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Dissertations from 2011
Novel Progestin Signaling Molecules in the Brain: Distribution, Regulation and Molecular Mechanism of Action, Karlie A. Intlekofer, Neuroscience and Behavior
Innate immune responses to B. burgdorferi mediated by JNK1 and the cochaperone, methylation controlled DNAJ (MCJ), Hooman Izadi, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Clock Generation and Distribution for Enhancing Immunity to Power Supply Noise, Jinwook Jang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Reasons for Local Smart Growth Efforts: An Evaluation of the Commonwealth Capital Program and its Outcomes in Massachusetts, Jia Jia, Regional Planning
Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Bacterial Surface Biomolecules, Wei Jiang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Design and Synthesis of a New Class of Self-Cross-Linked Polymer Nanogels, Siriporn Jiwpanich, Chemistry
Molecular Designs for Organic Semiconductors: Design, Synthesis and Charge Transport Properties, Tejaswini Sharad Kale, Chemistry
Effects of Molecular Architecture on Crystallization Behavior of Pol(lactic Acid) and Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Jeffrey Paul Kalish, Polymer Science and Engineering
Resisting Schools, Reproducing Families: Gender and the Politics of Homeschooling, Brian Paul Kapitulik, Sociology
Interactive Perception of Articulated Objects for Autonomous Manipulation, Dov Katz, Computer Science
Band Structure Calculations of Strained Semiconductors Using Empirical Pseudopotential Theory, Jiseok Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Development of Plant Cell Culture Processes to Produce Natural Product Pharmaceuticals: Characterization, Analysis, and Modeling of Plant Cell Aggregation, Martin Kolewe, Chemical Engineering
Autonomous Robot Skill Acquisition, George D. Konidaris, Computer Science
The Interaction Between Endogenous Cortisol and Salivary Alpha-Amylase Predicts Implicit Cognitive Bias in Young Women, Donna Ann Kreher, Psychology
Modeling and Simulation of Nanoparticle Formation in Microemulsion Droplets, Sreekumar R. Kuriyedath, Chemical Engineering
Phylogenics and Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Amoebozoa, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
The Conservation Value of Residential Landscapes for Native Bird Communities: Patterns, Processes, and Management Implications, Susannah Beth Lerman, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Preserving Urban Landscapes as Public History --- A Qualitative Study of Kensington Market, Toronto, Na Li, Regional Planning
Living With a Depressed Partner, Bridget Logan, Nursing
Metformin and/or Exercise Training Affect Metabolic Health in Men and Women with Prediabetes, Steven K. Malin, Kinesiology
Fulfilling Their Dreams: Latina/o College Student Narratives on the Impact of Parental Involvement on Their Academic Engagement, Jennifer MD Matos, Education (also CAGS)
Beyond School Inputs and Resources: An Assessment of the Effects of Program Intervention on Learning Achievement in Rebep Schools in Sierra Leone, Aiah AS Mbayo, Education (also CAGS)
The Parameter Signature Isolation Method and Applications, James Richard McCusker, Mechanical Engineering
Knot Contact Homology and Open Strings, Jason Frederick McGibbon, Mathematics
Sometimes Sisters: An Exploration of the Culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Its Impact on the Campus Climate for Lesbian and Bisexual Female Students, Donique R. McIntosh, Education (also CAGS)
Pricing and Preserving Unique Ecosystems: The Case of the Galapagos Islands, Ceasar Viteri Mejia, Resource Economics
Enabling Peer-to-Peer Swarming for Multi-Commodity Dissemination, Daniel Sadoc Menasche, Computer Science
A Numerical Study of Droplet Formation and Behavior using Interface Tracking Methods, Sandeep Menon, Mechanical Engineering
Optimal Control of Human Running, Ross Herbert Miller, Kinesiology
Engineering Nanoparticles Surface for Biosensing: "Chemical Noses" to Detect and Identify Proteins, Bacteria and Cancerous Cells, Oscar Ramon Miranda-Sanchez, Chemistry
Politics by Other Means: Rhizomes of Power in Argentina's Social Movements, Graciela G. Monteagudo, Anthropology
Structural Applications of Metal Foams Considering Material and Geometrical Uncertainty, Mohammadreza Moradi, Civil Engineering
Effect of Color Overlays on Reading Efficiency, Rhonda Morrison, School Psychology
Exploiting Structure in Coordinating Multiple Decision Makers, Hala Mostafa, Computer Science
French Postcolonial Nationalism and Afro-French Subjectivities, Yasser A. Munif, Sociology
Computational Analysis of Structural Transformations in Carbon Nanostructures Induced by Hydrogenation, Andre R. Muniz, Chemical Engineering
What do we do now? The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Consulting Service Firms in the Internalization of New Knowledge Within Organizations, Sudhir Nair, Management
Modeling of Flash Boiling Flows in Injectors with Gasoline-Ethanol Fuel Blends, Kshitij Deepak Neroorkar, Mechanical Engineering
Xenopus ADAM13 and ADAM19 are Important for Proper Convergence and Extension of the Notochord, Russell David Neuner, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Hardening Software Against Memory Errors and Attacks, Albert Eugene Novark, Computer Science
Variations on Stigmergic Communication to Improve Artificial Intelligence and Biological Modeling, Megan Marie Olsen, Computer Science
Colloidal Microcapsules: Surface Engineering of Nanoparticles for Interfacial Assembly, Debabrata Patra, Chemistry
Translation in Vietnam and Vietnam in Translation: Language, Culture, and Identity, Loc Quoc Pham, Comparative Literature
Becoming a Young Professional: The Social Organization of Career, Emily T. Porschitz, Management
Youth and Economic Development: A Case Study of Out-of-School Time Programs for Low-Income Youth in New York State, Kristen Maeve Powlick, Economics
Fiber Formation from the Melting of Free-standing Polystyrene, Ultra-thin Films: A Technique for the Investication of Thin Film Dynamics, Confinement Effects and Fiber-based Sensing, Jeremy M. Rathfon, Polymer Science and Engineering
Statistical Methods for Nonlinear Dynamic Models with Measurement Error Using the Ricker Model, David Joseph Resendes, Mathematics
Mutational Analysis of Geopilin Function in Geobacter Sulfurreducens, Lubna V. Richter, Chemistry
An Investigation into Managers' Language Use in Earnings Press Releases, Tracey Jean Riley, Management
The Roles of Notch1 and PKC-Θ in Immune Mediated Bone Marrow Failure, Justine E. Roderick, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Consequence of Functioning at the End Range of Joint Motion: Implications on Anterior Knee Pain, Pedro A. Rodrigues, Kinesiology
Essays on International Reserve Accumulation and Cooperation in Latin America, Luis Daniel Rosero, Economics
Controlled Oxygen Activation in Human Oxygen Sensor FIH, Evren Saban, Chemistry
Low Cost Electronically Steered Phase Arrays for Weather Applications, Mauricio Sanchez-Barbetty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ion Mobility Studies of Functional Polymeric Materials for Fuel Cells and Lithium Ion Batteries, Shilpi Sanghi, Polymer Science and Engineering
Students as Customers: The Influence of Neoliberal Ideology and Free-Market Logic on Entering First-Year College Students, Daniel Brian Saunders, Education (also CAGS)
Three Essays on Racial Disparities in Infant Health and Air Pollution Exposure, Helen Scharber, Economics
Search Using Social Media Structures, Jangwon Seo, Computer Science
Practicas Escriturales Femeninas: Espacialidad e Identidad en Epistolas en la Colonia (Rio de la Plata, Siglos XVI-XVII), Yamile Silva, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Atomic-scale Modeling of Transition-metal Doping of Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Tejinder Singh, Chemical Engineering
The Forgotten Voices Behind Designated Diversity Initiatives: Perspectives from Students of Color Living in a Multicultural Residential Community, Kathy Sisneros, Education (also CAGS)
Ecology and Conservation of Sumatran Elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Sumatra, Indonesia, Arnold Feliciano Sitompul, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Components of a Protein Machine: Allosteric Domain Assembly and a Disordered C-terminus Enable the Chaperone Functions of Hsp70, Robert G. Smock, Molecular and Cellular Biology
A Multi-Level Investigation of Teacher Instructional Practices and the Use of Responsive Classroom, Benjamin George Solomon, Psychology
High-resolution Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Gas in Galaxy Halos and Large-scale Structures, Limin Song, Astronomy
Managing Lithographic Variations in Design, Reliability, and Test Using Statistical Techniques, Aswin Sreedhar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Writer and The Sentence: A Critical Grammar Pedagogy Valuing the Micro, Sarah Elizabeth Stanley, English
Flagship Species, Tourism, and Support for Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, Sadie S. Stevens, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Mastering One's Destiny: Mastery Goals Promote Feeling Challenged in Identity Threatening Achievement Contexts, Jane Gage Stout, Psychology
The Effects of Multiple External Mandates on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Child Activity in the Preschool Classroom, Kathleen A. Strub-Richards, Education (also CAGS)
New Genomic Approaches Reveal the Process of Genome Reduction in Prochlorococcus, Zhiyi Sun, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
A Teleological Approach to Robot Programming by Demonstration, John Douglas Sweeney, Computer Science
The Role of Dawn Song in Tree Swallows and its Place in the Diversity of Oscine Song Learning, Benjamin Nichols Taft, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Separation of Carboxylic Acids From Aqueous Fraction of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oils Using Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membranes, Achyuta Vara Prasada Rao Teella, Chemical Engineering
Adaptations to Running While Footwear Cushioning and Surface are Manipulated, Trampas M. TenBroek, Kinesiology
Search for Contact Interactions with Dimuons at the Atlas Detector, Emily Thompson, Physics
The Potential Supply of Cellulosic Biomass Energy Crops in Western Massachusetts, David Selkirk Timmons, Resource Economics
Engineering Modeling, Analysis and Optimal Design of Custom Foot Orthotic, Lieselle Enid Trinidad, Mechanical Engineering
Understanding Combat Related Psychological Difficulties in Veterans: The Role of Context-Based Morality, Ramila Shadina Ali Usoof, Psychology
Growth Kinetics and Constraints Related to Metabolic Diversity and Abundances of Hyperthermophiles in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Helene Chavanne Ver Eecke, Microbiology
Pyrolysis Oils: Characterization, Stability Analysis, and Catalytic Upgrading to Fuels and Chemicals, Tushar Vispute, Chemical Engineering
Novel Systems for the Functional Characterization of Genes Related to Paclitaxel Metabolism in Taxus Cell Cultures, Khamkeo Vongpaseuth, Plant Biology
Experiments and Simulations on Granular Gases, Hongqiang Wang, Physics
Effects of Free Fatty Acids, Mono- and Diacylglycerols on Oxidative Stability of Soybean Oil-In-Water Emulsions, Thaddao Waraho, Food Science
Defining Legal Parenthood: The Intersection of Gender and Sexual Identity in U.S. Child Custody Decisions, 2003-2009, Kristina A. Watkins, Sociology
Milton's Visionary Obedience, Timothy Irish Watt, English
Diversity of Eukaryotes and Their Genomes, Laura Ellen Wegener Parfrey, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Con-Scripting the Masses: False Documents and Historical Revisionism in the Americas, Frans Weiser, Comparative Literature
Expressiveness and Succinctness of First-Order Logic on Finite Words, Philipp P. Weis, Computer Science
A Process of Becoming: U.S. Born African American and Black Women in the Process of Liberation From Internalized Racism, Tanya Ovea Williams, Education (also CAGS)
Caspase-7 Loop Conformations as a Means of Allosteric Control, Witold Andrej Witkowski, Chemistry
Improving Data Center Resource Management, Deployment, and Availability with Virtualization, Timothy Wood, Computer Science
What's So Different About Making a Difference?! Transforming the Discourse of Worklife and Career, Burton Israel Woolf, Education (also CAGS)
Mechanical Evaluation Methods for Polymer and Composite Systems, Donna Theresa Wrublewski, Polymer Science and Engineering
Queue Length Based Pacing of Internet Traffic, Cai Yan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Discovering and Using Implicit Data for Information Retrieval, Xing Yi, Computer Science
In Situ Reinforced Polymers Using Low Molecular Weight Compounds, Onur Sinan Yordem, Polymer Science and Engineering
Capillary Interactions Among Microparticles and Nanoparticles at Fluid Interfaces, Chuan Zeng, Physics
Scaling Multi-Agent Learning in Complex Environments, Chongjie Zhang, Computer Science
Three Essays on Hedge Fund Fee Contracts, Managerial Incentives and Risk Taking Behaviors, Gong Zhan, Management