Browsing OSU - Honors College Theses by Title
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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 ... -
EagleChat
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Early tornado detection
(2016-04-27)The purpose of this project is to develop a controllable infrasonic source that can be used as a research tool for the early detection of tornadoes. The torch, using a propane source, will pulse at varying time intervals ... -
Earnings quality
(2015-11-23)Regulators, academics, and practitioners all have their own interpretation of earnings quality; that is, there is no consistent definition of earnings quality across these three important groups. Regulators view quality ... -
ECEN 4024 capstone design project: Text recognition for an automated test system
(2016-04-26)Testing is a vital component of engineering design. Sometimes this can be a tedious task that keeps engineers busy and delays designing of new features and systems. This is particularly true in the medical industry, where ... -
Economic analysis of the oil trade between Mexico and the United States
(2018-05-03)Oil trade relations between the United States and Mexico originated over two centuries ago and although at times the relationship has been extremely volatile, it remains an important relationship. In order to understand ... -
Economic effects of labor unions
(2018-05-03)To analyze the economic impacts of labor unions I chose GDP, Unemployment, Poverty, and Income Inequality to use as my economic variables to measure the impacts of the changes in the labor union participation. I chose to ... -
Economic tendencies in response to cyclical patterns
(2017-05-05)This paper analyzes the concept of business cycles in regards to transportation changes, depressions, speculative bubbles, and social concepts and movements leading up to the event of major depressions. Upon analyzing this, ... -
Edmond multi-modal transport hub
(5/5/2023)In my design proposal for the Edmond Multi-Modal Transport Hub, our primary focus was not on the development of a new monument for the city, but of a revival and recontextualization of the existing Rodkey Flour Mill as an ... -
Edmond multimodal transport hub
(5/5/2023)The integrative design studio this year asked students to design a multimodal transit hub for the city of Edmond. The proposed building must be able to serve the nearby railroad and bus transportation, as well as provide ... -
Effect of a water-based phytogenic supplement on growth performance of nursery pigs fed low protein diets
(2019-05-10)The objective of the current study was to assess the effects of a phytogenic supplement at three different doses on growth performance of weaned piglets fed with normal or low protein diets. A total of 48 weanling crossbred ... -
Effect of acid adaptation on pathogenic bacteria used as challenge organisms for microbial validation of biltong processing
(4/27/2023)Biltong is a South African dried beef product that has grown in popularity in U.S. markets over the last five years. Unlike traditional American beef jerky, biltong is dried at ambient temperature and humidity after ...