Undergraduate Honors Theses and Student papers
Duke migrated to an electronic-only system for theses between 2006 and 2010. As such, theses completed between 2006 and 2010 may not be part of this system, and those completed before 2006 are not hosted here except for a small number that have been digitized.
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Regulation of cell polarity by the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(2019-05-22)Cell polarity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential for bud formation, which is regulated by the cell cycle. How this regulation occurs is poorly understood. The master regulator of polarity is a Rho-GTPase called Cdc42, ... -
The Ethics of the Rule of Rescue: Guidelines for Use in the Medical Setting
(2019-04-16)The “rule of rescue” (RR) is the human impulse to rescue an identifiable person facing imminent threat, regardless of associated costs. For example, no price is spared to save trapped miners, even though instituting improved ... -
Global Health Diplomacy: The Ethical and Legal Implications on the Protection of Health Workers
(2019-03-01)In an era of globalization, health is political. The politicization of health can best be analyzed by focusing on global health diplomacy (GHD), a term that describes the utilization of health investments to forward foreign ... -
"The Breakfast Problem": A Comparative Dispute between a Classical Confucian and a Feminist Liberal on Priority of Virtues
(2019-04-04)A classical Confucian and a feminist liberal married to each other find themselves at a stalemate when they disagree on a breakfast routine for their six-years-old daughter. The Confucian Carl espouses a routine is characterized ... -
Durham and Gentrification: Assessing the Impact of Displacement in the Bull City
(2019-04)In this paper, I look to Durham, North Carolina, to demonstrate potential harms from gentrification. Using an expansive proprietary dataset, I come to two main conclusions: first, there is a significant link between ... -
“Simon Says”: Young children’s understandings of norms modeled by peers
(2019-04-15)Social norms are mutually agreed upon standards of behavior that are expected among group members and guide essentially all aspects of human social behavior. Previous theory has suggested that children undergo a two-step ... -
To Snack or Not to Snack? Children's Self-Regulation in the Presence of Peers
(2019-04-23)As established by Walter Mischel through his famous “Marshmallow Task”, children around the age of 4 are able to put of a current, small reward in favor of a later and greater reward (Mischel & Mischel, 1983; Mischel, W. ... -
Ecological Modeling for Public Health: Predicting Hotspots of Human and Vector Contact in Rural Madagascar
(2019-04-12)Vector-borne diseases account for almost one-fifth of all infectious disease cases globally, and are a particularly pressing public health issue in low and middle-income countries. In Madagascar, ticks and flea vectors are ... -
The Effect of Masitinib on Pediatric Glioblastoma
(2014)Tumors of the Central Nervous System are the most prevalent pediatric solid tumor with gliomas being the most common and most aggressive form. The current standard of care involves a combination therapy with chemoradiation ... -
Metabolic Modulators of Soft Tissue Sarcomas
(2019-04-22)This investigation characterizes the metabolic dependencies of soft tissue sarcomas and evaluates potential therapeutic implications for radiation therapy. Mice were genetically engineered to utilize the Cre/LoxP system, ... -
"The Blue Devil Resistome": Antibiotic Resistance Transfer from the Environment to the Lab at Duke University
(2019-04-22)It is well observed that bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics worldwide. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), more specifically, conjugation is one of the mechanisms by which bacteria gain antibiotic ... -
The Power of Notes: The Psychological Impact of Music on Feelings of Spirituality
(2019-04-22)Although music has been used in spiritual contexts throughout history, not much is known about how the characteristics within music that elicit feelings associated with spirituality. This study was designed to shed light ... -
Parenting concerns, psychological distress, and relationship functioning in parents coping with cancer
(2019-04-22)Introduction: Studies have found that cancer patients with dependent children exhibit high symptoms of anxiety, depression, and worry. Patients’ parenting concerns can negatively impact their own and their family’s adjustment ... -
On the Nature of 20th and 21st Century Gendered Marketing Strategies and Perceptions Toward Cigarette Products in the United States and China
(2019-03)This thesis examines the prevailing sentiments toward cigarettes and the targeted marketing strategies in the 20th and 21st century of the evolving markets in the United States and China. Specifically, marketing campaigns ... -
Morphometric Analysis of an Ontogenetic Series of Dolphin Cranial Endocasts
(2019-05)The earliest stages of life mark a critical period of brain growth and cranial expansion that has been thoroughly studied in many cognitively complex species but not in dolphins. Marine mammal protection policies restrict ... -
Influence of social support on childhood vaccine uptake in a migrant community in Roatan, Honduras
(2019-04-01)According to the World Health Organization, greater social support from family, friends, and community members is correlated with better health outcomes. In the migrant community of La Colonia on the island of Roatán, Honduras, ... -
Who You Are, Who You Wish You Were, and Who You Should Be: How Augmented Attained Ought Goal Priming May Be Used Therapeutically
(2019-04)According to Self-Discrepancy Theory, ideal goals are characterized by hopes, dreams, and wishes, while ought goals are characterized by duties, responsibilities, and obligations. Failed ideal goals are met with depression-like ... -
Food for Thought: How Skipping Lunch and Psychiatric Illness Affect Cognition
(2019-04-18)Meal skipping is a common disordered eating behavior in college-aged individuals. This behavior is associated with a variety of health risks, including nutritional deficits and an increased risk for eating pathology. Research ... -
What’s in a Face?: Facial Cues Facilitate Emotion-Word Learning in 14-month-old Infants
(2019-04)Emotion learning, the process through which humans understand their own and others’ affective states, allows infants to communicate and bond with others. Infants use facial expressions as external indicators of these internal ... -
Female Labor Force Participation in Turkic Countries: A Study of Azerbaijan and Turkey
(2019-04)Encouraging female labor force participation (FLFP) should be a goal of any country attempting to increase its productive capacity. Understanding the determinants and motivations of labor force participation requires isolating ...
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