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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023

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Exploring the Binding Multiplicity, Mode of Inhibition and Communication Between NADH Binding Sites on 6- Hydroxynicotinate 3-monooxygenase (NicC), Eric Senanu Adadevoh Mr.
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Sanctuary, Katherine Adams-Fisher
Department: English

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Ecology and Genetic Variation of the Invasive Aedes japonicus Mosquito in Wooster, OH: An Addition to Existing Cultural, Literary, and Artistic Symbolism of Insects Around the World, Tomoka Shannon-Rose Adams
Department: Biology; Spanish

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“More Money More Problems?”: A Study on the Impact of Increases in Minimum Wage Rates on Economic Growth, Nana Abena Biamah Adu-Boahen
Department: Business Economics

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Coloring Away the Blues: Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Art Activities on Well-Being, Lucy Agurkis
Department: Psychology

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Molding a New You: Exploring the Therapeutic and Healing Properties of Clay, Lucy Agurkis
Department: Art and Art History

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Building an 8-Bit Computer: From Design to Implementation, Craig Akiri
Department: Computer Science

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Porphyrin Based Photosensitizing Agents: Comparative Study On The Effects Of TPP-sesamol and TPP-zingerone On Yeast Cells, Edwina Akonor
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Black and Red Markers on White Boards: Applying John Ogbu's Cultural-Ecological Theory of Minority Student Experiences to Higher Education, Geoffrey Allen
Department: Chinese Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

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Hair, Food, and Relationships, Inethia M. Allen
Department: Art and Art History

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Coinfection of Culex Flavivirus and Wolbachia spp in Culex Mosquitoes and Implication for Arbovirus Control, Cristian Amesbury
Department: Biology

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The Reality of Child Slave Labor Today: An Analysis of Tony's Chocolonely News Messages Through the Lens of Identificational Appeals, Marina Anderson
Department: Communication Studies

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Investigating the Suggested Inhibition of Pho4 by P. sojae RxLR Effector PsAvh110 Utilizing SDL Assays, Nathaniel Andrews
Department: Biology

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Brownfield Meets the Bees' Needs: The William J. Robertson Nature Preserve Provides a Safe Haven for Solitary Native Bees, Ash Arons
Department: Environmental Studies

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The Importance of Mixed-Race Mestiza Representation On and Off Stage: An Autoethnographic Approach, Teresa Isabel Ascencio
Department: Theatre and Dance; Communication Studies

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Reality Television’s Vision of Class: A Deep Dive into Class Performance in Windy City Rehab, Gillian Rhiannon Ashley
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Axon Pathfinding in Drosophila melanogaster Wing Sensory Neurons, Jade Baek
Department: Neuroscience

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La Violencia en Las Sombras: Epistemic Violence in The United States Immigration System and Its Implications, Hannah Rosemary Baker
Department: Political Science; Spanish

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Seeds of Liberation or Spheres of Domination: Role-Playing Games and Alternative Social Formation, Peter Barker
Department: History; Philosophy

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Evaluation of the Use of Raphinus Sativus and Neem as Pest Management Strategies for Diabrotica Undecimpunctata Howardii in the Crop Species Cucurbita Pepo Subspecies Pepo, Owen C. Barnard
Department: Environmental Studies

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The Effects of Interparental Conflict on an Individual’s Expectations Towards Their Romantic Relationships: Attitudes Towards Romantic Relationships, Demetrius Devon Barnett
Department: Psychology

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Melanism in Abert's Squirrel: Investigating the Genetic Cause and Frequency of Melanism in Northern Populations, Lake Barrett
Department: Biology

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Exploring Small State Foreign Policy Through Shelter: A Case Study on Mongolian Foreign Policy, Bilegsanaa Battulga
Department: Political Science

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Memories of Tomorrow, Lillian S. Beach
Department: English

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Establishing Mixedness: Exploring the Role School Plays in Multiracial Identity Formation, Langston Bealum
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Creating a Caring Community: An Examination of Mutual Aid Networks, Abigail Beard
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Bacteriophage Therapy Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria, Bethel B. Bedelu
Department: Interdepartmental

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Legalization v. Decriminalization: An Analysis on the Impacts of Marijuana Policy Reform on State’s Crime Rates, Owen Belfiore
Department: Political Science

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Do You Get Déjà Vu? Examining the Effects of Context and Time on Contextual Generalization in a Mouse Model of PTSD, Natalie Ibrahim Belle
Department: Neuroscience

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Interrogation of a Conserved Overlap Between Cofactor and Substrate Binding Domains to Facilitate Crosstalk-Induced Conformational Changes in Class A Flavin Monooxygenases: A Case Study of 6-Hydroxynicotinate-3-Monooxygenase, Sam L. Belsky
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Push it to the Limit: Exploring the Activity Threshold of the Myxococcus xanthus Arginine Kinase and Its Effects on Socially-Motivated Phenotypes, Macey Bennett
Department: Biology

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Into the Mythopoeia of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: Exploring Memories of War through Fantasy Literature, Claire Berlin
Department: History

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What Constitutes an Inflated Self-Esteem? Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Social Desirability and Personality, Teddy Berner
Department: Psychology

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Stages of Change: Investigating the Supply of Different Emotional-Themes Concert Dance Production in Economics Recession, Dantong Bi
Department: Economics; Theatre and Dance

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A Tale of Two Morphs: Understanding the Influence of Temperature on Eastern Red-Backed Salamander Color Morphs, Mary Blair
Department: Biology

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Hey Baby You Up? A Solution to Early Online Sexual Predator Detection, Haley R. Bloom
Department: Computer Science

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Analysis of P. aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance Development at Variable Ciprofloxacin Growth Concentrations In Vitro and In Vivo Using C. elegans Host, Daniel William Bohl
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Analysis of P. aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance Development at Variable Ciprofloxacin Growth Concentrations In Vitro and In Vivo Using C. elegans Host, Daniel William Bohl
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Two's a Crowd: Creating a Double Plasmid Expression System in E. coli for Biotinylated KLK3 PSA Protein, Collin J. Boissoneault
Department: Biology

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The Effect of M&A on Acquirer Shareholder Wealth, Marquis Malone Boley Jr
Department: Business Economics

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An Assessment of the Conservation Status and Morphology of the Golden Tree Frog, Phytotriades auratus, Daniel Borowsky
Department: Biology

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Towards a New Political Sovereignty: A Case Study of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird Citizen-Science Project, Sam C. Boudreau
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Utilizing Selective Seed Breeding to Optimize Carbon Sequestration in Winter Wheat in Wooster, Ohio, Grace A. Braver
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Not Such a "Fun-Guy": Infection Patterns of the Fungal Pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), on Northern Two-Lined Salamander Populations at Wooster Memorial Park, Caileigh Alexandra Briggs
Department: Biology

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“I See Me in You”: A Focus Group Study on How Polarizing Social Media Influencers Gather and Retain Support, Harvey Briscoe
Department: Communication Studies

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“I See Me in You”: A Focus Group Study on How Polarizing Social Media Influencers Gather and Retain Support, Harvey Briscoe
Department: Communication Studies

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Improving the Accuracy of GALFIT in Measuring the Morphological Properties of Multi-Component Disk Galaxies, Whitford Dean Brown
Department: Physics

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Asian by Birth, American by Circumstance: How Transcultural East-Asian Adoptees in the U.S. Create Multi-Cultural Identities & the Toll of the Covid-19 Anti-Asian Hate Crisis in Altering Identity Conception, Maud Bulman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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It’s Not Therapy: An Investigation of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Effective Accent Modification Services for Adult Speakers and College Students' Perceptions of Accents Contingent Upon Their Exposure to Diverse Speakers, Samantha Burke
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Understanding Integrative Rhetorical Complexity’s Effect on Public Opinion of Ballot Initiatives in Conjunction with a Contingent Valuation of a Ballot Initiative to Improve Water Quality Trading Systems., Tanner C. Burt
Department: Economics; Political Science

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“Forever On My Mind:” Blues Songwriting in the 1960s, Shane Byrne
Department: History

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Through The Lens: Shattering Stereotypes About African American Women In Sports Through Photography, Rondon Caesar Jr.
Department: Communication Studies

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It's the Little Things in (a Grasshopper's) Life: How the Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) Visually Signals to Conspecifics While Minimizing Predation Risk, Claire Campbell
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Automation Testing: The Savior of The QA Team, Dane Camphausen
Department: Computer Science

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Discourse and Discovery: A Study of Communication and the Formation of Group Identity Within Common Grounds, Jacob Cannon
Department: Communication Studies

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Emboldening the Insolent: How Governmental Treatment of Refugees Affects Far-Right Support, Alexa Carlozzi
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Global and International Studies

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Post-Disaster Urban Reconstruction’s Effect on Mental Health: A Case Study of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Residents, Hope Mari Samal Carmody
Department: Urban Studies

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Women’s Place in the House (of Representatives): A study of Gender or Ideology on Congressional Voting Behavior, Morgan Carson
Department: Political Science

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Are Your Water Systems Safe? A Study on CYP1A Expression in Brown Bullhead and Channel Catfish in Response to Sediment Exposure from Killbuck Creek Wooster, Ohio, Madison Carter
Department: Biology

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Dawn of Darkness, Pookar Chand
Department: English

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The Effects of Parenting Styles and Parental Conflict on Child Development, Cloud Chang
Department: Psychology

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Probability Analysis of Time Intervals Surrounding Large Avalanches on a Conical Bead Pile, Harrison Clayman
Department: Physics

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A Review of the Sexual Assault Kit Backlog and the Methods of Biological Analysis in Crime Laboratories, Chloe F. Clear
Department: Biology

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Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Waves to Model Gravitational Lensing, Daniel Cohen-Cobos
Department: Computer Science; Physics

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U.S. Military Intervention in Ukraine: Modern Warfare, Postcolonial Conflict, and The Russo-Ukrainian War, Patrick Colwell
Department: History

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It’s Raining PFAS! Targeted and Non-Targeted Identification and Quantitation and Semi-Quantitation of Legacy and Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Rainwater and Groundwater of Wooster, OH, Donald M. Conley III
Department: Chemistry

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Senior Independent Study in Music Composition, Imzadia Conrad
Department: Music

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Why Not to Be Anywhere But Here? A Journey Through Exile, Rickey D. Cooper
Department: Theatre and Dance

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"Footsteps in the dark:" An Analysis of Identity Salience in Queer Christian College Students, Allison M. Cunningham
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Isometric Immersion: Hilbert's Theorem and the Case of the Hyperbolic Plane, Michael D. Curran
Department: Mathematics

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A Grasp for Global Dominance? Analyzing Russian Leaderships' Impact on Russia's National Role Conception, Colin Edward Czubaruk
Department: Political Science

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The Revelations of Roman Tombs, Evan M. Daggett
Department: History

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Making My Body My Own: The Innate Queerness of Tattooing, Jay Daigle
Department: Art and Art History

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An Exploration Into Image Object Detection and Image Instance Segmentation: Mask R-CNN and YOLOv5 Comparison in Image Object Detection Task, Minh Duc Dao
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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The Best Advertising Strategies for Optimizing Business Outcome, Vu Dao
Department: Business Economics

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How Does a City’s Migrant Identities Affect Urban Governments’ Implementation of Affordable Housing Policies?, Ethan Dasilva
Department: Political Science

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Time’s Change in Depiction Over Time: A Rhetorical Analysis on Time Magazine Immigration Cover Stories, Luis Delgado
Department: Communication Studies

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Make Love Not Porn: The Effects of Pornography Consumption on Interpersonal Relationship Satisfaction, Camille S. Diekhans
Department: Psychology

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Building a Career as a Content Creator: Making an Impact in the Creator Economy, Jordan Diggs
Department: Global Media and Digital Studies

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Metabolomics of iPSC-derived Cardiomyocyte Secretions for Biomarker Discovery in Leigh Syndrome, Amber J. Dinchman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Metabolomics of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Secretions for Biomarker Discovery in Leigh Syndrome, Amber J. Dinchman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Exploring Novel Redox Partners and Properties of the Thioredoxin Reductase Trr1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, To Uyen Do
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Prognostic Factors Related to Meningioma Growth: A Meta-Analysis, David Dotson
Department: Neuroscience

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Investment in Tomorrow: Evaluating the Relationship Between School District Funding and Student Performance, Alexander Owen Drewes
Department: Economics

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Is it Absurd to be Ethical?, Alex Drummond
Department: Philosophy

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Authenticity and Virtue Theory, David V. Dunn
Department: Philosophy

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Can The Swiss Have Their Cake And Eat It Too?: An Examination Of Swiss Identity And Public Support For European Integration, Jenna L. Dyroff
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Global and International Studies

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On the Interaction Between Tau and Nab2 Proteins: Implication on AD, Mahmoud ElAchwah
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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“Navigating the Storm”: Exploring the Relationship Between Stochastic Market Disruptions and Supply Chain Resilience., Elyazid N. Elhamriti
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies

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Assessing And Projecting Stream Patterns In Hydrogeomorphology In Low-Elevation Watersheds, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA, Matthew Monroe Engfer
Department: Earth Sciences

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Power Corrupts But Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely: What Effects Do Political Crisis Have on Political Stability of Emerging Democracies, Ayse Ergon
Department: Political Science

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Environmental Activism For Sale: A Visual Analysis Of The Relationship Between Product Advertising And The Environmental Movement In 2022, Isabel C. Espinosa
Department: Communication Studies; Global Media and Digital Studies

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Heart Rate Recovery of DIII Collegiate Soccer Players: Potential Effects of Biological Sex and Time Period, Theodora Farson
Department: Neuroscience

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Pollution Analysis and Ameiurus Nebulosus Gene Expression Can Predict Environmental Health, Naomi Fernandes
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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The Role of CB1 Receptors in the Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation Therapy in Rats, María Dolores Ferreira
Department: Neuroscience

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Detecting Cryptojacking Malware, Chase D. Fickes
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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No One Is an Island: Towards a Geocritical Perspective of Identity via Japanese Culture and Literature, Zachary Filippi
Department: Religious Studies; English

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An Analysis of Recurrent Neural Networks and Long Short-Term Memory Networks, Naod Mahtot Fisseha
Department: Computer Science

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Instating Natural Reward-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in C57BL/6J Mice, Sydney Fitzcharles
Department: Neuroscience

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An Overworked Powerhouse: A Boolean Model of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated Senescence in the Context of Aging Microglia, Katherine H. Fleig
Department: Neuroscience