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Dissertations from 2017
Interactions at the Aqueous Interface of Large-Area Graphene: Colloidal-Scale and Protein Adsorption, Aaron Chen, Chemical Engineering
Metabolic Modeling and Engineering of Gas Fermentation in Bubble Column Reactors, Jin Chen, Chemical Engineering
Not Just Noise: Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability and Response Bias, Tina Chen, Psychology
Tunneling Assisted Forbidden Transitions in the Single Molecule Magnet Ni4, Yiming Chen, Physics
Nanoporous Solid Acid Materials for Biomass Conversion into Value-Added Chemicals: Synthesis, Catalysis, and Chemistry, Hong Je Cho, Chemical Engineering
Guiding the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers in 2D and 3D with Minimal Patterning, Jaewon Choi, Polymer Science and Engineering
Movement Media, Energy Activism, and the Politics of Hometown in the Anti-765KV Power Transmission Tower Struggle of Miryang in South Korea, Su Young Choi, Communication
The Form and Acquisition of Free Relatives, Michael Clauss, Linguistics
Automatic Derivation of Requirements for Components Used in Human-Intensive Systems, Heather Conboy, Computer Science
The Role of Phenotypic Integration in Mammalian Tooth Function and Jaw Morphological Diversity, Andrew Conith, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Spectroscopic Studies of Gas-Phase Transition Metal Complexes of Cations and Cluster Ions with Methane and Water, Christopher Copeland, Chemistry
Extractivism and Resistance: Media, Protest and Power in Ecuador, Diana M. Coryat, Communication
DYNAMIC RANGE LIMITATIONS OF LOW-NOISE MICROWAVE TRANSISTORS AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES, Ahmet Hakan Coskun, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MODELING THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY, Alexana Cranmer, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
THE ROLE OF SLEEP ON INHIBITORY CONTROL IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD), Amanda Cremone, Neuroscience and Behavior
Voter Turnout Overreports: Measurement, Modeling and Deception, Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, Political Science
Negotiating Race, Work and Family: Cape Verdean Home Care Workers in Lisbon, Portugal, Celeste Vaughan Curington, Sociology
Probing the Domain Architecture and Structural Dynamics of Caspase-6 for its Specific Regulation, Kevin Buadlart Dagbay, Chemistry
The Government Role in Creating Innovation Technological Clusters in Developing Countries (The Case of Saudi Arabia), Khalid Mahmoud Dashash, Regional Planning
BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS, POPULATION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF A STEM GALL WASP, ZAPATELLA DAVISAE (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE), Monica Davis, Environmental Conservation
DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF CACHE SYSTEMS, Mostafa Dehghan Shirehpaz, Computer Science
Currency Mismatch and Balance Sheet Effects of Exchange Rate in Turkish Non-Financial Corporations, Serkan Demirkilic, Economics
Participatory Planning in the Brazilian Cerrado: Mainstreaming land use, climate adaptation, and vulnerability in the state-led program City for Us, Euripedes De Oliveira, Regional Planning
Arctic and North Atlantic paleo-environmental reconstructions from lake sediments, Gregory A. de Wet, Geosciences
Navigating the Auditor-Client Relationship During Sensitive Events: Insight on Audit Firm Practices and an Experimental Study, Mary Dodgson, Management
Golfer Exposure to Pesticides, Jeffery Doherty, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
‘Woman thou art loosed’: Black Female Sexuality Unhinged in the Fiction of Frances Harper and Pauline Hopkins, Crystal Donkor, Afro-American Studies
Controversy Analysis and Detection, Shiri Dori-Hacohen, Computer Science
QUANTIFYING GAIT ADAPTABILITY: FRACTALITY, COMPLEXITY, AND STABILITY DURING ASYMMETRIC WALKING, Scott W. Ducharme, Kinesiology
Adsorption of Biomolecules on Carbon-Based Nanomaterial as Affected by Surface Chemistry and Ionic Strength, Peng Du, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF ARV MEDICATIONS ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH HERBAL MEDICATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF HIV AMONG NIGERIAN HIV+ PATIENTS, Abdulfattah Durojaiye, Nursing
CANCER PAIN PROCESSES IN THE HOSPICE CARING TRIAD: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY, Olga Ehrlich, Nursing
Gold Nanoparticle Biodistributions and Stability in Vivo from Mass Spectrometric Imaging, SUKRU GOKHAN ELCI, Chemistry
Total Organic Iodine Quantification and Occurrence in Drinking Water, and Toxicity Assessment of Iodinated Disinfection By-Products, Rassil El Sayess, Civil Engineering
Exploitation and Regulation of Apoptotic Caspases, Scott Eron, Chemistry
Assigning Grammatical Gender to Novel Nouns in L1 and L2 Spanish, Andie Faber, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Evaluating the Influence of Breakdown Fouling and Moisture Content on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Ballasted Railroad Track, Hamed Faghihi Kashani, Civil Engineering
Pore forming protein assembly and the use in nanopore sensing: a study on E. coli proteins ClyA and OmpG, Monifa Fahie, Molecular and Cellular Biology
RELATIONAL COORDINATION: A PREDICTOR OF NURSE JOB SATISFACTION, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, AND TURNOVER INTENTION, Rawaih Falatah, Nursing
MICRONUTRIENTS, INFLAMMATION AND DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY 2005-2008, Joycelyn M. Faraj, Public Health
Critical Language Awareness in an ELL Urban Language Classroom: Transforming a Latina Teacher’s Language Ideology, Yvonne V. Fariño, Education
Translation, Rewriting, and Fan Fiction: A Literary History of Transformative Work, Shannon K. Farley, Comparative Literature
Verbal -s Productions in the Structured Writing Samples of Variable AAE-Speaking Fourth-Grade Students With and Without Language Impairment, Jacklyn High Felton, Communication Disorders
Evaluating the Impacts of Driver Behavior in the Speed Selection Process and the Related Outcomes, Cole D. Fitzpatrick, Civil Engineering
POLYORGANOSILOXANES: MOLECULAR NANOPARTICLES, NANOCOMPOSITES AND INTERFACES, Daniel H. Flagg, Polymer Science and Engineering
Examining the Influence of Graduate Student Experiences on Graduate Alumni Giving, Kevin Fleming, Education
Residence Directors as Residential Crisis Workers: Exploring the Role of Campus-Based Critical Incident Stress Management in the Mitigation of Compassion Fatigue, Noga Flory, Education
The Cultural Construction of Diverse Other(s): A Discourse Analysis of Institutional Policy, Rachel E. Friedensen, Education
Topography measurements using an airborne Ka-band FMCW Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Kan Fu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Examining the Effectiveness of a Sentence Construction Intervention Combined with Self-Regulation Instruction Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, William Furey, School Psychology
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF BLOCK COPOLYMER AND NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES, Yue Gai, Polymer Science and Engineering
Comunidad y escritura en la temprana Edad Moderna española Teresa de Cartagena, María de Santo Domingo y Teresa de Ávila (1420-1582), Borja Gama de Cossio, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Evaluating a Translingual Administration of the Early Grades Math Assessment (EGMA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fernanda Gandara, Education
Intraracial and Intraethnic Microaggressions Experienced by Korean American Internationally and Transracially Adopted Persons, Karin J. Garber, Psychology
Supporting Black and Brown Females’ STEM Identity Construction Through Mathematics Teacher Noticing: A Mixed Methods Study, Carolyn Gardner, Education
Three Essays on Defending Common-Pool Resources, Lawrence Geest, Resource Economics
The Role of Culture in Close Relationships: East-West Differences in Communication and Emotion Regulation, Feiran Ge, Psychology
Let’s Take an Adventure: Exploring Beginner Writing in Chinese by Non-Heritage Learner, Ping Geng, Education
Coverings of Graphs and Tiered Trees, Sam Glennon, Mathematics
AN EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND DRIVER DISTRACTION ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR AT RAILWAY-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS, Radhameris A. Gomez Gabriel, Civil Engineering
Production of Cosmological Observables During the Inflationary Epoch, Cody Goolsby-Cole, Physics
Information Metrics for Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning, Kostantinos Gourgoulias, Mathematics
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL EMULSIFIERS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES TO FORMULATE EMULSION-BASED DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR HYDROPHOBIC NUTRACEUTICALS, cansu gumus, Food Science
Lesbian Veterans Experiences in the Military: A Case Study, Carolyn Gustason, Nursing
Physical activity and age-related mechanical risk factors for knee osteoarthritis, Jocelyn F. Hafer, Kinesiology
THE SILENT LANGUAGE: THE EFFECTS OF NONVERBAL CUES ON PERCEPTION OF BRANDS IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE CONTEXTS, Fatima M. Hajjat, Management
The Effects of Anthropogenic Stress on Nitrogen-Cycling Microbial Communities in Temperate and Tropical Soils, George S. Hamaoui Jr., Microbiology
THE INFLUENCE OF EARLY MEDIA EXPOSURE ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, Katherine Hanson, Psychology
Tragicomic Transpositions: The Influence of Spanish Prose Romance on the Development of Early Modern English Tragicomedy, Josefina Hardman, English
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMIDAZOLE-CONTAINING CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Jared D. Harris, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Cognitive Effects of Light Color Temperature, Lauren Hartstein, Psychology
Nanocomposite Polymer Networks for Reconfigurable Materials, Adam W. Hauser, Polymer Science and Engineering
Intracellular Membrane Organization in Mycobacteria, Jennifer Hayashi, Microbiology
THE EFFECT OF PERICYTE CELL THERAPY ON POSTISCHEMIC NEOVASCULARIZATION IN WILD TYPE AND TYPE 2 DIABETIC MICE, Katherine E. Hayes, Kinesiology
“The Blackness of Blackness”: Meta-Black Identity in 20th/21st Century African American Culture, Casey Hayman, English
Cross Case Study of an Elementary Engineering Task, John Heffernan, Education
“Going the Extra Mile”: Perspectives and Experiences of Coaches Supporting Primary School Teachers in Sierra Leone, Ashley Clayton Hertz, Education
Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Using Wearable Sensors: Measurement Considerations and Clinical Applications, Amanda Hickey, Kinesiology
INTERFACE DRIVEN DYNAMICS AND ASSEMBLY, Wei Hong, Physics
DEEP-LEARNED GENERATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF 3D SHAPE FAMILIES, Haibin Huang, Computer Science
Mechanistic Studies of Peptide-Mediated Protein Transport Across Droplet-Interface Bilayers, Jing Huang, Chemistry
ALL ROADS LEAD TO WEEDINESS: STORIES ABOUT WEEDY RICE ORIGINS, WEEDY GENES AND WEED COMPETITIVENESS, Zhongyun Huang, Plant Biology
Harmony, Voice Leading, and Microtonal Syntax in Ben Johnston’s String Quartet No. 5, Daniel Huey, Music
Deformation and Adhesion of Soft Composite Systems for Bio-inspired Adhesives and Wrinkled Surface Fabrication, Michael Imburgia, Polymer Science and Engineering
And Liberty For All: Geechee Culture and the Black Freedom Struggle in Liberty County, Georgia, 1752-1946, Felicia Jamison, History
TISSUE-GUIDED ENGINEERING OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL HYDROGELS, Lauren Jansen, Chemical Engineering
Factors that Shape Arab American College Student Identity, Abdul Rahman F. Jaradat, Education
Reducing the Size Sale of the Block Copolymer Microdomains and Morphology Study of Brush Block Copolymers Containing Homopolymer, Gajin Jeong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Equations For Nilpotent Varieties and Their Intersections With Slodowy Slices, Benjamin Johnson, Mathematics
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION AND ACTIVE PACKAGING ON CONTROLLING LIPID OXIDATION IN OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS, David Johnson, Food Science
A Search for Double Beta Decay of Xenon to Excited States of Barium with EXO-200, Sereres Johnston, Physics
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AUTHENTICITY: CSR AUTHENTICITY ON CONSUMER BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS TOWARD A SPORT ORGANIZATION, Soyoung Joo, Management
Adaptors at Work: Regulation of Bacterial Proteolysis by Adaptor Hierarchies, Kamal Joshi, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Impacts of Foreign Labor Migration of Men on Women's Empowerment in Nepal, Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar, Economics
A Poetics of Subtraction: The Autobiographical Films of Frampton, Tarkovsky, and Álvarez, Alexander B. Joy, Comparative Literature
The Socialist Devout: Religious Orders and the Making of an East German Catholic Community, Kathryn Julian, History
Image processing and understanding based on graph similarity testing: algorithm design and software development, Jieqi Kang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Using Exemplar Items to Define Performance Categories: A Comparison of Item Mapping Methods, Ana Karantonis, Education
Maximizing Test Efficiency: The Effects of Test Format on Nonsense Word Reading, Amanda Kern, Education
The rheology and roll-to-roll processing of shear-thickening particle dispersions, Sunilkumar Khandavalli, Mechanical Engineering
DO I DESERVE TO SPEND? SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SPENDING PLEASURE, Kawon Kim, Management
Particles Confined by Fluid Interfaces: Imaging Particle Motion, Interface Deformation and Capillary Forces, Paul Y. Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
Bio-based Wind Turbine Blades: Renewable Energy Meets Sustainable Materials for Clean, Green Power, Rachel Koh, Mechanical Engineering
SEX DIFFERENCES IN ESTRADIOL SIGNALING IN THE ZEBRA FINCH (TAENIOPYGIA GUTATTA) AUDITORY CORTEX, Amanda Krentzel, Neuroscience and Behavior
Texts and Subtexts in Performing Blackness: Vernacular Masking in Key and Peele as a Lens for Viewing Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Musical Comedy, Spencer Kuchle, Afro-American Studies
Waiting for Now: Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time, Amanda Ruth Waugh Lagji, English
Exploring the role of collective narcissism in sport team identification, Ben Larkin, Management
Countering the "Strong School" Narrative: Community Response to Racial Inequity in a High-Performing District, Katie A. Lazdowski, Education
Conducting Polyelectrolyte Complexes: Assembly, Structure, and Transport, Michael A. Leaf, Polymer Science and Engineering
Intrinsic Characteristics of Galaxies in the Distant Universe: The Correlation Between Galaxy Morphology and Star Formation Activity, Bomee Lee, Astronomy
Mechanistic Studies of Proton Gradient-Driven Protein Translocation by Droplet-Interface Bilayer Techniques, En-Hsin Lee, Chemistry
OTHERS’ REACTIONS TO SERVICE RECOVERY EFFORTS IN SOCIAL MEDIA: A THIRD-PARTY JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE, Minwoo Lee, Hospitality & Tourism Management
Dopant-defect Engineering in Strontium Titanate-based Materials, Keith Lehuta, Chemistry
Robust Biosensors for Healthcare Applications: from High-Content Screening to Point-of-Care Testing, Ngoc D. B. Le, Chemistry
Real and Nominal Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes, Emiliano Libman, Economics
Close or Distant Past? The Role of Temporal Distance in Responses to Intergroup Violence from Victim and Perpetrator Perspectives, Mengyao Li, Psychology
On Leveraging Multi-Path Transport in Mobile Networks, Yeon-sup Lim, Computer Science
Three-Dimensional Memristor Integrated Circuits and Applications, Peng Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
BURROWING AND WALKING MECHANISMS OF NORTH AMERICAN MOLES, YI-FEN LIN, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Fabrication of Functional Nano-Structured Materials and Devices Using Supercritical Fluids, Shengkai Li, Chemical Engineering
Inference in Networking Systems with Designed Measurements, Chang Liu, Computer Science
REGULATED PROTEOLYSIS OF DNAA COORDINATES CELL GROWTH WITH STRESS SIGNALS IN CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS, Jing Liu, Biochemistry
MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING WHEN PLANNING SUSTAINABLE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ROUTES in a LINEAR CORRIDOR, Marie Louis, Civil Engineering
A Seifert-van Kampen Theorem for Legendrian Submanifolds and Exact Lagrangian Cobordisms, Mark Lowell, Mathematics
Style-driven Shape Analysis and Synthesis, Zhaoliang Lun, Computer Science
Latina Identities, Critical Literacies, and Academic Achievement in Community College, Morgan Lynn, English
Demanding Spaces: 1970s U.S. Women's Novels as Sites of Struggle, Kate Marantz, English
Temporal and Relational Models for Causality: Representation and Learning, Katerina Marazopoulou, Computer Science
Investigating the Impact of Student Opt Out on Value-Added Measures of Teacher Quality, Joshua Marland, Education
Analysis of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Use with Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Alyssa Marsico, Chemistry
On the Landscape for a Very, Very Long Time: African American Resistance and Resilience in 19th and Early 20th Century Massachusetts, Anthony Martin, Anthropology
THE AFROETHNIC IMPULSE AND RENEWAL: AFRICAN AMERICAN TRANSCULTURATIONS IN AFRO-LATINO BILDUNG NARRATIVES, 1961 to 2013, Trent Masiki, Afro-American Studies
The Complexity of Resilience, Cibele Matos Freire, Computer Science
Examining the Capacity of Instructional Support Networks for the Diffusion of Computer Science for All (CSforALL) in an Urban District, Rebecca Mazur, Education
A New Paradigm for Predicting Fracture Growth, Interaction and Linkage: Faulting in Numerical and Physical Experiments with Work Optimization, Jessica McBeck, Geosciences
Who Ate the Subfossil Lemurs? A Taphonomic and Community Study of Raptor, Crocodylian and Carnivoran Predation of the Extinct Quaternary Lemurs of Madagascar., Lindsay Meador, Anthropology
Amount Relatives Redux, Jon Ander Mendia, Linguistics
A COMPREHENSIVE VALIDATION OF ACTIVITY TRACKERS FOR ESTIMATING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN FREE-LIVING SETTINGS, Albert R. Mendoza, Kinesiology
A Site of Nation: Black Utopian Novels in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Xianzhi Meng, Afro-American Studies
Three Essays on International Economics and Finance, Juan Antonio Montecino, Economics
We Are Roses From Our Mothers' Gardens: Black Feminist Visuality in African American Women's Art, Kelli Morgan, Afro-American Studies
Urban Heritage Speakers As Multilingual Language Learners: Contexts in the 21st Century, Bridgette Moriarity, Education
Vitreous Gel Physics, Svetlana Morozova, Polymer Science and Engineering
PROTEIN-NANOPARTICLE CO-ENGINEERING: SELF-ASSEMBLY, INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN DELIVERY, AND CRISPR/CAS9-BASED GENE EDITING, Rubul Mout, Chemistry
From Householder to War-Lord to Heavenly Hero: Naming God in the Early Continental Germanic Languages, Michael Moynihan, Germanic Languages & Literatures
THREE ESSAYS ON “DOING CARE”, GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE WORK DAY, AND WOMEN’S CARE WORK IN THE HOUSEHOLD, Avanti Mukherjee, Economics
Novel Buildings: Architectural and Narrative Form in Victorian Fiction, Ashley R. Nadeau, English
CATCH FEELINGS: CLASS AFFECT AND PERFORMATIVITY IN TEACHING ASSOCIATES' NARRATIVES, Anna Rita Napoleone, English
Calcium and Metabolism in sperm: Fundamental players for Fertilization and Embryo Development, Felipe Navarrete, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning with Deep Neural Networks, Arvind Ramanathan Neelakantan, Computer Science
POTTERS ON THE PENOBSCOT: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CASE STUDY EXPLORING HUMAN AGENCY, IDENTITY, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICE, Bonnie D. Newsom, Anthropology
Dynamical Systems and Zeta Functions of Function Fields, Daniel Nichols, Mathematics
Promoting Self-Determination Skills of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in the Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Programs throughout Massachusetts, Lyndsey Nunes, Education
Intergroup Solidarity in Peace Activism: The Potential for Success or Backlash, Thomas Christopher O'Brien, Psychology
Seguimos Luchando: Women Educators’ Trajectories in Social Movement Based Popular Education Projects in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jennifer Lee O'Donnell, Education
THE IMPACT OF FORECAST ROUNDNESS, FORECAST UNCERTAINTY, AND MANAGERS’ LANGUAGE ON INVESTORS’ JUDGMENTS, Jessica Osgood, Management
Dialogue and "Dialect": Character Speech in American Fiction, Carly Overfelt, English
THE KEY QUESTION IN SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION: HOW DOES HOST MAINTAIN A BACTERIAL SYMBIONT?, Onur Oztas, Molecular and Cellular Biology
ANALYSES OF DENSELY CROSSLINKED PHENOLIC SYSTEMS USING LOW FIELD NMR, Jigneshkumar Patel, Polymer Science and Engineering
Labor Force Participation, Disability, and Implications for Healthcare Utilization and Employment, Lawrence C. Pellegrini, Public Health
EXPLORING THE BALANCE: A Path Analysis Examination of the Maintaining the Balance Model, Sheila Pennell, Nursing
Implicit Bias in Pre-Service Teachers: A Mixed Methods Approach, Tara Pepis, Education
Applications and Extensions of Counterpart Theory, Bridgette Peterson, Philosophy
Specialization and trade-offs in plant-feeding insects, Daniel Peterson, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
“MY EYES ARE OPEN BUT MY LIPS ARE WHISPERING”: LINGUISTIC AND SYMBOLIC FORMS OF RESISTANCE IN THAILAND DURING 2006-2016, Khorapin Phuaphansawat, Political Science
Movement and the Semantic Type of Traces, Ethan Poole, Linguistics
Theory and Practice of Supply Chain Synchronization, Michael Prokle, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Morphology of Thin Sheets in the Lame Setup and Beyond, zhanlong qiu, Physics
STIMULI RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC NANOGELS FOR HYDROPHOBICS & HYDROPHILICS DELIVERY, kishore raghupathi, Chemistry
Modeling Performance, Cost, Delivery, And Trip Distribution Of Demand Responsive Transit Systems With Zoning, Mahour Rahimi, Civil Engineering
POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENT OF DIETARY ISOTHIOCYANATES COMBINATION ON BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES, Kanyasiri Rakariyatham, Food Science
Customizing Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks to Individual Drivers and Traffic Conditions, Ali Rakhshan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Getting It Right: African American Male College/University Presidents and Their Early Cultivation of Self-Efficacy, JAMES RANDALL, Education
MODELING OF NANOSCALE TRANSPORT IN MESOPOROUS MEMBRANES, Ashutosh Rathi, Chemical Engineering
Spatial Ecology of Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Newfoundland, Canada, Nathaniel D. Rayl, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
The effects of industrialization and urbanization on growth and development: A comparison of boys and girls from three Industrial European skeletal collections, Sarah Reedy, Anthropology
Characterization of Electronic and Ionic Transport in Soft and Hard Functional Materials, Lawrence A. Renna, Chemistry
Astrophysical Accretion and Feedback: The Bayesian Linchpin of Theory and Observation, Shawn Roberts, Astronomy
Contested Citizenship and Social Belonging? Latinos in Mixed-Status Families Managing Illegality and Race in Los Angeles, Cassaundra Rodriguez, Sociology
Me, Myself and I: Reflections on Self-Consciousness and Authority, jonathan rosen, Philosophy
Group Process, Communication, and Relating as a Core Phenomenon in an Older Adult Support and Learning Group on Aging and Health, Lisa Rose White, Nursing
Colicins - a sound antimicrobial approach for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, Sandra M. Roy, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Belief-Space Planning for Resourceful Manipulation and Mobility, Dirk Ruiken, Computer Science
The Effects of Predictability on Stereotypic Behavior in Nonclinical Adult Humans (Homo sapiens) and Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta), Amy Ryan, Neuroscience and Behavior
Preferential early attribution in segmental parsing, Amanda Rysling, Linguistics
Stories Written On Concrete: Understanding and (Re)Imagining Street Lit and Culture, 1990-2007, Jacinta Saffold, Afro-American Studies
THE ROLE OF RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL IN FACILITATING LATINO/A COLLEGE SUCCESS, Patricia Sánchez-Connally, Sociology
Investigation of Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms and Dynamics of the Multiple Fungicide Resistant Population in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, Hyunkyu Sang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
MOVING AGAINST CLOTHESPINS:THE POLI(POE)TICS OF EMBODIMENT IN THE POETRY OF MIRIAM ALVES AND AUDRE LORDE, Flávia Santos de Araújo, Afro-American Studies
Thiol-ene Chemistry as an Enabler of New Polymer Structures and Architectures, Joel M. Sarapas, Polymer Science and Engineering
Master's Tools and the Master's House: A Historical Analysis Exploring the Myth of Educating for Democracy in the United States, Timothy Scott, Education
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF MODE OF DELIVERY OF A READING FLUENCY INTERVENTION USING A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE-TREATMENTS DESIGN, Caroline Shackett, School Psychology
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF STRUCTURE–FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS OF SUPPORTED AND UNSUPPORTED METAL NANOCLUSTERS, Hongbo Shi, Chemical Engineering
Game Theory for Security Investments in Cyber and Supply Chain Networks, Shivani Shukla, Management
When errors aren't: How comprehenders selectively violate Binding Theory, Shayne Sloggett, Linguistics
Covert Wireless Communications in a Dynamic Environment, Tamara V. Sobers, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lung and Colon Cancer Chemoprevention by Polymethoxyflavones, Mingyue Song, Food Science
THREE ESSAYS ON THE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: HYBRID PRICE AND QUANTITY POLICIES AND REGULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF CO-POLLUTANTS, Insung Son, Resource Economics
THEATERS OF VOICE, BODY, AND PAGE: BECKETT, SOPHOCLES, HOMER, JOYCE, Barry A. Spence, Comparative Literature
Methods for incorporating ecological impacts with climate uncertainty to support robust flood management decision-making, Caitlin M. Spence, Civil Engineering
Microbial Competition in Bioelectrochemical Systems, Varun Srinivasan, Civil Engineering
LOOKING BEYOND THE RUBBLE TOWARD LOUVERTUREAN STATECRAFT: THE POST-OCCUPATION STATE AND THE HISTORICAL FAULT LINE OF RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT IN HAITI (1791-2016), Moise St Louis, Political Science
Materializing Transfer: Writing Dispositions in a Culture of Standardized Testing, Lisha Daniels Storey, English
Immigration and Within-Group Wage Inequality: How Queuing, Competition, and Care Outsourcing Exacerbate and Erode Earnings Inequalities, Eiko H. Strader, Sociology
IMIDACLOPRID, A NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDE, IMPAIRS LIPID AND GLUCOSE METABOLISM, Quancai Sun, Food Science
The Self-Assembly of Lamellae-Forming Block Copolymer for High Resolution Nanolithography, Zhiwei Sun, Polymer Science and Engineering
Theatres of War: Performing Queer Nationalism in Modernist Narratives, Elise Swinford, English
DECISION ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ROBUST WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING UNDER DEEP UNCERTAINTY, Mehmet Umit Taner, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Modeling and Modifying Day-to-Day Travel Behaviors: Empirical Results and Methodological Advances, Yue Tang, Civil Engineering
Fantasy Frontier: Old West Theme Parks and Memory in California, Amanda Tewes, History
PARA DONDE MIRAN LOS OJOS: CONFLUENCIAS ENTRE LOCURA, (DES)IDENTIDAD Y VIOLENCIA EN LA OBRA DE JOÃO GUIMARÃES ROSA, SILVINA OCAMPO Y LUIS MARTÍN-SANTOS, Giseli C. Tordin, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Influence of Work Environment Conditions on the Ability of Critical Care Nurses to Provide Efficacious Nursing Care in Puerto Rico, Yolanda M. Torres, Nursing
The Concept of Intrinsic Goodness: Essays in Moorean Moral Philosophy, Miles Tucker, Philosophy
Inclusion of Students with Learning and Behavior Problems: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Inclusive Practices in Turkey, Hanife Ece Ugurlu, Education
Representation, Reflection, and Reconciliation: The Evolving Depiction of Violence in the Committed Literature of Manlio Argueta, Gladys E. Vasquez, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
ESTRADIOL ENHANCES INFLAMMATION DURING PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT IN FEMALE MICE, Amarylis Velez-Perez, Neuroscience and Behavior
The Effects of Exercise Training on Insulin Supply and Demand in Breast Cancer Survivors, Richard Viskochil, Kinesiology
Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate the Diffusion of Special Education Knowledge within a School District, Martha H. von Mering, Education
THE ROLE OF CHAIN CONFIGURATION IN GOVERNING THE RATIONAL DESIGN OF POLYMERS FOR ADHESION, Onyenkachi Wamuo, Polymer Science and Engineering
BIOTRANSFORMATION OF POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AND ITS IMPLICATION ON BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES, Minqi Wang, Food Science
Database Usability Enhancement in Data Exploration, Yue Wang, Computer Science
The Drama of Race: Contemporary Afro-German Theater, Jamele Watkins, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: Northern African American Children's Cultural and Political Resistance, 1780-1861, Crystal L. Webster, Afro-American Studies
THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES OF FEMALE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, Kerry E. Weir, Education
UNDERSTANDING FOOD LITERACY AND ITS USE IN A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ADOLESCENTS., Catherine A. Wickham, Public Health
A CATEGORICAL FORMULATION OF ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY, Bradley Willocks, Mathematics
Collective Action as Relationship in Late Modernity: Animal Advocacy in a Repressive Political Climate, Catherine M. Wilson, Sociology
Mediators and Moderators of Childhood Family Adversity and Adult Cortisol Response: The Role of Marital Conflict Behavior, Jeffrey P. Winer, Psychology
ASSEMBLY OF PARTICLES ONTO RIGID CYLINDERS AND FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES: PROBING EFFECTS OF SURFACE CURVATURE AND DEFORMATION, Derek Wood, Physics
INTERNATIONALIZATION AND HOTEL PERFORMANCE: MODERATING EFFECTS OF AGGLOMERATION, Linda Woo, Hospitality & Tourism Management
The help / hurt duality at work in MakeupAlley.com product reviews, Lisa Wortman Raring, Communication
EFFECTS OF PERMETHRIN, A PYRETHROID INSECTICIDE, ON GLUCOSE AND LIPID METABOLISM, XIAO XIAO, Food Science
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA ARISING FROM LARGE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES, Hui Xu, Public Health
Analytical Methods to Support Design and Optimization of Protein Drug Conjugate: Focusing on Haptoglobin-hemoglobin Complex as a Drug Carrier, Shengsheng Xu, Chemistry
ADAFT: A RESOURCE-EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE FAULT-TOLERANCE IN CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, Ye Xu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissecting Molecular Pathways that ensure Proper Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division, Anna Ye, Molecular and Cellular Biology
NANOPARTICLE AS SUPRAMOLECULAR PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY AND BIOORTHOGONAL CATALYSIS, Gulen Yesilbag Tonga, Chemistry
SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF POLYMERIC MEMBRANES FOR SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT, Haomiao Yuan, Polymer Science and Engineering
Formal Analysis of Arithmetic Circuits using Computer Algebra - Verification, Abstraction and Reverse Engineering, CUNXI YU, Electrical and Computer Engineering
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING FOR DECISION ANALYTICS, Haopeng Zhang, Computer Science
STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF HIERARCHICAL POLYMER MATERIALS, Minchao Zhang, Polymer Science and Engineering
New Mass Spectrometric Methods for Studying Proteins in Solution and in the Gas Phase, Zhe Zhang, Chemistry
statistical methods on risk management of extreme events, Zijing Zhang, Mathematics
Characterization of Highly Heterogeneous Heparin-Protein Complexes Using Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches, Yunlong Zhao, Chemistry
Aliovalent Dopants in ZnO Nanocrystals: Synthesis to Electronic Structure, Dongming Zhou, Chemistry
Dissertations from 2016
Study of Charge Transport Mechanism in Microbial Nanowires, Ramesh Adhikari, Physics
Bacteriophage: Bioengineered Bacterial Detection and Applications, Samuel D. Alcaine, Food Science
A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Migration in the High-Tech Workforce, Sharla N. Alegria, Sociology
Motivations and Barriers for Saudi Nurses to Pursue a Doctoral Degree, Abdualrahman Alshehry, Nursing
Sperm Capacitation associated increase in Tyrosine Phosphorylation: kinetic of the increase and novel members involved in the process., Antonio Alvau, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Conversion of Cellulose to Ethanol by the Biofuels Microbe Clostridium Phytofermentans: Quantification of Growth and Role of an Rnf-Complex in Energy Conservation, Jesús G. Alvelo-Maurosa, Microbiology
Modeling Choice Problems with Heterogeneous User Preferences in the Transportation Network, Mahyar Amirgholy, Civil Engineering
Customer Engagement: Perceived Benefits and Effect of Individual and Brand Personality on Engagement Behaviors, Yana Andonova, Management
Post-Wrinkling Behaviors in Layered Elastic Polymers, Anesia D. Auguste, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Role of NOTCH3 Signaling in T Helper Cell Differentiation and Induction of EAE, Furkan Ayaz, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Colonial and Post-Colonial Origins of Agrarian Development: The Case of Two Punjabs, Shahram Azhar, Economics
Eulerian CFD Modeling of Multiphase Internal Injector Flow and External Sprays, Eli T. Baldwin, Mechanical Engineering
Multimodal Assessment in Action: What We Really Value in New Media Texts, Kathleen M. Baldwin, English
Distributing Condoms and "Hope": Race, Sex, and Science in Youth Sexual Health Promotion, Chris A. Barcelos, Public Health
Three Essays on the Social Determinants of Early Childhood Health and Development, Andrew Barenberg, Economics
Extracellular Matrix Control of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Dormancy, Lauren Barney, Chemical Engineering
The Professionalization of Male Circumcision in Turkey, Oyman Basaran, Sociology
A Conflict of Interest? Negotiating Agendas, Ethics, and Consequences Regarding the Heritage Value of Human Remains, Heidi J. Bauer-Clapp, Anthropology
Distribution and Population Dynamics of Ungulates in the Mongolian Gobi, Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Microaggressions in a Women's College. Understanding Language, Race, Class and Gender in Teaching Spanish: A Testimonio, Thelma Belmonte-Alcantara, Education
Citation Networks, Linguistics-Based Cues, and Logic-Based Approaches to Understanding What Persuades a Judge to Forsake Bias, James ben-Aaron, Political Science
Simulating the Hydrodynamics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Platforms in a Finite Volume Framework, Maija Benitz, Mechanical Engineering
THE SUBJECTS OF FATİH AKIN'S MELODRAMAS: A GENEALOGICAL READING THROUGH THE FILMS OF R.W. FASSBINDER, YILMAZ GÜNEY AND ATIF YILMAZ, Emir O. Benli, Comparative Literature
O Creativity, Where Art Thou? What Increases Creativity Perception, and When Does Creativity Matter?, Ilgim Dara Benoit, Management
Confessions in the Courtroom: An Audience Research on Court Shows, Silvina Beatriz Berti, Communication
Physical Geometry, James P. Binkoski, Philosophy
Building Meaning in Navajo, Elizabeth A. Bogal-Allbritten, Linguistics
The Application of Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange and Covalent Labeling Coupled with Mass Spectrometry to Examine Protein Structure, Nicholas B. Borotto, Chemistry
Improving Conservation Efforts Through a Better Understanding of Forest Elephant Ecology, the Impacts of Threats on Elephants and Freshwater Fisheries in Northern Congo, Roger Patrick Boundja, Environmental Conservation
Understanding STEM Learning Outcomes Using A Phenomenographic Approach, Cheryl L. Brooks, Education
Controlling the Assembly of Nanoparticles in Polymer Blends, Kyle C. Bryson, Polymer Science and Engineering
Transnationalizing Social Justice Education: InterAmerican Frameworks for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century, Mirangela G. Buggs, Education
Algebraicity of rational Hodge isometries of K3 surfaces, Nikolay Buskin, Mathematics
Chemopreventive Effects of Cranberry in Association with the Alteration of Gut Microbiota, xiaokun cai, Food Science
Disproportionate Suspension Rates: Understanding Policy and Practice in One State, Kristine A. Camacho, Education
Studies of Kinetochore Mechanobiology in Drosophila, Stuart Cane, Molecular and Cellular Biology
ELITE CAPTURE, FREE RIDING, AND PROJECT DESIGN: A CASE STUDY OF A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN CEARÁ, BRAZIL, Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Economics
Alterations to Maternal Behavior and Brain by Exogenous Estrogen Exposure, Mary Catanese, Neuroscience and Behavior
Of Wolves, Hunters, and Words: A Comparative Study of Cultural Discourses in the Western Great Lakes Region, Tovar Cerulli, Communication
Rational Development of Solid Lewis Acid Catalysts for Biomass Conversion, Chun-Chih Chang, Chemical Engineering
Reduced order fluid-structure interaction models for thin shells with non-zero Gaussian curvatures to understand the response of aneurysms to flow, Gary Han Chang, Mechanical Engineering
Nixon's War on Terrorism: The FBI, Leftist Guerrillas, and the Origins of Watergate, Daniel S. Chard, History
Service Improvement and Cost Reduction for Airlines: Optimal Policies for Managing Arrival and Departure Operations under Uncertainty, Heng Chen, Management
Bacteriophage-Based Colorimetric Detection of Escherichia Coli in Drinking Water, Juhong Chen, Food Science
Three Essays on Sustainable Development in China: Social, Economic and Environmental Aspects, Ying Chen, Economics
The Gaps between Values and Practices of Global Citizenship Education: A Critical Analysis of Global Citizenship Education in South Korea, Hye Seung Cho, Education
Rumi, the Poet of Universal Love: The Politics of Rumi's Appropriation in the West, FATMA B. CIHAN-ARTUN, Comparative Literature
Investigating the Relationship between Implicit Theories about Intelligence and Teacher-Student Relationship Quality, Woodbury B. Clift, Education
Model Systems for Characterizing the Intrinsic Properties of Polymer Semiconductors: Oligomers and Single Crystals, Nicholas S. Colella, Polymer Science and Engineering
Addictive Reading: Nineteenth-Century Drug Literature's Possible Worlds, Adam Colman, English
Bootstrap Boricuas: A Family Performing and Exploring Cultural Assimilation, Ellen Correa, Communication
Educational Implications: Homeless Children's Perception of Resilience, Maria M. Costa, Education
The Consequences of Speed: Studies of Cavitation During the Mantis Shrimp Strike and the Control of Rapid Deceleration During Toad Landing, Suzanne M. Cox, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Knowledge Development in Undergraduate Clinical Nursing Education, Nancy A. Craig-Williams, Nursing
Reading Power: Female Sexuality, Bullying, and Power Relations in Young Adult Literature, Cara C. Crandall, Education
Engineering Advanced Morphologies for Structurally Reinforced Polyolefins, Brian M. Cromer, Polymer Science and Engineering
Nanoscience at Interfaces and Surfaces: From Jamming to Electrode Texturing, Mengmeng Cui, Polymer Science and Engineering
Writing Resistance and the Question of Gender: Charlotte Delbo, Noor Inayat Khan, and Germaine Tillion, Lara R. Curtis, Comparative Literature
Effective Performance Analysis and Debugging, Charles M. Curtsinger, Computer Science
The Cosmic Web, and the Role of Environment in Galaxy Evolution, Ryan Cybulski, Astronomy
Learning from Pairwise Proximity Data, Hamid Dadkhahi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Functionalized Electrospun Nanofibers for Food Science Applications, Minhui Dai, Food Science
Characterizing the urban human environment system in Boston, Massachusetts, Rachel S. Danford, Environmental Conservation
Analysis of External-Field-Driven Surface Stabilization and Patterning, Dwaipayan Dasgupta, Chemical Engineering
"Daring propaganda for the beauty of the Human Mind:" Critical Consciousness-Raising in the Poetry and Drama of the Black Power Era, 1965-1976, Markeysha D. Davis, Afro-American Studies
Do Bad Boys Finish First? An Investigation of a Lay Theory of Heterosexual Women's Mate Preferences, Casey J. DeBuse, Psychology
“If There Are Men Who Are Afraid to Die, There Are Women Who Are Not”: African American Women's Civil Rights Leadership in Boston, 1920-1975., Julie de Chantal, History
A Paleobathymetric Model and Evolution of the Brazilian Marginal Basins during the Late Maastrichtian to Eocene based on Benthic Foraminiferal Biofacies, Renata Moura de Mello, Geosciences
Uptake and Accumulation of Engineered Nanomaterials by Agricultural Crops and Associated Risks in the Environment and Food Safety, Yingqing Deng, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
El estudio contrastivo y comparativo de la perífrasis de gerundio en el español y en el portugués hablado en Massachusetts y Rhode Island, Judy de Oliveira, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Design of ROMP-based Protein Mimics for siRNA Delivery, Brittany M. deRonde, Polymer Science and Engineering
Correspondence Between Change in Adult Attachment Patterns and Change in Depression Symptoms in Early Marriage, Cassandra C. DeVito, Psychology
When Mom Goes to School: Maternal Education and Intergenerational Mobility, Maura E. Devlin, Education
"The Book Can't Teach You That": A Case Study of Place, Writing, and Tutors' Constructions of Writing Center Work, Christopher Joseph DiBiase, English
Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility: The Roles of Organizational Identity and Social Creativity, Pamala J. Dillon, Management
Adaptive Route Choice in Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks: Routing Algorithms and Choice Modeling, Jing Ding-Mastera, Civil Engineering
Fallibility and Normativity, Joshua DiPaolo, Philosophy
An Integrated Computational and Experimental Approach to Study and Scale-Up Vacuum Drying of Pharmaceutical Products, Aditya G. Dodda, Chemical Engineering
Pessimism in Progress: Hermann Sudermann and the Liberal German Bourgeoisie, Jason Doerre, Germanic Languages & Literatures
The Aurality of Rhetoric: A Critical Hermeneutic of Cape Breton’s Rhetorical Music Community, Gregory J. Dorchak, Communication
Rational Development of Carbon-Based Materials for Adsorption-Enhanced Conversion of Cellulose to Value-Added Chemicals, Paul J. Dornath, Chemical Engineering
Modeling, Analysis and Numerical Simulations in Mathematical Biology of Traveling Waves, Turing Instability and Tumor Dynamics, Mei Duanmu, Mathematics
Supramolecular Strategies for the Generation of Nanoparticle Assemblies and Biomolecular Thin Films, Bradley P. Duncan, Chemistry
Three Essays on Women's Land Rights in Rural Peru, Rosa L. Duran, Economics
Do we have a climate for change? Insights about adaptation planning actions in coastal New England, Ana M. Emlinger, Regional Planning
Investigation of Effluent Nitrogen Derived from Conventional Activated Sludge (CAS) and Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Systems and Its Impact on Algal Growth in Receiving Waters, Heonseop Eom, Civil Engineering
Polymer and Small Molecule Designs for Anion Conducting Membranes: Connected Ion-Channel Morphologies and Highly Alkaline Stable Ammonium Cations, SEDEF P. ERTEM, Polymer Science and Engineering
Engineering Polymers through Impact Modification and Superheated Liquid Processing, Gregory Connor Evans, Polymer Science and Engineering
Subscore Reliability and Classification Consistency: A Comparison of Five Methods, Fen Fan, Education
Urban metabolism and land use modeling for urban designers and planners: A land use model for the Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool, Mohamad Farzinmoghadam, Regional Planning
Who is like Whom? Reclassification and Performance Patterns for Different Groupings of English Learners, Molly M. Faulkner-Bond, Education
Nanomaterials at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: Assembly and Rheology, Tao Feng, Polymer Science and Engineering
A Period Examination Through Contemporary Energy Analysis of Kevin Roche’s Fine Arts Center at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, L Carl Fiocchi Jr, Environmental Conservation
Retail Analytics and Optimization for Store-Wide Shelf-Space Management, Tulay Flamand, Management
Middle Management Strategic Roles: Strategic Role Conflict and its Antecedents, Hector R. Flores, Management
Ocean Gateways and Glaciation: Planktic Foraminiferal Records from the Southern Ocean, Equatorial Pacific, and Caribbean, Andrew J. Fraass, Geosciences
Detecting Anomalously Similar Entities in Unlabeled Data, Lisa D. Friedland, Computer Science
Three Essays on Economic Stages and Transition, Ricardo R. Fuentes-Ramírez, Economics
The Impact of Customer Contact Personnel on Innovation in Service Firms, Alexandra L. Galli-Debicella, Management
Photolysis of Triazenylbenzoic Acids for Click Chemistry, Adam Gann, Chemistry
Rights in Property and Property in Rights: Privacy, Contract and Ownership of the Body in Anglo-American Political and Constitutional Thought, Gary L. Garrison, History
A Tale of “Ku” (Bitter) V.S. “Tian” (Sweet): Understanding China's “Yiku Sitian” Movement in the 1960s and 1970s from the Perspective of Cultural Discourse Analysis, Xinmei Ge, Communication
The Influence of Musculoskeletal Geometry on the Metabolic Cost of Pedaling, Lex Gidley, Kinesiology
Structuring Thought: Concepts, Computational Syntax, and Cognitive Explanation, Matthew B. Gifford, Philosophy
Song perception in communication networks, Sarah Goodwin, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Feasibility of a combined physical activity and sleep education intervention for girls living in a low socioeconomic status urban community, Cory J. Greever, Kinesiology
Protest Lyrics at Work: Labor Resistance Poetry of Depression-Era Autoworkers, Rebecca S. Griffin, English
Chasing New Physics: From Electroweak Baryogenesis to Dark Matter, Huaike Guo, Physics
Elastic Resource Management in Distributed Clouds, Tian Guo, Computer Science
Contemplative Practices and Learning: A Holistic Approach to Education in Bhutan, Yang Gyeltshen, Education
Expansion of and reclassification within the family Lachnospiraceae, Kelly N. Haas, Microbiology
The Effect of Unique Labels on Face Perception in Infancy, Hillary R. Hadley, Psychology
Predictive modeling of riverine constituent concentrations and loads using historic and imposed hydrologic conditions, Mark Hagemann, Civil Engineering
Theoretical Studies of Atomic Transport in Ternary Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Charge Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Active Layers, Xu Han, Chemical Engineering
Wind Farm Wake Modeling and Analysis of Wake Impacts in a Wind Farm, Yujia Hao, Mechanical Engineering
Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal Health Among Hispanic Women, Megan W. Harvey, Public Health
From What Remains: The Politics of Aesthetic Mourning and the Poetics of Loss in Contemporary African American Culture, Kajsa K. Henry, English
Three Essays on U.S. Household Debt and the Sources of Systemic Financial Fragility, Thomas Herndon, Economics
Application-Aware Resource Management for Cloud Platforms, Xin He, Computer Science
Transcription Regulation of PHO5 Gene by the Ino2p and Ino4p bHLH Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ying He, Microbiology
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a User Training Program for Integrating Health Information Technology into Clinical Processes, Ze He, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Investigating the impact of small molecule ligands and the proteostasis network on protein folding inside the cell, Karan Hingorani, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Fluorinated Conjugated Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics: Synthesis by Direct Arylation and Structure-Property Relationships, Patrick D. Homyak, Polymer Science and Engineering
Reclaiming Voices and Identities: An Examination of African American Educators’ Experiences Before and After Brown v. Board of Education, Leta Hooper, Education
Morphological and Material Effects in Van Der Waals Interactions, Jaime C. Hopkins, Physics
Macronutrients and the risk of premenstrual syndrome, Serena C. Houghton, Public Health
Geochemical Attributes of Hydraulically Active Fractures and Their Influence on Groundwater Quality, Amy L. Hudson, Geosciences
Evolvability of the Skull: A Study of Genetic Basis and Integration in the Teleost Craniofacial Skeleton, Yinan Hu, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Rethinking the Creative Economy: Participatory Action Research with Artists and Artisans in the Greater Franklin County, Leo L. Hwang, Geosciences
The Cellular Context of Estradiol Regulation in the Zebra Finch Auditory Forebrain, Maaya Ikeda, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Voltage Driven Translocation of Polyelectrolytes through Nanopores, Byoung-jin Jeon, Polymer Science and Engineering
Proactive Assessment of Climate Change and Contaminant Spill Impacts on Source Water Quality, Lillian C. Jeznach, Civil Engineering
Modeling Interactions Between Human Factors and Traffic Flow Characteristics, Chaoqun Jia, Civil Engineering
Can Everyone Be a Leader? A Multi-Contextual Study of Leadership, Xueting Jiang, Management
The Stability of Ferrate(VI) in Water and Its Impacts on Disinfection Byproduct Precursors, Yanjun Jiang, Civil Engineering
Engineering the Nano-Bio Interface of Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications, Ying Jiang, Chemistry
Mesa para dos. La Gastronomía en la Poesía y el Cine Españoles, Dolores Juan Moreno, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Multi-Classifier Fusion Strategy for Activity and Intent Recognition of Torso Movements, Abhijit Kadrolkar, Mechanical Engineering
Change of Sight, Sites of Creativity: The Visual Arts in Albania after Socialism, Sofia Kalo, Anthropology
Ownership in the Development Discourse: A Case Study in Education in Tanzania, Satomi Kamei, Education
Kinetics and dynamics of electrophoretic translocation of polyelectrolytes through nanopores, Harshwardhan Katkar, Chemical Engineering
Probes and their Horizons, Stefan Keine, Linguistics
Study of the Self-Assembly Process of Microporous Materials Using Molecular Modeling, Mohammad Navaid Khan, Chemical Engineering
"How Many Generations Will be Spoiled at the Cost of Such Compromises?" The Resolution Strategies of High School Principals in Value-Conflict Situations Between School Law and Moral Values in Azad Kashmir, Muhammad N. Khawaja, Education
Assembling Creative Cities in Seoul and Yokohama: Rebranding East Asian Urbanism, Changwook Kim, Communication
Dynamic Wetting and Drag Reduction on Superhydrophobic and Liquid-Infused Surfaces, Jeong-Hyun Kim, Mechanical Engineering
The Effect of a Growing Black Hole on the Infrared Emission of Dusty Galaxies in the Distant Universe, Allison Kirkpatrick, Astronomy
Structure and Dynamics of Charged Colloidal Disks in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures, Suhasini Kishore, Chemical Engineering
Optimization of the fabrication, stability, and performance of food grade nanoemulsions with low and high energy methods, Jennifer Komaiko, Food Science
Extending Faceted Search to the Open-Domain Web, Weize Kong, Computer Science
Critical Literacy and Identities in World Language Education: Telling Reflective Stories of Digital Storytelling, Keiko Konoeda, Education
Advanced Materials for Rapid Diagnostics in Food, Agriculture and Healthcare, Charmaine K.W. Koo, Food Science
Mega Versus Local Sport Sponsorships, Jakeun Koo, Management
Synergy Between Digital and Traditional Literacy Practices: A Framework for Building a Reading Culture in a Secondary School, Nina Kositsky, Education
(I) Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Processing for Mesoporous Materials and (II) Nanopatterning of Metal Oxides Using Soft Lithography, Rohit Kothari, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Social Corporation: Firms, Networks, and Politics, Michael Kowal, Political Science
Efficient Inference, Search and Evaluation for Latent Variable Models of Text with Applications to Information Retrieval and Machine Translation, Kriste Krstovski, Computer Science
Follow the Crowd: How Viral Social Information and Social Identity Increase Investors’ Suboptimal Investing Decisions, Stephen Kuselias, Management
Essays on Household Health Expenditures, National Health Insurance and Universal Access to Health Care in Ghana, EVELYN KWAKYE, Economics
Anaphora, Inversion, and Focus, Nicholas J. LaCara, Linguistics
Automatic Development and Adaptation of Concise Nonlinear Models for System Identification, William G. La Cava, Mechanical Engineering
Novel Advancements for Improving Sprout Safety, Kyle S. Landry, Food Science
A Lower Limb Prosthesis with Active Alignment for Reduced Limb Loading, Andrew LaPre, Mechanical Engineering
Shared Focus/Collective Responsibility: The Lived Experience of Educators as Members of a Data Team in a Connecticut Public High School, Abbie-Jean M. Lareau, Education
Clay Pot Cookery: Dairy, Diet and Class during the South Levantine Iron Age II Period, Mary K. Larkum, Anthropology
Control of Proteolysis during the Caulobacter Cell Cycle, Joanne Lau, Microbiology
Turning around the Culture of Teaching and Learning: A Turnaround School Success Story, Rachael B. Lawrence, Education
Mammalian Egg Activation: The Roles of TRPV3 Channels and PLCZ1, Hoi Chang Lee, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Differential Prediction and Validity of Advanced Placement (AP®) for Student Subgroups, Minji K. Lee, Education
Uncovering the Genetic Basis for Biofuel-Related Traits in Brachypodium Distachyon, Scott J. Lee, Plant Biology
Electromagnetic Scattering Models for InSAR Correlation Measurements of Vegetation and Snow, Yang Lei, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Functional Hydrophilic Polymers for Solution Assembly and Non-Viral Gene Therapy, Rachel A. Letteri, Polymer Science and Engineering
Refractive Index Engineering and Optical Properties Enhancement by Polymer Nanocomposites, Cheng Li, Polymer Science and Engineering
Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Bug Detection and Program Understanding, Kaituo Li, Computer Science
Examining the Civil-Military Divide Through New (Institutional) Lenses: The Influence of the Supreme Court, Allen Linken, Political Science
Algorithms for First-order Sparse Reinforcement Learning, Bo Liu, Computer Science
Fabrication of Ultrafine Structures and Functional Surfaces Over Large Areas, Yinyong Li, Polymer Science and Engineering
Low Cross-Polarization Vivaldi Arrays, John Logan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spider Brain Morphology & Behavior, Skye M. Long, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Evaluating Digital VHF Technology to Monitor Shorebird and Seabird Use of Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the Western North Atlantic, Pamela H. Loring, Environmental Conservation
The Neural Correlates of Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Young Children with ADHD, Claudia I. Lugo-Candelas, Psychology
Characterization of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Cells in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Rats, Yi-Ling Lu, Neuroscience and Behavior
Infants' & Toddlers' Social Evaluations of Trustworthy and Untrustworthy Faces, Ashley Lyons, Psychology
Evaluating the Role of Glutathione in Detoxification of Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Plants, Chuanxin Ma, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
American Authoritarianism in Black and White, Matthew C. MacWilliams, Political Science
Prospects for Infrared Quantum Gravity: From Cosmology to Black Holes, Basem K. Mahmoud El-Menoufi, Physics
Microfinance, Household Indebtedness and Gender Inequality, Theresa Mannah-Blankson, Economics
Young Children Positioned as Storytellers in the Classroom: An examination of teacher-child interactions and the storytelling event, Peggy L. Martalock, Education
Kinetic and Dynamic Insights into the Substrate Interactions and Catalysis of Factor Inhibiting HIF-1 (FIH-1), Cristina B. Martin, Chemistry
Aggregation and Coagulation of C60 Fullerene as Affected by Natural Organic Matter and Ionic Strength, Hamid Mashayekhi, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Mashup Archeology: A Case Study in the Role of Digital Technology in Cultural Production, Zachary McDowell, Communication
Teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Mand Within the Inclusive Classroom, Jennifer L. McIntire, Education
Ideological Conflict Embedded in Anthropology and the Road to Restructuring the Discipline, Donna L. Moody, Anthropology
A Computational Study of Non-Newtonian Droplet Dynamics, Kyle G. Mooney, Mechanical Engineering
The Representation of Probabilistic Phonological Patterns: Neurological, Behavioral, and Computational Evidence from the English Stress System, Claire Moore-Cantwell, Linguistics
Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool (IUMAT), Nariman Mostafavi, Environmental Conservation
The Path To Supersubstantivalism, Joshua D. Moulton, Philosophy
Novel Analytical Methods Combining Non-Denaturing Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry to Study Biopolymer Structure and Interactions, Khaja Muneeruddin, Chemistry
Applications of Sampling and Estimation on Networks, Fabricio Murai Ferreira, Computer Science
Terahertz Radiation from Electrically Driven Graphene, Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, and Platinum Nanostructures, Martin M. Muthee, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Extending Hidden Structure Learning: Features, Opacity, and Exceptions, Aleksei I. Nazarov, Linguistics
Talking the Walk: Incorporating Intergroup Dialogue Processes into a Critical Service-Learning Program, David Neely, Education
First and Second Language Acquisition of Recursive Operations: Two Studies, Jon S. Nelson, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Bioengineered Platforms to Study Carcinoma Cell Response to Drug Treatment, Thuy V. Nguyen, Chemical Engineering
The Effect of Interruptions on Primary Task Performance in Safety-Critical Environments, Cheryl Ann Nicholas, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
C-Ku-Band Dual-Polarized Array Element for Shared-Aperture Frequency-Scanning Array, Amin Nikravan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor Subjects in America: Everyday Childhoods of the Long Nineteenth Century, Gina M. Ocasion, English
Three Essays on Labor Market Friction and the Business Cycle, Jong-seok Oh, Economics
Assessment of Gambling and Co-occurring Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders: Implications for Public Health, Nene C. Okunna, Public Health
Role of Low Carbon Energy Technologies in Near Term Energy Policy, Olaitan P. Olaleye, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Agency and Reasons in Epistemology, Luis R.G. Oliveira, Philosophy
Equivariant Intersection Cohomology of BXB Orbit Closures in the Wonderful Compactification of a Group, Stephen Oloo, Mathematics
Enduring Affective Rhetorics: Transnational Feminist Action in Digital Spaces, Jessica Ouellette, English
Translocations of Ring and Linear Polymers & Polyelectrolyte Brush in Salty Solution, Ning Ouyang, Physics
Search for long-lived, weakly interacting particles that decay to displaced hadronic jets in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector, Preema R. Pais, Physics
Applications in Low-Power Phased Array Weather Radars, Robert A. Palumbo Jr, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Label-free and Aptamer-based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Detection of Food Contaminants, Shintaro Pang, Food Science
Three Essays on Sustainability, Mark V. Paul, Economics
Acute Pain Symptom Assessment and Management in Nonverbal Puerto Rican Patients in the Early Postoperative Period, Sherily Pereira, Nursing
Theatre Women and Cultural Diplomacy in the Transatlantic Anglophone World (1752-1807), Sandra Perot, History
An Incremental Approach to Identifying Causes of System Failures using Fault Tree Analysis, Huong T. Phan, Computer Science
Three Essays on Auditor Liability, Jeffrey Scott Pickerd, Management
The Role of Training in the Development of Amerindian Communities in Guyana: A Qualitative Case Study, Laureen Adele Pierre, Education
The Effect of Enhancing Learner Input via Computer Assisted Language Learning Tools: On the Acquisition of Clitics by Spanish Second Language Learners, Bridget C. Pinsonneault, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Magnetic doping of semiconductor molecular models and colloidal nanocrystals, Swamy Pittala, Chemistry
Exploring the Impact of the E. coli Proteostasis Network on the Folding Fate of Proteins with Different Intrinsic Biophysical Properties, Kristine Faye R. Pobre, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Theoretical Modeling, Experimental Observation, and Reliability Analysis of Flow-induced Oscillations in Offshore Wind Turbine Blades, Pariya Pourazarm, Mechanical Engineering
The School Desk and the Writing Body, Marni M. Presnall, English
Sustainable Public Intellectualism: The Rhetorics of Student Scientist-Activists, Jesse Priest, English
Three Essays on Corporate Control, NING PU, Management
Detailed Study of Integral Abutment Bridges and Performance of Bridge Joints in Traditional Bridges, Brooke H. Quinn, Civil Engineering
Self-Assembly and Stimuli Responsive Disassembly of Dendritic and Oligomeric Amphiphiles, Krishna Reddy Raghupathi, Chemistry
Diffusion of Polymers in Polyelectrolyte Gels, Anand Rahalkar, Polymer Science and Engineering
A Quantitative Measurement of Structural changes of RNA kissing complexes using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Sheema Rahmanseresht, Physics
Understanding and Its Role in Inquiry, Benjamin T. Rancourt, Philosophy
Neoarchean Arc Magmatism, Subsequent Collisional Orogenesis, and Paleoproterozoic Disruption within the Western Churchill Province: Implications for the Growth and Modification of Lower Continental Crust, Sean P. Regan, Geosciences
Biopolymer Electrospun Nanofiber Mats to Inactivate and Remove Bacteria, Katrina Ann Rieger, Chemical Engineering
Identifying Examinees Who Possess Distinct and Reliable Subscores When Added Value is Lacking for the Total Sample, Joseph A. Rios, Education
Prosthetizing the Soul: Reading, Seeing, and Feeling in Seventeenth-Century Devotion, Katey E. Roden, English
Bidirectional Relationships between Maternal Parenting Behaviors and Conduct Disorder Symptoms in Preschool Children, Benjamin Rolon Arroyo, Psychology
Synthesis and Applications of Non-migratory Metal Chelating Active Packaging, Maxine J. Roman, Food Science
The Political Economy of Smallholder Incorporation and Land Acquisition, Alfredo R. Rosete, Economics
The Development and Validation of the Emotion Knowledge and Awareness Test, Catherine A. Rossi, Education
Are People Motivated to Experience Emotions for their Cognitive Impacts? The Motivational Implications of Cognitive Appraisal Theories of Emotion, Daniel R. Rovenpor, Psychology
Network Game Theory Models of Services and Quality Competition with Applications to Future Internet Architectures and Supply Chains, Sara Saberi, Management
Transformative Learning Facilitated Dialogue: as a Tool for Social Change An Autoethnography, Leslie A. Saulsberry, Education
Employment and Family Leave Mandates: Three Essays on Labor Supply and Demand, Nontraditional Families, and Family Policy, Samantha Schenck, Economics
The Meat-Farming Ants: Predatory Mutualism Between Melissotarsus Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Armored Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), Scott A. Schneider, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Hadron Physics in Tests of Fundamental Symmetries, Chien Yeah Seng, Physics
Point of Care Diagnostics and Health Monitoring Devices, Akshaya Shanmugam, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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