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151. The Functionality of Young Children's Anger and Sadness during Self-Regulation Challenges with Mother or Father Present

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Author:
Sten, Ethan
Title:
The Functionality of Young Children's Anger and Sadness during Self-Regulation Challenges with Mother or Father Present
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
self-regulation
anger
sadness
functional emotion
cognitive engagement
blocked goal
parent-child task
mother
father
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Thesis Supervisors:
Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Supervisor
Sarah Myruski, Thesis Honors Advisor

152. The Effects of Media Ownership on Editorial Endorsements for President: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis

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Author:
Riddle, Lilly
Title:
The Effects of Media Ownership on Editorial Endorsements for President: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
media
newspapers
endorsements
bias
slant
presidential endorsements
hedge funds
private equity firm
investment company
ownership
editors
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Thesis Supervisors:
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Thesis Supervisor
Douglas Lemke, Thesis Honors Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Thesis Supervisor

155. Quantitative Ultrasonic Characterization of Ti-6Al-4V Components with Surface Roughness

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Author:
Assalita, Sydney
Title:
Quantitative Ultrasonic Characterization of Ti-6Al-4V Components with Surface Roughness
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Ultrasonics
Engineering
Mechanics
Materials
Science
Additive Manufacturing
Roughness
Optical Profilometry
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Thesis Supervisors:
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

156. Evaluation of Design Performance for a Radiative Cooling Vessel Supplemented by Solar Power Generation

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Author:
Balaratna, Ian
Title:
Evaluation of Design Performance for a Radiative Cooling Vessel Supplemented by Solar Power Generation
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Radiative Cooling
Solar Power
Heat Transfer
Linxiao Zhu
Ian Balaratna
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Thesis Supervisors:
Linxiao Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Honors Advisor

158. 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

160. 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

161. Macro- and Nano-Rheological Properties of Carboxymethylcellulose – Water – Ethanol Ternary Mixtures

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Author:
Camacho, Gillian
Title:
Macro- and Nano-Rheological Properties of Carboxymethylcellulose – Water – Ethanol Ternary Mixtures
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
nano-viscosity
macro-viscosity
Smoluchowski-Stokes-Einstein equation
carboxymethylcellulose
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

163. 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections

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Author:
Chang, Benjamin
Title:
1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
RNA
Ribozymes
Splicing
High-throughput Pipeline
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Thesis Supervisors:
Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

166. Effects of Reactants’ Solvation Shell Compositions on Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching by Iodide Anion

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Author:
Chettle, Brian
Title:
Effects of Reactants’ Solvation Shell Compositions on Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching by Iodide Anion
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Physical Chemistry
solvation
photophysics
photochemistry
laser photolysis
spectroscopy
fluorescence
pyrene
iodide
heavy atom effect
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

170. Porous microgels for fabricating granular hydrogel scaffolds with hierarchical porosity to improve cell invasion

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Author:
Kedzierski, Alexander
Title:
Porous microgels for fabricating granular hydrogel scaffolds with hierarchical porosity to improve cell invasion
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Keywords: cell infiltration
porous scaffolds
microgels
biomaterials
phase separation
Cell infiltration
Porous scaffolds
Microgels
Biomaterials
Phase Separation
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Thesis Supervisors:
Amir Sheikhi, Thesis Supervisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

172. Evaluating the Relationship between Maternal HIV and Vitamin B12 Status at Delivery in Uganda

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Author:
Ostrowski, Casey
Title:
Evaluating the Relationship between Maternal HIV and Vitamin B12 Status at Delivery in Uganda
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
Pregnancy
Nutrition
HIV
Vitamin B12
B12
Nutritional Status
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
B12 Deficiency
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Thesis Supervisors:
Alison D Gernand, Thesis Supervisor
Alison D Gernand, Thesis Honors Advisor
Maria Rita Castro, Faculty Reader

174. Assessing the feasibility of biofiltration for methane reduction on Pennsylvania dairy farms: a life cycle and techno-economic analysis

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Author:
Peacock, Vancie
Title:
Assessing the feasibility of biofiltration for methane reduction on Pennsylvania dairy farms: a life cycle and techno-economic analysis
Area of Honors:
Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Methane
Dairy
Agriculture
Life cycle
Techno-economic
Greenhouse gasses
Climate change
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Thesis Supervisors:
Juliana Vasco-Correa, Thesis Supervisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Thesis Honors Advisor

178. Deconstructing Counterterrorism During Reconstruction: A Contemporary Analysis of U.S. Federal Policies to Counter White Power Revolutionary Violence from 1865-1872

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Author:
Rodriguez, Najee
Title:
Deconstructing Counterterrorism During Reconstruction: A Contemporary Analysis of U.S. Federal Policies to Counter White Power Revolutionary Violence from 1865-1872
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Counterterrorism
White power movement
Reconstruction
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Thesis Supervisors:
John Gregory Hodgson, Thesis Supervisor
Jacob F. Lee, Thesis Honors Advisor

180. US Federal Political Candidate Self-Loaning Behavior: Non-Market Interest Rates, Tax, and Campaign Finance Law Implications

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Author:
Setzenfand, Ryan
Title:
US Federal Political Candidate Self-Loaning Behavior: Non-Market Interest Rates, Tax, and Campaign Finance Law Implications
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Campaign loan
Campaign finance
Interest rates
Candidate
Applicable Federal Rate
Ted Cruz for Senate
et al.
v. Federal Election Commission
Supreme Court
President
Congress
Tax
Ethics and Compliance
Regression
Below-Market Loans
Above-Market Loans
Non-Market Loans
IRS
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Politician Campaign Loan Paradox
Credit card
Personal loan
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Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Hills, Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor

181. Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size Exclusion Chromatography

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Author:
Sokol, Joshua
Title:
Cost-effective Molecular Weight Standards for Protein Size Exclusion Chromatography
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Size exclusion chromatography
Gel filtration chromatography
Globular
Liquid chromatography
Protein
Recombinant DNA
SEC-MALS
Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Sedimentation equilibrium
Metal affinity chromatography
Ion-exchange chromatography
Molecular weight
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Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Ying Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor

182. Understanding Design Principles in Weakly Charged Polyacrylic Acid-Based Polymer Membranes at Varying External pH

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Author:
Szymanski, Jack
Title:
Understanding Design Principles in Weakly Charged Polyacrylic Acid-Based Polymer Membranes at Varying External pH
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Ion Transport
Water Transport
Polymers
Water Uptake
Membranes
Sustainability
Separation
Decarbonization
Energy
Environment
Health
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Thesis Supervisors:
Hee Jeung Oh, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor

183. Optimizing the Mineralization of a Silk-Constructed Tendon Enthesis Scaffold

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Author:
Tse, Claire
Title:
Optimizing the Mineralization of a Silk-Constructed Tendon Enthesis Scaffold
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Mineralization
Simulated Body Fluid
Silk
Silk Fibroin
Bone
Calcium
Biomaterial
Polymer
Tendon Enthesis
Enthesis
Scaffold
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Thesis Supervisors:
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Faculty Reader

184. The Influence of Plant Neighborhood Diversity on Herbivory and Arthropod Communities in Experimental Tropical Forests Communities

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Author:
Timmins, Ellie
Title:
The Influence of Plant Neighborhood Diversity on Herbivory and Arthropod Communities in Experimental Tropical Forests Communities
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
plant diversity
herbivory
arthropods
arthropod abundance
arthropod species richness
plant neighborhood diversity
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Thesis Supervisors:
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Thesis Supervisor
James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

185. Inhibition of Pancreatic Lipase by Wine Grape Proanthocyanidins: a Method of Dietary Weight Management

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Author:
Wang, Sabrina
Title:
Inhibition of Pancreatic Lipase by Wine Grape Proanthocyanidins: a Method of Dietary Weight Management
Area of Honors:
Food Science
Keywords:
proanthocyanidin
anthocyanin
wine grape
obesity
weightloss
pancreatic lipase
inhibition
Chambourcin
Cabernet Franc
wine
grape
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Thesis Supervisors:
Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Supervisor
Fede Harte, Thesis Honors Advisor

187. The Presence of Ultraviolet Patterns in Sarracenia Pitcher Plants

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Author:
Worrall, William
Title:
The Presence of Ultraviolet Patterns in Sarracenia Pitcher Plants
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Sarracenia
Carnivorous Plants
Pitcher Plants
Ultraviolet Patterns
UV Photography
Simulated Vision
Bio-Inspired Engineering
Directional UV-Reflectance
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Thesis Supervisors:
Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Supervisor
Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Honors Advisor

191. Investigating Strain Level Diversity Among Natural Co-Isolated Vibrio Fischeri

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Author:
Harter, Rachel
Title:
Investigating Strain Level Diversity Among Natural Co-Isolated Vibrio Fischeri
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
transformation
bacteria
strain diversity
genomic
genetic
vibrio fischeri
symbiosis
mutualism
euprymna scolopes
microbiology
molecular biology
biochemistry
quorum sensing
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Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Supervisor
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

194. Advanced Techniques for Fraudulent Transaction Detection: A Statistical and Machine Learning Approach

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Author:
Kakkar, Sagan
Title:
Advanced Techniques for Fraudulent Transaction Detection: A Statistical and Machine Learning Approach
Area of Honors:
Statistics
Keywords:
Machine Learning
Statisitical Analysis
Fraud Detection
Data Science
Statisitcs
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Thesis Supervisors:
Yubai Yuan, Thesis Supervisor
John Yen, Thesis Honors Advisor
Cindy Lin, Faculty Reader

195. Core-shell commensal biocapsules for in situ gut microbiome engineering

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Author:
Kohli, Sonika
Title:
Core-shell commensal biocapsules for in situ gut microbiome engineering
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
gut microbiome
biomaterial
microbiome
engineering
ecological niche
commensal bacteria
bacterial infection
gut health
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Thesis Supervisors:
Scott H Medina, Thesis Supervisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Faculty Reader

196. Athletic Injury and the Effects on Division III Athletes' Identity and Mental Health

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Author:
La Page, Taylor
Title:
Athletic Injury and the Effects on Division III Athletes' Identity and Mental Health
Area of Honors:
Psychological and Social Sciences (Abington)
Keywords:
college athletes
division iii
injury
athletic identity
mental health
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Thesis Supervisors:
David J Hutson, Thesis Supervisor
David Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor
Meghan M Gillen, Thesis Supervisor

198. Racing in the 21st Century: A Longitudinal Analysis of Stroke Choices, Underwater Strategies, and Pacing Strategies at the United States Olympic Swimming Trials (2000-2021)

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Author:
Doyle, Ben
Title:
Racing in the 21st Century: A Longitudinal Analysis of Stroke Choices, Underwater Strategies, and Pacing Strategies at the United States Olympic Swimming Trials (2000-2021)
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
Swimming
Performance Trends
Stroke choices
Racing Strategy
Underwater Strategy
Pacing
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Thesis Supervisors:
Jim Pawelczyk, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Dyreson, Thesis Honors Advisor