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351. Testing the Efficacy of Trading Using Machine Learning Techniques in the Foreign Exchange Market

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Open Access
Author:
Singh, Navjit
Title:
Testing the Efficacy of Trading Using Machine Learning Techniques in the Foreign Exchange Market
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Foreign Exchange
Forex
Support Vector Machine
Random Forest
Naive Bayes
K-Nearest Neighbor
Trading
Technical Trading
Fundamental Trading
File:
Download Thesis_11.11.19_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Honors Advisor

354. The Elimination of Gender as a Rating Factor in Insurance Pricing

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Open Access
Author:
California, Margot
Title:
The Elimination of Gender as a Rating Factor in Insurance Pricing
Area of Honors:
Actuarial Science
Keywords:
insurance
insurance pricing
gender discrimination
actuarial science
automobile insurance
life insurance
insurance policy
California's Gender Non-Discrimination in Automobile Insurance
Gender Directive
EU Gender Directive
Adverse Selection
Law of Large Numbers
Asymmetric Information
File:
Download The_Elimination_of_Gender_as_a_Rating_Factor_in_Insurance_Pricing.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Lee Putterman, Honors Advisor

355. Factors affecting hollow fiber membrane virus filter performance due to protein fouling.

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Open Access
Author:
Catrambone, Adam
Title:
Factors affecting hollow fiber membrane virus filter performance due to protein fouling.
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
viral clearance
IgG
immunoglobulin G
BSA
bovine serum albumin
hollow fiber membrane
Planova
BioEX
Planova BioEX
Planova 20N
fouling
antibody
File:
Download Catrambone_Adam_HollowFiberMembrane.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Honors Advisor

356. Analysis of Asymmetric Rock-Paper-Scissors Solutions Using Chemical Game Theory

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Open Access
Author:
Smoluk, Adam
Title:
Analysis of Asymmetric Rock-Paper-Scissors Solutions Using Chemical Game Theory
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
CGT
Chemical Game Theory
game theory
rock paper scissors
rock-paper-scissors
Nash Equilibrium
contested decision
gibbs free energy
human behavior
File:
Download Adam_Smoluk_-_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Honors Advisor
Dr. Themis Matsoukas, Faculty Reader

358. The Effect of the "Student Housing Boom" on the Debt Levels of Students: A Penn State Case Study

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Open Access
Author:
Zachariah, John
Title:
The Effect of the "Student Housing Boom" on the Debt Levels of Students: A Penn State Case Study
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Real Estate
Student Housing
Higher Education
Student Loan Debt
Finance
File:
Download Zachariah_John_The_Effect_of_the_Student_Housing_Boom_on_the_Debt_Levels_of_Students.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mallory Marie Meehan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Honors Advisor

359. MATERNAL DEPRESSION: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY, AND UTILIZATION OF PRENATAL CARE AS PREDICTORS FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE OUTCOMES IN RURAL MALAWI

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Open Access
Author:
Barnes, Madisyn
Title:
MATERNAL DEPRESSION: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY, AND UTILIZATION OF PRENATAL CARE AS PREDICTORS FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE OUTCOMES IN RURAL MALAWI
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
maternal depresssion
intimate partner violence
prenatal care
reproductive autonomy
File:
Download BarnesHonorsThesisFall2019.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Cara L Exten, Thesis Supervisor
Helen Marie Kamens, Honors Advisor

361. Implications for Stacked Insurance in Pennsylvania following Gallagher v. GEICO (2019)

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Open Access
Author:
Van Schaik, Juliette
Title:
Implications for Stacked Insurance in Pennsylvania following Gallagher v. GEICO (2019)
Area of Honors:
Risk Management
Keywords:
ARIMA
Bernoulli Trial
Beta-Binomial Distribution
Contract of Adhesion
Doctrine of Reasonable Expectations
Household Vehicle Exclusion
Indemnification
Insurance Fraud
Insured
Insurer
Moral Hazard
Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law
Plurality Decision
Stacked Insurance
Tortfeasor
Underinsured Motorist
Uninsured Motorist
File:
Download Implications_for_Stacked_Insurance_in_Pennsylvania_following_Gallagher_v._GEICO__2019_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
David Russell Hunter, Honors Advisor

363. Examining Drosophila melanogaster wing size upon tissue specific RNAi-induced knockdown of candidate gene regions of neurodevelopmental disorders

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Open Access
Author:
Sarker, Avik Moni
Title:
Examining Drosophila melanogaster wing size upon tissue specific RNAi-induced knockdown of candidate gene regions of neurodevelopmental disorders
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila
neurodevelopmental disorder
CNV
RNAi
UAS/Gal4
deficiency
microdeletion
File:
Download ASarker_Thesis_SHC_Final_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Honors Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Faculty Reader

364. Control, Modification, and the Value of Self-Awareness in Dystopian Literature: An English Language Arts Course

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Open Access
Author:
Pierce, Olivia
Title:
Control, Modification, and the Value of Self-Awareness in Dystopian Literature: An English Language Arts Course
Area of Honors:
Secondary Education
Keywords:
dystopian literature
English language arts
secondary education
File:
Download Dystopian_Lit_Honors_Thesis__Final_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Thesis Supervisor
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Honors Advisor
Debbie A Brooks, Faculty Reader

368. Meeting Ever-Changing Customer Demand: Could “Ride Sharing” Disrupt Traditional Shipment of Consumer Items Across the U.S.

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Open Access
Author:
Lahlou, Karim
Title:
Meeting Ever-Changing Customer Demand: Could “Ride Sharing” Disrupt Traditional Shipment of Consumer Items Across the U.S.
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
Supply Chain
Same-day delivery
Crowdsourced Shipping
File:
Download Karim_Lahlou_Final_Thesis_11.11.19.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John C. Spychalski, Honors Advisor

369. Developing a framework for uncertainty quantification of a chemical kinetic parameter in MOCVDS

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Open Access
Author:
Khosa, Kartik
Title:
Developing a framework for uncertainty quantification of a chemical kinetic parameter in MOCVDS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Latin Hypercube Sampling
Monte Carlo Simulation
Uncertainty Quantification
CFD
Nanomaterials
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Yuan Xuan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Honors Advisor

370. Diagnosing Summertime PM2.5 Biases of the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Benjamin
Title:
Diagnosing Summertime PM2.5 Biases of the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model
Area of Honors:
Meteorology
Keywords:
PM2.5
CMAQ
Air Quality
Atmospheric Dispersion
Numerical Weather Prediction
Planetary Boundary Layer
NAM
FV3GFS
Nocturnal Cold Front
Enhanced Vertical Mixing
File:
Download Yang_Benjamin_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kenneth James Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Johannes Verlinde, Honors Advisor

374. Development of High Strength, Rapidly Degradable Bone Composites for Treatment of Osteoporosis

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Open Access
Author:
Smith, Jessica
Title:
Development of High Strength, Rapidly Degradable Bone Composites for Treatment of Osteoporosis
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
biomaterials
citrate
osteoporosis
orthopedics
orthopedic materials
orthopedic fractures
POC
biomedical engineering
material science
bioengineering
xylitol
File:
Download BME_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jian Yang, Thesis Supervisor
Ying Gu, Honors Advisor