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Author:

Greenstein, Adam Lawrence

Title:

Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

driver
behavior
adaptation
safety
roadway departure
crash

File:

Download Adam_Greenstein_PSU_MS_Thesis_-_Civil_Engineering_-_Fall_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fureman, Brandy Ellen

Title:

L-type calcium channel regulation in the P/Q-type calcium channel mutant mouse, tottering, a model for episodic neurological disorders

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

mutant mouse
tyrosine hydroxylase
nimodipine
dyskinesia
trigger
voltage-dependent calcium channel
development
BAY K8644
animal model
behavior
paroxysmal
movement disorder

File:

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Committee Members:

Ellen J Hess, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa L Wood, Committee Member
Robert G Levenson, Committee Member
Robert J Milner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member

Author:

Murphy, Craig Patrick

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF FUNCTION-BASED AND NON-FUNCTION-BASED BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

positive behavior supports
functional behavioral assessments
behavior
behavior interventions
functional

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Mcafee, Committee Member
Marley W Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Member

Author:

Stuber, Erica

Title:

Fat and Migration: Relationship Between Seasonal Regulation of Adipokines and Behavior

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

circadian
circannual
migration
behavior
white-throated sparrow
migration
Biological clock
adipokine
adiponectin
visfatin

File:

Download Stuber_Thesis_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Allen Bartell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Allen Bartell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Goodrich, Laurie J

Title:

Stopover ecology of autumn-migrating raptors in the Central Appalachians

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

stopover
raptors
behavior
habitat use
migration
Kittatinny Ridge
Appalachians

File:

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Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
Richard Tucker Yahner, Committee Member
Christopher Barry Goguen, Committee Member

Author:

Stewart, Rebecca Johanna

Title:

Habitat use and behavior of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

habitat use
Pheucticus ludovicianus
rose-breasted grosbeak
behavior

File:

Download Stewart_RJ_Masters_Thesis_Spring09.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Tucker Yahner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Tucker Yahner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boehmler, Wendy Ann

Title:

ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL SYSTEM TO STUDY DOPAMINE-RELATED NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

zebrafish
dopamine receptor
mRNA expression
behavior
adenosine receptor

File:

Download Boehmler.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert G Levenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor Alan Canfield, Committee Member
Keith C Cheng, Committee Member
John Ellis, Committee Member

Author:

Mohr, Nathalie

Title:

A homeowner assessment tool supporting home energy audits

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

residential energy audit
behavior
homeowner
survey

File:

Download Mohr_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David R Riley Ii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ashcraft, Sara Ann

Title:

Investigating the physiology and behavior of the panamanian bishop fish

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

fish
physiology
behavior
gill morphology
social information

File:

Download Sara_Ashcraft_Final_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hyde, Amanda L.

Title:

Automatic Regulation of Physical Activity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

habits
automatic evaluations
implicit attitudes
exercise
behavior
motivation

File:

Download FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

David E Conroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steriani Elavsky, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member

Author:

Shilladay, Jessica Ann

Title:

The effectiveness of an environmental education program on increasing environmentally conscious behavior in college students

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

behavior
environmental education

File:

Download Shilladay_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patreese Donette Ingram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swierk, Lindsey Noele

Title:

Mate choice and competition in the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

behavior
competition
courtship
eastern fence lizard
mating
reproduction
Sceloporus undulatus

File:

Download Swierk_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tracy Lee Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Braithwaite, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Special Member

Author:

Gayles, Jochebed G

Title:

a multidimensional model of individual functioning in middle adolescence: Exploring patterns of functioning, gender differences, and links to outcomes in young adulthood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
wellbeing
individual functioning
behavior
psychological functioning

File:

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Committee Members:

J Douglas Coatsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member
Robert Nix, Committee Member

Author:

Zawadzki, Stephanie Johnson

Title:

The interdependent nature of environmental behaviors: Testing a conceptual framework for behavioral spillover

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

pro-environmental behavior
experiment
mediation
behavior
behavioral spillover

File:

Download SJZawadzki_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Melvin Michael Mark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Graves, Fern Briann

Title:

SENSORY ASPECTS OF TRAIL-FOLLOWING AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS IN THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE, Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

pheromone
invasive species
cerambycidae
behavior
mate-finding
sex trail pheromone
chemical ecology
tarsal setae

File:

Download GravesThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member

Author:

Coco, Angela M

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF CROP PHYLODIVERSITY ON HERBIVOROUS INSECTS OF SQUASH AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

ecology
entomology
biology
squash
butternut
evolution
phylogeny
insect
plant
interaction
structure
volatile
ipm
cues
response
behavior
parasite
parasitoid
Centistes diabroticae
Celatoria setosa
nematode
gregarine
coco
angela
tooker
john
kaplan
ian
rock springs
agriculture
vegitable
crop
intercrop
polyculture
herbiore
pest
phytophageous
bug
cucumber beetle
squash bug
wasp
fly
food
integrated
management
cucurbit
balduf
community
phylogenetic
relatedness
neighbor
divergence
zucchini
associational
resistance
apparency
research
thesis
2017
2018
2019
regression
elytron
length
sticky
pitfall
trap
foliage
flower
scout
scouting
rain
natural
enemies
diversity
merkle
control
eastern
north
america

File:

Download CocoA_thesis_final_draftc.pdf

Committee Members:

John F Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member

Author:

Hojjatinia, Sarah

Title:

System Identification Algorithms for Noisy Data with Application to Behavior Modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

System identification
data analysis
modeling
physical activity
behavior
machine learning
algorithm
noisy data
social network
switched systems
markov
design
SARMAX
SARX
Markov jump
hybrid
health
Real Data

File:

Download Sarah-Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Arcot, Amrita

Title:

Examining Iron Status, Development, and Behavior in Young Children in the Pennsylvania Foster Care System, an Exploratory Retrospective Medicaid Claims Review

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

nutrition
foster care
child welfare
iron
iron deficiency
anemia
cognition
behavior
medicaid

File:

Download ARCOT_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura E Murray-Kolb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Anne Font, Committee Member
A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Xiang Gao, Committee Member

Author:

Patton, B Wren

Title:

Changing minds: Fish behavior and cognition in human-altered habitats

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

ocean acidification
fish
coral reef
behavior
Lemon Damselfish
Pomacentrus moluccensis
climate change
Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
tool use
cognitive ecology
behavioral ecology
resilience
enrichment

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Committee Members:

James Marden, Major Field Member
David Hughes, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Paola Ferreri, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zainuddin, Nursyafiqi

Title:

Getting to the root of nematode chemotaxis: Manipulation of belowground plant-nematode interactions

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

nematode
kinesis
taxis
volatile
exudate
chemotaxis
non-volatile
olfactometer
behavior
ecological niche
environmental context
phytochemical
plant-nematode
evolution
parasitism
plant defense
carbon dioxide

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Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Major Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor