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1. GROWTH OF AGARICUS BISPORUS ON CORN STOVER COLONIZED BY THERMOPHYLLIC FUNGI (SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM AND MYRIOCCUM THERMOPHILUM) AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY

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Author:
Slater, Amber Marie
Title:
GROWTH OF AGARICUS BISPORUS ON CORN STOVER COLONIZED BY THERMOPHYLLIC FUNGI (SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM AND MYRIOCCUM THERMOPHILUM) AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
scytalidium thermophilum
corn stover
Agaricus bisporus
myrioccum thermophilum
File:
Download Amber_Slater_final_draft_of_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel J Royse, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel J Royse, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Successful Encoding within Retrieval: Neural Differences in Younger and Older Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Ramasamy, Deepa
Title:
Successful Encoding within Retrieval: Neural Differences in Younger and Older Adults
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
cognitive aging
incidental encoding
retrieval
PASA
HERA
memory
File:
Download FinalThesis-DR.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. ETHYL ALCOHOL METABOLISM AND NEUROBIOLOGY IN HUMANS: FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ALCOHOLISM AND NEUROTOXICITY

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Author:
Arnold, Josh
Title:
ETHYL ALCOHOL METABOLISM AND NEUROBIOLOGY IN HUMANS: FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ALCOHOLISM AND NEUROTOXICITY
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Alcohol metabolism
Alcoholism
Neurotransmitters
Wernicke-Korsakoff
Thiamine deficiency
Glutamate Excitotoxicity
Ethanol
File:
Download Arnold_Josh_alcoholmetabandneuro_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. David Peter Hughes, Faculty Reader

4. DYNAMIC EXPRESSION OF NEURAL PLATE BORDER SPECIFERS ESTABLISHES AND MAINTAINS ECTODERMAL DOMAINS IN THE DEVELOPING XENOPUS EMBRYO

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Open Access
Author:
Peterson, Meredith C.
Title:
DYNAMIC EXPRESSION OF NEURAL PLATE BORDER SPECIFERS ESTABLISHES AND MAINTAINS ECTODERMAL DOMAINS IN THE DEVELOPING XENOPUS EMBRYO
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Xenopus
ectoderm
neural plate border
neural crest
preplacodal ectoderm
lateral neurogenic zone
File:
Download MCPTHESISFINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Allison Virginia Moody, Thesis Supervisor
Allison Virginia Moody, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. The effect of corticosterone on behavior in Sceloporus undulatus

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Open Access
Author:
Trompeter, Whitney Paige
Title:
The effect of corticosterone on behavior in Sceloporus undulatus
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Behavior
Corticosterone
Invasive Species
Locomotor Activity
Sceloporus undulatus
Solenopsis invicta
Stress
Thermoregulation
File:
Download Trompeter_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Thesis Supervisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Investigating Consistency and Stability of Temperament in Two Strains of Rattus Norvegicus

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Kayllie
Title:
Investigating Consistency and Stability of Temperament in Two Strains of Rattus Norvegicus
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
temperament
personality
behavior
Long-Evans
Sprague-Dawley
enrichment
chronic mild stress
open field
novel object
File:
Download Wang_Kayllie_InvestigatingTemperamentinRats.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Rat Strain Differences in Response to an Unexpected Reduction in Reward

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Open Access
Author:
White, Amanda Marie
Title:
Rat Strain Differences in Response to an Unexpected Reduction in Reward
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
successive negative contrast
laboratory strain difference
individual behavior variation
neuroscience
animal behavior
File:
Download White_Amanda_StrainDifferencesRewardReduction.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. A qualitative study on first-semester Penn State women's social networks, drinking patterns, and risk for sexual assault

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Open Access
Author:
Love, Gillian Ashley Romberger
Title:
A qualitative study on first-semester Penn State women's social networks, drinking patterns, and risk for sexual assault
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
college transition
social networks
drinking patterns
hooking up
sexual assault
File:
Download Love_Gillian_AQualitativeStudy.pdf.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Faculty Reader

9. P2X3 Expression in DRG Neuron and Effects on Blood Pressure Response Following Femoral Artery Occlusion

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Jialiu David
Title:
P2X3 Expression in DRG Neuron and Effects on Blood Pressure Response Following Femoral Artery Occlusion
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
P2X3 receptor
muscle afferents
peripheral artery disease
ATP
blood pressure
NGF
File:
Download Jialiu_Li_-_SHC_Honors_Thesis_in_Biology.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jianhua Li, Faculty Reader

11. Effects of Polymorphism in the Hypoxia Signaling Pathway on Oxygen Delivery and Mitochondrial Integrity

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Open Access
Author:
Doerfler, William Reed
Title:
Effects of Polymorphism in the Hypoxia Signaling Pathway on Oxygen Delivery and Mitochondrial Integrity
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
hypoxia signaling
Succinate dehydrogenase
mitochondrial integrity
File:
Download Updated_Final_Thesis_Draft-Reed_Doerfler.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Faculty Reader
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. Population Structure of the Cold Seep Tubeworm Seepiophila jonesi (polychaeta, Siboglinidae)in the Gulf Of Mexico

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Author:
Huang, Chunya
Title:
Population Structure of the Cold Seep Tubeworm Seepiophila jonesi (polychaeta, Siboglinidae)in the Gulf Of Mexico
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
vestimentiferan
tubeworms
Gulf of Mexico
population genetics
population structure
Seepiophila jonesi
microsatellites
File:
Download Huang_finalthesis_032614.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Faculty Reader

13. Shoaling Behavior and Boldness in Guppies Descended from High and Low Predation Populations

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Open Access
Author:
Cooper, Hannah Marie
Title:
Shoaling Behavior and Boldness in Guppies Descended from High and Low Predation Populations
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
shoaling behavior
boldness
temperament
Poecilia reticulata
guppies
predation
File:
Download Shoaling_Behavior_and_Boldness_in_Guppies_Descended_from_High_and_Low_Predation_Populations_Hannah_Cooper.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lester C Griel Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Faculty Reader

15. The Effects of Exogenous Corticosterone and Testosterone on Juvenile Eastern Fence Lizards, Sceloporus undulatus

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Open Access
Author:
Norjen, Courtney M
Title:
The Effects of Exogenous Corticosterone and Testosterone on Juvenile Eastern Fence Lizards, Sceloporus undulatus
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
corticosterone
testosterone
fence lizards
maternal affects
growth
sex ratios
hatching success
size at hatching
survival
File:
Download CourtneyNorjen_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. Can Individual Differences in the Range of Stress Hormone Production Predict Behavioral Coping with Challenge?

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Open Access
Author:
Platz, Erin Renee
Title:
Can Individual Differences in the Range of Stress Hormone Production Predict Behavioral Coping with Challenge?
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Sprague Dawley
rats
reactive scope
stress
corticosterone
successive negative contrast
SNC
coping
stress hormone
File:
Download Final_Thesis__Updated_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

19. Morphological evidence of speciation in croaking geckos (Aristelliger spp.)

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Open Access
Author:
Rutter, Amy R
Title:
Morphological evidence of speciation in croaking geckos (Aristelliger spp.)
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Aristelliger
Caribbean
croaking gecko
cryptic diversity
Jamaica
morphology
speciation
File:
Download Rutter_Amy_CroakingGeckoSpeciation.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Blair Hedges, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Heather M Hines, Faculty Reader

22. Spatial distribution by size and age and allometric relationships of a spruce population in west Greenland

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Open Access
Author:
Mistrick, Janine
Title:
Spatial distribution by size and age and allometric relationships of a spruce population in west Greenland
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Picea glauca
P. glauca
Kangerlussuaq
Greenland
climate change
ecology
Arctic
spruce
white spruce
novel ecosystem
File:
Download MISTRICK_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric S Post, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

23. The origin and evolution of inversion breakpoint sequences on the third chromosome of Drosophila pseudoobscura

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Open Access
Author:
Randolph, Haley Elizabeth
Title:
The origin and evolution of inversion breakpoint sequences on the third chromosome of Drosophila pseudoobscura
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
chromosomal rearrangement
breakpoint sequence evolution
inversion mutation
paracentric inversion
Drosophila pseudoobscura
File:
Download HER_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. SPECIES DELIMITATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHLY VARIABLE MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE HOLARCTIC SOCIALLY PARASITIC BUMBLEBEE, BOMBUS FLAVIDUS

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Author:
Williams, Sarah Danielle
Title:
SPECIES DELIMITATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHLY VARIABLE MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THE HOLARCTIC SOCIALLY PARASITIC BUMBLEBEE, BOMBUS FLAVIDUS
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
bombus flavidus
coi
species delimitation
psithyrus
bombus fernaldae
File:
Download Williams_Sarah_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Heather M Hines, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Regulation by the Ron Receptor Tyrosine Kinase to Attenuate Central Nervous System Inflammation in a Model of Atherosclerosis

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Open Access
Author:
Alnemri, Diana Mary
Title:
Regulation by the Ron Receptor Tyrosine Kinase to Attenuate Central Nervous System Inflammation in a Model of Atherosclerosis
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Central Nervous System
Inflammation
Ron
Microglia
Neuron
File:
Download THESIS_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

30. THE EFFECT OF SYMBIONT COMPETITION ON HOST-SYMBIONT SPECIFICITY IN ANIMAL-ALGAL MUTUALISMS

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Open Access
Author:
Winstead, Daniel
Title:
THE EFFECT OF SYMBIONT COMPETITION ON HOST-SYMBIONT SPECIFICITY IN ANIMAL-ALGAL MUTUALISMS
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Symbiodiniaceae
Cassiopea
mutualism
competition
Zooxanthellae
Host-symbiont specificity
Mutualism specificity
Cnidaria
File:
Download THESIS_DJW_Draft_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Todd C. LaJeunesse, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

31. An Examination of Hippocampal Microglia and Anxiety Behavior after Chronic Peri-adolescent Asthma

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Open Access
Author:
Schopf, Kerri Jean
Title:
An Examination of Hippocampal Microglia and Anxiety Behavior after Chronic Peri-adolescent Asthma
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
microglia
behavior
hippocampus
asthma
anxiety
adolescence
asthma and anxiety
HDM
allergic asthma
File:
Download Schopf_Kerri_MicrglAsthma.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor