Undergraduate Honors Papers
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Photothermal Therapy as An Alternative Cancer Treatment with Top-Down and Bottom-Up Graphene Quantum Dots
(2022-12-18)Many current cancer treatment options cause various side effects due to the harm they inflict on surrounding healthy tissue. Photothermal therapy provides an alternative form of cancer treatment with reduced side effects. ... -
Pell's Equations: A Handshake Between the Ancient and the Modern
(2022-12-18)This thesis is a comparative study between two approaches to a classical topic in number theory generally known as Pell's Equation. The equation has the general form x2 - Ny2 = 1, where N is a positive integer not equal ... -
The Visual Design of the Original Video Game Cotler
(2022-12-18)A system of visual design was created for a video game with an original concept. Research was conducted to understand the most effective video game visual design methods. Findings suggested that video game design, including ... -
Maternal Health of Refugee Women, Tarrant County, Texas: Applying Levesque's Conceptual Framework in a Community Health Assessment
(2022-12-18)Purpose. The goal of this community assessment is to gather data on maternal assets and needs of refugee women and their families in Tarrant County, Texas, that informants and providers can use to implement care and services ... -
A Case Study on the Effect of Music in Managing Chronic Stress in Dogs
(2022-12-18)Several studies have shown the positive behavioral and physiological effects of music on dogs in kennels and other acutely stressful situations, but there is little research on whether similar effects can come from playing ... -
Characterization of Antibacterial Mechanisms of Zinc Oxide in Staphylococcus aureus
(2022-12-18)Rising precedence of antibiotic resistance has increased interest in nontraditional antibacterial agents such as zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs). Although the anti-microbial activity of ZnO NPs is well established, the ... -
An Investigation into Distribution of Random Curves
(2022-12-18)This research project focuses on random paths with bounded curvature, using differential geometry and statistical mechanics. It is known from the work of Einstein that random walks are connected to Brownian motion and ... -
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
(2022-12-18)Governments responding to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have forced billions of people around the world to stay at home and reduce the number of social interactions to stop the spread of the virus. While a multitude of ... -
The Italian-American Piano Sonata: Works of Paul Creston, Norman Dello Joio, and Vincent Persichetti
(2022)As a pianist, I have always though it a shame that so little of the standard piano repertoire is American. Having also lived in Italy and studied Italian music and culture, this project is the natural result of the pairing ... -
Relationship between self-care inquiry and stress levels in adolescents with substance use disorders
(2022)Adolescents living with substance use disorders are presented with many challenges when confronted with the reality of recovery from addiction. Despite numerous interventions used to assist adolescents seeking rehabilitation, ... -
The Intersection of Interprofessional Practice and Cultural Responsiveness in School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists
(2022)Within school systems there is currently a wide disparity between the racial and culturally makeup of educators and professionals providing service and the children actually receiving those services. Speech-language ... -
Offloading UAV Computations to the Edge
(2022)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) navigate by observing their surroundings using on-board cameras and sensors. UAVs also collect data using their onboard devices, compute the data, and analyze the information to decide which ... -
The Devil Wears Prada: The Relationship Between Entitlement and Perceived Status in Women
(2022)Much research finds benefits associated with being perceived as being high in social status, particularly for men. Because of this, people often intentionally present themselves in ways that will lead others to perceive ... -
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' Perceptions of Practices and Needs in Identifying Communication Disorders in Young Children
(2022)The purpose of this study was to examine how certified pediatric nurse practitioners (CPNP) identify children with possible speech and language problems, their perceived confidence in this process, and their perceptions ... -
Improved physiological markers of omega-3 status and compliance with omega-3 supplementation in Division I track & field and cross-country athletes
(2022)Background:¿On average, Americans have some of the lowest omega-3 (N3) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) profiles in the world. Athletes have an increased risk for N3 PUFA deficiency because of their increased energy ... -
Dolly's Dairy
(2022)This project involves the marketing and branding of a dairy brand that sources its high-quality products sustainably from local farmland to bring them to their consumer's table. This was accomplished through extensive ... -
I wasn't prepared for that: Intellectual developmental disabilities untold story about intimate partner violence
(2022)Individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) experience unjustly high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) related to disability risks that often can be reduced through focused intervention. The ... -
What is Known About Fecal Microbiota Transplantation?
(2022)Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the infusion of a healthy individual's gut microbiota into another individual suffering from disease, with the intent to cure the disease and return the individual to health. Many ... -
Intersectional issue framing: A study of women of color candidates' 2020 congressional campaign agendas
(2022)Research has found that women of color political candidates are more likely to discuss issues of race and gender compared to their white, male counterparts. Yet there is still limited empirical research examining the nuance ... -
Western theatre's use of music to manipulate audience's emotional responses
(2022)Music and theatre have been utilized in conjunction with each other for thousands of years, dating as far back as 35,000 years ago. In the western hemisphere, the first implementation of music in theatre can be accredited ...
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