Browsing Honors College Theses by Title
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The role of CD8+ T cells during the pre-clinical phase of corneal HSV-1 infection.
(2014-02-04)Approximately 90% of world’s population is seropositive for Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV-1). However, most individuals show no symptoms because HSV-1 largely remains in its non-replicating mode inside the neurons. If the ... -
Role of Chromatin Structure in Regulating Transcription
Histone chaperones are a class of proteins that assemble nucleosomes, a fundamental unit of chromatin, after DNA replication. Some of these chaperones play an important role in restoring chromatin structure, which is ... -
The Role of Race in Jury Selection and the Effect of State Jury Selection Laws
The purpose of this research is to examine how race has played a role in the selection of the jury and further discover its relevance today in addition to explanations for the findings. This is also done through the ... -
Role of the PI3K/Akt pathway in human renal cell carcinoma
(2015-06-18)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of renal cancer. Currently, RCC accounts for 9 out of 10 cases of kidney cancer diagnosed in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, there were ... -
Roles of Disulfide Bonds for Outer Segment Disc Rim Curvature
The protein peripherin-2/rds (P/rds) is a protein located within the photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) of the eye and is essential to vision. P/rds is an integral membrane protein that is required to form outer segments ... -
Romantic Comedy and Horror Films: A Study of What Makes a Genre
Genre films are films that adhere to a specific set of rules in order to successfully represent a particular genre. These rules—formally known as film conventions—are patterns shared among each film within its genre. Through ... -
Self-Concept in Theatre: Defining Character Through the Foundations of Sexuality
(2014-04-24)This Honors Thesis relates sexuality to personal development, both sociological and physiological. A comparison of a person's developing their self-concept in society to an actor's developing a character role in theatre. -
Shaping the Cultural Forces to Promote Visible Thinking: Language and Routines
Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart describes a theory of creating an environment in classrooms in which students are encouraged to vocalize their thinking process. According to Richhart’s theory, there are eight ... -
Short-term continuous cultures of Gammarus sp., Tigriopus californicus, and Nannochloropsis sp.
The key components of my Honors College thesis addressed the following questions: can stacked rectangles of corrugated plastic sheeting make suitable habitat for a continuous culture of amphipods (Gammarus sp.), can a small ... -
“Sick man of Europe” or a Symptom of Greater Illness? : An Analysis of the Economic and Refugee Crises in Greece
In seeking to determine the extent to which the economic crisis and the refugee crisis in Greece tested the European Union as an institution and what such a crises revealed about the nature of this particular institution, ... -
Signing With A Sword: Signature Sign Patterns of Semiotics as Connotative Constructs Applied to Chinese Martial Arts Cinema
(2015-02-23)This thesis proposes a new semiotic approach to analyzing films based on their sign patterns, or “signatures”, which attributes the sign pattern to a key influence in the production of the film. By using these signatures ... -
Sleep Disorders and Deprivation Causes and Effects on College Students
To maximize success in college, an obstacle most students have now endured is a lack of sleep and potential sleep disorders. What most do not know is this could actually do the opposite and hurt academic performance (Allan, ... -
Sports Marketing: The Impact of Technologies within the World of Sports
Sports are always changing right before our eyes. There are more rules added to make sports safer for the athletes, and more people are watching sports than they did in the past. One thing is certain: Social media has ... -
Super Speedy Serial Skittle Sorter (5S)
(2014-10-21)The Super Speedy Serial Skittle Sorter, or 5S for short, is a fully automated sorting machine made up of simple parts that are easily replaceable. The ideas and mechanics of large corporation sorting machines from around ... -
The Suspense of Bloom’s Taxonomy: How Successful is Bloom’s Taxonomy in a High School Reading Course?
My thesis project explored the benefits of teaching throughout Bloom’s Taxonomy. I proved that having students study the techniques of suspense, identifying those same techniques in pieces of literature and film, and ... -
Synesthesia and Engineering Design: How Synesthetes Differ in Their Approach and Understanding of Engineering Systems and Their Design
The engineering design process is as much a cognitive process as it is technical. The design of a device or a product is often simplified if one can visualize various facets of its operation. This visualization is especially ... -
Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopentanones through Reactions with Vinyl Sulfoxonium Salts
Synthetic derivations are often driven by the usefulness and application of certain molecules. Cyclopentanones are a class of molecules that serve an integral function in the structure of many biologically active compounds, ... -
Synthetic Turf Wars: A Crumb Rubber Human Health Risk Assessment
Background: Crumb rubber (CR) is a recycled product generated from automotive and truck scrap tires and produced with a granulated consistency, often treated with several chemicals before being spread into the environment. ... -
Teaching American Sign Language to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This project analyzed how learning American Sign Language (ASL) impacts the verbal and nonverbal communication skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and explored the effectiveness of using a book as a ... -
Testing for effects of pollution on a snail-borne parasite in Michigan Lakes
My thesis project focused on testing for potential effects of herbicides, specifically 2,4-D and glyphosate, on avian schistosome parasites in Michigan lakes. Avian schistosomes are a diverse group of snail-borne flatworm ...