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Dissertations from 2011

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Attentional Cues During Speech Perception, Lori Astheimer Best, Neuroscience and Behavior

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Pyrrhonian and Naturalistic Themes in the Final Writings of Wittgenstein, Indrani Bhattacharjee, Philosophy

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Effect of Side Chains on Organic Donor (D) and Acceptor (A) Complexes and Photophysical Properties of D-A Dyads, Amarnath Bheemaraju, Chemistry

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Anchoring Pragmatics In Syntax And Semantics, Maria Biezma, Linguistics

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Reading Landscape: Mid-Century Modernism and the Landscape Idea, Jeffrey David Blankenship, Geosciences

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Fifth-Grade Students' Tactical Understanding, Decision-Making and Transfer of Knowledge in a Tactical Games Model Net/Wall Sampling Unit, Heidi Renee Bohler, Education (also CAGS)

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The Role of Prompts as Focus on Form on Uptake, Brian Bates Boisvert, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics

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A Question of Comfort: Race, Whiteness, and the Creation of Diverse, Inclusive, and Engaged Learning Environments, H. Elizabeth Braun, Anthropology

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Armillaria in Massachusetts Forests: Ecology, Species Distribution, and Population Structure, with an Emphasis on Mixed Oak Forests, Nicholas Justin Brazee, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences

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A Critical Analysis Of Jamaica’s Emerging Educational Policy Discourses In The Age Of Globalization, Nigel Olivia Michael Brissett, Educational Policy, Research, and Administration

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Reclaiming America for Christian Reconstruction: The Rhetorical Constitution of a "People", Joanna L. Brook, Communication

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Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase IB: Functional Characterization of a Putative Drug Target for African Sleeping Sickness, David F. Bruhn, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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The Effect Of A Skills-Based Fluency Intervention On The Writing Of Third-Grade Students Identified As Less Fluent Writers, Eric A Bruinooge, Education; Student Development

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Adaptive Balancing of Exploitation with Exploration to Improve Protein Structure Prediction, TJ Brunette, Computer Science

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It's Nothing Personal: Competing Discourses for Girls and Women in Mathematics, Shannon Dawn Bryant, Education (also CAGS)

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Community Colleges and the Pursuit of Larger Grants: Strategies for Success, Steven George Budd, Education (also CAGS)

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The Persistence Of Military Honor In A Culture Without Victory, Daniel Alton Burland, Sociology

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Three Essays Exploring Hedge Fund Dynamics, Li Cai, Isenberg School of Management

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What Is Instructional Leadership And What Does It Look Like In Practice? A Multi-Case Case Study Of Elementary School Principals Who Have Led Schools From Being Identified As Under Performing To Performing., Linda L Carrier, Education

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Revision Of The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), Janessa O Carvalho, Clinical Psychology

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Phase Behavior of Block Copolymers in Compressed CO2 and as Single Domain-Layer, Nanolithographic Etch Resists For Sub-10 nm Pattern Transfer, Curran Matthew Chandler, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Avian Ecology and Conservation in Tropical Agricultural Landscapes with Emphasis on Vermivora Chrysoptera, Richard Brooks Chandler, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

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Movin' & Groovin' Salamanders: Conservation Implications of Large Scales and Quirky Sex, Noah D. Charney, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Improving Processes Using Static Analysis Techniques, Bin Chen, Computer Science

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Organic Photovoltaics Based on P3HT/PCBM: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology, Dian Chen, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Micronutrient Intake and Premenstrual Syndrome, Patricia O. Chocano-Bedoya, Public Health

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“Transformed Oft, And Chaunged Diuerslie”: Shapeshifting And Bodily Change In Spenser, Milton, Donne, And Seventeenth-Century Drama, Youngjin Chung, English

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Electrostatic Effects in Aggregation of Crystallin Proteins, Deniz Elizabeth Civay, Polymer Science and Engineering

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The Decolonization Of Higher Education: An Analysis Of Venezuela‘S 2009 Ley Organica De Educacion, Lauren Elizabeth Clarke, Education

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Investigation of a Sulfur-Utilizing Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterial Consortium, Teresa Anne Conneely, Microbiology

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Clustering Independence Of Ligand Affinity And Kinase Activity Of Reconstituted Bacterial Chemoreceptors: Insight Into Signaling Mechanisms, Fe C Consolacion, Chemistry

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Computational Affect Detection for Education and Health, David G. Cooper, Computer Science

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The Phylogeography of Marstonia Lustrica: Understanding the Relationship Between Glaciation and the Evolution and Distribution of a Rare Snail, Thomas W. Coote, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

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Subjects of Scale / Spaces of Possibility: Producing Co-operative Space in Theory and Enterprise, Janelle Terese Cornwell, Geosciences

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Identity and the Limits of Possibility, Sam Cowling, Philosophy

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Role of Strongly Interacting Additives in Tuning the Structure and Properties of Polymer Systems, Vikram Kumar Daga, Chemical Engineering

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Thermal Effects And Sensor Design In Nanometer CMOS, Basab Datta, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese, Christopher M. Davis, Linguistics

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"Whether Writers Themselves Have Been Changed": A Test of the Values Driving Writing Center Work, Michelle Deal, English

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Factors Associated With Genital Tract Trauma At Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery, Susan A DeJoy, Biostatistics and Epidemiology

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Attention to television in preschoolers who exhibit ADHD symptoms: an ERP investigation, Lindsay B. Demers, Psychology

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Evaluating IRT- and CTT-based Methods of Estimating Classification Consistency and Accuracy Indices from Single Administrations, Nina Deng, Education (also CAGS)

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Aspects of Network Formation and Property Evolution in Glassy Polymer Networks, Andrew Thomas Detwiler, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Reading First/Bay State Reading Initiative: Public vs. Private Implementation-Which Produces the Best Results?, Marlene A. Di Leo, Education (also CAGS)

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Studies Of Light Scattering And Morphologies Of Phase-Separated Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixtures, Xuan Ding, Physics

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Functional Characterization Of Stress Associated Proteins (SAPs) From Arabidopsis, Anirudha R Dixit, Plant Biology

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Infrared and X-ray Studies of the Galactic Center, Hui Dong, Astronomy

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Financial Literacy and Women: Overcoming the Barriers, Melissa A. Donohue, Education (also CAGS)

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Generalized Expectation Criteria for Lightly Supervised Learning, Gregory Druck, Computer Science

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Binary ROCs and Their Implications for the Measurement of Memory, Chad Dube, Psychology

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Following Eshu-Eleggua’s Codes: A Comparative Approach To The Literatures Of The African Diaspora, Jacob A Dyer-Spiegel, English

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Tree-Based Methods and a Mixed Ridge Estimator for Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Correlated Predictors, Melissa Nicole Eliot, Biology

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Writing the Local-Global: An Ethnography of Friction and Negotiation in an English-Using Indonesian Ph.D. Program, Amber Engelson, English

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High Resolution Imprinting For Microelectronics And Photovoltaics, Burcin Erenturk, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Measurements of Gravity Driven Granular Channel Flows, Kevin Facto, Physics

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Unintended Consequences of Lowering Disclosure Thresholds: Proposed Changes to SFAS No. 5, Kirsten Fanning, Management

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Developing an Efficient Cover Cropping System for Maximum Nitrogen Recovery in Massachusetts, Ali Farsad, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences

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"Journey Toward A Black Aesthetic": Hoyt Fuller, The Black Arts Movement & The Black Intellectual Community, Jonathan Bryan Fenderson, Afro-American Studies

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Three Essays on Hedge Fund Fee Structure, Return Smoothing and Gross Performance, Shuang Feng, Management

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Selective Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies of the Human O2 Sensor, Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain 2 (PHD2), Shannon Coates Flagg, Chemistry

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Utopian Gender: Counter Discourses in a Feminist Community, Jolane Flanigan, Communication

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The Impact of Online Influence Strategies on Consumer Response and Privacy Expectations, Jason Aaron Gabisch, Management

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On Co-Optimization Of Constrained Satisfiability Problems For Hardware Software Applications, Kunal Ganeshpure, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Mojarra Aesthetics in Piolin Por La Ma?ana: A Time and Space for the Dislocated, J. Luis Loya Garcia, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics

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Flow Cytometry of Cultured Plant Cells for Characterization of Culture Heterogeneity and Cell Sorting Applications, Vishal Gaurav, Chemical Engineering

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Transnational Networks and the Promotion of Conservationist Norms in Developing Countries, Kemi D. George, Political Science

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Spectral Methods For Higher Genus Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, Aaron Gerding, Mathematics and Statistics

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Puerto Rican Teens' Perceptions of Teen Pregnancy and Births in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Nancy J. Gilbert, Nursing

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Multitrophic Effects Of Bumblebee Parasites On Plant Reproduction, Sandra D Gillespie, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Entomology

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A Mathematical Growth Model of the Viral Population in Early HIV-1 Infections, Elena Edi Giorgi, Mathematics

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Justifying the Margins: Marginal Culture, Hybridity and the Polish Challenge in Fontane's Effi Briest, Zorana Gluscevic, Germanic Languages & Literatures

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The Role of the SUPRMAM1 Locus in Responses to Ionizing Radiation and Susceptibility to Mammary Tumors, Nicholas B. Griner, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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Discovery Of Cryptic Species Diversity In North American Pine-­ Feeding Chionaspis Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), Rodger A Gwiazdowski, Entomology

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Education in a Hip-Hop Nation: Our Identity, Politics & Pedagogy, Marcella Runell Hall, Education (also CAGS)

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Neil Postman's Missing Critique: A Media Ecology Analysis of Early Radio 1920-1935, Donna Lee Halper, Communication

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Improving Network Performance Through Pacing, Y. Sinan Hanay, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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The Transparent Mask: American Women's Satire 1900-1933, Julia Boissoneau Hans, English

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Finding Blame for Environmental Outcomes: A Cognitive Style Approach to Understanding Stakeholder Attributions, Attitudes, and Values, Christopher Thomas Hawkins, Environmental Conservation

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Organizational Decision Making and Goal Setting in Out-Of-School-Time Programs, Jenny Rebecca Hemmingson, Education (also CAGS)

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Why China Grew: Understanding the Financial Structure of Late Development, Adam S. Hersh, Economics

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The Cost of Caring: An Investigation in the Effects of Teaching Traumatized Children in Urban Elementary Settings, Anthony C. Hill, Education (also CAGS)

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Low-profile, Modular, Ultra-Wideband Phased Arrays, Steven S. Holland, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Solving the "Coffee Paradox": Understanding Ethiopia's Coffee Cooperatives Through Elinor Ostrom's Theory of the Commons, Susan Ruth Holmberg, Economics

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Constraining Stellar Feedback: Ionized Gas Structures In Local Starburst Galaxies, Sungryong Hong, Astronomy

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Informativeness and the Computational Metrology of Collaborative Adaptive Sensor Systems, Anthony P. Hopf, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Functionalized Bionanoparticles: Grafting Chemistry And Self-Assembly, Yunxia Hu, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Spatial Evolutionary Game Theory: Deterministic Approximations, Decompositions, and Hierarchical Multi-scale Models, Sung-Ha Hwang, Mathematics

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Cellular and Molecular Changes Following Skeletal Muscle Damage: A Role for NF-kB and Muscle Resident Pericytes, Robert H. Hyldahl, Kinesiology

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Novel Progestin Signaling Molecules in the Brain: Distribution, Regulation and Molecular Mechanism of Action, Karlie A. Intlekofer, Neuroscience and Behavior

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Innate immune responses to B. burgdorferi mediated by JNK1 and the cochaperone, methylation controlled DNAJ (MCJ), Hooman Izadi, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences

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Clock Generation and Distribution for Enhancing Immunity to Power Supply Noise, Jinwook Jang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Students' Valuation Of Visual Arts Education: An Exploration Of Inspiring And Inhibiting Factors, Bozena Jaworowski, Education

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Language And Learning In A Post-Colonial Context: The Case Of Haiti, Marky Jean-Pierre, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies; Language, Literacy, & Culture

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Cumulative Constraint Interaction In Phonological Acquisition And Typology, Karen Christine Jesney, Linguistics

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Reasons for Local Smart Growth Efforts: An Evaluation of the Commonwealth Capital Program and its Outcomes in Massachusetts, Jia Jia, Regional Planning

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Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Bacterial Surface Biomolecules, Wei Jiang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences

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Design and Synthesis of a New Class of Self-Cross-Linked Polymer Nanogels, Siriporn Jiwpanich, Chemistry

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Molecular Designs for Organic Semiconductors: Design, Synthesis and Charge Transport Properties, Tejaswini Sharad Kale, Chemistry

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Effects of Molecular Architecture on Crystallization Behavior of Pol(lactic Acid) and Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Jeffrey Paul Kalish, Polymer Science and Engineering

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Annual To Seasonal Resolution Analysis Of Late Pleistocene And Holocene Sediment In Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, Kinuyo Kanamaru, Geosciences