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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Big Dataset on PM2.5 Air Pollution in Beijing, China, 2014 to 2018, Hutong Fan

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Does Macroalgae Invasion Alter Macroinvertebrate or Macrophyte Communities in Wetland Habitats?, Alexander Krest

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Regional-scale climate-induced variation in ant physiology and morphology, Daniel E. Murphy

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The Significance of Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, in the Buffalo area, 1840-1860, Timothy J. Nixon

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Native and non-native ant impacts on soil microbes, Hannah A. Stewart

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Textual Persuasion: Trauma Representation in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, Elizabeth A. Wall

Theses from 2021

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Economic Growth In Haiti, Marc Arthur L. Barthelemy

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Implementation of Project-based Learning to Entrepreneurship at International Preparatory in Buffalo: Its Effect on Learners’ Desire to Become Entrepreneurs and Impact on the Practice of 21st Century Skills, Susana M. Bernhardt

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Developmental and Behavioral Responses of Early Life Stages of Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) to Urban Effluents Treated with Advanced-Oxidation Processes, Amy Cavanaugh

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Heavy Metals in ENDS Liquids: A Comparative Analysis of Products from the United States, England, Canada, and Australia, Ashleigh Coggins-Block

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A Select Examination Of the Historiography Of The Causes of the War of 1812, Shiva Czuba

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The Challenge of E. Pluribus Unum: Waterfront Workers During the Civil War in Buffalo, New York, Anthony E. Gil

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Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) distribution, diet and seasonality in western New York and morphological condition in lake and stream habitats., Adam M. Haines

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The Cost of Crime: A Study on Human Trafficking, Kirsten Krug

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An Analysis of the Impact of RMB Exchange Rate on China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Yuchao Li

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The Great Transition: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transitioning from Diesel Fuel Buses to Zero Emission Electric Buses for the NFTA in The Buffalo-Niagara Falls MSA, Jonathan C. Meyers

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Native and non-native ant impacts on native fungi, Chloe Mokadam

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A Transatlantic Conversation on Medicine and Literature, Brittani Mroz

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Failoure On All Fronts: The United States Army in the First Year of the War of 1812, Gary H. Nobbs Jr.

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Using Scrum to Teach Standards-Based K-12 Computer Science: A Prosepectus for a Master’s Level Methods Class at Buffalo State, Noah M. Pierce

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Distinctly American: The Roots of Secessionism and Nullification in the United States, Patrick F. Ryan

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Creativity, Design, and Brand in a Complex Reality: Towards an Emergent Model for Harnessing Organizational Innovation, Matei Schwartz

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Shell Calcification and Growth of the Aquatic Snail Planorbella trivolvis Under Low Calcium Conditions Typical of Decalcified Northern Lakes, Shawn A. Witte

Theses from 2020

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Electrophysiological Analysis of Homotypic and Heterotypic Channels Formed by Human Connexin30.3, a Gap Junctional Protein Associated with Erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV), Jesse K. Asiedu

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Functional Analysis of a Critical Glycine (Glycine 12) in Beta-type Connexins of Human Skin, Rasheed Bailey

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Dreissena in the Great Lakes: Benthic Community Impacts and Facilitation, Sonya C. Bayba

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The Gap Between Family Income and Graduation Rates, Kaylee M. Gatto

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Quick Freezing-Induced AuNP Aggregates as Near-Infrared (NIR) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates, Kristopher W. Hoyt

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A Brief History of the Irish and Social Mobility in Buffalo, New York from the 1830s to the 1860s, Evan B. Kennedy

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Ecofeminism in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Stephanie Kroneiss

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The Psychological Effects of Patriarchy and Courtship: Eighteenth Century Women’s Mentalities in Pamela and Clarissa, Peter J. LaPorta

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The Estrangement of George Orwell’s Modern Man, Christopher Nightengale

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Cloning and Expression of Hydra Innexin 2, a Gap Junction Protein Required for Coordinated Contraction of the Body Column, Ashley O'Brien

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Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres: Utilizing Genres to Explore Literary Themes Through Genre Fiction, Michael W. Rickard II

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Life History and Metabolic Responses of Daphnia magna Exposed to Effluents of Urban Origin Treated by Advanced Oxidation, Benjamin Z. Szczygiel

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Incidence of antibiotic resistance and plasmid content in freshwater beach sand and water and clinical urinary tract infection Escherichia coli isolates, Robert F. White

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Constructing and Operating a Streetcar System in Buffalo, NY, Daniel Kevin Zielinski

Theses from 2019

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16S rRNA analysis and toxin gene presence in Escherichia coli isolated from beach water and sand at a public beach (Erie County, NY), Jennifer D. Jackson

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Economic and Demographic Determinants of the Consumption, Saving and Borrowing Behaviors of Households, Micaela Joseph

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Toward a More Universal Currency: The Impact of the Clearing Mechanism on Developing Economies, Evan Ross Kaderbeck

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A biotelemetric study comparing diving behavior and brumation sites of translocated and resident northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica) and their response to replica model turtles on artificial basking/nesting platforms in the Upper Niagara River, Jesse M. Karcher

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Release of captive-raised Eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) to test the success of a chytrid vaccine and new cage design, Megan C. Kocher

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Missed Moments: Kodak’s Failure to Define the Consumer Market for Digital Photography, Paul T. Moon Jr

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Movements and Behaviors of Resident and Translocated Northern Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica) in the Upper Niagara River with Artificial Basking/Nesting Platforms as a Management Strategy, Chelsea L. Moore

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EDUCATION POLICIES AND THE EFFECT ON THE SKILLED TRADES WORK FORCE, Aaron K. Nadrowski

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"Witness to the Witness": Slavery and the Writing of Disaster, Danelle Peterson

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Extraction and Quantification of Cannabinoids from Chocolate-Based Products, Matthew Pothier

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Does Family Income Determine A Children Future Educational Attainment Level?, Diaisha T. Richards

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CORRELATING CENSUS DATA WITH BOCES ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHICS: A STUDY ON THE NEED FOR DEMOGRAPHIC COHESION, Dana N. Roman

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Optimizing Methods for Separation of Adhesive Tape from Fabrics and Obtaining Latent Prints from Adhesive and Non-Adhesive Sides, Elizabeth Vosburgh

Theses from 2018

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The Lacanian Real as Absent Cause: The Name(s)-of-the-Father, or Les Non-Dupes Errent, Garrett Busshart

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The Effects of Dynamic Versus Static Depictions of Actions Using a Modified Verb Naming Therapy in Persons with Aphasia., Heather Clark

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Effects of Spending on New York Counties Six Year Graduation Rate, Maxwell B. Costello

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Cultural Consumption: Ideologies, Aesthetics and Economies in Marguerite Duras’s Work, Melissa Ferreira

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: An Examination of the Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index, Elizabeth A. Fides

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Cryptocurrencies as an Alternative to Fiat Monetary Systems, David A. Georgeson

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Experimental evidence that the non-native European fire ant alters invertebrate communities, Madeson C. Goodman

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Full Employment, or a New Reserve Army? A Marxian Critique of the Employer of Last Resort, Michael Heubusch

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The Seventeenth Amendment: The United States Senate and the Transformation from Legislative Selection to Direct Popular Election, John Joseph Janora

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Whose Monster? A Study in the Rise to Power of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Nicholas Kotarski

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Does Debt Matter?, Luhan Li

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An Analysis of Chinese Trade and FTA using Gravity Model, MINYU LIU

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Beyond Christ in Concrete: Exploring Assimilation, Identity and Manual Labor in Pietro di Donato's This Woman and Three Circles of Light, Giannina A. Lucantoni

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The Bully Pulpit and The Pulpit Bully: A Comparison of How Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Donald Trump Used the Media To Propel Their Careers and Political Agendas., Scott E. Miller

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Evaluation of the Biocompatibility and Micromechanical Properties of Experimental Dental Adhesives, Hoda Moussa

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Genetic Analysis of the Role of GRP170B (T14G8.3) During Toxin Induced Protein Folding Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans, Nancy T. Nsengiyumva

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Reproductive Effort and Lipid Dynamics of the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) in the Upper Niagara River, New York, Christopher A. Osborne

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Comparative Study on Urban and Suburban Art Education, Estevan Jose Puerto Jr

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Use of Interactive Notebooks in the Parenting Classroom, Kimberly A. Schildwaster

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A Forensic Investigation into the Possible Origins of Three Human Skeletons, Jefferson P. Sinnott

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The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Price of Gold, Yunhao Sun

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pH Sensitivity of Connexin 50 Hemichannels: H95 and Beyond, Leah Volk

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The Stamp Act: Revolutionary Resistance in New York, Ryan L. Wagner

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Impact of Online Shopping on Shopping Malls, Xaioxing Yan

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Spatial Analysis of Air Particulate Pollution Distributions and Its Relation to Real Property Value in Beijing, China, Yingyu Zhang

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Impact of Falling Oil Prices on US Economic Conditions in Both the Short Run and the Medium Run, Aye Mya Thant Zin

Theses from 2017

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Immunological Strategies to Study GRP170 in Caenorhabditis elegans, Raven P. Baxter-Christian

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“I am the Handmaid of the Lord”: The Spiritual Development of Mary Ward Amidst English Catholic Clerical Crisis, 1585 – 1630, Alyson Borowczyk

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Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Trophic Position and Movement Patterns in the Lower Niagara River, NY, Eric Bruestle

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Ecology of the Young-of-the-Year Emerald Shiner (Notropis Atherinoides) in the Upper Niagara River, New York: Growth, Diversity, and Importance as a Forage Species, Jacob L. Cochran

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Histories Become Fiction: Variations on the Literary Case Study, Megan C. Cole

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Has Social Security Been Effective?, Matthew V. Danwin

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Experiences of Soviet Women Combatants During World War II, Michelle De Jesus Reyes

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Magical Realism and Film: A Look at Midnight’s Children, Jeff Floss

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An Evaluation of the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) as a Bioindicator of Urban Water Pollution in the Upper Niagara River, Rebecca J. Johnson

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Dietary analysis of the emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) in the Upper Niagara River using fatty acids, stomach contents, and stable isotopes, Colleen Kolb

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Literature Review of Project Based Learning, Katelyn Kwietniewski

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Examining Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes toward the Teacher Ranking System in China, Siyuan Liu

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The Introductory Geoscience Experience: A Study of Undergraduate Attitudes and Engagement at SUNY Buffalo State, Heather J. McCarthy

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Consequences of Information Asymmetry on Corporate Risk Management, Howard J. Merrill III

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Characterizing the Influence of Gap Junction Communication on Cell Volume Dynamics, Bona Mu

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Behavioral Economics and the Effects of Psychology on the Stock Market, Justin L. Nagy

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The Mediating Impact of Student Self-Efficacy: An Examination of Vocational and Academic Perceptions Among Students in Living-Learning Communities, Michael Palumbo

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Scottish Emigration to British North America 1770-1783: The First Phase of Scottish Highland Diaspora, Beth Pryor

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The Impact of Money Supply and Electronic Money: Empirical Evidence from Central Bank in China, Rui Qin

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Stock Market Wealth impact on Consumption Expenditure, Ramberto Jr. Sosa Cueto

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The French Way: Henry James and the British Theater, Jeremy D. Williams

Theses from 2016

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Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrazole-Substituted Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands for Potential Applications as Contrast Enhancement Agents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Kayleigh M. Bemisderfer

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Pyrazole Pendant Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands for Possible Medicinal Applications, Anjuli Bhandari

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The Skin Disease Mutation Cx31L209F Induces a Calcium- and Cobalt-Sensitive Leak Current Across the Plasma Membrane, Husain A. Bneed