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7221. Assessing the Sustainability of Electrodialysis for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Phosphogypsum

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Open Access
Author:
Brajovic, Alexandra
Title:
Assessing the Sustainability of Electrodialysis for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Phosphogypsum
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
electrodialysis
life cycle analysis
techonoeconomic analysis
Excel
ED
rare earth elements
REEs
phosphogypsum
electricity
current
impact
openLCA
LCA
TEA
oxalic acid
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Rui L Shi, Thesis Supervisor
Esther Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

7223. How Perceived Madness Lets Leaders Capture the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority

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Open Access
Author:
Brauser, Benjamin
Title:
How Perceived Madness Lets Leaders Capture the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Political Science
International Relations
Nuclear Weapons
Diplomacy
Madman Theory
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

7224. How Humans, as the Inventors of the Negative, Utilize the Negative in Their Search for Metaphysical Answers: A Comparative Study of Kenneth Burke and St. Thomas Aquinas

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Open Access
Author:
Briselli, Julia
Title:
How Humans, as the Inventors of the Negative, Utilize the Negative in Their Search for Metaphysical Answers: A Comparative Study of Kenneth Burke and St. Thomas Aquinas
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Kenneth Burke
Thomas Aquinas
Rhetoric
Negativity
Naming
Transcendence
Kenneth Burke
Thomas Aquinas
Rhetoric
Negativity
Naming
Transcendence
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Ekaterina Haskins, Thesis Supervisor
Mary High, Thesis Honors Advisor

7225. Development of an Empirical Correlation for the Manganese Sulfate Bath Neutron Absorption in Manganese Fraction Using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Code

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Open Access
Author:
Bucks, Scout
Title:
Development of an Empirical Correlation for the Manganese Sulfate Bath Neutron Absorption in Manganese Fraction Using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Code
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Manganese Bath
MCNP
252-Cf
241-Am-Be
249-Pu-Be
Manganese Absorption Fraction
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Marek Flaska, Thesis Supervisor
Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Faculty Reader

7226. Design and Development of Electrochemical Sensors Based on Direct Gold Functionalization of Laser Induced Graphene for Ultrasensitive Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Author:
Brustoloni, Caroline
Title:
Design and Development of Electrochemical Sensors Based on Direct Gold Functionalization of Laser Induced Graphene for Ultrasensitive Detection of SARS-CoV-2
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
SARS-COV-2; biosensor; laser induced graphene; antigen; electrochemical
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Thesis Supervisors:
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Thesis Supervisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

7227. Application of Video-Based Technology in Tracking Hand Movements for Medical Training Simulations

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Open Access
Author:
Budzinski, Cynthia
Title:
Application of Video-Based Technology in Tracking Hand Movements for Medical Training Simulations
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Medical Training
Simulation Training
Hand Tracking
Endotracheal Intubation
MediaPipe
Laryngoscope
File:
Download Budzinski_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

7229. Understanding the Role of BRCA1 in Breast Cancer Progression: Evaluating the Effect of Tissue Viscoelasticity on BRCA1 Localization and Foci

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Author:
Adetayo, Olutomilola
Title:
Understanding the Role of BRCA1 in Breast Cancer Progression: Evaluating the Effect of Tissue Viscoelasticity on BRCA1 Localization and Foci
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
BRCA1
breast cancer
synthetic lethality
BRCA1 localization
BRCA1 foci
nuclear area
nuclear intensity
chromatin remodelling
chromatin organization
tissue viscoelasticity
chemotherapy
selective cancer therapy
etoposide
BRCA1 and etoposide
extracellular matrix
hydrogels
viscoelastic hydrogels
DNA damage
DNA repair mechanisms
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Thesis Supervisors:
Esther Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

7230. The Opioid Crisis and Crime: Understanding the Relationship Between Opioid Dispensing Rates and Crime Rates in the United States

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Open Access
Author:
Ackerman, Catherine
Title:
The Opioid Crisis and Crime: Understanding the Relationship Between Opioid Dispensing Rates and Crime Rates in the United States
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Opioid Crisis
Opioid
Prescribing
Crime Rates
Dispensing Rates
Drugs/Violence Nexus
Arrest Rates
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor