The Honors College

Clinical trials are the gold standard for medical research because these statistically designed experiments investigate the efficacy and potential side-effects of new medical treatments and pharmaceuticals, often comparing them to other available therapies. Trial implementation increasingly crosses national borders to reach a larger number of potential participants and to secure generalization to a more diverse population.

Confronted with a growing energy crisis, as fossil fuel resources become increasingly scarce, the need for an alternative renewable energy source is becoming critical. Microalgae offer a unique solution to this crisis, as it has an unhindered potential to serve as a source of lipids for biodiesel production. In this study, we compare the effects two different stress conditions have on lipid biosynthesis inChlorella vulgaris.microalgae.

This thesis describes the creation of a software project, The Glob Game Development Framework. The framework is intended to be a generalized codebase on which developers can quickly and easily build video games that run in the browser. It utilizes modern web technologies to achieve its goals. Chapter 2 provides background information on video games and web applications. It explains why these topics are relevant and how they are related. Chapter 3 describes the design of the framework. It lists goals considered while designing and implementing the framework.

Selling millions o f Kindle Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers, the 2011 holiday season was Amazon.com, Inc.'s most successful. The best-selling Kindle book released in 20 ll was published independently by its author using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). That is, the author decided to forego the common commercial publishing route and used Amazon ' s KDP service to self-publish electronically-a decision growing more popular every day with writers because of people's increasing use of e-readers. But self- publishing is an early American tradition.

Esta tesis trata el empeoramiento de la salud bucal debido a los cambios en la dieta moderna además de los problemas asociados con el acceso al cuidado dental en los Estados Unidos.  El trabajo se centra en la correlación entre el aumento del consumo de carbohidratos refinados y la prevalencia de las caries dentales y otros problemas de la salud oral en este país. Adicionalmente, explica que los cambios en la dieta occidental han aumentado la necesidad de la atención odontológica, pero millones de estadounidenses no tienen acceso a este ser

Living Alone: Three Chapters of a Novelfollows the thirteen-year-old main character, Kazuki Kazetani, as his farming community falls under the crest of urban development in the outskirts of the future city of Nara, Japan. When his father decides to move the family into a high-rise condominium in the city, Kazuki is faced with the difficulties of adapting to the new environment and making new friends.  By the end of the three chapters, we see that Kazuki also must question his identity, what it is, where it comes from, whether it can be preserved in his new surroundings, or w

Due to the highly successful use of social media by Barack Obama, the 2008 Presidential Election was known as “The Facebook Election.” Because of this, most research about social media use in elections focuses on Facebook.  The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the Twitter pages of the 2012 presidential candidates to determine how they were using Twitter, if they were engaging in meaningful dialogue with their followers, and if they were being transparent. Tweets from February 1, 2012 through February 29, 2012 were coded.  

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the legal question presented in Florida v. Jardines, specifically whether or not a dog sniff at the front door of a residence is a search under the 4th Amendment. This paper also applies the lessons gleaned from Jardines to a hypothetical scenario involving a case of suspected terrorism. Whether or not an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy with regards to dog sniffs at the front door of their home depends on three specific questions of law.

Managers tend to believe that the majority, if not all, of the decisions they make either are or at least should be based on objective reasoning and logic.  Neutrality of personal opinions and biases has become an established standard of the decision making process.  When making a decision it is recommended to rationally weigh all the available options, compare prose and cons, identify advantages and disadvantages of a particular decision; in short, use logical assessment and reasonaing.  It is generally understood that managers as human beings are often affected by various

Background: With a growing aging population and chronic diseases taking a toll on a large percentage of the general population, there is an increasing need for patient and family education on end-of-life care. End-of-life care is generally avoided as a topic of discussion due to the inevitability of the patient's death and societal views of death as a taboo subject, yet it is an important facet of care along the continuum of health care services.