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Dissertations from 2012
Virtual Black Spaces: An Anthropological Exploration of African American Online Communities' Racial and Political Agency Amidst Virtual Universalism, Kamela S Heyward, Anthropology
Metal Selectivity In The E. coli Ni(II)- And Co(II)-Responsive Transcriptional Regulator, RcnR, Khadine Athena Higgins, Chemistry
Target Recognition and Competitive Synaptogenesis in the Drosophila Giant Fiber System, Jason Joseph Hill, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Phase Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Systems, Jing Hua, Physics
Weakly Supervised Learning for Unconstrained Face Processing, Gary B. Huang, Computer Science
Real-Time Information and Correlations for Optimal Routing in Stochastic Networks, He Huang, Civil Engineering
Regulation of Caspase-9 by Natural and Synthetic Inhibitors, Kristen L. Huber, Chemistry
Getting Beyond What Educators See As Wrong: How Understanding the Strengths of Low-Income Puerto Rican Families Can Help Urban Schools Improve, Paul Hyry-Dermith, Education (also CAGS)
Os Grão-Capitães Como Sequência De Contos: Paratextualidade, Imagética E Os Contornos De Um Género Literário, António M.A. Igrejas, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Expository and Narrative Discourse in Adolescents with Reading and Language Impairments: Assessment and Intervention, Beverly Iuliano, Communication Disorders
Runx1 Regulates c-Myc Expression And The Expansion Of Hematopoietic Precursors In A C-terminally Dependent Manner, Paejonette Jacobs, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Production of Green Aromatics and Olefins from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis: Chemistry, Catalysis, and Process Development, Jungho Jae, Chemical Engineering
Towards Large-Scale Validation of Protein Flexibility Using Rigidity Analysis, Filip Jagodzinski, Computer Science
Distributions of Large Mammal Assemblages in Thailand with a Focus on Dhole (Cuon alpinus) Conservation, Kate Elizabeth Jenks, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Modeling the Self-Assembly of Ordered Nanoporous Materials, Lin Jin, Chemical Engineering
Determination of Metallic Constituents in Environmental and Biological Materials, Monique Erica Johnson, Chemistry
Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Integral Abutment Bridges, Emre Kalayci, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Resource-Bounded Information Acquisition and Learning, Pallika H. Kanani, Computer Science
Studies on Marketing Channel Performance, Channel Appropriability, and Intangible Firm Value, Jun Kang, Isenberg School of Management
An Isotopic Perspective On Climatic Change In Tropical South America From The Modern Through The Last Glacial Period, Lisa C Kanner, Geosciences
The Role of Human NKG2D Receptor-Ligand Function in Tumor Immunity and Immune Escape, Mobin A Karimi, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
The influence of free-living activity and inactivity on health outcomes and responsiveness to exercise training, Sarah Kozey Keadle, Kinesiology
Design And Construction Of Novel DNA Nanostructures For Therapeutic Applications, Jung Won Keum, Chemical Engineering
Phonological And Phonetic Biases In Speech Perception, Michael Parrish Key, Linguistics
Acceleration of CFD and Data Analysis Using Graphics Processors, Ali Khajeh Saeed, Mechanical Engineering
The Role of Education in an Historically Challenging and Politically Complex Environment: The Response of Public Universities to the September 11 Attacks, Nigar J. Khan, Education (also CAGS)
Engineering Surface Functionality of Gold Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications, Chaekyu Kim, Chemistry
Multes : Multi-Level Temporal-Parallel Event-Driven Simulation, Dusung Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Macroscopic Patterning via Dynamic Self-assembly and Wrinkling Instability, Hyun Suk Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
Retrieval and Evaluation Techniquesfor Personal Information, Jinyoung Kim, Computer Science
Why Sacrifice Sovereignty? A Non-Instrumental Explanation of State Support for Supranational Cooperation in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, Osman Sabri Kiratli, Political Science
Increasing Instructional Time Through Performance Feedback In Consultation, Suzanne A Klein, School Psychology
The Silent Majority: An Examination Of Nonresponse In College Student Surveys, Ethan A. Kolek, Education (also CAGS)
Mammalian Species Origin and Geographical Dispersal Patterns Correlate With Changes in Chromosome Structure, Exemplified in Lemurs (Madagascar) and Bats (Worldwide), Robin Lee Kolnicki, Geosciences
Organic Farming and Rural Transformations in the European Union: A Political Economy approach, Charalampos Konstantinidis, Economics
Counterpossibles, Barak Krakauer, Philosophy
Phosphorylcholine Substituted Polyolefins: New Syntheses, Solution Assemblies, and Polymer Vesicles, Katrina A Kratz, Polymer Science and Engineering
Effect of Building Morphology on Energy and Structural Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings, Mohamed Krem, Civil Engineering
Chemistry at Silicone - Inorganic Oxide Interfaces, Joseph W. Krumpfer, Polymer Science and Engineering
Variable Risk Policy Search for Dynamic Robot Control, Scott Robert Kuindersma, Computer Science
Universidade De Sao Paulo Centro De Energia Nuclear Na Agricultura: Soil Microbiota Related To Carbon, Nitrogen And Greenhouse Gas Cycles Across Different Land Uses In Southwestern Amazonia, Daniel Renato Lammel, Microbiology
An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Item Parameters on IRT Information Functions in Mixed Format Tests, Wai Yan Wendy Lam, Education (also CAGS)
Linear And Crosslinked Polymers For Applications In Molecular Delivery And Separation, Michael Lartey, Chemistry
A New Approach to Using Photographs and Classroom Response Systems in Middle School Astronomy Classes, Hyun Ju Lee, Education (also CAGS)
Place and the Politics of Knowledge in Rural Bolivia: A Postcoloniality of Development, Ecology, and Well-Being, Karen Marie Lennon, Education (also CAGS)
Governing Piety: Islam, Empire and Moderation in Late Modernity, Dunya D Lepori, Political Science
The Sources of Financial Profit: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Transformation of Banking in the US, Iren G. Levina, Economics
Kinetically Trapping Co-continuous Morphologies in Polymer Blends and Composites, Le Li, Polymer Science and Engineering
Cryptographic Circuit Design In Nanometer CMOS Technologies, Lang Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Latent Variable Modeling For Biomarker Analysis, Yan Liu, Public Health
Refinement, Validation and Application of a Machine Learning Method For Estimating Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior in Free-Living People, Kate Lyden, Kinesiology
Mitigating Negative Externalities Affecting Access and Equity of Education in Low-Resource Countries: A Study Exploring Social Marketing as a Potential Strategy for Planning School Food Programs in Malawi, Martha Magreta-Nyongani, Education (also CAGS)
Lateralization of Central Circadian Pacemaker Output, Carrie E Mahoney, Neuroscience & Behavior
Citizenship in Times of Exception: The Turn to Security and the Politics of Human Rights in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Erika Marquez Montano, Sociology
The Oriented-Eddy Collision Model, Michael Bernard Martell Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Fabrication, Characterization and Utilization of Filled Hydrogel Particles as Food Grade Delivery Systems, Alison M. Matalanis, Food Science
Fisher Population Ecology on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Northwestern California, Sean Michael Matthews, Environmental Conservation
The Obscure Features Hypothesis For Innovation: One Key To Improving Performance In Insight Problems, Anthony J McCaffrey, Psychology
The Role of Contextual Restriction in Reference-Tracking, Andrew Robert McKenzie, Linguistics
Pen Stroking the Soul of a People: Spiritual Foundations of Black Diasporan Literature, McKinley Eric Melton, Afro-American Studies
Comparison Of Kernel Equating And Item Response Theory Equating Methods, Yu Meng, Education; Research and Evaluation Methods
Probing Novel Properties of Nucleons and Nuclei via Parity Violating Electron Scattering, Luis Rafael Mercado, Physics
The Relation Between Academic and Cognitive Skills and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Children, Lindsay A Metcalfe, Clinical Psychology
More than Just the Smartest Guys in the Room: Intellectual Capital Assets in Knowledge-Intensive Firms, Christopher Meyer, Management
Topic Regression, David Mimno, Computer Science
Interactions and Morphology of Triblock Copolymer - Ionic Liquid Mixtures and Applications for Gel Polymer Electrolytes, Daniel F. Miranda, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dynamics and Kinetics of Model Biological Systems, Stephen William Mirigian, Polymer Science and Engineering
Exploring Differences Between Student And Teacher Reports Of Relational Aggression, Hadley Moore, Education
A 'Living Art': Working-Class, Transcultural, and Feminist Aesthetics in the United States, Mexico, and Algeria, 1930s, Tabitha Adams Morgan, English
Functional Characterization Of Members Of Plasma Membrane Interinsic Proteins Subfamily And Their Involvement In Metalloids Transport In Plants, Kareem A Mosa, Plant and Soil Sciences
Morphology and Development of Droplet Deformation Under Flow Within Microfluidic Devices, Molly Katlin Mulligan, Mechanical Engineering
Security Issues in Network Virtualization for the Future Internet, Sriram Natarajan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
"How can you be a witch? You are not old": Women, society and spectacle in the Spanish Golden Age theater, Glenda Yael Nieto Cuebas, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
Can Free Primary Education Achieve Universal Primary Education? A Study Of The Intersections Of Social Exclusion, Gender And Education In Kenya, Judith A Obiero, Education; Educational Policy and Leadership
Beyond the Stereotype of Black Homophobia: Exploring the Potential of Black Allies for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students, Kyle Oldham, Education (also CAGS)
Evaluating the Role of Principals in Teacher Teams: A Longitudinal Analysis of Principal Involvement and Impact in a District-Wide Initiative to Increase Teacher Collaboration, Craig Michael Outhouse, Education (also CAGS)
The Partially Digital: Internet, Citizenship, Social Inequalities, And Digital Citizenship In South Africa, Tokunbo (Toks) D. Oyedemi, Communication
Regulation of the Hypothalamic Precursor Cells by HH/GLI Signaling in Post-Embryonic Zebrafish, Ayse Tuba Ozacar, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Postures for Precision: An Ecological Approach to Marksmanship and the Issue of Warfighter Load., Christopher Jay Palmer, Kinesiology
Modeling Of Growth And Prediction Of Properties Of Electronic Nanomaterials: Silicon Thin Films And Compound Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Sumeet C Pandey, Chemical Engineering
Adsorption column studies to predict the flow of nutrients through heterogenous porous media under equilibrium and isothermal conditions, Vijai B. Pandey, Food Science
“The Labor We Delight In”: Amateur Dramatists In The London Professional Theaters, 1590-1642, Matteo A Pangallo, English
Strategies to Improve the Performance of Antioxidants in Oil-in-Water Emulsions, Atikorn Panya, Food Science
Robust and Scalable Domain Decomposition Methods for Electromagnetic Computations, Georgios Paraschos, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chemically Directed Assembly Of Nanoparticles For Material And Biological Applications, Myoung-Hwan Park, Chemistry
A Professional Development Program for the Mother Tongue-Based Teacher: Addressing Teacher Perceptions and Attitudes Towards MTBMLE, Rebecca J. Paulson Stone, Education (also CAGS)
SAC Attack: Assessing the Role of Recollection in the Mirror Effect, Angela M. Pazzaglia, Psychology
Unpacking Voice and Silence: A Phenomenological Study of Black Women and Latinas in College Classroom, Shelly A. Perdomo, Education (also CAGS)
A Minskian Approach to Financial Crises with a Behavioural Twist: A Reappraisal of the 2000-2001 Financial Crisis in Turkey, Mathieu Perron-Dufour, Economics
Elizabeth’s Fruitless Crown: Ovidian Poetry, The End Of Tudor Genealogy, And The Incomplete Past, Kevin Petersen, English
Design of Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials: 1) Novel Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Semiconductors and 2) Surface Modification Via Grafting Approaches, Joseph J. Peterson, Polymer Science and Engineering
Evaluating Alternative Transportation Financing Approaches: A Conceptual Framework and Analytical Methods, Michael Plotnikov, Civil Engineering
Stress in Harmonic Serialism, Kathryn Ringler Pruitt, Linguistics
Essays on Urban Sprawl, Race, and Ethnicity, Jared M. Ragusett, Economics
Agriculture and Class: Contradictions of Midwestern Family Farms Across the Twentieth Century, Elizabeth Ann Ramey, Economics
Women In Conflict, Peacebuilding And Reconstruction: Insights From The Aftermath Of Nepal's Maoist Insurgency, Smita Ramnarain, Economics
Power Efficient Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator Architectures for Wideband Analog to Digital Conversion, Mohammad Ranjbar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engaging Identities: Globality And Communicative Practices In Education For Democratic Citizenship, Sangeeta V Rao, Communication
Leveraging Relational Representations for Causal Discovery, Matthew John Hale Rattigan, Computer Science
Searches For Gravitational Waves From Binary Black Hole Coalescences With Ground-based Laser Interferometers Across a Wide Parameter Space, Satyanarayan Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Physics