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351. Investigating baculovirus as a viral vector for delivery of Cas9 to the ovaries of disease vector Aedes aegypti for use in mosquito gene editing technologies

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Open Access
Author:
Mckeand, Sage
Title:
Investigating baculovirus as a viral vector for delivery of Cas9 to the ovaries of disease vector Aedes aegypti for use in mosquito gene editing technologies
Area of Honors:
Elective Area of Honors - Entomology
Keywords:
entomology
vector control
disease
pathogen
baculovirus
AcMNPV
viral vector
vector
Aedes aegypti
gene editing
Cas9
ReMOT Control
mosquito
ovaries
File:
Download McKeand_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Thesis Supervisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Honors Advisor

352. A Quantitative Analysis of Subjective Measures of Well-being Among Uninsured and Insured Cancer Patients and Cancer Survivors

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Open Access
Author:
Granahan, Brendan
Title:
A Quantitative Analysis of Subjective Measures of Well-being Among Uninsured and Insured Cancer Patients and Cancer Survivors
Area of Honors:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
insurance
cancer
affordable care act
well-being
File:
Download Granahan__Brendan_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark Sciegaj, Thesis Supervisor
Selena E Ortiz, Thesis Honors Advisor

353. Social Media Use and Individuals with Complex Communication Needs who Use Alternative and Augmentative Communication

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Open Access
Author:
Lebovitz, Allison
Title:
Social Media Use and Individuals with Complex Communication Needs who Use Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
AAC
Complex Communication Needs
Social Media
Facebook
File:
Download AL_final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jessica Gosnell Caron, Thesis Supervisor
Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Honors Advisor

354. Designing Optimized Protein Molecular Weight Markers Applicable to both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting

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Open Access
Author:
Shibata, Yoshitaka Joey
Title:
Designing Optimized Protein Molecular Weight Markers Applicable to both Coomassie Staining and Western Blotting
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
protein molecular weight markers
SDS-PAGE
Western blotting
IgG antibody binding
polycistronic expression
protein expression
protein purification
File:
Download Shibata_Thesis_DesigningOptimizedProteinMWMarkers.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

357. Intergenerational Interactions: Using Community Field Theory to Engage Across Generations

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Open Access
Author:
Sweeney, Kate
Title:
Intergenerational Interactions: Using Community Field Theory to Engage Across Generations
Area of Honors:
Community, Environment, and Development
Keywords:
community development
intergenerational
community field
File:
Download Sweeney_Katherine_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Honors Advisor
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Faculty Reader

358. The International Relationship Between Egypt and Nubia Evidenced by the Semna Boundary Stela and Border Fortresses

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Open Access
Author:
Lovejoy, Kaitlin
Title:
The International Relationship Between Egypt and Nubia Evidenced by the Semna Boundary Stela and Border Fortresses
Area of Honors:
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Keywords:
Senwosret III
Semna
Semna Boundary Stela
Foreign Policy
Middle Kingdom
Egypt
Nubia
Border Fortresses
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Document.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Asunta F Redford, Thesis Supervisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor

359. The Mixed Ion Effect on Ion Aggregation in Ionomers

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Open Access
Author:
Kazour, Mark
Title:
The Mixed Ion Effect on Ion Aggregation in Ionomers
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Batteries
Chemical Engineering
Sodium
Polymer
Battery
Polymers
Salts
Lithium
Material Science
Polymer Science
Electrolyte
Aggregation
Ionomers
Poly(ethylene) Oxide
Electrochemistry
Energy
Green Energy
Environmentally Friendly
Energy Storage
Environment
Mass Transport
Electric Car
Glass Transition
Ion Transport
Solid Polymer Electrolyte
Conductivity
Green Alternative
Engineering
PEO
SPE
Amorphous
Crystalline
Crystal
Mechanical Strength
Ions
Percolation
Stability
Mixed Salt
Sodium Perchlorate
Sodium Iodide
File:
Download Mark_Kazour_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

361. Predicting Credit and Insurance Literacy in Undergraduate Students: A Survey

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Open Access
Author:
Pressman, Alexander Joseph
Title:
Predicting Credit and Insurance Literacy in Undergraduate Students: A Survey
Area of Honors:
Risk Management
Keywords:
Financial Literacy
Credit Literacy
Insurance Literacy
Financial Literacy in College Students
Credit Literacy in College Students
Insurance Literacy in College Students
Credit Based Insurance Scores
Literature Review
Credit Scores
Insurance Pricing
File:
Download Predicting_Credit_and_Insurance_Literacy_in_Undergraduate_Students-_A_Survey.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

365. The Impact of Neighborhood Ethnic-Racial Context on the Ethnic-Racial Identity of African American and Latinx Youth

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Open Access
Author:
Johnson, Shadane
Title:
The Impact of Neighborhood Ethnic-Racial Context on the Ethnic-Racial Identity of African American and Latinx Youth
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
ethnic-racial identity
ethnic-racial socialization
neighborhood ethnic-racial composition
neighborhood context
cohesion
File:
Download Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor

368. The Effect of Androgen-mediated ZIP9 Signaling in the Cumulus-Oocyte Complex

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Open Access
Author:
Strong, Samantha
Title:
The Effect of Androgen-mediated ZIP9 Signaling in the Cumulus-Oocyte Complex
Area of Honors:
Animal Sciences
Keywords:
ZIP9
COC
Cumulus-Oocyte Complex
Androgens
Diaz
Cumulus Expansion
Reproduction
Animal Science
File:
Download Strong_Samantha_The_Effects_of_Androgen-Mediated_ZIP9_Signaling_in_the__Cumulus-Oocyte_Complex_Corrected.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Francisco Javier Diaz, Thesis Supervisor
Troy Ott, Thesis Honors Advisor

371. Applied Defenses Against Adversarial Attacks

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Open Access
Author:
Payne, Collin Michael
Title:
Applied Defenses Against Adversarial Attacks
Area of Honors:
Security and Risk Analysis
Keywords:
machine learning
artificial intelligence
adversarial attacks
security and risk analysis
machine learning security
adversarial machine learning
machine learning defense
computer vision
File:
Download SHC_Thesis_-_Collin_Payne_-_Final_Version.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Edward J Glantz, Thesis Supervisor
Edward J Glantz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Alison Ryan Murphy, Faculty Reader

375. Alcohol consumption and sleep quality: a community-based study

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Open Access
Author:
Zheng, Dandan
Title:
Alcohol consumption and sleep quality: a community-based study
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
alcohol
sleep disorders
community
insomnia
daytime sleepiness
sleep duration
snoring
alcohol
sleep disorders
community
insomnia
daytime sleepiness
sleep duration
snoring
File:
Download Final_Thesis_dzz5140.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Xiang Gao, Thesis Supervisor
Alison Diane Gernand, Thesis Honors Advisor

377. Media Enabled Information Operations: A Framework for the 2020 United States Election

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Open Access
Author:
Mende, Calvin Douglas
Title:
Media Enabled Information Operations: A Framework for the 2020 United States Election
Area of Honors:
Security and Risk Analysis
Keywords:
Information Operations
Deception
2016 U.S. Election
Election Interference
File:
Download Calvin_Mende_Media_Enabled_Information_Operations.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jacob Lehner Graham, Thesis Supervisor
Donald Richard Shemanski, Thesis Honors Advisor

380. Reverse Source Localization for Identification of Overpressure Sources Based on Wearable Blast Gauges

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Open Access
Author:
Katch, Lauren
Title:
Reverse Source Localization for Identification of Overpressure Sources Based on Wearable Blast Gauges
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Blast
explosion
traumatic brain injury
tbi
computational modeling
sensors
overpressures
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_KATCH.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

383. A Numerical Quantification of Compressor Rotor Performance Losses Due to Damage Caused by Particulate Ingestion

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Open Access
Author:
Barth, Colton
Title:
A Numerical Quantification of Compressor Rotor Performance Losses Due to Damage Caused by Particulate Ingestion
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Turbomachinery
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Particle Ingestion
Compressor
File:
Download Barth_Colton_A_Numerical_Quantification_of_Compressor_Rotor_Performance_Losses_due_to_Damage_caused_by_Particulate_Ingestion.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Supervisor
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor

384. Guns, Perps, and Scalia: An Analysis of Justice Antonin Scalia's Originalist Jurisprudence in District of Columbia v. Heller and Crawford v. Washington

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Open Access
Author:
Mc Kinstry, Aileen
Title:
Guns, Perps, and Scalia: An Analysis of Justice Antonin Scalia's Originalist Jurisprudence in District of Columbia v. Heller and Crawford v. Washington
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Scalia
Supreme Court
Originalism
Second Amendment
Sixth Amendment
jurisprudence
Constitution
Right to Bear Arms
Confrontation Clause
District of Columbia v. Heller
Crawford v. Washington
File:
Download Guns__Perps__and_Scalia.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michael James Milligan, Thesis Supervisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

386. Lifestyle Branding: How Identity Tells An Engaging Story

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Open Access
Author:
Stern, Hannah
Title:
Lifestyle Branding: How Identity Tells An Engaging Story
Area of Honors:
Marketing
Keywords:
Lifestyle branding
Identity
Marketing
Storytelling
Influencer marketing
Emotional investment
Customer-brand relationships
File:
Download Lifestyle_Branding_How_Identity_Tells_An_Engaging_Story.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jennifer Chang Coupland, Thesis Supervisor
Jennifer Chang Coupland, Thesis Honors Advisor
Margaret Grace Meloy, Faculty Reader

387. Functional characterization of an ApiAP2 transcription factor in sexual development of Plasmodium falciparum

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Open Access
Author:
Suhendra, Michelle
Title:
Functional characterization of an ApiAP2 transcription factor in sexual development of Plasmodium falciparum
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
malaria
gene regulation
transcription
transcription regulation
falciparum
plasmodium
apiap2
File:
Download Suhendra-thesis-final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Manuel Llinas, Thesis Supervisor
Paul Babitzke, Thesis Honors Advisor

389. Greening the Steel City: Testing for Environmental Gentrification in Allegheny County

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Open Access
Author:
Mitchell, Gregory Wayne
Title:
Greening the Steel City: Testing for Environmental Gentrification in Allegheny County
Area of Honors:
Community, Environment, and Development
Keywords:
Environmental Justice
Environmental Racism
Sustainability
Gentrification
Toxic Release Inventory
TRI
File:
Download Greening_the_Steel_City__Schreyer_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Honors Advisor

390. The 'Blinded' Scales of Justice? A Study of the Factors that Influence Judicial Decision-Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

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Open Access
Author:
Lane, Erin Rose
Title:
The 'Blinded' Scales of Justice? A Study of the Factors that Influence Judicial Decision-Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Political Science
Judicial Behavior
Disparate Impact
Courts
Appellate Courts
File:
Download THESIS_LANE_SP20_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher Zorn, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

392. Early State Formation and the Margins of Ideology

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Open Access
Author:
Pirrotta, Dana
Title:
Early State Formation and the Margins of Ideology
Area of Honors:
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Keywords:
Classics
Ancient Near East
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Classical Maya
King lits
divine kingship
ideology
royal genealogy
divinity
mobile pastoralists
amorites
asiatics
iconography
File:
Download DANA_PIRROTTA_EARLY_STATE_FORMATION_AND_THE_MARGINS_OF_IDEOLOGY.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gonzalo Rubio, Thesis Supervisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor

393. Highway to the Heart: Ordering Beauty & Organizing Rome-Bound Pilgrims on Siena's Via Francigena

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Open Access
Author:
Brady, Isabel
Title:
Highway to the Heart: Ordering Beauty & Organizing Rome-Bound Pilgrims on Siena's Via Francigena
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Art History, History, and Medieval Studies
Keywords:
Italy
History
Art History
Medieval Studies
Architectural History
Pilgrimage
Via Francigena
File:
Download Brady_HonThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Benjamin Thomas Hudson, Thesis Supervisor
Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amara Leah Solari, Thesis Honors Advisor
Heather C Mccune Bruhn, Faculty Reader

394. The Relationship Between the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System and Different Political Economies

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Open Access
Author:
Aguilera, Luis
Title:
The Relationship Between the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System and Different Political Economies
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
Investor-State Dispute Settlement System
International Law
Political Economy
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

395. Developing Novel Regulatory Mechanisms through Targeting Network Positions in the Alpha Subunit of E. Coli Tryptophan Synthase

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Open Access
Author:
Murray, Alec
Title:
Developing Novel Regulatory Mechanisms through Targeting Network Positions in the Alpha Subunit of E. Coli Tryptophan Synthase
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Tryptophan Synthase
Amino Acid Interaction Networks
Allostery
Protein Engineering
Conformational Dynamics
File:
Download AMM_Thesis_2020.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David D Boehr, Thesis Supervisor
Przemyslaw Maslak, Thesis Honors Advisor

396. An Optimization Approach to Fantasy Football Draft and Roster Management

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Open Access
Author:
Stauffer, Daniel
Title:
An Optimization Approach to Fantasy Football Draft and Roster Management
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Fantasy sports
Fantasy football
Multi-criteria optimization
Linear programming
Optimization
Mean-Variance
File:
Download AN_OPTIMIZATION_APPROACH_TO_FANTASY_FOOTBALL_DRAFT_AND_ROSTER_MANAGEMENT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Guodong Pang, Thesis Supervisor
Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor

399. Intervallic and Formal Unity in Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110, Movement Three

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Open Access
Author:
Bidding, Britney
Title:
Intervallic and Formal Unity in Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110, Movement Three
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music theory
shostakovich
dmitri shostakovich
string quartet
File:
Download Bidding-_Intervallic_and_Formal_Unity_in_Shostakovich_s_String_Quartet_No._8__Op._110__Movement_Three.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Supervisor
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Faculty Reader
Mark Lancaster Lusk, Faculty Reader