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Theses from 2009
Dopamine Controls Locomotion by Modulating the Activity of the Cholinergic Motor Neurons in C. elegans, Andrew T. Allen, Biochemistry
Levels, Enterotoxigenicity, Growth and Physical Characterisitcs of B. Cereus From U.S Retail Rice, Chandrakant R. Ankolekar, Food Science
Staging Through Rituals: Directorial Exploration of The Imaginary Invalid, Dora A. Arreola, Theater
Medical Infrared Image Analysis for Detecting Skin Temperature Disparities, Ramakrishna R. Arumalla, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Run Stitch Remembrance, Lyndsey N. Baldwin, Art
Sexually Differentiated Object Preference in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta), Jamie Berkowitz, Neuroscience & Behavior
Capturing Gathering Swarming - Re-coding Post-Communist Space in East Germany, Tobias Bernecker, Architecture
Designing a Foodshed Assessment Model: Guidance for Local and Regional Planners in Understanding Local Farm Capacity in Comparison to Local Food Needs, Shemariah Blum-Evitts, Regional Planning
Designing Community, Martha Bryan, Architecture
Reading in a Second Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Report on Sociocultural Strategies for Reading Texts in the Elementary French Classroom, Kimberly Buescher, French & Francophone Studies
Assesment of Ammonia Volatility from Fall Surface-Applied Liquid Dairy Manure, Katie Campbell-Nelson, Plant & Soil Sciences
Task Partitioning and Mapping Algorithms for Multi-core Packet Processing Systems, Wei Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Boundary Element Method Numerical Modeling: An Approach for Analyzing the Complex Geometry and Evolution of the San Gorgonio Knot, San Andreas Fault, Southern California, Laura C. Dair, Geography
Waterborne Diseases: Linking Public Health And Watershed Data, Debalina Das, Public Health
Understanding the Depth and Nature of Flow Systems in the Nashoba Terrane, Eastern Massachusetts, U.S.A., John P. Diggins, Geography
Dual-Process Theory and Syllogistic Reasoning: A Signal Detection Analysis, Chad M. Dube, Psychology
Endogenous Process & Designing Through Change, Matthew W. Emond, Architecture
Los Enigmas De Mi Mente, Erosion., Fernando Fernandez, Art
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BULLY VICTIMIZATION AND RISKY BEHAVIORS AMONG YOUTH, Shane Nives Isaiah Fernando, Public Health
Effects of Anthropogenic Stage Fluctuations on Surface Water/Ground Water Interactions Along the Deerfield River, Massachusetts., Brandon J. Fleming, Geography
Seed Vigor Test for the Establishment of Switchgrass, Daniel Bilik Forberg, Plant & Soil Sciences
Evaluation of Pre-Spawning Movements of Anadromous Alewives in the Ipswich River Using Radiotelemetry, Holly J. Frank, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Crossfit Design: Maximizing Building Potential Across Broad Time and Modal Domains, Benjamin W. Goodale, Architecture
Modes, Means and Measures: Adapting Sustainability Indicators to Assess Preservation Activity's Impact on Community Equity, Mackenzie M. Greer, Regional Planning
Municipal Planners and Fair Housing Issues, Alina T. Gross, Regional Planning
For Love or Money: Labor Rights and Citizenship for Working Women of 1930s Oaxaca, Mexico, Sandra K. Haley, History
Structural Optimization and Performance Analysis of a Wirless Sensor for Injection Molding, Muhammad Haris Hamid, Mechanical Engineering
The Association of Self-Reported Birth Weight with Bone Mineral Content and Bone Mineral Density among College-Aged Women, Valerie M. Hastings, Public Health
Post-Anthropocentric Dwelling Conditions, Peter N. Hendery, Architecture
BANG!, kimberly c. hennessy, Art
Value of Traveler Information for Adaptive Routing in Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks, He Huang, Civil Engineering
An Investigation of the First-Order Mechanics of Polygonal Fault Networks of Utopia Planitia, Mars, Fariha Islam, Resource Economics
Peeling Back the Layers:Studies in Stratification in 19th Century Mill Building, Kerry M. Jackson, Design
This This Here, Sara Jaffe, English
"What We Had Instead of Childhoods": Experience as Rememberance in the Vietnam of Kaiko Takeshi, Kelly D. Johnston, Japanese
Regalia and Repetition, Deborah I. Karpman, Art
Hey, Whats Up?, Justin Kemp, Art
Predictors of Lyme Arthritis Diagnosis in Lyme Disease Cases, William M. Lapsley, Public Health
Regenerative Architecture: A Pathway Beyond Sustainability, Jacob A. Littman, Architecture
Monitoring birds and habitat in early-successional sites in Connecticut, Benjamin A. Mazzei, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
High Pressure Liquidus Studies of the Inferred Magma Composition of the Kiglapait Layered Intrusion, Labrador, Canada, Deborah Case Banks McIntosh, Plant Biology
Implementing Pulse Compression in the IWRAP Airborne Doppler Radar/Scatterometer, John J. McManus, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Effect of Prohexadione-Calcium on Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.), Md J. Meagy, Plant & Soil Sciences
A System Dynamics Approach for the Development of a Patient-Specific Protocol for Radioiodine Treatment of Graves' Disease, Steven J. Merrill, Mechanical Engineering
Vitamin D Status among Bangladeshi Women of Reproductive Age, Ann Micka, Nutrition
Undefinition, Geoffrey Owen Miller, Art
Winter Weather Observation with the MA1 Radar, Ryan T. Nichols, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Exploring Fundamental Turbulent Physics Using Direct Numerical Simulation, Michael A. Nilsson, Mechanical Engineering
Preservation Through Re-Contextualization, Andrea E. Olson, Architecture
Efficient prediction of bite fracture force for hard food items, Nirdesh D. Patel, Mechanical Engineering
Mirrors On The Walls, Eyes In The Sky, Derek Petrarca, Japanese
Vision and Contemplation: An Exploration Within the Medium, Mica Y. Pillemer, Art
Quantifying the Effects of Cementation on the Hydromechanical Properties of Granular Porous Media Using Discrete Element and Poroelastic Models, Kathleen E. Plourde, Geography
A Translation from English to Spanish of Selected Chapters from Dionne Brand's What We All Long For, Lucia I. Prada-Gonzalez, Comparative Literature
CHEMICAL INFORMATION BASED ELASTIC NETWORK MODEL: A NOVEL WAY TO IDENTIFICATION OF VIBRATION FREQUENCIES IN PROTEINS., Sharad K. Raj, Mechanical Engineering
Event-Related Potential Indices of Attentional Gradients Across the Visual Field, John C. Richiedei, Neuroscience & Behavior
Analysis of Myosin VIII Function in the Moss Physcomitrella Patens, Julie Ritchie, Plant Biology
The Search for Self-Fulfillment: How Individualism Undermines Community Organizing, Rachel Rybaczuk, Sociology
Crosslands, James C. Schlatter, English
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek: A Play in Production, Aaron J. Schmookler, Theater
ENHANCING CONCRETE BARRIER REFLECTIVITY WITH A FOCUS ON RECYCLED GLASS AGGREGATE REPLACEMENT, Regina Shklyan, Civil Engineering
Indexing Trace, Zachary E. Smith, Architecture
Maryse Conde's Early Plays: An English Translation of "God Gave Him to Us..." and "The Death of Oluwemi of Ajumako", Liana J. Thompson, Theater
Application Specific Customization and Scalability of Soft Multiprocessors, Deepak C. Unnikrishnan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Rediscovery of South African Cultural Identity in Zakes Mda's Ways of Dying, Kiren M. Valjee, English
City X, Christopher R. Velardi, Architecture
Garnering Transit Ridership: A Case Study of Transit Use by Refugee and Limited English Proficiency Groups in Manchester, New Hamsphire, Carrie Ward, Regional Planning
Drawing Defeat: Caricaturing War, Race, and Gender in Fin de Siglo Spain, Joel C. Webb, History
Parent Toddler Feeding Relationship in Lebanon, Christine Zahm, Nutrition
I ♥ U: Attachment Style and Gender as Predictors of Deception in Online and Offline Dating, Mattitiyahu S. Zimbler, Psychology
Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation: The Case of Southern Greece, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Resource Economics
Theses from 2008
Mitigation of Phase Noise at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies for Wireless Personal Area Network Applications, Abdul Ashik Abdul Waheed, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Supply Current Modeling and Analysis of Deep Sub-Micron CMOS Circuits, Tariq B. Ahmad, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Are Age-Related Changes in Sleep Magnified in Individuals with Depressive Symptoms?, Anna M. Akerstedt, Psychology
Impact of Chemical and Physical Properties on the Ability of Antioxidants to Inhibit Lipid Oxidation in Foods, Jean Alamed, Food Science
Energy Efficient Adaptive Reed-Solomon Decoding System, Jonathan D. Allen, Electrical & Computer Engineering
A KA BAND SWITCH-LNA MMIC FOR RADIOMETRY APPLICATIONS, Miguel Alvarado, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Development of an Oriented-Eddy Collision Model for Turbulence, RaeAnn Andeme, Mechanical Engineering
A Novel Approach to PCI Simulation Using ScriptSim, Kevin R. Andryc, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Clock Distribution in a 3D Microprocessor, Venkatesh Arunachalam, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigation And Evaluation Of The Systemwide Economic Benefits Of Combined Heat And Power Generation In The New York State Energy Market, Ricardo Baquero, Mechanical Engineering
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures in Southern Vermont, Mark Bellis, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Global Interconnects in the Presence of Uncertainty, Ibis D. Benito, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stores as Schools: An Adaptive Reuse Alternative For Communities Dealing With Underutilized Commercial Space and Overcrowded Schools, Jayne M. Bernhard and Jayne M. Bernhard, Regional Planning
Analysis of Coastal Erosion on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts: a Paraglacial Island, Denise M. Brouillette-Jacobson, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Female Protagonists in Shōjo Manga - From the Rescuers to the Rescued, Jennifer L. Brown, Japanese
Probing the Peptidyl Transferase Center of Ribosomes Containing Mutant 23S rRNA with Photoreactive tRNA, Nicole C. Caci, Biochemistry
Ave Maria and Celebration: An Examination of the Visionary Influences on the Design and Development of two New Town Intentional Communities in the State of Florida, Kathleen Cahill, Regional Planning
Radar Waveform Design for Classification and Linearization of Digital-to-Analog Converters, Cagatay Capar, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reconstructing Nature, Benjamin R. Caras, Art
Emotion and Executive Functioning: The Effect of Normal Mood States on Fluency Tasks, Janessa O. Carvalho, Psychology
Trap Crop Systems for Striped Cucumber Beetle Control in Winter Squash, Andrew F. Cavanagh, Entomology
De Otros a Nosotros: El Cine Español sobre Inmigración y su Camino hacia una Visión Pluricultural de España (1990-2007), Ivan Cavielles-Llamas, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Design and Evaluation of Path Recording Techniques in Secure MANET, Danai Chasaki, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Tradición y Ruptura en la Poesía de Carlos de la Ossa, Gustavo A. Chaves, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
A Process Variation Tolerant Self-Compensation Sense Amplifier Design, Aarti Choudhary, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Operation And Improvement Of The IWRAP Airborne Doppler Radar/Scatterometer, Tao Chu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Senses of Place, Catalin I. Cighi, Hotel & Tourism Management
Ficino's Musica Humana: Musico-Astrological Improvisation, Greg A. Clauss, Music
Head Heart Hand, Lyndsey Kara Cohen, English