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Dissertations from 2015
Energy Optimizations for Smart Buildings and Smart Grids, Aditya K. Mishra, Computer Science
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Muscle Response to Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Chronic Cigarette Smokers, Nina Moore, Kinesiology
Structure-Property Relationships at the Nano-Bio Interface: Engineering the Nanoparticle Surface for Immunomodulation, Daniel Fernando Moyano Marino, Chemistry
An Analysis of Partial-Depth, Floating, Impermeable Guidance Structures for Downstream Fish Passage at Hydroelectric Facilities, Kevin Mulligan, Civil Engineering
Factors Affecting the Quality of Services Provided to Female Survivors of Sexual Violence in Nairobi, Kenya: Perspectives from Health Practitioners, Leso Munala, Public Health
Learning with Joint Inference and Latent Linguistic Structure in Graphical Models, Jason Narad, Computer Science
Association of Dietary Factors with Menstrual Cycle Characteristics, Radhika Natarajan, Public Health
Evaluation of Spring Frost Control Methods and an Assessment of Cold Hardiness in Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarporn Ait.), Faith Ndlovu, Plant Biology
Transferrin-Based Therapeutics and Analytical Methods to Characterize Them, Son N. Nguyen, Chemistry
Impact of Exercise During Pregnancy on Maternal Outcomes Among a High-Risk Population, Carrie Nobles, Public Health
Impact of a Preschool Workplace Intervention on Classroom Teachers’ Physical Activity Levels and Quality of Life, Ogechi O. Nwaokelemeh, Kinesiology
Variations on Some Rossian Themes, Kristian Olsen, Philosophy
Evaluation of Leafy Green Species Popular Among Ethnic Groups for Production and Markets in the Northeastern USA, Ricardo A. Orellana, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Undying Protests: On Collective Action and Practices of Resistance against Feminicide in Ciudad Juárez, Elva F. Orozco Mendoza, Political Science
X-band Dual Polarization Phased-Array Radar for Meteorological Applications, Krzysztof Orzel, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rightward Movement: A Study in Locality, Jason Overfelt, Linguistics
Polymer and Fullerene Zwitterions: From Synthesis to Solar Cells, Zachariah A. Page, Polymer Science and Engineering
Engineering Novel Detection and Treatment Strategies for Bacterial Therapy of Cancer, Jan T. Panteli, Chemical Engineering
AUTORÍA FEMENINA Y TRADICIÓN GINOCRIMINAL EN EL CINE NEO-NOIR ESPAÑOL, Eva Paris-Huesca, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Three Essays on Macroeconomic Implications of Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Hyun Woong Park, Economics
Special Education Leadership Practices that Support Postsecondary Transition Service Delivery for Students with Severe Disabilities, Laurel A. Peltier, Education
Materiality and Location: A Geographic Study of Log Home Manufacturing, James S. Peters, Forest Resources
Mechanics of Helical and Fabric-Like Mesostructures from Polymer-Nanoparticle Hybrids, Jonathan T. Pham, Polymer Science and Engineering
Investigating Properties of Phonotactic Knowledge Through Web-Based Experimentation, Presley Pizzo, Linguistics
Design, Syntheses and Study of BODIPY-based Materials for Use as Electron Transporters in Organic Electronics, Ambata Poe, Chemistry
Investigating the Predictive Validity of Three Measures of Number Sense, Bethany Politylo, School Psychology
A Grounded Theory Study of Social Process that Influence a Child being Overweight in Thailand, Jumpee Prasitchai, Nursing
Metabolizing Capital: Writing, Information, and the Biophysical World, Christian J. Pulver, English
The Labor Share Question in China, Hao Qi, Economics
Synthesis and Biological Applications of Heavy-Metal-Free Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Ying Qi, Chemical Engineering
Skybridge: A New Nanoscale 3-D Computing Framework for Future Integrated Circuits, Mostafizur Rahman, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Design, Synthesis, and Bio Relevant Applications of Zwitterionic Amphiphilic Macromolecular Assemblies, Rajasekhar Reddy Rami Reddy, Chemistry
Physical Activity Classification with Conditional Random Fields, Evan L. Ray, Mathematics
Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Organic Semiconductors, Marcos A. Reyes-Martinez, Polymer Science and Engineering
Characterization of the Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors During Murine Endoderm Development, Siyeon Rhee, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Mediating Muscle Soreness, Karen L. Riska, Kinesiology
Slavery on Their Minds: Representing the Institution in Children's Picture Books, Raphael E. Rogers, Education
Audible Voice in Context, Airlie S. Rose, English
Estimation Problems in Complex Field Studies with Deep Interactions: Time-to-Event and Local Regression Models for Environmental Effects on Vital Rates, Krzysztof M. Sakrejda, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Improving Sea-Surface Remote Sensing of Ocean Wind Vectors by Scatterometers, Joseph W. Sapp, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Integrating Cultures within Formal Schooling: Exploring Opportunities for Cultural Relevancy in Peri-Urban Senegal, Karla A. Sarr, Education
"'We Began the Contest for Liberty Ill Provided': Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775-1783", Seanegan P. Sculley, History
Protein Charge Anisotropy Mediated Self-Association And Phase Separation, Daniel P. Seeman, Chemistry
Parents’ Television Viewing and the Cultivation of Materialism Among Families With Young Adult Offspring, Laras Sekarasih, Communication
Contact Angles and Contact Lines Around Particles at Isotropic and Anisotropic Liquid Interfaces, Nesrin Senbil, Physics
Long Range Motion Estimation and Applications, Laura Sevilla-Lara, Computer Science
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Structures with Broken Symmetry, Banafsheh Seyedaghazadeh, Mechanical Engineering
Content Placement as a Key to a Content-Dominated, Highly mobile Internet, Abhigyan Sharma, Computer Science
From Green Economies to Community Economies: Economic Possibility in Massachusetts, Boone W. Shear, Anthropology
ON THE ORDERING, MICROSTRUCTURE AND HOLE TRANSPORT CORRELATIONS IN SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE), Xiaobo Shen, Polymer Science and Engineering
Black Americans’ Experiences of Incivility in the Workplace: An Extension and Reconceptualization of the Workplace Incivility Scale, Kimberly E. Sherman, Management
The Ambiguous Construction of Collective "Family" in the Age of Post-collectivism China: Through the Lens of CCTV'S Spring Festival Gala, Lin Shi, Communication
An Investigation of Subtest Score Equating Methods under Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Frameworks, MinJeong Shin, Education
The Effectiveness and Applicability of Amphibians as Indicator Species for Long-Term Monitoring of Ecological Changes in New England Forests, AHMED SIDDIG, Environmental Conservation
Variation in Human-Intensive Systems: a Conceptual Framework for Characterizing, Modeling, and Analyzing Families of Systems, Borislava I. Simidchieva, Computer Science
Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy and UR Constraints, Brian W. Smith, Linguistics
The Shifting Structure of Chicago's Organized Crime Network and the Women It Left Behind, Christina Smith, Sociology
Mechanisms for Extracellular Electron Exchange by Geobacter Species, Jessica A. Smith, Microbiology
Phallacies: Constructing a Critical Space and Pedagogy for College Men to Engage Across Non-Hegemonic Masculinities, Taj Smith, Education
“OF ALL, I MOST HATE BULGARIANS”: SITUATING OPLAKVANE IN BULGARIAN DISCOURSE AS A CULTURAL TERM FOR COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE, Nadezhda M. Sotirova, Communication
The Role of Online Reading and Writing in the Literacy Practices of First-Year Writing Students, Casey Burton Soto, English
On Belonging, Difference and Whiteness: Italy's Problem with Immigration, Flavia Stanley, Anthropology
Energetic Limitations Of Thermophilic Methanogens And Thiosulfate Reducers In The Subsurface Biosphere At Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Lucy C. Stewart, Microbiology
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Factors Impacting the Decision to Study Abroad Among Students Who Have Expressed Intent, April H. Stroud, Education
MANAGING AND LEVERAGING VARIATIONS AND NOISE IN NANOMETER CMOS, Vikram B. Suresh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Inhibition and Cofactor Targeting of Hypoxia-Sensing Proteins, Cornelius Y. Taabazuing, Chemistry
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF THE UDP-GLUCOSE: GLYCOPROTEIN GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 IN THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM QUALITY CONTROL, Abla Tannous, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Informed Search for Learning Causal Structure, Brian J. Taylor, Computer Science
Transport Limitations in Zeolites and Biomass Pyrolysis, Andrew Robert Teixeira, Chemical Engineering
Magnetic transport properties of oriented soft, hard and exchange-coupled magnetic thin films and Au25(SC6H13)18 spherical nanocluster, Rukshan M. Thantirige, Physics
Safe Reinforcement Learning, Philip S. Thomas, Computer Science
A Longitudinal Study of Fathers' and Children's Depressive Symptoms, Marianne H. Tichovolsky, Psychology
Design and Application of Organic Electronic Materials: Pendant Tuning in Polymeric and Molecular Systems, Jonathan S. Tinkham, Chemistry
Effects of Overexpression of SAP12 and SAP13 in Providing Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants, Parul R. Tomar, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Conjugated Polymers in Thermoelectric Composites and Small Molecules for High Light Absorptivity, Murat Tonga, Chemistry
Three Essays on Bank Liquidity Creation and Funding Liquidity Risk, FENG TU, Management
Search for Contact Interactions and Large Extra Dimensions in Dimuon Events from pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector, TÜLİN VAROL, Physics
Design and Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug and Protein Delivery, Judy A. Ventura, Chemistry
Investigation of Hydration Induced Structural Rearrangements of Poly(lactic Acid), Omkar Vidyadhar Vyavahare, Polymer Science and Engineering
Bicontinuous Materials from Telechelic Macromonomers Using Thiol-ene Chemistry, Catherine Nancy Walker, Polymer Science and Engineering
Variable selection in single index varying coefficient models with LASSO, Peng Wang, Mathematics
Population Annealing Monte Carlo Studies of Ising Spin Glasses, wenlong wang, Physics
Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Modification of Polydimethylsiloxane and Its Composites, Yan Wang, Polymer Science and Engineering
The effect of thermoregulation and roads on the movements and habitat selection of moose in Massachusetts, David W. Wattles, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Epistemological Databases for Probabilistic Knowledge Base Construction, Michael Louis Wick, Computer Science
Multi-scale characterization and engineering of Taxus suspension cultures, Sarah A. Wilson, Chemical Engineering
The Economy Effect, Jeremy N. Wolf, Political Science
Structural Design Approaches for Creation of Reduced Fat Products, Bicheng Wu, Food Science
An Opportunistic Service Oriented Approach for Robot Search, Dan Xie, Computer Science
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Contralateral Repeated Bout Effect (CRBE) in Human Skeletal Muscle, Ling Xin, Kinesiology
THE CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECT OF POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES: TARGETING THE COLORECTAL CANCER STEM CELLS, Fei Xu, Food Science
Forensic and Management Challenges in Wireless and Mobile Network Environment, sookhyun yang, Computer Science
EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES ON THE FORMULATION OF STABLE LIPID NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIONS, Yihui Yang, Chemical Engineering
RATIONALIZING NANOEMULSION FORMATION FOR ENCAPSULATION, PROTECTION AND DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE FOOD COMPONENTS, Ying Yang, Food Science
Universal Schema for Knowledge Representation from Text and Structured Data, Limin Yao, Computer Science
ROLE OF LIPID-BASED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN THE BIOLOGICAL FATE OF LIPOPHILIC NUTRACEUTICALS AND INORGANIC NANO-PARTICLES IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, Mingfei Yao, Food Science
A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON EXTENSION OF NON-CONTACT MODULATION CALORIMETRY, Xiao Ye, Mechanical Engineering
Sweat the Technique: Visible-izing Praxis Through Mimicry in Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America", Karla V. Zelaya, Afro-American Studies
Three Essays on Hedge Funds, Youhui Zhang, Management
Three essays on economic inequality and environmental degradation, Klara Zwickl, Economics
Dissertations from 2014
Susceptibility of Escherichia Coli O157:h7, Salmonella Enterica Sp., and Listeria Monocytogenes to Antimicrobial Mixed Micelle Delivery Systems, Chanelle N. Adams, Food Science
Associations Between Vitamin D Status, Adiposity, And Inflammatory Biomarkers In Young Women (18 – 30 Years), Adolphina Addo-Lartey, Public Health
THE ESTRADIOL-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTOME OF THE FEMALE MOUSE ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS: MORE THAN JUST A KISS, Leah K. Aggison, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Parallel Multi-core Verilog HDL Simulation, Tariq B. Ahmad, Electrical and Computer Engineering
GALOIS THEORY OF ITERATED MORPHISMS ON REDUCIBLE ELLIPTIC CURVES AND ABELIAN SURFACES WITH REAL MULTIPLICATION, Domenico Aiello, Mathematics
Integrating Non-Topical Aspects Into Information Retrieval, Elif Aktolga, Computer Science
Dusty Star Formation in Extreme Environments: Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters in the Distant Universe, Stacey Alberts, Astronomy
Cabo Verde: O Doce E O Amargo Da Água O Culto Das Águas- Do Mar E Da Chuva- Na Literatura Caboverdiana Do Período Claridoso Ao Período Pós-Colonial, Carlos A Almeida, Lusophone Literatures and Cultures
Subtyping with Generics: A Unified Approach, John G. Altidor, Computer Science
PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND HANDLING PRACTICES TO EXPORT MCINTOSH APPLES TO CENTRAL AMERICAN MARKETS, Mildred L. Alvarado Herrera, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
LIGAND-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS FOR SUPRAMOLECULAR DISASSEMBLY WITH APPLICATIONS IN SCREENING AND DRUG DELIVERY, Diego Amado Torres, Chemistry
Reactive Probes for Manipulating Polyketide Synthases, and Photoreactive Probes for Strained Alkyne Click Chemistry, Jon William Amoroso, Chemistry
Engineering Victory: The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers in Determining the Outcome of the Civil War, Thomas F. Army Jr, History
Landscape predictors of current and future distribution of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Dennis Babaasa, Environmental Conservation
OPTICAL AND SCANNING PROBE STUDIES OF ISOLATED POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) NANOFIBERS, Mina Baghgarbostanabad, Physics
Effects of Aging on Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Declarative Memory, Bengi Baran, Psychology
Understanding Lipid Oxidation in Low-Moisture Food, Leann M. Barden, Food Science
COMPUTER INTEGRATION IN PALESTINIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: THEORY AND PRACTICE, Kefah A. Barham, Education
Model-Driven Analytics of Energy Meter Data in Smart Homes, Sean K. Barker, Computer Science
Testimonios from the Border-Shattering the Notion that Women of Color Don't Do Theory, Gloria G. Barragan, Education
Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Models for Societal Resource Allocation, Armagan Bayram, Management
Intentional and Unintentional Side-Channels in Embedded Systems, Georg Tobias Becker, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Taking It to The Streets: A Multimethod Investigation of Street Credibility and Consumer Affinity Toward Street Credible Endorsers, Delancy Howard Sterling Bennett, Management
Anaerobic Microbes and Communities In the Context of Soil and the Equine Digestive Tract, Amy Biddle, Microbiology
NAVIGATING PAID WORK AND PARENTHOOD: NEW PARENTS’ LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES, Irene Boeckmann, Sociology
Common Pool Resources and Rural Livelihoods in Stung Treng Province of Cambodia, Pitchaya Boonsrirat, Economics
INFLUENCE OF LIPOTEICHOIC ACID ON LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES BIOFILM FORMATION AND CELLULAR STRESS, Imelda T. Brooks, Food Science
Honesty and Carotenoids in a Pigmented Female Fish, Alexandria Christine Brown, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
NUTRITIONAL, HORMONAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER, Susan Nicole Boyer Brown, Public Health
The Cable Network in an Era of Digital Media: Bravo and the Constraints of Consumer Citizenship, Alison D. Brzenchek, Communication
Taste Disagreements and Predicates of Personal Taste, Heidi Teres Buetow, Philosophy
The Roles of Myosin XI and ROP in Moss Tip Growth, Graham M. Burkart, Plant Biology
THREE ESSAYS ON ESTIMATION OF APPLIED ECONOMIC MODELS IN FISHERIES, Christopher Burns, Resource Economics
Project Space(s) in the Design Professions: An Intersectional Feminist Study of the Women's School of Planning and Architecture (1974-1981), Elizabeth Cahn, Regional Planning
On the Crumpling of Thin Sheets, Anne Dominique Cambou, Physics
Asymptotic Analysis of Random Wireless Networks: Broadcasting, Secrecy, and Hybrid Networks, Cagatay Capar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Developing Spatial Reasoning Skills in General Chemistry Students, Deborah L. Carlisle, Education
Welcome to Guyland: Experiences of Trans* Men in College, D Chase J. Catalano, Education
On the Assembly of Functionalized CdSe Nanorods, Sirinya Chantarak, Polymer Science and Engineering
Cultivating Communities of Practice to Develop Local Preparedness for Climate Change, Konda Reddy Chavva, Education
Creasing Instability of Hydrogels and Elastomers, Dayong Chen, Polymer Science and Engineering
Isoperimetric inequality and area growth of surfaces with bounded mean curvature, Dechang Chen, Mathematics
THE IMPACT OF MEMBRANE TENSION ON PHASE SEPARATION AND SOLID DOMAIN PROPERTIES IN MODEL MULTICOMPONENT VESICLES, Dong Chen, Physics
CHARACTERIZATION OF Ca2+ INFLUX PATHWAY(S) DURING MOUSE OOCYTE MATURATION, Banyoon Cheon, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Longitudinal Trajectories and Predictors of Functional Impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Vascular Dementia, Lauren Z. Chisholm, Psychology
Production of renewable chemicals and energy from waste biomass, Sheng Chu, Chemical Engineering
Roosting, Site Fidelity, and Food Sources of Urban Gulls In Massachusetts: Implications For Protecting Public Water Supplies, Daniel E. Clark, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Empirical Studies On The Effectiveness Of Soda Taxes To Curb Obesity, Francesca Colantuoni, Resource Economics
Effect of Automatic Item Generation on Ability Estimates in a Multistage Test, Kimberly F. Colvin, Education
The Centrality of Disagreement, Brian T. Connor, Sociology
Contrastive Topic: Meanings and Realizations, Noah Constant, Linguistics
Biophysical Studies of Axonal Transport, Leslie Cyle Conway, Molecular and Cellular Biology
En honor a Elegguá: Máscaras y trampas trazando los caminos de Juan Francisco Manzano, Carmen L. Cosme Puntiel, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Contours of Workplace Resistance: Organization, Collaboration, and Recognition, Jillian M Crocker, Sociology
Streaming Algorithms Via Reductions, Michael S. Crouch, Computer Science
ADAPTIVE STEP-SIZES FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, William C. Dabney, Computer Science
Entity-based Enrichment for Information Extraction and Retrieval, Jeffrey Dalton, Computer Science
A Proportionality-based Approach to Search Result Diversification, Van Bac Dang, Computer Science
RESURRECTION: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BLACK CHURCH IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE, Rachel J. Daniel, English
DISCOVERING BRAZIL IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY FRANCE, 1930-1964: FRANCO-BRAZILIAN CULTURAL POLITICS IN THE ERA OF DECOLONIZATION, Andrew R. Dausch, History
VISUALIZING AND CONTROLLING CHARGE TRANSPORT IN CONJUGATED POLYMER NETWORKS AND FILMS, Andrew Davis, Polymer Science and Engineering
The financialization of the nonfinancial corporation in the post-1970 U.S. economy, Leila Emami Davis, Economics
UNDERSTANDING HEALTH ISSUES AMONG ADOLESCENT FEMALES IN A NORTHEAST PROVINCE OF AFGHANISTAN, Amina Davlatshoeva, Education
CYCLE OF RENEWAL: YOGA’S INFLUENCE ON THE PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF NOVICE TEACHERS, Danette V. Day, Education
Individual Differences in Psychotherapy Change Among Ethnic Minority Patients, Joan Lenore DeGeorge, Psychology
On Being and Becoming: An Exploration of Young People’s Experiences with Status and Power, Keri L. DeJong, Education
Design and Syntheses of Donor-Acceptor Dyads and Triads for Improved Light Harvesting in Organic Photovoltaics, Andrea Della Pelle, Chemistry
TURNING UP THE HEAT ON THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD: EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANT BIODIVERSITY IN THE TEMPERATE FOREST COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Israel Del Toro, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Transgressing Space And Subverting Hierarchies: A Comparative Analysis Of Street Theatre Groups In Sri Lanka, India, And The United States, Kanchuka N. Dharmasiri, Comparative Literature
The Colonial Legacies of “Fiesta Island”: A Critical Study of Live-Music Events Production in Puerto Rico, Anilyn Diaz, Communication
Investing in Grindr: An Exploration of How Gay College Men Utilize Gay-Oriented Social Networking Sites, Michael T. Dodge, Education
“Give Light and People Will Find a Way”: Black Women College Student Leadership Experiences with Oppression at Predominantly White Institutions, Andrea D. Domingue, Education
Mass Spectrometric Methods for Studying Protein-Metal Binding, Jia Dong, Chemistry
NON-CANONICAL NOTCH SIGNALING REGULATES ACTIVATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF PERIPHERAL CD4+ T CELLS, Anushka Dongre, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Seeing Blindness: The Visual and the Great War in Literary Modernism, Rachael Dworsky, English
Investigating the Role of Hydromechanical Coupling in Shallow, Fractured Rock Aquifers, Evan J Earnest, Geosciences
A FRAMEWORK AND ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) FEE SYSTEMS, Elizabeth V. Ebacher, Civil Engineering
Tacit Knowledge Transfer and Firm Growth: An Experience-Based Approach, Rory Eckardt, Management
Sustainability-Based Product Design in a Decision Support Semantic Framework, Douglas Eddy, Mechanical Engineering
The Financial Underpinnings of the EU Crisis: Financial Deregulation, Privatization, and Asymmetric State Power, Nina Q. Eichacker, Economics
A Critical Examination of Policy and Practice in the Transition Experience for Students with Math Learning Disabilities in Mumbai, India, Melinda S. Eichhorn, Education
FUNCTIONAL AND COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF THE NASAL CAVITY IN PHYLLOSTOMID BATS, Thomas P. Eiting, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Paleoceanography and paleoenvironmental changes of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval (94-93 Ma): The record of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the central and eastern parts of the Western Interior Sea, Khalifa Elderbak, Geosciences
Dried whole plant Artemisia annua as a novel antimalarial therapy, Mostafa A. Elfawal, Entomology
HERE, THERE, AND IN BETWEEN: TRAVEL AS METAPHOR IN MIXED RACE NARRATIVES OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, Colin Enriquez, English
Heat Dissipation Bounds for Nanocomputing: Methodology and Applications, Ilke Ercan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
AFRICAN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: BLACK INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVES 1850-1965, Vanessa Fabien, Afro-American Studies
Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Graphene-supported Platinum Nanoclusters, Ioanna Fampiou, Mechanical Engineering
Runway Operations Management: Models, Enhancements, and Decomposition Techniques, Farbod Farhadi, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Improving Text Recognition in Images of Natural Scenes, Jacqueline Feild, Computer Science
SIGNS OF WILDNESS: CODES OF THE “PRIMITIVE” IN MASCULINE COMMODITY CULTURE, Matthew P. Ferrari, Communication
Outreach practices of a small college counseling center: A comprehensive model to serve the college community, Jessica R. Ferriero, Education
The Traditional Vocal Repertoire of Nova Scotia: A Classification of Pitch Space, Peter George Fielding, Music
A Novel Approach to Using Personal Response Systems and Diagrams to Foster Student Engagement in Large Lecture: Case Study of Instruction for Model-Based Reasoning in Biology, Johanna M. Fitzgerald, Education
Palm Trees y Nopales: The Commodification and Hybridization of the South Texas Borderlands, Andriana M. Foiles Sifuentes, Anthropology
The Application of Information Integration Theory to Standard Setting: Setting Cut Scores Using Cognitive Theory, Christopher C. Foster, Education
The Lived Experience of Adoption: Do Current Conceptualizations Reflect Changing Realities?, Quade Y. S. French, Psychology
TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN (POST)CRISIS KATANGA PROVINCE, SOUTHEASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: A CASE STUDY OF TEACHER LEARNING CIRCLES, Paul St J Frisoli, Education
Interactive Audience and the Internet, John R. Gallagher, English
Perceptions of Leadership through the Lens of Special Education Administrators and Principals, Adam C. Garand, Education
THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: ESSAYS ON ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN SOUTH SUDAN AND KENYA, James A. Garang, Economics
Prime Decomposition in Iterated Towers and Discriminant Formulae, Thomas Alden Gassert, Mathematics
Corporate Sustainability and the Role of the Consumer: Three Essays, Jeffrey Gauthier, Management
"Survival Kits on Wax": The Politics, Poetics, and Productions of Gil Scott-Heron, 1970-1978, Donald Geesling, Afro-American Studies
School Counselor Advocacy with LGBT Students: A Qualitative Study of High School Counselor Experiences, Maria E. Gonzalez, Education
OPERATIONAL PLANNING IN COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEMS, Hariharan Gopalakrishnan, Mechanical Engineering
Emotion in Adoption Narratives: Links to Close Relationships in Emerging Adulthood, Holly A. Grant-Marsney, Psychology
Liberal Smarts: Using Constructivist Career Development to Restore Power to the Liberal Arts, Kelly A. Gray, Education
Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass-Dervied Furan Compounds, Sara K. Green, Chemical Engineering
Creating a Framework for Participatory Practice, Alina T. Gross, Regional Planning
Exploiting Energy Harvesting for Passive Embedded Computing Systems, Jeremy Joel Gummeson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
SFL in L2 Writing Teacher Education: A Case Study of an EFL Pre-service Teacher in Conceptualizing Grammar, Wawan Gunawan, Education
A Preliminary Model of Dignity Management in Hospice, Qiaohong Guo, Nursing
Data Analysis And Study Design In The Presence Of Error-prone Diagnostic Tests, Xiangdong Gu, Public Health
Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers by Solvent Vapor Annealing, Mechanism and Lithographic Applications, Xiaodan Gu, Polymer Science and Engineering
ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER DEVICE PERFORMANCE, Yu Gu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Making Networks Robust to Component Failures, Daniel Gyllstrom, Computer Science
"For a future tomorrow": The figured worlds of schoolgirls in Kono, Sierra Leone, Jordene Hale, Education
Improving anti-racist education for Multiracial students, Eric Hamako, Education
Understanding the transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon, Pubudu Handakumbura, Plant Biology
Impacts of the Game-Centered Approach on Cognitive Learning of Game Play and Game Performance during 5-week of Spring Season with Intercollegiate Female Soccer Players, Kanae Haneishi, Education
Factor Inhibiting HIF's (FIH) Structure Controls O2 Activation and Reactivity, John A. Hangasky III, Chemistry
Multiple Group Relations: Maintaining Balance through Indirect Contact Effects, Diala R. Hawi, Psychology
Development of capillary-driven microfludic biosensors for food safety and quality assurance, Fei He, Food Science
ANTIGONE CLAIMED, "I AM A STRANGER": DEMOCRACY, MEMBERSHIP AND UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION, ANDRES FABIAN HENAO CASTRO, Political Science
Flying with the Storks: Communication, Culture, and Dialoguing Knowledge(s) in Prenatal Care, Liliana Herakova, Communication
INVESTIGATING FAULT SYSTEM DEFORMATION WITH NUMERICAL MODELS AND ANALOG EXPERIMENTS, Justin W. Herbert, Geosciences
OUTPUT FLUCTUATIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE GREAT RECESSION, Gonzalo Hernandez Jimenez, Economics
Synthetic Reductionism in Moral Philosophy, Scott Hill, Philosophy
Aggressive Signaling in New World Warblers, David Hof, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Engineering Strategies for the Design and Synthesis of New Organic Photovoltaic Materials, Paul J. Homnick, Chemistry
Beyond the Pearly Gates: White, Low-Income Student Experiences at Elite Colleges, Larissa Hopkins, Education
Down from the Mountain and into the Mill: Literacy Sponsorship and Southern Appalachian Women in the New South, Emma M. Howes, English
Indexing Proximity-based Dependencies for Information Retrieval, Samuel Huston, Computer Science
Optimizing Consumer-Centric Assortment Planning under Cross-Selling Effects, Ameera Ibrahim, Management
NEEDS OF PATIENT’S FAMILIES IN THE HOSPITAL TELE-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, Mary L. Jahrsdoerfer, Nursing
Interpreting Sensor Information in Large-Scale Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems, Nauman Javed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Genealogy of Dislocated Memory: Yugoslav Cinema after the Break, Dijana Jelaca, Communication
Nanoparticle Building Blocks for Functional Structures, Youngdo Jeong, Chemistry
Engineering Probes to Detect Cholesterol Accessibility on Membranes Using Perfringolysin O, Benjamin B. Johnson, Molecular and Cellular Biology
DEFINING, EVALUATING, AND IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING PATIENT IDENTIFIERS, Junghee Jo, Computer Science
Incorporating Boltzmann Machine Priors for Semantic Labeling in Images and Videos, Andrew Kae, Computer Science
CD4 Silencing in Thymocytes is Opposed by the Enforced Association of P300 HAT, HDAC1 or SUV39H1 with Runx Transcription Factors, Christyne Ayne Kane, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Exploring Cooperation among the BRICS: Organizational Implications of Growing Brazil-China Business Relations, Jeffrey A. Kappen, Management
Fostering Transformative Points of Connection: An Examination of the Role of Personal Storytelling in Two Undergraduate Social Diversity Courses, Molly Keehn, Education
Searching for a Praxis of Possibility: Civic Engagement and the Corporatized University, Deborah Keisch, Anthropology
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent, Communication
Genres of Dialogic Discussion in High School English: A Cross-Case Study of Two Courses, Wendy Keyser, Education
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN SOUTH KOREA, Hyeon-Kyeong Kim, Economics
Still Dirty After All These Years: Political Leadership, Knowledge, and Socialization and Regional Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Inkyoung Kim, Political Science
SEARCHING BASED ON QUERY DOCUMENTS, Youngho Kim, Computer Science
Curious Monuments of the Simplest Kind: Shell Midden Archaeology in Massachusetts, Katharine Vickers Kirakosian, Anthropology
A Probabilistic Model of Hierarchical Music Analysis, Phillip Benjamin Kirlin, Computer Science
Southie versus Roxbury: Crime, Welfare, and the Racialized Gubernatorial Politics of Massachusetts in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Daniel T. Kirsch, Political Science
MASS SPECTROMETRY BASED EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGIES TO CHARACTERIZE NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE DISULFIDE BONDS IN CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN THERAPEUTICS, Adriana Z. Kita, Molecular and Cellular Biology
IMPACT OF SURFACE ACTIVE MINOR COMPONENTS ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ASSOCIATION COLLOIDS AND LIPID OXIDATION IN BULK OIL, Ketinun Kittipongpittaya, Food Science
Coacervation of Oppositely Charged Macromolecules, Micelles and Proteins: Disproportionation and Hierarchical Structures, Ebru Kizilay, Chemistry
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF NON-COVALENT METAL ION-LIGAND INTERACTIONS, Abdulkadir Kocak, Chemistry
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF HUMAN CATHEPSIN A AND NEURAMINIDASE 1, Nilima Kolli, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Elucidating Cellular Signaling Pathways that Contribute to the Immunopathogenesis of Aplastic Anemia, Christina M. Kuksin, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
The role of napping on memory consolidation in preschool children, Laura Kurdziel, Neuroscience and Behavior
Transnational Gestures: Rethinking Trauma in U.S. War Fiction, Ruth A.H. Lahti, English
COGNITIVE MALLEABILITY: DOES DISGUST ACT AS A "STOP" SIGNAL ON CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE COGNITIVE PROCESSING STYLES IN PERCEPTUAL AND CONCEPTUAL TASKS?, Elicia C. Lair, Psychology
Relational Coordination: The Perception and Experiences of Student Nurses and Nursing Faculty in a Hospital Setting, Clare Lamontagne, Nursing
Imperial Janus: Patterns of Governance in the Western Borderlands of the Tsarist Empire, Nicklaus Laverty, Political Science
The Impact of Television Program Diet on Children's Achievement, Heather J. Lavigne, Psychology
Modeling Dyadic Attunement: Physiological Concordance in Newly Married Couples and Alliance Similarity in Patient-Therapist Dyads, Holly Laws, Psychology
Motion of Particles as a Probe: Dynamics and Assembly in Gel Networks/Aqueous Media, Cheol Hee Lee, Polymer Science and Engineering
Enhancing online consumers' anticipatory behavior: An application of transportation theory, Seon Jeong Lee, Hospitality & Tourism Management
Mind, Brain, and Education: A Case Study of Student Perceptions of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Martha C. Lees, Education
Discrete Parity-Time Symmetric Nonlinear Schrodinger Lattices, Kai Li, Mathematics
The Grammar of Individuation and Counting, Suzi Lima, Linguistics
THE DISCOVERY AND STUDY OF FLUVIRUCIN B1 POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE, Tsung-Yi Lin, Chemistry
MICROBE-MINERAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BIOGENIC MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN ACTIVELY VENTING DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL SULFIDE CHIMNEYS, TZIHSUAN J. LIN, Microbiology
Guanidinium-Rich ROMP Polymers Drive Phase, Charge, and Curvature-Specific Interactions with Phospholipid Membranes, Michael T W Lis, Polymer Science and Engineering
Impact of water heating on disinfection byproducts concentration, Boning Liu, Civil Engineering
Morphology Characterization of Low Band Gap Polymer-based Organic Photovoltaics, Feng Liu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Reliable and Efficient Multithreading, Tongping Liu, Computer Science
ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES FOR DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF BACTERIA AND BIOFILMS, Xiaoning Li, Chemistry
Measures of Star Formation Rates within Galaxies: the Impact of Diffuse Stellar Populations, Yiming Li, Astronomy
FLEXIBLE TETHERS IN MULTI-CHROMOPHORIC SYSTEMS: LINKING PHOTOPHYSICS WITH ASSEMBLY, Jeffrey M. Lucas, Chemistry
TEACHERS TALK: A CASE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING ACROSS CULTURES WITH IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, Anne Lundberg, Education
Privacy-preserving Sanitization in Data Sharing, Wentian Lu, Computer Science
Identification and Epidemiological Features of Important Fungal Species Causing Sooty Blotch on Apples in the Northeastern United States, Angela Marie Madeiras, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Causal Discovery for Relational Domains: Representation, Reasoning, and Learning, Marc Maier, Computer Science
Comprehending Each Other: Weak Reciprocity and Processing, Helen Majewski, Linguistics
MOVEMENTS AND CONSERVATION OF THE MIGRATORY WHITE-EARED KOB (KOBUS KOB LEUCOTIS) IN SOUTH SUDAN, Malik D. Marjan, Environmental Conservation
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF TWO CASE STUDIES HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNITY-RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS IN SPRINGFIELD, MA, Vanessa Martinez, Anthropology
Three Essays in Macroeconomic History, Joshua W. Mason, Economics
Unsupervised Joint Alignment, Clustering and Feature Learning, Mohamed Marwan Mattar, Computer Science
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE AGRO-PASTORALIST LIVELIHOOD IN THE ANDES OF PERU, Meagan M. Mazzarino, Environmental Conservation
The Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework and Transformational Leadership Alignment: An Investigation, Martin J. McEvoy Jr, Education
Increasing Nutrient Density of Food Crops through Soil Fertility Management and Cultivar Selection, Md. J. Meagy, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
NOVEL STRATEGIES TO MODULATE SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION AND INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF HDAC6 IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Kathryne A. Medeiros, Molecular and Cellular Biology
BEAM STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LOW-COST PHASED ARRAY WEATHER RADARS: DESIGN AND CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES, Rafael H. Medina-Sanchez, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Program Evaluation of the Strong Start Curriculum as a Selected Intervention for Early Elementary Students, Katherine A. Meyer, Education
FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES AT INTERFACES: EMULSION STABILIZATION AND TRIGGERED INVERSION, Caroline Laure Marie Miesch, Polymer Science and Engineering
SINGLE MOLECULE STUDIES OF A SHORT RNA, PEKER MILAS, Physics
ALL-AMERICAN VACATIONLAND: AFRICAN AMERICAN, PUERTO RICAN, AND ITALIAN RESORTS IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, 1920-1980, Laura A. Miller, History
Protein Behavior Directed by Heparin Charge and Chain Length, Burcu Baykal Minsky, Chemistry
Receiver Design and Security for Low Power Wireless Communications Systems, Kyle A. Morrison, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vocal Performance in Songbirds: Territorial Defense and the Development of Male Song and Female Mating Preferences, Dana L. Moseley, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Individuation as an Adolescent Developmental Task: Associations with Adoptee Adjustment, Danila Musante, Psychology
INTEGRATED MODELING OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MULTISCALE ECOSYSTEMS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN WATERSHEDS, Simon Nampindo, Environmental Conservation
Probabilistic Models for Motion Segmentation in Image Sequences, Manjunath Narayana, Computer Science
Cultural Discourse Analysis of Russian Alcohol Consumption, Elena V. Nuciforo, Communication
Cancer Chemoprevention by Dietary Compounds Targeting Angiogenesis, Wasamon Nutakul, Food Science
The Inflammatory Response to Acute Muscle Injury, Kevin O'Fallon, Kinesiology
PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS OF GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS AND DESULFOBACTER POSTGATEI TO UNDERSTAND URANIUM REMEDIATION IN SUBSURFACE SYSTEMS, Roberto Orellana, Microbiology
ARTHUR’S HEIRS: SITUATING MEDIEVAL WELSH, SPANISH, AND SCANDINAVIAN TEXTS IN THEIR LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS, Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Comparative Literature
Direct Measurement of the pp Solar Neutrino Interaction Rate in Borexino, Keith Otis, Physics
Essays on the Evolution of Inequality, Cem Oyvat, Economics
Stochastic Models for Capacity Planning in Healthcare Delivery: Case Studies in an Outpatient, Inpatient and Surgical Setting, Asli Ozen, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
FUNCTIONAL PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE POLYMERS: PRODRUGS AND BIOMATERIALS, Samantha B.M. Page, Polymer Science and Engineering
Using Formal Methods to Verify Transactional Abstract Concurrency Control, Trek S. Palmer, Computer Science
Designing Efficient and Accurate Behavior-Aware Mobile Systems, Abhinav Parate, Computer Science
Retrieval Models based on Linguistic Features of Verbose Queries, Jae Hyun Park, Computer Science
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS OF CELLULOSE MELT PYROLYSIS, Alex D. Paulsen, Chemical Engineering
The Ability of Early Reading Measures Administered in First Grade to Predict Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension for Puerto Rican Students in English Immersion, Sarah Peller, School Psychology
PATTERNING AND MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF FIBER-BASED MATERIALS, Samuel A. Pendergraph, Polymer Science and Engineering
Theory and Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Complexes, Bo Peng, Physics
Signal Processing in Wireless Communications: Device Fingerprinting and Wide-Band Interference Rejection, Adam C. Polak, Electrical and Computer Engineering
FINANCIALIZATION OF THE COMMODITIES FUTURES MARKETS AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRICES, Manisha Pradhananga, Economics
Three Essays on Hedge Funds, Liping Qiu, Management
Boundary Divisors in the Moduli Space of Stable Quintic Surfaces, Julie Rana, Mathematics
The Stress Problem: Exploring the intersections of student stress, involvement, and problem-solving self-efficacy, Dawn L. Rendell, Education
Loss of Cell Surface aGal during Catarrhine Evolution: Possible Implications for the Evolution of Resistance to Viral Infections and for Oligocene Lineage Divergence, Idalia Aracely Rodriguez, Anthropology
FORMACIÓN DE INTÉRPRETES Y POLÍTICAS LINGÜÍSTICAS EN LA PROVINCIA JESUÍTICA DEL PARAGUAY (S. XVII - XVIII), Ana P. Rona, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Productive Stagnation and Unproductive Accumulation in the United States, 1947-2011., Tomas N. Rotta, Economics
ASSESSING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING SWITCHGRASS ESTABLISHMENT AND PRODUCTION, Amir Sadeghpour, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
STRUCTURE OF NEARLY IDEAL AND MULTI-COMPONENT POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS, Erika Saffer, Chemical Engineering
UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS AT THE NANO-BIO INTERFACE FOR DELIVERY APPLICATIONS, Krishnendu Saha, Chemistry
THE EFFECTS OF AN AUDITOR’S COMMUNICATION MODE AND PROFESSIONAL TONE ON CLIENT RESPONSES TO AUDIT INQUIRIES, Aaron Saiewitz, Management
HOW MUCH DO IN-VEHICLE TASKS WITH SWAPPING, SWITCHING AND SPILLOVER EFFECTS INTERFERE WITH DRIVERS’ ABILITY TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO THREATS ON THE FORWARD ROADWAY?, Siby Samuel, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Development and Validation of Accelerometer-Based Activity Classification Algorithms for Older Adults: A Machine Learning Approach, Jeffer Eidi Sasaki, Kinesiology
School Principal Leadership and Special Education Knowledge, Rob Schulze, Education
Efficient Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Networks, Anand Seetharam, Computer Science
Coarse-Grained Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Thermodynamically Small Particle Assemblies, Ray Mohan Sehgal, Chemical Engineering
Advertising and the Creation of Exchange Value, Zoe Sherman, Economics
Psychosocial Factors Affecting Pregnant Hispanic Women, Marushka L. Silveira, Public Health
Methods of Engine Degradation Assessment in the Time-Scale Domain, Jeffrey Charles Simmons, Mechanical Engineering
Scaling MCMC Inference and Belief Propagation to Large, Dense Graphical Models, Sameer Singh, Computer Science
Novels of Decolonization in Modernity: Malambo, Um Defeito De Cor, and Fe En Disfraz, Maria Leda Souza Hogan, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
FAN RESPONSE TO LEAGUE PLAYOFF STRUCTURE AND CONSECUTIVE SEASON COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, Ryan L. Spalding, Management
Computational Modeling of Learning Biases in Stress Typology, Robert D. Staubs, Linguistics
Essays on the Quantification and Propagation of Uncertainty in Climate Change Impact Assessments for Water Resource Systems, Scott Steinschneider, Civil Engineering
Understanding Income Inequality in the United States, Mark J. Stelzner, Economics
Photocleavable Junctions in Complex Polymer Architectures and Photoetchable Thermoplastics, Elizabeth Surles Sterner, Polymer Science and Engineering
Mechanical and Transport Properties of 3- Dimensional Alginate Hydrogels For Cell Encapsulation, Whitney L Stoppel, Chemical Engineering
"A More Natural Mother": Concepts of Maternity and Queenship in Early Modern England, Anne-Marie Kathleen Strohman, English
"Io Scrittore": Authorial Construction in the Italian Medieval Renaissance Novella and Its Translation into English, Anna Strowe, Comparative Literature
CARE TIME IN THE U.S.: MEASURES, DETERMINANTS, AND IMPLICATIONS, Joo Yeoun Suh, Economics
THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A GROUP OF ER TPR-CONTAINING ADAPTER PROTEINS, johan C. Sunryd, Molecular and Cellular Biology
WHAT MESSAGES TO POST? EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON MARKET AND OFFERING CHARACTERISTICS, Kunal Swani, Management
DESIGN OF A TARGETED BACTERIAL DRUG DELIVERY VECTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND METASTASES, Charles Alexander Swofford, Chemical Engineering
Stress and Depression during Pregnancy among Hispanic Women: Risk for Adverse Birth Outcomes and the Role of Physical Activity, Kathleen Szegda, Public Health
A Journal Club: A Scholarly Community for Preservice and Inservice Science Teachers, Karen Tallman, Education
A Veteran Welfare State: Veterans' Benefits, Coalition Politics, and Social Policy Change, 1943-1973, Melinda R. Tarsi, Political Science
The Oirad of the Early 17th Century: Statehood and Political Ideology, Richard P. Taupier, History
Effects of Auditory and Visual Temporally Selective Attention on Electrophysiological Indices of Early Perceptual Processing, P. Taylor, Neuroscience and Behavior
STUDIES ON THE WRINKLING OF THIN POLYMER FILMS FLOATING ON LIQUID, Kamil B. Toga, Polymer Science and Engineering
Lightweight, High-Temperature Radiator for In-Space Nuclear-Electric Power and Propulsion, Briana N. Tomboulian, Mechanical Engineering
Ionic Copolymers for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AAEMFCs), Tsung-Han Tsai, Polymer Science and Engineering
A Defense of Russellian Descriptivism, Brandt H. van der Gaast, Philosophy
‘SAFE SPACE FOR HARD CONVERSATIONS’: COLLEGE MEN’S EXPERIENCE IN DIVERSITY EDUCATION, Rachel L. Wagner, Education
INFERENCE-BASED FORENSICS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DIVERSE SOURCES, Robert J. Walls, Computer Science
Amphiphilic Supramolecular Assemblies and Their Applications in Materials and Biology, Feng Wang, Chemistry
STUDIES IN THE ATOMIC SPECTROMETRIC DETERMINATION AND SPECIATION OF ARSENIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES, Nan Wang, Chemistry
FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES FROM SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH NANOPARTICLES, Xinyu Wang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Polymer Modification with Multifunctional Additives and Unique Processing Methods, Polina R. Ware, Polymer Science and Engineering
Speaking Back to Structure: Critical Multimodal Media Literacy & The Politics of School Reform, Kate Way, Education
Fragments and Clausal Ellipsis, Andrew Weir, Linguistics
Measurement of the Parity Violating Asymmetry in Elastic Electron Scattering off 208Pb, Jonathan W. Wexler, Physics
Strategies for Improving Oxygen Transport and Mechanical Strength in Alginate-Based Hydrogels, Joseph C. White, Chemical Engineering
ON THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES, Christina Williams, Astronomy
Production of Sustainable Aromatics from Biorenewable Furans, Christopher Luke Williams, Chemical Engineering
Interrogating the Divide: A Case Study of Student Technology Use in a One-to-One Laptop School, Nicholas Wilson, Education
Conservation Status of Large Mammals on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Grace Wong, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
Functional Analysis of Moss Class VIII Myosin and Its Role in Plant Cell Division, Shu-Zon Wu, Plant Biology
COMPUTATIONAL COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE: EXPLORING LINGUISTIC MANIFESTATION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN ONLINE COMMUNICATION, Xiaoxi Xu, Computer Science
Efficient Representation and Matching of Texts and Images in Scanned Book Collections, Ismet Zeki Yalniz, Computer Science
Mass Spectrometric Characterization and Imaging of Nanoparticles in Biological Samples, Bo Yan, Chemistry
Dark-bright solitons and vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates, Dong Yan, Mathematics
EVALUATING EFFECTS OF MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY ON THE NON-LINEAR MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF EPOXY NETWORKS, Zhan Hang Yang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for the Fabrication of Functional Nanomaterials, Li Yao, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENGINEERING SURFACE FUNCTIONALITY OF NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Yi-Cheun Yeh, Chemistry
Allosteric Regulation of Dengue Virus Type 2 Protease, Muslum Yildiz, Chemistry
DEVELOPING MULTIMODAL DIGITAL LITERACY: THE APPLICATION OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING AS A NEW AVENUE FOR EFFECTIVE ENGLISH LEARNING WITH EFL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KOREA, Tecnam Yoon, Education
SOCIOTECHNICAL CONSUMPTION: A DIGITAL STORY OF EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL CONSUMER EXPERIENCES, Mujde Yuksel, Management
EVALUATING PREDICTORS OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S DIETARY INTAKE LATENT VALUE UNDER DIFFERENT MIXED MODELS, Shuli Yu, Public Health
Introducing the Newton-Poisson-Brillouin Model in the Quest for Plasmons in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes, Richard P. Zannoni, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Structural Analysis of Proteins by Covalent Labeling and Mass Spectrometric Detection, Yuping Zhou, Chemistry
Essays on the minimum wage, Ben Zipperer, Economics
SIMULATION AND MODELING OF THE DECAY OF ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE, Christopher J. Zusi, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2013
Evaluation of a Split-Root Nutrition System to Optimize Nutrition of Basil, Ganisher Djurakulovich Abbasov, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Effect of Total Awake Time on Drivers' Performance and Evaluation of Training Intervention to Mitigate Effects of Total Awake Time on Drivers' Performance, Abd Malek Abdul Hamid, Mechanical Engineering
Uncovering the Covered Word and Image: Framing a Black Woman's Diasporan Stage-Space, Allia Abdullah Matta, Afro-American Studies
The Making of Ras Beirut: A Landscape of Memory for Narratives of Exceptionalism, Maria B. Abunnasr, History
Climate Change Adaptation: A Green Infrastructure Planning Framework for Resilient Urban Regions, Yaser F. Abunnasr, Regional Planning
Molecular Crystal Assembly of Organic Radicals and Biradicals, Handan Akpinar, Chemistry
Understanding the Links Between Human Health and Climate Change: Agricultural Productivity and Allergenic Pollen Production of Timothy Grass(Phleum pratense L.) Under Future Predicted Levels of Carbon Dioxide and Ozone, Jennifer M. Albertine, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Increasing Middle School Teachers' Use of Specific Praise In the Classroom Through Consultation and Performance Feedback, Rebecca M Allen-Oleet, School Psychology
Mesostructural Characterization and Probabilistic Modeling of the Design Limit States of Parallel Strand Lumber, Alireza Amini, Civil Engineering
Lactic Acid Bacteria Mediated Phenolic Bioactive Modulation From Fruit Systems For Health Benefits, Chandrakant Ankolekar, Food Science
Impact Resistant Glassy Polymers: Pre-Stress And Mode Ii Fracture, Jared Steven Archer, Polymer Science and Engineering
Effect of Colloidal Interactions on Formation of Glasses, Gels, Stable Clusters and Structured Films, Anand Kumar Atmuri, Chemical Engineering
Trauma and Secure Base Behaviors in Dating Relationships, Susan Faye Balaban, Psychology
Surface Modification of Food Contact Materials for Processing and Packaging Applications, Jeffrey Alan Barish, Food Science
Scaling Reversible Adhesion in Synthetic and Biological Systems, Michael David Bartlett, Polymer Science and Engineering
Applications of Planar and Patterned Metal Oxide Nanocomposites and Reactive Polymer Blends as Gas Permeation Membranes, Michael Ruosteoja Beaulieu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Letters to a Dictionary: Competing Views of Language in the Reception of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Anne Pence Bello, English
Particle-Collector Interactions In Nanoscale Heterogeneous Systems, Marina Bendersky, Chemical Engineering
Credit Chains, Credit Bubles, and Financial Fragility: Explaining The U.S. Financial Crisis of 2007-09, Thomas L Bernardin, Economics
Tooth Cusp Radius of Curvature as a Dietary Correlate in Primates, Michael Anthony Berthaume, Mechanical Engineering
The Politics of Education Inequity Toward Students With Limited English Proficiency in the Age of High Stakes Testing Accountability: A Descriptive Ethnographic Study of Haitian Youth in Boston Public Schools, Jean G Blaise, Education Policy, Research and Administration; Educational Policy and Leadership
Quality by Association Across North-South Divides: United States Accreditation of Mexican Institutions of Higher Education, Gerardo Blanco Ramírez, Education (also CAGS)
Solution Assembly of Conjugated Polymers, Felicia Bokel, Polymer Science and Engineering
Birdsong variation as a source of information for migrating common yellowthroats, Rachel Theresa Bolus, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
New Tools For Probing Polyketide Biosynthesis, Sheringham Lawrence Borketey, Chemistry
Development of Miniature Full Flow and Model Pipeline Probes for Testing of Box Core Samples of Surficial Seabed Sediments, Adriane G. Boscardin, Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Motor Speech and Intervention Planning for Children with Autism, Marcil J. Boucher, Communication Disorders
Staging the Depression: The Federal Theatre Project's Dramas of Poverty, 1935-1939, Amy Brady, English
A Knife Hidden in Roses: Development and Gender Violence in the Dominican Republic, Cruz Caridad Bueno, Economics
Our Story Has Not Been Told in any Moment: Radical Black Feminist Theatre From The Old Left to Black Power, Julie M Burrell, English
Framed: Native American Represtations in Contempoary Visual Mediums, Marta Carlson, Anthropology
Composing the African Atlantic: Sun Ra, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and the Poetics of African Diasporic Composition, James Gregory Carroll, Afro-American Studies
Query-Time Optimization Techniques for Structured Queries in Information Retrieval, Marc-Allen Cartright, Computer Science
Design and Development of Nanogels for Small Molecule and siRNA Delivery, Reuben T Chacko, Chemistry
Inhibition of Lung Carcinogenesis by Polymethoxyflavones, Noppawat Charoensinphon, Food Science
Social vulnerability, green infrastructure, urbanization and climate change-induced flooding: A risk assessment for the Charles River watershed, Massachusetts, USA, Chingwen Cheng, Regional Planning
Tradition and Modernity: The Discursive Construction of National Identity in Chinese Textbooks, Qingliang Chen, Education; Language, Literacy and Culture
Computational All-Electron Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory in Real Space and Real-Time: Applications to Molecules and Nanostructures, Zuojing Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
How to Understand Credit Spreads In Credit Default Swaps, Xuan Che, Isenberg School of Management
Validation Of A Novel Vaccine Delivery System for Chlamydia Trachomatis Using Recombinant Gas Vesicles Derived From Halobacterium Salinarium, Tawanna Sabrina Childs, Microbiology
Photo-Reaction of Copolymers with Pendent Benzophenone, Scott Kenneth Christensen, Polymer Science and Engineering
The Security and Privacy Implications of Energy-Proportional Computing, Shane S. Clark, Computer Science
Examination of the Application of Item Response Theory to the Angoff Standard Setting Procedure, Jerome Cody Clauser, Education (also CAGS)
Marginality and Emerging Visibility of The Altern Subject: America's Shifting Social and Cultural Landscape 1940-1990, Debra Collins, English - American Studies
Media Cues and Gender Connections: The Relations Between Young Children's Media Use, Character Familiarity, and Gender Knowledge, Barbara J Colombo-Adams, Education; Children and Family Studies
Search for Tev-Scale Gravity Signatures in Final States with Leptons and Jets with the Atlas Detector at √(S) = 8 Tev, German Colon, Physics
Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Localization of Mitochondrial DNA Polymerases of Trypanosoma brucei, Jeniffer Concepcón-Acevedo, Microbiology
Gravitational Wave Production through Decay of the Inflaton into Intermediary Fields During Slow Roll Inflation, Jessica Lauren Cook, Physics
Application of Item Response Theory Models to the Algorithmic Detection of Shift Errors on Paper and Pencil Tests, Robert Joseph Cook, Education (also CAGS)
Evaluating the Validity of Mcas Scores as an Indicator of Teacher Effectiveness, Jenna M. Copella, Education (also CAGS)
Evaluating the Validity of Accommodations for English Learners through Evidence Based on Response Processes, Katrina Crotts, Education (also CAGS)
Resilient Polymer Networks Via Thiol-Norbornene Chemistry: Mechanical and Adhesive Properties, Jun Cui, Polymer Science and Engineering
Effects of a Classroom-Based Pre-Literacy Intervention for Preschoolers with Communication Disorders, Alyssa Rose Currier, Communication Disorders
Investigation Of The Orientation Dependence On Chiroptical Properties Of Single Molecules, Austin Joseph Cyphersmith, Chemistry
Experimental Studies of Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Flow, Robert J Daniello, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Democratizing the Criminal: Jury Nullification as Exercise of Sovereign Discretion over the Friend-Enemy Distinction, Timothy A. Delaune, Political Science
Ecology and Conservation of the Montane Forest Avian Community in Northeastern North America, William V. DeLuca, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Conductivity Of Gold Nanoparticle Thin Films and Magnetoresistance Of Metallic Thin Films Embedded with Periodic Arrays Of Colbalt Nanoparticles, Stefan Dickert, Physics
External-To-Vehicle Distractions: Dangerous Because Deceiving, Gautam Divekar, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
The Impact of Integrated Coaching and Collaboration Within an Inquiry Learning Environment, Toby Dragon, Computer Science
Bending, Wrinkling, and Folding of Thin Polymer Film/Elastomer Interfaces, Yuri Ebata, Polymer Science and Engineering
Two Distribution Tactics For Retail Demand Fulfillment, Milad Ebtehaj, Isenberg School of Management
Ecohydrologic Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Watershed Systems: A Multi-Scale Assessment for Policy, Paul A. Ekness, Environmental Conservation
A Non-Asymptotic Approach to the Analysis of Communication Networks: From Error Correcting Codes to Network Properties, Ali Eslami, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Regulation and Action of Skp2 and Rhoa in Cell and Tumor Models: Investigation into the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for the Aggressive Phenotype of Triplenegative Breast Cancer, Katrina D. Fagan-Solis, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Gapping in Farsi: A Crosslinguistic Investigation, Annahita Farudi, Linguistics
Exploring Privacy and Personalization in Information Retrieval Applications, Henry A. Feild, Computer Science
Investigations of Surface-Tension Effects Due to Small-Scale Complex Boundaries, Jiansheng Feng, Physics
The Unavoidable Threat of Aggregation: Implications for Folding and Function of a β-Rich Protein, Mylene Hazelle Anne Ferrolino, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Writing for Social Action: Affect, Activism, and the Composition Classroom, Sarah Finn, English
The Effects of Metric Strength on the Allocation of Attention Across Time, Ahren B Fitzroy, Neuroscience and Behavior
Perceptions of Contemporary Effects of Colonialism Among Educational Professionals in Ghana, Kingsley Atterh Fletcher, Education (also CAGS)
Evolving Expert Knowledge Bases: Applications of Crowdsourcing and Serious Gaming to Advance Knowledge Development for Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Mark Floryan, Computer Science
Aesthetic Experience in the Culture of Professionalism, 1890-1925, Eric Fortier, American Studies
Recovery From Muscle Fatigue in Young and Older Adults: Implications for Physical Function, Stephen A. Foulis, Kinesiology
Accurate and Robust Mechanical Modeling of Proteins, Naomi Fox, Computer Science
The Role of YKL-40 in the Progression of Glioblastoma, Ralph Anthony Francescone, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Surviving Domestic Tensions: Existential Uncertainty in New World African Diasporic Women's Literature, Denia M Fraser, English
Twisted Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series Over the Rational Function Field, Holley Ann Friedlander, Mathematics
The Structure of Consciousness, Lowell Keith Friesen, Philosophy
Concept-Based Teaching and Spanish Modality in Heritage Language Learners: A Vygotskyan Approach, Elena Guillermina Garcia Frazier, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Data Combination from Multiple Sources Under Measurement Error, Hugo Gasca-Aragon, Mathematics
Use of Flame Cultivation as a Nonchemical Weed Control In Cranberry Cultivation, Katherine M. Ghantous, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Structural Investigations Of Early Intremediates And Nickel Inhibitions Complexes Of Human DNA and Histone Demethylases, Nitai Charan Giri, Chemistry
A Framework for High Level Synthesis Using Taylor Decomosition System, Daniel F Gomez-Prado, Electrical and Computer Engineering
A Program Evaluation of a Policy Intervention to Increase Racial Diversity in the Sciences and Engineering, Ricardo Leon Gomez Yepes, Education (also CAGS)
Discriminatory Bio-Adhesion Over Nano-Patterned Polymer Brushes, Saugata Gon, Chemical Engineering
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Nanostructures for Protein Sensing and Delivery, Daniella Cristina Gonzalez-Toro, Chemistry
The Fusion of Migration and Science Fiction in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States, Matthew David Goodwin, Comparative Literature
Enhanced Detection Strategies Accomplished Through Metal Binding and Miniature Mass Spectrometry, Adam Graichen, Chemistry
From Feathers to Fur: Theatrical Representations of Skin in the Medieval English Cycle Plays, Valerie Anne Gramling, English
The Parsing and Interpretation of Comparatives: More than Meets the Eye, Margaret Ann Grant, Linguistics
Determining Structure and Function In Nanomaterial Biocomposites, David M Griffin, Chemical Engineering
An Exploratory Study of Students and Teachers Attitudes Toward Three Types of Bullying: Physical, Verbal and Social Exclusion, Laurice Ann Guillory, Education (also CAGS)
Intellectual Constellations in the Postsocialist Era: Four Essays, Li Gu, Communication
Manipulating Block Copolymer Self-Assemblies in Bulk and Thin Films by Thermal and Solvent Annealing, Weiyin Gu, Polymer Science and Engineering
An Investigation of the Efficacy of Direct and Indirect AAC Service Provision via Telepractice, Nerissa Hall, Communication Disorders
Synthesis and Solution- Driven Assembly of Functional Polythiophene Derivatives, Brenton A. G Hammer, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dynamic Modeling of Synthetic Microbial Consortia to Optimize the Co-fermentation of Glucose and Xylose, Timothy Joseph Hanly, Chemical Engineering
In Transition: The Politics of Place-based, Prefigurative Social Movements, Emily Hardt, Political Science
Mind The Gap: Materiality of Gendered Landscapes in Deerfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1870 - ca. 1920, Elizabeth Ann Harlow, Anthropology
Clustering, Reorientation Dynamics, and Proton Transfer In Glassy Oligomeric Solids, Jacob Allen Harvey, Chemistry
Exploring Educational Needs Arising From the Influence of Cultural Difference in US Public Schools: The Case of African Refugee High School Students in Western Massachusetts, Ahmed Abdi Hassan, Education; Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies
Performance and Signaling in the Green Anole Lizard, Justin P. Henningsen, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Parent Training for Families of Hyperactive Preschool-Aged Children, Sharonne D. Herbert, Psychology
Open Books on Contact Three Orbifolds, Daniel Herr, Mathematics