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Theses from 2008
Emotion and Executive Functioning: The Effect of Normal Mood States on Fluency Tasks, Janessa O. Carvalho, Psychology
Trap Crop Systems for Striped Cucumber Beetle Control in Winter Squash, Andrew F. Cavanagh, Entomology
De Otros a Nosotros: El Cine Español sobre Inmigración y su Camino hacia una Visión Pluricultural de España (1990-2007), Ivan Cavielles-llamas, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Tradición y Ruptura en la Poesía de Carlos de la Ossa, Gustavo A. Chaves, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
A Process Variation Tolerant Self-Compensation Sense Amplifier Design, Aarti Choudhary, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Operation And Improvement Of The Iwrap Airborne Doppler Radar/Scatterometer, Tao Chu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Senses of Place, Catalin I. Cighi, Hotel & Tourism Management
Ficino's Musica Humana: Musico-Astrological Improvisation, Greg A. Clauss, Music
Head Heart Hand, Lyndsey Kara Cohen, English
College Student Gambling: Examining the Effects of Gaming Education Within a College Curriculum, Maryann Conrad, Hotel & Tourism Management
La narrativa en la Autobiografía de un esclavo de Juan Francisco Manzano, Carmen L. Cosme, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Combined Treatment With Npy Y5 Antagonists and Nan-190 Attenuates Transients in Light-induced Phase Shifts and Potentiates Phase Shifts Only During the Late Subjective Night, Mary K. Costello, Neuroscience & Behavior
Implication of Adam Related Metalloproteases in Equine Laminitis, Michael Coyne, Animal Science
Empathy and the Therapeutic Alliance: Their Relationship to Each Other and to Outcome in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Joan Degeorge, Psychology
Infant Attention to Foreground Television and Relationship to Joint Visual Attention, Lindsay B. Demers, Psychology
The Confessions, Christopher N. Deweese, English
Evaluation of a Simulator Based, Novice Driver Risk Awareness Training Program, Frank Diete, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Rang De Basanti- Consumption,Citizenship and the Public Sphere, Meghana Dilip, Communication
The Impact of the Organic Mainstream Movement: A Case Study of New England Organic Produce Prices, Megan M. Dolan, Resource Economics
An Analysis of Methods for Identifying Local Import Substitution Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Regional Economies, David Elvin, Regional Planning
Novel Lexical Item Decoding in L2 Reading Acquisition: A Socio-schematic Approach, Elizabeth B. Enkin, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Electron Transport Properties and Accessible Information in Nanoscale Conductors by Microcanonical Approach, Ilke Ercan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Longitudinal Study of the Relation Between Depression and Parenting, Paula A. Errazuriz Arellano, Psychology
A Novel Process for Continuous Thermal Embossing of Large-Area Nanopatterns onto Polymer Films, Matthew D. Fagan, Mechanical Engineering
Euripides' Bakkhai and the Colonization of Sophrosune: A Translation with Commentary, Shannon K. Farley, Comparative Literature
Self-Incompatibility in African Lycium (Solanaceae), Natalie M. Feliciano, Plant Biology
Coded Pulse Transmission and Correlation for Robust Ultrasound Ranging from a Long-Cane Platform, Raymond S. Frenkel, Mechanical Engineering
Metallic Carbon Nanotubes, Microwave Characterization And Development Of A Terahertz Detector, Kan Fu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Molecular-Beam Mass-Spectrometric Analyses of Hydrocarbon Flames, Saugata Gon, Chemical Engineering
The Relationship between Serum Leptin, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, and Body Composition, Isabel L. Guenther, Nutrition
Alleys: Negotiating Identity in Traditional, Urban, And New Urban Communities, Sara A. Hage, Landscape Architecture
The Things a Body Does When It Thinks It's Going to Die, Aaron M. Hellem, English
Binary Mixtures of Pyrethroids Interact with Voltage-Sensitive Calcium and Chloride Channels in Isolated Presynaptic Nerve Terminals from Rat Brain, Hilliary E. Hodgdon, Animal Science
Miniaturization of Microstrip Patch Antennas for Gps Applications, Steven S. Holland, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sorption Of Pahs And Copper (ii) By Aspen Wood Fibers, Liyuan Huang, Plant & Soil Sciences
Shale-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter as a Substrate for Subsurface Methanogenic Communities in the Antrim Shale, Michigan Basin, Usa, Roger Huang, Geography
Probing for Conformational Changes in the Repair Enzyme Mfd Using Mutant Protein Constructs, Mary E. Hunnewell, Biochemistry
C.D. Grabbe's Hannibal: A New Translation for the American Stage, Margaret L. Inners, Theater
Phase Synthesis Using Coupled Phase-Locked Loops, S.P. Anand Iyer, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mimo Communication for Ad Hoc Networks: A Cross Layer Approach, Suraj Kumar Jaiswal, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Performance Evaluation Of Existing Steel And Concrete Girder Bridges Through Non-destructive Live-load Testing, Andrew E. Jeffrey, Civil Engineering
Adaptive Inference and Its Applications to Protein Modeling, Bo Jiang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Deletion of the Bax Gene Severley Impairs Sexual Behavior and Modestly Impairs Motor Function In Mice, Jigyasa Jyotika, Neuroscience & Behavior
Novel Genres or Generic Novels: Considering Korean Movies Adapted from Amateur Internet Novels, Kyoung-lae Kang, Communication
The Effect of Heating Chicken Muscle on Formation of Bioavailable Froms of Iron, Nilesh B. Karava, Food Science
Evaluation of Traffic Simulation Models for Work Zones in the New England Area, Pothu Raju Khanta, Civil Engineering
The Dramaturgy of Dialect: An Examination Of The Sociolinguistic Problems Faced When Producing Contemporary British Plays In The United States., Talya A. Kingston, Theater
Domain Effects in the Finite / Infinite Time Stability Properties of a Viscous Shear Flow Discontinuity, Kranthi Kumar Kolli, Mechanical Engineering
Preliminary Investigations of a Stochastic Method to solve Electrostatic and Electrodynamic Problems, Sethu Hareesh Kolluru, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sign You Were Mistaken, Seth Houard Landman, English
The Representation Of Marginal Youth In Contemporary Japanese Popular Fiction: Marginal Youth And Ishida Ira’s Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Jonathan W. Lawless, Japanese
Salt Lake City’s Urban Growth and Kennecott Utah Copper: A Geographical Analysis of Urban Expansion onto a Previously Proposed Superfund Site Adjacent to the World’s Largest Copper Mine, Kelly K. Lemmons, Geography
The Effect of Price Postponement on the Coordination of a Two Stage Supply Chain Facing Consumer Returns, Thomas Lenk, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Cysteine Dioxygenase: The Importance of Key Residues and Insight into the Mechanism of the Metal Center, Jonathan H. Leung, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Race and Representation: A Case Study of Racial Diversity in Student Government, Rhys J. Livingstone, Sociology
Integrating multimedia into Chinese character teaching and learning for Cfl beginners/, Weijia Li, Chinese
The Moral and Racial Socialization of Children: The Image of Wu Feng in Taiwan School Readers, Claire R. Maccabee, Chinese
The Efforts of Therapists in the First Session To Establish a Therapeutic Alliance, Gregory H. Macewan, Psychology
MNoC : A Network on Chip for Monitors, Sailaja Madduri, Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Orthogonally-Fed, Active Linear Phased Array of Tapered Slot Antennas, Andrew R. Mandeville, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Design of a Two-Receiver Interferometer on Motorized Tracks, Eric Marklein, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Negotiating Discourses on Homoeroticism: The Coming Out and Other Tales by Colombian Immigrant Men in New York City, Erika Marquez, Sociology
The Conflict of Desire, Joetta L. Maue, Art
The Effect of Context on the Interpretation of Noun-Noun Combinations: Eye Movement and Behavioral Evidence, Tony Mccaffrey, Psychology
A Synergistic Approach to Modeling Crack Propagation in Nanoreinforced Polymer Composites, Andy Mccarron, Mechanical Engineering
In God We Trust?, Kevin R. Meek, English
Scientific Computing on Streaming Processors, Sandeep Menon, Mechanical Engineering
The Application of Traffic Calming and Related Strategies in an Urban Environment, Stacy A. Metzger, Civil Engineering
Japanese American Internment Centers on United States Indian Reservations: A Geographic Approach to the Relocation Centers in Arizona, 1942-1945, Kristen L. Michaud, Geography
Panic Attacks: Violent Female Displacement in The Tale of Genji, Otilia C. Milutin, Japanese
Terrazzo Cracking: Causes and Remedies, Michael J. Mitchell III, Civil Engineering
A Comparison of Environmental Substrate Gradients and Calcium Selectivity in Plant Species of Calcareous Fens in Massachusetts, Jamie M. Morgan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Site Characteristics and Plant Invasion: Light Limitation of Invasive Establishment and Impacts of Elaeagnus Umbellata on Soil Nitrogen Availability and Co-occurring Species, Erin L. Mostoller, Plant Biology
Vitamin D Metabolites Inhibit Adipocyte Differentiation in 3t3-l1 Preadipocytes, Radhika Natarajan, Nutrition
Costumes for "The Magic Flute", Composed by W.A. Mozart, Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, Sarah P. Nelson, Theater
Anchorage of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers to Reinforced Concrete in Shear Applications, Carl W. Niemitz, Civil Engineering
Invertebrate Phenology and Prey Selection of Three Sympatric Species of Salmonids; Implications for Individual Fish Growth, Jeffrey V. Ojala, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Eyes on Krishna, Ashwati Parameshwar, English
Examining Moral Conflict as a Form of Prejudice, Michael T. Parker, Psychology
Foregivenness, Seth Parker, English
Developing a Municipal Fair Housing and Land Use Curriculum, Ethan Parsons, Regional Planning
Development of a Solid-State Doppler Marine Radar, Gita P. Pathak, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Distribution Patterns of Migratory Striped Bass in Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts, Sarah M. Pautzke, Marine Sciences and Technology
Concepts of the Unseen, Ian T. Pawluk, Art
Reconstructing Molly Welsh: Race, Memory and the Story of Benjamin Banneker's Grandmother, Sandra W. Perot, History
Food Cultures, Total Diet Studies and Risk Management: Implications for Global Food Policy and Public Health, Laura A. Pillsbury, Public Policy & Administration
An Exploratory Study Into the Construction of 'Self' in College-Aged Female Athletes, Lindsey Pilver, Sports Management
Authentic Input in Early Second Language Learning, Bridget C. Pinsonneault, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
My Father's Daughter, Eboni G. Rafus, English
Among These Things, Megan J. Randlett, Art
The Wild Sky Wilderness Proposal: Politics, Process, and Participation in Wilderness Designation, Kassia C. Randzio, Geography
The Bird Sisters, Rebecca A. Rasmussen, English
Two Approaches to the Study of the Mechanism of the Transition Process from Initiation to Elongation in T7 Rna Polymerase, Shiv K. Redhu, Chemistry
A Neural Network based Background Supression Technique applied to Vhe Gamma Ray Data coming from the Crab Pulsar, Christian A. Reuschle, Physics
Fabricating Divine, James w. Rhea, Art
Looks, Patrick F. Robbins, English
Appearances: Towards A Synthesis of Experience and Expression in Painting, Jonathan E. Ruegg, Art
Rural Character in the Hilltowns: Understanding Attitudes About Planning in the Context of Attachment to Place, Anna J. Sadler, Landscape Architecture
The Effects of Sea Level Change on the Molecular and Isotopic Composition of Sediments in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Oceanic Anoxic Event 3, Mesa Verde, Co, Usa, Jeff Salacup, Geography
Bring Me Men: Intertextual Identity Formation at the Us Air Force Academy, Katherine L. Schifani, English