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4602. PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF INVERTED ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

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Open Access
Author:
Farbo, James Michael
Title:
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF INVERTED ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
organic photovoltaic
solar energy
renewable energy
bulk heterojunction
bilayer heterojunction
ordered heterojunction
P3HT
PFTBT
PCBM
File:
Download James_Farbo_Thesis_v412.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

4603. ASSESSMENT OF POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

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Open Access
Author:
Gupta, Neha
Title:
ASSESSMENT OF POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Area of Honors:
Science
Keywords:
Concussion
Management
Treatment
Resources
Brain Injury
Sports Concussions
Post-Concussion Syndrome
File:
Download Gupta_Neha_ConcussionResources.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ronald Albert Markle, Thesis Honors Advisor
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Faculty Reader

4604. A MATLAB® MODEL FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF RAMJET ENGINES USING CALORICALLY IMPERFECT GASES

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Open Access
Author:
Nunez, Marco
Title:
A MATLAB® MODEL FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF RAMJET ENGINES USING CALORICALLY IMPERFECT GASES
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering (Behrend)
Keywords:
Ramjet
Rayleigh-flow
Taylor-Maccoll
Supersonic
Normal shock
Oblique shock
Matlab
File:
Download A_Matlab_R__Model_for_the_Design_and_Optimization_of_Ramjet_Engines_Using_Calorically_Imperfect_Gases.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Barukyah Shaparenko, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Yi Wu, Thesis Honors Advisor

4605. IMPACT OF REGULATORY DECISIONS AFTER PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS RELATING TO ONCOLOGY DRUGS ON PHARMACEUTICAL STOCK RETURNS

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Open Access
Author:
Curotto, Andrew James
Title:
IMPACT OF REGULATORY DECISIONS AFTER PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS RELATING TO ONCOLOGY DRUGS ON PHARMACEUTICAL STOCK RETURNS
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
pharmaceutical
event study
finance
clinical trials
stock returns
File:
Download A._Curotto_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Faculty Reader

4608. TESTING THE TAYLOR RULE FROM 1960-PRESENT: WHERE SHOULD THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE BE?

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Open Access
Author:
Phelps, Victoria Rose
Title:
TESTING THE TAYLOR RULE FROM 1960-PRESENT: WHERE SHOULD THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE BE?
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Taylor Rule
Mankiw Rule
Economics
Federal Reserve
Bernanke
Burns
Volcker
Greenspan
monetary policy
Chuderewicz
File:
Download Phelps_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

4612. A Study of Calcium-Magnesium-Alumino-Silicate (CMAS) Interactions With Gadolinium Zirconate (GZO), Gadolinum Aluminum Perovskite (GAP) and GZO-GAP Composited Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs).

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Open Access
Author:
Karwa, Saagar
Title:
A Study of Calcium-Magnesium-Alumino-Silicate (CMAS) Interactions With Gadolinium Zirconate (GZO), Gadolinum Aluminum Perovskite (GAP) and GZO-GAP Composited Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs).
Area of Honors:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Gadolinium zirconate
Gadolinium aluminum perovskite
Gehlenite
Apatite
Gadolinium aluminum garnet
rare earth (RE) garnet
Calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicate
Electron Beam - Physical Vapor Deposition
Air Plasma Spray
Thermal Barrier Coatings
Thermally grown oxide
Bond coat
Top coat
File:
Download Saagar_S._Karwa_Undergraduate_Thesis_2018.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor

4614. Defining Stage-Specific and Constitutive Promoters in Plasmodium yoelii

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Open Access
Author:
Finger, Logan
Title:
Defining Stage-Specific and Constitutive Promoters in Plasmodium yoelii
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Malaria
Plasmodium
CRISPR/Cas9
Stage-Specific Promoters
Genetically Attenuated Parasites
File:
Download Finger_LE_Honors_Thesis_v3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scott Eugene Lindner, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

4615. Conditioning for Musicians: Transplanting the Methods of Personal Training to the Music Practice Room

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Open Access
Author:
Cichocki, Brooke Eliza
Title:
Conditioning for Musicians: Transplanting the Methods of Personal Training to the Music Practice Room
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music education
personal training
wellness
musician practice
practice plan
training plan
File:
Download BROOKE_CICHOCKI_THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

4616. EFFECTS OF POST-PROCESSING ON PRESSURE DROP AND HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COOLING CHANNELS

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Open Access
Author:
Orth, Carolyn Ann
Title:
EFFECTS OF POST-PROCESSING ON PRESSURE DROP AND HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COOLING CHANNELS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
additive manufacturing
heat transfer
pressure drop
cooling channels
surface roughness
File:
Download Orth_Carolyn_EffPostProcPressDropHTAMChannels.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

4617. FTIR Microscopy of Glass Microsphere Composite Interfaces and Their Effect on Tensile Properties

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Open Access
Author:
Steinmetz, Erik
Title:
FTIR Microscopy of Glass Microsphere Composite Interfaces and Their Effect on Tensile Properties
Area of Honors:
Plastics Engineering Technology (Behrend)
Keywords:
FTIR Microscopy
Composites
Glass Microspheres
Interfaces
File:
Download Thesis_Document_Erik_Steinmetz_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jonathan Meckley, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Meckley, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gary F. Smith, Faculty Reader

4620. Diagnostic Evasion in Plasmodium falciparum Towards Hrp2-Sensitive Rapid Diagnostic Tests via pfhrp2 Gene Deletions

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Open Access
Author:
Hollenbeak, Asher
Title:
Diagnostic Evasion in Plasmodium falciparum Towards Hrp2-Sensitive Rapid Diagnostic Tests via pfhrp2 Gene Deletions
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
malaria
rapid diagnostic tests
diagnostic
Plasmodium
falciparum
Linkage
Disequilibrium
File:
Download Hollenbeak_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Maciej F Boni, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lorraine C Santy, Thesis Honors Advisor

4623. ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS OF BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES USING THE HIGHLY PERMEABLE OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN, OMPF

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Open Access
Author:
Carson, Drew Vincent
Title:
ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS OF BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES USING THE HIGHLY PERMEABLE OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN, OMPF
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
biomimetic membranes
membrane filtration
filtration
membrane engineering
protein purification
OmpF
block copolymer
membrane
nanosheets
File:
Download Drew_Carson.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Manish Kumar, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

4625. SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR 3D PRINTED MULTISPECTRAL SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Davidson, Joshua
Title:
SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR 3D PRINTED MULTISPECTRAL SYSTEMS
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
IR
Infrared
Millimeter Wave
Imaging
Multimodal
Shared
Combined Aperture
Freeform optics
Gradient Index
GRIN
Pulse Electroplating
Additive Manufacturing
IR
Infrared
Millimeter Wave
Imaging
Multimodal
Shared
Combined Aperture
Freeform optics
Gradient Index
GRIN
Pulse Electroplating
Additive Manufacturing
IR
Infrared
Millimeter Wave
Imaging
Multimodal
Shared
Combined Aperture
Freeform optics
Gradient Index
GRIN
Pulse Electroplating
File:
Download thesisfinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Faculty Reader

4626. An Examination Of The Gender Gap And Gender Profile In Federal Trade Commission Bureau Of Consumer Protection Violations

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Open Access
Author:
Swantek, Kristen Rose
Title:
An Examination Of The Gender Gap And Gender Profile In Federal Trade Commission Bureau Of Consumer Protection Violations
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Criminology
gender
gender gap
gender profile
ftc
federal trade commission
fraud
financial fraud
fraud violations
File:
Download thesis_final_Swantek.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

4628. The Pros and Cons of Perceived HIV-Related Stigma in Younger and Older Adolescents in Botswana

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Open Access
Author:
Grullon-Perez, Karina
Title:
The Pros and Cons of Perceived HIV-Related Stigma in Younger and Older Adolescents in Botswana
Area of Honors:
Science
Keywords:
HIV
HIV-related stigma
Stigma
Adolescents
Treatment outcomes
Anticipated stigma
Experienced stigma
Internalized stigma
File:
Download GrullonPerez_Karina_Honors_Thesis2019.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Joshua George Rosenberger, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ronald Albert Markle, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kari Christine Kugler, Faculty Reader

4630. Microfluidic Time-Division Multiple Access Resistive Pulse Sensor for Particle Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Murphy, Erica Angela
Title:
Microfluidic Time-Division Multiple Access Resistive Pulse Sensor for Particle Analysis
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Resistive pulse sensing
Lab-on-a-chip
TDMA
Digital hardware
Analog hardware
LabVIEW
MATLAB
PCB design
File:
Download Murphy_Erica_TDMARPS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Weihua Guan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

4631. Redesign of the Fragile Item Department S.O.P. for an Off-Price Department Store Retailer

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Open Access
Author:
Nardi, Kara
Title:
Redesign of the Fragile Item Department S.O.P. for an Off-Price Department Store Retailer
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
Retail
Distribution Center
Supply Chain
Redesign
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_PDF.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John C. Spychalski, Thesis Honors Advisor

4632. I Thought About Killing You: Considering The Utility of Rhetorical and Biographical Critical Approaches to Kanye West's Ye

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Open Access
Author:
Steinle, Cory N
Title:
I Thought About Killing You: Considering The Utility of Rhetorical and Biographical Critical Approaches to Kanye West's Ye
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Kanye West
rhetoric
biography
criticism
File:
Download Steinle_Cory_KanyeCriticism.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bradford James Vivian, Thesis Supervisor
Lori Ann Bedell, Thesis Honors Advisor

4633. The Making of a Stalinist Mythos: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Nation-Building in Soviet Historiography, 1939-1953

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Open Access
Author:
Hizgilov, Daniel Rafael
Title:
The Making of a Stalinist Mythos: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Nation-Building in Soviet Historiography, 1939-1953
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
historians
Stalin
Mythos
USSR
Historiography
Russia
File:
Download Hizgilov_Daniel_StalinistMythos.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

4634. SPREADING AWARENESS OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ONLINE

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Open Access
Author:
Callaghan, Daniella F
Title:
SPREADING AWARENESS OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ONLINE
Area of Honors:
Security and Risk Analysis
Keywords:
Sex Trafficking
Pennsylvania
Backpage.com
File:
Download SPREADING_AWARENESS_OF_SEX_TRAFFICKING_IN_PENNSYLVANIA_AND_ONLINE_dfc.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Edward J Glantz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Edward J Glantz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter Kent Forster, Faculty Reader

4635. The Effect of Selenoproteins on Infection-Mediated Inflammation and Gut Epithelial Barrier Integrity

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Open Access
Author:
Herold, Morgan
Title:
The Effect of Selenoproteins on Infection-Mediated Inflammation and Gut Epithelial Barrier Integrity
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
selenium
inflammation
gut
gut barrier integrity
citrobacter rodentium
tight junction protein
immunology
cox
cytokines
File:
Download Herold_Morgan_Selenium.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

4636. Fostering a Future: The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Support on Employment in Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

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Open Access
Author:
Caldwell, Catherine Marie
Title:
Fostering a Future: The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Support on Employment in Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
Foster care
PTSD
Social support
employment
File:
Download CALDWELL_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sandra T Azar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Honors Advisor

4638. Economic Margnialization on Migrants From Host Country Resettlement Programs: An International Comparative Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Adams, Zachary Michael
Title:
Economic Margnialization on Migrants From Host Country Resettlement Programs: An International Comparative Analysis
Area of Honors:
International Affairs
Keywords:
Refugees
Refugee Resettlement
European Union
Canada
United States
Economic Marginalization
Poverty Risk
Migrant Income
Migration
Asylum Seekers
Labor Market
Resettlement Programs
File:
Download Economic_Marginalization_on_Migrants_from_Resettlement_Programs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sophia A Mcclennen, Thesis Supervisor
Eleanor Marie Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

4641. Examining the Associations Between Body Mass Index, Rejection Sensitivity, and Stress-Reactivity Following Social Exclusion

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Open Access
Author:
Geller, Andrew
Title:
Examining the Associations Between Body Mass Index, Rejection Sensitivity, and Stress-Reactivity Following Social Exclusion
Area of Honors:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
Body Mass Index
Rejection Sensitivity
Stress-Reactivity
Social Exclusion
File:
Download Final_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Thesis Supervisor
Helen Marie Kamens, Thesis Honors Advisor

4645. Factors That Contribute To The Morbidity And Mortality Rate For Pre and Post Natal Care In Rural Women Of Pakistan

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Open Access
Author:
Saqib, Zunish
Title:
Factors That Contribute To The Morbidity And Mortality Rate For Pre and Post Natal Care In Rural Women Of Pakistan
Area of Honors:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Healthcare
Pakistan
Pre Natal
Post Natal
Rural Women
Access
Quality of Care
File:
Download ZUNISH_SAQIB_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Mark Sceigaj, Thesis Supervisor
Selena E Ortiz, Thesis Honors Advisor