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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Decreasing Tracheal Volume during Intermolt Development in Grasshoppers, Andrew Sheahan

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The Patient Narrative and the Impositions of Implicit Biases in Health Care, Dhara Shukla

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The Effect of Due Diligence (DD) Reports on Robinhood Stock Ownership During 2019, Ryan Sidorski

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Reality Television: Investigating Discrimination Among America’s Guiltiest Pleasures, Shane M. Smith

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Using Speech Perception to Measure Attitudes Toward Niqabi Speakers: Development of an Audiovisual Valence Priming Procedure and Stimulus Set, Hannah Soliman

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Finance and Fear: Sentiment, Media, and Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alison N. Sommers

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Understanding the Factors behind China's Economic Growth and its Growth Trends in the Future, Sadhika Thapa

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How does the Abundance of Invasive honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) Increase Tick Density?, Cato Tran

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The Effect of Sonic Hedgehog on the Developing Spiral Intestine in Leucoraja erinacea, Brianna Turner-Douglas

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Los defectos de la perfección: Un análisis de los temas recurrentes de secretos, traumas intergeneracionales e identidades biculturales en Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana, Tiffany Vembenil

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PIXE Analysis of Heavy Metals in Soil along the East River, Mia Villeneuve

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Using Laughter to Inspire Change: Absurdist Theatre in Oppressive Societies, Mia Villeneuve

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Bootstrapped Fractional Designs Applied to Models with Both Mixture and Process Variables, Laura Vinton

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Autism and Gender: The Intersection Between Camouflaging and Gender-Related Distress, Jillian Walenda

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Characterization of the Initial Explosive Phases of the 2021 Eruption at La Soufriere, St. Vincent, Sydney Walters

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COVID-19 and Social Isolation: Predicting Psychological Distress in High vs. Low Self-Monitors, Miya Walto

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Mental Health is Wealth Too: Did the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Improve Mental Health Outcomes?, Dereck Wang

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Enhancing Bifacial PV Efficiency With the Addition of a Rear Side Reflector, Neila Watson

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The Role of the Sibling Relationship During Stressful Life Events, Brianna Weissel

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Feasibility of Stable Isotope Analysis as a Method for Prior Ixodes scapularis Host Identification, Sarah Wettergreen

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Convergence and Hegemony: The United States and China in the 21st Century, Daniel Wilcox

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"Meatheads" Redefined: An Analysis of the Union College Football Team, Michaela Wood

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The Impact of Financial Renewable Energy Policy Incentives vs. Government Renewable Energy Regulatory Policies on CO2 Emissions and Employment in US States, Andrew Woolston

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Weight Measurement System for Emergency Pediatric Transports, Sarah Worth, William Duprey, John Masci, and Kiara Beckham

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Sewage and Pathogen Contamination in Urban Streams in Schenectady in the Lower Mohawk Watershed, Joanna Wright

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Impact of Movements on Facial Expression Recognition, Zhebin Yin

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Bridging the Gap with Music: The Fusion of Chinese and American Culture in Mando-Pop, Katarina Zahedi

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Mutations in Caveolin Binding Motif Alter Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor Signaling, Katarina Zahedi

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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The Digital Yuan and the BeiDou Satellite System: China’s Increasing Structural Power in an Interdependent World, Marina Angelopoulos

Microstructural Characterization of Catalytic Copper- and Chromium-Containing Alumina Aerogels, Chris Avanessian

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Partial Translation of Clément Horvath’s Till Victory: Lettres du Jour J à la Victoire, David Bates

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Orthopedic Anti-Plunging with External Cooling Drill System, David Bates, Nick Muro, Olivia Bresett, and Laura Wind

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The Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Causing a Dysregulation of the HPA Axis on the Incidence of Depression, Elsa Bechu and Brian Cohen

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Analysis of Possible Hybrid Meson Decay, Jasper Bergh

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Quantum Walks on Expander Graphs, Jasper Bergh

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PIXE Analysis of Soil Samples from the George Washington Bridge, Helen Black

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Election Administration: The Effect of Race on Election Technology Implementation and Advancement in the United States, Danielle Blaustein

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry, Erika Bonnist

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Analysis of Caveolin-1 Expression and Interaction with FSHR in Lipid Raft Domains, Joseph Bott

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El neocolonialismo: la influencia imperialista del turismo en Honduras, Kelsey Brodie

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Effects of Bounding Tree Complexity on Immersion in a Virtual Environment, Jonathan Caputo

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Heavy Metal Contamination in Drinking Water and its Connection to Superfund Site Related Environmental Injustice, Emily Caruso

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The Effect of Gender Roles and Priming on Mental Health Self-Stigma and Attitudes, Sarah Competiello

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“She Just Doesn’t Have the Presidential Look”: The Effects of Sexism on Hillary Clinton’s Loss in the 2016 Election, and How Donald Trump’s Misogynistic Brand Contributed., Kaitlyn Connor

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Analysis of Differential Gene Expression Patterns During Spiral Intestine Development in Leucoraja erinacea, Kelsey Cox

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Antidepressant Prescriptions Among Hospice Patients During Their Final Days, Erika Crampton

Effects of Non-Homeostatic Feeding Mechanisms on the Long-Term Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery, Cameron Cyr

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The Plight of Social Media: An Analysis of the Effects Social Media has on Political Discourse, Kelsey Delaney

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Singular yet Shared: Willful Heroines and their Willful Communities in Young Adult Fantasy, Shea Delehaunty

The Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Schiff Base Transition Metal Complexes, Isabella Demyan

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Design of a Sectioned Warming Device to Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia, Julia Dickson, Katherine Stevens, Annie O'Donnell, and Dessources Domond

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The State of the Asylum: Assessing Institutional Legitimacy through an Examination of its Clientele, Peter Dranow

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Hybrid Viability: An analysis of Drosophila hybrid competition and mating success amongst its parental species, Konrad Drzymalski

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Let’s Talk About Sex: A Social Analysis of College Students’ Experiences with Hookup Culture, Samantha Epstein

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The Poetry of Revolution: The Legacy of a Written Rebellion, Eva Erickson

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Mapping the Queer Ephemeral, Mitchell Famulare

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Electron Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy/An Introduction for Union College, Jacob Feinstein

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The Precarious and Political: Undocumented Immigrant Activism, Rights Claims, and Networks of Solidarity, Caroline Fitzgerald

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Pediatric Pulse Oximeter for Low Resource Countries, Celina Francis, Alexandra Kucinski, Lara Atalay, Saniyah Dar, and Fatima Shaat

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Rethinking “Representative” Democracy, Tawreak Gamble-Eddington

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The Black Experience in Early to Mid-20th-Century Great Britain, France, and Germany: The Positioning of a Community as the “Other”, Tawreak Gamble-Eddington

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Triumphing Over Trauma: Addressing Past Experiences and Mental Health Following Resettlement in the United States, Tyler Greenwood

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直到有正义(Until There is Justice), Nathalie A. Gullo and Elizabeth NiesGreeley

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Radar Network Synchronization and Imaging using Semiconductor Laser System, Meesha Gupta

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Reaping What They Sewed: Embroidery in Politics, Feminism, and Art, Lilith Haig

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The Thematic Changes in DEFA Cinema, David Hillman

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German Odysseys of the First World War, David Terence Hillman

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President Donald J. Trump and His Attempted Politicization of the United States Military, Brian Huang

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Ethnicity and “Women Religious”: How Irish-American and Other Ethnic Nuns Were Presented in American Newspapers from 1865 to 1915, Lydia Hursh

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Probing an Alternative Structure in Precursor miRNA-92b with Small Organic Compounds, Sophie Hurwitz

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IoT Garden Frost Alarm, Andrew James

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Political Propaganda on Imperial Coinage in the Age of Augustus, Juliana Maria Ketting

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Why Check? An Investigation of the Relationship Between Checking Behaviors, Obsessive-Compulsive Symptomatology and Metamemory in a Virtual Stove-Checking Task, Alison Kinsella

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HBO’s "The Wire" and its Portrayal of Baltimore Politics, Schools, and the Judicial System in Season 4: Was it Accurate then and Does it Stand the Test of Time?, Josephine Klingeman

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Device for Affixation of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System to Ambulance Cot for Non-Emergent Transport, Troy Kohler, Kendall Rogoff, Matthew Miller, and Lily Buchanan

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A Translation of Some Works of Louise Michel, Early French Feminist, Militant Anarchist, and Socialist Visionary, Julianna Kramer

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"Gone, but Never Forgotten:" Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in the United States, Julianna Kramer

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El éxito del turismo comunitario en Latinoamérica, Alexandra Lazar

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La operación: Coerced Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women in the 20th Century, Alexandra Lazar

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How to Improve Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Case Study in Balanced Institutional Design Mechanisms in the Climate Change and Ozone Regime, Emma Lee

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An Analysis of Religious Extremism Through Memoir, Sydney Lewis

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Nymphettamine, Rebekah Lindsey

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American Identity: The Political Consequences of Defining America Throughout the Nation’s Most Formative Moments, Cate Llewellyn

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El agroturismo: la clave para el futuro sostenible de España, Emma Mahony

Systemic Inequalities in the Brazilian Education System: By Chance or by Choice?, Erin Marmen

Influence of Ligand Backbone and Solvent on Product Distribution of Cu(II) Salts with Imine Based Ligands, Jason Marmorstein and Laurie Tyler Dr.

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Smooth muscle differentiation influences spiraling in the intestine of Leucoraja erinacea, Christian Mastroianni

Automated Greenhouse Watering and Heating System for the Schenectady ARC, Yusen Meng and Aikaterini Petridou

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The Evolution of Protest and Social Movements in the National Basketball Association from the Mid-20th Century to the Present Day, Luke Messersmith

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The Evolution of Protest and Social Movements in the National Basketball Association from the Mid-20th Century to the Present Day, Luke Messersmith

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Device for Affixation of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System to Ambulance Cot for Non-Emergent Transport, Matthew Miller, Kendall Rogoff, Troy Kohler, and Lily Buchanan

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Determination of the Calcium-Dependent Activation Mechanism for Metacaspase 1 from the Fungus Schizophyllum commune, Charlotte Mineo

The Paradox of the War on Terror: Domestic Terrorism and White Supremacist Extremism, Marie-Amélie Morange

Synthesis of Potential Small-Molecule Inhibitors for S. Commune Metacaspase, Makayla Mori and Joanne D. Kehlbeck

The Role of FSH in Osteoporosis & Ensuing Susceptibility to Fractures, Kenza Mourji

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Visits to the Living: A Partial Translation of Cathie Barreau’s Visites aux vivants, Jennifer Mutch

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Provenance, Jennifer Ann Mutch

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"Prevention through Deterrence" Against Citizens: the Venezuela-Colombia Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Human Rights Implications, Andreina Negretti Benito

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Circuit Breaker Failure Analysis System, Marlie Norbrun

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Base Erosion and Profit Shifting in Continental Africa and Beyond, Nathan Olsen