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Dissertations from 2010
Bayesian Epistemology and Having Evidence, Jeffrey Dunn, Philosophy
An Examination of Teacher-Student Trust in Middle School Classrooms, Virginia Louise Durnford, Education (also CAGS)
Charge and Energy Transport in Single Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Nanostructures, Kevin Thomas Early, Chemistry
The Relationship between Patient Object Relations and The Therapeutic Alliance in a Naturalistic Psychotherapy Sample, Paula Andrea Errazuriz Arellano, Psychology
Uneven Development and the Terms of Trade: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Bilge Erten, Economics
The Flexibility of Attentional Control in Selecting Features and Locations, Hsiao Chueh Kris Evans, Psychology
Ambivalent Modernity: Scientists in Film and the Public Eye, Stacy Evans, Sociology
The Development Of A Phonics Diagnostic Inventory: Assessment Of Instrument Validity Via Concurrent And Predictive Validity Techniques And A Path Model Of Literacy Development, Colleen Farrell-Meier, Education
Learning the Structure of Bayesian Networks with Constraint Satisfaction, Andrew Scott Fast, Computer Science
The Effects of GoSolve Word Problems Math Intervention on Applied Problem Solving Skills of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede, School Psychology
Gendered Vulnerabilities After Genocide: Three Essays on Post-Conflict Rwanda, Catherine Ruth Finnoff, Economics
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student Surveys of Expectations and Safety, Lisa Anne Fisher, School Psychology
Quaternary Structure of Chemoreceptors in Active Signaling Complexes Differs From Crystal Structure of Isolated Fragments: Evidence From Solid-State NMR, Daniel John Fowler, Chemistry
Respirators, Morphine and Trocars: Cultures of Death and Dying in Medical Institutions, Hospices and Funeral Work, John Martin Fox, Sociology
Concealed Questions. In Search Of Answers, Ilaria Frana, Linguistics
Fighting For the Nation: Military Service, Popular Political Mobilization and the Creation of Modern Puerto Rican National Identities: 1868-1952, Harry Franqui, History
A Hierarchical Spherical Radial Quadrature Algorithm for Multilevel GLMMS, GSMMS, and Gene Pathway Analysis, Jacob A. Gagnon, Mathematics
The Employment Impacts of Economy-wide Investments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Economics
An Integrative Approach Towards Understanding The Structure- Function Relationship Of The Epigenetic Regulator Methyl Cpg Binding Protein 2, Rajarshi P Ghosh, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Influence Of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) And Synthetic Polyelectrolytes On Colloidal Behavior Of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Saikat Ghosh, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Using Self Assembling Amphiphilic Nanomaterials ToSelectively Extract And Concentrate Peptides For Analysis By Mass Spectrometry, Andrea Gomez-Escudero, Chemistry
Modeling of Thermal Non-Equilibrium in Superheated Injector Flows, Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan, Mechanical Engineering
Engaging Students in Mathematics Conversations: Discourse Practices and the Development of Social and Socialmathematical Norms in Three Novice Teachers' Classrooms, Mary T. Grassetti, Education (also CAGS)
Structural and Mechanistic Studies of alpha-galactosidase A and Pharmacological Chaperones, Abigail Ida Guce, Chemistry
Quantifying Defects in Zeolites and Zeolite Membranes, Karl Daniel Hammond, Chemical Engineering
Latino/a Students and Faculty Interaction: Las Voces de Persistencia, Joyce L. Hampton, Education (also CAGS)
Interactions Of Ionic Liquid-Dissolved Polymers, John M Harner, Polymer Science and Engineering
Household Employer Payroll Tax Evasion: An Exploration Based on IRS Data and on Interviews with Employers and Domestic Workers, Catherine B. Haskins, Economics
Enabling Accurate Analysis of Private Network Data, Michael Hay, Computer Science
The Role of Runx1 N-Terminal Splice Isoforms in Hematopoietic Development, Emmett E. Hedblom, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Raiding the Inarticulate: Postmodernisms, Feminist Theory and Black Female Creativity, C. Margot Hennessy, English
Exploring the Relationship Between Factors of Implementation, Treatment Integrity and Reading Fluency, Kira Henninger, Psychology
Structure And Function In A Nickel Metallochaperone, Hypa And Nickel Dependent Superoxide Dismutase, Robert Walter Herbst, Chemistry
From Spiritual Guides To Eager Consumers: American Girls’ Series Fiction, 1865-1930, Emily A Honey, English - American Studies
"A"-KIDS: Activity Kcal Intervention Daily Study. Effects of 100-Kcal Daily Energy Expenditure on Total Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in 3rd Grade Children, Cheryl A. Howe, Kinesiology
Wrinkling Of Floating Thin Polymer Films, Jiangshui Huang, Physics
Protocol and System Design for a Service-centric Network Architecture, Xin Huang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topics in Multivariate Time Series Analysis: Statistical Control, Dimension Reduction Visualization and Their Business Applications, Xuan Huang, Management
Working Together: The Role of Collaborations in Promoting the Use of Academic Technologies in Higher Education, Kate Hudson, Education (also CAGS)
Threat On The Mind: The Impact Of Incidental Fear On Race Bias In Rapid Decision-Making, Matthew Hunsinger, Psychology
Vector Velocity Estimation In Doppler Radar Networks, Edin Insanic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Manganese Removal By Media Filtration: Release And Complexation, Anjuman A Islam, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Discovery of Complex Regulatory Modules from Expression Genetics Data, Manjunatha Jagalur, Computer Science
Using Context to Enhance the Understanding of Face Images, Vidit Jain, Computer Science
Boom Or Bust? Educators‘ Perceptions Of A Formative Assessment System, Jesus Jara, Education; Education Policy, Research, and Administration
Basis Construction and Utilization for Markov Decision Processes Using Graphs, Jeffrey Thomas Johns, Computer Science
'Just Like Hitler': Comparisons To Nazism in American Culture, Brian Scott Johnson, English
Effect Of Head Orientation On Dynamic Postural Stability And Torso Coordination, Molly Johnson, Neuroscience & Behavior
What Toxicologists and Risk Assessors Think About Hormesis: Results of a Knowledge and Opinion Survey, Amy C. Jones, Public Health
Where I Want To Be: African American Women‘s Novels And The Journey Toward Selfhood During The Civil Rights And Black Power Movements, Jacqueline M Jones, Afro-American Studies
Using Item Mapping to Evaluate Alignment between Curriculum and Assessment, Leah Tepelunde Kaira, Education (also CAGS)
Understanding And Exploiting Nanoscale Surface Heterogeneity For Particle And Cell Manipulation, Surachate Kalasin, Physics
Engineering Of The LuxI-LuxR Quorum Sensing Systems For Applications In Industrial Biotechnology, Pavan Kumar Reddy Kambam, Chemical Engineering
Numerical Studies Of Granular Gases, Wenfeng Kang, Physics
Emotional Recognition Memory For Younger And Older Adults: Combining Roc Analysis And The Diffusion Model, Aycan Kapucu, Psychology
Climate Change Projections For Central America: A Regional Climate Model Study, Ambarish Karmalkar, Geosciences
Teachers' Resistance: Japanese Teachers Stories From the 1960s, Reiko Kato, Education (also CAGS)
Greenspace Conservation Planning Framework for Urban Regions Based on a Forest Bird-Habitat Relationship Study and the Resilience Thinking, Sadahisa Kato, Regional Planning
Field Portable Methods for the Determination of Arsenic in Environmental Samples, James Kalman Kearns, Chemistry
Luthers Gebrauch Von Modalpartikeln In Seiner Übersetzung Der Vier Evangelien, Judith Keyler-Mayer, German and Scandinavian Studies; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Topics In Univariate Time Series Analysis With Business Applications, Davit Khachatryan, Isenberg School of Management
Educational Research In Palestine: Epistemological And Cultural Challenges - A Case Study, Ayman A Khalifah, Education
Teacher Professional Development Programs In Palestine: Changes Beliefs And Practices, Ola M Khalili, Education
Issues of Access in Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Islamabad Pakistan, Muhammad Majid Khan, Education (also CAGS)
A Hardware/Software Co-Design Architecture for Thermal, Power, and Reliability Management in Chip Multiprocessors, Omer Khan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Manipulation And Characterization Of Patterned Surfaces: I. Oriented Nanoscale Porous Materials; II. Drop Mobility On Surfaceswith Patterned Wettability, Bokyung Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Role of Perceived Collective Anger and Fear on Policy Support in Response to Terrorist Threat, Jaeshin Kim, Psychology
Sleeping Beauty and De Nunc Updating, Namjoong Kim, Philosophy
Amphiphilic Polymer Assemblies Responsive To Chemical, Physical, And Biological Stimuli, Akamol Klaikherd, Chemistry
Score Reporting in Teacher Certification Testing: A Review, Design, and Interview/Focus Group Study, Heather Susan Klesch, Education (also CAGS)
Human Freedom in a World Full of Providence: An Ockhamist-Molinist Account of the Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Creaturely Free Will, Christopher J. Kosciuk, Philosophy
Analysis Of School Counselors’ Leadership Practices Through The Lens Of Distributed Leadership, Aysen Kose, Educational Policy Research and Administration
Analysis of the Gouldsboro Pluton and the Fehr Granite: Understanding the Scales of Magmatic Processes and Partial Melt Generation from the Deep to Shallow Crust, George Christopher Koteas, Geosciences
Polymer Brush-Modified Photopolymer Network Surfaces And Their Applications, Damla Koylu, Polymer Science and Engineering
That Which Is Not What It Seems: Queer Youth, Rurality, Class and the Architecture of Assistance, Kaila Gabrielle Kuban, Anthropology
The Marketer’s Prismatic Palette: Essays On The Importance Of Color In Marketing With Implications For Brand Personality, Lauren Isabelle Labrecque, Isenberg School of Management
Vibrational Spectrum, Ab Initio Calculations, Conformational Stabilities And Assignment Of Fundamentals Of Small Flexible Molecules, Arthur James LaPlante, Chemistry
Existence, Stability, and Dynamics of Solitary Waves in Nonlinear Schroedinger Models with Periodic Potentials, Kody John Hoffman Law, Mathematics
Actualizing Social Justice: An Exploratory Case Study of a Public Middle School, Camille Lee, Education (also CAGS)
Racial Inequality and Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa, Hwok-Aun Lee, Economics
The Business Community and the Forging of Political Consensus Against the Clinton Healthcare Security Act of 1994, Michael Lenz, Political Science
An Assessment of The Nonparametric Approach for Evaluating The Fit of Item Response Models, Tie Liang, Education (also CAGS)
Diversifying The Internet, Yong Liao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rheological Study Of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites And Optical Linear Rheometer Instrumentation, Fei Li, Chemical Engineering
Data Management and Wireless Transport for Large Scale Sensor Networks, Ming Li, Computer Science
Dark Matter Halos: Assembly, Clustering and Sub-halo Accretion, Yun Li, Astronomy
The Relationship Between Supervisors’ And Supervisees’ Race And Racial Attitudes In The Supervisory Working Alliance, Jade Nichole Logan, Psychology
A Heterochronic Explanation For The Behaviorally Polymorphic Genus Canis: A Study Of The Development Of Behavioral Differences In Dogs (Canis Lupus Familiaris) And Wolves (Canis Lupus Lupus), Kathryn A Lord, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
"It is a new kind of militancy": March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946, David Lucander, Afro-American Studies
A Bayesian Approach To The Semi-Analytic Model Of Galaxy Formation, Yu Lu, Astronomy
New England Terrestrial Settlement in a Submerged Context: Moving Pre-Contact Archaeology into the Twenty First Century, Kerry J. Lynch, Anthropology
“Most Brought A Little Of Both”: The Bible As Intertext In Toni Morrison’s Vision Of Ancestry And Community, Diane De Rosier Mackie, English
What Women Want to Know: Assessing the Value, Relevance, And Efficacy of a Self-Management Intervention for Rural Women with Coronary Heart Disease, Holly Evans Madison, Nursing
Building Main Street: Village Improvement and the Small Town Ideal, Kirin Makker, Regional Planning
Investigations Of Electron Transport And Storage Mechanisms In Microbial Biofilms, Nikhil S Malvankar, Physics
Elemental Challenges: Environmental Troubles beyond the Limits of Democracy, Brad Mapes-Martins, Political Science
Consumer Privacy: A Two Essay Dissertation Examining Perceptions Of Information Sensitivity, Ereni C Markos, Isenberg School of Management
Radiowave Propagation Studies In Tunnels Using ADI-PE Technique, Richard Martelly, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Insights into the Complexities of Identity in Persisting Latina College Students, Irene Rodriguez Martin, Education (also CAGS)
Evaluation of Disturbance Factors and Their Effect on Breeding Common Loons at Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire and Maine, Kyle P. McCarthy, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation