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103. Individualized Customization for Next Generation Virtual Learning Environments

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Open Access
Author:
Dickens, Bryan R
Title:
Individualized Customization for Next Generation Virtual Learning Environments
Area of Honors:
Computer Engineering
Keywords:
Virtual Reality
Education Technology
Sentiment Analysis
Data-Mining
Oculus Rift
Immersive Learning
File:
Download Dickens_Bryan_individualizedcustomizationfornextgenerationvirtuallearningenvironments.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Conrad S Tucker, Thesis Supervisor
Lee David Coraor, Thesis Honors Advisor

104. Processing Based Assessment of Language and its Relation to Theory of Mind in Preschoolers

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Open Access
Author:
Lamb, Margaret Anne
Title:
Processing Based Assessment of Language and its Relation to Theory of Mind in Preschoolers
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
theory of mind
bilingual
executive function
File:
Download Lamb_Margaret_Processing_Based_Assessment_of_Language_and_its_Relation_to_Theory_of_Mind_in_Preschoolers.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor

107. Inanimate Casualties: An Analysis of Cultural Heritage Destruction and Looting During the Syrian Civil War and its Reoccuring Ties in Conflict

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Open Access
Author:
Pangarkar, Reema Rajeev
Title:
Inanimate Casualties: An Analysis of Cultural Heritage Destruction and Looting During the Syrian Civil War and its Reoccuring Ties in Conflict
Area of Honors:
Art History
Keywords:
Cultural Heritage
Destruction
Looting
Syria
Iraq
Conflict
File:
Download Thesis_A12_final_and_formatted.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ann Eloise Killebrew, Thesis Supervisor
Brian A Curran, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mary Lou Zimmerman Munn, Thesis Honors Advisor

109. Civil War, Guerrilla Warfare, and Terrorism: Understanding Non-state Political Violence Through the Philippines’ Moro Conflict

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Robert Y
Title:
Civil War, Guerrilla Warfare, and Terrorism: Understanding Non-state Political Violence Through the Philippines’ Moro Conflict
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
non-state political conflict
terrorism
civil war
non-state actor
de facto state
moro islamic liberation
philippines
File:
Download Bobby_Chen_-_Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

110. Family Background, Education, and Income Mobility: A Closer Look at the American Dream

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Open Access
Author:
Hayes, Duncan Wistar
Title:
Family Background, Education, and Income Mobility: A Closer Look at the American Dream
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Family Background
Education
Income Mobility
American Dream
Intergenerational Income Mobility
File:
Download Hayes_Duncan_IncomeMobility.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Russell Wade Cooper, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

116. Low-Technology Visual Scene Display Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC) Intervention for a Young Child with Autism

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Open Access
Author:
Riley, Lindsay Erin
Title:
Low-Technology Visual Scene Display Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC) Intervention for a Young Child with Autism
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
autism
augmentative and alternative communication
AAC
low-tech
low-technology
case study
File:
Download LINDSAY_RILEY_-_THESIS-_Final1.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathryn D R Drager, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor

119. The Achievement Gap: The Relationship Between Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Trauma, and Academic Functioning

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Open Access
Author:
Ross, Ana-sophia M
Title:
The Achievement Gap: The Relationship Between Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Trauma, and Academic Functioning
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Borderline Personality Disorder
Childhood Trauma
Academic Achievement
Academic Functioning
Level of Education Attained
File:
Download ROSS_ANA-SOPHIA_TheAchievementGap__TheRelationshipBetweenBorderlinePersonalityDisorderChildhoodTraumaandAcademicFunctioning_v5_7_17_15.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Karen Linn Bierman, Faculty Reader

120. Has America Learned Its Lesson? The Treatment of Modern Veterans Compared to Vietnam Veterans

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Open Access
Author:
Ropp, Danielle Elizabeth
Title:
Has America Learned Its Lesson? The Treatment of Modern Veterans Compared to Vietnam Veterans
Area of Honors:
History (Behrend)
Keywords:
Veterans
Iraq War
Afghanistan War
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
File:
Download Ropp_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Leigh Ann Bedal, Thesis Supervisor
Leigh Ann Bedal, Thesis Honors Advisor
Richard Aquila, Faculty Reader

121. Issues Of Land Registration In Rural Latin America: the Case Of The Guatemalan Construction Company, Cassa

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Open Access
Author:
Lenze, Michelle Firing
Title:
Issues Of Land Registration In Rural Latin America: the Case Of The Guatemalan Construction Company, Cassa
Area of Honors:
Geography
Keywords:
Land Tenure
Guatemala
Latin America
CASSA
File:
Download Lenze_Thesis_IssuesofLandRegistrationinRuralGuatemala.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Susan Walker Friedman, Thesis Supervisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Honors Advisor

123. Economic Crises and Financial Regulation Throughout the History of the United States

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Open Access
Author:
Mumenthaler, Rachel-paige
Title:
Economic Crises and Financial Regulation Throughout the History of the United States
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
International Political Economy
Economics
Financial Regulation
Economic Crises
2007 Financial Crisis
Campaign Finance
File:
Download Mumenthaler_Rachel-Paige_Thesis_3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Packer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

124. The Rise and Fall of the Preemptive Presidency: The Great Recession and Barack Obama

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Open Access
Author:
Fraimow, Marisa Cara
Title:
The Rise and Fall of the Preemptive Presidency: The Great Recession and Barack Obama
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Preemptive Presidency
Presidential Ethos
2008 Economic Crisis
Great Recession
Narratives
Crisis Management
File:
Download Fraimow_Marisa_PreemptivePresidency.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Supervisor
Lori Ann Bedell, Thesis Honors Advisor

125. Structural Engineering of a Vertical Farm Prototype: An Integrated Building Design for Growing Power

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Open Access
Author:
Holbert, Todd David
Title:
Structural Engineering of a Vertical Farm Prototype: An Integrated Building Design for Growing Power
Area of Honors:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
Structural Engineering
Integrated Design
BIM
Steel Connections
Glulam
Vertical Farming
File:
Download Holbert_Todd_Structural_Engineering_of_Vertical_Farm.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
M Kevin Parfitt, Thesis Supervisor
Richard George Mistrick, Thesis Honors Advisor

126. Discrepancy in Hospitalization Charges and Length of Stay between Children with and without Obesity

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Open Access
Author:
Chiang, Timothy
Title:
Discrepancy in Hospitalization Charges and Length of Stay between Children with and without Obesity
Area of Honors:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Childhood Obesity
Hospitalization Charges
Length of Stay
File:
Download Chiang_Timothy_discrepancyinhospitalizationchargesandlengthofstaybetweenchildrenwithandwithoutobesity.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Rhonda Be Lue, Thesis Honors Advisor

128. Analysis of the effects of feeding regimens that feed two rations over the day on rumen fermentation products and rumen microbial populations in dairy cattle.

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Open Access
Author:
Crawford, Christine
Title:
Analysis of the effects of feeding regimens that feed two rations over the day on rumen fermentation products and rumen microbial populations in dairy cattle.
Area of Honors:
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
Rumen fatty acid
Rumen microbial population
Circadian rhythms
File:
Download Christine_Crawford_-_FINAL_Spring_2015_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Kevin John Harvatine, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lester C Griel Jr., Thesis Honors Advisor

132. The Organizational Effects of Educational Background on Hospital Leadership: A Systematic Literature Review

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Open Access
Author:
Mcmanemin, Lauren
Title:
The Organizational Effects of Educational Background on Hospital Leadership: A Systematic Literature Review
Area of Honors:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Hospital
Health Care
Literature Review
Leadership
HPA
File:
Download McManemin_Lauren_TheOrganizationalEffectsofEducationalBackgroundonHospitalLeadershipASystematicLiteratureReview.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jonathan Rogers Clark, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Rhonda Be Lue, Thesis Honors Advisor

138. Best in Class Use of Point of Sale Data to Drive Demand Planning and Forecasting

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Open Access
Author:
Sweeney, Jamie Alison
Title:
Best in Class Use of Point of Sale Data to Drive Demand Planning and Forecasting
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Point of Sale Data
Forecasting
Demand Planning
Customer Data
Supply Chain
Third Party Data Provider
File:
Download 1-JSweeney_April_15.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Thesis Honors Advisor

139. Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Cultural Awareness and Content Incorporation into Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs in Pennsylvania.

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Open Access
Author:
Carson, Alison Lee
Title:
Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Cultural Awareness and Content Incorporation into Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs in Pennsylvania.
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Undergraduate Curriculum
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Speech Language Pathology
File:
Download Alison_Carson_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Carol Anne Miller, Faculty Reader

143. Toward a graph theoretical model of functional connectivity in chronic developmental traumatic stress disorders

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Open Access
Author:
Antinori, Lilith Zaila
Title:
Toward a graph theoretical model of functional connectivity in chronic developmental traumatic stress disorders
Area of Honors:
Mathematics
Keywords:
traumatic stress
graph theory
functional connectivity
neuroscience
File:
Download Actual_Formatted_Thesis-1-1-edited4.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Thesis Supervisor
Nathanial Patrick Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

145. Correcting Errors in Texture-mapped Meshes Using Lattice Detection

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Open Access
Author:
Dyszel, Nicholas Andrew
Title:
Correcting Errors in Texture-mapped Meshes Using Lattice Detection
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
computer vision
symmetry
urban scenes
computer graphics
File:
Download dyszel_nicholas_correctingerrorsintexturemappedmeshesusinglatticedetection.pdfDownload facade2_1view.mp4Download facade2_2view.mp4Download facade5_1view.mp4Download facade5_2view.mp4Download facade3_1view.mp4Download facade3_2view.mp4
Thesis Supervisors:
Yanxi Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

146. Morphological evidence of speciation in croaking geckos (Aristelliger spp.)

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Open Access
Author:
Rutter, Amy R
Title:
Morphological evidence of speciation in croaking geckos (Aristelliger spp.)
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Aristelliger
Caribbean
croaking gecko
cryptic diversity
Jamaica
morphology
speciation
File:
Download Rutter_Amy_CroakingGeckoSpeciation.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Blair Hedges, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor
Heather M Hines, Faculty Reader

147. Long Term Orbital Modeling for Objects in Geostationary Earth Orbit

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Open Access
Author:
Chow, Philip
Title:
Long Term Orbital Modeling for Objects in Geostationary Earth Orbit
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Orbit Progagation
Orbital Modeling
Symplectic
ODE45
Integrator
File:
Download PChow_LongTermOrbitalModelingForObjectsInGeostationaryEarthOrbit.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

149. Let's Talk About Sex (education): explaining State Variation In Sex Education Standards And Their Impact On University Sexual Assault Rates

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Open Access
Author:
Mccleery, Melissa Katherine
Title:
Let's Talk About Sex (education): explaining State Variation In Sex Education Standards And Their Impact On University Sexual Assault Rates
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Sex education
sex ed
sexual assault
rape
higher ed
women's studies
higher education
File:
Download FINAL_McCleery_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

150. National Identity in the British Isles: Positive or Zero Sum Game

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Open Access
Author:
Rebman, Michael John
Title:
National Identity in the British Isles: Positive or Zero Sum Game
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Political Science and Psychology
Keywords:
Scotland
Scottish referendum
national identity
File:
Download 1-Rebman_Michael_NationalIdentityintheBritishIsles.PositiveorZeroSumGame.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John King Gamble Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Charisse Nixon, Thesis Honors Advisor
Celise Schneider, Faculty Reader