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Dissertations from 2012
Studies in the Atomic Spectrometric Determination of Selenium, Mercury, and Rare Earth Elements, Lindsay Rhae Harris, Chemistry
Molecular mechanisms regulating Complement Receptor 3-mediated phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, Kelly Lynn Hawley, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Tuning the Properties of Metal-Ligand Complexes to Modify the Properties of Supramolecular Materials, Ian Henderson, Polymer Science and Engineering
Porous Metal Oxide Materials Through Novel Fabrication Procedures, Nicholas Hendricks, Polymer Science and Engineering
Target Recognition and Competitive Synaptogenesis in the Drosophila Giant Fiber System, Jason Joseph Hill, Molecular and Cellular Biology
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
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
Resource-Bounded Information Acquisition and Learning, Pallika H. Kanani, Computer Science
The influence of free-living activity and inactivity on health outcomes and responsiveness to exercise training, Sarah Kozey Keadle, Kinesiology
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
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
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
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
An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Item Parameters on IRT Information Functions in Mixed Format Tests, Wai Yan Wendy Lam, Education (also CAGS)
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)
The Sources of Financial Profit: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Transformation of Banking in the US, Irene G. Levina, Economics
Kinetically Trapping Co-continuous Morphologies in Polymer Blends and Composites, Le Li, Polymer Science and Engineering
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)
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 Role of Contextual Restriction in Reference-Tracking, Andrew Robert McKenzie, Linguistics
Probing Novel Properties of Nucleons and Nuclei via Parity Violating Electron Scattering, Luis Rafael Mercado, Physics
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
A 'Living Art': Working-Class, Transcultural, and Feminist Aesthetics in the United States, Mexico, and Algeria, 1930s, Tabitha Adams Morgan, English
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
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)
Postures for Precision: An Ecological Approach to Marksmanship and the Issue of Warfighter Load., Christopher Jay Palmer, Kinesiology
Adsorption column studies to predict the flow of nutrients through heterogenous porous media under equilibrium and isothermal conditions, Vijai B. Pandey, Food Science
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
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
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
Power Efficient Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator Architectures for Wideband Analog to Digital Conversion, Mohammad Ranjbar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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
On the Analysis and Management of Cache Networks, Elisha Rosensweig, Computer Science
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)
From Tank Trails to Technology Parks: the Impact of Base Redevelopment for New England, Bernd F. Schliemann, Regional Planning
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
Compound-Specific Hydrogen Isotopes of Lipid Biomarkers in Lake El’gygytgyn, Ne Russia, Kenna M. K. Wilkie, Geosciences