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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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

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K-wire Differentiation, Oluwadamilola Oluwadara, Lillian Maresco, Eunjung Lee, and Michelle De Leon

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Developing Prediction Models for Kidney Stone Disease, Joseph Palko

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Cómo la sostenibilidad y el ecoturismo pueden ayudar a salvar destinos turísticos populares en Puerto Rico, Joshua Paneto

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The Harmful Prioritization of “Sex Trafficking” in U.S. Anti-Trafficking Discourse, Spencer Pennybacker

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The Witch of Thessaly, Julia Pogge

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An Analysis of China’s Claims and Their Development of Artificial Islands in the South China Sea; Are They One Step Closer to Becoming a World Power?, John Pugliese

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Using Difference-in-Differences Analysis and the Kocyk Geometric Lag Model to Estimate Aspects of Carbon Tax Effectiveness in Nordic Countries, Kyle Riley

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Defining “Firm Nationality”; An Exploration of the Modern Firm Within the Context of United States-China Relations, Cory Sachs

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Selma to Shelby: Voter Suppression and Its Damage to Democracy, Erika Sanders

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A Post Title-IX Analysis of American Sports Culture: The Women Aren’t Done Yet, Bridget Schauder

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Ecoturismo y empoderamiento: La ecoinnovación de las mujeres indígenas en América Latina, Kathleen Sinatra

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Human Rights Activism: The Catalyst of Transitional Justice?, Kathleen Sinatra

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Female Infertility in the United States and India: An Analysis of Treatment Barriers and Coping Strategies, Devneet Singh

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Democracy in Peril: Examining the Resurgence of Fascism and the Radical Right in Europe, William Sirmon

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Mental Health Interveners, Stress and Response to Covid-19 in Elementary Schools, Johanna Sosa

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El papel de la educación en la conservación y el ecoturismo en Costa Rica, Alice Sperry

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The Association Among Executive Functioning, Self-Efficacy and ADHD with Attitudes Towards Online Learning, Alice Sperry

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An Analysis of Option Set Size and Option Presentation Style on Consumer Choice and Perception, Julianna (Juls) Sweet

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The Association Between Attachment Style and Decision Making Style, Julianna (Juls) Sweet

Losing Sight of Home: A Translation of Pham Van Ky's Perdre La Demeure, Jackson Thibodeau

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The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Implementation on Total Factor Productivity, Matthew Toy

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Vibrant Darkness, Alexandra Trousilek

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La reivindicación de la cultura judía en España a través del turismo sostenible, Hannah Weeks

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Chaos-Based Coffee Can Radar System, Conor Willsie and Rong Chen

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Clothes Make the (Wo)Man: Gender Performed Through Fashion as an Agent of Socialization, Madison Altman

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Investigation of structural changes in mixed-metal catalytic aerogels at elevated temperatures, Thomas Andre

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How Hydrocarbon Resources and Vladimir Putin's Acquaintances are Linked to Russia's Foreign Policy Decisions, Anttoni Asikainen

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Carbon dioxide saturation of streams and rivers in Upstate New York, Cameron Bechtold

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An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Julia Beekman, Jillian Yeager, and Megan Morrissey

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Contemporary Handicraft, Textile Art, and Feminist Social Critique, Kaitlynn Blow

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Campus Sexual Assault and the Onset of Subclinical Eating Disorder Symptoms in Men and Women, Jacquelynn Burmester

Ein Totengespräch, Jacquelynn Burmester

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Cold War Proxy Wars: A Threat To The Unipolar World Order, A Realist View, Mikaela Buryj

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La sensibilidad de la lente crítica: Las dinámicas de poder y los papeles de género en el cine mexicano contemporáneo, China Campagnuolo

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Synthesis of Alkyl Aryl Ethers Using a Halogen Exchange Coupled to an Ullmann Etherification, Antonio Campedelli

Visual Head Reflexes Underlying Prey Interception in Dragonflies, Melany Carvalho

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Segmentation methods in image analysis using medial representations, Qinying Chen

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Calibrating Hydroclimate Proxies in Three Southern Portuguese Speleothems, Alaina Chormann

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Coffee Can Radar System, Dale Coker

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CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Disruption Experiments Targeting Selected Genes in a Mushroom-Producing Fungus, Matthew Cullen

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ACTUALLY OUT OF AFRICA: EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON THE GREEKS THROUGH MYTHOLOGY, Lavonia Duncan

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gama-Lactams and the Reformatsky Reaction: New Tricks for Old Chemistry, Dylan Dupont

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Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place: The Legacy of Governmental (Il)legitimacy and Contemporary Iraq, Daniele Durkin

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Discussing Different Topics With Others: Electrical Insights Into Political Conversation, Annika Eberle

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A Revolutionary Approach to Transsphenoidal Surgery: The PEDG, Paidamoyo Ewing, Lavonia Duncan, Giselle Perkowski, and Erendira Garcia Pallares

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High-tech Development in Late Developing States: Taiwan's Semiconductor Success, Owen Farley

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A Novel Device to Remove Kidney Stone Fragments from the Ureter, Madeline Feinberg, Christina Pavlovsky, and John Kasel

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Redesigned Endoscopic Bite Block for Geriatric Patients, Kayla Fisher, Katherine Gregory, and Owen Corey

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Development of Catalytic Chromia-based Aerogels, Fiona Fitzgerald

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No sólo una fase: las narrativas queer en el cine argentino contemporáneo, Samuel Fogarty

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Twinks, Jocks, and Bears, Oh My! Differing Body Ideals Among Gay Male Subcommunities, Samuel Fogarty

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Dragonfly Wing Kinetics in Response to Looming Stimuli: Prey Approach or Predator Escape, Dory Freeman

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Groundwater isotopes across scales: continent-wide modeling and local field characterization, Jaclyn Gehring

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Practical Efficiency of Password Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols, Bhuwan Gokhool

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Exploring Reasons for Variations in Water Quality and Ownership of Community Water Systems across the State of Connecticut, Claire Hadelman

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Sign Detection System for Real Time Applications, Brock Harris and William Christensen

Folklore, Art, or Heritage? Exploring the Truth and Mythology behind French Cuisine, Megan Holmes

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The Autonomous Flocking u-Sub (AFuS) Project, Jacob Karaul

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An Ecologically Valid Test of the Survival Processing and Animacy Effects, Daniele Klein

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Derivation and Exploration of Analytical Aircraft Stability Analysis, Roderick Landreth

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SOL Retractor: Rapidly Deployable Film-Based C-Section Retractor, Casey Lee, Silas Cleveland, Jose Dolores Valdivieso, and Joseph Perks

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Social Consequences of Obesity: Case Study of Bariatric Population at Ellis Hospital, Kara Leyden

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Optimization of Union College’s Microgrid to Meet All Load with a Least-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy Mix, Caitlin McMahon

Projected Impact of Professional Fulfillment and Physician Engagement and Mentoring on Improving Physician Burnout, Bo Hyun Moon

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The Nativist-Utilitarian Revolution: An Analysis of Moral Change in the American Eugenics Movement, Arnold Moore

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An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Megan Morrissey, Jillian Yeager, and Julia Beekman

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Three-phase Pulse Width Modulated AC/DC Rectifier and DC/AC Inverter, Carmen Ngo

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Construction of Identity in Diasporic Communities: Musical Artists Performance of Caribbeanness & Latinidad, Dayrielis Noa-Guzman

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Mutation of Schizophyllum commune Metacaspases for the Prevention of Autoproteolysis in vitro, Kimberly O'Reilly and Kimberly A. O'Reilly

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Sex Education in France: An imbalanced history, Marisa Peters

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Peruvian Speleothem Deposits from the present to 440,000 years BP and stable isotope data from 25,000 to 64,000 years BP, Laura Piccirillo

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Universal Healthcare: Solution or Delusion? Comparing Medicare for All, Public Option, and Business-As-Usual Models Among U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidates, Elizabeth Pinchman

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Sculptural Plague Votives: Creating a Form of Protection Against the Disease, Gabrielle Polott

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Classification of Torsion Subgroups for Mordell Curves, Zachary Porat

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Midnight Sun, Midday Moon - Reflections on the Norwegian Landscape, Mengjia Qi

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Evaluation of United States Federal Oil Spill Policies: Deepwater Horizon vs. Bouchard B120, Quinn Relihan

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Avian Community Organization Changes Along a Gradient of Scrub-Oak Structure in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Sean Rigney

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"With Great Power...": Post-9/11 Politics in Superhero Comics, TV, and Film, Caroline Ristaino

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Breathe Easy: A More Efficient Way To Avoid Tracheostomy Airway Blockages, Katelynn Russ, Kathleen Swanson, and Olivia Zimmerman

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Ventilator: An Analysis of the History, Design, and Current World Implications, Joana Santos

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Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry of Lead-Iron Diffusion, John Schlater

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My Exploration of Treasures from the Mind of David Park, Brittany Schwartz

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Placing the Good in Plato’s Republic, James Segee-Wright

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Haldol Use Among Home Hospice Patients Being Cared for in Community-Run Homes, Max Sherman

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Analyzing Thermal Gradients Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Scrub Oak Habitats, Alyssa Silbey

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There Must be Something in the Water: A Comparative Study of Ground Water Contamination in the U.S.A. and Canada, Kathleen Spooner

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Power for the Powerless: How Donald Trump Used Voters’ Anxieties to Win in 2016, Nathaniel Stekler

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Dragonfly Wing and Head Movement Elicited by Unilateral Nerve Cord Electrical Stimulation, Alyson Sullivan

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No Longer the 'Exception:' An Unraveling of Global Incarceration Systems, Bridgit Sullivan

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Breathe Easy: A More Efficient Way to Avoid Tracheostomy Airway Blockages, Kathleen Swanson, Katelynn Russ, and Olivia Zimmerman

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Investigating Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor and its Partners Using the APEX Assay, Alexandra Temple

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Women in Latin Epigraphy: A Comparative Analysis of Gender and Social Status in Roman Epitaphs, Mallory Toolan

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An Analysis of Patients Undergoing Hip and Knee Arthroplasties in an Accountable Care Organization, Harjot Uppal

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Exploration of Stable Isotope Analysis to Identify Prior Host in Ixodes scapularis, Imogene Welles

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Human Facial Emotion Recognition System in a Real-Time, Mobile Setting, Claire Williamson

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The Failure of the Conceptual Framework "Righteous Incivility", Scott Williams

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Women at War: Soviet and American Airwomen in Combat During World War II, Hayden Woodyatt

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HOW DID MEDICAID EXPANSION AFFECT THE PROVIDER LABOR MARKET?, Aaron Wu

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An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) Prevention, Jillian Yeager, Megan Morrissey, and Julia Beekman