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203. CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE-PHASE AND TWO-PHASE FLOW IN VERTICAL-TO-HORIZONTAL PIPE CONNECTED VIA 90-DEGREE ELBOW

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Open Access
Author:
Ulmer, Christopher
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE-PHASE AND TWO-PHASE FLOW IN VERTICAL-TO-HORIZONTAL PIPE CONNECTED VIA 90-DEGREE ELBOW
Area of Honors:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
water
air
minor loss
major loss
two-phase
single-phase
pressure drop
Lockhart-Martinelli
File:
Download Ulmer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Honors Advisor

204. Showing the Music: An Exploration of the Effect of Expressive Conducting on Elementary Band Performance

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Open Access
Author:
Nation, Christopher
Title:
Showing the Music: An Exploration of the Effect of Expressive Conducting on Elementary Band Performance
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
conducting
band
elementary band
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Joanne Rutkowski, Thesis Honors Advisor

206. A Study of the Engineering Systems of the 8th Street Office Building in Richmond, Virginia, with an Emphasis on Structural Design

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Open Access
Author:
Gaertner, Carol Lynn
Title:
A Study of the Engineering Systems of the 8th Street Office Building in Richmond, Virginia, with an Emphasis on Structural Design
Area of Honors:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
structural engineering
steel design
architecture
sustainability
8th Street Office Building
File:
Download Carol_Gaertner_AE_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
M Kevin Parfitt, Thesis Supervisor
M Kevin Parfitt, Thesis Supervisor
David R Riley II, Thesis Honors Advisor

207. Influence of Social Networks and Support on Access to Health Insurance among Mexican Foreign-born Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Leighton, Cassandra Lynn
Title:
Influence of Social Networks and Support on Access to Health Insurance among Mexican Foreign-born Adults
Area of Honors:
Sociology
Keywords:
social networks
health insurance
mexican
File:
Download Cassandra_Leighton_Sociology_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jennifer Van Hook, Thesis Supervisor
Jennifer Van Hook, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

209. The Magnitude of Professional Risk Created by The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and The Companies Act of 2006

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Open Access
Author:
Cancro, Carolynn Maria
Title:
The Magnitude of Professional Risk Created by The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and The Companies Act of 2006
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Accounting and Legal Environment of Business
Keywords:
United States
Companies Act of 2006
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
risk
United Kingdom
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffery M Sharp, Thesis Supervisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Daniel Robert Cahoy, Thesis Honors Advisor

211. The Positional Requirement for the Aspartate Residue in the ExbD Transmembrane Domain

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Open Access
Author:
Dubowy, Christine Marie
Title:
The Positional Requirement for the Aspartate Residue in the ExbD Transmembrane Domain
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Escherichia coli
iron transport
TonB
ExbD
transmembrane domain
File:
Download thesis_041910_final3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathleen Postle, Thesis Supervisor
Kathleen Postle, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

215. THE EFFECTS OF WOODY INVASIVE SPECIES ON LEAF LITTER INPUTS IN A NORTHEASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST

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Open Access
Author:
Hone, Christopher Michael
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF WOODY INVASIVE SPECIES ON LEAF LITTER INPUTS IN A NORTHEASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST
Area of Honors:
Forest Science
Keywords:
invasive plants
invasive species
forestry
trees
soil
carbon
nitrogen
growing season
morphology
native
File:
Download WINER_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Supervisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Supervisor
John Edward Carlson, Thesis Honors Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Faculty Reader

217. MOMENT MOSAIC (THIS POEM MAY BE CONFUSING): A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE WRITING

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Open Access
Author:
Seymour, Christina
Title:
MOMENT MOSAIC (THIS POEM MAY BE CONFUSING): A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE WRITING
Area of Honors:
English (Altoona)
Keywords:
creative writing
poetry
fiction
moments
society
communication
File:
Download THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis, Thesis Supervisor
Megan Blair Simpson, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis, Thesis Honors Advisor

218. The Effects of Personality and Modeling of Behaviors in Malevolent Forms of Creativity

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Open Access
Author:
Tripi, Christin Marie
Title:
The Effects of Personality and Modeling of Behaviors in Malevolent Forms of Creativity
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Psychology
Creativity
Malevolence
File:
Download MalC_Final_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Supervisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Faculty Reader
Dr. Richard Alan Carlson, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Supervisor

220. The 'Who' of the Cigar Making Industry: Gender, Ethnicity, & Place-Traditions, 1757-1900

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Open Access
Author:
Rosenfeld, Christine
Title:
The 'Who' of the Cigar Making Industry: Gender, Ethnicity, & Place-Traditions, 1757-1900
Area of Honors:
Geography
Keywords:
cigars
gender
ethnicity
demographics
Census
Seville
Ybor City
Key West
Cuba
Detroit
File:
Download ChristineRosenfeldThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Supervisor
Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Supervisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Honors Advisor

222. Financial Market Responses to Policy Options in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Singapore during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

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Open Access
Author:
Edwards, Christopher Pierce
Title:
Financial Market Responses to Policy Options in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Singapore during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
financial markets
policy options
1997 crisis
asian financial crisis
singapore
indonesia
hong kong
File:
Download THESIS_FINAL_April_18.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Subhanan Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

224. The Role of V{gamma}4+ V{gamma}3+ T Cells in the Autoimmune Destruction of Pancreatic {beta} Cells in Nonobese Diabetic Mice

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Open Access
Author:
Huber, Christopher Ryan
Title:
The Role of V{gamma}4+ V{gamma}3+ T Cells in the Autoimmune Destruction of Pancreatic {beta} Cells in Nonobese Diabetic Mice
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
V{gamma}4+ V{gamma}3+ T cells
Autoimmune Destruction
Pancreatic {beta} cells
Nonobese Diabetic Mice
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Na Xiong, Thesis Supervisor
Na Xiong, Thesis Supervisor
James Endres Howell, Thesis Honors Advisor
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Faculty Reader

226. Cost-Benefits of food allergy prevention and control within restaurants

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Open Access
Author:
Schader, Clayton Reboh
Title:
Cost-Benefits of food allergy prevention and control within restaurants
Area of Honors:
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management
Keywords:
cost-benefit
allergies
allergy
restaurants
File:
Download COST-BENEFITS_OF_FOOD_ALLERGY_PREVENTION_AND_CONTROL_WITHIN_RESTAURANTS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Amit Sharma, Thesis Supervisor
Amit Sharma, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Breffni M Noone, Thesis Honors Advisor

227. TERRORISM, DEMOCRACIES, AND PARTISANSHIP: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND INTRASTATE TERRORIST GROUPS

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Open Access
Author:
Crisman-Cox, Casey Sean
Title:
TERRORISM, DEMOCRACIES, AND PARTISANSHIP: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND INTRASTATE TERRORIST GROUPS
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Terrorism
Domestic Violence
Domestic Terrorism
Political Parties
Democracies
Differences in Left-Right Governments
File:
Download Crisman-Cox_2011.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David H Carter, Thesis Supervisor
David H Carter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

228. An Exploration of Motherhood and Sexuality in Late-Twentieth Century African-American Literature

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Open Access
Author:
MacNealy, Courtney Shane
Title:
An Exploration of Motherhood and Sexuality in Late-Twentieth Century African-American Literature
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
Toni Morrison
Sula
womanhood
motherhood
sexuality
Moynihan Report
File:
Download MacNealy_Courtney_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Thesis Supervisor
Janet Wynne Lyon, Thesis Honors Advisor
Janet Wynne Lyon, Faculty Reader

229. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A MODEL REDEFINED BY UNDERGRADUATE PHENOMENA AND THE PENN STATE DANCE MARATHON

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Open Access
Author:
McCready, Curran Shields
Title:
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A MODEL REDEFINED BY UNDERGRADUATE PHENOMENA AND THE PENN STATE DANCE MARATHON
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
social entrepreneurship
THON
Penn State Dance Marathon
File:
Download McCready_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Michelle Lowry, Faculty Reader
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor

230. Urban Wellness: Towards Restorative Environments in Hospitals

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Open Access
Author:
Bartels, Catherine Therese
Title:
Urban Wellness: Towards Restorative Environments in Hospitals
Area of Honors:
Architecture
Keywords:
architecture
schreyer
hospitals
healthcare
evidence-based design
environmental psychology
kossman
restorative
neuroscience
environment
health
philadelphia
north central
girard avenue
wayfinding
patients
wellness
daylighting
landscape
sense of place
social interaction
urban architecture
patient
recovery
uninsured
underinsured
healing
healing spaces
File:
Download FINAL_Thesis_Book_SHC_Version.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jawaid Haider, Thesis Supervisor
Christine Lee Gorby, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jawaid Haider, Thesis Supervisor

233. Design of Low-Profile Deployable Systems for University CubeSats

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Open Access
Author:
Friedenberger, Corey W.
Title:
Design of Low-Profile Deployable Systems for University CubeSats
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
deployable
deployment
boom
CubeSat
engineering design
space systems
space systems engineering
trade study
rapid prototyping
triax
OSIRIS
File:
Download friedenberger-corey-designcubesatdeployables-final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sven G Bilén, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sven G Bilén, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Faculty Reader
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Thesis Honors Advisor

234. Evaluating a novel approach for heavy metal leaching control in coal combustion fly ash

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Open Access
Author:
Noack, Clint
Title:
Evaluating a novel approach for heavy metal leaching control in coal combustion fly ash
Area of Honors:
Environmental Systems Engineering
Keywords:
fly ash
heavy metals
environmental and health risks
File:
Download cwn5016_Final_thesis_submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark Stephen Klima, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Stephen Klima, Thesis Supervisor
Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Faculty Reader
Mark Stephen Klima, Thesis Honors Advisor

236. STUDY EXPLAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SURFACE AND SUBMERGED WAKES USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

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Open Access
Author:
Wolfgang, Christopher William
Title:
STUDY EXPLAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SURFACE AND SUBMERGED WAKES USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Free Surface Wake
Submerged Wake vs. Surface Wake
OpenFOAM
Fluid Mechanics
File:
Download HonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Eric Paterson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Eric Paterson, Thesis Supervisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Thesis Honors Advisor

238. MARGINAL ZINC DEFICIENCY DISRUPTS MAMMARY GLAND MORPHOLOGY AND COMPROMISES MILK SECRETION

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Open Access
Author:
Dempsey, Colleen
Title:
MARGINAL ZINC DEFICIENCY DISRUPTS MAMMARY GLAND MORPHOLOGY AND COMPROMISES MILK SECRETION
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
zinc
lactation
zinc deficiency
mammary gland
milk secretion
macronutrient concentration
File:
Download Colleen_Dempsey_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Shannon Leanne Kelleher, Thesis Supervisor
Shannon Leanne Kelleher, Thesis Supervisor
Rebecca L Corwin, Thesis Honors Advisor

239. READING WORDS IN SENTENCE CONTEXT IN THE FIRST OR SECOND LANGUAGE: The effects of semantic constraint and cross-language ambiguity in modulating reading performance

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Open Access
Author:
Ting, Caitlin Yeh-Shan
Title:
READING WORDS IN SENTENCE CONTEXT IN THE FIRST OR SECOND LANGUAGE: The effects of semantic constraint and cross-language ambiguity in modulating reading performance
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
sentence processing
bilingualism
constraint effect
cognate facilitation
File:
Download Ting_Completed_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Supervisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Supervisor
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Thesis Supervisor
David A. Rosenbaum, Thesis Honors Advisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor

240. Effect Of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ on Cell Proliferation and Gene Expression in the A431 Human Skin Cancer Cell Line

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Christina
Title:
Effect Of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ on Cell Proliferation and Gene Expression in the A431 Human Skin Cancer Cell Line
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
PPARβ/δ
PPARγ
Skin Cancer
A431
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

243. LIFTING THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID: WHEN SOCIOLOGY AND BIG BUSINESS UNITE

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Open Access
Author:
Lewandowski, David Alan
Title:
LIFTING THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID: WHEN SOCIOLOGY AND BIG BUSINESS UNITE
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Marketing and Sociology
Keywords:
sociology
marketing
big business
poverty
profits
innovation
education
integration
Base of the Pyramid
strategy
global
File:
Download David_Alan_Lewandowski_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Johann Baumgartner, Thesis Supervisor
Johann Baumgartner, Thesis Supervisor
Jennifer Chang Coupland, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

244. A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE RATE FORMULAS

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Open Access
Author:
Peslak, David Alexander
Title:
A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE RATE FORMULAS
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Finance and International Business
Keywords:
International Finance
Exchange Rates
Interest Rate Parity
File:
Download UndergraduateHonorsThesisDavidPeslak.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Laura B Field, Thesis Supervisor
Laura B Field, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Terrence Robert Guay, Thesis Honors Advisor

246. ESTIMATION OF BROAD QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE LINESHAPES USING MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED WITH NARROWBAND PROBES

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Open Access
Author:
Schmitt, Drew
Title:
ESTIMATION OF BROAD QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE LINESHAPES USING MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED WITH NARROWBAND PROBES
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
quadrupole resonance
QR
reconstruction
probes
File:
Download 2011_SHT_Schmitt_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Supervisor
John Douglas Mitchell, Thesis Honors Advisor

247. A Case Study of Environmental Pollution in Dianchi Lake, China

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Open Access
Author:
Day, Drew
Title:
A Case Study of Environmental Pollution in Dianchi Lake, China
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Asian Studies and Forest Science
Keywords:
eutrophication
water pollution
China
Dianchi
environment
File:
Download Polishing_the_Pearl_on_the_Plateau.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Giguette Atwill, Thesis Supervisor
David Giguette Atwill, Thesis Supervisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Thesis Supervisor
Gregory James Smits, Thesis Honors Advisor
John Edward Carlson, Thesis Honors Advisor

249. Molecular analysis of benthic biofilms from acidic coal mine drainage, Pennsylvania USA

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Open Access
Author:
Mills, Daniel Brady
Title:
Molecular analysis of benthic biofilms from acidic coal mine drainage, Pennsylvania USA
Area of Honors:
Geosciences
Keywords:
acid mine drainage
geomicrobiology
biogeochemistry
bioremediation
File:
Download Dan_Mills_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Supervisor
Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Peter J Heaney, Thesis Honors Advisor