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Theses from 2011
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
Nature Revealed Through the Built Environment: Re-envisioning the Clifford A. Phaneuf Environmental Center, James W. Fiore Jr., Architecture
Escape from the Haunted City of Fright and Doom!, Kyle Flak, English
A Computational Simulation of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Ethanol Capillary Flow, Thomas W. Furlong, Mechanical Engineering
A Real Time Indoor Navigation and Monitoring System for Firefighters and Visually Impaired, Siddhesh R. Gandhi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Physical Information Theoretic Bounds on Energy Costs for Error Correction, Natesh Ganesh, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Beyond Race and Ethnicity: Predictors of Maternal Depressive Symptoms Across the Transition to Parenthood, Aya Kwegyirba-Kaiser Ghunney, Psychology
Low-Income Mothers and Their Pursuit of Food in a Rural Massachusetts County: A Qualitative Study from a Feminist Point of View, Elise Gifford, Regional Planning
Attenuation of Acid Mine Drainage Enhanced by Organic Carbon and Limestone Addition: A Process Characterization, Anna M. Gillmor, Geosciences
Sex Difference in Calbindin Cell Number in the Mouse Preoptic Area: Effects of Neonatal Estradiol and Bax Gene Deletion, Richard F. Gilmore III, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Coffee, Tea Consumption and Endometrial Cancer Risk: Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, Ayush Giri, Public Health
The Effect of Cooking on Formation of Bioavailable Species of Iron from Chicken Breast Muscle, Aditya S. Gokhale, Food Science
The Relationship Between Seroreactivity to Trypanosoma Cruzi and Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Two Endemic Areas For Chagas Disease in Guatemala, Rodrigo Antonio Gramajo-rodriguez, Public Health
Adolescents' Attachment to Adoptive Parents: Predicting Attachment Styles in Emerging Adulthood, Holly A. Grant-marsney, Psychology
Vitamin D and TNF-alpha Effects on Adipogenesis and Inflammation in Human Adipocytes, Brianna Gray, Nutrition
Designing New Approaches for the Study of Early Murine Endodermal Organogenesis using Whole Embryo Culture, Mara Isel Guerrero Zayas, Animal Science
Leveraging Multi-radio Communication for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks, Jeremy J. Gummeson, Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Food Safety Evaluation: Hummus Spoilage and Microbial Analysis of Kitchen Surfaces in Residential Child Care Institutions (rcci) in Massachusetts, U.S.A., Elsina E. Hagan, Food Science
Vitamin D Levels and Risk of Dyslipidemia among Us Children with Diabetes and Obesity, Elsina E. Hagan, Public Health
Rethinking Tornado Design, Michael Hagan, Architecture
Skin, Kim Hagerich, English
In Vivo Investigations of Polymer Conjugates as Therapeutics, Elizabeth M. Henchey, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Methods to Study Nurses’ Visual Scanning Patterns during the Medication Administration Process, Ze He, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: A Lighting Artist's Approach, Jonathan D. Hicks, Theater
Reclaiming Heritage: Potentials of reclamation materials for reconstruction in the case of February 27th 2010 earthquake in Maule, Chile, Parker Hoar, Architecture
Examination of Sexually Dimorphic Cell Death in the Pubertal Mouse Brain, Amanda Holley, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Selective Inhibition Studies of Factor Inhibiting Hif (fih), Breanne E. Holmes, Chemistry
A High-Resolution Temperature Record from Lakes of the Lofoten Islands, Northwestern Norway based on a New Uk37 Temperature Calibration from in situ Measurements, Xiaohui Huang, Geosciences
A Real Time Web Based Electronic Triage, Resource Allocation and Hospital Dispatch System for Emergency Response, Venkata Srihari Inampudi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Electromagnetic Modeling of Photolithography Aerial Image Formation Using the Octree Finite Element Method, Seth A. Jackson, Electrical & Computer Engineering
L’Être Parlant et L’Être Pensant : La Question de Langue Chez Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes et Rousseau, Marky Jean-pierre, French & Francophone Studies
Integrated Cmos Iq Upconverter/Downconverter for an X-Band Phased-Array Radar Application, Ryan C. Johnson, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Built-In Fault Masking For Defect Tolerance And Parameter Variation Mitigation In Nano-Processors, Prachi Joshi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Algorithms and Benchmarking for Virtual Network Mapping, Arun Kumar Kandoor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Community Restoration: Reconciling the Legacy of Contaminated Sites Within Our Communities, Kristofer H. Kennedy, Architecture
Human Niemann-Pick Type C2 Disease Protein Expression, Purification and Crystallization, Yurie T. Kim, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Wireless Physical-Layer Security Performance of Uwb systems, Miyong Ko, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Victory, Benjamin J. Kopel, English
A Design Concept for the Lighting Design of Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, Thaddeus L. Kramer, Theater
Design of an FPGA-based Array Formatter for Casa Phase-Tilt Radar System, Akilesh Krishnamurthy, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Decolonizing Texts: A Performance Autoethnography, Hari stephen Kumar, Communication
Habitat Use, Productivity, and Fruit Selection of Birds in Early-Successional Habitats in Western Massachusetts, Michelle A. Labbe, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Electromagnetic Side-Channel Analysis for Hardware and Software Watermarking, Ashwin Lakshminarasimhan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Managing Vegetation to Restore Tern Nesting Habitat in the Gulf of Maine, Juliet S. Lamb, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Phil's Hill, Michele J. Lauriat, Art
The Phonological Features and the Historical Strata of the Heyang Dialect, Xiaoying Li, Chinese
Toward A Field Of Evolution Geography: A Contextual View Of Earth Through Deep Time, James D. Macallister, Geography
Pale In Comparison, Ryan A. Macdonald, Art
My Favorite Ice Cream Shop Has Been Leveled to the Ground, John Maradik, English
Does Parenting Predict Child Relational Aggression?, Nastassja A. Marshall, Psychology
Analysis of Measurement Errors Influence on the Quantitative and Qualitative Results of Car-Following Model Calibration, Mariya A. Maslova, Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Varieties and Cultural Practices of Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus) for Production in Massachusetts, Renato Mateus, Plant & Soil Sciences
Geo-Graphies: Performing City Space and Economic Possibility and the Storyteller of Cairo, Miriam C. Maynard-ford, Geography
Parallel Mesh Adaptation and Graph Analysis Using Graphics Processing Units, Timothy P. Mcguiness, Mechanical Engineering
Development of Anchorage System for Frp Strengthening Applications Using Integrated Frp Composite Anchors, Geoffrey N. Mcguirk, Civil Engineering
An Assessment of Regional Partnerships for Economic Development through the National Heritage Area Collaborative Model, Kimberley Mckee, Regional Planning
Reptile House, Rosalyn H. Mclean, English
A Banded Spike Algorithm and Solver for Shared Memory Architectures, Karan Mendiratta, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Resonant Antennas Based on Coupled Transmission-Line Metamaterials, Christopher S. Merola, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rethinking Economy for Regional Development: Ontology, Performativity, and Enabling Frameworks for Participatory Vision and Action, Ethan L. Miller, Geography
Jarosite Formation at the Davis Mine, Rowe, Massachusetts, Karen S. Miller, Geosciences
Terahertz Radiation From Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Martin M. Muthee, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Disinfection By-Product Formation Potential and the Structural Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s Cobble Mountain Reservoir Watershed., Thomas J. Naughton, Geosciences
Density of Drinking Establishments and Hiv Prevalence in a Migrant Town in Namibia, Brooke E. Nichols, Public Health
How Well do Neighborhood Characteristics Predict Transit Ridership in a College Town?, Krystal M. Oldread, Regional Planning
Revealing the Localization of the Class I Formin Family in the Moss Physcomitrella patens Using Gene Targeting Strategies, Kelli Pattavina, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Inversion of Marine Radar Imagery to Surface Realizations and Dual-Polarization Analysis, Brian Paulsen, Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Application of Spatially Based Crash Analyses and Road Safety Investigations to Increase Older Driver Safety, Deanna A. Peabody, Civil Engineering
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Bone Mineral Density in a Population of U. S. Premenopausal Women, Lori J. Peterson, Public Health
Subtitling American Comedy Programs into French, Remy Peyroux, French & Francophone Studies
Three Act Drama, Luke Phelan, English
When Grass on a Mountain Takes Fire, There Is Great Light, A'dora Phillips, English
Bad Blood: The Southern Family in the Work of William Faulkner, Neil T. Phillips, English
Alameda Point: Architecture in Motion, Wesley D. Piermarini, Architecture
The Mounting Evidence of our Decline, Roger (boomer) Pinches, English
They Dragged Them through the Streets, Hilary Plum, English
Examination of the Association Between In Vitro Propiconazole Sensitivity and Field Efficacy Among Five Diverse Sclerotinia homoeocarpa Populations on Turfgrass, James T. Popko Jr., Plant & Soil Sciences