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Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

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

Lathpandura, Lakshitha Dinusha. THERMAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF NI(110) SURFACE USING INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY

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

Livermore Sheehan, Julia C.. USING FISHING INDUSTRY INPUT AND FISHERY-DEPENDENT DATA TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF OFFSHORE FISHING ACTIVITY AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

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

Madhirala, Vikranth Kumar Reddy. 1D GRANULAR CHAINS OF CLOSED-CELL PVC FOAMS UNDER LOW AND MEDIUM VELOCITY IMPACTS

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

Mcelroy, Kyle. NAVIGATING FLOOD RISK IN U.S. MUNICIPAL PLANNING: A MENTAL MODEL ANALYSIS

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

Mikhalyuk, Irena. VALIDITY OF AN INSTRUMENT TO DIAGNOSE CONDUCT DISORDER

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

Monahan, Kathleen. MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF NOVEL TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL EXERCISE SCALES

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

Nadeem, Aceer. NANOTUBE SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMIZED BIOIMAGING/SENSING APPLICATIONS

Nash, Caitlin. INCLUSION OF CURRICULUM IN HIGHER EDUCATION TARGETING STIGMA FOR WORKING WITH STIGMATIZED POPULATIONS

Neupane, Chandra Prasad. ULTRAFAST DYNAMICS OF INTRINSIC AND HYBRID PHONON MODES IN WIDE-BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS

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

Popoola, Racheal. BAG LADY: THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF BLACK WOMEN DOCTORAL STUDENTS ATTENDING A HISTORICALLY WHITE INSTITUTION DURING UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

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

Puopolo, Tess. INVESTIGATING THE NEUROPROTECTIVE & ANTI-INFLAMMATORY BIOACTIVITIES OF PLANT DERIVED PHYTOCHEMICALS

Rayta, Bonnie. THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS ON CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II STUDENTS

Roche, Katherine M.. DIATOM TAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE UPPER OCEAN

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

Sapiie, Rendhy Moreno. TREADING CAREFULLY IN THE DEEP OCEAN: INSIGHTS INTO THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AND SOUND FROM ROBOTIC PLATFORMS ON PELAGIC ANIMAL SURVEYS USING ACTIVE ACOUSTICS AND LOW-LIGHT IMAGING TECHNIQUES

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

Slead, Sandra. ADVANCED DEFORMATION MODELING CONSTRAINED BY GEODESY: APPLICATIONS TO UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING AND SUBMARINE VOLCANOES

Slezak, Colby R.. HABITAT SELECTION AND BREEDING ECOLOGY OF AMERICAN WOODCOCK IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Smith, Jacob L.. FITTING IDEALS WITHOUT A PRESENTATION

Sondergeld, Alexei. EXPLORATION OF OVERACTUATED AUV CONTROL: INVESTIGATION OF FREQUENCY BASED CONTROL ALLOCATION FOR HOVERING OPERATION AND CROSS BODY THRUSTER DYNAMICS FOR VARIABLE FORWARD SPEED OPERATION

Spader, Daniel Lee. CREEP DEFORMATION OF SOLUTION STRENGTHENED NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS

Sullivan, Ryan. DYNAMICS OF SOME NON-AUTONOMOUS DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS

Tchoutan Ngoudjou, Gervais. AIRLINE SUPPLY CHAINS: A SUPPLY CHAIN FLOW APPROACH

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

Vincelli, Jay. DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL ELECTRODE DESIGNS AND GELS FOR USE IN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY

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

Yang, Qingyu. LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT AND KEY FACTORS INFLUENCING CHINESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

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

Young, Kyle S. R.. SEEKING CLARITY IN THE COASTAL ZONE: QUANTIFYING SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD) BY THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) IMAGERY AND RADIONUCLIDE TRACER MODELING

Zhang, Yiping. STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY IN THE CHINESE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

Zhao, Lin. MULTI-SENSOR FUSION FOR UUV LOCALIZATION AT THE ICE-WATER INTERFACE

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