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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Honors Advisor
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Ph.D., Faculty Reader

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Honors Advisor
Srikanth Paruchuri, 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, 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, Honors Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, 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, 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, Honors Advisor