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Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Agarwal, Vitul. AN EXPLORATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE METHODS USED IN THE STUDY OF PHYTOPLANKTON POPULATION DYNAMICS

Cai, Jiangping. TRANSLANGUAGING THROUGH EXPERIENCING: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS STUDYING CHINESE

Card, Matthew. FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS

DeMichiel, AnnMarie. HOUSE OF HORRORS: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND THE PERILS OF THE DOMESTIC IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1945-1965

DuPont, Michael. DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF PH SENSITIVE PEPTIDES FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND THERAPY OF TUMORS

Duvanova, Tatiana. THE EMPIRE: A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

Fontaine, Diana N.. DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION ACROSS TIME AND SPACE: INSIGHTS FROM THE NORTHEAST U.S. SHELF

Fulfer, Victoria Madison. ASSESSING PLASTIC POLLUTION ON SHORELINES AND IN COASTAL SEDIMENTS

Houghton, James P.. EXECUTING ADVANCED ALGORITHMS TO EXTRAPOLATE VOTER ARRIVAL BEHAVIOR IN U.S. ELECTIONS

Jisan, Mansur Ali. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYER WIND MODEL FOR LANDFALLING HURRICANES

Kaye, Emily. MECHANISTIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING ADVERSE LIVER OUTCOMES RELATED TO PFAS EXPOSURE IN NEONATAL AND ADULT MICE

Killeavy, Erin. DEFINING THE PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVE SITE OF THE RIBOSOME

Kumar, Ashutosh. DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING OF AN INNOVATIVE MICROFLUIDIC PAPER-BASED ANALYTICAL DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVE ELISA

Lamkin, Jamie. IDENTIFICATION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE STRUCTURAL FEATURES INVOLVED IN CELLULOSE SYNTHESIS COMPLEX FORMATION

Lazar Tucker, Jane. RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HOSPITAL PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT BREASTFEEDING IN THE UNITED STATES

Liu, Li. THE IMPACT OF MULTI-TIER SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY AND NETWORK CENTRALITY ON BUYING FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE

Li, Yibo. DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ADJUVANTS FOR INFLUENZA AND TUMOR VACCINES

Mattar, Jennifer M.. EFFECTS OF WESTERN DIET OR EXERCISE EXPOSURE IN A NOVEL RAT MODEL OF LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Melo Herrera, Yarisbel. IMPROVING THE DIET QUALITY OF WIC-PARTICIPATING WOMEN USING DIGITAL FOOD ENVIRONMENTS

Modaresi, Seyed Mohamad Sadegh. MECHANISTIC AND TOXICOKINETIC ANALYSIS OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES: PROTEOMICS APPROACH AND THE ROLE OF FATTY ACID BINDING (FABP)

Musella, Katharine. DEVELOPING A TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM

Ngwa, Akongnwi Nfor. ENERGY MITIGATION AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE DURING UNDERWATER IMPLOSIONS

Pascuzzi, Emma. AN EXPLORATION OF THE ADVERSE OUTCOMES OF DIVORCE

Peña, Priscilla Yamilet. FROM WOKE-WASHING TO AUTHENTIC BRAND ACTIVISM: ESSAYS ON ITS IMPACT ON CONSUMER IDENTITY, BRAND MORALITY AND BRAND RESPONSES

Plee, Tara. ENHANCING GREEN SEA URCHIN (STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROBACHIENSIS) PRODUCTION TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY

Potvin, Jacquelyn. IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A NUTRITON-FOCUSED STEAM SUMMER PROGRAM FOR URBAN YOUTH

Rogers, Jennifer. DATA AUGMENTATION FOR SMART GRID ANOMALY DETECTION

Rynearson, Leah. INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROLYTES FOR SILICON-CONTAINING ANODES AND ON HIGH VOLTAGE CATHODES IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

Sheetz, Brian Sperry. DEVELOPMENT OF NANOPORE SENSORS; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Turken, Diana. THIS COULD BE HEAVEN OR THIS COULD BE HELL: FIGURATIONS OF URBAN LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA

Vanasse, Adam. PREDICTION OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM GENETIC EXPRESSION AND TREATMENT OF RESULTING CANCERS

Wu, Pei-Chin. USING INSAR TECHNOLOGY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF COASTAL SUBSIDENCE IN MAJOR CITIES GLOBALLY

Yin, Alexander. DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND RAPID PROTOTYPING OF SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS FOR DEEP-SEA APPLICATIONS

Zhou, Xianhao. DNA DAMAGE, MODIFICATION AND REPAIR

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Abdulshakoor, Ebtesam Mohd. SICKLE CELL DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG LATE ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY

Abreu, Alyssa. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN OYSTER CONSUMPTION AND IRON, ZINC, AND CADMIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN GHANAIAN WOMEN

Ada, Eren. Utilization of Large-Scale Genomic Data and Phylogenetic Methods in Studying Evolutionary Radiations

Ali, Winifer M.. UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 2 ISOFORMS REGULATION IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA BY THE FARNESOID X RECEPTOR SIGNALING PATHWAY

Andrys, Janine Louise. WATER AND OXYGEN FUGACITY IN SUBDUCTION ZONE MAGMATISM

Antolini, Cali. PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOPHYSICAL DYNAMICS OF THE AQUEOUS FERRATE(VI) ION

Argus, Stefanie. EXPERIENCES OF WHITE WOMEN GRADUATE STUDENTS IN A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION BADGE PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION IN A TIME OF WHITESTREAM RACIAL RECKONING

Ashraf, Muhammad Hasan. RECONCEPTUALIZING SUPPLY CHAIN FLOWS

Avant, Albert Hosia Jerriod. Muscadine: Poems

Baughman, Emma C.. MIDDLE CHILDREN OF HISTORY: MALE-AUTHORED POST-1960s FICTION & THE NIHILISM OF WHITE MALE PROTAGONISTS

Bishop, Ian W.. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL OF SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON

Bosland, Julie. BEST MANAGEMENT AND EGG WASHING PRACTICES FOR SMALL-SCALE POULTRY PRODUCERS TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY

Bush, Xin. 13C LABELING FOR CHO CELL METABOLISM TRACING AND MS BASED ANALYSIS FOR ADVANCED UPSTREAM CULTURE MONITORING TO SUPPORT CQA UNDERSTANDING

Campo, Steven Anthony. HOW DOES THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH? A CASE STUDY IN EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND

Carvalho, Kristin. COMMUNITY BANK STRESS TESTING: WHY BANKS STRESS TEST AND THE IMPACT OF STRESS TESTING ON BANK CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY

Chen, Xiaotian. DESIGN, DYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL OF SOFT ROBOTS

Cho, Youngji. THE (MIS)FORMATION OF IDENTITY IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S NOVELS: IDEOLOGY, COMMUNITY, AND THE SELF

Colavita, Matthew A.. HYDRODYNAMIC DRAG AND ADDED MASS FORCES ON BODIES UNDERGOING SHAPE CHANGE FOR USE IN PROPULSIVE AND MANEUVERING MODELS

Consilvio, Damiano. COMPUTATIONAL CLOSE READING: A CRITIQUE OF DIGITAL LITERARY METHODOLOGY

Crisalli, Alicia M.. A STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS OF CARCINOGENIC PROTEIN- AND DNA-BINDING CHEMICALS

Danilczyk, William C.. DIGITAL TWIN FOR INTELLIGENT CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Dong, Luran. VALUING THE IMPACT OF WIND TURBINES ON HOUSING PRICES

Dorfman, Leah. THE EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY ON VALUE CONSISTENCY DURING A WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

Dugas, Joan R.. HOME HEALTH CARE NURSES’ EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF PROVIDING CARE TO OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Dunn, Matthew. CALIBRATION AND APPLICATION OF A TUBE PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR EVALUATING FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PER- AND POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS)

Duroha, Jesse. SUSTAINABLE ERGONOMICS FOR SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

Ferchichi, Mohamed Anis. DIAGNOSTIC BRAINS, EXPERIENTIAL MINDS AND METAMODERNISM: MCEWAN, SELF, AND MCCARTHY AS CASE STUDIES

Ferry, James A.. RESISTING ARREST: AN (AUTO-THEORETICAL) ESSAY ON PRISON LITERATURE

Forkus, Shannon. EXAMINING BIDIRECTIONAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL TRAUMA AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ARMY SOLDIERS

Forte, Michael B. Jr.. DID GASB 67 AND 68 IMPACT PUBLIC PENSION RISK TAKING?

Freeman, Matthew. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO- AND MICROPARTICLES FOR PULMONARY DRUG DELIVERY

Gallucci, Gina. MECHANISMS OF PPAR-ALPHA TARGETED THERAPY IN CHOLESTASIS: TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES

Garzon, Joise. “IF YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP STUDENTS, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ASK THEM HOW YOU CAN HELP”: TESTIMONIOS OF LATINA/O/ HISPANIC COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PERSISTED TO GRADUATION

Goldstein, Silvi C.. RACE AND SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH AS MODERATORS OF HARM REDUCTION PHARMACOBEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR ALCOHOL USE DISORDER AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

Gondola, Bobby G. Jr.. NAVIGATING THE HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE: ARTS-BASED PERSPECTIVES BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Gonsalves, Andrea Jennifer. ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF INHALABLE NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS USING BIOMIMETIC LUNG SURFACTANT

Grzybowski, Amy. A CASE STUDY OF NONCREDIT TO CREDIT PATHWAYS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Gutierrez, Esperanza. THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE OF LATINA MOTHERS FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE: A FOCUSED ETHNOGRAPHY

Hagan, James Thomas. ADVANCING NANOPORE CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBOHYDRATES WITH CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND MACHINE-LEARNING

Harder de Palma, Thaís. DEFINING THE ESSENTIAL GENOME OF HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE AND CONDITIONALLY ESSENTIAL GENES REQUIRED FOR ITS SURVIVAL IN BIOFILMS AND SERUM COMPLEMENT

Hasan, Md Tahsin. TESTING THE EFFICACY OF BEHAVIORAL NUDGES FOR REDUCING PLASTIC BAG USE AND PERCEPTION OF LEVY-BASED POLICY AMONG RETAIL CUSTOMERS IN BANGLADESH

Heidaribafroui, Hojat. MICROFLUIDIC PAPER-BASED DEVICES FOR THE DETECTION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Holmes, Howard J.. THE EFFECTS OF NUDGES IN ACQUIRING NEW CLIENTS IN A WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRM

Ivone, Ryan. DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMERIC NANO- AND MICROPARTICLE-BASED CONTROLLED RELEASE PLATFORMS

Jayasekara, Gethmini Kasunka. INVESTIGATING THE MECHANISM AND EXPANDING THE REACTIVITY OF CU(I)-CATALYZED [2+2] PHOTOCYCLOADDITION REACTIONS OF OLEFINS

Jones, Aubree E.. FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM IN THREE NORTH AMERICAN FISHES: DEVELOPMENT, EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS, AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Jones, Megan C.. QUEER AND TRANS INCLUSION IN FINNISH TEACHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Kamat, Shweta. CHOOSING WISELY IN PROPHYLACTIC NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST USE AMONG WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

Khaleghikarahrodi, Mehrsa. EXECUTING ADVANCED ALGORITHMS TO EXTRAPOLATE UNIQUE ELECTRIC VEHICLE USERS’ CHARGING BEHAVIORS

Khan, Tracy Amanda. FUN IN MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Kominia, Athina. SIGNATURE OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS UNDER PYROLYSIS AND AMBIENT CONDITIONS

Küster, Timo. MEASURING THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK: SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) DETECTION OF ANIONIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS

Landreth, Michael. WAITING TOO LONG TO MOVE AT GREEN LIGHTS

Larson, Albert Eric. FLUX TO FLOW: A CLEARER VIEW OF EARTH’S WATER CYCLE VIA NEURAL NETWORKS AND SATELLITE DATA

Lewis, Brittany. DESIGNING ACCESSIBLE COMPUTING DEVICE AUTHENTICATION FOR PEOPLE WITH UPPER EXTREMITY IMPAIRMENT

Li, Hepfeng. TRUST-REGION BASED POLICY OPTIMIZATION FOR EFFICIENT REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Madawala, Hiranya Malshani. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD, NANOEMULSION-INTEGRATED SINGLE-ENTITY ELECTROCHEMISTRY

McGrane, Christine. A GROUP RESPITE INTERVENTION FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Morrison, Josiah. BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC MECHANISMS UNDERPINNING ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL CYCLE AND GROWTH TRANSITIONS

Nickford, Sarah. Observations at the air-sea interface: quantifying carbon and heat exchange in the Gulf Stream region using uncrewed surface vehicles

Nowakowski, Catherine. PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING IN THE GULF OF MAINE: MULTIDECADAL MOLECULAR ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ZOOPLANKTON AND DEEP SEA CORALS BIOARCHIVES

Nusrat, Farah. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES IN FORECASTING GEOSPATIAL DIARRHEAL DISEASE RISK

O'Loughlin, Connor. The Global Dynamics of Some Rational Difference Equations Exhibiting Neimark-Sacker Bifurcation

Owens, Bridget A.. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN STRESS, INTUITIVE EATING, AND ADIPOSITY IN A COHORT OF MIDLIFE WOMEN

Page, Felicia M.. Stunned and stranded: Characterizing hypothermic threats to sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic and enhancing conservation by fostering community engagement

Palmer, Gillian N.. HOW DOES PRACTICING MINDFULNESS RELATE TO CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO ATTEND EVENTS POST-PANDEMIC?