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Theses from 2008
Impacts Of Asymmetric Decision Policies And Consumer Behavior On Supply Chain Coordination Under Consumer Returns, Harald Schmid, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
On Becoming in Translation: Articulating Feminisms in the Translation of Marie Vieux-Chauvet's Les Rapaces, Carolyn P T Shread, Comparative Literature
A Mathematical Model of Acute Response of Parathyroid Hormone to Changes in Plasma Ionized Calcium in Normal Humans, Rajiv P. Shrestha, Mechanical Engineering
Legendary Patriot or Corrupt Egotist? An Analysis of Tōyama Mitsuru Through an Interpretation of Dai Saigō Ikun, Peter T. Siuda, Japanese
Patient Interpersonal Factors and the Therapeutic Alliance in Two Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa, Lotte Smith-hansen, Psychology
The Problem of Excess Female Mortality: Tuberculosis in Western Massachusetts, 1850-1910, Nicole L. Smith, Anthropology
Beauty of the Midnight Crush, Richard B. Sonnenmoser, English
Automatic Techniques for Modeling Impact of Sub-wavelength Lithography on Transistors and Interconnects and Strategies for Testing Lithography Induced Defects, Aswin Sreedhar, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Effect of Sanding and Pruning on Yield and Canopy Microclimate in 'Stevens' Cranberry, Brett Suhayda, Plant & Soil Sciences
Food Colloids As Carrier Systems For Antimicrobials, Sarisa Suriyarak, Food Science
Parenting Style Discrepancies: A Comparison of Inter-ethnic and Intra-ethnic Couples, Dhara Thakar, Psychology
Engineering Analysis Of Custom Foot Orthotics, Lieselle E. Trinidad, Mechanical Engineering
Paralemmin Splice Variants and mRNA and Protein Expression in Breast Cancer, Casey M. Turk, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Assessment of 21st Century Climate Change Projections in Tropical South America and the Tropical Andes, Rocio B. Urrutia, Geography
The impact of automatic and deliberative processing on ingroup-outgroup biases in moral judgments., Ramila Usoof, Psychology
Design and Deployment of a Location Aware Social Network Service, Vivek Varadarajan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Franz Liszt's Settings Of “was Liebe Sei?”: A Schenkerian Perspective, Michael Vitalino, Music
Applying Biological and Physical Templates to Perform Instream Habitat Mapping in the Northeast, Diana L. Walden, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Petrology and Provenance of the Triassic Sugarloaf Arkose, Deerfield Basin, Massachusetts, Matthew P. Walsh, Geography
A study of the standardization of Chinese writing/, Ying Wang, Chinese
Adam's Little Dizzy, Jaclyn Wasneski, English
Testing the New Suburbanism: Exploring Attitudes of Local Residents in Metropolitan Boston toward Residential Neighborhoods and Sustainable Development, Nicole A. West, Landscape Architecture
In With the Old, Ryan M. Wilson, English
Measurement and Computational Modeling of the Mechanical Properties of Parallel Strand Lumber, Russell S. Winans, Civil Engineering
Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Bipolor Dicke Radiometer Front End Receiver Chip, Randy L. Wolf, Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Evaluation of Simulation Models To Assess Travel Delay In Work Zones, Fan Wu, Civil Engineering
On-chip Thermal Sensor Placement, Yun Xiang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stability of the frog motor nerve terminal: roles of perisynaptic Schwann cells and muscle fibers, Ling Xin, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Dynamic Recofiguration Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks, Cheng-tai Yeh, Mechanical Engineering
Effects of Maternal Job Quality on Children's Reading Achievement, Ayse Yetis Bayraktar, Sociology
Bankruptcy Risk and the Performance of Market-based Pollution Control Policies, Wei Zhang, Resource Economics
Theses from 2007
Antioxidant Response Mechanism in Apples during Post-Harvest Storage and Implications for Human Health Benefits, Ishan Adyanthaya, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Attrition from a parent training prevention program for conduct problems., Courtney N. Baker, Psychology
Late adolescent couples' rejection sensitivity and patterns of cortisol reactivity and recovery in relationship conflict., Susan F. Balaban, Psychology
Progress Towards A Model Flavoenzyme System, Kevin M. Bardon, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Do sociotropy and autonomy predict romantic relationship quality and stability?, Eileen K. Bent, Psychology
Laboratory Evaluation of Modified Traveling Screens for Protecting Fish at Cooling Water Intakes, Jonathan L. Black, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
I Knew I'd Find You Here, Danielle Blackman, English
There are Waters Off the Satan Head, Joshua V. Bolton, English
Trophy Children Don’t Smile: Fashion Advertisements For Designer Children’s Clothing In Cookie Magazine, Chris Boulton, Communication
Everett and the Cosmos, Thomas S. Burke, English
The Impacts of Tourism and Development in Nicaragua: A Grassroots Approach to Sustainable Development, Jennifer Atwood Burney, Regional Planning
Biosynthesis of Arsenic by E. coli, Marissa K. Callahan, Chemistry
Art in Heaven, Joseph R. Cardinale, English
Colloidal Particles as Antimicrobial Carrier Systems, Dustin W. Carnahan, Food Science
American Fiction, Sean Casey, English
The Water is Thin, Jeremy Church, English
A Century of Enthusiasm, Carson H. Cistulli, English
On-chip Thermal Sensing In Deep Sub-micron Cmos, Basab Datta, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Soldados de Salamina: Terapias Para Después de una Guerra, Marta Del Pozo Ortea, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Small Fretful Passengers, Amy C. Dickinson, English
The effect of Rhodiola crenulata on a highly metastatic murine mammary carcinoma, Jessica L. Doerner, Molecular & Cellular Biology
The Role of Organicism in the Original and Revised Versions of Brahms's Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8, Mvt. I: A Comparison by Means of Grundgestalt Analysis, Jessica L. Embry, Music
Diversity And Movement Patterns Of Passerine Birds Near An Urban Center On Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ana M. Gabela, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
On The Development Of Self-adapting (rans/les) Turbulence Models For Fluid Simulation At Any Mesh Resolution, Jason A. Gadebusch, Mechanical Engineering
An Analysis Of The Saftey Effects Of Crosswalks With In-pavement Warning Lights, George Gadiel, Civil Engineering
Whip-poor-will Prey Availability and Foraging Habitat: Implications for Management in Pitch Pine / Scrub Oak Barrens Habitats, Ross M. Garlapow, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Paleobiology of the Climactichnites Trackmaker: An Enigmatic Late Cambrian Animal Known Only from Trace Fossils, Patrick R. Getty, Geography
Adaptive Algorithms for Fault Tolerant Re-Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks, Michael S. Gregoire, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Invisibilities and Other Prayers, Ryan M. Habermeyer, English
"Somebody understood us" :: Nancy Macdonald and the Spanish Refugee Aid/, Marta H. Healey, History
The Development of a Dynamic-Interactive-Vehicle Model for Modeling Traffic Beyond the Microscopic Level, Dwayne A. Henclewood, Civil Engineering
Randomness in Integrated Circuits with Applications in Device Identification and Random Number Generation, Daniel Holcomb, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Effect Of Post-exercise Meal Composition On Insulin Action, Kaila A. Holtz, Kinesiology
Glutamic Acid Decarboxylases (gad): Transcriptional Regulation by Estradiol and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, Edward Hudgens, Neuroscience & Behavior
Abandoning nature :: European philosophy and the triumph of equal temperament/, Noel David Hudson, History
The Future of Memory: A Collection, Amanda L. Huhmann, English
American workers, American empire :: Morrison I. Swift, Boston, Massachusetts and the making of working-class imperial citizenship, 1890-1920/, Justin Frederick Jackson, History
Ontologies and Methods for Interoperability of Engineering Analysis Models (eams) in an E-Design Environment, Neelima Kanuri, Mechanical Engineering
Negative Remembering, Aycan Kapucu, Psychology
Transfer Function and Impulse Response Synthesis using Classical Techniques, Sonal S. Khilari, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Price Bundling in Online Travel Markets: An Exploratory Study, Jinhoo Kim, Hotel & Tourism Management
The Turtle Woman’s Voices: Multilingual Strategies Of Resistance And Assimilation In Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, Huang-wen Lai, Japanese
Immigrant Perceptions of Advertising amid Acculturation Levels, Stress and Motivation, Qiao Lan, Communication
Reinventing the wheel or creating a tale's genealogy? :: a comparison of twelve versions of the tale of Mulan/, Julie Anne Lohr, Chinese
Agent Based Modeling of Electronic Markets To Analyze the Sustainability of Mutual Cooperation , Ravindra R. Lote, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Integration Of Organic Electronic Materials With Semiconductor Nanoparticles, Tongxiang Lu, Chemistry
All Night Vigil, Natalie D. Lyalin, English
Performance Analysis of Offloading Application-Layer Tasks to Network Processors, Soumya Mahadevan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Seeing and Knowing Ability of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta), Christine A. Major, Neuroscience & Behavior
Queering Translation Studies, Cristiano A. Mazzei, Comparative Literature
Analysis of Markets in the United States for Brazilian Fresh Produce Grown in Massachusetts, Raquel U. Mendonca, Plant & Soil Sciences
Power Amplifier Linearization Implementation Using A Field Programmable Gate Array, Abilash Menon, Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Comparative Evaluation of Crash Data Quality Identification Methods, Arianna M. Mickee, Civil Engineering
Impacts of Mowing on Bird Abundance, Distribution, and Hazards to Aircraft at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, Andrew G. Milroy, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
A Molecular Phylogenetic Assessment of Pseudendoclonium, Richard F. Mullins, Plant Biology
Measuring Handedness in Infancy: Hand Preference and Hand Performance in 11-Month-Olds, Eliza L. Nelson, Neuroscience & Behavior
Si Based Mis Devices with Ferroelectric Polymer Films for Non-Volatile Memory Applications, Sai S. Nerella, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Influence of Preparation and Processing on Cranberry Gel Properties, Maureen A. Pease, Food Science
Logic Simulation Using Graphics Processors, Atchuthan S. Perinkulam, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Towards Tower 37: A Director's Journey, Chris Perry, Art
Petrology, Structural Geology, and Significance of Mn-Andalusite from the Lower Ortega Quartzite, Tusas MTS., NM, USA, Nancy A. Price, Geosciences
Comprehensive Analysis of Leakage Current in Ultra Deep Sub-micron (udsm) Cmos Circuits, Ashesh Rastogi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Survey of Tree Wardens to Assess Urban and Community Forestry Performance in Massachusetts (u.S.A.), David M. Rines, Forest resources
I Can't Shut My Eyes, Mark A. Rosenberg, English
Stealing Time and Being There: Fathers, Class and Time, Carla N. Russell, Sociology
Investigation of Contact Pressure Distribution on Sheet Metal Stamping Tooling Interfaces: Surface Modeling, Simulations, and Experriments, Sripati Sah, Mechanical Engineering
In the Absence Of, Jennifer Gray Sawyer, Art
Men of the meanest sort :: military leadership and war in the New England colonies, 1690-1775/, Seanegan P. Sculley, History
Building Online Communities in Forestry: the Cases of Timberia.org and the Urban Ecology Collaborative, Andrey V. Semenov, Forest resources