Browsing OSU - Honors College Theses by Title
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Differences in defense response to herbivory across Arabidopsis mutants
(2017-12-08)Arabidopsis thaliana is a model plant for research, and Spodoptera exiqua (beet armyworms) is a common agricultural past that is also used in research settings (Rehrig et. al., 2014). In an effort to find plants that are ... -
Differences in supplemental nutrition program participation among Oklahoma counties
(2020-04-22)An analysis was performed on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to determine explanatory characteristics for program participation among Oklahoma counties and to determine how supplemental nutrition ... -
Different RsbR paralogs in Bacillus subtilis affect cell viability when exposed to environmental stress
(2020-05-08)Every living organism must find a way to survive stressful situations and bacteria are no different. Bacteria deal with many kinds of stress, including energy stress like starvation or ATP depletion and environmental stress ... -
Differential expression of Elizabethkingia anophelis to cefotaxime and imipenem
(2017-05-12)Elizabethkingia anophelis is a beta-lactam antibiotic resistant bacterium that uses a variety of mechanisms to express this resistance. It is currently unknown how E. anophelis responds when exposed to different beta-lactam ... -
Digital luxury marketing: Technology shapes a new era in luxury consumption
(2019-04-29)Luxury products are marketed unlike any other product — the focus is not on the need of the consumer but instead on the indulgence and affluence of the consumer. While luxury brands have often strayed from facilitating ... -
Digital marketing to Millennials
(2017-05-01)Millennials, those born from 1980-1999, are the largest generational cohort in history. With this being said, they have massive buying power, which is very significant to marketers. However, before marketing to this ... -
Disengagement and engagement affects on transition readiness in college students with chronic illnesses
(2017-05-12)Patients with chronic illnesses must eventually transfer from pediatric health care to adult heath care. Unfortunately, this transition can be a hard one for people if they are not sure how to transition properly. However, ... -
Do Anolis lizards recognize heterospecific neighbors?
(2021-04-23)Many organisms establish territories, though the reasons are varied and not always understood. Organisms that establish territories often must defend them against invaders. Territorial animals sometimes exhibit "dear enemy ... -
Do Oklahoma courts support open government?
(2016-05-06)This analysis was compiled as a senior thesis project by Samantha Mori and Dr. Joey Senat, using the Oklahoma Supreme Court Network databases to discover and study cases related to open government. All cases including the ... -
Do women peacekeepers keep peace? An analysis of United Nations peacekeeping missions and the duration of peace after civil conflict
(2017-05-15)Recent work on United Nations peacekeeping operations have begun to examine how operational factors may influence the ability of UN missions to help maintain peace in post-conflict societies. Some research analyzes mission ... -
Do Zebra Finches avoid feeding locations used by sick birds?
(2018-04-18)Pathogens play a key role in population dynamics. A number of species avoid the increased risks of infection inherent to group living by avoiding individuals they know to be sick. It would seem that individuals would ... -
Does an exercise mimetic improve brain function?
(2022-04-15)Alzheimer's (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) have become increasingly prevalent in elderly populations in the U.S. in recent years. In addition to cognitive decline, another developing health risk is loss of skeletal muscle ... -
Does Medicaid expansion effect healthcare premiums? An analysis of the effects of expansion under the Affordable Care Act
(2020-11-13)This paper looks at how the Affordable Care Act affected private health insurance premiums, with a focus on the expansion of Medicaid. Previous research on healthcare premiums are divided, with some suggesting that more ... -
Does more-expensive college serve as a disincentive for high school graduation?
(2018-05-03)This paper attempts to gain insight into the impact college cost has on graduation rates in secondary education. Both high school and college degree earners have significantly higher wage prospects and quality of life than ... -
Dogeaters: The relationships between Filipinos, Filipino Americans, and food
(2015-04-20)This honors thesis focuses on how food represents the complexities surrounding Filipino and Filipino-American identities in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters. Dogeaters satirically responds to the effects of a difficult and ... -
Double consciousness: Managing multiple identities at school
(2016-04-19)Identity management is used in order to manage the salience of a minority identity. The field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), it is dominated by men. The number of women in the field has been ... -
Doubled nations: Narrativization of a forgotten war in Gina Apostol's Insurrecto
(12/13/2022)In this thesis, I provide a reading of Gina Apostol's Insurrecto focusing on its narrative structure. The novel explores the dichotomy present in historical perspectives relating to the Philippine-American War, specifically ... -
Draft horse breeds around the world
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Drowning desert
(5/10/2023)This is a piece that I have written as my Creative Component for my Honors Degree. As a Creative Writing Major. The piece is a mystery story that covers the appearance of an unidentifiable body in a town in the middle of ... -
Dynamic affective synchrony in marital dyads: Associations with satisfaction and attachment
(2018-05-10)Affective synchrony is how much partners respond with similar emotions. It is hypothesized that affective synchrony is related to higher relationship satisfaction and attachment security. Twenty-three couples engaged in ...