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151. VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEM CELL MEDIATED MINERALIZATION OF A DEMINERALIZED COLLAGEN SAFFOLD IN A TISSUE ENGINEERING MODEL

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Open Access
Author:
McKellar, Brian U
Title:
VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEM CELL MEDIATED MINERALIZATION OF A DEMINERALIZED COLLAGEN SAFFOLD IN A TISSUE ENGINEERING MODEL
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Tissue Engineering
Bone
Biomineralization
Osteogenic differentiation
Stem cell
File:
Download McKellar_EpiBone_Thesis_FinalSchreyer_links.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

152. EXPLORING THE MANUFACTURABILITY AND RESISTIVITY OF CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT USED IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

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Open Access
Author:
Gao, Harry
Title:
EXPLORING THE MANUFACTURABILITY AND RESISTIVITY OF CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT USED IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Conductive
Filament
Additive
Manufacturing
3D
Printing
Multifunctional
Direct
Write
PLA
Graphene
Material
Extrusion
Deposition
Resistivity
Design
File:
Download Gao_Harry_ConductiveFilament.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Nick Meisel, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

154. CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF BRANCHED CHAIN KETOACID DEHYDROGENASE

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Open Access
Author:
Paulosky, Kayla E
Title:
CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF BRANCHED CHAIN KETOACID DEHYDROGENASE
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
P. falciparum
Plasmodium
malaria
disease
metabolism
BCKDH
TCA cycle
branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase
plasmodium falciparum
metabolism of p. falciparum
malaria drug targets
malaria metabolism
malaria TCA cycle
File:
Download Kayla_s_FINAL_thesis2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Manuel Llinás, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

155. Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System

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Open Access
Author:
Kontra, Michael Ryan
Title:
Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Robot
Nuclear Fuel
Fuel Cask
NEUP
EMAT Sensor
Mechanical Engineering
File:
Download Kontra_Michael_FuelCaskInspectionSystem.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

157. The Power of Inter-Arts Discourse: The Role of Painting in the Novels of "Riña de Gatos. Madrid 1936" by Eduardo Mendoza and "La duda" by Ángeles Saura

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Open Access
Author:
Freeman, Lauren
Title:
The Power of Inter-Arts Discourse: The Role of Painting in the Novels of "Riña de Gatos. Madrid 1936" by Eduardo Mendoza and "La duda" by Ángeles Saura
Area of Honors:
Spanish
Keywords:
Spanish literature
Paintings
Art
File:
Download Thesis_Template_Freeman2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Guadalupe Martí-Peña, Thesis Supervisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor

159. James Lawson's Speech at Shaw University: Deconstructing Conflicting Ideologies to Help Establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Open Access
Author:
Miller, John Oliver
Title:
James Lawson's Speech at Shaw University: Deconstructing Conflicting Ideologies to Help Establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
Civil Rights Movement
Rhetorical Analysis
James Lawson
SNCC
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_John_Miller.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jack L Selzer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Marcy Lynne North, Thesis Honors Advisor

161. Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Solute Concentrations at Shaver's Creek

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Open Access
Author:
Duggan, Patrick C
Title:
Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Solute Concentrations at Shaver's Creek
Area of Honors:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Shaver's Creek
Solute concentrations
Agriculture
Anthropogenic and environmental factors
File:
Download Patrick_Duggan_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tess Alethea Russo, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Maureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor

162. Tongue and Jaw Movements in "Iowa" between Speakers with and without Dysarthria Secondary to ALS

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Open Access
Author:
Costa, Samantha Nichole
Title:
Tongue and Jaw Movements in "Iowa" between Speakers with and without Dysarthria Secondary to ALS
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
dysarthria
ALS
tongue
jaw
kinematics
dysarthria
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
tongue
jaw
kinematics
File:
Download Costa_Samantha_TongueJawSpeakerswithDysarthriaALS_b.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ji Min Lee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ingrid Maria Blood, Thesis Honors Advisor

163. THE EFFECTS OF PROPHYLACTIC POSTOPERATIVE ORAL ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY ON HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES AND INFECTION RISK

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Open Access
Author:
Doyle, Kerri Elizabeth
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF PROPHYLACTIC POSTOPERATIVE ORAL ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY ON HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES AND INFECTION RISK
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Health Policy and Administration and Risk Management
Keywords:
Postoperative Infection
Antibiotics
Foot and Ankle Surgery
File:
Download KerriDoyle_PostoperativeAntibioticsFootAndAnkleSurgery.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Rhonda Be Lue, Thesis Honors Advisor

164. Citrobacter Rodentium Infection Rates In C57BL6/J Mice Are Influenced By Host Diet

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Open Access
Author:
Santiago, Elaine Rose Franzuela
Title:
Citrobacter Rodentium Infection Rates In C57BL6/J Mice Are Influenced By Host Diet
Area of Honors:
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
Citrobacter rodentium
diet
infection rate
File:
Download Santiago_Elaine_CitrobacterRodentium.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

165. DIAGNOSIS OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FROM RATE TRANSIENT DATA: AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH

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Open Access
Author:
Case, Nathan Joseph
Title:
DIAGNOSIS OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS FROM RATE TRANSIENT DATA: AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial Neural Networks
Relative Permeability
Reservoir Engineering
Rate Transient Data
Artificial Intelligence
Petroleum Engineering
File:
Download Case_Nathan_DiagnosisOfRelativePermeabilityCharacteristics.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Faculty Reader

166. High Skilled Immigrants’ Effects on High Skilled Natives’ Wages and Immigrants’ Effects on the Labor Force Participation Rate and Subsequent Growth Rate of Gross Domestic Product in the United States

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Open Access
Author:
DiPietro, Karla M
Title:
High Skilled Immigrants’ Effects on High Skilled Natives’ Wages and Immigrants’ Effects on the Labor Force Participation Rate and Subsequent Growth Rate of Gross Domestic Product in the United States
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
immigration
wages
gross domestic product
labor force participation rate
labor demographic
population demographic
foreign born
File:
Download Karla_DiPietro_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Fariborz Ghadar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

169. The impact of genetic variants on kinesin motor proteins and the link to neurological disorders

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Open Access
Author:
Erdman, Marcus Orion
Title:
The impact of genetic variants on kinesin motor proteins and the link to neurological disorders
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
kinesin
neurological disorder
mutation
genomics
File:
Download Thesis_final_Marcus_Erdman.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader

171. THE EFFECTS OF INTERNAL HISTONE H3 TRUNCATIONS ON LSD1/COREST DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY

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Open Access
Author:
Johnston, James Lakshman
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF INTERNAL HISTONE H3 TRUNCATIONS ON LSD1/COREST DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
James
Johnston
James Johnston
Lakshman
LSD1
CoREST
Histone
Chromatin
H3
Truncations
Structure
Nucleosome
File:
Download JamesJohnstonThesisFinalFixed.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

172. Antiproliferative Effect of Ascorbate on Breast Epithelial Cells Acts via a Pro-Oxidant Mechanism of Hydrogen Peroxide Production

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Open Access
Author:
Martin, Robert Joseph
Title:
Antiproliferative Effect of Ascorbate on Breast Epithelial Cells Acts via a Pro-Oxidant Mechanism of Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Area of Honors:
Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Abington)
Keywords:
ascorbate
vitamin c
hydrogen peroxide
glutathione
MCF-10F
E2
C5
T4
breast epithelial cell lines
catalase
adjuvant
antiproliferative
pro-oxidant
in vitro
GLUT1
GLUT3
dehydroascorbate
oxidative
oxidative stress
oxidative phosphorylation
glycolysis
5-mM
10-mM
milimolar concentrations
reactive oxygen species
super oxides
free radicals
redox
redox reactions
GAPDH
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Eric Paul Ingersoll, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. David E Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Thomas McGuire, Faculty Reader

174. CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS

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Open Access
Author:
Wan, Mengxiong
Title:
CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
tire radius estimator
tire slip detection
kinematic model
recursive least square
encoder
GPS
File:
Download HonorThesis_MengxiongWan_FinalSubmission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

177. INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ATTACHMENT STYLE AS MEDIATED BY CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE

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Open Access
Author:
Machtinger, Rebecca Lynn
Title:
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ATTACHMENT STYLE AS MEDIATED BY CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
childhood sexual abuse
maltreatment
attachment styles
human development and family studies
intergenerational transmission
File:
Download Dr._Ross_Edits_with_Figures_FINAL_b.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jennie G Noll, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lesley Anne Ross, PhD, Thesis Honors Advisor

179. Development of a R package for Classifying Duplicate Gene Retention Mechanisms (CDROM) and Application to Duplicate Genes in Grasses

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Open Access
Author:
Perry, Brent R
Title:
Development of a R package for Classifying Duplicate Gene Retention Mechanisms (CDROM) and Application to Duplicate Genes in Grasses
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Gene duplication
subfunctionalization
grasses
Oryza sativa
Sorghum bicolor
Brachypodium distachyon
neofunctionalization
specialization
conservation
CDROM
File:
Download Perry_Brent_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Raquel Assis, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

181. VALIDATING THE USE OF PERIPHERAL BONE SITES TO PREDICT THE RISK OF FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE

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Open Access
Author:
Alba, Rachel L
Title:
VALIDATING THE USE OF PERIPHERAL BONE SITES TO PREDICT THE RISK OF FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
pQCT
peripheral quantitative computed tomography
femoral neck fracture
peripheral bone sites
File:
Download Alba_Rachel_ValidatingPeripheralBoneSites.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Allison Altman Singles, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor

182. PATERNAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: LINKAGES WITH PATERNAL BEDTIME EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY AND MATERNAL AND PATERNAL COPARENTING QUALITY

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Open Access
Author:
Atanasio, Meredith Grace
Title:
PATERNAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: LINKAGES WITH PATERNAL BEDTIME EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY AND MATERNAL AND PATERNAL COPARENTING QUALITY
Area of Honors:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Paternal Anxiety
Maternal Coparenting Quality
Paternal Coparenting Quality
Paternal Emotional Availability
Paternal Depressive Symptoms
File:
Download AtanasioFinalThesisSubmission_b.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Douglas Michael Teti, Ph D, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lesley Anne Ross, PhD, Thesis Honors Advisor

186. A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on Weaning in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Open Access
Author:
Gallagher, Maureen Brenna
Title:
A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on Weaning in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
PVAD
artificial heart
hematocrit
weaning
fluid dynamics
File:
Download Gallagher_Schreyer_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader

187. ROLE OF COREST N-TERMINAL EXTENSION ON LSD1/COREST DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY

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Open Access
Author:
Pecen, Turner John
Title:
ROLE OF COREST N-TERMINAL EXTENSION ON LSD1/COREST DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
LSD1
CoREST
Demethylase
Nucleosome
Binding Assay
Activity Assay
Protein
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Complex
File:
Download Pecen_Turner_ROLE_OF_COREST_N-TERMINAL_EXTENSION_ON_LSD1-COREST_DEMETHYLASE_ACTIVITY.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

189. REDUCTION OF DISCRETE BLADE RATE TONES VIA SLOWLY ROTATING STATOR

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Open Access
Author:
Auman, Kerstyn M
Title:
REDUCTION OF DISCRETE BLADE RATE TONES VIA SLOWLY ROTATING STATOR
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Blade rate tone reduction
stator rotor interaction
discrete tone
blade passing frequency
autospectrum
decibel
unsteady force
relative velocity
File:
Download AumanThesis_FINAL_KMA_MZG.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Lindau, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

190. Simulating Reversible Aggregations of Colloidal Particles

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Open Access
Author:
Johnson, Alan Okan
Title:
Simulating Reversible Aggregations of Colloidal Particles
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
colloids
colloidal particles
reversible
aggregations
cluster
Mathematica
graph theory
File:
Download Alan_O._Johnson_-_Schreyer_Honors_College_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Faculty Reader

197. “A Change from Ignorance to Knowledge:” Four Incarnations of Stanley Kubrick’s Tragic Hero

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Open Access
Author:
Giannetta, Angela Gabrielle
Title:
“A Change from Ignorance to Knowledge:” Four Incarnations of Stanley Kubrick’s Tragic Hero
Area of Honors:
Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Abington)
Keywords:
Stanley Kubrick
Aristotle
The Poetics
Tragic hero
The Shining
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Eyes Wide Shut
File:
Download Giannetta-SHC_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Leonard Mustazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. David E Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor