surfaces on Condensation Heat Transfer Effectiveness Shooting StarBrian Iverson • Jacob Butterfield Investigation of Merging Flames in Horizontal and Vertical Geometries Charles HunterTom Fletcher • Max Butler • Caleb Harper PLGA Biocompatible Polymers and Dermal Drug Delivery EscalanteBill Pitt • Matthew Bradley Solving the mystery: Will fortified soymilk or albendazole improve anemia rates in school-aged children in Ecuador? Cedar BreaksSondra Heaston • Mara Clawson • Sierra Murri Virus-like Particle Enzyme Encapsulation Vermillion CliffsBradley Bundy • Parker J. Funk • Steven K. Stanley • Joshua Wilkerson • Seung-Ook Yang

1:15pm MST

Generation of stress/strain curves by VPSC for simulation of sheet stamping in Mg alloy AZ31B at different forming temperatures Yankee MeadowMichael Miles • Trenton Colton • David Fullwood Simulating Coal Transportation with Carbon Dioxide Cedar BreaksBradley Adams • Ariel Green • Taylor Schroedter The Solar Patch: Mobile Device Charging Module Whiting RoomJohn Salmon • Nathanael Nelson “The Greatest Equalizer": Education and its Impacts in Otutati, Namibia Charles HunterDavid Crandall • Katherine Safsten An Investigation of Epigenetic Contributions to the Development of Body-weight in a Nonhuman Primates Great HallDee Higley • John Capitanio • Jefferson Hunter • Erika Jones • Erin Kinnally • Elizabeth Wood Deletion of Nr4a nuclear receptors on β-cells in hyperlipidemia Great HallJeffery Tessem • Weston Elison Design of Martian Recurrent Slope Lineae Analogs to Study a Potential Environmental Niche for Life Great HallByron Adams • Scott George • Jonathan Shumway Digital Representations of Microstructure Great HallOliver Johnson • Akash Amalaraj • Madeline Foote • David Fullwood Does NeuroD Enhance Functional Beta cell mass? Great HallJeffery Tessem • Jasmine Banner • Kenneth Call • Collin Christensen • Aaron Leifer • Trevor Lloyd Grain Boundaries and Diffusivity Great HallEric Homer • Katie Varela Identifying the Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Cellular Respiration of β-Cells Great HallJeffery Tessem • Matt Austin • Moroni Lopez • Lauren Manwaring • Brooke Smyth Impact of Religiosity on HPV Knowledge and Adherence to Vaccination Great HallWendy Birmingham • Mia Felin • Joseph Fitzgerald • Tyler Graff • Cheyenne Kemp • Christian Kindt • Janelle Macintosh • Allison Vaughn Mulitple NGF Treatments and Regeneration in Peripheral Nerves Great HallAlonzo Cook • Elijah Bingham • Michael Lange • Don Rodriguez Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being among People of Color: A Meta-Analysis Great HallTimothy Smith • Yerenia Flores • Niyeli Herrera • Hanna Prieto • Juan Valladares Social Partners Predict Drinking Behaviors: The Distribution of Peer-Reared Cage Mates and its Effects on Alcohol Consumption in Rhesus Monkey Social Groups Great HallDee Higley • Spencer Waters The Effect of Cocoa Flavanol Metabolites on β-cell Insulin Secretion Great HallJeffery Tessem • Matt Austin • Moroni Lopez • Lauren Manwaring • Brooke Smyth β cell Proliferation Inhibition and Histone Modification Great HallJeffery Tessem • Talon Aitken • Parker Booren • Jackie Crabree • Samuel Grover • Nathan Jensen “You Need to Stop for a Minute, Just Listen to What I’m Saying:” A Preliminary Report on Perceived Parental Support in Adolescents with ADHD Great HallWendy Birmingham • Erin Kaseda

1:30pm MST

Characterizing Cancer Cell Metabolism Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry EscalanteJason Kenealey • Nicholas Baker Defining "Special" In Special Education Shooting StarJacob Hickman • Sydnee Higginson Designing a Bio-artificial Pancreas Vermillion CliffsAlonzo Cook • Caden Duffy • Rachel Glew • Taylor Pack Hippocampal stratum oriens interneurons express endocannabinoid biosynthetic enzymes and undergo anandamide-dependent potentiation Charles HunterJeffrey Edwards • Lindsey Friend • Ashley Markham • Collin Merrill • Scott Newton • Ryan Williamson Perception of Speech and Song in Religious Music: A Neurological Approach Cedar BreaksFrancesca Lawson • Dagan Pielstick Revising History: The Familiar Essay’s Transformation in the Podcast Industry Whiting RoomJacob Rawlins • Miriam Sweeney Student Athletes and Mental Health: Distress Severity Compared to Non-athlete Peers Brian HeadDavid Erekson • Liliana Bautista • Rachelle Clayson The effects of Nr4a1 full-body knockout in mice Yankee MeadowJeffery Tessem • Claudia M Tellez Freitas • Kevin Garland • Chad Hancock • John Hancock • Kyle Kener • Benjamin Bikman, PhD • Scott Weber

1:45pm MST

3D Printed Vascular Networks as Aids for the Seeding of Extracellular Matrices Yankee MeadowAlonzo Cook • Hal Jones Documenting a Foreign Language Teaching, Learning, and Retention Experience Charles HunterJulie Damron • Rachel Fuller Following Your Gut to Protect Your Baby from Autism Brian HeadThomas Draper • Sarah Burgoyne • Brenna Colby Investigating a novel unknown controller of respiration Cedar BreaksJulianne Grose • Brittany Colby Multiple NGF Treatments and Regeneration in Peripheral Nerves Vermillion CliffsAlonzo Cook • Gregory Boatwright • Spencer Drennan • Kirk Harter • Liza Jarman • Weon Kim

2:00pm MST

The orphan G protein-coupled receptors GPR18 and GPR119 are expressed in hippocampal pyramidal cells. EscalanteJeffrey Edwards • Thomas Jarman • Chloe Jensen The Power of Perseverance: The Untold Stories of the Rwandan Genocide and Beyond Charles HunterLeslie Hadfield • Benjamin Passey Using principle components to estimate representative curves Cedar BreaksGarritt Page • W. Zachary Horton

2:15pm MST

A Multi-Camera Imaging System for the Passive Inspection Cube Satellites Vermillion CliffsDoran Wilde • Riley Creer • Dallon Glick • Jacob Willis Investigations of force dependence in an atmospheric negative corona discharge between two parallel wires on electrode asymmetry Cedar BreaksBryan Peterson • Ryan Doel Thomas Nast and Donald Trump: Continuity and Change in American Political Satire Brian HeadKerry Soper • Taylor Ball

2:45pm MST

Charlotte Maxeke: Yankee MeadowLeslie Hadfield • Luke Ekstrom Jet Impingement on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Effect of Post Microstructure on Heat Transfer Vermillion CliffsJulie Crockett • Dewey Potts Sterile FRESH Bioprinting Charles HunterLon Cook • Brynne Anderson • Hal Jones • Mary Rosbach • Dan Schindler • Chandler Warr 3D Printed Vascular Networks as Aids for the Seeding of Extracellular Matrices Great HallAlonzo Cook • Hal Jones Axisymmetric Turbulent Wake Development Great HallJulie Crockett • Heather Erickson • Kyle Hakes Designing a Carbon Infiltration-Carbon Nanotube Filtration Device to Separate Oil from Fracking Waste Great HallAnton Bowden • Brian Jensen • Phillip Ng Destined to Dominate? Sexual Dimorphism in Rhesus Monkeys' 2D:4D Ratio and the Role of Prenatal Androgens in Alpha Males and Females Great HallDee Higley • Alexander Baxter • Ashley Cameron • John Capitanio • Elizabeth Wood Determining the Enzyme Kinetics of Lactase Immobilized on Nanofibers Great HallJason Kenealey • Jeremy Anderson Do fish have personality? Repeatability of behavioral traits between sexes in the live-bearing fish Brachyrhaphis roseni Great HallJerry Johnson • Teya Mathews • Andrea Monzon Does Nkx2.2 Enhance Functional β-Cell Mass? Great HallJeffery Tessem • Jasmine Banner • Kenneth Call • Collin Christensen • Aaron Leifer • Trevor Lloyd Durkheim and Difficulties with Development: A Case Study with the Himba Great HallDavid Crandall • Paige Montague Have a Heart: Creating Beating Cardiac Tissue from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes in Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Great HallAlonzo Cook • Rane Eskelsen • Matthew Hodgson • Clayton Holding • Silvia Moncada • Isaac Myres • Blaine Oldham • Joseph Rich • Beverly Roeder Homogeneous Reaction Kinetics of Carbohydrates with Viologen Catalysts in Biofuel Cell Applications Great HallRandy Lewis • Hilary Bingham • Dan Oliveira Paired SNP and CNV Events as Prognostic Indicators for Breast Cancer Great HallStephen Piccolo • Dallas Larsen • Emily LeBaron • Daniel Lewis • Megan Major • Ashton Omdahl • Shun Sambongi Risk for self-injurious behavior and the response to stressful challenges: A comparative study examining genotype, hormonal, and behavioral interactions in nonhuman primates Great HallDee Higley • Stephen Day • Nathaniel Landis • S.U. Suomi • Elizabeth Wood Sex Differences in Ethanol Modulation of Dopamine Release in the Mesolimbic Reward System Great HallScott Steffensen • Mandy Parsons Supercharging Reagents for Protein Improved Detection Great HallDavid Deardon • Jacob Shaner The association of the serotonin transporter and oxytocin receptor genes on affiliative behaviors in rhesus macaques Great HallDee Higley • Christina Barr • Angus Bennion • John Capitanio • Erin Kinnally • Ryno Kruger • Stephen Lindell • Stephen Suomi • Elizabeth Wood The effect of Microbial Metabolites on β Cell Proliferation and Cell Survival Great HallJeffery Tessem • Mathew Austin • Moroni Lopez • Luaren Manwaring • Mimi Ross • Brooke Smyth The Effects of Cocoa Flavonols on β Cell Survival Great HallJeffery Tessem • Moroni Lopez • Lauren Manwaring • Brooke Smyth Using Collagen Hydrogels to 3D Print Blood Vessels Great HallAlonso Cook • Mary Rosbach

3:00pm MST

Overload Cedar BreaksDoug Thomas • Sarah Kay Miller Predicting Transcription Factor Binding Sites Across Multiple Cell Lines Vermillion CliffsStephen Piccolo • Caleb Cranney • Dane Jo • Megan McGhie • Ashton Omdahl • Lucas Pinto • Shun Sambongi • Caroline Tyler Tribal Justice : A Case Study of Witchcraft among the Himba Yankee MeadowDavid Crandall • Rod Dutra

3:15pm MST

Defining the interaction between HDAC1 and p15- regulators of β-cell proliferation Yankee MeadowJeffery Tessem • Courtney Smith Food, Floors, and Fallen Prophets Vermillion CliffsJacob Hickman • Brinnan Schill Sequencing and Annotation of 12 Bacteriophage Genomes To Aid In Discovering a Treatment For Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Whiting RoomBradford Berges • Spencer Bagley

3:30pm MST

A Conversation about Femininity through Himba Traditional Clothing Whiting RoomDavid Crandall • Jensen Roper Determining the Most Effective PTSD-like Model in Rats: Comparison of Single Prolonged Stress and Social Defeat Yankee MeadowJeffrey Edwards • Gabriel Melendez • Roxanne Miller • Erin Saito I’m a Believer: Developing Personal Convictions among Hmong Christian Converts in Northern Thailand Shooting StarJacob Hickman • Kalli Abbott Line Upon Line: Engineering Strong 3-Dimensional Cardiac Tissue Charles HunterAlonzo Cook • Joseph Rich Nephrotic Kidney Organoids from Induced Pluripototent Stem Cells Vermillion CliffsAlonzo Cook • Maxwell Beers • Jace Pulsipher

3:45pm MST

Fast Pyrolysis: Increased Energy Yield Empowering Malawian Villages Whiting RoomLarry Baxter • Diehl Mutamba Task-based model of NMDA-mediated synaptic dysfunction and its relation to antipsychotics Yankee MeadowDawson Hedges • Lucas Pinto