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203. Measuring Silences: Institution, Body, and Family in Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s Bloodroot

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Open Access
Author:
Fussell, Kaylin
Title:
Measuring Silences: Institution, Body, and Family in Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s Bloodroot
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
Ireland
Poetry
Women's Studies
Silences
Institutions
Body
Irish Literature
Women's Poetry
Irish Studies
File:
Download Fussell_Kaylin_Measuring_Silences.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew Allen Tierney, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher Gervais Reed, Thesis Honors Advisor

205. Speech perception of /s/-leniting Spanish Dialects by late English-Spanish bilinguals

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Open Access
Author:
Reichard, Caitlin Elizabeth
Title:
Speech perception of /s/-leniting Spanish Dialects by late English-Spanish bilinguals
Area of Honors:
Spanish
Keywords:
second language aquisition
speech perception
dialectal variation
perceptual learning
bilinguals
Spanish
File:
Download Reichard_Caitlin_Speech_Perception_of_s-leniting_Spanish_Dialects_by_late_English-Spanish_bilinguals.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Thesis Supervisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor

207. A Comparative Analysis on the Ability of Machine Learning Models to Create a Housing Price Index Using Integrated New York City Housing and School Performance Data

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Open Access
Author:
Gault, William
Title:
A Comparative Analysis on the Ability of Machine Learning Models to Create a Housing Price Index Using Integrated New York City Housing and School Performance Data
Area of Honors:
Data Sciences
Keywords:
Data Science
Machine Learning
Feature Engineering
Linear Regression
Neural Network
File:
Download William_Gault_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Yen, Thesis Supervisor
John Yen, Thesis Honors Advisor
Suhang Wang, Faculty Reader

208. A History of Environmental Degradation: A Complex Comparative Analysis of The Chesapeake Bay and Great Barrier Reef and The Effects of Climate Change

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Open Access
Author:
Seidenberger, Sydney
Title:
A History of Environmental Degradation: A Complex Comparative Analysis of The Chesapeake Bay and Great Barrier Reef and The Effects of Climate Change
Area of Honors:
Environmental Resource Management
Keywords:
The Chesapeake Bay
The Great Barrier Reef
Climate Change
Environmental Degradation
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Sydney_Seidenberger.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jonathan M Duncan, Thesis Supervisor
Robert David Shannon, Thesis Honors Advisor

210. Climate Change: It's the end of the world as we know it, so why do we still feel fine?

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Open Access
Author:
Laubenstein, Lucille
Title:
Climate Change: It's the end of the world as we know it, so why do we still feel fine?
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
Empathy
Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Geopolitics
File:
Download Laubenstein_Lucille_ClimateChangeItsTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowItSoWhyDoWeStillFeelFine.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Brandi J. Robinson, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor

213. Differences in Anaxyrus americanus dorsal coloration along an environmental gradient

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Open Access
Author:
Mack, Mariah
Title:
Differences in Anaxyrus americanus dorsal coloration along an environmental gradient
Area of Honors:
Biology (Behrend)
Keywords:
American toad
color variation
amphibians
environmental factors
site differences
dorsal coloration
File:
Download Mack_Thesis_DIFFERENCES_IN_ANAXYRUS_AMERICANUS_DORSAL_COLORATION.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lynne Elizabeth Beaty, Thesis Supervisor
Michael A Campbell, Thesis Honors Advisor

214. Alternative methods for encapsulation of hydrophobic organic compounds in calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles for use in targeted drug delivery and biological imaging

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Open Access
Author:
Gigliotti, Nicholas
Title:
Alternative methods for encapsulation of hydrophobic organic compounds in calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles for use in targeted drug delivery and biological imaging
Area of Honors:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
nanoparticles
nanomedicine
drug delivery
encapsulation
File:
Download Gigliotti_Nicholas_Alternative_methods_for_encapsulating_hydrophobic_organic_molecules_in_calcium_phosphosilicate_nanoparticles_for_use_in_targeted_drug_delivery_and_biological_imaging.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor

215. Antimicrobial Peptide Aerogels As An Inhalable Therapy For Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

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Open Access
Author:
Klein, Bailey
Title:
Antimicrobial Peptide Aerogels As An Inhalable Therapy For Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Antimicrobial Peptides
Aerogels
Peptides
Tubercuosis
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
File:
Download Final_Klein_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scott H Medina, Thesis Supervisor
Jian Yang, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader

216. An Investigation of Enhanced Raman Scattering on 2D Material Substrates

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Open Access
Author:
Anil, Vivek
Title:
An Investigation of Enhanced Raman Scattering on 2D Material Substrates
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Engineering Science and Physics
Keywords:
graphene
WS2
Raman spectroscopy
Graphene enhanced Raman spectroscopy (GERS)
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)
fluorescent dyes
File:
Download Vivek_Anil_SHC_Thesis_Final_4_27_2020.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mauricio Terrones, Thesis Supervisor
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

225. A Study of the Effect of Perspiration on the Dynamic Measurement of Affordable Non-Textile-Based Sensors

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Open Access
Author:
Yaskolko, Alexander
Title:
A Study of the Effect of Perspiration on the Dynamic Measurement of Affordable Non-Textile-Based Sensors
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
muscle belly
flexible strain sensors
smart textiles
perspiration
anthropometry
dynamic anthropometry
design for wearability
wearable techology
ergonomic
File:
Download Yaskolko_FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Supervisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor

228. A Comparative of Maternal Mortality in the United States, Argentina and Spain

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Open Access
Author:
Haiman, Sophie
Title:
A Comparative of Maternal Mortality in the United States, Argentina and Spain
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
maternal mortality
socioeconomic status
race/ethnicity
urbanization
maternal health
File:
Download A_Comparative_Study_of_Maternal_Mortality_in_the_United_States__Argentina__and_Spain.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor

230. An Analysis of the Flow of Customers at Beaver Stadium Concession Stands using Queuing Theory and Simulation Modeling

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Open Access
Author:
Rose, Andrew
Title:
An Analysis of the Flow of Customers at Beaver Stadium Concession Stands using Queuing Theory and Simulation Modeling
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Queuing Theory
Jackson Network
Beaver Stadium
File:
Download Andrew_Rose_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Thesis Supervisor
Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor

231. An Accretion / Dilution Analysis of The Walt Disney Company's Acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

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Open Access
Author:
Arnold, Victoria
Title:
An Accretion / Dilution Analysis of The Walt Disney Company's Acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
M&A
Merger
Acquisition
Disney
Fox
Finance
Film
Box Office
Antitrust
File:
Download Arnold_Victoria_FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Coenraad Arnout P Pinkse, Thesis Supervisor
Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

232. Analysis of Trace Metal Contaminants in Stormwater Impacted Sediment at the Penn State Duck Pond Basin

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Open Access
Author:
Tierney, James
Title:
Analysis of Trace Metal Contaminants in Stormwater Impacted Sediment at the Penn State Duck Pond Basin
Area of Honors:
Geosciences
Keywords:
stormwater
environmental geoscience
Penn State Duck Pond
trace metal contamination
pollution
stormwater sediments
File:
Download Tierney_Duck_Pond_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew S Fantle, Thesis Supervisor
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor

233. Efficient Multi-Period Trading and Learning Techniques for Portfolio Optimization

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Open Access
Author:
Diwan, Ishaan
Title:
Efficient Multi-Period Trading and Learning Techniques for Portfolio Optimization
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
machine learning
portfolio optimization
stocks
trading
boosted decision trees
decision trees
Markowitz mean-variance portfolio theory
File:
Download Diwan_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Thesis Supervisor
John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

234. Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ESCRT-III complex protein, VPS24, reveals requirements in lysosome homeostasis and autophagy

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Open Access
Author:
Florian, Jonathan
Title:
Genetic analysis of the Drosophila ESCRT-III complex protein, VPS24, reveals requirements in lysosome homeostasis and autophagy
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodegeneration
VPS24
ESCRT
autophagy
lysosome homeostasis
File:
Download Jonathan_Florian_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Fumiko Kawasaki, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

235. Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of Student Pro-Sustainability Dining Habits On Penn State’s Campus

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Open Access
Author:
Hoy, Raymond
Title:
Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of Student Pro-Sustainability Dining Habits On Penn State’s Campus
Area of Honors:
Community, Environment, and Development
Keywords:
CADM
Sustainability
Dining Habits
Students
PSU
Evolutionary Economics
Institutions
Behavior Change
File:
Download RLH_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy Wayne Kelsey, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Honors Advisor

238. "In Law Husband and Wife are One Person, and the Husband is That Person": Marriage Laws In Eighteenth Century Fiction"

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Open Access
Author:
Conway, Caitlin
Title:
"In Law Husband and Wife are One Person, and the Husband is That Person": Marriage Laws In Eighteenth Century Fiction"
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
British
Marriage
Eighteenth Century Literature
Law
File:
Download Conway_Caitlin_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Carla J. Mulford, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher Gervais Reed, Thesis Honors Advisor

240. CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF IRE1alpha IN EARLY STAGES OF UVB INDUCED NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION

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Open Access
Author:
Worrell, Stephen
Title:
CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF IRE1alpha IN EARLY STAGES OF UVB INDUCED NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
endoplasmic reticulum stress
skin cancer
UV radiation
Unfolded Protein Response
File:
Download thesis_StephenWorrell_final_2.0.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Adam Bleier Glick, Thesis Supervisor
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

244. The Architecture of the Catholic Church: Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval

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Open Access
Author:
Michael, Amanda
Title:
The Architecture of the Catholic Church: Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval
Area of Honors:
Art History
Keywords:
Art History
Architecture
Church
Cathedral
Christianity
Catholicism
Europe
Medieval Art
Medieval Architecture
Roman Art
Roman Architecture
Liturgy
File:
Download Amanda_Michael_FINAL_THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Heather C Mccune Bruhn, Thesis Supervisor
Amara Leah Solari, Thesis Honors Advisor

245. Bringing to Light the Qur’an: The Theophany of Allah by Means of Lighting Design in the Süleymaniye Mosque

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Open Access
Author:
Murray, Stella
Title:
Bringing to Light the Qur’an: The Theophany of Allah by Means of Lighting Design in the Süleymaniye Mosque
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Architecture and Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
Mimar Sinan
Süleymaniye Mosque
Sultan Süleyman
Hagia Sophia
Ottoman Empire
Tezkiretü’l-Bünyān
Qur'an
theophany
theology
lighting design
architectural history
File:
Download Murray_Final_Thesis_v3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Denise Rae Costanzo, Thesis Supervisor
James Gill Cooper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Thesis Honors Advisor

246. Prenatal Emergency Medical Visitation as Predicted by Total Prenatal Visitation, Gestational Age, and Maternal Age

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Open Access
Author:
Hamilton, Matthew
Title:
Prenatal Emergency Medical Visitation as Predicted by Total Prenatal Visitation, Gestational Age, and Maternal Age
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Prenatal
Emergency Department
File:
Download Psychology_Honors_Thesis_-_Matthew_Hamilton_1.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Marielena De Araujo-Greecher, Faculty Reader

250. Investigating the Role of FakA and FakB in Lipoprotein Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

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Open Access
Author:
Hussain, Sheherbano
Title:
Investigating the Role of FakA and FakB in Lipoprotein Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
lipoproteins
FakA
FakB
staphylococcus aureus
TLR activity
acylation
TLR2/1
TLR2/6
fatty acids
File:
Download hussain_sheherbano.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor