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Dissertations from 2009
Reaching the poorest through microfinance: Learning from saving for change program in Mali, Mukul Acharya, Education (also CAGS)
Interactions in Decentralized Environments, Martin William Allen, Computer Science
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 Theodore Ballesteros, Food Science
Phonological trends in the lexicon: The role of constraints, Michael Becker, Linguistics
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 Pschology
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
Leadership continuity: Enhancing the cycle of leadership in academic departments, Nancy Buffone, Education (also CAGS)
Understanding occlusion inhibition: A study of the visual processing of superimposed figures, Destinee L. Chambers, Neuroscience and Behavior
It's 'a good thing': The commodification of femininity, affluence, and whiteness in the Martha Stewart phenomenon, Melissa Anne Click, Communication
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
Digital storytelling at an educational nonprofit: A case study and genre-informed implementation analysis, Lisa Dush, English
Delayed anesthetic preconditioning and metallothioneins I+II: Novel mediators of anesthetic-induced protection, Scott David Edmands, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Before the second wave: College women, cultural literacy, sexuality and identity, 1940--1965, Babette Faehmel, History
Microwave reactor engineering of zeolites synthesis, Murad Gharibeh, Chemical Engineering
Physical activity and maternal/fetal outcomes in a pregnant Latina population, Audra Lynn Gollenberg, Public Health
A study of pre-service teachers: Is it really mathematics anxiety?, Marsha Marie Guillory Bryant, Education (also CAGS)
Landscape ecology of large fires in southwestern forests, USA, Sandra L. Haire, Forest Resources
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
Do Metabolic and Psychosocial Responses To Exercise Explain Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Insulin Resistance?, Rebecca Elizabeth Hasson, Kinesiology
Coping in court-involved adolescents and the relationship with stressors, delinquency, and psychopathology, Yariv Hofstein, Psychology
Three essays on conflict and cooperation, Sungha Hwang, Economics
Spatial ecology, population structure, and conservation of the wood turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, in central New England, Michael T. Jones, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Hedging future uncertainty: A framework for obsolescence prediction, proactive mitigation and management, Craig Lindsay Josias, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Supercritical fluid deposition of thin metal films: Kinetics, mechanics and applications, Christos F. 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
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
Understanding Adsorption in Mesoporous Materials through Lattice-based Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation, Bradd Elden Libby, Chemical 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
Approaches to Estimation of Haplotype Frequencies and Haplotype-trait Associations, Xiaohong Li, Public Health
A frequency selective bolometer camera for measuring millimeter spectral energy distributions, Daniel William Logan, Astronomy
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
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 Joseph McGivney, 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 Kathleen Melzer, Psychology
The role of human and social capital in the perpetuation of leader development, Jeffrey W. Mott, Sport Management
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
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)
Globalization and identity formation: A postcolonial analysis of the international entrepreneur, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Management
Post-Marxism After Althusser: A Critique of the Alternatives, Ceren Ozselcuk, Economics
Electronic spectroscopy and dissociation dynamics of gas-phase transition metal containing cations and dications, Kanchana Manori Perera, Chemistry
The use of item response theory in developing a Phonics Diagnosic Inventory, Cynthia A. Pirani-McGurl, Education (also CAGS)
Visuospatial reasoning in toddlers: A correlational study of door task performance, Iris Louella Price, Neuroscience and Behavior
Liberation at the end of a pen: Writing Pan-African politics of cultural struggle, Anthony James Ratcliff, Afro-American Studies
American Jacobins: Revolutionary radicalism in the Civil War era, Jordan Lewis Reed, History
Feasibility of family participation in a delirium prevention program for the older hospitalized adult, Deborah Rosenbloom-Brunton, Nursing
Synthetic ethical naturalism, Michael Rubin, Philosophy
Numerical modeling of fracturing in non-cylindrical folds: Case studies in fracture prediction using structural restoration, John Ryan Shackleton, Geosciences
Correction methods, approximate biases, and inference for misclassified data, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Mathematics
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 Engineering
How does beauty matter? An exploration of employee perceptions of office aesthetics, Elizabeth Siler, Management
Developing reactive molecular dynamics for understanding polymer chemical kinetics, Kenneth D. Smith, Chemical Engineering
Teacher change facilitated by sustained School Situated Professional Development: Exemplar learning of Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment (TEFA), Karen Eleanor St. Cyr, Education (also CAGS)
The influence of parent and community involvement on local school councils in Massachusetts, Leslie B. Stein, Education (also CAGS)
Detrimental effects of inactivity on insulin action, Brooke Rene Stephens, Kinesiology
The adoption of shamanic healing into the biomedical health care system in the United States, Lori L. Thayer, Anthropology
Modifiable risk factors for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among latina women, Shannon Renee Turzanski Fortner, Public Health
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
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
On the threshold: Placing servants in modernist domesticity, Mary Elizabeth Wilson, English
Polymer confinement and translocation, Chiu Tai Andrew Wong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Operating system support for modern applications, Ting Yang, Computer Science
An investigation of temporal resolution abilities in school-aged children with and without dyslexia, Elena Zaidan, Communication Disorders
The role of stellar feedback in galaxy evolution, Li Zhiyuan, Astronomy