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81. Beating a Small Town Goliath: A Social History of Citizen Resistance to Wal-mart Development

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Open Access
Author:
Wynosky, Kevin Joseph
Title:
Beating a Small Town Goliath: A Social History of Citizen Resistance to Wal-mart Development
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Wal-Mart
Land Use
Zoning
Development
Social Activism
Citizen Resistance
Social Elitism
File:
Download wynosky_kevin_beatingasmalltowngoliath.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gary Scott Cross, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael James Milligan, Thesis Honors Advisor

83. Optimization and Hardware Acceleration of Consensus-based Matching and Tracking

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Open Access
Author:
Snyder, Joshua Scott
Title:
Optimization and Hardware Acceleration of Consensus-based Matching and Tracking
Area of Honors:
Computer Engineering
Keywords:
hardware acceleration
object tracking
FPGA
CMT
hardware architecture
computer vision
File:
Download Snyder_Joshua_optimizationandaccelerationofcmt.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Supervisor
Lee David Coraor, Thesis Honors Advisor

84. Museums as Public Memory Texts: A Comparison of Holocaust Museum Narratives and their Implications

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Open Access
Author:
Boscia, Nina Theresa
Title:
Museums as Public Memory Texts: A Comparison of Holocaust Museum Narratives and their Implications
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Holocaust
Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Memory
Rhetoric
File:
Download Nina_Boscia-_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Supervisor
Lori Ann Bedell, Thesis Honors Advisor

85. the effect of vitamin d deficiency on VDR and ZO-1 in the colon tissue during a citrobacter rodentium infection of wild type and CYP27B1KO mice

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Open Access
Author:
Mcgill, Kelly J
Title:
the effect of vitamin d deficiency on VDR and ZO-1 in the colon tissue during a citrobacter rodentium infection of wild type and CYP27B1KO mice
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
vitamin D
citrobacter rodentium infection
inflammation
tight junction proteins
immune challenge
File:
Download KMcGill_Thesis_Format_final_draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

86. Mitochondrial Localization and Interactions at Dendritic Branch Points of Drosophila Sensory Neurons

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Open Access
Author:
Weinman-follick, Brandon Matthew
Title:
Mitochondrial Localization and Interactions at Dendritic Branch Points of Drosophila Sensory Neurons
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Neuron
Development
Mitochondria
Drosophila
Dendrite
File:
Download BrandonW-Follick_HonorsThesis_SHC_BMB_Sp15_FinalSubmission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
James Endres Howell, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

87. A Reformulation of the CSSR Algorithm and Application to Optimal Deception Strategy in Two Player Games

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Open Access
Author:
Paulson, Elisabeth C
Title:
A Reformulation of the CSSR Algorithm and Application to Optimal Deception Strategy in Two Player Games
Area of Honors:
Mathematics
Keywords:
hidden markov models
probabilistic finite-state machine
deception strategy
game theory
File:
Download merged_document_2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher H Griffin, Thesis Supervisor
Svetlana Katok, Thesis Honors Advisor
Svetlana Katok, Faculty Reader

89. Perceptions of the Glass Ceiling: An Assessment of Penn State Students' Opinion on Gender and Racial Barriers in Higher Level Career Positions

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Open Access
Author:
Donovan, Kimberly Jane
Title:
Perceptions of the Glass Ceiling: An Assessment of Penn State Students' Opinion on Gender and Racial Barriers in Higher Level Career Positions
Area of Honors:
Crime, Law, and Justice
Keywords:
Key words: glass ceiling
gender
race
work
family
File:
Download finalthesis_420.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Laurie Katherine Scheuble, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

91. An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Oil Dependence and Regime Stability in the Middle East

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Open Access
Author:
Boyce, Mary Joanna
Title:
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Oil Dependence and Regime Stability in the Middle East
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
oil
middle east
politics
regime
stability
durability
rentier states
petropolitics
resource curse
File:
Download 1-boyce_mary_oilmiddleeaststability.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

93. Lasting Impact and Recovery From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of a Deepwater Coral Community in the Gulf of Mexico

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Open Access
Author:
Fu, Bo
Title:
Lasting Impact and Recovery From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of a Deepwater Coral Community in the Gulf of Mexico
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
coral
deepwater horizon
oil
gulf of mexico
hydroid
File:
Download thesis_format__final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

94. Mechanism Determination for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 1,2-propanediol Over Gold and Platinum

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Open Access
Author:
Miller, Julie Ann
Title:
Mechanism Determination for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 1,2-propanediol Over Gold and Platinum
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
catalysis
1
2-propandiol
electrocatalytic oxidation
File:
Download Miller_Julie_MechanimDeterminationOfOxidationof12Propanediol.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

95. Antagonist and Environment: The Duality of Giacomo Leopardi's Nature

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Open Access
Author:
Rambo, Grace Caroline
Title:
Antagonist and Environment: The Duality of Giacomo Leopardi's Nature
Area of Honors:
Italian
Keywords:
Giacomo Leopardi
ecocriticism
Romanticism
nature
William Wordsworth
anthropocentrism
ecofeminism
File:
Download Rambo_Grace_FinalSubmission_GiacomoLeopardiNature.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Maria Rosa Truglio, Thesis Supervisor
Maria Rosa Truglio, Thesis Honors Advisor
Sherry Lynnette Roush, Faculty Reader

96. The 'Immorality Premium' and the Relative Undervaluation of Sin Stocks

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Open Access
Author:
Mandel, Mark Ross
Title:
The 'Immorality Premium' and the Relative Undervaluation of Sin Stocks
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Sin
stocks
immorality
premium
risk-adjusted return
finance
s&p500
security market line
model
capital
asset
pricing
File:
Download The_Immorality_Premium_and_the_Relative_Undervaluation_of_Sin_Stocks_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Supervisor
Quanwei Cao, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

97. Making and Maintaining Friendships on the Autism Spectrum

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Open Access
Author:
Nahmod, Nicole Grace
Title:
Making and Maintaining Friendships on the Autism Spectrum
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Autism
ASD
Friendship
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Friends
parents
children with ASD
making friends
maintaining friends
File:
Download Nahmod_Nicole_MakingandMaintainingFriendshipsontheAutismSpectrum.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Erinn Heer Finke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor