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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1979

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Isolation and Purification of Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Quail Breast Muscle, Debra A. Schwinn
Department: Chemistry

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Conformational Behavior of a,a'-dihalo-o and p-xylenes as Studied by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Stephen Southworth
Department: Chemistry

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Studies in the Synthesis of 4,5-Diazafluorene-9-one, Norman J. Voller
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of Bis(trihalomethyl) sulfones, Wayne Walters
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of Tetrafluorophthalonitrile and Tetracyanopyrazine, Ed Weil
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Copper in Human Cataract Lenses By Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, Alvin H. Weintraub
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of the Copper Concentrations in Solutions Containing Human Cataractous Lenses, Leslie Woods
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues in Rabbit Muscle Enolase, Jackie Ann Zurcher
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1978

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An Exploratory Study of the Cesium Bromide Region of the Infrared Spectrum (~700 to 300 cm-1) using Pattern Recognition Methods, Laín Burgos-Lovéce
Department: Chemistry

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Various Applications of Laser Raman Spectroscopy in Quantitative Analysis, Robert Colson
Department: Chemistry

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Evaluation of Several Aqueous Anthocyanin Recovery Systems From Grape Filter Trim, Merril John Ehrmentrout
Department: Chemistry

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Computer Assisted Assignment of the Vibrational Overtones and Combinations of Diiminosuccinonitrile, Paul Gillette
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1977

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Investigation of a Rapid Spectrophotometric Method for Estimation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Robert W. Anderson
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt and Nickel Halide Complexes Containing with Cationic Phosphine Ligand 1-Diphenylphosphino-4-Diphenylmethyl Phosphonium Benzene, John Basil
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of Zinc, Cadmium, Leader, and Copper in Human Eye Lenses and Human Eye Cataract Lenses by Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, Zvavahera M. Chirenje
Department: Chemistry

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Enzymatic Method For Lactose Analysis and Its Application to Bovine Mammary Secretions, Wesley Jacobs
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Donor Atom Ligands with Ni-bis(salicylidene-gamma-iminopropyl)amine, Winsome Jones
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl and Lysyl residues of Yeast Hexokinase P-II, James F. Jorkasky
Department: Chemistry

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Fibrinogen: a Study of An Assay and a Study of a Blood Problem, Curtis Lockhart
Department: Chemistry

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Kinetic Study of the Nitrite to Nitrosyl Reaction in a Nickel (II) di-Nitrite bis-Phosphino Complex, David Marshall
Department: Chemistry

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Inactivation of Creatine Kinase by 4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylglyoxal, Ann Elizabeth McLaughlin
Department: Chemistry

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A System for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water, Geoffrey G. Miller
Department: Chemistry

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Non-Aqueous Basicity Determination of Secondary Amines, Jeanne O'Brien
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of the Purity of Commercial Preparations of Reduced B-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide By High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Robert Pfoff
Department: Chemistry

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The Residue Involved in the Reversible Inactivation of Turkey Egg-White Lysozyme by Dimethyl (2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl) sulfonium Bromide, John Michael Schneider
Department: Chemistry

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Work Progressing Toward the Synthesis of Four Aziridinium Fluoroborate Salts, Ronald F. Seaton
Department: Chemistry

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A Feasibility Study for the Automation of a Spectrophotometric Estimation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Mark R. Thompson
Department: Chemistry

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4-Methoxy-3-nitrophenylglyoxal: A New Chromophoric Arginine Reagent, Jeffrey Vasiloff
Department: Chemistry

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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Soybean Nodules For Organic Acids, Holly Walter
Department: Chemistry

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Search For Nickel Carbonyl in Smoldering Nickel Treated Papers and in Mainstream Cigarette Smoke, John Wise
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues In Yeast Enolase, Mary L. Woodall
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1976

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The Reaction of 1-Ethylguanidine with 2,3-Butanedione in the Presence of 2,4-Dinitrobenzaldehyde, D. Kevin Cameron
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues of Hexokinase P-II, Kent L. Cipollo
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis of Some Nickel (II) dihalo Complexes Containing dPe Ligand and Investigation of their Nitrosyl Formation Reaction with NaNO2, Richard Dasch
Department: Chemistry

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Attempted synthesis of Sulfonium Salt Analogs of Acetylcholine as Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase, Richard A. Day
Department: Chemistry

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Reactions of Organic Ligands with Ni-bis(salicylidene-gamma-iminopropyl)amine, Beth Forrest
Department: Chemistry

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An Evaluative Study of the Parr 4745 Teflon Lined Acid Digestion Bomb, Mark Freer
Department: Chemistry

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Various Analytical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy, David Haueisen
Department: Chemistry

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Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide As An Analytical Reagent For So2 Analysis in Ambient Air, Eronmwonse C. Ighodalo
Department: Chemistry

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A synthesis of a cell membrane probe, 11-(4-chloro-3,5-dinitrobenzoylamino)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) doecanamide., Jesse Oh Kean Leng
Department: Chemistry

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Raman Spectroscopy of Selected Nickel Nitrosyl Bis(1,2-diphenyl-phosphino)ethane Complexes and Related Compounds, and of Dithiocarbamate Pesticides, Nelson Oliver
Department: Chemistry

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The Chemical Characterization of a Chromophoric Arginine Reagent, Lester James Pearson
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Zinc, Cadmium, Lead, and Copper in Human Cataract Lenses By Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, Jeffrey Peters
Department: Chemistry

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Water Quality Study of the Wooster Municipal Water, Daryl A. Roston
Department: Chemistry

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Attempted Isolation and Structure Identification of the Complex Formed when Methylguanidine is Modified with 2,3-Butanedione, Bob Skully
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of the Cyanobenzoic Acids, J. Mark Sutherland
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of the Aminobenzonitriles, William T. Vosburgh
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues at the Substrate and/or Cofactor Binding Sites of Phosphoglycerate Mutase, Brett A. Wilson
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Formation of NiX(NO)dpe, Side Reactions, Contaminants and the Reaction Mechanism, Diane Louise York
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1975

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The Synthesis of Some Nickel Nitrosyl Complexes Containing the dPe and VPP Ligands by Reaction with Nitrite Ion, R. Bruce Calvert
Department: Chemistry

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The Temperature Dependence of Stokes/Anti-Stokes Lines and The Raman Spectral Study of Diethylstilbestrol (DES), Yohannes Chonde
Department: Chemistry

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Application of the Laser Raman Spectrophotometer in the forensic Analyses of Inks and Amphetamines, Paul David Cohen
Department: Chemistry

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Phosphate Ion-Selective Electrode: An Investigation into Its Development, Paul W. Cope
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Trace Metal Concentration in Senile Cataractous Lenses, Robert Crawford
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of the Extent of Deuteration using Raman Spectroscopy, Denise Gevas
Department: Chemistry

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Preparation and Characterization of some CO (II) Complexes Containing Analogues of Triphenylphosphine Oxide, David Gibian
Department: Chemistry

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Identification and Determination of Nitrate Ion in the presence of Nitrite Ion by Raman Spectroscopy, Michael Hackett
Department: Chemistry

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Isolation and Characterization of An Inhibitor of Lactate Dehydrogenase Found in Reduced B-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, Thomas Kazembe
Department: Chemistry

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Preliminary Polarographic Scans of Prostaglandins and "Minoxidil" Using Stationary Electrodes, Marla Lake
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra and Assignments of Diaminofumaronitrile and Cyanoguanidine, Steven Meinhold
Department: Chemistry

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Survey of the Organic Contaminant of Vacutainer Blood Sample Collection Tubes, Brenda Miller
Department: Chemistry

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Preparation and Characterization of Nitrosyls of Nickel (II) Complexes Containing Arphos Ligand, Mark Miller
Department: Chemistry

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Vibrational Studies of 1,3,5-tricyanobenzene and 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene, Mark Nicholas
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Three Series of Nickel (II) dihalo-bisphosphine Complexes and their Reaction with NaNO2, Kenneth Shafer
Department: Chemistry

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Optimization of Instrumental Parameters for an E.S.R. Spectrometer and Attempted E.S.R. Measurement on a Spin-Labeled Protein, Daniel A. Soltis
Department: Chemistry

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Cations as Ligands: The Preparation and Characterization of Co (II) and Ni (II) Complexes Containing Cationic Phosphine Ligands, James Stevens
Department: Chemistry

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The Analysis of Trace Organic Contaminants in a Real Water System, John Vermulen
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1974

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Coordination Reactions of a Five-coordinate Complex: Nickel (II) bis (salicyclidene-gamma-iminopropyl)methyl amine, Theodore Gates Brown III
Department: Chemistry

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The Chemical Modification of Histidine and Lysine Residues of Turkey Egg White Lysozyme with Iodoacetic Acid, J. Jeffery Cameron
Department: Chemistry

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The Structure of Nickel Nitrosyl Complexes Using the Sodium Nitrite Addition Method, Joseph Catino
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of the Dichlorobenzonitriles, Michael Cleary
Department: Chemistry

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A Preparation and Study of Bovine Lactoferrin, Jack A. DeJovin
Department: Chemistry

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A Partial Characterization of the Chemicals Present in an Anaerobic Sewage Digestor, Alfred R. Ebert
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of Some Monosubstituted Benzonitriles, Richard Ellsworth
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Trace Metal Concentration in Human Eye Tissue, David M. Foy
Department: Chemistry

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The Attempted Synthesis of Tricarbonyl (3,3,6,6-Tetramethoxycyclohexa-1,4-Diene), Douglas Freeman
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of 2-Cyanoacetamide Methyleneaminoacetonitrile and the Fluorobenzonitriles, Joseph Mar
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Proteolytic Enzymes and the Digestive Process in the Insectivorous Plants Dionaea muscipula and Sarracenia purpurea, David Meinke
Department: Chemistry

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Preparation and Characterization of Nickel (II) and Cobalt (II) Complexes of Para-amino phenyl diphenylphosphine oxide (DPN), Steven Merrill
Department: Chemistry

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An Assessment of the Efficiency of Five Package Treatment Plants for Domestic Sewage, Andrew J. Naumoff
Department: Chemistry

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Conformation and Vibrational Spectra of Diiminosuccinonitrile, Lou Popovic
Department: Chemistry

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Attempted Development of a Method For the Analysis of 5,5-Diphenylhdantoin in Biological Fluids, Paul R. Reiman
Department: Chemistry

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An Examination of the BOD Test, Warren L. Riggle
Department: Chemistry

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Effect of Food Consumption on Respiratory Quotient and Metabolic Rate in Growing Swine, Diana E. Shaffer
Department: Chemistry

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Isolation and Characterization of An Inhibitor Found in Reduced B-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, Brian Steg
Department: Chemistry

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Techniques For Trace Metal Analysis of Biological Samples, Patricia J. Vittum
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1973

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Instrumental Techniques For The Analysis of Archeological Samples, Nathan W. Bower
Department: Chemistry

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The Investigation of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance as a Possible Quantitative Measure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Air Pollutants, Jacqueline Killgore Fitzpatrick
Department: Chemistry

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The Origin of Clays Developing on the Troodos Igneous Complex in Cyprus, Amy Beth Harris
Department: Chemistry

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The Chemical Modification of the Histidine Residues of Turkey Egg White Lysozyme with Iodoacetic Acid, Craig A. Hoppe
Department: Chemistry

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Inactivation of Hen Egg White Lysozyme with Dimethyl (2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl) sulfonium Bromide, Diane Kathryn Jorkasky
Department: Chemistry

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A Vibrational Study of Monobromobenzonitriles and Development of Raman Kinetics Study Technique, William Kerek
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of the Cyanophenols and the Chlorobenzonitriles, Gary Mabbott
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Role of Carboxyl Side Chains in the Enzymatic Activity of Hen Egg White and Turkey Egg White Lyzozymes, Robert W. Olds
Department: Chemistry

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The Effect of Phosgene on Na^+ and K^+ Activated ATPase in Rat Lung Tissue, Nancy D. Plunkett
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of Trace Metals in Physiological Fluids Using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Douglas T. Stafford
Department: Chemistry

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Studies of Five- and Six-coordinate Ni(II) Complexes With a Pentadentate Schiff base Ligand and One of a Variety of Monodentate Ligands, John Teringo III
Department: Chemistry

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The Effects of Tetracyanoethylene on Aqueous Systems of Free Amino Acids and Hen Egg Lysosyme, John Elmer Whitcomb
Department: Chemistry

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An Examination of Residual Chlorine In The Effluent From The Water Pollutionm Control Plant In Wooster, Ohio, David R. Whitman
Department: Chemistry

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The Chemical Modification of Turkey Egg White Lysozyme With Dimethyl(2-Hydroxy-5-Nitrobenzyl)-Sulfonium Bromide, Steven Leigh Wright
Department: Chemistry