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Theses/Dissertations from 2017

How I learned to Drive, Ariella Honig

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Choice of Choice: Paradoxical Results Surrounding of the Axiom of Choice, Connor Hurley

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Combatting Human Extinction: Biblical Archetypes and Environmental Apocalypse in Contemporary Dystopian Fiction, Elizabeth Hurley

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Psychiatric Disorders Memory and the Future: The Effect of Anxiety and Depression on Self- Defining Memory and Self-Defining Future Projections, Sarah Irvine

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Optimum Currency Areas and the European Experience: An Examination of Diverging Competitiveness among Key EU Nations, Karol Jablonski

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The Axiom of Choice in Topology, Ruoxuan Jia

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Do Elderly Workers Crowd Out Younger Workers in the United States?, Jing Jin

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SAE AERO Telemetry System, Catherine F. Kanama

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Synthesis of Electrically Conductive Polylactic Acid Composites for 3D Printing, Zhixin Kang

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Living Within the Margins: The Constitutional Culture of Irish Life Law and Literature, Meghan Keator

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"We Poor Devils": The Interactions Shared Experiences and Differing Fates of the Cheyenne Sioux Buffalo Soldiers and U.S. Army in a Post-Civil War America: 1865- 1890, Meghan Keegan

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An Investigation of the Four Vertex Theorem and its Converse, Rebeka Kelmar

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From Woody Guthrie to the Big Muddy: The Evolution of Political Music in America From World War I to the Late 1960s, Alexander B. Kouwenhoven

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Acquirer Shareholder Value Creation in United States Mergers & Acquisitions, Kristen K. Landre

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An Analysis of the Nature and Tactics of Demagogues in ancient Athens and modern America, Thomas Francis Lawton

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The Negative Environmental Impacts of the Animal Agriculture Industry and the U.S. Policies in Place to Protect It, Madeline M. Lewis

Investigation of the Possible Introduction of Avian Influenza to Poultry Stocks via Communal Water Contamination from Wild Waterfowl Populations, Kimberly MacLeod

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Design and Manufacture Of A Tick Collecting Robot, Jeremy Manus

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Co-Flow Jet (CFJ) Airfoils Practicality in Engineless Airplanes, Kathleen Matthews

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Food Porn & A Snack: Investigating the Effect of Mindset on a Taste Test, Kingshuk Mazumdar

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Les Chroniques de Toi / The Chronicles of You, Marc Mazza

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FoMO and The Image of The Self: From College Campuses to Madison Avenue, Rachel McDermott

Cloning Expression and Characterization of S. commune Metacaspase ScMC4Dpro, Molly McDonald

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Macho Men: Male Body Image in 21st Century America, Allison N. Michaelis

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Fitness and Exercise as Linked to Overall Stress and Physiological Stress Responses, Justine Monthony

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War's Children, Julie Niejadlik

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Colliding Wind Binaries with Orbital Motion: Line Wind Formulation, Brendan O'Connor

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Impact of the Nuclear Phase-Out in Germany: Examining the Costs and Benefits of Aggresive Energy Policy in Relation to a Sustainable Future, David M. Olio

Night Mother, Cassandra Padilla

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The Ambiguity of Antony and Cleopatra: Interrupting Phallocentric Schemes of Objectification through the Mutual Gaze, Sydney Paluch

Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules with Cucurbit[n]uril, Joni-Rae Partridge

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An Investigation in Negative Transfer: Theory of Inhibition, Neel Patel

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Surrealism: Art of Subconscious, YiTing Paung

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The Connection Between Gasoline Prices and Physical Activity: Potential Ways to Combat the Rise in Obesity, John Perrotti

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Effective ANN Topologies for Use as Genotypes for Evaluating Design and Fabrication, John R. Peterson

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Conceptualizing Nature: New England Nature Writers, Robert Pinkham

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Use of CRISPR to Develop a Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor Knockout in Human Granulosa Cells to Study Lipid Raft Residency, Jenna Pradhuman

Elemental Uptake in Botswana Freshwater Bivalve Shells Mutela zambesiensis and Coelatura kunenensis Along a Strong Evaporative Gradient: Paleoclimate Reconstruction Implications, Claire E. Puleio

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Do Environmentally Friendly Companies Outperform Environmentally Unfriendly Companies in Financial Markets? An Analysis of Financial Performance & Corporate Social Responsibility, Katherine E. Quinlan

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Controversies in Industrial Policy: The Creation of an Explicit U.S Industrial Policy, Matthew Christian Rametta

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Bitcoin Volatility and Currency Acceptance: A Time-Series Approach, Francis Rocco

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Elliptic Curve Cryptology, Francis Rocco

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An Economic Analysis of Civil War: How Constitutions and Ethnic Diversity Impact Internal Conflict, Zachary Roth

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Development of Novel Allele Specific PCR Based Assays to Investigate the Contribution of Cortisol to Metabolic Syndrome and it's Potential Implications in Depression Treatment, Justin Robert Salm

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Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Small Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, Madeline Samuell

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L’enseignement d’une Langue Étrangère : La nécessité et l’impact sur la société en France et Aux Etats-Unis / Teaching of a Foreign Language: the Need and Impact on Society in France and the United States, Lauren Savrin

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Seeking ‘Collective Solitude’ in the Pacific: An Ethnography of Wave-Riding in Encinitas, California, Laura C. Schaffer

Cloning Expression Purification and Optimization of Enzymatic Activity of SUMO-ScMC2, Stephanie Scharbach

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Personalizing Education: How Race, Class, and Socioeconomic Disparities Permeate in Public Education through Schenectady High School's Operation Graduation, Arthur F. Schutzburg

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The Impact of Wealth and Sentiment on Consumption: Before and After the Great Recession, Joshua Schwartz

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New York State's Zero Emission Credits: Exploring the Drivers and Significance of Nuclear Energy Subsidization in the Empire State, Michael R. Sciascia

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Paid maternity leave legislation: Do laws mandating paid family leave impact attitudes towards working mothers?, Brianna Seid

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Product Bundling in Fast Food Advertisements and the Relationship with Consumers' Willingness to Pay, Madison Shapiro

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Investigating the Relationship Between Invasive Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata and Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis, Nicole Shauffer

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Ethical Issues of Parental Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance to the MMR Vaccine, Harlie Silver

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Brilliant Blues and Smooth Circles: The Makings of a Brand, Arielle Singer

The Dissemination of Sculpture: Auguste Rodin, Allison Smith

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Invisible and Incarcerated: Women in a male dominated U.S prison system, Emily Spidle

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An Evaluation of Reforms that Aim to Address Political Polarization, Alexander Spyropoulos

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Biomarkers and Neuropsychological Change: A Pilot Study of Three Months of the interactive Physical and Cognitive Exercise System (iPACES™) for Older Adults, Jessica Stark

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No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Witchcraft Trials in Basque Spain and Southwestern Germany, Alexandra C. Steed

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Breaking Down Breaking News: Television's Institutional Failures and Today's Ramifications, Emma Stein

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Offender and Non-Offender Differences in Empathy Aggression Impulsivity and Executive Functioning: A predictive model, Maddison Stemple-Piatt

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Hospital Merger and Acquisition Effects on Healthcare Quality and Cost, Emily Su

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The Effectiveness of Narrative Transportation Varies by Product Type and Gender, Junwen Su

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Apatite Chemistry and Zoning in the Roseau Valley, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Katherine Swager

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Multi-Agent Simulation of the Battle of Ankara, 1402, Ruili Tang

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Symbols of a Bourgeois Empire: The Intersection of Class and Government during Paris's Transformation into a Middle-Class Capital, Brian Teitelbaum

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Unraveling the Complexities of Syria's Conflict, William M. Tomalonis

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Is Graduate School Worth It? Evaluating the Return on Investment in a Master's Degree., Kevin Paltat Tran

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A Systematic Investigation of the Effects of Chain Length and Ionic Head Group on Perfluoroalkyl Acid Binding to Human Serum Albumin, Jake Ulrich

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L’Histoire d’Haïti et sa Santé / The History of Haiti and its Health, Astrid Vargas

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Cold War and the Olympics: An Athlete's Perspective, Mike Vecchione

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Color vision and signal color evolution in Anolis Lizards, Catherine S. Wadman

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Accurately Simulating the Battle of Thermopylae to Analyze "What If" Scenarios, Josh Wasserman

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Searching for Validation: An Analysis of the Experience of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS), Olivia Watman

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Uprooting Food Injustice: A Qualitative Analysis of Activist Efforts Combating Food Deserts and Inequality, Marley Noel Weig-Pickering

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Neuropsychological Test Performance in Pediatric TBI, Learning Disability, and ADHD: Difference in Reliable Digit Span, Emily West

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Stronger for Scotland: The Rise of the Modern Scottish Nationalist Movement, Thomas Wilson

Analyzing Cdx2 Gene Expression during Patterning of the 3D Spiral Valve Intestine in Leucoraja erinacea, Alexis Wojtowicz

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An Evaluation of the FARC, MLN-T, FMLN :The Impact of Guerrilla Warfare on Democratic Stability in Latin America, Anthony Wright

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The application of telemedicine to college health at a four-year university and community college, Matthew S. Wu

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Fair Labor Practices: Are Workers Truly Protected?, Xiaofei Xie

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Attracting Human Attention Using Robotic Facial Expressions and Gestures, Venus Yu

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The Effects of Oil Price Shocks on the Stock Market Returns in Developed Economies, Ian Zangrillo

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Friend or Foe: The United States Military Bases in Okinawa South Korea and the Philippines, Caochong Zeng

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Desecrate: An Original Feature-Length Screenplay, Justin Zorn

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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The Endless Long Hot Summer: A study of Urban Riots and the Kerner Report, Taylor Anderson

The Effect of Optimism and Physical or Imagined Practice on Task Learning, Jennifer Andrews

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Game of Thrones and Ancient Rome, Alexander Arnold

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Une analyse des réponses à la montée de l’Islam radical en France, Austin Bannister

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Women: Indisputable Fans of Baseball: An Ethnographic Study of Female Baseball Fans, Shea Barickman

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Wind Power in China: Has China Greenwashed the Global Energy Sector?, Harrison Andrew Barker

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El Paralelismo entre los cambios demograficos y los medios sociales y su impacto en el activismo en America Latina, Ashley Beccia

Integration of Silica Aerogels into Bulk and Fibrous PET Polyester, Aude Marie Bechu

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Expressive Writing as a Coping Mechanism for Caregivers of People with Parkinson's Disease, Sarah Beck

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The Smiling, The Sick, The Suffereing: Snapshots of Syrian Displacement, Karlee Anna Bergendorff

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The Privilege Paradox: The Effect of Affluence on the Adolescent Experience, Darcy Berger

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A Gilded Cage: A Feminist Analysis of Manor House Literature, Katelyn Billings

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Quantitative Assessment of the Presence of a Bubble in the Higher Education Market, Kyle Birnbaum