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Filion, Evan

Fluvial sedimentology and architecture of two Latest Devonian Lower Huntley Mountain Formation outcrops, north-central Pennsylvania, USA Thick successions of river deposits accumulated in the north-central Pennsylvania region of the Appalachian foreland basin during Late Devonian time (~380-360 Ma). The properties and morphologies of these paleorivers are not well characterized. Latest Devonian tectonic, climatic, and eustatic controls on river dynamics and basin infilling also remain unclear. This study assesses the sedimentology, facies architecture, paleochannel depths, and grain size of a 133 m thick section of fluvial strata at two outcrops mapped as Lower Huntley Mountain Formation near Blossburg, Pennsylvania. Field-based lithofacies […]

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Quinlan, Amber

Effective Multicultural Classrooms: How Gen Z Can Lead the Way The purpose of this study is to review the literature surrounding multicultural education, implementation, and training. Multicultural education focuses on making education equitable for all learners, including culturally and linguistically diverse learners. As the United States population grows more diverse, it is necessary for all teachers to receive proper training and experience in multicultural education. However, current research suggests this is not happening at an adequate level. Can advanced classroom technology be an answer to this issue? Can a new generation of teachers (Gen Z), with their technological and global […]

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King, Emma

The Regent: Catherine de Medici In the 16th century, France established itself as a global cultural leader. Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), queen and regent of France during the reign of Henri II, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henri III of France played an instrumental role in this development. This thesis argues that Catherine was not just a queen but effectively ruled as a king as she continued the legacy of Francis I and established a strong foundation for the cultural legend, Louis XIV. Catherine de Medici’s dominant role in the development of French culture is revealed through the lens of […]

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Appiah-Padi, Nana Atakora; Cabrera, Liv; Jennings, James; Mills, Rashid

Revisiting August Wilson in the 21st Century: Blackness qua Queerness August Wilson, born Frederick August Kittel, was a Black poet and playwright raised in the predominantly African American Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born to a German immigrant baker and Black housemaid, Wilson, one of five children, experienced racial harassment endemic of 1940s Jim Crow America. Inspired by Harlem Renaissance writers Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, and Ralph Ellison, Wilson sought to expand the theatrical literary canon to include the lived experiences of Black Americans – both the spectacular and mundane. His plays have been performed all over the world, garnering […]

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Cheng, Clare

Interacting Particles on a Spherical Shell: A Group Theoretic Study Many biological structures can be modeled as a system of interacting particles moving on a two-dimensional elastic membrane, for instance, protein clusters on cell-membranes and capsids of immature enveloped viruses. In this work, we present a model for such systems. We adopt the combination of the Helfrich model and the Lennard-Jones model as our energy representation of the particle-membrane system. The nonlinearity of the model gives rise to a complex competition of equilibrium states of the energy with symmetric features. We implement group-theoretic techniques to examine symmetric states and develop […]

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Skirpan, Maxwell

Hemodynamic Analysis Of Blood Flow In Embryonic Hearts Developing Persistent Truncus Arteriosus In the congenital heart defect persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA), the developing outflow tract fails to septate into the pulmonary artery and the aorta. Hearts with PTA develop compact myocardium with the passive elastic modulus increased by factors of two (left ventricle) and four (right ventricle) compared to control. This research aims to create a computational model of blood flow through both normal and the mutant (PTA) ED12.5 mouse hearts to determine whether differences in pressure or wall shear stress could be associated with the observed modulus changes. Each […]

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