Browsing OSU - Honors College Theses by Title

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    • Moderating effect of hope and grit on the relationship between sexual assault and functional impairment 

      Stine, Bailie S. (2019-04-18)
      Approximately one-fifth of female college undergraduates experience a sexual assault (DeCou, Kaplan, Spencer, & Lynch, 2019). This percentage increases to 33% when looking at a lifetime prevalence of sexual assault in women ...

    • Modern president: Imperial or imperiled? 

      Wallen, Hunter (2017-12-08)
      Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s Imperial Presidency (1973) and Richard Neustadt's Presidential Powers (1960) are two of the most influential works on the presidency. These two classic works serve as the foundations for this essay ...

    • Mother Moon: Conflation of myth and motherhood in Sylvia Plath's poetry 

      Ruley, Ashlyn (2020-12-09)
      The theme of Plath's personal life and mental illness overshadowing her writings threads its way through most of the criticisms of her work. While a reading of her poems as strictly confessional severely limits the readers ...

    • Mountain states lamb project 

      Hearn, Kathryn (2018-12-14)
      Limited work on lamb primals has been published and in particular, information on the effect of different packaging atmospheres on the microbial flora and shelf life has not been previously reported (Sheridan et al., 1997). ...

    • Music preference as an indicator of reproductive strategy 

      Ingram, Emily (2016-04-15)
      Life History Theory (LHT) is an evolutionary framework constructed to explain variation in human behavior and development based on a cost-benefit analysis. As such, individuals exhibit life history (LH) strategies, which ...

    • Mutual aid and its applications in the nonprofit sector: A case study of Stillwater nonprofits 

      Blew, Lydia (12/16/2022)
      This project explores Mutual Aid theory and both historical and contemporary examples of its practices. Then, examines the intersection of Mutual Aid practices and the practices of Stillwater, Oklahoma nonprofits. Knowledge ...

    • My X-Hab contributions 

      Hudak, Claire (2017-05-10)
      As part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) 2017 Academic Innovation Challenge and the MAE 4374 Capstone class, Space Engineering and Architecture Design and Construction, ...

    • N-Glycosyltransferase (ApNGT) and the in-vitro glycosylation of y-Sarcoglycan 

      Blair, Eston W. (2018-05-01)
      N-Glycosyltransferase of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (ApNGT) is an enzyme which performs N-linked glycosylation of proteins. Furthermore, ApNGT is a cytoplasmic glycosyltransferase with the ability to target heterologous ...

    • Narrative irony and identification in "A Painful Case" 

      Folsom, Kenneth (2021-04-22)
      James Joyce's "Dubliners" marks the beginning of a prolific career for the writer. My work looks at how Joyce uses irony throughout the collection, then hones in on "A Painful Case." I look at how an elusive narrative voice ...

    • National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) recruitment 

      Bradley, Haley (2021-12-03)
      The National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) is a case-study based advertising competition gives college students the real-world experience of creating a comprehensive advertising campaign for a real-life client. ...

    • Nelson-Siegel-Svensson model for U.S. Treasury securities and its interpretation 

      Patrick, Lisa (2015-04-23)

    • Neurologic stem cells: A potential therapy for pathologies of the brain 

      Mefford, Austin (2018-04-26)
      The burden of neural degeneration is one that is becoming more steadfast in humans as we are beginning to live longer lives. Combating the entropy of being can, potentially, be accomplished using embryonic stem cells as ...

    • Neuroplasticity and early intervention: Effectiveness on children with perinatal stroke 

      Pearce, Erin L. (2017-05-09)
      This study evaluates current treatment for perinatal stroke, a stroke prior to or shortly after birth. Modern treatments benefit the patient via mechanisms involving neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to recover ...

    • NFL: Concussions and the future 

      Nichols, Rachel (2016-11-29)

    • Non-contact respiration monitoring 

      Fry, Andrew; Hamoud, Hasan; Martin, Brenden; Roth, Kyle (2021-04-22)
      This paper covers the research and development process of creating a phantom lung (breathing robot) to test a sensor for viability of tracking respiration (the parent project). An inanimate subject was needed as it is ...

    • Not just another number 

      Dummer, Hannah (2022-04-28)
      In a world where mass numbers are the only ones of importance, I created a page where every person's story regarding COVID-19 is deemed important. I have interviewed 9 people, including the sharing of my own story, involving ...

    • NSP Quality Meats: Computer simulation of a manufacturing layout change 

      Price, Logan; Coats, Caleb; Hwang, Duke; Marko, E. Maddie (2019-04-23)

    • Nuclear peace in the Levant 

      File, Gregory A. (2010-07-02)
      Ever since the first atomic bomb was dropped over Japan to end World War II, there have been many questions that arise from the use of nuclear bombs. There are two basic arguments for the employment of nuclear weapons. One ...

    • Nutrition knowledge and attitudes among college students 

      Geist, Caroline H. (2022-04-22)
      Objective: Many people have nearly universal access to nutrition information due to the Internet, yet online sources have a wide range of scientific and journalistic integrity that is difficult to predict. This affects the ...

    • Nutritional impact of grain fortification and gluten-free diets 

      LeBlanc, Kamber (2020-05-07)
      Grain fortification began 100 years ago in the 1920s, which resulted in increased nutritional standards in foods and an increase in health nation wide. As more was learned about nutrients in food, individuals became more ...