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Dissertations from 2013
Evaluating Translation As An Explicit Instruction Tool To Improve L2 Written Skills: An Empirical Study, Beatriz Pariente-Beltran, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
The Moralization Of Social Groups: Consequences for Intergroup Relations and Social Identity, Michael T Parker, Psychology
Characterization and Network Consequences Of Low Spreading Loss in Underwater Acoustic Networks, James W Partan, Computer Science
Evidence of an Infectious Asthma Phenotype: Chlamydia Driven Allergy and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Pediatric Asthma, Katir Kirit Patel, Microbiology
Molecular and Population Level Approaches to Understand Taxus Metabolism in Cell Suspension Cultures, Rohan Anil Patil, Chemical Engineering
Molecular Characterization of the Pathophysiology of the Digital Laminae in Acute Carbohydrate-Induced Equine Laminitis, Erica Ann Pawlak, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
O2 Activation and Allosteric Zn(Ii) Binding on Hif-Prolyl Hydroxylase-2 (Phd2), Serap Pektas, Chemistry
Decollectivization and Rural Poverty in Post-Mao China: A Critique of the Conventional Wisdom, Zhaochang Peng, Economics
Modeling the Influence of Childhood Trauma on Rate of Symptom Change Among Psychiatric Inpatients, Alessandro T. Piselli, Psychology
The Development of Spanish Aspect in the Second Language Classroom: Concept-Based Pedagogy and Dynamic Assessment, Marie-Christine Polizzi, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
Transition Network: Exploring Intersections Between Culture, the Climate Crisis, and a Digital Network in a Community - Driven Global Social Movement, Emily Polk, Communication
Enigmatic Realism: Doing Justice through Photography and Figuration in Sebald, Marias, and Hemon, Daniel Pope, Comparative Literature
Bodipy-Based Panchromatic (pi) Conjugated Polymers For Organic Photovoltaics, Bhooshan Chandrakant Popere, Chemistry
Reactive Heterocycles for Examining Polyketide Biosynthesis, Gitanjeli Prasad, Chemistry
Teaching Strategies for Using Projected Images to Develop Conceptual Understanding: Exploring Discussion Practices in Computer Simulation and Static Image-Based Lessons, Norman Tinkham Price, Education (also CAGS)
Food-Grade Nanodispersions For Encapsulation, Protection and Delivery Of Bioactive Food Component, Cheng Qian, Food Science
Structural Changes That Drive Timed Promoter Release In Transcription Reciprocally Lead To Abortive Instability, Luis Enrique Ramirez-Tapia, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Effective Biosensor Arrays Using Gold Nanoparticle-Protein Conjugates, Subinoy Rana, Chemistry
Transiently Powered Computers, Benjamin Ransford, Computer Science
Rationalizing Lipid Nanoemulsion Formation for Utilization In the Food and Beverage Industry, Jiajia Rao, Food Science
Toughening Semicrystalline Poly(Lactic Acid) By Morphology Alteration, Sahas R Rathi, Polymer Science and Engineering
Process Development for Scalable Templated Synthesis of Compund Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Ryan D Reeves, Chemical Engineering
Capitalist Crisis and Capitalist Reaction: The Profit Squeeze, the Business Roundtable, and the Capitalist Class Mobilization of the 1970s, Alejandro Reuss, Economics
Structural And Biochemical Studies Of The Human Lysosomal Enzymes: N-Acetylgalactosamine-6-Sulfatase, N-Sulfoglucosamine Sulfohydrolase And Beta-Galactosidase, Yadilette Rivera Colon, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Navigating Indigenous Identity, Dwanna Lynn Robertson, Sociology
Shakespearean Signifiers, Marie H Roche, English
New Insights into Corruption: Paradoxical Effects of Approach-Orientation for Powerholders, Mindi Sara Rock, Psychology
Online Management of Resilient and Power Efficient Multicore Processors, Rance Rodrigues, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Effects of Phytochemicals from Rhodiola crenulata on Highly Invasive Breast Cancer Cell Lines and Embryonic Models of Migration, Adaris Rodriguez-Cortes, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Why Do Consumers Consume Prosocially? The Equity Exchange Theory Of Marketing, Spencer Mitchel Ross, Isenberg School of Management
Coaching the Self: Identity Work(Ing) and the Self-Employed Professional, Sinéad Grace Ruane, Management
Investigation of the Structure/Function Relationship in Nickel Containing Superoxide Dismutase, Kelly C Ryan, Chemistry
Software Techniques to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Low-Power Devices at the Limits of Digital Abstractions, Mastooreh Salajegheh, Computer Science
Hybrid Push: A Mechanistic Model For Initial Transcription Common to All RNA Polymerases, Satamita Samanta, Chemistry
Technology and Modernity at the Boundaries of Global Delhi, Sreela Sarkar, Communication
The Economics of Same-Sex Couple Households: Essays on Work, Wages, and Poverty, Alyssa Schneebaum, Economics
Supporting the Persuasive Writing Practices of English Language Learners Through Culturally Responsive Systemic Functional Pedagogy, Joshua Mark Schulze, Education (also CAGS)
Circles and Lines: Complexities of Learning in Community, Sara Lynne Schupack, Education (also CAGS)
The Political Economy of Cultural Production: Essays on Music and Class, Ian J. Seda Irizarry, Economics
Bridging The Gap Between Autonomous Skill Learning And Task-Specific Planning, Shiraj Sen, Computer Science
Elastic Resource Management in Cloud Computing Platforms, Upendra Sharma, Computer Science
Using a Mixture IRT Model to Understand English Learner Performance on Large-Scale Assessments, Christine A Shea, Psychometric Methods, Education Statistics and Research Methods
Effects of Chronic Administration of THC on MDMA-Induced Physiological, Behavioral, and Neurochemical Alterations, Erica Yibei Shen, Neuroscience and Behavior
Conservation Governance and Management of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Buffer Zone, and Buffer Zone Community Forest User Groups in Pharak, Nepal, Mingma Norbu Sherpa, Geosciences
Neuroadaptations and Behavioral Profiles Associated with Cocaine Self-Administration in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta), Nina M Shinday, Neuroscience and Behavior
New Media and ICT for Social Change and Development in China, Song Shi, Communication
Resource Management for Enterprise Data Center Applications, Rahul Singh, Computer Science
The Role of Capabilities in Innovation Adoption Decisions, Kevin Snyder, Management
Toward A Secure and Scalable Internet and Economic Incentives for Evolvable Internet Architecture, Yang Song, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Interactions between floral mutualists and antagonists, and consequences for plant reproduction, Nicole Leland Soper Gorden, Plant Biology
Measurement-Driven Characterization of the Mobile Environment, Hamed Soroush, Computer Science
Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Using Students' Test Scores, Amanda Corby Soto, Education
A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Second Graders with Dyslexia Using the Motor Markers in the Cerebellar Deficit Hypothesis, Sandra Kathleen Stark, Communication Disorders
Remember Where We Came From: Globalization And Environmental Discourse In The Araucania Region Of Chile, Niall Stephens, Communication
Resilient Environmental Governance: Protecting Changing Ecosystems Through Multilevel Governance, Casey Stevens, Political Science
The Politics Of Identity in Contemporary Denmark, Nicole Stokes-DuPass, Sociology
Engineering Functional Nanostructures for Materials and Biological Applications, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, Chemistry
The Role Of Notch In Th17 Differentiation, Reem Suleiman, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Translating Trickster, Performing Identity: Representations Of The Monkey King (Sun Wukong) In Chinese And Asian American Rewritings, Hongmei Sun, Comparative Literature
Conjugated Molecules and Materials for Single Molecule Chiroptical Studies, Sensing of Toxic Nerve Agent Mimics and Solar Thermal Fuels, Sravan K Surampudi, Chemistry
Building a Third Space: How Academic Language Knowledge Helps Pre-Service Teachers Develop Content Literacy Practices, Erik J. Sussbauer, Education (also CAGS)
Approaches to Black Power: African American Grassroots Political Struggle in Cleveland, Ohio, 1960-1966, David M. Swiderski, Afro-American Studies
Interactions between a Gall Making Fly, Dasineura Oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), And Its Host Plant, Cultivated Cranberry (Vaccinium Macrocarpon), Sunil Tewari, Entomology
Protein Transduction Domain Mimics by ROMP and Their Bioactive Cargo Delivery, Arife Ozgul Tezgel, Polymer Science and Engineering
Synthetic Mimics Of Antimicrobial Peptides From Aryl Scaffolds, Hitesh Thaker, Polymer Science and Engineering
Sharevision Collaboration Between High School Counselors and Athletic Educators to Stop LGBTQ Bullying, Lisa Dawn Thompson, Education (also CAGS)
Essays Of Human Capital Formation, Owen Thompson, Economics
Controlling Lipid Oxidation of Food By Non-Migratory Metal-Chelating Active Packaging Films, Fang Tian, Food Science
Travelers' Route Choice Behavior in Risky Networks, Hengliang Tian, Civil Engineering
The Ecology and Conservation of the Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in the Province Lands of Cape Cod National Seashore, U.S.A., Brad Timm, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Regulation of Eg5 and TPX2 During Mammalian Mitosis, Janel Titus, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Race-Time Continuum: Race Projrction in DEFA Genre Cinema, Evan Torner, German and Scandinavian Studies
Data Quality Assessment and rainfall Estimation Using Dense Radar Networks, Jorge M Trabal-Del Valle, Electrical and Computer Engineering
High-Performance Processing of Continuous Uncertain Data, Thanh Thi Lac Tran, Computer Science
Adventures in Fictionality: Sites along the Border between Fiction and Reality, Rhona Trauvitch, Comparative Literature
Uncertainty in Climatic Change Impacts on Multiscale Watershed Systems, Olga V. Tsvetkova, Environmental Conservation
Evolution of Hybrid Incompatibilities in Gene Regulatory Networks, Alexander Y. Tulchinsky, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Fan Communities and Subgroups: Exploring Individuals' Supporter Group Experiences, Bruce David Tyler, Sport Management
From Diagnosis to Intervention: Charting the Path with Families of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Scott M Tyner, Education
Microbial Community Composition and the Effects of Trace Elements on Methanogenesis Associated with Deep Subsurface Coal, Burcu Unal, Microbiology
Reconfigurable Technologies for Next Generation Internet and Cluster Computing, Deepak C. Unnikrishnan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Transformation In Action: Approaches to Incorporating Race and Racism into Clinical Social Work Practice & Curriculum, Rani Varghese, Education (also CAGS)
Spaced-Antenna Wind Estimation Using an X-Band Phased-Array Weather Radar, Vijay Venkatesh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Race, Gender, Class, And Land Property Rights In Colombia A Historical Ethnography Of The Afrocolombians’ Struggles Over Land, 1851-2011, Aurora Vergara Figueroa, Sociology
Charge Transport Studies of Proton and Ion Conducting Materials, Craig William Versek, Physics
Population and Spatial Ecology of Tigers and Leopards Relative to Prey Availability and Human Activity in Thung Yai Naresuan (East) Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand, Supagit Vinitpornsawan, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
The Process of Organizational Capacity Development in Action in Post-Conflict Setting of the Literacy Department of Afghanistan, Habibullah Wajdi, Educational Planning, Research, and Administration
Generating Simulators From Multi-Level Coordinated Specifications, Edward K. Walters II, Computer Science
Tools for Probing Protein Higher-Order Structure: Monitoring Aggregation with Native ESI-MS and Conformational Dynamics with Top-Down H/D Exchange MS, Guanbo Wang, Chemistry
Investigation of microalgae cultivation and anaerobic codigestion of algae and sewage sludge for wastewater treatment facilities, Meng Wang, Civil Engineering
Development of Mass Spectrometry-Based Methods for Quantitation and Characterization of Protein Drugs: Transferrin as a Model Drug Delivery Vehicle, Shunhai Wang, Chemistry
Computer Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Stretching and Translocation, Yanbo Wang, Physics
Molecular Designs for Charge and Ion Transporting Materials, Sompit Wanwong, Chemistry
Seeds of a New Economy? A Qualitative Investigation of Diverse Economic Practices Within Community Supported Agriculture and Community Supported Enterprise, Ted White, Geosciences
Racialized Spaces In Teacher Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Place-Based Identities In Roche Bois, Mauritius, Elsa Marie Wiehe, Education (also CAGS)
A Multidirectional Memory Approach to Representations of Colonization, Racism, and Genocide in Literature, Pamela Lagergren Williams, English
Dynamic Secrets in Communication Security, Sheng Xiao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Preparing Visually-Impaired People in the Philippines for Mainstrem Employment: Perceptions of the Impact of ICT Accessibility, Angela Kathryn Yang-Handy, Educational Policy and Leadership; International Education
Experimental and Computational Studies of Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Biorenewable Aromatic Chemicals, Jin Yang, Chemical Engineering
Parent's Socioeconomic Class Position and Children's Time Use Patterns, Ayse Yetis Bayraktar, Sociology