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20961. EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF COCOA SWEATINGS AND TIME OF FERMENTATION IN FLAVOR COMPOUNDS AND SENSORY PERCEPTION OF COCOA

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Author:
Meneses Marentes, Nixon
Title:
EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF COCOA SWEATINGS AND TIME OF FERMENTATION IN FLAVOR COMPOUNDS AND SENSORY PERCEPTION OF COCOA
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
cocoa
flavor
volatiles
non-volatiles
sensory analysis
File:
Download Appendix_Sensory_test_screener.pdfDownload Thesis_Nixon_Meneses_Marentes.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Helene Hopfer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Greg Ziegler, Committee Member
Misha T Kwasniewski, Committee Member

20962. Energy and Economic Impacts of Engineering Controls for Airborne Infection Risk Mitigations

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Open Access
Author:
Phan, Roumany
Title:
Energy and Economic Impacts of Engineering Controls for Airborne Infection Risk Mitigations
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2
Energy
Indoor Air Quality
EnergyPlus
CONTAM
Risk Assessment
Wells-Riley
Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Probability of Infection Risk
Dedicated Outdoor Air System
Variable Air Volume System
File:
Download ENERGY_AND_ECONOMIC_IMPACTS_OF_ENGINEERING_CONTROLS_FOR_AIRBORNE_INFECTION_RISK_MITIGATIONS_by_Roumany_C._Phan.pdf
Committee Members:
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William P Bahnfleth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Greg Pavlak, Committee Member

20963. Effects of interferon tau and pregnancy specific protein B on gene expression during early pregnancy.

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Open Access
Author:
Montgomery, Ty
Title:
Effects of interferon tau and pregnancy specific protein B on gene expression during early pregnancy.
Graduate Program:
Animal Science
Keywords:
maternal recognition of pregnancy
HSPE1
D2Dx Immunity Test
pregnancy associated glycoproteins
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Ty_Montgomery.pdf
Committee Members:
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Chad Daniel Dechow, Committee Member

20964. Illuminating taxonomic and ecoregional variation in bias among community science data to inform conservation-based species distribution modeling

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Author:
Lacey, Lindsay
Title:
Illuminating taxonomic and ecoregional variation in bias among community science data to inform conservation-based species distribution modeling
Graduate Program:
Spatial Data Science
Keywords:
species distribution model
MaxEnt
conservation
volunteered geographic information
citizen science
community science
bias
SDM
ecological niche model
ENM
File:
Download Lacey_MSThesis_09Nov2022.pdf
Committee Members:
Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair
Marcela Suárez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Miller, Committee Member

20965. Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems

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Author:
Lefever, Andrew
Title:
Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
Keywords:
Vertical tillage
No-till
File:
Download Andrew_Lefever_MS_Thesis_11-22-22.pdf
Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Charlie White, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member

20968. Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors

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Open Access
Author:
Felins, Michael
Title:
Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Liquid gating
Graphene
Biosensor
FET
File:
Download Felins-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

20970. Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

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Author:
Elmquist, Jon
Title:
Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
neonicotinoid
insecticide
spotted lanternfly
imidacloprid
dinotefuran
pollinator
red maple
tree-of-heaven
Acer rubrum
Ailanthus altissima
Lycorma delicatula
non-target
risk assessment
File:
Download JE_PSU_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20971. Semantic Image Retrieval via Graph Representation and Metric Learning

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Author:
Wang, William
Title:
Semantic Image Retrieval via Graph Representation and Metric Learning
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Semantic image retrieval
Image-to-image retrieval
Scene graph
Graph convolutional network
Metric learning
Deep learning
File:
Download WilliamWang-thesis-20220727.pdf
Committee Members:
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Wang-Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member

20972. Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture

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Author:
Robotham, Daniel
Title:
Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
student commitment
emotional support
academic support
family influence
agricultural career
relevant skill acquisition
university experience
undergraduate students
File:
Download Daniel_Thesis_Final_Version_UpdatedFormatReview.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanna R. Windon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

20973. Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns

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Author:
Dyer, William
Title:
Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Carbon nanotube yarn
Epoxy-impregnated carbon nanotube yarn
CNT yarn
Mechanical testing
Dynamic mechanical analysis
File:
Download Dyer_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

20974. Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania

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Author:
Blunk, Andrew
Title:
Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
Keywords:
Fresh Market Tomato
Nitrogen
Soil Monitoring
handheld Ion Selective Electrodes (ISE)
High Tunnel
Mid-Atlantic Region
soil fertility management
File:
Download Blunk_Thesis_Final_version.pdf
Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
John Thomas Spargo, Committee Member

20975. Development of Transparent Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications

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Author:
Osman, Mohamed
Title:
Development of Transparent Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Translucent matching layer
glass beads
Ultrasonic Transducer
Transparent Ultrasound Transducer
Photoacoustic Imaging
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Mohamed_Osman_Submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julianna Simon, Committee Member
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Committee Member

20976. ASHE: An Agent-Based Model that Simulates Human Error Probability Using Design Structure Matrices

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Author:
Azhar, Fariha
Title:
ASHE: An Agent-Based Model that Simulates Human Error Probability Using Design Structure Matrices
Graduate Program:
Engineering Design
Keywords:
Human Error
Agent-Based Model
Design Structure Matrix
Human Reliability Analysis
File:
Download FarihaAzhar_EDSGN_Thesis_22.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicholas Meisel, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chris Mc Comb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20977. Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections

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Author:
Aquino, Carl Fredrick
Title:
Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
sea-level rise
sea level
probabilistic inversion
Bayesian inversion
Greenland Ice Sheet
Antarctic Ice Sheet
climate risk
climate risk management
coastal hazards
File:
Download AQUINO_CARLFREDRICK_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Srikrishnan, Committee Member

20979. DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

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Author:
Tang, Xiaomeng
Title:
DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery
File:
Download XT_Thesis_Draft_v10.8.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member