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Dissertations from 2010
Development of a Brief Rating Scale for the Formative Assessment of Positive Behaviors, James Cressey, Psychology
La Arquitectura de La Memoria Narrativa: Un Anáisis de La Estructura en Cinco Novelas Contemporáneas de España, Jason Charles Cummings, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Generalized EMP and Nonlinear Schrodinger-type Reformulations of Some Scaler Field Cosmological Models, Jennie D'Ambroise, Mathematics
Topics In The Nez Perce Verb, Amy Rose Deal, Linguistics
Whole-Body Strategies for Mobility and Manipulation, Patrick Deegan, Computer Science
The Impact Of Judges’ Consensus On The Accuracy Of Anchor-Based Judgmental Estimates Of Multiple-Choice Test Item Difficulty: The Case Of The NATABOC Examination, Matthew DiBartolomeo, Education
Creating Classroom Relationships that Allow Students to Feel Known, Kent Alan Divoll, Education (also CAGS)
Teaching For Social Justice With Standards-Based Secondary English Language Arts Curriculum, Alison George Dover, Social Justice Education
Scholarship in Occupational Therapy Faculty: The Interaction of Cultural Forces in Academic Departments, Cathy A. Dow-Royer, Education (also CAGS)
Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces, Kan Du, Physics
From Tri-Cultural Conflict to Tri-Cultural Connection: How Successful Urban Science Educators Become Culturally Connected, Marlina Nicole Duncan, Education (also CAGS)
Bayesian Epistemology and Having Evidence, Jeffrey Dunn, Philosophy
An Examination of Teacher-Student Trust in Middle School Classrooms, Virginia Louise Durnford, Education (also CAGS)
Charge and Energy Transport in Single Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Nanostructures, Kevin Thomas Early, Chemistry
The Relationship between Patient Object Relations and The Therapeutic Alliance in a Naturalistic Psychotherapy Sample, Paula Andrea Errazuriz Arellano, Psychology
Uneven Development and the Terms of Trade: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Bilge Erten, Economics
The Flexibility of Attentional Control in Selecting Features and Locations, Hsiao Chueh Kris Evans, Psychology
Ambivalent Modernity: Scientists in Film and the Public Eye, Stacy Evans, Sociology
The Development Of A Phonics Diagnostic Inventory: Assessment Of Instrument Validity Via Concurrent And Predictive Validity Techniques And A Path Model Of Literacy Development, Colleen Farrell-Meier, Education
Learning the Structure of Bayesian Networks with Constraint Satisfaction, Andrew Scott Fast, Computer Science
The Effects of GoSolve Word Problems Math Intervention on Applied Problem Solving Skills of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede, School Psychology
Gendered Vulnerabilities After Genocide: Three Essays on Post-Conflict Rwanda, Catherine Ruth Finnoff, Economics
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student Surveys of Expectations and Safety, Lisa Anne Fisher, School Psychology
Quaternary Structure of Chemoreceptors in Active Signaling Complexes Differs From Crystal Structure of Isolated Fragments: Evidence From Solid-State NMR, Daniel John Fowler, Chemistry
Respirators, Morphine and Trocars: Cultures of Death and Dying in Medical Institutions, Hospices and Funeral Work, John Martin Fox, Sociology
Concealed Questions. In Search Of Answers, Ilaria Frana, Linguistics
Fighting For the Nation: Military Service, Popular Political Mobilization and the Creation of Modern Puerto Rican National Identities: 1868-1952, Harry Franqui, History
A Hierarchical Spherical Radial Quadrature Algorithm for Multilevel GLMMS, GSMMS, and Gene Pathway Analysis, Jacob A. Gagnon, Mathematics
The Employment Impacts of Economy-wide Investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Economics
An Integrative Approach Towards Understanding The Structure- Function Relationship Of The Epigenetic Regulator Methyl Cpg Binding Protein 2, Rajarshi P Ghosh, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Influence Of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) And Synthetic Polyelectrolytes On Colloidal Behavior Of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Saikat Ghosh, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Using Self Assembling Amphiphilic Nanomaterials ToSelectively Extract And Concentrate Peptides For Analysis By Mass Spectrometry, Andrea Gomez-Escudero, Chemistry
Modeling of Thermal Non-Equilibrium in Superheated Injector Flows, Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan, Mechanical Engineering
Engaging Students in Mathematics Conversations: Discourse Practices and the Development of Social and Socialmathematical Norms in Three Novice Teachers' Classrooms, Mary T. Grassetti, Education (also CAGS)
Structural and Mechanistic Studies of alpha-galactosidase A and Pharmacological Chaperones, Abigail Ida Guce, Chemistry
Quantifying Defects in Zeolites and Zeolite Membranes, Karl Daniel Hammond, Chemical Engineering
Latino/a Students and Faculty Interaction: Las Voces de Persistencia, Joyce L. Hampton, Education (also CAGS)
Interactions Of Ionic Liquid-Dissolved Polymers, John M Harner, Polymer Science and Engineering
Household Employer Payroll Tax Evasion: An Exploration Based on IRS Data and on Interviews with Employers and Domestic Workers, Catherine B. Haskins, Economics
Enabling Accurate Analysis of Private Network Data, Michael Hay, Computer Science
The Role of Runx1 N-Terminal Splice Isoforms in Hematopoietic Development, Emmett E. Hedblom, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Raiding the Inarticulate: Postmodernisms, Feminist Theory and Black Female Creativity, C. Margot Hennessy, English
Exploring the Relationship Between Factors of Implementation, Treatment Integrity and Reading Fluency, Kira Henninger, Psychology
Structure And Function In A Nickel Metallochaperone, Hypa And Nickel Dependent Superoxide Dismutase, Robert Walter Herbst, Chemistry
From Spiritual Guides To Eager Consumers: American Girls’ Series Fiction, 1865-1930, Emily A Honey, English - American Studies
"A"-KIDS: Activity Kcal Intervention Daily Study. Effects of 100-Kcal Daily Energy Expenditure on Total Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in 3rd Grade Children, Cheryl A. Howe, Kinesiology
Wrinkling Of Floating Thin Polymer Films, Jiangshui Huang, Physics
Protocol and System Design for a Service-centric Network Architecture, Xin Huang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topics in Multivariate Time Series Analysis: Statistical Control, Dimension Reduction Visualization and Their Business Applications, Xuan Huang, Management
Working Together: The Role of Collaborations in Promoting the Use of Academic Technologies in Higher Education, Kate Hudson, Education (also CAGS)
Threat On The Mind: The Impact Of Incidental Fear On Race Bias In Rapid Decision-Making, Matthew Hunsinger, Psychology
Vector Velocity Estimation In Doppler Radar Networks, Edin Insanic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Manganese Removal By Media Filtration: Release And Complexation, Anjuman A Islam, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Discovery of Complex Regulatory Modules from Expression Genetics Data, Manjunatha Jagalur, Computer Science
Using Context to Enhance the Understanding of Face Images, Vidit Jain, Computer Science
Boom Or Bust? Educators‘ Perceptions Of A Formative Assessment System, Jesus Jara, Education; Education Policy, Research, and Administration
Basis Construction and Utilization for Markov Decision Processes Using Graphs, Jeffrey Thomas Johns, Computer Science
'Just Like Hitler': Comparisons To Nazism in American Culture, Brian Scott Johnson, English
Effect Of Head Orientation On Dynamic Postural Stability And Torso Coordination, Molly Johnson, Neuroscience & Behavior
What Toxicologists and Risk Assessors Think About Hormesis: Results of a Knowledge and Opinion Survey, Amy C. Jones, Public Health
Where I Want To Be: African American Women‘s Novels And The Journey Toward Selfhood During The Civil Rights And Black Power Movements, Jacqueline M Jones, Afro-American Studies
Using Item Mapping to Evaluate Alignment between Curriculum and Assessment, Leah Tepelunde Kaira, Education (also CAGS)
Understanding And Exploiting Nanoscale Surface Heterogeneity For Particle And Cell Manipulation, Surachate Kalasin, Physics
Engineering Of The LuxI-LuxR Quorum Sensing Systems For Applications In Industrial Biotechnology, Pavan Kumar Reddy Kambam, Chemical Engineering
Numerical Studies Of Granular Gases, Wenfeng Kang, Physics
Emotional Recognition Memory For Younger And Older Adults: Combining Roc Analysis And The Diffusion Model, Aycan Kapucu, Psychology
Climate Change Projections For Central America: A Regional Climate Model Study, Ambarish Karmalkar, Geosciences
Teachers' Resistance: Japanese Teachers Stories From the 1960s, Reiko Kato, Education (also CAGS)
Greenspace Conservation Planning Framework for Urban Regions Based on a Forest Bird-Habitat Relationship Study and the Resilience Thinking, Sadahisa Kato, Regional Planning
Field Portable Methods for the Determination of Arsenic in Environmental Samples, James Kalman Kearns, Chemistry
Luthers Gebrauch Von Modalpartikeln In Seiner Übersetzung Der Vier Evangelien, Judith Keyler-Mayer, German and Scandinavian Studies; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Topics In Univariate Time Series Analysis With Business Applications, Davit Khachatryan, Isenberg School of Management
Educational Research In Palestine: Epistemological And Cultural Challenges - A Case Study, Ayman A Khalifah, Education
Teacher Professional Development Programs In Palestine: Changes Beliefs And Practices, Ola M Khalili, Education
Issues of Access in Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Islamabad Pakistan, Muhammad Majid Khan, Education (also CAGS)
A Hardware/Software Co-Design Architecture for Thermal, Power, and Reliability Management in Chip Multiprocessors, Omer Khan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Manipulation And Characterization Of Patterned Surfaces: I. Oriented Nanoscale Porous Materials; II. Drop Mobility On Surfaceswith Patterned Wettability, Bokyung Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Role of Perceived Collective Anger and Fear on Policy Support in Response to Terrorist Threat, Jaeshin Kim, Psychology
Sleeping Beauty and De Nunc Updating, Namjoong Kim, Philosophy
Amphiphilic Polymer Assemblies Responsive To Chemical, Physical, And Biological Stimuli, Akamol Klaikherd, Chemistry
Score Reporting in Teacher Certification Testing: A Review, Design, and Interview/Focus Group Study, Heather Susan Klesch, Education (also CAGS)
Human Freedom in a World Full of Providence: An Ockhamist-Molinist Account of the Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Creaturely Free Will, Christopher J. Kosciuk, Philosophy
Analysis Of School Counselors’ Leadership Practices Through The Lens Of Distributed Leadership, Aysen Kose, Educational Policy Research and Administration
Analysis of the Gouldsboro Pluton and the Fehr Granite: Understanding the Scales of Magmatic Processes and Partial Melt Generation from the Deep to Shallow Crust, George Christopher Koteas, Geosciences
Polymer Brush-Modified Photopolymer Network Surfaces And Their Applications, Damla Koylu, Polymer Science and Engineering
That Which Is Not What It Seems: Queer Youth, Rurality, Class and the Architecture of Assistance, Kaila Gabrielle Kuban, Anthropology
The Marketer’s Prismatic Palette: Essays On The Importance Of Color In Marketing With Implications For Brand Personality, Lauren Isabelle Labrecque, Isenberg School of Management
Vibrational Spectrum, Ab Initio Calculations, Conformational Stabilities And Assignment Of Fundamentals Of Small Flexible Molecules, Arthur James LaPlante, Chemistry
Existence, Stability, and Dynamics of Solitary Waves in Nonlinear Schroedinger Models with Periodic Potentials, Kody John Hoffman Law, Mathematics
Actualizing Social Justice: An Exploratory Case Study of a Public Middle School, Camille Lee, Education (also CAGS)
Racial Inequality and Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa, Hwok-Aun Lee, Economics
The Business Community and the Forging of Political Consensus Against the Clinton Healthcare Security Act of 1994, Michael Lenz, Political Science
An Assessment of The Nonparametric Approach for Evaluating The Fit of Item Response Models, Tie Liang, Education (also CAGS)
Diversifying The Internet, Yong Liao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rheological Study Of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites And Optical Linear Rheometer Instrumentation, Fei Li, Chemical Engineering
Data Management and Wireless Transport for Large Scale Sensor Networks, Ming Li, Computer Science
Dark Matter Halos: Assembly, Clustering and Sub-halo Accretion, Yun Li, Astronomy
The Relationship Between Supervisors’ And Supervisees’ Race And Racial Attitudes In The Supervisory Working Alliance, Jade Nichole Logan, Psychology
A Heterochronic Explanation For The Behaviorally Polymorphic Genus Canis: A Study Of The Development Of Behavioral Differences In Dogs (Canis Lupus Familiaris) And Wolves (Canis Lupus Lupus), Kathryn A Lord, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
"It is a new kind of militancy": March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946, David Lucander, Afro-American Studies
A Bayesian Approach To The Semi-Analytic Model Of Galaxy Formation, Yu Lu, Astronomy
New England Terrestrial Settlement in a Submerged Context: Moving Pre-Contact Archaeology into the Twenty First Century, Kerry J. Lynch, Anthropology
“Most Brought A Little Of Both”: The Bible As Intertext In Toni Morrison’s Vision Of Ancestry And Community, Diane De Rosier Mackie, English
What Women Want to Know: Assessing the Value, Relevance, And Efficacy of a Self-Management Intervention for Rural Women with Coronary Heart Disease, Holly Evans Madison, Nursing
Building Main Street: Village Improvement and the Small Town Ideal, Kirin Makker, Regional Planning
Investigations Of Electron Transport And Storage Mechanisms In Microbial Biofilms, Nikhil S Malvankar, Physics
Elemental Challenges: Environmental Troubles beyond the Limits of Democracy, Brad Mapes-Martins, Political Science
Consumer Privacy: A Two Essay Dissertation Examining Perceptions Of Information Sensitivity, Ereni C Markos, Isenberg School of Management
Radiowave Propagation Studies In Tunnels Using ADI-PE Technique, Richard Martelly, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Insights into the Complexities of Identity in Persisting Latina College Students, Irene Rodriguez Martin, Education (also CAGS)
Evaluation of Disturbance Factors and Their Effect on Breeding Common Loons at Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire and Maine, Kyle P. McCarthy, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Beyond cell Adhesion: Exploring the Role of Cadherin-11 Extracellular Processing by ADAM Metalloproteases in Cranial Neural Crest Migration, Catherine D. McCusker, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Geometric and Combinatorial Aspects of 1-Skeleta, Chris Ray McDaniel, Mathematics
Significance of Water-Related Features on Mars, Eileen Marie Mcgowan, Geosciences
Performance And Potential: How State And District Education Leaders Perceive The Current Performance And Potential Role Of Educational Collaboratives In Massachusetts, Anne Stewart McKenzie, Education
Identification And Functional Characterization Of Zebrafish Gene Technotrousers (tnt), Kelly Anne McKeown, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Functional Consequences of Acute Temperature Stress in the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Occidentalis, David Michael McMillan, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Multibit Incremental Data Converters, Arash Mehrabi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Essays on Behavioral Labor Economics, Philip Pablo Mellizo, Economics
Structural Characterization of the Pre-Amyloid Oligomers of β-2-Microglobulin Using Covalent Labeling and Mass Spectrometry, Vanessa Leah Castillo Mendoza, Chemistry
The Preservation Of Iroquois Thought: J. N. B. Hewitt’s Legacy Of Scholarship For His People, Kathryn Lavely Merriam, History
Gossip Talk and Online Community: Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Their Audiences, Erin Ann Meyers, Communication
Earning And Learning: The Impact Of Paid Work On First-Generation Student Persistence, Marilyn Micka-Pickunka, Education
Making Peace On The Island Of Love: An Ethnographic Exploration Of Peacebuilding In Cyprus., Lisa Modenos, Anthropology
Familiar Physical Activity to Familiar Music: The Effects on Apathy, Agitation, Eating Ability, and Dietary Intake in Institutionalized Older Adults with Dementia, Janet Ruth Moore, Nursing
An Evaluation of the Process and Outcomes of Teacher Collaboration in Vocabulary Instruction, Joanne Morgan, School Psychology
What's in Your Table? The Ecological Influence of Sensory Table Materials on Preschoolers' Play Behavior, James Donald Morgante, Psychology
The Role Of Histone Acetylation In Sexual Differentiation Of The Mouse Brain, Elaine K Murray, Neuroscience and Behavior
Modeling Solid-Fluid Equilibrium Of Chiral Molecules, Monica D Navarro, Chemical Engineering
Examining the Development of Handedness in Rhesus Monkey and Human Infants Using Behavioral and Kinematic Measures, Eliza Lynn Nelson, Neuroscience and Behavior
A Stitch In Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America, Aimee E. Newell, History
Bench-Scale Assessment of Low Pressure Membrane Fouling: Characterization and Examination the Role of Organic Nitrogen Compounds, Anh Hai Nguyen, Civil Engineering
Providing Parents with Young Children's Performance Feedback Information: Effects on Vocabulary and Pre-Literacy Development, Amanda Alexandria Nnachetam, School Psychology
Identifying Critical Fish Habitat and Long-term Trends in Fish Abundances in the Hudson River Estuary, Megan Patricia O'Connor, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Time Resolved Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Quantum Dot/conjugated Organic Hybrid Nanostructures, Michael Yemoh Odoi, Chemistry
Joy and Happiness in Education and Spirituality: Teachings of Imam, Sheikh Iskender Ali Mihr, Ibrahim Taner Okatan, Education (also CAGS)
Maintenance of Vertical Scales Under Conditions of Item Parameter Drift and Rasch Model-data Misfit, Timothy Paul O'Neil, Education (also CAGS)
A Tale of a Town: Artists Crafting "The Creative Class", Arturo Osorio Fernandez, Management
A Behavioral Approach to Human-Robot Communication, Shichao Ou, Computer Science
Do Employers Have A Race? Employers‘ Racial Ideology And The Marginalization Of Black Male Workers In The Pullman Company 1858-1969, Francisca E Oyogoa, Sociology
Commercial Surrogacy In India: Nine Months Of Labor?, Amrita Pande, Sociology
Water-in-Oil Microemulsions: Counterion Effects in AOT Systems and New Fluorocarbon-based Microemulsion Gels, Xiaoming Pan, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis Of Doped Semiconductor Nanostructures Using Microemulsions And Liquid Crystals As Templates, Tracy Heckler Panzarella, Chemical Engineering
Practices Of Value: A Materialist View Of Going Public With Student Writing, Denise Paster, English
A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Helping Professionals With Learning Disabilities, Madeline Lorraine Peters, Education (also CAGS)
Optimization-based Approximate Dynamic Programming, Marek Petrik, Computer Science
The Rise Of Cartesian Occasionalism, Andrew Russell Platt, Philosophy
Synthesis, Design And Operating Strategies For Batch Reactive Distillation, Wei Qi, Chemical Engineering
Prediction And Manipulation Of Drop Size Distribution Of Emulsions Using Population Balance Equation Models For High-Pressure Homogenization, Neha B. Raikar, Chemical Engineering
Analysis Of Chain Configuration In Semi-Crystalline Random Copolymers, Suriyakala Ramalingam, Chemistry
Conservation While Under Invasion: Insights from a rare Hemiparasitic Plant, Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.), Sydne Record, Plant Biology
On the Design of Methods to Estimate Network Characteristics, Bruno F. Ribeiro, Computer Science
Exploring Elementary Teachers’ Implementation Of Formative Assessment Practices For Reading, Irving Richardson, Teacher Education and School Improvement
Generalized Instruction Selector Generation: The Automatic Construction of Instruction Selectors from Descriptions of Compiler Internal Forms and Target Machines, Timothy David Richards, Computer Science
On the Frequency of Finitely Anomalous Elliptic Curves, Penny Catherine Ridgdill, Mathematics
Delivering Knowledge Services: The Relationship Of Contract/Governance Structures To Organizational Justice Assessments And Resulting Interorganizational Relationships, Terence E Rodgers, Isenberg School of Management
The Exclusion of Non-Native Voters from a Final Plebiscite in Puerto Rico: Law and Policy, Ramon Antonio Rodriguez, Political Science
Vasopressin Anatomy of the Mouse Brain, Benjamin D. Rood, Neuroscience and Behavior
What is the Cost of an Adequate Vermont High School Education?, Frank D. Rucker, Education (also CAGS)
Notch 1 Mediated Inhibition of Nur77-induced apoptosis: Implications for T-cell Leukemia, Jonathan George Rud, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Breastfeeding and the Individual: The Impact of Everyday Stressful Experience and Hormonal Change on Breastfeeding Duration Among Women in São Paulo, Brazil, Alanna Emilia Frances Rudzik, Anthropology
Physical, Chemical, And Biological Monitoring And Analysis Of Four Small New England Watersheds During Baseflow And Stormflow Conditions, Rebecca Baker Sadosky, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrea And Me: A Digital Autoethnographic Journey Into The Past, Carlos Salsedo, Communication
Rare Decays in BaBar: Search for Decays of the Neutral B Meson into Two Leptons and Measurement of CP Asymmetry in Inclusive Radiative Decays of the B Meson into a Strange-quark System, Emmanuele Salvati, Physics
Surface Engineered Nanoparticles For Self-Assembly And Their Applications, Bappaditya Samanta, Chemistry
The Evolution Of Cranial Morphology, Feeding Performance And Behavior In Neotropical Leaf-Nosed Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Sharlene E Santana Mata, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
On Detection, Analysis and Characterization of Transient and Parametric Failures in Nano-scale CMOS VLSI, Alodeep Sanyal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering of Artificial Cellular Circuits Based on the LuxI-LuxR Quorum-Sensing System, Daniel Jon Sayut, Chemical Engineering
The Voice of Elementary School Principals on School Climate, Suzanne Elayne Scallion, Education (also CAGS)
A History and Test of Planetary Weather Forecasting, Bruce Scofield, Geosciences
Evaluation And Use Of Parsimonious Reactive Solute Transport Models For Prediction Of Contaminant Behavior At An Acid Mine Drainage Site, Ashmita Sengupta, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Becoming Union Square: Struggles For Legitimacy In Nineteenth-Century New York, Michael D Shapiro, History
Paradoxical Consequences of Prohibitions, Sana Sheikh, Psychology
Latinas in the Pipeline to Baccalaureate -Prepared Nursing: Challenges and Supports in Persistence to Degree and Professional Licensure, Cheryl Ann Sheils, Education (also CAGS)
Growth of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in Freshwater, Douglas Bradlee Sigourney, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
The Influence of a Therapist Workshop in Alliance Strategies on Client Engagement: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy, Lotte Smith-Hansen, Psychology
System Support for Perpetual Mobile Tracking, Jacob Sorber, Computer Science
New Insights in the TSSK Family: Studies in the Activity and Function of the Testis Specific Serine Kinases, Julian Sosnik, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Foundations And Applications Of Generalized Planning, Siddharth Srivastava, Computer Science
Vulnerability of Logfin Inshore Squid (Loligo Pealeii) to Predation: The Influence of Relative Prey Size and Behavior, Michelle Dana Staudinger, Marine Sciences and Technology
Why is it Difficult to Search for Two Colors at Once? How Eye Movements Can Reveal the Nature of Representations During Multi-target Visual Search, Michael John Stroud, Psychology
Item Parameter Drift as an Indication of Differential Opportunity to Learn: An Exploration of item Flagging Methods & Accurate Classification of Examinees, Tia M. Sukin, Education (also CAGS)
Equalizer Design For Wireless Communications, Jie Sun, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Three Essays on the Political Economy of Live Stock Sector in Turkey, Hasan Tekguc, Economics
Trajectories of Mental Health and Acculturation Among First Year International Graduate Students From India, Dhara Aniruddha Thakar, Psychology
Problems in Generic Combinatorial Rigidity: Sparsity, Sliders, and Emergence of Components, Louis Simon Theran, Computer Science
'Oh! La Que Su Rostro Tapa/No Debe Valer Gran Cosa': Identidad Y Critica Social En La Cultura Transatlantica Hispanica (1520 - 1860) / 'Oh! The one who covers her face / surely is not worth much': Identity and Social Criticism in Transatlantic Hispanic Culture (1520-1860), Isabelle Therriault, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Cooperative Immunological And Pharmacological Control Of SEB-Induced T Cell Activation And Subsequent Pathology, Mulualem Enyew Tilahun, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
The Fight For Freedom Must Be Fought On All Fronts: Liberator Magazine And Black Radicalism, 1960-1971, Christopher Matthew Tinson, Afro-American Studies
Spectroscopic And Biochemical Studies On Novel Heme Transport Proteins From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Yong Tong, Chemistry
Development Of Clinically Relevant Models For Tumor Growth, Raja Venkatasubramanian, Chemical Engineering
An Investigation into PCAOB Reporting Deficiencies, James Samuel Wainberg, Management
A Geometric Framework for Transfer Learning Using Manifold Alignment, Chang Wang, Computer Science
Stochastic Modeling of the Equilibrium Speed-Density Relationship, Haizhong Wang, Civil Engineering
Managing Resources For High Performance And Low Energy In General-Purpose Processors, Huaping Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Impact of Disciplinarity on the Organizational Leadership Styles of Academic Deans, Lauren J. Way, Education (also CAGS)
Involvement Of Ion Fluxes And cAMP Pathways In Sperm Capacitation, Eva Wertheimer, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
It Does Not Have To Be Liking: An Exploration Of Respect And Its Role In (Transforming) Conflict, Amelie Werther, Psychology
Spatial Ecology Of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene C. Carolina) In Central Massachusetts, Lisabeth L Willey, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
Paying Attention to What Matters: Observation Abstraction in Partially Observable Environments, Alicia Peregrin Wolfe, Computer Science
Sustainable Supply Chains: Multicriteria Decision-Making and Policy Analysis for the Environment, Trisha D. Woolley, Management
Separase: Linking Cell Division And Root Morphology In Arabidopsis, Shuang Wu, Plant Biology
Hierarchical Multiple Bit Clusters and Patterned Media Enabled by Novel Nanofabrication Techniques - High Resolution Electron Beam Lithography and Block Polymer Self Assembly, Qijun Xiao, Physics
Three Essays in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Post Bankruptcy Performance, Bankrupt Stock Performance, and Relationship with Hedge Funds and Other Vulture Investors, Min Xu, Management
Characterization and Interactions of Ultrafast Surface Plasmon Pulses, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Physics
Word Recognition In The Parafovea: An Eye Movement Investigation Of Chinese Reading, Jinmian Yang, Psychology
From Mouse Mammary Tumor Model to New Therapeutic Method ---Mammary Tumor Development in Balb/c-Trp53+/- Mice and Magnetic Nanoparticle Induced Heating for Cancer Treatment, Haoheng Yan, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Significance Of Relationship Equity And Its Impact On Affective Commitment And Behavior Loyalty In The Professional Spectator Sport Setting, Chunsuk Yoon, Sport Management
Polymer Composites and Porous Materials Prepared by Thermally Induced Phase Separation and Polymer-Metal Hybrid Methods, Joonsung Yoon, Polymer Science and Engineering
International Study Tours and the Development of Sociocultural Consciousness in K-12 Teachers, Raymond Yu-kuang Young, Education (also CAGS)
Synthesis And Self-Assembly Of Diblock Copolymers For Photovoltaic Applications, Serkan Yurt, Chemistry
Developing Best Linear Unbiased Estimator In Finite Population Accounting For Measurement Error Due To Interviewer, Ruitao Zhang, Public Health
The Impact Of Public Employment On Health, Wei Zhang, Economics
Hole Mobility in Strained Ge and III-V P-channel Inversion Layers with Self-consistent Valence Subband Structure and High-k Insulators, Yan Zhang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The World Is Plural: Democratic Contributions Of Hannah Arendt, Lena Kay Zuckerwise, Political Science
Dissertations from 2009
Reaching the Poorest Through Microfinance: Learning from Saving for Change Program in Mali, Mukul Acharya, Education (also CAGS)
Agent Interactions In Decentralized Environments, Martin William Allen, Computer Science
Tyrosine Phosphorylation Events in Mouse Sperm Capacitation, Enid Arcelay, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Applying Surface Modified Gold Nanoparticles To Biological Systems, Rochelle R Arvizo, Chemistry
The AzTEC Millimeter-wave Camera: Design, Integration, Performance, and the Characterization of the (sub-)millimeter Galaxy Population, Jason Edward Austermann, Astronomy
Antioxidant Distribution And Effectiveness In A Model Muscle System, Ann T Ballesteros, Food Science
Improved Network Consistency and Connectivity in Mobile and Sensor Systems, Nilanjan Banerjee, Computer Science
Phonological Trends In The Lexicon: The Role Of Constraints, Michael Becker, Linguistics
Reassessing The Theatre Of The Absurd: Parabolic Drama And The Question Of Absurdity, Michael Y Bennett, English and American Literature
“Obscene Fantasies”: Elfriede Jelinek’s Generic Perversions, Brenda L. Bethman, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Investigations into the Potential for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine to Induce Neurotoxic Terminal Damage to Serotonergic Neurons, Dominik Biezonski, Neuroscience and Behavior
The effect of group identity on memories of past conflicts/, Rezarta Bilali, Psychology
A New “Era”: Media Literacy In Eating Disorder Treatment, Lori B Bindig, Communication
An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Uncertainty, Realoptions Decision Patterns and Firm Performance, Alfred M. Boccia Jr., Management
Composition as Identity: a Study in Ontology and Philosophical Logic, Einar Bohn, Philosophy
Contentment In “Songs Of The Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism”: A Humanbecoming Hermeneutic Study, Susan A Bonis, Nursing
Factors Influencing The Stability Of Carotenoids In Oil-In-Water Emulsions, Caitlin Suzanne Boon, Food Science
The Effects of a School-based Motivational Intervention on Adolescent Substance Abuse, Elizabeth Gates Bradley, School Psychology
Synthesis and Interfacial Behavior of Functional Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers Prepared by Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization, Kurt E. Breitenkamp, Polymer Science and Engineering
Oligopeptide-functionalized Graft Copolymers: Synthesis and Applications in Nucleic Acid Delivery, Rebecca Boudreaux Breitenkamp, Polymer Science and Engineering
Adult Perceptions of Children's Relational and Physical Aggression as a Function of Adult Ethnicity and Child Gender, Sharice Angel Brown, Psychology
Leadership Continuity: Enhancing the Cycle of Leadership in Academic Departments, Nancy Buffone, Education (also CAGS)
Implications for literacy learning as urban second grade students engage in digital storytelling., Jane Carey, Education
Intermolecular Electron Transfer Reactivity and Dynamics of Cytochrome c – Nanoparticle Adducts, Adrienne M. Carver, Chemistry
Understanding Occlusion Inhibition: A Study Of The Visual Processing Of Superimposed Figures, Destinee L Chambers, Neuroscience & Behavior
The Active Site Chemistry Of Factor Inhibiting HIF-1, Coordination, Bonding, And Reaction, Yuan-Han Chen, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Part A: Nanoscale Semiconductors Through Electrodeposition Part B: Mechanistic Studies Of The Copper-Catalyzed Reactions, Néstor Luis Chévere-Trinidad, Chemistry
Enhancing And Stabilizing Oxygen Supply In Tissue Engineered Devices To Promote Functionality And Longevity, Kyuongsik Chin, Chemical Engineering
Computational Studies Of Reacting Flows With Applications In Nanoscale Materials Synthesis, Joungmo Cho, Chemical Engineering
Notch1 Modulation of Lymphoid Target Genes, Ok Hyun Cho, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Development of Structured Delivery Systems Using Nanolaminated Biopolymer Layers, Young-Hee Cho, Food Science
Factors Affecting Maximal Motor Unit Discharge Rate In Young And Older Individuals, Anita Christie, Kinesiology
It’s ‘A Good Thing’: The Commodification Of Femininity, Affluence, And Whiteness In The Martha Stewart Phenomenon, Melissa A Click, Communication
Climate and Environmental Change in Arctic Canada: Observations from Upper and Lower Murray Lakes, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Timothy Cook, Geosciences
The Role Of Edem1 In The Quality Control And Degradation Of Misfolded Glycoproteins, James H Cormier, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Bilayer Bolometers To Kosterlitz-Thouless: A Study Of Helium Films, John David Cummings, Physics
The influence of American exceptionalist thought on the role of the United States in the contemporary "War on Terrorism"., Michael Dominic D'Amore, Political Science
Engineering the Nanoparticle Surface for Protein Recognition and Applications, Mrinmoy De, Chemistry
Early Rearing Experience, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Activity, and Serotonin Transporter Genotype: Influences on the Development of Anxiety in Infant Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta), Amanda Dettmer, Neuroscience and Behavior
The Curse Of The Traveling Dancer: Romani Representation From 19Th- Century European Literature To Hollywood Film And Beyond, Nikolina Ivantcheva Dobreva, Comparative Literature
Cylindrically Confined Diblock Copolymers, Priyanka Dobriyal, Chemistry
Distribution and Diversity of Planktonic Ciliates: Patterns and Processes, Mary Doherty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Being good, doing right, faring well., Daniel Doviak, Philosophy
Ciliate Biodiversity and Phylogenetic Reconstruction Assessed by Multiple Molecular Markers, Micah Dunthorn, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Digital Storytelling At An Educational Nonprofit: A Case Study And Genre-Informed Implementation Analysis, Lisa Dush, English
Composite fabrication and polymer modification using neoteric solvents., Scott A. Eastman, Polymer Science and Engineering
Delayed Anesthetic Preconditioning and Metallothioneins I+II: Novel Mediators of Anesthetic-Induced Protection, Scott David Edmands, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Essays On Investment, Real Exchange Rate, And Central Bank In A Financially Liberalized Turkey, Deger Eryar, Economics
Before the Second Wave: College Women, Cultural Literacy, Sexuality and Identity, 1940--1965, Babette Faehmel, History
A Pressure-Temperature Dual Sensing Methodology For Injection Molding Monitoring, Zhaoyan Fan, Mechanical Engineering
The Activity of eg5 and Dynein During Mammalian Mitosis, Nicholas P. Ferenz, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Cartography Of Borders In Ana Teresa Torres's "Dona Ines vs. Oblivion", Maria Figuera, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
The Abject Of My Affection: “Heimosexuality” In German Texts And Films, Kyle E. Frackman, German and Scandinavian Studies; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Developing Novel Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (esi ms) Techniques to Study Higher Order Structure and Interaction of Biopolymers, Agya K. Frimpong, Chemistry
Writing Across the Curriculum Program Development as Ideological and Rhetorical Practice, Carolyn J. Fulford, English
Synthesis and Study of Hybrid Organic – Inorganic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (poss) Based Polymers, Gunjan A, Gadodia, Polymer Science and Engineering
Persistently Present: College Students, Social-Mobile Technologies, And The Transformation Of Social Life, Mark A Gammon, Sociology
Microwave Reactor Engineering Of Zeolites Synthesis, Murad Gharibeh, Chemical Engineering
Tailoring the Surface-Coating of Gold Nanoparticles for Bio-applications, Partha S. Ghosh, Chemistry
Nanoparticle Functionalization And Grafting - From Chemistry For Controlling Surface Properties And Nanocomposite Behavior, Elizabeth M Glogowski, Polymer Science and Engineering
Physical Activity And Maternal/Fetal Outcomes In A Pregnant Latina Population, Audra L Gollenberg, Public Health; Biostatistics and Epidemiology
A Study of Pre-Service Teachers: Is it Really Mathematics Anxiety?, Marsha Marie Guillory Bryant, Education (also CAGS)
The Meaning And Effects Of Organizational Justice In A Layoff Situation: An Indigenous Chinese Investigation, Chun Guo, Isenberg School of Management; Organization Studies
Toward An Understanding Of The Role Of The L1 Stalk In Translocation By The Escherichia Coli Ribosome, Mona Gupta, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Management of Target-Tracking Sensor Networks, Khaled Hadi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Landscape Ecology Of Large Fires In Southwestern Forests, USA, Sandra L Haire, Forest Resources
Asymptotically Good Towers Of Global Function Fields And Bounds For The Ihara Function, Laura Hall-Seelig, Mathematics and Statistics
The Phenomenon Of Underachievement: Listening To The Voice Of A Twice Exceptional Adolescent, Robin E Hands, Education; Teacher Education & School Improvement
Implementing Change in Instructional Delivery of Classroom Curriculum: A Phenomenological Case Study of Classroom Teachers Implementing A Problem-based Learning Approach in the Classroom, Maura Anne Hart, Education (also CAGS)
High Stakes: A Poly-Communal Archaeology Of The Pocumtuck Fort, Deerfield, Massachusetts, Siobhan M Hart, Anthropology
The Development of Hierarchical Knowledge in Robot Systems, Stephen W. Hart, Computer Science
Muscular Properties and Balance Control in Older Adults, Christopher James Hasson, Kinesiology
Do Metabolic And Psychosocial Responses To Exercise Explain Ethnic/Racial Disparities In Insulin Resistance?, Rebecca E Hasson, Kinesiology
Labor Turnover in the Child-Care Industry: Voice and Exit, Lynn A. Hatch, Economics
Der Wenderoman: Definition Eines Genres, Anne Hector, German and Scandinavian Studies; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Directing Synthetic And Bio- Nanoparticle Self-Assembly At Liquid And Polymer Interfaces, Jinbo He, Polymer Science and Engineering
Maternal Drag: Identity, Motherhood, And Performativity In The Works Of Julia Franck, Alexandra Merley Hill, German and Scandinavian Studies
Coping in Court-Involved Adolescents and the Relationship with Stressors, Delinquency, and Psychopathology, Yariv Hofstein, Psychology
Wrinkling, Folding, and Snapping Instabilities in Polymer Films, Douglas Peter Holmes, Polymer Science and Engineering
Application of Driver Behavior and Comprehension to Dilemma Zone Definition and Evaluation, David S. Hurwitz, Civil Engineering
Three Essays on Conflict and Cooperation, Sungha Hwang, Economics
Self-Efficacy, Memory, And Identity Processes In Older Adults, Kelly M Jones, Psychology
Spatial Ecology, Population Structure, and Conservation of the Wood Turtle, Glyptemys Insculpta, in Central New England, Michael T. Jones, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Fabrication of Protein-Polysaccharide Particulates through Thermal Treatment of Associative Complexes, Owen Griffith Jones, Food Science
Directed Assembly: Host-Guest Chemistry, Nanowires, Andpolymeric Templates, Brian J Jordan, Chemistry
Country Of Origin Labeling: A Theoretical And Empirical Analysis Of Market Effects In The U.S. Seafood Industry, Siny Joseph, Resource Economics
"Hedging Future Uncertainty: A Framework For Obsolescence Prediction, Proactive Mitigation And Management", Craig L Josias, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Supercritical Fluid Deposition Of Thin Metal Films: Kinetics, Mechanics And Applications, Christos Fotios Karanikas, Chemical Engineering
An Assessment of Natural Resources Management Conflicts in the Working Landscapes of Mediterranean Turkey (Turkiye): Koprulu Kanyon National Park, Nedim Kemer, Regional Planning
Examining The Mental Model Convergence Process Using Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, And Genetic Algorithm Optimization, Deanna M Kennedy, Isenberg School of Management
Seasonal Home Range Sizes, Transboundary Movements and Conservation of Elephants in Northern Tanzania, Alfred P. Kikoti, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Intracellular Metabolism Of Cancer Cells And Drug Delivery Using Gold Nanoparticles In An In Vitro 3D Tumor Model, Byoungjin Kim, Chemical Engineering
Characterization Of Genome And Structural Proteins Of The Sexually Transmitted Insect Virus, Hz-2V, Woojin Kim, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
On the Measurability of Pleasure and Pain, Justin Allen Klocksiem, Philosophy
Atomic-Scale Analysis of Plastic Deformation in Thin-Film Forms of Electronic Materials, Kedarnath Kolluri, Chemical Engineering
Class Numbers of Ray Class Fields of Imaginary Quadratic Fields, Omer Kucuksakalli, Mathematics
Leviathan’S Rage: State Sovereignty And Crimes Against Humanity In The Late Twentieth Century, Cecil Bryant Lawson, Political Science
The Role Of Toc Receptor Interactions In Controlling Protein Import Into Chloroplasts, Jeonghwa Lee, Plant Biology
Normal and Extreme Sedimentation and Physical Processes in Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Edward Lewis, Geosciences
Understanding Adsorption In Mesoporous Materials Through Lattice-Based Density Functional Theory And Monte Carlo Simulation, Bradd E Libby, Chemical Engineering
Characterization Of P-Type Wide Band Gap Transparent Oxide For Heterojunction Devices, Sang-Hyun Lim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Parents, Patriarchy, And Decision-Making Power: A Study Of Gender Relations As Reflected By Co-Residence Patterns Of Older Parents In The Immigrant Household, Lang Lin, Sociology
Determinants Of Stability In Initiating And Elongating T7 Rna Polymerase Complexes, Xiaoqing Liu, Chemistry
Approaches To Estimation Of Haplotype Frequencies And Haplotype-Trait Associations, Xiaohong Li, Public Health
The Role Of Stellar Feedback In Galaxy Evolution, Zhiyuan Li, Astronomy
A Frequency Selective Bolometer Camera for Measuring Millimeter Spectral Energy Distributions, Daniel William Logan, Astronomy
The SOS Response In Escherichia Coli: Single Cell Analysis Using Fluorescence Microscopy, Jarukit E Long, Microbiology
Characterization Of Magmatic And Diffusional Processes In Fractionally Differentiated Ultramafic Systems: Examples From The Grand Canyon, Usa, Paul Christopher Low, Geosciences
Managing Audits to Manage Earnings: The Impact of Baiting Tactics on an Auditor’s Ability to Uncover Earnings Management Errors, Benjamin Labrie Luippold, Management
Women in Engineering: Tell Me What You Need to Succeed, Susan Catherine Lyon, Education (also CAGS)
The Conformational Gymnastics of the Escherichia Coli SecA Molecular Machine and its Interactions with Signal Sequences, Jenny Lynn Maki, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Effect of Loading and Process Conditions on the Mechanical Behavior in SEBS Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs), Mohit Mamodia, Polymer Science and Engineering
Sensor Control and Scheduling Strategies for Sensor Networks, Victoria U. Manfredi, Computer Science
HSPF Modeling Of The Blackstone River Watershed: A Tool For The Evaluation Of Nutrient Based Watershed Management Strategies, James T. Mangarillo Jr., Civil Engineering
Saying “I Am” Experimentalism And Subjectivity In Contemporary Poetry By Claudia Rankine, M. Nourbese Philip, And Myung Mi Kim, Dawn Lundy Martin, English
The Role of Program Evaluations in Improving and Sustaining State-Supported School Counseling Programs: A Cross Case Analysis of Best Practices, Ian Monteg Martin, Education (also CAGS)
High Temperature Proton Conducting Materials and Fluorescent-Labeled Polymers for Sensor Applications, Surangkhana Martwiset, Polymer Science and Engineering
Knowledge, questions and answers., Meghan B. Masto, Philosophy
A woman of action: Elma Lewis, the arts, and the politics of culture in Boston, 1950-1986/, Daniel N. McClure, Afro-American Studies
The Artistry and Activism of Shirley Graham Du Bois: A Twentieth Century African American Torchbearer, Alesia Elaine McFadden, Afro-American Studies
Adult Student Persistence In Online Education: Developing A Model To Understand The Factors That Affect Adult Student Persistence In A Course, Raymond J McGivney, Education; Educational Policy and Leadership
Determinants Of Environmentally Conscious Consumer Behaviors: Measuring The Value Consumer Environmentalism And Predicting Behavioral Intention To Purchase Environmentally Friendly Products, Megan Joy McIntosh, Isenberg School of Management
Seeing Lesbian Queerly: Visibility, Community, and Audience in 1980s Northampton, Massachusetts, Susan E. McKenna, Communication
Policy Options to Finance Public Higher Education in Afghanistan, Frank McNernery, Education (also CAGS)
Functionalized Nanoparticles For Biological Imaging And Detection Applications, Bing C Mei, Chemical Engineering
Do Actions Speak Louder Than Knowledge? Action Manipulation, Parent-Child Discourse And Children’S Mental State Understanding In Pretense, Dawn K Melzer, Psychology
On memory and testimony, Kirk Michaelian, Philosophy
First-Year Students’ Perception And Interpretation Of Teacher Response To Their Writing: Ten Students Speak, Missy-Marie Montgomery, English
The Role of Human and Social Capital in the Perpetuation of Leader Development, Jeffrey W. Mott, Sport Management
Natural Selection and the Syntax of Clausal Complementation, Keir Moulton, Linguistics
The Role Of University Community Service-Learning Partnerships In Supporting Socio-Economically Marginalized Communities: The Case Of Nuestras Raices, Mary Catherine Mukimba, Education, Policy and Leadership
Structure Of MFDn And Its Influence On The Stability And Activity Of The MFD Protein, Michael N Murphy, Chemistry
Economic Reforms in East African Countries: The Impact on Government Revenue and Public Investment, Adam Beni Swebe Mwakalobo, Economics
Molecular Designs Toward Improving Organic Photovoltaics, Arpornrat Nantalaksakul, Chemistry
History And Memory In The Fiction Of Chinua Achebe, John Edgar Wideman, And Zakes Mda, Okey Ndibe, English
Cold Spring, Hot Foundry: An Archaeological Exploration of the West Point Foundry’s Paternal Influence Upon the Village of Cold Spring and its Residents, Elizabeth M. Norris, Anthropology
Essays on Environmental Policy and Markets, Linus M. Nyiwul, Resource Economics
The People and Me: Michael Moore and the Politics of Political Documentary, Jon Scott Oberacker, Communication
Modulation of Macrophage Responses to Borrelia Burgdorferi in Acute Murine Lyme Carditis, Chris Martin Olson, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Teacher Inquiry Group: The Space for (Un)packing Representations of Discourses of Achievement Gap and the Possibility of an Institutional Transforming Practice, Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero, Education (also CAGS)
Action-Based Representation Discovery in Markov Decision Processes, Sarah Osentoski, Computer Science
Globalization And Identity Formation: A Postcolonial Analysis Of The International Entrepreneur, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Isenberg School of Management
Post-Marxism After Althusser: A Critique Of The Alternatives, Ceren Ozselcuk, Economics
Single Molecule Chiroptical Spectroscopy: Fluorescence Excitation Circular Dichroism and Circular Polarized Luminescence of Bridged Triarylamine Helicenes, Ruthanne Hassey Paradise, Chemistry
Literacy and Religious Agency: An Ethnographic Study of an Online LDS Women’s Group, Catherine Matthews Pavia, English
The Role Of The ER Glucosyltransferase In The Quality Control Of Glycoprotein Maturation, Bradley R Pearse, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Electronic Spectroscopy And Dissociation Dynamics Of Gasphase Transition Metal Containing Cations And Dications, Kanchana Manori Perera, Chemistry
The Role Of ERα, ERβ And Phytoestrogens From Soy In P53- Mediated Response To Dna Damage In Mammary Epithelium, Erick Roman Perez, Molecular and Cellular Biology
More Than One River: Local, Place-Based Knowledge and the Political Ecology of Restoration and Remediation Along the Lower Neponset River, Massachusetts, Simona Lee Perry, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
The Use of Item Response Theory in Developing a Phonics Diagnostic Inventory, Cynthia A. Pirani-McGurl, Education (also CAGS)
Risk Awareness And Perception And The Novice Driver: Development And Evaluation Of Training Interventions And Their Influence On Tactical And Strategic Visual Search Behavior, Anuj Kumar Pradhan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Visuospatial Reasoning in Toddlers: A Correlational Study of Door Task Performance, Iris Louella Price, Neuroscience and Behavior
Network Efficiency/Performance Measurement With Vulnerability And Robustness Analysis With Application To Critical Infrastructure, Qiang Qiang, Isenberg School of Management
Investigation of Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter Sulfurreducens Characterization of Outer Surface Associated Electron Transfer Components, Xenlei Qian, Microbiology
Liberation at the End of a Pen: Writing Pan-African Politics of Cultural Struggle, Anthony James Ratcliff, Afro-American Studies
Resource Management in Complex and Dynamic Environments, Mohammad Salimullah Raunak, Computer Science
American Jacobins: Revolutionary Radicalism In The Civil War Era, Jordan Lewis Reed, History
Molecular Changes Following Skeletal Muscle Disuse in Humans, Kimberly A. Reich, Kinesiology
Politics And Policy Processes In Federal Urban Forest Policy Formation And Change, Robert Marshall Ricard, Forest Resources and Public Policy
Reimbursement Comes From The Heart: The Organizational Structure Of Emotions And Care-Work In Nursing Homes, Jason Rodriguez, Sociology
Feasibility of Family Participation in a Delirium Prevention Program for the Older Hospitalized Adult, Deborah Rosenbloom-Brunton, Nursing
Formulating Older Driver Licensing Policy: An Evaluation of Older Driver Crash History and Performance, Heather A. Rothenberg, Civil Engineering
Polymeric Designs For Gene Delivery, Drug Delivery And Enzyme Activity Modulation, Raghunath Roy, Chemistry
Synthetic Ethical Naturalism, Michael Rubin, Philosophy
Essays on Financial Behavior and its Macroeconomic Causes and Implications, Soon Ryoo, Economics
On the Objectivity of Welfare, Alexander F. Sarch, Philosophy
Proline-Associated Antioxidant Enzyme Response In Cool-Season Turfgrasses Under Abiotic Stress, Dipayan Sarkar, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Self-Assembled Polymer Nanostructures: Design, Syntheses And Applications, Elamprakash N Savariar, Chemistry
Two Types of Definites in Natural Language, Florian Schwarz, Linguistics
Galaxy Evolution At High-Redshift: Millimeter-Wavelength Surveys With The AzTEC Camera, Kimberly S Scott, Astronomy
Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodius) Conservation on the Barrier Islands of New York: Habitat Quality and Implications in a Changing Climate, Jennifer Ruth Seavey, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Effects of Sex and Social Status on Neuromuscular Differentiation in the Eusocial Naked Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus Glaber), Marianne Louise Seney, Neuroscience and Behavior
Numerical Modeling of Fracturing in Non-Cylindrical Folds: Case Studies in Fracture Prediction Using Structural Restoration, John Ryan Shackleton, Geosciences
A Program Evaluation Of Response To Intervention Implementation In The Clark County School District, Michael J. Shaf, School Psychology
On the Discrete Differential Geometry of Surfaces in S4, George Shapiro, Mathematics
Correction Methods, Approximate Biases, and Inference for Misclassified Data, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Mathematics
A Blog-Mediated Curriculum for Teaching Academic Genres in an Urban Classroom: Second Grade ELL Students’ Emergent Pathways to Literacy Development, Dong-shin Shin, Education (also CAGS)
The Role Of Lexical Contrast In The Perception Of Intonational Prominence In Japanese, Takahito Shinya, Linguistics
Investments In Energy Technological Change Under Uncertainty, Ekundayo Shittu, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
How Does Beauty Matter? An Exploration Of Employee Perceptions Of Office Aesthetics, Elizabeth A Siler, Management
Retinoic Acid Transfer And Protein-Protein Interaction Between The Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein And The Retinoic Acid Receptor Probed By Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry, Virginie Sjoelund, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Skill Mismatch and Wage Inequality in the U.S., Fabian Slonimczyk, Economics
Developing Reactive Molecular Dynamics for Understanding Polymer Chemical Kinetics, Kenneth D. Smith, Chemical Engineering
Novel Superfluid States In Bosonic Systems, Sebnem Gunes Soyler, Physics
The role of motivation to change in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Christopher M. Spofford, Psychology
Teacher Change Facilitated By Sustained School Situated Professional Development: Exemplar Learning Of Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment (TEFA), Karen St. Cyr, Education
The Influence Of Parent And Community Involvement On Local School Councils In Massachusetts, Leslie B Stein, Education
An Integrated Methodology For Optimal Egress Route Assignment During Population Evacuation Under An Evolving Emergency Event, A. V Stepanov, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Detrimental Effects of Inactivity on Insulin Action, Brooke Rene Stephens, Kinesiology
The Emergence of DP in the Partitive Structure, Helen Stickney, Linguistics
City Marketing and Gated Communities: A Case Study of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Carlos A. Suarez-Carrasquillo, Political Science
Functional And Comparative Morphology Of The Pectoral Fins Among Scorpaeniform Fishes, Natalia K Taft, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Assembly, Cross-Linking And Encapsulation Using Functionalized Nanoparticles At Liquid Interfaces, Ravisubhash Tangirala, Polymer Science and Engineering
Galactic Bulge Feedback and its Impact on Galaxy Evolution, Shikui Tang, Astronomy
The Adoption of Shamanic Healing into the Biomedical Health Care System in the United States, Lori L. Thayer, Anthropology
Investigation of Chemotaxis Genes and Their Functions in Geobacter Species, Hoa T. Tran, Chemistry
Phenomenal Acquaintance, Kelly Trogdon, Philosophy
Online Audiences For Foreign Language Films: Implications Of The Internet As The New Cultural Arena, Haijing Tu, Communication
Modifiable Risk Factors for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Latina Women, Shannon Renee Turzanski Fortner, Public Health
Cross-Age Peer Tutoring in Dialogic Reading: Effects on the Language Development of Young Children, Itsuko Jamie Udaka, School Psychology
Optionality and Variability: Syntactic Licensing Meets Morphological Spell-Out, Cherlon Ussery, Linguistics
Unsteady Dynamics Of Wind Turbine Wake, Oscillating Bubble And Falling Card, Kapil Varshney, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Determinants for Stop-Transfer and Post-Import Pathways for Protein Targeting to the Chloroplast Inner Envelope Membrane, Antonio Americo Barbosa Viana, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Modeling Of Surface Morphological Response To The Simultaneous Action Of Multiple External Fields, Vivek Vivek, Chemical Engineering
Victim Consciousness And Its Effects On Intergroup Relations – A Double-Edged Sword?, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Psychology; Social Psychology; Psychology of Peace and Violence
Linkages Between Inequality And Environmental Degradation: An Interregional Perspective, Marina S Vornovytskyy, Economics
Phosphorylation Of Nur77 By MEK-ERK-RSK Cascade Induces Mitochondrial Translocation And Apoptosis In T Cells, Aibo Wang, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
Wc1 Mediates T Cell Activation And Is Required For The Response Of Bovine γδ T Cells To Leptospira Antigen, Fei Wang, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Fault-Tolerant Nanoscale Microprocessor Design On Semiconductor Nanowire Grids, Teng Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Structured Topic Models: Jointly Modeling Words and Their Accompanying Modalities, Xuerui Wang, Computer Science
Exciton-Plasmon Interactions In Hybrid Metalsemiconductor Nanostructures, Yikuan Wang, Physics
A program evaluation of school-wide positive behavior support in an alternative education setting, Elana Rachel Weinberger, Education (also CAGS)
Word, Phrase, And Clitic Prosody In Bosnian, Serbian, And Croatian, Adam Werle, Linguistics
Metacognition: Developing Self-Knowledge Through Guided Reflection, Kathryn Wiezbicki-Stevens, Education (also CAGS)
Semantic Methods for Intelligent Distributed Design Environments, Paul W. Witherell, Mechanical Engineering
Polymer Confinement and Translocation, Chiu Tai Andrew Wong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Predictors Of Treatment Means For A One Factor Completely Randomized Design, Bo Xu, Public Health
Marketing Assets, Marketing Capabilities And Shareholder Value: An Empirical Analysis Of Asset Endowments And Utilization, Jing Yang, Isenberg School of Management
Operating System Support for Modern Applications, Ting Yang, Computer Science
Nanofabrication Techniques for Nanophotonics, Ozgur Yavuzcetin, Physics
Determinants Of Peak Bone Mass In Young Premenopausal Women, Sofija E Zagarins, Epidemiology
An Investigation of Temporal Resolution Abilities in School-Aged Children With and Without Dyslexia, Elena Zaidan, Communication Disorders
Women’s Contribution To Gross National Happiness: A Critical Analysis Of The Role Of Nuns And Nunneries In Education And Sustainable Development In Bhutan, Tashi Zangmo, Education
The Role of Stellar Feedback in Galaxy Evolution, Li Zhiyuan, Astronomy
“To Promote, Encourage Or Condone:” Science, Activism And The Political Role Of Moralism In The Formation Of Needle Exchange Policy In Springfield, Massachusetts, 1998–2005, Jon E Zibbell, Anthropology
Mechanics of Hydrogels and Biological Tissues, Jessica A. Zimberlin, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2008
A critical discourse analysis of classroom literacy practices in fourth grade : the critical moments., Theresa L. Abodeeb-Gentile, Education
African migrant students in African and U.S. mathematics classroom., Solomon Abraham, Education
'Can' and consequentialism : an account of options., Edward Lee Abrams, Philosophy
The Europeanization of the social partnership : the future of neo-corporatism in Austria and Germany., Paul S. Adams, Political Science
Water-soluble polymers from norbornene monomers., Sterling F. Alfred, Polymer Science and Engineering
How the emphasis of models, themes, and concepts in professional development changed elementary teachers' mathematics teaching and learning., Janet Ginkus Allen, Education
A procedure for developing a common metric in item response theory when parameter posterior distributions are known., Peter Baldwin, Education
A Bayesian testlet response model with covariates : a simulation study and two applications., Su G. Baldwin, Education
Springfield, the armory and the Civil War : using local history resources to develop best practice field trips for middle school social studies students., Ann Barone, Education
Novice teachers experience a mosaic of mentoring as they learn to teach., Beverley J. M. Bell, Education
Unbundling convenience in distance education : how do distance education students define convenience?, Debbie L. Bellucci, Education
A tutelazo limpio : a story of the struggle for identity and rights in Colombia and the demobilizing effect of the law., Farid Samir Benavides Vanegas, Political Science
Prestige culture and community-based faculty work., Alan H. Bloomgarden, Education
A life history of Dr. Nettie Webb : possibilities and perspectives from a life committed to education., Paige M. Bray, Education
Assessing the effect of a diversity course on college students' readiness for social action engagement., Stephanie L. Burrell, Education
Assessment literacy and efficacy : making valid educational decisions., Mary Lou Chapman, Education
Choices and voices of adult illiterates : exploring their literacy needs in rural Bangladesh., Sahadat H. Chaudhury, Education
Fabrication of nanomaterials using porous templates., Jiun-Tai Chen, Polymer Science and Engineering
A comparative study of educational decentralization in China and Korea, 1985-1995 : motives, actions, and results., Yeon Han Chung, Education
Using action research protocols to structure the development of a complex exhibit at a regional children's museum., John Cipora, Education
Can the states increase religious freedom if they try? : judicial and legislative effects on religious actor success in the state courts., David Claborn, Political Science
The generalizability of systematic direct observations across items : exploring the psychometric properties of behavioral observation., Tara M. Clark, Education
Understanding voice in the disciplines : the struggles of Latina non-traditional students and their instructors., Doris M. Correa, Education
PLA-PEO-PLA triblock copolymer hydrogels for soft tissue engineering : properties, assembly, and structure., Naomi Sanabria DeLong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Rigorously applying the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning : a community college case study., Katherine P. Douglas, Education
Raising legal literacy in public schools, a call for principal leadership : a national study of secondary school principals' knowledge of public school law., Howard Jacob Eberwein, Education
"The social responsibility of the administrator": Mordecai Wyatt Johnson and the dilemma of Black leadership, 1890-1976/, Thomas John Edge, Afro-American Studies
The effects of a math-fact fluency intervention on the complex calculation and application performance of fourth grade students., Kristin E. Ezbicki, Education
Parent-centered values among Latino immigrant mothers., Candice Fischer, Psychology
One-micron spectroscopic studies of accretion and outflow in T tauri stars., William J. Fischer, Astronomy
A mind/body exploration of adolescent girls' strategies & barriers to their success or survival in physical education., Jennifer L. Fisette, Education
Molecular modeling and Langevin dynamics simulations of viral genome packaging and DS-DNA translocation., Christopher Forrey, Polymer Science and Engineering
Decolonizing multicultural teacher education., Kristen B. French, Education
Differences between European and Lebanese Americans' values about marriage., Bilal M. Ghandour, Psychology
A wideband analog correlating spectrometer for millimeter astronomy., Robert E. Goeller, Astronomy
Manipulating polymers and composites from the nanoscopic to microscopic length scales., Suresh Gupta, Polymer Science and Engineering
Investigating a parent implemented early literacy intervention : effects of dialogic reading using alphabet books on the alphabet skills, phonological awareness, and oral language of preschool children., Heather Noël Halsey, Education
Impact of item parameter drift on test equating and proficiency estimates., Kyung Tyek Han, Education
Systemic functional linguistics and the teaching of literature in urban school classrooms., Ruth Harman, Education
The effects of parents' absence on the lives of the left-behind children in middle and northern rural China., Yiming He, Education
Sound education : an ethnographic exploration of power relations in high school classrooms with mainstreamed oral deaf students., Arlene Hijara, Education
Nanostructured polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications : structure vs properties., Akinbode I. Isaacs-Sodeye, Polymer Science and Engineering
Teaching teams and student achievement in Vermont's middle schools., Steven B. John, Education
Characterization of adsorbed organic matter on mineral surfaces., Seunghun Kang, Plant and Soil Sciences
The utility of the Individual Reading Evaluation and Diagnostic (iREAD) Inventory, a specific reading skills assessment, for treatment design and implementation., Andrew J. Koerner, Education
College impact on civic attitudes of Asian American and White undergraduate students : a comparative study., Chiaki Kotori, Education
Self-consistent field theory for polyelectrolytes and its applications., Rajeev Kumar, Polymer Science and Engineering
A defense of a particularist research program., Uri D. Leibowitz, Philosophy
Five case studies investigating children's responses to the application of movement into their classroom curriculum., Penelope J. Mahoney, Education
Designing multilateral environmental agreements., Christopher M. Marcoux, Political Science
Focusing on strength : building home-classroom connections with Latino families in urban schools., Nelida Matos, Education
Ionic and nonionic polymer gels., Jessica L. McCoy, Polymer Science and Engineering
Predictors of quality of life in individuals with end stage renal disease., Kristen L. McDonald, Psychology
Doubly at risk : internalizing symptoms and early academic skills., Susan M. Meagher, Psychology
Loose coupling at a large public university and the impact it has on students : a case study of the unintended consequences of policy implementation., Bernette A. Melby, Education
City of amalgamation: race, marriage, class and color in Boston, 1890-1930/, Zebulon V. Miletsky, Afro-American Studies
The hills of home : environmental identity in the rural north, 1815-1860/, Jill Mudgett, History
Nano and microscale silica chemistry in block copolymer templates using supercritical carbon dioxide as a reaction medium., Sivakumar Nagarajan, Polymer Science and Engineering
The importance of membrane mechanics in vesicle adhesion., Jin Nam, Polymer Science and Engineering