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153. The Shortest Vector Problem in Ideal Lattices

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Open Access
Author:
Huynh, Simon
Title:
The Shortest Vector Problem in Ideal Lattices
Area of Honors:
Mathematics
Keywords:
number theory
Cryptology
mathematics
abstract algebra
ideal lattices
cyclic lattices
the Shortest Vector Problem
number fields
number rings
lattices
cryptosystems
quantum computers
RSA
Post-quantum Cryptography
File:
Download huynh_honors_Thesis_the_Shortest_Vector_Problem_in_Ideal_Lattices.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anne Kirsten Eisentraeger, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Levi, Thesis Honors Advisor

159. A Framework For 3D Ultrasound Imaging For HIFU Tissue Ablation Using OpenGL

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Open Access
Author:
Fesel, Harrison
Title:
A Framework For 3D Ultrasound Imaging For HIFU Tissue Ablation Using OpenGL
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
ultrasound
computer science
software
medicine
3D imaging
HIFU
tissue ablation
cancer treatment
ultrasound therapy
OpenGL
Qt
medical technology
high-intensity focused ultrasound
CUDA
File:
Download harrison_fesel_honors_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jesse Louis Barlow, Thesis Honors Advisor

160. FOREIGN PROTEIN TAGGED WITH C-TERMINAL PIV5 NP PROTEIN AND NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SEQUENCE ALLOWS FOR PACKAGING OF CARGO INTO PIV5 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES: AN EXPLORATION OF THE M-NP INTERACTION AS A STEP FORWARD IN TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCTION OF CARGO-LOADED VLPS

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Open Access
Author:
Lorenz, Fred Jeffrey
Title:
FOREIGN PROTEIN TAGGED WITH C-TERMINAL PIV5 NP PROTEIN AND NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SEQUENCE ALLOWS FOR PACKAGING OF CARGO INTO PIV5 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES: AN EXPLORATION OF THE M-NP INTERACTION AS A STEP FORWARD IN TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCTION OF CARGO-LOADED VLPS
Area of Honors:
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
Virus
VLP
Mumps
Measles
Paramyxovirus
Virus-like particles
PIV-5
virology
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Pathobiology
Infectious disease
microscopy
western blot
File:
Download Jeff_Lorenz_Final_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Thesis Honors Advisor

162. Detection and Interpretation of Glacial Landforms under Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

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Open Access
Author:
Lin, Wenzo Jou
Title:
Detection and Interpretation of Glacial Landforms under Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Area of Honors:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Glaciology
West Antarctica
Kamb Ice Stream
Radar survey
Mega scale glacial lineation
Ice stream basal topography
Ice stream stagnation
File:
Download Honors_Thesis_Wenzo_Lin.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Maureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor

163. Studying Thrombosis and Surface Roughness in the Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Open Access
Author:
Richardsen, Cecilia
Title:
Studying Thrombosis and Surface Roughness in the Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
thrombosis
heart
surface roughness
bridge to transplant
PVAD
artificial organ
polyurethane
platelets
fibrin
File:
Download Richardsen_Thesis_Final_SHC_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

164. LOCALIZATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF ION CHANNELS PRESENT IN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AXON INTIAL SEGMENT

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Open Access
Author:
Glatzer, Laura
Title:
LOCALIZATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF ION CHANNELS PRESENT IN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AXON INTIAL SEGMENT
Area of Honors:
Elective Area of Honors - Neurosciences
Keywords:
voltage-gated potassium channels
voltage-gated calcium channels
two-electrode voltage clamp
drosophila melanogaster
giant-ankyrin
File:
Download Glatzer_Laura_SchreyerThesis_Final_Version.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Thesis Honors Advisor

165. Psychometric Properties of the Revised McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access
Author:
Ye, Edie
Title:
Psychometric Properties of the Revised McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Borderline personality disorder
MSI-BPD
Clinical Assessment
Psychometric properties
File:
Download Ye_Edie_PsychometricPropertiesofMSI-BPD-R.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Ph.D., Faculty Reader

166. Effect of Elasticity on Liquid Repellency of Cassie-State Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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Open Access
Author:
Feldstein, Hannah
Title:
Effect of Elasticity on Liquid Repellency of Cassie-State Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
superhydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
liquid repellency
pdms
microstructure
File:
Download HannahFeldsteinThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tak-Sing Wong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

167. THE ASSESSMENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS

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Open Access
Author:
Haddad, Taylor
Title:
THE ASSESSMENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
Global Health
Community-based interventions
Community-based participatory research
Cultural competency
Intervention success
Bottom-up approach
Top-down approach
Formative research
Community collaboration
International health
Development
Biopsychosocial model
Working framework
File:
Download Haddad_Taylor_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Thesis Supervisor
Helen Marie Kamens, Thesis Honors Advisor

168. Maternal Personality Predicts Infant Regulation of Fear and Frustration

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Open Access
Author:
Phillips, Jennifer Julia
Title:
Maternal Personality Predicts Infant Regulation of Fear and Frustration
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Emotion Regulation
Maternal Factors
Personality
Developmental Psychopathology
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
Psychobiology
File:
Download JPhillips_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Kristin Ann Buss, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Koraly Elisa Pérez-Edgar, Faculty Reader

170. Brand Associations and Dementia: The Richness and Decay of Brand Associations Across a Lifetime

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Open Access
Author:
Scherrer, Samantha
Title:
Brand Associations and Dementia: The Richness and Decay of Brand Associations Across a Lifetime
Area of Honors:
Marketing
Keywords:
Dementia
Marketing
Brand Associations
Branding
Memory Decay
Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Associative Networks
Associative Links
Consumer Preferences
File:
Download Scherrer_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Margaret Grace Meloy, Thesis Supervisor
Jennifer Chang Coupland, Thesis Honors Advisor

174. SIMULATION STUDY OF THE ONLINE AERODYNAMIC DRAG COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Qifeng
Title:
SIMULATION STUDY OF THE ONLINE AERODYNAMIC DRAG COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Vehicle Parameter Estimation
Linear Least-Squares Estimation
Recursive Least-Squares Estimation
Aerodynamic Drag Coefficient
File:
Download QL_thesis_Final_v.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Honors Advisor

175. SOCCER ANALYTICS: AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT APPROACHES FOR GAME OUTCOME PREDICTION AND THE POTENTIAL OF DEEP LEARNING WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

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Open Access
Author:
Gomez Lorente, Juan
Title:
SOCCER ANALYTICS: AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT APPROACHES FOR GAME OUTCOME PREDICTION AND THE POTENTIAL OF DEEP LEARNING WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Neural Networks
Poisson Regression
Soccer
Sports Analytics
Betting
Predictive Modelling
Moneyball Analytics
SoftMax Classifier
Regression
effects encoding
feed-forward networks
backpropagation
gradient descent
resilient backpropagation
Newton's Method
Taylor Series expansion
Manhattan Rule
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm
BFGS
Quasi-Newton Methods
File:
Download Juan_GomezLorente.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Hui Yang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor

177. APPLYING NAKAMOTO: ENABLING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF FUNDING FOR INDEPENDENT ONLINE CONTENT CREATORS

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Open Access
Author:
Chwistek, Philip John
Title:
APPLYING NAKAMOTO: ENABLING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF FUNDING FOR INDEPENDENT ONLINE CONTENT CREATORS
Area of Honors:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
blockchain
eos
eosio
ethereum
decentralization
crowdfunding
patreon
youtube
cryptocurrency
bitcoin
react
redux
nestjs
node
File:
Download Thesis_-_Chwistek_-_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Reitter, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Raymond Haynes, Thesis Honors Advisor

181. A Study of Charge Mobilities in Annealed Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) Thin Film Transistors and Optimization of Zone Annealing

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Open Access
Author:
Thomas, Seth
Title:
A Study of Charge Mobilities in Annealed Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) Thin Film Transistors and Optimization of Zone Annealing
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
P3HT
polymers
zone annealing
zone
annealing
transistor
transistors
TFT
OFET
File:
Download Thomas_Seth_P3HTZoneAnneal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

185. Extending the Temporal Range of Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning

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Open Access
Author:
De La Fuente Duran, Andres
Title:
Extending the Temporal Range of Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
machine learning
reinforcement learning
deep neural networks
temporal abstraction
hierarchical learning
artificial intelligence
File:
Download honors_thesis__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

186. INCREASED MALE SEXUAL DISPLAYS CORRELATES WITH VENTRAL POSTERIOR AMYGDALA VOLUME AND CELL VOLUME IN WILD-CAUGHT SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARDS UTA STANBURIANA

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Open Access
Author:
Yu, Hei Yan
Title:
INCREASED MALE SEXUAL DISPLAYS CORRELATES WITH VENTRAL POSTERIOR AMYGDALA VOLUME AND CELL VOLUME IN WILD-CAUGHT SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARDS UTA STANBURIANA
Area of Honors:
Biology (Altoona)
Keywords:
lizard
ventral posterior amygdala
sexual behavior
predation pressure
File:
Download Yu_Honors_thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lara D La Dage, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Laura Rotunno, Thesis Honors Advisor

188. Reconciling Genomics Advancement with Responsibility to Health Care Stakeholders Through Governance Standards

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Open Access
Author:
Gaddis, Allison Lynn
Title:
Reconciling Genomics Advancement with Responsibility to Health Care Stakeholders Through Governance Standards
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Management and Risk Management
Keywords:
genomics
precision medicine
governance
patient data
data responsibility
health care organizations
hospitals
privacy
stakeholders
ethics
File:
Download Gaddis_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Forrest Scott Briscoe, Thesis Supervisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Honors Advisor
Srikanth Paruchuri, Thesis Honors Advisor

189. Determining the Thermal Conductivity of Additively Manufactured Materials Constructed Using Stereolithography

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Open Access
Author:
Trautman, Jacqueline Lee
Title:
Determining the Thermal Conductivity of Additively Manufactured Materials Constructed Using Stereolithography
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Thermal Conductivity
SLA
File:
Download JTrautman_Thesis_Spring_2019.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

195. THE ROLE OF CLC-3 CHLORIDE CHANNELS IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE 5XFAD ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MOUSE MODEL

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Open Access
Author:
Parry, Matthew
Title:
THE ROLE OF CLC-3 CHLORIDE CHANNELS IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE 5XFAD ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MOUSE MODEL
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
CLC-3
Chloride Channels
Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid Beta
Aβ42
β-secretase
Beta Secretase
BACE1
File:
Download thesis_formatted_Honors.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Jian Yang, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Thesis Honors Advisor

196. AN EXAMINATION INTO THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ON CONSTITUENT BEHAVIORS UNDERLYING ACADEMIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL OUTCOMES: A PILOT STUDY

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Open Access
Author:
Forsythe, Philip
Title:
AN EXAMINATION INTO THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ON CONSTITUENT BEHAVIORS UNDERLYING ACADEMIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL OUTCOMES: A PILOT STUDY
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
college
physical activity
academic outcomes
psychosocial outcomes
physical activity classes
students
File:
Download Forsythe_Philip_ExaminationPhysActCollegeStudents.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Jean Bopp, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Mary Jane De Souza, Thesis Honors Advisor

200. Investigation Of Direct Astrocyte-To-Neuron Conversion In Vivo In Spinal Cord Injury And ALS Mouse Models

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Open Access
Author:
Redilla, Austin Scott
Title:
Investigation Of Direct Astrocyte-To-Neuron Conversion In Vivo In Spinal Cord Injury And ALS Mouse Models
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
NeuroD1
Spinal Cord Injury
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
SCI
ALS
ND1
NGN2
ISL1
LHX3
astrocyte-to-neuron conversion
File:
Download Redilla_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor