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Dissertations from 2012
Money, Reality, and Value: Non-Commodity Money in Marxian Political Economy, Joseph Thomas Rebello, Economics
Adaptations to Stride Patterns and Head Movements During Walking in Persons With and Without Multiple Sclerosis, Jebb Grigory Remelius, Kinesiology
Three essays on oil scarcity, global warming and energy prices, Matthew Riddle, Economics
Research as Praxis in ESL Teacher Education, Elizabeth Anne Robinson, Education (also CAGS)
No Círculo do Uroboro: Articulações Identitárias na Narrativa de Milton Hatoum, Cecilia Paiva Rodrigues, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Enhanced Mechanical Performance of Low Dielectric Constant Thin Films Synthesized in Supercritical Co2, and Sans Studies of Microemulsions Induced or Destabilized by Compressed Co2, Alvin Horatio Romang, Chemical Engineering
Structural Studies of Membrane-Assembled PopD and PopB, the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type 3 Secretion Translocators, Fabian B Romano Chernac, Molecular and Cellular Biology
On the Analysis and Management of Cache Networks, Elisha Rosensweig, Computer Science
1. Microbial Characterization At A Site Exposed To Highway Runoff And Deicing Agents 2. Chloride Dispersion Across Silt Deposits In A Glaciated Bedrock Valley, Camelia Rotaru, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roots of Modality, Aynat Rubinstein, Linguistics
Movements of Diverse Inquiries as Critical Teaching Practices Among Charros, Tlacuaches and Mapaches, Stephen T. Sadlier, Education (also CAGS)
Dietary Patterns and their Relationship to Sociodemographics, Health Behaviors, and the Risk of Hypentension Among Adults in Pakistan, Nilofer Fatimi Safdar, Public Health
The Feasibility of Low-Cost, Dual-Polarized, Phase-Tilt Antenna Arrays for Dense Radar Networks, Jorge L Salazar Cerreno, Electrical and Computer Engineering
A Study On Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Teaching As Full-Time Residential Interns In Urban Public Secondary School Classrooms, Tammie Demetri Jenkins Samuels, Teacher Education
From Tank Trails to Technology Parks: the Impact of Base Redevelopment for New England, Bernd F. Schliemann, Regional Planning
Moments Of Determination: Detecting Learning Within Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Jason A Schweid, Education, Educational Policy Research, and Administration Research
Systematic Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors with Variable Band Gaps, Christopher Thomas Scilla, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Aerodynamics and Near Wake of an Offshore Floating Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, Thomas Sebastian, Mechanical Engineering
Organic Radicals For Electronic Materials, Gonca Seber, Chemistry
On Data-Path Customization In Next-Generation Networks, Shashank Shanbhag, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sitting-There: Embodied Perception, Kinesthetic Empathy, and Reading Pain in Dance Spectatorship, Brandon W Shaw, Comparative Literature
On Models of Short Pulse Type in Continuous Media, Yannan Shen, Mathematics and Statistics
Modeling the Lifespan of Red Blood Cells, Rajiv Prakash Shrestha, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Effects Of Strong Start Curriculum On Internalizing, Externalizing Behaviors, And Emotion Knowledge Among Kindergarten And First Grade Students, Jasmine L Sicotte, School Psychology
Personal History and Present Practice: A Cross Cultural Study of the Influences on Arts Integration in the United States and Japan, Jana L. Silver, Education (also CAGS)
The Valuation Impact of Sec Enforcement Actions on Non-Target Foreign Firms, Roger Nelson Silvers, Management
Demand- Side Financing In Education: A Critical Examination of a Girls' Scholarship Program in Malawi- (Case Study), Abraham Sineta, Education (also CAGS)
Aspects of Alternative Network Structure Evolution, Naveen Kumar Singh, Polymer Science and Engineering
They Chose to Major in Engineering: A Study of Why Women Enter and Persist in Undergraduate Engineering Programs, Adrienne Yvette Smith, Education (also CAGS)
Beaver Dams Maintain Native Fish Biodiversity Via Altered Habitat Heterogeneity in a Coastal Stream Network: Evaluating Gear, Quantifying Fish Assemblages, and Testing Ecological Hypotheses, Joseph Michael Smith, Marine Sciences and Technology
Influence of Phosphate on the Adsorption/Desorption of Bovine Serum Albumin on Nano and Bulk Oxide Particles, Lei Song, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Biological Control of the Ambermarked Birch Leafminer (Profenusa thomsoni) in Alaska, Anna L. Soper, Entomology
Student Recognition of Visual Affordances: Supporting Use of Physics Simulations in Whole Class and Small Group Settings, A. Lynn Stephens, Education (also CAGS)
Engineering a Bacterial Toxin Delivery System for the Targeted Treatment of Solid Tumors, Adam Thomas St. Jean, Chemical Engineering
Issues in Option-Based Risk Management, Edward Szado, Isenberg School of Management
A Formative Program Evaluation of Treatment Integrity Practices, Assessments and Attitudes Within a Specialized School Setting, Lin Tang, Psychology
New Bilinear Estimates for Quadratic-Derivative Nonlinear Wave Equations in 2+1 Dimensions, Allison J. Tanguay, Mathematics
The Evolutionary Genetics of Seed Shattering and Flowering Time, Two Weed Adaptive Traits in US Weedy Rice, Carrie S. Thurber, Plant Biology
Design and Fabrication of Functional Lipid Nanoparticles Based on Control of Interfacial Properties Using Biopolymers, Tanushree Tokle, Food Science
Microtechnologies for Mimicking Tumor-Imposed Transport Limitations and Developing Targeted Cancer Therapies, Bhushan Jayant Toley, Chemical Engineering
Farm-to-Fork: Understanding Locally-Oriented Farm-to-Vendor Food Systems: Access, Boundaries, and Power-Relations, Shawn Alan Trivette, Sociology
Examining Perceptions of Practices and the Roles of Special Education Leaders through the Distributed Leadership Lens, Patrick Ryan Tudryn, Education (also CAGS)
Enrique Anderson Imbert – Escritor De Cuentos Fantasticos, Maria Twardy, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
Afro-Peruvian Perspectives and Critiques of Intercultural Education Policy, Luis Martin Valdiviezo, Education (also CAGS)
Parity Violation in Neutron Deuteron Scattering in Pionless Effective Field Theory, Jared James Vanasse, Physics
“Beyond Words”: Exploring The Cultural Limits Of The Communicable, Brion van Over, Communication
Allosteric Regulation of Caspase-6 Proteolytic Activity, Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado, Chemistry
Modeling the Free Energy Functional at the Fluid-Solid Transition in Classical Many-Particle Systems, Anurag Verma, Chemical Engineering
Goals, Big and Small, Martin Walkow, Linguistics
Characterization of The Roles of YY1 during Early Embryonic Development In The Mouse, Mary Catherine Wallingford, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
Mechanisms Of Pathology In Equine Laminitis: Versican Depletion From Basal Epithelial Cells And Suppressed Canonical Wnt Signaling, Le Wang, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Dopamine Signaling in C. elegans, Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ethel Payne: The First Lady of the Black Press: Black Journalism and its Advocacy Role from 1954 - 1991, Jamal E Watson, Afro-American Studies
Using Click Chemistry To Modify Block Copolymers And Their Morphologies, Xinyu Wei, Polymer Science and Engineering
Compound-Specific Hydrogen Isotopes of Lipid Biomarkers in Lake El’gygytgyn, Ne Russia, Kenna M. K. Wilkie, Geosciences
Understanding Internalized Oppression: A Theoretical Conceptualization of Internalized Subordination, Teeomm K. Williams, Education (also CAGS)
Modeling And Planning Distributed Energy Systems Online, Kai Wu, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Modeling Reformulation as Query Distributions, Xiaobing Xue, Computer Science
Selective Interactions of Proteins With Polyelectrolytes and Nanoparticles: Binding, Adsorption, Coacervation, and Inhibition of Aggregation, Yisheng Xu, Chemistry
The Political Economy of Agrarian Change in the People's Republic of China, Zhun Xu, Economics
Designing Novel Mobile Systems By Exploiting Sensing, User Context, and Crowdsourcing, Tingxin Yan, Computer Science
Design And Synthesis Of Stimuli-Sensitive Dendritic Supramolecular Assemblies, Volkan Yesilyurt, Chemistry
The Devil's in the Details: Abstract vs. Concrete Construals of Multiculturalism Have Differential Effects on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Toward Ethnic Minority Groups, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Psychology
Establishing Brachypodium distachyon As A New Model System For Understanding Iron Homeostasis In Grasses, Burcu (Kokturk) Yordem, Plant Biology
Fabrication Of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Films With Supercritical CO2: Processing And Applications, Eunyoung You, Chemical Engineering
Analysis, Design, and Management of Supply Chain Networks with Applications to Time-Sensitive Products, Min Yu, Management
Controlling Salmonella Accumulation Inside Solid Tumors via Bacterial Chemotaxis Engineering and Combined Treatment with Lipid A, Miaomin Zhang, Chemical Engineering
Characterization of the Function and Regulation of Type-1 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor in Mouse Oocytes and Eggs, Nan Zhang, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
On-Chip Monitoring Infrastructures And Strategies For Multi-Core And Many-Core Systems, Jia Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Improved Computational Methods for Bayesian Tree Models, Yue Zhao, Mathematics and Statistics
Metal-Containing Functional Polmers: (I) Room Temperature magnetic Materials and (II) Anion Exchange Membranes, Yongping Zha, Polymer Science and Engineering
Preparation, Characterization, Surface Modification and Applications of Siloxane Polymers, Peiwen Zheng, Polymer Science and Engineering
Analysis Of Morgue, A Novel Ubiquitination Protein That Functions In Programmed Cell Death, Ying Zhou, Neuroscience and Behavior
Inversion And Analysis Of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter In Estuarine And Coastal Regions Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Weining Zhu, Geosciences
Mass Spectrometric Analysis Of Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles, Zhengjiang Zhu, Chemistry
Organic Materials as Templates for the Formation of Mesoporous Inorganic Materials and Ordered Inorganic Nanocomposites, Christopher Ryan Ziegler, Polymer Science and Engineering
Newlywed Couples' Marital Satisfaction and Patterns of Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery as a Response to Differential Marital Power, Mattitiyahu Scott Zimbler, Psychology
Locating the Source of Approach/Avoidance Effects on Natural Language Category Decisions, Matthew Zivot, Psychology
Remaking the Political in Fortress Europe: Political Practice and Cultural Citizenship in Italian Social Centers, Angelina Ione Zontine, Anthropology
Dissertations from 2011
The Teaching And Learning Of Arabic Post 9/11: Late Modernity And Possibilities For Change In Language Classrooms, Sawsan Omar Abbadi, Education
Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding The Concepts Of Culture And Intercultural Communicative Competence In EFL Palestinian University Context: A Case Study, Abdrabu Abu Alyan, Education
Tailoring Nanoparticle Surface Monolayers For Biomolecular Recognition And Delivery Applications, Sarit S Agasti, Chemistry
Mothering In Jail: Pleasure, Pain, And Punishment, Brittnie Leigh Aiello, Sociology
State Hegemony and Sustainable Development: A Political Economy Analysis of Two Local Experiences in Turkey, Bengi Akbulut, Economics
Nationalism & The Politics Of Historical Memory: Charlemagne Peratle’s Rebellion Against U.S. Occupation Of Haiti, 1915-1986, Yveline Alexis, History
Automated Negotiation for Complex Multi-Agent Resource Allocation, Bo An, Computer Science
Quantification, misc., Jan Anderssen, Linguistics
The Role Of Actin Depolymerizing Factor And Its Regulatory Mechanisms In Moss Tip Growth, Robert Charles Augustine, Plant Biology
Design, Syntheses And Protein Responsive Assembly/Disassembly Of Amphiphilic Dendrimers, Malar Azhagan Azagarasamy, Chemistry
Beyond Promise: Politics, Institutions And Neoliberal Economic Reforms In Four African Countries, Yakubu M Azindow, Political Science
The Role of Bacteriocins in Mediating Interactions of Bacterial Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Emine Suphan Bakkal, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Lacustrine Records of Holocene Climate and Environmental Change from the Lofoten Islands, Norway, Nicholas L. Balascio, Geosciences
Architecting Protocols to Enable Mobile Applications in Diverse Wireless Networks, Aruna Balasubramanian, Computer Science
Query-Dependent Selection of Retrieval Alternatives, Niranjan Balasubramanian, Computer Science
Nurse Clinician Self-Disclosure: A Qualitative Study, Kathryn Rising Baldor, Nursing
An Ethnographic Case Study Of A College ESL Chinese Student’s Identities And Power Relations Through Online And Offline Social Practices, Huihong Bao, Education
"The Lover’s Instructor": Courtship Advice In Anglo-America, 1640-1830, Carolyn May Barske, History
Intellect, Liberty, Life: Women’S Activism And The Politics Of Black Education In Antebellum America, Kabria Baumgartner, Afro-American Studies
Social Meanings of Mortality: The Language of Death and Disease in 19th Century Massachusetts, Jeffrey Keith Beemer, Sociology
Expanding The Third Person Effect: Parents’ Perceptions Of Positive And Negative Media Effects On Their Own Children Compared To Other Children, Andrea M Bergstrom, Communication