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Honors Scholar Theses from 2023

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Local Field Potentials in the Male Rat Nucleus Accumbens During Effort-Based Behavior, Celine Aliko, John Salamone, and Alev Ecevitoglu

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What Makes a Salesman: Death of a Salesman and the Politics of Adaptation, Thomas Alvarez

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Healthcare Experiences by Race, Sex, and Weight Status in a Sample of Low Wage Workers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Michael Ampofo

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Whole Genome Sequencing of West Nile Viruses from Animals Submitted to the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL), USA, 2021, Allison Appel

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Cenabis Bene: A Culinary Odyssey through Apicius, Kathryn Atkinson

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A DNA-Peptide Crosslink (DpC) Increases Mutagenicity in SOS-Induced Escherichia coli, Alessandra Bassani

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Cues Guiding Postnatal Neuron Migration in Mouse and Human, Sarah Bellizzi

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A Systematic Literature Review of Telehealth for Health Equity in Pediatric and Women's Health Care: Promise vs Reality, Sharanya Chandu

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Effects of Creative Movement & Play Based Interventions on Motor Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial, Sharanya Chandu

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Automatic Identification of Jetting Behavior in 3D Printing with Binary Classification and Anomaly Detection, Alexander Chandy

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Control and Design of a Passive Solar Lumber Drying Kiln, Peter Chardavoyne

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Longitudinal Assessment of Pharmacy Student Attitudes Towards Mental Illness, Jessica Dillon

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Contribution of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation to Nutrient Adequacy Status in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women, Joseph Drossman

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Paleoenvironments in Late Pleistocene Sicily, Danielle C. Falci

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Oncolytic Virus Immunotherapy: Development and Potential for Cancer Treatment, Olivia Guinness

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Instilling Parental Confidence Through Text-linked Educational Modules at 6 and 24 Weeks, Rachel Hage

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Stringency in Occupational Licensing Requirements: Explanations and Effects, Nicholas Hall

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The Intersection of Herbicide Policy, Exposure, and Health at the University of Connecticut, Katherine Hayward

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Development of ToM in Autistic Youth: The Potential Impact of Language, Jaydel Hernandez

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Comparison of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Between Human Ependymoma and Mouse Models of Human Ependymoma, Emily Hutchinson

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Selfish Genetic Elements in Actinobacteriophages, Catherine Jennings

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Quantitative Analysis of the Proteomic Selectivity of Acidic Reductive Alkylation of Peptides, Connor Jewell

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The Dreamwalker: A Novella in Progress, Camryn Johnson

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Exploring Emotion Regulation and Social Support as Moderators of the Relationship between Sleep Disturbance and High Cortisol Levels in Cancer Survivors, Rose Karvandi

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Light Sheet Microscopy Incubation Design and Control Scheme, Venkatanathan Kidambi

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Possible Effects of Sexual Health Education on Health Behaviors and Indicators, Chloe Lafosse

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Investigating Microbial Metabolism of Garcinia mangostana by the Human Gut Bacterium Clostridium sporogenes, Anna Liu

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Assessing the effects of Pergolide on the motivational aspects of depression in rats using operant conditioning, Theresa Marciano

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A Composer's Perspective on the Clarinet Concerto, Sarah Marze

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Assessing Leadership in Business: A Critical Investigation of Elon Musk, Agnieszka Miklaszewicz

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From Hope to Hazard: the Millstone Plant and Nuclear Power in Connecticut, Riley Morrill

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The Use of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Educational Settings, Jasmine Morris

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Acute Kidney Injury in the Elderly, Zachary Palanza

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The Contribution of Self-Compassion to Anxiety and Mood in Daily Life, Yamini Pant

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Understanding the Relationship Between B chromosomes and Nondisjunction in Drosophila melanogaster, Ayushi Patel

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Modeling Accuracy Matters: Aligning Molecular Dynamics with 2D NMR Derived NOE Restraints, Milan Patel

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Monitoring PM2.5 Pollution In The North End Of Hartford, CT, Jocelyn Phung and Kristina Wagstrom

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Exploring the Viability of Gold Jewelry as a Diversifying and Safe-Haven Investment, Monica Pydipati

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21st Century Political Agronomy: Between Collapse and Apocalypse in the Capitalist World System, Harrison Raskin

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Exploring the Effects of Christian Worldviews on Heart Rate, Stress, and Adjustment After Loss in Bereaved Individuals, Emma Radini Ratnavel

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UConn Baseball Batting Order Optimization, Gavin Rublewski and Gavin Rublewski

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Elucidating the Impact of SOS-response Timing in on Escherichia coli Survival Following Treatment with Fluoroquinolone Topoisomerase Inhibitors, Stephanie Schofield

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Assessing Leadership in Business: A Critical Investigation of Warren Buffett, Jack Tubridy

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Effects of Tempering Temperature on Gas Turbine Fan Cases, Seth Utter

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Designing a mHealth App-Based Intervention to Address the Harm Reduction Needs of Malaysian Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Who Engage in Chemsex: Findings from a Qualitative Study, Christopher Uyar, Francesca Maviglia, Jeffery Wickersham, Antoine Khati, Olivia Kennedy, Nicholas Copenhaver, Mohd Akbar Ab Halim, Wan Mohd Ikhtiaruddin, Isklander Azwa, Kamal Gautam, and Roman Shrestha

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Ethical Considerations of Clinical Research in Emergency Care Settings: A Review, Adith Velavan

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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mergers and Acquisitions, Goodwill, and Goodwill Impairment in the Technology Industry, Dee Webster

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Assessing Leadership in Business: A Critical Investigation of Steve Ballmer, Brendan White

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The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and General Anxiety in 7-10-year-old Children With Reading Difficulties, Bo Dehm Wicklund

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Breaking Down the Box Office: An Analysis of Film Profitability Factors, Zachary Wisnefsky

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Probabilistic Machine Learning for Battery State of Health Prognostics, Charli Zaretsky

Honors Scholar Theses from 2022

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Starved for Knowledge: The Effect of Language Deprivation and “Mainstream” Education on Deaf Accessibility to the United States Education System, Katherine Arpino

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ESKAPE Pathogens: The clinical Prevalence and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance, Anusha Attre

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The Effect of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva on the Tongue, Amy Backal, Amanda Harrop, and David J. Goldhamer Dr.

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The Importance of Health Anxiety and Emotional Reasoning to Understand Vaccine Hesitancy and Safety Behaviors: Implications for Public Health Campaigns in a COVID_19 Era, Samantha Ballas and Kimberli Treadwell

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NICU Nurses’ Varying Levels Of and Experiences With Moral Distress While Caring For Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Sarah Battaglia

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Protective Effects of Caffeine via Microglia in a Rodent Model of Preterm Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury, Serena Beri

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CloudBots: Autonomous Atmospheric Explorers, Akash Binoj

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Associations Between Trauma History and Dimensions of Self-Concept in College Students, Francisco Carrillo-Alvarez

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Fourier Acceleration in the Linear Sigma Model, Cameron Cianci

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Forgotten Immigrant Voices: West Indian Immigrant Experiences and Attitudes towards Contemporary Immigration, Danielle Cross

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Novel Epigenetic Therapeutics for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, Suzannah De Almeida

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As Seen on Screen: American Ambivalence Shown through Death Penalty and Vigilante Films, Lisette Donewald

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The Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition during Gestation in Sheep on the Reproductive Efficiency of the Offspring, Morgan Dougherty

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Dissecting Discontent: How stocks and flows of county-level economic and social factors affect the vote shares of populist candidates, Thomas Dowd

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A Machine Learning and Deep Learning Framework for Binary, Ternary, and Multiclass Emotion Classification of Covid-19 Vaccine-Related Tweets, Aditya Dubey

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“And We’re Happy, So Happy, to Be Modern Women”: Dissociative Feminism on Screen and in Literature, Michaela Elizabeth Flaherty

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The Influence of Tetrabenazine on Operant Behavior and Binge-Like Eating Model in Rats, Reileigh Fleeher

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Characterizing Rat Lateral Amygdala Interneurons by Colocalization of Calcium-Binding Proteins via Serial Multiplex Immunohistochemistry, Ethan Gasteyer

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Headcase Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Status Downstream of Insulin Signaling, Thomas George

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Salary Cap Efficiency: A Study of the Relationship between a NFL Quarterback’s Salary and their Team’s Performance, Prasad Gosavi

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Electromagnetic Detectability of Binary Supermassive Black Holes, Kaylee Grace

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Household Composition and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Purchases among Low Wage Workers, Salma Gudaf

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Effects of Noise on Speech Perception in Children Using Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review, Priya Gupta

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Minimal Inscribed Polyforms, Jack Hanke

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Asian American Discrimination Through United States History, Disease Outbreaks, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth He

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The Stamford Experience in the Twenty-First Century: Analyzing Urban Development Conflict at the Neighborhood Level, Michael Hernandez

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Punishment vs. Rehabilitation: A Discourse on American Prison Reform & Comparative Analysis to Swedish Incarceration, Lauren Hipplewitz

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The Effects of a Plant-Based Diet with Eggs on the Parameters of Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Dietary Choline and Carotenoids, Lindsey Huang

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Affirmative Action in Higher Education: What Role does Whiteness Ideology Play?, Siyu Huang

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Case Study: Effects of Ultrasonic Vocalizations on Rat Behavior and Place Cell Remapping in the Hippocampus, Qingli Hu

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Triggering Thermal Runaway in Lithium-ion Batteries, Chris John

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Plague and Devastation in Ancient Greece: Why Mourning Matters, Hannah Kallin

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Calcium Ferrite as a Semiconductor for Microbially Assisted Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Lauren King

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A Case for Improved Financial Literacy Education in the United States, Nicholas Kinsella

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5-axis Milling for Micro-machining of Implantable Flow Sensor, Devin Kot-Thompson

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Exercise in the Heat: Perceptual Measures in Hydrated and Dehydrated Conditions, John Kromer

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Plant-Based Diets and Metabolic Syndrome: Evaluating the Influence of Diet Quality, Lydia McGrath

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The Chemogenetic Application and Biotherapeutic Potential of Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease, Andrew Mei

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Impact of the Quality of ESG Reporting on Profitability of Trucking and Oil Companies, Diane Meng

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SEC Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents, Michaela Morosky

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Autistic Individuals May See Emotions Differently: How Gradable Adjectives Can Be Used to Determine Emotion Recognition, Devon Murphy

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Correlates of Sexualized Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Malaysia, Sydney Osborne

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When Problems Become Solutions: Harnessing the Osteogenic Capacity of Disease-Causing Stem Cells to Repair Bone Fractures, Mehreen Pasha

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Identification of Translesion Synthesis Inhibitors that Target Rev7/Rev3 Protein-Protein Interactions, Seema Patel

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Defining the Role of Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Neurons in the Modulation of Homeostatic Feeding, Julia Paul

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Regaining Effort-Based Food Motivation: The Drug Methylphenidate Reverses the Depressive Effects of Tetrabenazine in Female Rats, Deanna Pietrorazio

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Disrupting Monoallelic Expression of Variant Surface Glycoprotein in Trypanosoma brucei by a Non-lethal Mutation in Class I Transcription Factor A, Sarah Platt

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Performance Improvements in Inner Product Encryption, Serena Riback

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Does Anodal tDCS Over the Left Prefrontal Cortex Using the C3-RSO Montage Improve Cognitive Control?, Jhoan Rodriguez