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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Dynamic Response of Aerospace Materials under Extreme Environments, Sandeep Abotula
Pharmacodynamic Mechanisms of Tolfenamic Acid Induced SP1 Degradation Relative to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology, Lina I. Adwan
Effects of Ciona Intestinalis Distal-Less-B Nonexpression and Overexpression on Phenotype and Downstream Targets, Matthew David Blanchette
Application of the Transtheoretical model to Behavioral Health Professionals' Readiness to Practice Integrated Primary Care, Cerissa Blaney
Pathological Effects of Soybean Anti-Nutritional Factors on Summer Flounder (Paralichthys Dentatus) Tissues, Rachel Michelle Bone
Video Steganalysis for Digital Forensics Investigation, Kevin Bryan
Associations Between Patient Characteristics and Utilization in a Commercial Schizophrenia Population, Thomas Joseph Bunz
Assessment of Mammal Biodiversity in Coffee-Dominated Landscapes of India and Costa Rica, Stephanie Amanda Caudill
Positive Nurse-Resident Relationships a Focused Ethnography in a Nursing Home, Rosemary A. Costigan
Effect of Metabolic Disease and Xenobiotic Exposure on Hepatic ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Drug Transporter Expression, Ajay Chowdary Donepudi
Nurses Perceptions of their Competence in Managing Patient Situations in Acute Care, Donna Marie Donilon
Are All Faculty Members Being Compensated Equally? A Multi-Method Approach to Investigating Faculty Salary, Angela Perine Ferreira
Some Results on Graph Representations and Closure Systems, Adam J. Gilbert
Exploring Nurse Case Managers' Language Describing Health Needs and Interventions with Populations, Kathleen I. Gremel
Comparing Visual and Statistical Analysis in Single-Subject Studies, Magdalena A. Harrington
The Impact of Predator-Prey Relationships on the Formation of Harmful Algal Blooms in Heterosigma Akashiwo, Elizabeth L. Harvey
Some Results on Graph Representations and Graph Colorings, Arlene Mia Heissan
Sequence Effects on the Repair and Replication of Arylamine-DNA Adducts, Vipin Jain
Women's Historiography in Late Medieval European Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Christine de Pizan, Eva M. Jones
Using Structural Equation Modeling, Lara Jane Kaplan Goodrich
Hypergraph Colorings, Commutative Algebra, and Gröbner Bases, Michael E. M. Krul
The Effects of N-Butonol on the Model and Reconstituted Membrane of Clostridium Pasteurianum, Yogi Kurniawan
Physical Properties of Marine Sediments and their Application Toward Climate Change Studies, Tania Lado Insua
On the Global Behavior of Some Systems of Difference, Evalina G. Lapierre
Alcohol Cognitions and College Student Drinking: The Moderate Effect of Executive Abilities, Andrea M. Lavine
Study of Glycation and Advanced Glycation on a Humanized Monoclonal Antibody, Hong Liu
An In Vitro Study on the Non-Enzymatic Glycation of Melamine and Serum Albumin by Reducing Sugars, Weixi Liu
Unboundedness Results for Rational Difference Equations, Gabriel Lugo
The Role of Microstructure on Deformation and Damage Mechanisms in a Ni-based Superalloy at Elevated Temperatures, Kimberly Maciejewski
Model-Based Approaches to Characterize Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin in Disease State, Joyce Macwan
Self-Regulated Learning and Ethnic/Racial Variables: Predicting Minority First-Generation College Students' Persistence, John S. Moore III
Role of Nuclear Factor E2 Related Factor 2 (NRF2) in Development of Steatosis and Drug Transporter Alterations, Vijay R. More
Compounds from A. Platanoides Bark, V. Corymbosum Roots & Topical Formulations using Maple Syrup, Raed Omar
Response of Materials to Various Shock Loading Conditions Generated by Plate Impact Experiments, Gifford W. Plume IV
Childhood Maltreatment, Posttraumatic Cognitions, and Health Outcomes Among Young Adults, Elizabeth Reicheart
Affective Reconfigurations: A New Politics of Difference, Laurie Rodrigues
Asleep Behind the Wheel: Experiences of Night Shift Nurses on the Commute Home, Shirley A. Sargent
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Alkalinity in Marine Sedimentary Interstitial Water, Justine Sauvage
Producing In-Situ Nanoparticles of Griseofulvin using Supercritical Antisolvent Methodology, Pratik Sheth
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Anxiety: Examining a Parent Consultation Model, Allison M. Smith
Teachers Developing Exemplary Inquiry Practices: Three Longitudinal Case Studies, Sara B. Sweetman
Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware and Narragansett Bays, John Andrew Szczepanski Jr.
Effect of Manufacturing Methods Used in the Stability of Amorphous Solid Solutions and Predictions to Test them, Kaoru Tominaga
Suppression of PXR Expression by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Microrna, Thaveechai Vachirayonstien
Multicultural Training of Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students: Ideals vs. Practice, Bryana F. C. White
Application of Silver Nanoparticles in Drinking Water Purification, Hongyin Zhang
On Design and Implementation of an Embedded System for Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial Legs, Xiaorong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Brain Penetration of Tolfenamic Acid and its Ability to Enhance the Cognitive Functions and to Lower Amyloid Pathology in Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease, Gehad Mohammed Subaiea
Submissions from 2011
On the origin of submarine sediment features in the southern Aegean Sea, Katherine Lynn Croff Bell
Chronic child sexual abuse, psychiatric, and medical conditions among adolescents in residential care, Margo A Drohan
Experiences of postpartum psychosis from the perspectives of women with the diagnosis and psychiatric nurses, Inger Engqvist
Relaxations of L(1,1)-labeling for the broadcast scheduling problem, Shaun N Joseph
Architecture and performance evaluation of data storage systems, Jin Ren
Patients' experiences of symptoms, discomfort and their impact on daily living following day surgery, Helena I Rosen
Exposures to multiple environmental chemicals (lead, methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls) among childbearing-aged women in the U.S., Marcella Remer Thompson