Browsing Honors College Theses by Title
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Depression and Vitamin D Levels in Student-Athletes
Depression affects nearly seven percent of adults across the world, with a higher incidence rate in young adults ages 18 to 25. Student-athletes are a subpopulation of college students that are often overlooked in terms ... -
Development of a DNA Library Synthesis Protocol for Illumina-Compatible Sequencing of Human Genomic DNA
DNA sequencing is a technique used to determine the nucleotide sequence of DNA. There has been a vast advancement in sequencing over the past years, such as employing faster sequencing methods. One of these methods is Next ... -
The Development of Fission Fitness
This thesis is a creative project that explores the ways in which graphic design can communicate the importance of physical health and well-being to the college-aged community. This topic is explored through the creation ... -
Diet and Its Overlooked Role in Depression
This thesis explores the relationship between food and its impact on mood and risk of depression. Specific nutrients, food groups, and dietary patterns were examined for their impact on mood, including the risks of ... -
The Differing Attitudes Towards Mental Health in the United States and South Korea
This thesis project explored the differing attitudes towards mental health in Eastern and Western countries, with a narrowed-down focus on the United States and South Korea. This thesis aimed to find out if there is a ... -
Discovering Ameena in Morocco: An Auto Ethnographic Study on Identity
(2013-06-11)Three months ago I left my comfortable life in the swanky suburbs of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan to embark on a life-changing journey. This journey took me all the way to Fes, Morocco. With a ninety-eight percent Muslim ... -
Do differential returns and attributes of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds compared to hedge funds have the potential to shift societal dependence on Social Security in the United States into the right direction?
Do differential returns and attributes of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds compared to hedge funds result in an environment conducive to lesser dependence on government social insurance programs? Using samples of ... -
Dopaminergic neuron regeneration using cell therapy in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons located within the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) of the midbrain. Current treatments involving ... -
The Dream Act: Assessing its Effects on Immigration & Higher Education Institutions
(2013-06-11)The debate of immigration reform is about finding the most effective way to retain a legal means of entry, reorganizing the interests of millions of undocumented aliens living in the U.S., and to also ensure integrity of ... -
The Effect of Background Music on Math Test Performance of High School Students
(2013-05-27)There is often a general presumption that music and academics have a positive relationship. Researchers have investigated this relationship using a variety of subjects and testing many different variables. Since there ... -
The Effect of Calcium Channel Blockers on Ventricular Fibrillation
The most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death is unstable ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Fibrillation is characterized by the propagation and breakup of rotary electrical waves, which leads to a chaotic ... -
Effects of Forest Tree Species Composition on Vernal Pond Water Chemistry, Decomposition, Primary Productivity and Amphibian Larval Fitness Traits
Human activities have dramatically changed the composition of tree species in North American forests. These changes have altered the composition of leaf litter in woodland ponds, which has been linked to the decline of ... -
The Effects of Improper Pointe Shoe Health and Practices: A Literature Synthesis
This research aims to examine the consequences of improper alignment and poor pointe shoe health and fit, to analyze extant research on what are recommended healthy pointe shoe practices, as well as to discuss the implications ... -
Effects of Oncology Rehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancers- a Systematic Review
(2013-06-10)Purpose: Head and neck cancer (HNC) affects three to five percent of Americans. Few studies have focused on the effect of rehabilitation exercise on the common symptoms of head and neck cancer. Hence, the purpose of this ... -
Effects of Src Homolog Phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) on Janus Kinase 2 (JAK/STAT) and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3-kinase) Pathways in 7 and 28 day Renal-Wrap Hypertension
(2014-07-22)Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects millions of patients every year and is associated with many types of cardiovascular diseases. While there are many drugs available to treat hypertension only 40% of the patients ... -
Effects of temperature and thermal acclimation on frog metabolic performance
The threat of global climate change makes it critical to understand how changing patterns of temperature variability influence ecological processes such as population growth rates and predator-prey interactions. According ... -
El Camino de Santiago: The Growth of Pilgrimage and the Changing Spiritual Experience on the Road to Santiago de Compostela
(2014-11-07)The pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago (El Camino de Santiago or The Way of Saint James, in English) is originally a Christian pilgrimage dating back to early medieval times. It has recently become more popular than ... -
El Panamericanismo de la persecución: Examining the Struggles of Oppressed Populations and Minorities in Latin America and the Caribbean Through the Lens of Literature Since the 19th Century
This thesis will attempt to explore the struggles of oppressed populations and minorities throughout Latin America and the islands of the Caribbean via the modality of Pan-American literature. Ibero-American works such ... -
El Panamericanismo de persecución: Examining the Struggles of Oppressed Populations and Minorities in Latin America and the Caribbean Through the Lens of Literature Since the 19th Century
This thesis will attempt to explore the struggles of oppressed populations and minorities throughout Latin America and the islands of the Caribbean via the modality of Pan-American literature. Ibero-American works such ... -
Elucidating the role of integrin alpha-6 in cardiomyocytes differentiated from human embryonic stem cells
Integrins are heterodimer transmembrane protein receptors that are composed of an α and a β subunit, which are connected by covalent interactions forming an extra-cellular head, two multi-domain legs, two single pass ...