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Early Adopter: A Dramatic Screenplay About Relatives, Roots, Revenue, and Revenge Through the Juxtaposition of Familial Bonds and Betrayal
(2024-01-04)Early Adopter is a dramatic feature screenplay that concerns the impact of a long-held, tragic secret on an already emotionally conflicted family of three women—a grandmother, mother, and daughter—and the difficult, ... -
Early American Silver at the Currier Museum of Art
(2015-10-02)This project-based thesis has added five stops and an introduction to American Silver to the Currier Museum of Art’s mobile tour. The Museum has an extensive silver collection but has very little information readily available ... -
Eatable: An Application That Helps People With Food Allergies Check and Locate Allergen-Free Food Products
(2017-06-14)Due to the limited number of allergen-free foods found in the market and the stores’ inconsistencies in carrying such foods, people living with food allergies have a hard time finding foods they can safely eat. Food allergic ... -
Eclipse Phase: Examining Global and Local Pandemic Vulnerabilities Among Home and Community Based Services Recipients and Providers in Pennsylvania; a Case-Based Report During the Year 2020
(2022-05-12)As the US population ages, more and more senior citizens are receiving care and services in their homes rather than in nursing facilities, a trend that is only set to accelerate over the coming decades. This project examines ... -
Ecological Factors and Jaw Morphology in Lepidosauria: A Geometric Morphometric and Biomechanical Approach
(2023-04-20)Lepidosauria consists of two reptilian orders, with squamates, the larger of the orders, consisting of about 11,000 species and are widespread globally. As a group, lepidosaurs are very diverse in habitat, leg development, ... -
Economic Analysis of an Algal Turf Scrubber and Anaerobic Digester System for Bioremediation of Eutrophic Waters
(2024-01-04)Aquatic environments provide economic value in the form of ecosystem services (ES), such as jobs and food through fisheries, eco-tourism, flood buffering against storms, and nutrient capture (Turner et al., 2000). Globally, ... -
Economic and Ecological Opportunities of Bycatch in the New England Seafood Supply Chain
(2018-11-05)Bycatch is the unwanted portion of catch on a fishing vessel typically discarded at sea. The practice of discarding bycatch is well documented in global fisheries for increasing mortality, and exacerbating fish stock ... -
The Economic and Social Effects of Reward Based Crowdfunded Technology Projects on the Metropolitan New York Community
(2016-10-14)Does reward based crowdfunding provide benefits to the local communities where the crowdfunding projects are based from? Drawing from qualitative Data from 14 interviews with successfully funded Kickstarter projects as ... -
Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges in Morocco: Corruption and Bureaucracy
(2024-05-06)Criticisms of foreign aid are frequent and well justified, corruption at a local level diminishes efficiency, bureaucratic processes hinder progress, and donor politics sideline the real priorities of those in need. Economic ... -
Economic Opportunities for Biomass Harvest of Invasive Giant Reed (Arundo Donax L.) in Southern California as Feedstock for the Pulp and Paper Industry
(2017-05-15)This study investigates commercial opportunities in Southern California for removing Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) biomass and selling it to pulp and paper manufacturing operations. Arundo donax is an invasive non-native ... -
Ecovillages as a Solution to Global Challenges
(2023-08-18)Ecovillages are sustainability focused cooperative communities that strive to provide social and economic support to residents whilst utilizing regenerative design to minimize the environmental impact of settlements. Ideal ... -
Educational Roots and Rebellious Routes: Reflections on the Career Outcomes of Four Black Students in Nineteenth-Century New York City
(2024-05-06)Despite its long-term reputation for being cosmopolitan and progressive, nineteenth-century New York City was a place of grave racial inequality. To combat poverty and racial discrimination, Black elites and white ... -
Effect of an Epistemic Intervention on Belief Perseverance
(2021-05-21)Epistemic beliefs influence how individuals process claims about world events or scientific studies by influencing what sources they find reliable, how they determine when something is knowable, what processes they rely ... -
Effect of Genetic Knockout and Pharmacological Inhibition of Galectin-3 on Alveolar Type 2 Cell Differentiation in Organoids
(2024-05-16)Chronic respiratory diseases present a large medical and economic burden on the industrialized world, only overshadowed by heart disease and cancer. These diseases result in punctuated lung injury and repair cycles with a ... -
Effect of Restricting Bedtime Smartphone Use on Well-Being for Young Adults: An Experimental Design
(2021-11-08)Today's young adults grew up in a time of rapid technology growth impacting personal interactions, behavior, and well-being. Research shows both positive and negative impacts of smartphone use. However, as smartphone ... -
Effect of Time and Sleep on the Transitive Inference Task
(2016-11-22)Researchers seeking to understand the adaptive value of sleep have done so, in part, by assessing the cognitive effects of sleep on the performance of specific tasks. In this study we follow up on previous work reporting ... -
Effectiveness of Particle Air Purifiers in Improving the Air Quality in Classrooms in Three Urban Public Schools in the Northeastern United States
(2018-11-06)This study investigates whether Particle Air Purifiers (PAPs) are effective in improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in an urban school setting by removing PM2.5 and its elemental constituents from classroom air. In addition, ... -
Effectiveness of Sustainability Disclosures in the Mining and Metals Sector – a Critical Analysis
(2022-10-19)Economic activity and sustainable development share a common overarching purpose: to improve quality of life. The difference lies in prioritization of stakeholders, and spatial and temporal impacts. Sustainable development ... -
Effects of American Media Representation of South Asian Americans
(2018-03-23)In my research I explored the role of American media representation has on the lives of South Asian Americans and Americans of differing racial, ethnic, and sexual backgrounds. I predicted that such representations had a ... -
The Effects of Coffee Intake on Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
(2017-01-05)Previous studies have identified associations between dietary and lifestyle factors and the incidence, risk of recurrence, and mortality of colorectal cancer. The consumption of coffee is one such factor that has been ...