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3. Architecture as a Catalyst for Self-progressivism: a Constructive Environment in the Lower Ninth Ward

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Open Access
Author:
Wertman, Aaron Charles
Title:
Architecture as a Catalyst for Self-progressivism: a Constructive Environment in the Lower Ninth Ward
Area of Honors:
Architecture
Keywords:
Self-Progressivism
New Orleans
Lower Ninth Ward
Architect as Activist
Reclamation
Design-Build
Rebuilding
Self-Building
File:
Download Honors_Thesis_Submission_4-30_FIXED.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Supervisor
Scott W Wing, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. Demographic Moderators Of Kindergarten School Adjustment And Parent-teacher Concordance Of Child Behavior

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Open Access
Author:
Hoover, Olivia Rebecca
Title:
Demographic Moderators Of Kindergarten School Adjustment And Parent-teacher Concordance Of Child Behavior
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
concordance
school adjustment
parent-teacher
kindergarten
child behavior
File:
Download Olivia_Hoover_-_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Kristin Ann Buss, Thesis Supervisor
Rick R Jacobs, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. The effects of a prairie grass restoration on small mammal populations in the Pennsylvania State University Arboretum.

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Open Access
Author:
Mcmahon, Elyse Kathleen
Title:
The effects of a prairie grass restoration on small mammal populations in the Pennsylvania State University Arboretum.
Area of Honors:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
small mammals
prairie grass
restoration
abundance
estimated population size
density
diversity
evenness
mark recaputre
File:
Download 1-Thadius_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Justin Bohling, Thesis Supervisor
Margaret C Brittingham, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Training and personal protection equipment use among hispanic farmworkers: a qualitative analysis

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Open Access
Author:
George, Sienna Kelsey
Title:
Training and personal protection equipment use among hispanic farmworkers: a qualitative analysis
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
Theory of Planned Behavior
pesticides
behavior
attitudes
training
knowledge
File:
Download George_Sienna_Training_and_personal_protection_equipment_use_among_hispanic_farmworkers-_a_qualitative_analysis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Shedra Amy Snipes, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lori Anne Francis, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. The Influence of Religion: Individuals with Dementia and their Family Caregivers

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Open Access
Author:
Nagpal, Neha
Title:
The Influence of Religion: Individuals with Dementia and their Family Caregivers
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Biology and Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Dementia
Caregiving
Religion
Quality of life
File:
Download 1-Nagpal_Neha_InfluenceofReligion.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Steven Howard Zarit, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Lisa Michelle Gatzke-Kopp, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Communication Problems Between Caregivers and Individuals with Dementia: Implications for Caregiver Well-being

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Open Access
Author:
Stiadle, Jeanna M
Title:
Communication Problems Between Caregivers and Individuals with Dementia: Implications for Caregiver Well-being
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dementia
Caregiver
Well-being
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dementia
Caregiver
Well-being
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dementia
Caregiver
Well-being
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dementia
Caregiver
Well-being
File:
Download Stiadle_Jeanna._Communication_Problems_between_caregivers_and_individuals_with_dementia_implications_for_caregiver_well-being.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Steven Howard Zarit, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lisa Michelle Gatzke-Kopp, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Global Health Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Open Access
Author:
Powers, Colleen Marie
Title:
Global Health Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Hearing loss
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Global Health
India
World Health Organization
Communication Disorders
File:
Download Colleen_Powers_2014_Honors_Thesis_Final1.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Carol Anne Miller, Faculty Reader

19. An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Health Ventures: Why Telemedicine and mhealth Pilots Fail to Scale

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Open Access
Author:
Sundin, Phillip J
Title:
An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Health Ventures: Why Telemedicine and mhealth Pilots Fail to Scale
Area of Honors:
Elective Area of Honors - Engineering Design
Keywords:
telemedicine
mHealth
business models
failure modes
File:
Download Sundin_Phillip_AnAnalysisofEntrepreneurialHealthVentures.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Khanjan Mehta, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sven G Bilén, Thesis Honors Advisor

20. Improving the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Whooping Cough: A Characterization of the Currently Circulating Strains of Bordetella Pertussis in the United States

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Open Access
Author:
Meyer, Jessica A
Title:
Improving the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Whooping Cough: A Characterization of the Currently Circulating Strains of Bordetella Pertussis in the United States
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
pertussis
bordetella
whooping
cough
vaccine
acellular
antibiotic
healthcare
File:
Download Jessica_A._Meyer_Honors_Thesis__Characterization_of_Bordetella_pertussis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Thomas Harvill, Thesis Supervisor
Chen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors Advisor
Richard John Frisque, Faculty Reader

21. A year with Lizzie: How transmedia storytelling brought Jane Austen into the 21st century

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Open Access
Author:
Thompson, Jennifer Rebecca
Title:
A year with Lizzie: How transmedia storytelling brought Jane Austen into the 21st century
Area of Honors:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
Transmedia
Transmedia Storytelling
Jane Austen
Lizzie Bennet
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
File:
Download Thompson_Jennifer_AYearWithLizzie.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gerald Santoro, Thesis Supervisor
Andrea H Tapia, Thesis Honors Advisor

22. The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-b/d (PPARb/d) in Transforming Growth Factor b-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line

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Open Access
Author:
Ali, Ayesha S
Title:
The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-b/d (PPARb/d) in Transforming Growth Factor b-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
cancer
human lung adenocarcinoma
lung
ppar-b/d
tgf-b
File:
Download Thesis_Draft_9.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor
Richard John Frisque, Faculty Reader

23. Trait anxiety and its relationship to peripheral cytokine production in a healthy human sample

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Open Access
Author:
Francois, Olivia Mischele
Title:
Trait anxiety and its relationship to peripheral cytokine production in a healthy human sample
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
anxiety and inflammation
depression
proinflammatory cytokines
human
trait anxiety
state anxiety
cortisol
File:
Download Francois_Complete_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lori Anne Francis, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. Exploring the Effectiveness of Art as a Form of Assessment in General Education Classrooms

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Open Access
Author:
Ricciutti, Melissa Nicole
Title:
Exploring the Effectiveness of Art as a Form of Assessment in General Education Classrooms
Area of Honors:
Elementary and Kindergarten Education
Keywords:
Art-based learning
art
assessment
elementary
multiple intelligences theory
schemas
File:
Download 1-Ricciutti_Melissa_Art_as_Assessment.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christine M Thompson, Thesis Supervisor
Kathleen Mary Collins, Thesis Honors Advisor

25. Personality Differences Among the Big Four Professional Service Firms:examining the Big Four Through the "big Five"

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Open Access
Author:
Silver, Caitlin Ann
Title:
Personality Differences Among the Big Four Professional Service Firms:examining the Big Four Through the "big Five"
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Accounting
Firms
Big Four
Personality
NEO Five Factor Model
File:
Download Thesis_V2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark William Dirsmith, Thesis Supervisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Perceptions of Mental Illness in America and Tanzania: Combining Modern and Traditional cultures

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Open Access
Author:
Thieman, Jackie
Title:
Perceptions of Mental Illness in America and Tanzania: Combining Modern and Traditional cultures
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
Mental health
Culture
Perceptions
Traditional
Modern
Tanzania
United States of America
Intervention
File:
Download THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lori Anne Francis, Thesis Honors Advisor

30. Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code

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Open Access
Author:
Kriebel, Andrew T
Title:
Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
stirling
engine
liquid piston
fluidyne
solar
water pump
modeling
computer
trace
snap
lpse
File:
Download Thesis_-_ATK_-_Final_Submit.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Michael Erdman, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor

32. Factors Affecting the Practice Location Decisions of General Practice Doctors in the Philadelphia Area

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Open Access
Author:
Stuby, Luke Thomas
Title:
Factors Affecting the Practice Location Decisions of General Practice Doctors in the Philadelphia Area
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Affordable Care Act
Doctor Distribution
Access to Care
Poisson Regression
File:
Download Luke_Stuby_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Edward James Green, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

33. TRANSFORMATION OPTICS METHODOLOGY REVIEW AND ITS APPLICATION TO ANTENNA LENS DESIGNS

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Open Access
Author:
Lu, Bingqian
Title:
TRANSFORMATION OPTICS METHODOLOGY REVIEW AND ITS APPLICATION TO ANTENNA LENS DESIGNS
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
Keywords:
Transformation Optics
Antenna Lens
Cloak
File:
Download Bing_Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Douglas Mitchell, Thesis Honors Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Thesis Supervisor
Anna L Mazzucato, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Diane Marie Henderson, Thesis Honors Advisor
John Douglas Mitchell, Thesis Honors Advisor

35. Describing Secondary Agricultural Education in the Central Valley Canton of Turrialba, Costa Rica: A Case Study

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Open Access
Author:
Hoover, Allison Nicole
Title:
Describing Secondary Agricultural Education in the Central Valley Canton of Turrialba, Costa Rica: A Case Study
Area of Honors:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
agricultural education
international agriculture
case study
secondary education
Costa Rica
Turrialba
global competency
File:
Download 1-Hoover_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel Douglas Foster, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Douglas Foster, Thesis Honors Advisor
John Ewing, Faculty Reader
Melanie Joy Miller Foster, Faculty Reader

36. Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Crimboli, Adam A
Title:
Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robot
bomb
disposal
emergency
response
NIST
watershed
vision
File:
Download Crimboli_Thesis_1.10.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

37. Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media

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Open Access
Author:
Widjaja, Angeline
Title:
Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
green roof
green roof media
heat flux
thermal analysis
enviromental
shale
crumb rubber
urban heat island effect
File:
Download Widjaja_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Thesis Supervisor
Oranee Tawatnuntachai, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katherine H Baker, Faculty Reader

39. The Impact of Mindfulness in the Classroom Environment at the Conclusion of a Mindfulness Program

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Open Access
Author:
Southmayd, Jennifer Gayle
Title:
The Impact of Mindfulness in the Classroom Environment at the Conclusion of a Mindfulness Program
Area of Honors:
Elementary and Kindergarten Education (University College)
Keywords:
Mindfulness
Education
Elementary
Classroom Environment
Professional Development School
File:
Download Southmayd_Jennifer_ImpactMindfulnessClassroom.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James F Nolan Jr., Thesis Supervisor
James F Nolan Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Faculty Reader

41. The Influence of Novel Food Brand Packaging and Child Impulsivity on Ad Libitum Meal Intake in 7-9 Year-olds

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Open Access
Author:
Beidler, Emma L
Title:
The Influence of Novel Food Brand Packaging and Child Impulsivity on Ad Libitum Meal Intake in 7-9 Year-olds
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
Nutrition
Branding
Marketing
Neophobia
Impulsivity
Intake
Children
File:
Download Emma_Beidler_Honors_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Rebecca L Corwin, Thesis Honors Advisor

42. Burrowing Inward--and Outward: Identity, Materiality, and the Body in the Journals of Sylvia Plath and Susan Sontag

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Open Access
Author:
Mccobin, Julianne
Title:
Burrowing Inward--and Outward: Identity, Materiality, and the Body in the Journals of Sylvia Plath and Susan Sontag
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
plath
sontag
journals
genre studies
identity
materiality
body
gender
File:
Download McCobin_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Edmond Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Lisa Ruth Sternlieb, Thesis Honors Advisor

44. Les Carnets de Voyage de Frances Cahn : Une Jeune Fille Américaine en France au 19ème Siècle

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Open Access
Author:
Thorwart, Elizabeth Gail
Title:
Les Carnets de Voyage de Frances Cahn : Une Jeune Fille Américaine en France au 19ème Siècle
Area of Honors:
French and Francophone Studies
Keywords:
France Cahn
dix-neuvième siècle
tourisme
La Bretagne
carnet de voyage
American tourism in France
Belle Epoque
File:
Download EGThorwart_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Willa Zahava Silverman, Thesis Supervisor
Willa Zahava Silverman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Heather McCoy, Faculty Reader

47. Prevalence of USA300 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Hershey Medical Center and the Development of a Novel Multiplex-PCR Method to Detect USA300 MRSA

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Open Access
Author:
Bjanes, Elisabet Laura
Title:
Prevalence of USA300 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Hershey Medical Center and the Development of a Novel Multiplex-PCR Method to Detect USA300 MRSA
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
Antibiotic resistance
molecular evolution of MRSA
epidemiology of infectious disease
USA300 MRSA
novel multiplex-PCR
File:
Download Bjanes_Elisabet_2014_Development_of_Novel_M-MPCR_to_Detect_USA300_MRSA.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen John Knabel, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

48. Population Structure of the Cold Seep Tubeworm Seepiophila jonesi (polychaeta, Siboglinidae)in the Gulf Of Mexico

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Open Access
Author:
Huang, Chunya
Title:
Population Structure of the Cold Seep Tubeworm Seepiophila jonesi (polychaeta, Siboglinidae)in the Gulf Of Mexico
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
vestimentiferan
tubeworms
Gulf of Mexico
population genetics
population structure
Seepiophila jonesi
microsatellites
File:
Download Huang_finalthesis_032614.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Faculty Reader

49. Molecular characterization of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli associated with egg peritonitis in commercial layer chickens

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Open Access
Author:
Gruenewald, Analise L
Title:
Molecular characterization of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli associated with egg peritonitis in commercial layer chickens
Area of Honors:
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
egg peritonitis
avian pathogenic E coli
File:
Download AG_THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor