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Theses from 2012
POPULATION SIZE, HABITAT USE AND DIET OF KITTLITZ’S MURRELETS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA, Andrew J. Allyn, Environmental Conservation
The Pyrethroid Deltamethrin, Which Causes Choreoathetosis with Salivation (CS-Syndrome), Enhances Calcium Ion Influx via Phosphorylated CaV2.2 expresssed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, Anna-Maria Alves, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Simulations of Non-Contact Creep in Regimes of Mixed Dominance, Maija Benitz, Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Capacity Allocation in Primary Care with Physician Flexibility, Sebastian S. Biehl, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Techniques for Industrial Implementation of Emerging Semantic Technologies, Jay T. Breindel, Mechanical Engineering
The Study of Inter and Intramolecular Interactions in Gas Phase Protein Ions by Electron Transfer Dissociation, Shaynah J. Browne, Chemistry
Association between Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status among Adolescent Girls in Kilosa District, Tanzania, Shanshan Chen, Nutrition
An Investigation of Human-Error Rates in Wildlife Photographic Identification; Implications for the Use of Citizen Scientists, Megan Chesser, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
A Threat Vs. Challenge View of Conflict in Romantic Relationships, Casey J. DeBuse, Psychology
Implementation of Dual-Polarization on an Airborne Scatterometer and Preliminary Data Quality, Jason Dvorsky, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigating the Mechanism of Nur77-Induced Apoptosis in T Cells, Heather E. Fogarty, Animal Science
A Test of the Hypothesis That Environmental Chemicals Interfere With Thyroid Hormone Action in Human Placenta, Katherine Geromini, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Evaluating the MeBActive-Youth as a Measure of Mental Toughness, Manneh Ghazarians, Kinesiology
A Quantitative Analysis of the Impacts from Selected Climate Variables Upon Traffic Safety in Massachusetts, Katrina M. Hecimovic, Civil Engineering
Synthesis of Monomers for New Conjugated Polymers, Kedar Girish Jadhav, Chemistry
Using Discrete Event Simulation to Evaluate the Impact of Adding a Fast Track Section to a Crowded Emergency Department, Yan Jin, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
The Role of Structural Stormwater Best Management Practices, Impervious Surfaces and Natural Factors on Base Flow in Massachusetts, Kimberly B. Klosterman, Regional Planning
The Effect of Menu Nutrition Labels on Consumers' Dietary Decision Making, Diane M. Lowe, Hotel & Tourism Management
Effects of Knowledge and Anxiety on Willingness to Screen for Alzheimer's Disease, Tessa S. Lundquist, Psychology
Interfacial Strength Between Prestressed Hollow Core Slabs and Cast-in-Place Concrete Toppings, Ryan M. Mones, Civil Engineering
N3ASICS: Designing Nanofabrics with Fine-Grained CMOS Integration, Pavan Panchapakeshan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Prolate Spheroidal Wave Function in High Data Rate Applications, Azadeh Parsamanesh, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Shiva's Dance, Abha E. Phoboo, English
The Economic Impacts of Technical Change in Carbon Capture, Peter G. Rasmussen, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Black Bear Movements and Caribou Calf Predation in Newfoundland, Nathaniel D. Rayl, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
FUNCTIONAL TEST PATTERN GENERATION FOR MAXIMIZING TEMPERATURE IN 2D AND 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, SUDARSHAN SRINIVASAN, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Secure and Energy Efficient Physical Unclonable Functions, Sudheendra Srivathsa, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Responses to Group-Based Provocations: The Role of Identification and Emotion Regulation, Rachel R. Steele, Psychology
Load Reduction of Floating Wind Turbines using Tuned Mass Dampers, Gordon M. Stewart, Mechanical Engineering
ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE URBANISM AND STRATEGIES FOR LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT: DESIGN OF GREEN CITY, jie su, Landscape Architecture
On-Chip True Random Number Generation in Nanometer CMOS, VIKRAM BELUR SURESH, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Varied Applications of Work Zone Safety Analysis through the Investigation of Crash Data, Design, and Field Studies, Erica Swansen, Civil Engineering
Food System Planning in Western Massachusetts: A Community Organization Assessment, Arianna R. G. Thompson, Regional Planning
Using Micro-Simulation Modeling to Evaluate Transit Signal Priority in Small-to-Medium Sized Urban Areas; Comparative Review of VISSIM and S-Paramics Burlington, Vermont Case Study, Joseph C. Tyros, Civil Engineering
IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING FLOW ON YIELD LOSSES IN NANOSCALE FABRICS, Priyamvada Vijayakumar, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Influence Of Perceptual Narrowing On Emotion Processing During Infancy, Margaret W. Vogel, Psychology
How Does Hydropeaking Alter the Hydrology of a River Reach? A Combined Water Budget, Modeling, and Field Observation Study. Deerfield River, Massachusetts, Brian C. Yellen, Geosciences
Computational Methods for the Analysis of Non-Contact Creep Deformation, Xiao Ye, Mechanical Engineering
Theses from 2011
Los Perros del Paraíso de Abel Posse: Mito, Rebelión y el Eterno Presente de la Historia Latinoamericana, Fernando Alfredo Aguirre Perez, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Regulatory Compliance in small-scale fisheries in Old Providence Island (Colombia), Laura Maria Alayon, Resource Economics
Self-nucleated Crystallization of a Branched Polypropylene, Dhwaihi Alotaibi, Chemical Engineering
Analysis of the Market for Massachusetts Apples for Markets in Central America, Mildred L. Alvarado, Plant & Soil Sciences
Functional Verification of Arithmetic Circuits using Linear Algebra Methods, Mohamed Abdul Basith Ameer Abdul Kader, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Patient Outcome Expectations and Credibility Beliefs as Predictors of the Alliance and Treatment Outcome, Rebecca M. Ametrano, Psychology
Everything Could Be Different, Joel Anderson, English
Reproductive maturation and diel reproductive periodicity in western Gulf of Maine haddock, Katie A. Anderson, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
"Super Successful People": Robert Schuller, Suburban Exclusion, and the Demise of the New Deal Political Order, Richard Anderson, History
Comparative Genome Analysis between Agrostis stolonifera and Members of the Pooideae Subfamily Including Brachypodium distachyon, Loreto P. Araneda, Plant & Soil Sciences
The Association Between Measures of Adiposity and Anovulation in Women With Regular Menstural Cycles, Nicole Ash, Public Health
In the Face of Threat: How Relationship Threat Affects Cognitive Processing, Ariel Baruch, Psychology
The Association between Vitamin D and Depression among College-Aged Women, Constance M. Barysauskas, Public Health
Factors Affecting Survival and Cause-specific Mortality of Saiga Calves (Saiga tatarica mongolica) in Mongolia, Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
The Winter War, Jensen Beach, English
Designing for Deconstruction: Extending the Lifecycle of a Commercial Retail Building, Anthony Bene, Architecture
Freedom in Structure: Life Inside The House of Bernarda Alba, Toby V. Bercovici, Theater
A Process of Design: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dennis R. Berfield Mr., Theater
Evaluating Alternative Toll-Based Financing Approaches: A Case Study of the Boston Metropolitan Area, Rosaria M. Berliner, Civil Engineering
Subversive Representations of Education in Francophone Novels of the Colonial Maghreb, Whitney Bevill, French & Francophone Studies
the Relationship between Vitamin D Statuses and Young Adult Women Asthma, Shiying Bian, Nutrition
The World of Kanshi and Waka in Heian Period: Literary Study and Translation of Shinsen Rōeishū, Xiaobin Bian, Japanese
Extensional-flow-induced Crystallization of Polypropylene, Erica E. Bischoff White, Mechanical Engineering
Load Hindcasting: A Retrospective Regional Load Prediction Method Using Reanalysis Weather Data, Jonathan D. Black, Mechanical Engineering
Education, Occupation, and Migration as Predictors of Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among People Tested for HIV in Luderitz, Namibia, Sima Blank, Public Health
We Came and We Brought Our Own Furniture, Luke J. Bloomfield, English
Simulating a Universal Geocast Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Benjamin L. Bovee, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Phylogenetic, Epigenetic, and Biochemical Analysis of Testis-Specific Serine Kinases, Laura M. Brassard, Animal Science
Situated Architecture in the Digital Age: Adaptation of a Textile Mill in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Dorcas A. Brooks, Architecture
Developing Standardized Metrics to Quantify the Temporal Distribution of Migrating Anadromous Herring: Comparing Adult Returns Across Coastal Rivers, Matthew K. Burak, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
A Novel Role for wnt5b in Regulating Proliferation of Radial Glial Cells, Sean W. Burton, Neuroscience & Behavior
Testable Clock Distributions for 3D Integrated Circuits, Michael T. Buttrick, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Exploring the Relationship between Neighborhood Social Interactions and Urban Sprawl in U.S Metropolitan Regions, Liliana Carvajal, Regional Planning
Meat and Meanings: Adult-Onset Hunters’ Cultural Discourses of the Hunt, Tovar Cerulli, Communication
Throw Yourself into the Prairie, Francesca Chabrier, English
SCAR'd Times: Maine's Prisoners' Rights Movement, 1971-1976, Daniel S. Chard, History
Robust Signaling Techniques for Through Silicon Via Bundles, Krishna Chaitanya Chillara, Electrical & Computer Engineering
New Revised Standard, Jack Christian, English
Forgive Everyone Everything, Adam P. Cogbill, English
Multidimensional Modeling of Condensing Two-Phase Ejector Flow, Michael F. Colarossi, Mechanical Engineering
Critical Review Of Elementary School Design, Amy Cole, Design
Evolutionary Relationship of the ampC Resistance Gene In E. cloacae, Shanika S. Collins, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Solar Textiles For the Home, Brienne E. Cosman, Architecture
Perineal Talc Use and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in Postmenopausal Women, Lori B. Crawford, Public Health
How to Catch a Coyote, Christine Crutchfield, English
The Gun at Kamurgersky, Emily F. Culliton, English
Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Ni+(H2O), Jennifer S. Daluz, Chemistry
Bioretention: Evaluating their Effectiveness for Improving Water Quality in New England Urban Environments, Mary Dehais, Landscape Architecture
Dramaturging Contemporary Feminism(s): A Festival of New American Plays by Women, Emily E. Denison, Theater
Letters to Anyone, Michelle L. Dickson, Art
Kitahara Hakushū and the Creative Nature of Children Through Dōyō, Gregory Diehl, Japanese
Gradient House, Robert M. Dimock, Architecture
The Effect of External Distractions on Novice and Experienced Drivers' Anticipation of Hazards and Vehicle Control, Gautam Divekar, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Deer Jump Fences, Antelope Thread, Jeffrey A. Downey, English
Biomimicry: Emulating the Closed-Loops Systems of the Oak Tree for Sustainable Architecture, Courtney Drake, Architecture
Intellectuals and Local Reforms in Late Qing Wuxi: 1897-1904, Lei Duan, History
Hardware Implementation of Queue Length Based Pacing on NetFPGA, Abhishek Dwaraki, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Sedimentology of Pecausett Pond: A Case Study for Sediment and Contaminants Sotrage in FloodPlain Tidal Ponds on the Lower Connecticut River, Emhmed Z. Elzidani, Geosciences
Antagonism of Serratia plymuthica against Gram negative food-borne pathogens (Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Enteritidis), Ejovwoke F. Ememu, Food Science
Transmission-Line Metamaterial Design of an Embedded Line Source in a Ground Recess, CAGLAR D. EMIROGLU, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Iron Status, Inflammation and Anemia in Bangladeshi Women Exposed to Arsenic, Joycelyn M. Faraj, Nutrition
Evaluation of Seed Sources and Cultural Practices of Maxixe (Cucumis anguria L.) for Production in Massachusetts, Celina A P Fernandes, Plant & Soil Sciences