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451. Parallelized Particle Swarm Optimization for Minimum-Time Satellite Orientation Maneuvers

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Open Access
Author:
Rich, Sean Daniel
Title:
Parallelized Particle Swarm Optimization for Minimum-Time Satellite Orientation Maneuvers
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Particle Swarm Optimization
Aerospace
Parallel Computing
File:
Download thesis-final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Faculty Reader

453. The Purity Program: A Feature-Length Screenplay

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Open Access
Author:
Gergel, Katie
Title:
The Purity Program: A Feature-Length Screenplay
Area of Honors:
Film-Video
Keywords:
screenplay
film-video
film
feature length screenplay
script
narrative
fiction
love story
story
fictional story
fictional screenplay
movie
movie script
film script
feature
File:
Download THESIS_-_THE_PURITY_PROGRAM_KATIE_GERGEL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Rodney Brent Bingaman, Thesis Supervisor
Rodney Brent Bingaman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Maura Elizabeth Shea, Faculty Reader

456. The Visualization of Law: The Example of 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLOT)

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Open Access
Author:
Jarecki, John
Title:
The Visualization of Law: The Example of 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLOT)
Area of Honors:
Political Science (Behrend)
Keywords:
Visualization
Legal Visuals
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Common Law
Civil Law
International Law
Information Design
Customary Law
Visualization of Law
File:
Download John.Jarecki.Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John King Gamble, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Robert W. Speel, Thesis Honors Advisor

461. THE FUTURE OF MONEY IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS ENVIRONMENTS AND THE PERSISTING ROLE OF CASH IN MEXICO AND BRAZIL

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Open Access
Author:
Lopez, Melissa
Title:
THE FUTURE OF MONEY IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS ENVIRONMENTS AND THE PERSISTING ROLE OF CASH IN MEXICO AND BRAZIL
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
cashless
fintech
payments
financial inclusion
informal economy
cash
financial technology
internet penetration
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

462. Assessing the Viability of NBA Betting as a Financial Asset Class Using Predictive Modeling

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Open Access
Author:
Scalise, Anthony
Title:
Assessing the Viability of NBA Betting as a Financial Asset Class Using Predictive Modeling
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Investing
Gambling
Predictive Modeling
NBA
Betting
Sharpe Ratio
Behavioral
Technical
Fundamental
Asset Class
Portfolio
Market
Behavioral Finance
Stock Market
Bias
Liquidity
Noise
Inefficiencies
File:
Download ASSESSING_THE_VIABILITY_OF_NBA_BETTING_AS_A_FINANCIAL_ASSET_CLASS_USING_PREDICTIVE_MODELING_-_ANTHONY_SCALISE.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

466. Oligarchic Pluralism in the 2014 Euromaidan: How the Rise of Oligarchs in Government Shaped Democracy in Ukraine

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Open Access
Author:
Leonard, Siobhan
Title:
Oligarchic Pluralism in the 2014 Euromaidan: How the Rise of Oligarchs in Government Shaped Democracy in Ukraine
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
oligarch
Ukraine
democracy
Euromaidan
media
File:
Download S._Leonard_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Wright, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor

467. Developing a Reliable Protocol for the Simultaneous Analysis of Selenium and Mercury in Lake Erie Fish

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Open Access
Author:
Price, Ashley
Title:
Developing a Reliable Protocol for the Simultaneous Analysis of Selenium and Mercury in Lake Erie Fish
Area of Honors:
Biology (Behrend)
Keywords:
Selenium
Mercury
ICP-MS
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Lake Erie
File:
Download Developing_a_Reliable_Protocol_for_the_simultaneous_Analysis_of_Selenium_and_Mercury_in_Lake_Erie_Fish-_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jason Alan Bennett, Thesis Supervisor
Michael A Campbell, Thesis Honors Advisor

468. Sightseeing

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Open Access
Author:
Luongo, Justina
Title:
Sightseeing
Area of Honors:
Film-Video
Keywords:
script
narrative
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Rodney Brent Bingaman, Thesis Supervisor
Rodney Brent Bingaman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Maura Elizabeth Shea, Faculty Reader

469. TESTING THE USABILITY AND CONDUCTING THE PROOF OF CONCEPTS OF THE DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY THROUGH THE USE OF DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY WITH REAL CASE ANALYSIS WITHIN UNIVERSITIES

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Open Access
Author:
Ma, Tommy
Title:
TESTING THE USABILITY AND CONDUCTING THE PROOF OF CONCEPTS OF THE DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY THROUGH THE USE OF DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY WITH REAL CASE ANALYSIS WITHIN UNIVERSITIES
Area of Honors:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
DID
File:
Download Final_Thesis_PDF.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jack Carroll, Thesis Supervisor
Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

472. Stock Idea of the Decade? Analyzing a 2020s Chinese Education Technology ADR Boom

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Open Access
Author:
Young, William J
Title:
Stock Idea of the Decade? Analyzing a 2020s Chinese Education Technology ADR Boom
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
American depositary receipt
American depositary share
China
financial model
GSX Techedu
Microsoft Excel
SEC
stock
stock market
stock exchange
File:
Download Young_William_Thesis_v3.pdfDownload Young_William_Thesis_Model_v3.xlsm
Thesis Supervisors:
Fariborz Ghadar, Thesis Supervisor
Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

473. The Experiences Of Gay and Lesbian Faculty and Staff Members at A Small College Campus

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Open Access
Author:
Zakkout, Khaled
Title:
The Experiences Of Gay and Lesbian Faculty and Staff Members at A Small College Campus
Area of Honors:
Corporate Communication (Abington)
Keywords:
LGBTQIA
LGBT
queer
faculty
staff
qualitative data
higher education
college
interviews
File:
Download khaledzakkout_final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Elizabeth Montemurro, Thesis Supervisor
David E Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor
Surabhi Sahay, Faculty Reader

475. Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation

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Open Access
Author:
Deal, Jack
Title:
Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Elk
Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Heme
Kinetic Model
Axon Initial Segment
Gating Mechanism
Boltzmann
Affinity
Drosophila melanogaster
Ankyrin
Fluorescent Microscopy
Xenopus
Potassium Channels
File:
Download Jack_Deal_Modeling_the_Dynamics_of_Elk_Subfamily_Ion_Channels_for_Physiological_Modulation.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

477. Metalworking and Cult in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age through the Persian Period (ca. 1400 - 300 BCE)

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Open Access
Author:
Calabria, Darcy Chia
Title:
Metalworking and Cult in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age through the Persian Period (ca. 1400 - 300 BCE)
Area of Honors:
Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Keywords:
archaeology
iron working
bronze working
metallurgy
Levant
Israel
Cyprus
cult
File:
Download Calabria_Darcy_SHC_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ann Eloise Killebrew, Thesis Supervisor
Erin Mc Kenna Hanses, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Thesis Supervisor

478. A STUDY OF THE WALL SHEAR RATES CREATED BY HEMATOCRIT ON AN ELEVATED BEAT RATE IN THE 12 CC PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

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Open Access
Author:
Millan Cotto, Hector Adrian
Title:
A STUDY OF THE WALL SHEAR RATES CREATED BY HEMATOCRIT ON AN ELEVATED BEAT RATE IN THE 12 CC PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Area of Honors:
Biological Engineering
Keywords:
12cc Penn State PVAD
PVAD
Cardiovascular
hematocrit
wall shear rates
wall shear
File:
Download Hector_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William Weiss, Faculty Reader

480. Psychic Value and Urban Regeneration: How and Why Signature Architecture Affects Regional Economies

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Open Access
Author:
Grosek, Alexander
Title:
Psychic Value and Urban Regeneration: How and Why Signature Architecture Affects Regional Economies
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Finance
Architecture
Pritzker
Economics
Urban
Psychic Value
Urban Regeneration
Signature Architecture
Design
Art
Spillover
File:
Download Alexander_Grosek_Thesis_v_Final.pdfDownload THESIS_DATA_.xlsx
Thesis Supervisors:
Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

484. Reliability of Using a Pharyngometer in Healthy Adults for Normative Measures of the Vocal Tract

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Open Access
Author:
Salabaj, Kinga
Title:
Reliability of Using a Pharyngometer in Healthy Adults for Normative Measures of the Vocal Tract
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Acoustic Pharyngometer
test-retest reliability
vocal tract
normative
File:
Download reliability_of_using_a_pharyngometer_in_healthy_adults_for_normative_measures_of_the_vocal_tract.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nicole Michele Etter, Thesis Supervisor
Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Honors Advisor

485. Optimizing Inventory: A Process Improvement Case Study In Orthopedic Medical Devices

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Open Access
Author:
Lombardo, Hannah
Title:
Optimizing Inventory: A Process Improvement Case Study In Orthopedic Medical Devices
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
supply chain management
healthcare
six sigma
inventory management
medical devices
process improvements
File:
Download Hannah_Lombardo_Honors_Thesis_FA20.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
John C Spychalski, Thesis Honors Advisor

486. The Decoy Effect on Consumer Choice: An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Brand, Product Involvement and Consumer Age

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Open Access
Author:
Yom-Tov, Adi
Title:
The Decoy Effect on Consumer Choice: An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Brand, Product Involvement and Consumer Age
Area of Honors:
Business (University College)
Keywords:
Decoy effect
cell phones
disinfecting wipes
decision making
millennials
consumer behavior
behavioral economics
decoy effect
cell phones
disinfecting wipes
decision making
millennials
consumer behavior
behavioral economics
brand information
product involvement
COVID-19
File:
Download YomTov_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Julie V Stanton, Thesis Supervisor
Hans Schmidt, Thesis Honors Advisor

487. Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Bakes, Riley
Title:
Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
recurrent neural networks
natural language processing
mathematical language processing
education assistive tools
encoder decoder attentional GRU
encoder decoder LSTM
random forest
machine learning
File:
Download PSU_THESIS_RBAKES.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
C Lee Giles, Thesis Supervisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

488. Silent Selection: Identifying predictors of hotel choice with regard to accommodations in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community

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Open Access
Author:
McDowell, Courtney
Title:
Silent Selection: Identifying predictors of hotel choice with regard to accommodations in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community
Area of Honors:
Hospitality Management
Keywords:
communication sciences and disorders
deaf
disability
hotel
hard-of-hearing
accommodations
americans with disabilities act
propensity to spend
File:
Download McDowell.SilentSelection.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anna S Mattila, Thesis Supervisor
Michael J Tews, Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor

496. Quantifying Local and Non-Local Error in Quantum Computing

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Open Access
Author:
Cyphers, Joshua
Title:
Quantifying Local and Non-Local Error in Quantum Computing
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Quantum Computing
Quantum
IBM
Electrical Engineering
Qubit
Qiskit
LOGICS
pyGSTi
Gate Set Tomography
Crosstalk
Error
Error Mitigation
Python
Decoherence
Thermal Relaxation
Gate Time
Bit
File:
Download JoshuaCyphers_UGRD_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Swaroop Ghosh, Thesis Supervisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

497. Analysis of the Strategic Optimization of the Foreign Derived Intangible Income Deduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for Outbound U.S. Multinational Companies in the Industry of Digital Content Streaming

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Open Access
Author:
Hetrick, Julie
Title:
Analysis of the Strategic Optimization of the Foreign Derived Intangible Income Deduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for Outbound U.S. Multinational Companies in the Industry of Digital Content Streaming
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
GILTI
Multinational Corporation
FDII Deduction
Digital Content Streaming
File:
Download Hetrick_Julie_FDII_Deduction_Optimization.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Edward Rowland Jenkins, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Faculty Reader

498. Analyzing Success Case Studies in Pivoting Manufacturing Strategies to Benefit Frontline Healthcare Responders in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Open Access
Author:
Weiland, Elizabeth
Title:
Analyzing Success Case Studies in Pivoting Manufacturing Strategies to Benefit Frontline Healthcare Responders in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
supply chain
covid-19
pandemic
supply chain disruption
manufacturing capabilities
adaptability
supply chain resilience
flexibility
File:
Download Elizabeth_Weiland_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
John C Spychalski, Thesis Honors Advisor

500. Effects of Solution Ionic Strength and Prefilter Characteristics on the Sterile Filtration of Glycoconjugate Vaccines

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Open Access
Author:
Dinse, Erica Joy
Title:
Effects of Solution Ionic Strength and Prefilter Characteristics on the Sterile Filtration of Glycoconjugate Vaccines
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
sterile filtration
prefiltration
glycoconjugates
vaccines
membrane fouling
File:
Download Dinse_Erica_ChEThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor