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Theses from 2011

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Automated Detection and Counting of Pedestrians on an Urban Roadside, Gayatri D. Prabhu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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The Form of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites, Daniel E. Prindle, Music

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Numerical Forcing of Horizontally-Homogeneous Stratified Turbulence, Kaustubh J. Rao, Mechanical Engineering

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An Ecosystem Approach to the Sustainability of Urbanizing Watersheds, Sarah L. Raposa, Regional Planning

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On Process Variation Tolerant Low Cost Thermal Sensor Design, Spandana Remarsu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Evaluating the Influence of Disturbance and Climate on Red Spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) Community Dynamics at its Southern Range Margin, Relena R. Ribbons, Environmental Conservation

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Yes, Probably, Hannah E B Richards, Art

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The Behavioral Effects of Increased Physical Activity on Preschoolers at Risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Jasmin L. Roberts, Psychology

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Modeling Space Heating Demand in Massachusetts’ Housing Stock and the Implications for Climate Change Mitigation Policy, Nathan H. Robinson, Regional Planning

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Pharmacological Chaperoning in Fabry Disease, Jerome Rogich, Biochemistry

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Novel Adaptor-Dependent Domains Promote Processive Degradation by ClpXP, Keith L. Rood, Biochemistry

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At the Checkpoint to Sleep, Henk Rossouw, English

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A New Species of Moropus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriodea) in the Batesland Formation, Great Plains Area of North America, Carolyn Rounds, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

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Modeling the Mechanical Morphospace of Neotropical Leaf-nosed Bat Skull: A 3d Parametric Cad and Fe Study, Krishna C. Samavedam, Mechanical Engineering

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Numerical Investigation of Gas-Particle Supersonic Flow, Mihir A. Samel, Mechanical Engineering

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Growth of chromidia-forming vahlkampfiid amoebae from Laguna Figueroa, Baja California del Norte, Mexico and Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.A. under limited oxygen gas conditions, Melishia I. Santiago, Geography

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The Orchard Green And Every Color, Zachary Savich, English

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Perceptions and Attitudes of Dietetic Program Educators Regarding Use of Distance Education and Computer-Based Simulations in Dietetics Education, Kirsten M. Schlein Ms., Nutrition

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Pendulum Performing Arts Center: Adaptive Reuse Design of the Historic Court Square Building in Springfield, Massachusetts, Lindsay M. Schnarr, Architecture

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Reverse Logistics Network Design for Electric Vehicle Batteries, Tilman Schnellenpfeil, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

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Language Movement Museum and Library, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mohammad J. Shahadat, Architecture

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An Electronically Reconfigurable Three Band Low-Noise Amplifier in 0.5 μm GaAs pHEMT Technology, Jeffrey A. Shatzman, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Policy Relevant Measures of Urban Form: Leed-nd as a Potential Metric for Assessing Regional Sprawl, Kyle Shiel, Regional Planning

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Beyond My Abode, Jieun Shin, Art

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Landscapes of Compassion: A Guatemalan Experience, Travis W. Shultz, Landscape Architecture

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An End to the “Vichy/Algeria Syndrome”?: Negotiating Traumatic Pasts in the French Republic, Justin W. Silvestri, History

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Beverage Consumption and Body Composition Among College-aged Women, Matthew Sloan, Public Health

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The Politics of Labor Militancy in Minneapolis, 1934-1938, Kristoffer Smemo, History

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M.F.A. Thesis Quest, or, I Went into the Wilderness and I Found Alec Baldwin, Steven Snell, Art

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Connecting Motors and Membranes: A Quantitative Investigation of Dynein Pathway Components and in vitro Characterization of the Num1 Coiled Coil Domain, Bryan J. St. Germain, Molecular & Cellular Biology

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Gpu Based Lithography Simulation and Opc, Lokesh Subramany, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Revitalizing Mumbai Textile Mill Lands for the City, Vinay Surve, Architecture

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Trumpet, Matthew Suss, English

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Effect of the Flavonoid Quercetin on Adipocytes, Jennifer C. Swick, Nutrition

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Development, Deployment, and Characterization of a Ku-band Interferometer, Anthony Swochak, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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An Analysis of Defensible Space and Crime Prevention Through Design in Crime Hotspots of Select Boston Neighborhoods, Mario Teran, Regional Planning

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On the Retrieval of the Beam Transverse Wind Velocity Using Angles of Arrival from Spatially Separated Light Sources, Shiril Tichkule, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Parenting and Parent Predictors of Changes in Child Behavior Problems, Marianne H. Tichovolsky, Psychology

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Determinants of Tax Pass-Through Rates: A Study of the U.S. Beer Industry, Ruchita Tiwary, Resource Economics

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Schoolyard Renovations in the Context of Urban Greening: Insight from the Boston Schoolyard Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, Katherine A. Tooke, Landscape Architecture

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The Kitchen Culture Project: A Center for Food and Culture, Andrew S. Toomajian, Architecture

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50%, Jonathan Tosch, English

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Eugenothenics: The Literary Connection Between Domesticity and Eugenics, Caleb J. true, History

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Synthesis of Delay Lines, Shiva Keerti Padmini Tunuguntla, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Safety and Operational Assessment of Gap Acceptance Through Large-Scale Field Evaluation, Steven Maxwell Tupper, Civil Engineering

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The Jante Law and Racism: A Study on the Effects of Immigration on Swedish National Identity, Kevin J. Turausky, Anthropology

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Determinants of Health Care Use Among Rural, Low-Income Mothers and Children: A Simultaneous Systems Approach to Negative Binomial Regression Modeling, Swetha Valluri, Resource Economics

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Ripped from the Land, Shipped Away and Reborn: Unthinking the Conceptual and Socio-Geo-Historical Dimensions of the Massacre of Bellavista, Aurora Vergara Figueroa, Sociology

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Design and Testing of a Prototype High Speed Data Acquisition System for Nasa, Vishwas Tumkur Vijayendra, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Molecular Pathways Involved in Stallion Sperm Capacitation, Leticia Vivani, Animal Science

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Enhanced Search And Efficient Storage Using Data Compression In Nand Flash Memories, Shruti S. Vyas, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Determining the Roles of Smyd3 and Wdr74 In Vivo, Melanie A. Walentuk, Animal Science

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Virtual Network Mapping with Traffic Matrices, Cong Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Addressing/Exploiting Transceiver Imperfections in Wireless Communication Systems, Lihao Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Status, Movements, and Habitat Use of Moose in Massachusetts, David W. Wattles, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

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A Data-Driven Study of the Water Table Fluctuations in New England over the Last 60 Years, Kaitlyn M. Weider, Geosciences

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“What Country Friends Is This?”: Creating Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Onstage, A Director's Journey, Dawn Monique Williams, Theater

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A Study of The Video Game Industry In U.S Metropolitan Areas Using Occupational Analysis, Hinlan Wong, Regional Planning

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Building Integrated Aquaculture, Erik A. Woodin, Environmental Conservation

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Assessing the Biomechanical Effect of Alveoli, Periodontal Ligaments, and Squamosal Sutures in Mammalian Crania, Sarah Wood, Mechanical Engineering

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Writing With the Grain: A Multitextual Analysis of Kaidan Botandoro, William D. Wood, Japanese

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Retrofitting Suburbs: Prioritizing Bmp Implementation to Reduce Phosphorus Runoff, Emily S. Wright, Landscape Architecture

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Media and Immigration in Post-9/11 America, Thanushka N. Yakupitiyage, Communication

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The Effects of Recasts and Explicit Feedback on Chinese Language Acquisition in the Task-based Classroom, Lei Yang, Chinese

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The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway: Making the Vision a Reality, Alec E. Zebrowski, Architecture

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Transfer of Listeria Monocytogenes from Stainless Steel and High Density Polethylyene to Cold Smoked Salmon and Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilm Cohesive Energy Investigation, Fujia Zhang, Food Science

Theses from 2010

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Encapsulation of Curcumin in O/w Nanoemulsions and Its Bioaccessibility After In Vitro Digestion, Kashif Ahmed, Food Science

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The Effects of Environmental Temperature on Locomotor Performance and Growth Patterns in Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma Maculatum, Suellen Almeida, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

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Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of the Higgs Mechanism in the Standard Model and Beyond, Alessandra Edda Baas, Physics

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The Gorinsho: Miyamoto Musashi's Five Elements of War, Paul D. Benson, Japanese

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Mama's Boy, Jamie t. Berger, English

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Spatial Variation and Tradeoffs in Species Interactions, Holly L. Bernardo, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

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Ultrafast Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Using Two-Photon Absorption, Robert Boge, Physics

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The Relationship between Occupational Prestige and Psychosocial Development: a Longitudinal Study, Allison C.M. Branch, Psychology

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Mit Entgrenzung Gegen Büchners Determinismus: Büchners Dantons Tod und Przybyszewskas Die Sache Danton im Vergleich, Marzanna Buechel, Germanic Languages & Literatures

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Efficiency of Parallel Tempering for Ising Systems, Stephan Burkhardt, Physics

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Terahertz and Microwave Detection Using Metallic Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Enrique A. Carrion, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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The Protective Effects A Full-term Pregnancy Plays Against Mammary Carcinoma, Matthew p. Carter, Molecular & Cellular Biology

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Historic Bridge Evaluation Using Finite Element Techniques, Helena M. Charron, Civil Engineering

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Efficient Modeling Techniques for Time-Dependent Quantum System with Applications to Carbon Nanotubes, Zuojing Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Revenue Management And Perceptions Of Fairness, Choongbeom Choi, Hotel & Tourism Management

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Analysis Of An Actin Binding Guanine Exchange Factor, Gef8, And Actin Depolymerizing Factor In Arabidopsis Thaliana., Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Molecular & Cellular Biology

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The Legend of Hugo el Maximo, Alejandro E. Cuellar, English

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Regulation of Trio Splice Variants by 17Β-Estradiol and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, Michael J. Cunningham, Neuroscience & Behavior

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Countertransference Behavior and Alliance Quality as a Function of Therapist Self-Insight, Mamta B. Dadlani, Psychology

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Inclusive Housing: An Intergenerational Approach, Karelt De La Cruz, Architecture

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Web-Dinar: Web Based Diagnosis of Network and Application Resources in Disaster Response Systems, Kartik Deshpande, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Massachusetts Landowner Participation in Forest Management Programs for Carbon Sequestration: an Ordered Logit Analysis of Ratings Data, Brenton J. Dickinson, Resource Economics

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Simulations of Flow Over Wind Turbines, Dnyanesh A. Digraskar, Mechanical Engineering

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Prototype Orange: A New Town Node, Richard Anthony Dobrowski, Architecture

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Vilification in Fox's "24", Shara M. Drew, Communication

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Every Mostly Great Man in the State, Gabe Durham, English

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The Role of Ykl-40, a Secreted Heparin-Binding Glycoprotein, in Tumor Angiogenesis, Metastasis, and Progression: a Potential Therapeutic Target, Michael Faibish, Molecular & Cellular Biology

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The Distribution, Composition, and Formation of Sahara Desert Microbialites From the Base of the Meski Plateau, outside Erfoud, Morocco, Sean Faulkner, Geosciences

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Different Ways To Record Light, Ryan P. Feeney, Art

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Teaching Character Formation Rationales with a Computer-Assisted Courseware, Bo Feng, Chinese

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In Vivo Visualization of Hedgehog Signaling in Zebrafish, Christopher J. Ferreira, Molecular & Cellular Biology

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Valparaiso, Round the Horn, Madeline S. Ffitch, English

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The Influence of Sex, Puberty, and Hormones on Adolescent Cognitive Development, Darlene F. Ficco, Psychology

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A Sustainable Design for the American Commercial Strip Mall, L. Carl Fiocchi, Jr., Architecture