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151. Dialogue's Impact on Behavior and Attitude Towards Climate Change

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Open Access
Author:
Mccausland, Jonathan Dean
Title:
Dialogue's Impact on Behavior and Attitude Towards Climate Change
Area of Honors:
Environmental Resource Management
Keywords:
WinC
World in Conversation
climate change
education
dialogue
File:
Download 1-McCausland_Jonathan_DialoguesImpactonBehaviorandAttitudeTowardClimateChange.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Scott P McDonald, Thesis Supervisor
Robert David Shannon, Thesis Honors Advisor
William Carlsen, Faculty Reader

152. The Use of Path Dependence to Explain Representations of United States Industrialism in Mexico in Diego Rivera's Murals

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Open Access
Author:
Ferrari, Mary A
Title:
The Use of Path Dependence to Explain Representations of United States Industrialism in Mexico in Diego Rivera's Murals
Area of Honors:
Spanish
Keywords:
murals
path dependence theory
mexican art
diego rivera
u.s. industry
File:
Download Mary_A_Ferrari_thesis_final_draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Andres Ochoa, Thesis Supervisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor

154. Implications of Socioeconomic Status on Parental Internal State Language Use with Children

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Open Access
Author:
Brett, Catherine Alyssa
Title:
Implications of Socioeconomic Status on Parental Internal State Language Use with Children
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
internal state language
socioeconomic status
SES
social-emotional development
File:
Download Brett_Catherine_Implications_of_Socioeconomic_Status_on_Parental_Internal_State_Language_Use_with_Children.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Thesis Supervisor
Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Thesis Honors Advisor

156. Defect Detection In Carbon Fiber Composites by Partially Embedded Magnetostrictive Transducers

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Open Access
Author:
Dickerson, Clayton Joseph
Title:
Defect Detection In Carbon Fiber Composites by Partially Embedded Magnetostrictive Transducers
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Carbon Fiber
Composites
Magnetostrictive
Transducers
File:
Download Dickerson_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

159. Predictors of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: A comparison of performance-based measures and a self-report measure

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Open Access
Author:
Johnson, Lindsay T
Title:
Predictors of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: A comparison of performance-based measures and a self-report measure
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
older adults
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Everyday Functioning
File:
Download Johnson_Lindsay_PredictorsofIADL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Lesley Anne Ross, PhD, Thesis Supervisor
Charles Geier, Thesis Honors Advisor

161. Effects of Dilution Jet Placement and Resulting Coherent Structures on Turbine Flow Fields and Heat Transfer

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Open Access
Author:
Della Corna, Enrico Bartolo
Title:
Effects of Dilution Jet Placement and Resulting Coherent Structures on Turbine Flow Fields and Heat Transfer
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
dilution jet
vane flow fields
vane heat transfer
computational model
File:
Download Della_Corna_Thesis_Final.pdfDownload 1-Della_Corna_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

163. Caught Between Two Transitions: How Electoral Volatility and Economic Voting Affected the Democratization of Central Eastern Europe

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Open Access
Author:
Rogers, Benjamin Harrison
Title:
Caught Between Two Transitions: How Electoral Volatility and Economic Voting Affected the Democratization of Central Eastern Europe
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
Eastern Europe
Electoral Volatility
Comparative Politics
Economic Voting
Communism
European Union
File:
Download 1-Rogers_Benjamin_CaughtBetweenTwoTransitions.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

167. Exploring regulators of sexual differentiation and blood stage development in malaria parasites

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Open Access
Author:
Rice, Joshua Michael
Title:
Exploring regulators of sexual differentiation and blood stage development in malaria parasites
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
Plasmodium
malaria
ApiAP2
transcriptional regulation
cytoadherence
gametocytogenesis
File:
Download FINAL_Senior_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Manuel Llinás, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

168. Illuminating the Innovative Mind: the Design of a Stimulating Environment to Encourage Productive Thought and Accelerate Social Evolution

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Open Access
Author:
Koch, Jana Louise
Title:
Illuminating the Innovative Mind: the Design of a Stimulating Environment to Encourage Productive Thought and Accelerate Social Evolution
Area of Honors:
Architecture
Keywords:
Architecture
Social
Evolution
Mind
Design
Systems Theory
Einstein
File:
Download KOCH_JANA_FINALTHESIS_2015.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darla V Lindberg, Thesis Supervisor
Scott W Wing, Thesis Honors Advisor

172. Association between Seating Arrangement and Achievement Motivation and Effort in Elementary Classrooms

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Open Access
Author:
Davis, Kelsey Anne
Title:
Association between Seating Arrangement and Achievement Motivation and Effort in Elementary Classrooms
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
achievement motivation
effort
elementary
seating arrangement
File:
Download DAVIS_KELSEY_ASSOCIATION_SEATING_MOTIVATION.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scott David Gest, Thesis Supervisor
Charles Geier, Thesis Honors Advisor

176. Transformative Relationships and Empowerment

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Open Access
Author:
Ford, Ebony Latasha
Title:
Transformative Relationships and Empowerment
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
mentor
empowerment
transformative relationships
self-efficacy
community activism
power
social justice
role model
File:
Download Ford_Ebony_Transformative_Relationships_and_Empowerment.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Marinda Kathryn Harrell Levy, Thesis Supervisor
Kimberly Blockett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Pauline Bernadette Guerin, Faculty Reader

177. The Similarities and Differences of Cultural Values in Television Advertising: A Comparison of Malaysia and the United States

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Open Access
Author:
Abu Bakar, Nabilah Husna
Title:
The Similarities and Differences of Cultural Values in Television Advertising: A Comparison of Malaysia and the United States
Area of Honors:
Marketing
Keywords:
Marketing
Global Marketing
Cultural Values
Advertising
Malaysia
United States
File:
Download Final_Submission_Thesis_-_Nabilah_Abu_Bakar.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zinaida Taran, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ronald Walker, Thesis Honors Advisor
Erdener Kaynak, Faculty Reader

180. Media Within a Movement: the Vossische Zeitung's Coverage of the Eugenics Movement in Weimar Germany, 1919-1933

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Open Access
Author:
Marcucci, Keirstyn Nicole
Title:
Media Within a Movement: the Vossische Zeitung's Coverage of the Eugenics Movement in Weimar Germany, 1919-1933
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Eugenics
Germany
Weimar Germany
Race-Hygiene
Eugenics Movement
Vossische Zeitung
File:
Download Thesis_final_submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Greg Eghigian, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael James Milligan, Thesis Honors Advisor

181. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Neptunium Deposited on a Nickel Foil: An Exercise in Nuclear Forensics

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Open Access
Author:
Hopkins, Ann Marie
Title:
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Neptunium Deposited on a Nickel Foil: An Exercise in Nuclear Forensics
Area of Honors:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
nuclear
laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
neptunium
radiation detection
laser
nuclear forensics
File:
Download Ann_Hopkins_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Supervisor
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Honors Advisor

182. An Evaluation of the Principal-agent Problem Between Financial Advisors and their Clients

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Open Access
Author:
Mccann, Thomas James
Title:
An Evaluation of the Principal-agent Problem Between Financial Advisors and their Clients
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Finance and Philosophy
Keywords:
principal-agent problem
ethics
Immanuel Kant
Adam Smith
financial advisor
retail investor
financial services
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
Vincent M Colapietro, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

183. Interparental conflict and the mediating effects of school related parenting on adolescent academic outcomes

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Open Access
Author:
Topash, Lauren T
Title:
Interparental conflict and the mediating effects of school related parenting on adolescent academic outcomes
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Interparental conflict
academics
parenting
adolescence
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Topash_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gregory M. Fosco, Thesis Supervisor
Charles Geier, Thesis Honors Advisor

186. The Effects of Sub-concussive Impacts on Virtual Reality Test Performance and Academics

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Open Access
Author:
Walter, Alexa Elizabeth
Title:
The Effects of Sub-concussive Impacts on Virtual Reality Test Performance and Academics
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
sub-concussion
impact
academics
virtual reality
File:
Download WalterAlexaFinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Supervisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jinger S. Gottschall, Thesis Honors Advisor

187. The Diffusion of Same-sex Marriage in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Explanatory Factors and Differing Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Gest, Caitlin Masterson
Title:
The Diffusion of Same-sex Marriage in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Explanatory Factors and Differing Methods
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
LGBT rights
Same-sex marriage
Policy diffusion
United States
State-level policy
State legislature
Judiciary
File:
Download GestFinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

191. Using Consensus Modeling to Formulate a More Accurate Economic Forecast

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Open Access
Author:
Dau, Nicholas Michael
Title:
Using Consensus Modeling to Formulate a More Accurate Economic Forecast
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
forecasting
economics
GDP
CPI
inflation
interest rates
consensus
File:
Download Dau_Nicholas_UsingConsensusModelingtoFormulateaMoreAccurateEconomicForecast.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andres Aradillas Lopez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

195. Exploring Critical Success Factors of a Natural Gas Fuel Transition Project for Heavy-duty Trucks

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Open Access
Author:
Victor, Sara Joelle
Title:
Exploring Critical Success Factors of a Natural Gas Fuel Transition Project for Heavy-duty Trucks
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies
Keywords:
natural gas
heavy-duty trucks
transportation
cross-case analysis
exploratory research
File:
Download Victor_Sara_Naturalgastrucks_SHC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Diane Parente, Thesis Supervisor
Diane Parente, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gregory P Dillon, Faculty Reader

197. Dominating Discourse: An Evaluation of the Rhetoric and Public Relations Effectiveness of the ObamaCare Campaign Versus the Anti-ObamaCare Campaign

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Open Access
Author:
Dungan, Fallon Anne
Title:
Dominating Discourse: An Evaluation of the Rhetoric and Public Relations Effectiveness of the ObamaCare Campaign Versus the Anti-ObamaCare Campaign
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
ObamaCare
Healthcare
public relations
rhetoric
health care
File:
Download Dungan_Fallon__Dominating_Discourse-_An_Evaluation_of_the_Rhetoric_and_Public_Relations_Effectiveness_of_the_Obamacare_Campaign_Versus_the_Anti-Obamacare_Campaign.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lisa Ruth Sternlieb, Thesis Supervisor
Lisa Ruth Sternlieb, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Marcy Lynne North, Faculty Reader

198. Coordination between the tongue and lower lip in /w/ production in adult males speakers without speech disorders

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Open Access
Author:
Pond, Alexa Laren
Title:
Coordination between the tongue and lower lip in /w/ production in adult males speakers without speech disorders
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Tongue
Lower Lip
Coordination Timing
File:
Download POND_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ji Min Lee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor

200. Predictors of expressed emotion in relatives of patients with bipolar disorder

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Open Access
Author:
Antle, Jennifer Marie
Title:
Predictors of expressed emotion in relatives of patients with bipolar disorder
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Bipolar disorder
expressed emotion
emotional overinvolvement
criticism
predictors
File:
Download Antle_Jennifer_PredictorsofExpressedEmotionBipolarDisorder3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Steffany Jane Fredman, Thesis Supervisor
Charles Geier, Thesis Honors Advisor