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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

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?

Palmer, Michelle G.. HYPOGLYCEMIA SCREENING IN TERM NORMAL BIRTH WEIGHT NEWBORNS: A RETROSPECTIVE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD REVIEW

Pantano, Justin. STRATEGIES TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Panthi, Jeeban. GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS IN AN UNCONFINED COASTAL AQUIFER: GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELING

Perera, Rupasinghe. AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS FOR DYNAMIC SUBSET TARGET IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING

Picard, Kassie. PESTICIDES, POLYMERS, AND POLLUTION: USE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY TO COMBAT THREATS TO POLLINATOR HEALTH

Piraino, Benjamin. Cell Stress, protein quality control, and activation of toxin antitoxin systems in Escherichia coli

Pokharel, Hem Kumar. IMPROVING QUALITY: EXPLORING CERAMIC WATER FILTERS IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES

Puri, Surendra R.. NANOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY AT LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACE FOR BIOMEDICAL AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Quiroz Santos, Esther Maria. THE IMPACT OF PEER SPECIALISTS ON CLIENT OUTCOMES: AN EXAMINATION OF MEDIATIONAL FACTORS

Rivera, Kevin. THIN FILM INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC SENSORS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES (CMCs)

Ruiz, Elaine. ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, AND SERVICE UTILIZATION AMONG LATINO IMMIGRANTS

Ryu, Sangwoo. EVALUATION OF THE TOXICOKINETIC MECHANISMS OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES: ACCUMULATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND ELIMINATION

Sagna, Safietou. THE OUTSIDER WITHIN: THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN STUDENTS IN HIGER EDUCATION

Santos, Brenda. CULTURALLY SUSTAINING DISCIPLINARY HISTORY INSTRUCTION: TEACHERS EXPLORING A POSSIBILITY THROUGH PRACTICE

Sartori, Daniel D.. OSE and Matrix Filtering for SISA

Setta, Samantha Patricia. THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENT REGIME ON DIATOM DIVERSITY AND DIATOM DIAZOTROPH ASSOCIATIONS

Shen, Elaine Wang. The Social and Ecological Dimensions of Coral Reef Biomonitoring

Shepard, Emily. STUDY OF THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF COMMONLY USED MEASURES OF ADHD, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Shepard, Zachary. NANO/BIO INTERACTIONS FOR SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL NANOMATERIALS

Shomberg, Russell Joseph. ADVANCES IN DEEP-SEA IMAGING AND SOFT ROBOTICS

Shrestha, Shiva. THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE STRESSES IN WATER QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL, URBAN AND FORESTED WATERSHEDS IN RHODE ISLAND

Smith, Delaney. CRANBERRY VINE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PERIPARTURIENT OVINE AND HER OFFSPRING

Smith, Melissa Ann. X-ray absorption spectroscopy as a technique to study environmentally sustainable materials

Sonnet, Virginie. Detection of coastal phytoplankton taxonomy, morphology and optical signals with machine learning and time series analysis

Strand, Emma. ELUCIDATING THE MECHANISMS OF STRESS TOLERANCE IN REEF-BUILDING CORAL HOLOBIONTS

Sylvester, Jeremy. FEMTOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED COHERENT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF EQUILIBRIUM PHONONS IN CUBIC PEROVSKITES

Thompson, Lauren. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING INTERVENTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADHD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Tilton, Craig. Fluid-Structure Interaction of Collapsing Volumes in Confined Environments

Toomey, Michael. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PRODUCT PERFORMANCE IN THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY

Topper, P. Kevin. MISSING VOICES: A FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE DIALOGUE IN ONE ONLINE COLLEGE CLASSROOM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Townsend, Nikolas. High-Speed Cops and Robbers

Trautmann, Hannah. Heterogeneous ribosomes and bS21: An investigation of impacts and mechanisms of altered translation in Francisella tularensis

Trolle, Susan. DYNAMICS OF NON-AUTONOMOUS DISCRETE SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS TO EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS

Vanceylon, Jarron. THREE CHAPTERS ON THE ECONOMICS OF LAND CONSERVATION

Visca, Hannah. BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PHLIP AND PHLIP-CARGO CONJUGATES DEVELOPED FOR IMAGING AND THERAPY

Wanchoo, Piyush. CHARACTERIZATION & DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF NOVEL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES TO AIR BLAST AND UNDERWATER SHOCK

Wang, Shuang. CHILDREN’S OUTCOMES AND MATERNAL OPIOID EXPOSURES DURING PREGNANCY

Wang, Zhenhua. DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF ISLANDED MICROGRIDS

Wei, Xiaozhuo. Seismological Investigation of the Hawaiian Volcanoes Following the 2018 Kilauea Eruption

Wright, Thomas James. MAKING AND BREAKING ESTERS: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN POLYMERS, LACTONES, AND PESTICIDES

Yue, Weizhou. DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALIZED DRUG DELIVERY STRATEGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Zhang, Jingting. MODELING, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF COMPLEX NONLINEAR UNCERTAIN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: FROM ALGORITHM DESIGN TO PHYSICAL EXPERIMENT

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Abdelatti, Marwan Fouad. Empowering Industrial IoT Systems with GPU-Powered Optimization Algorithms and Cybersecurity Tools

Albarakati, Noura. ANALYZING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ATTRITION OF UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Alesio, Jessica. Protein Pairing and Lipid Linking: Physicochemical Properties of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Influence Their Interactions with Macromolecules

Almeida, Eric Ganeto. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE CORYNEBACTERIUM MATRUCHOTII HAS WITHIN SUPRAGINGIVAL PLAQUE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AND ITS RESPONSE TO ORAL STREPTOCOCCI AND SALIVA

Anik, Muzahidul Islam. MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLASMONIC AND MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES GUIDED BY SELF AND DIRECTED ASSEMBLY

Ansong, Rachel A.. THE TEXT(TILES) OF ADINKRA SYMBOLS: WEST AFRICAN ART, GENDER, & POETIC TRANSLATIONS

Astorini, Angela. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INCLUSIVE THREE-ITEM GENDER INSTRUMENT

Basley, Sandra A.. THE EXPERIENCES OF NURSES AS DOUBLE DUTY CAREGIVERS FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AT THE END OF LIFE: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION

Baumann, Nathan L.. LONGITUDINAL CLUSTERING OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS WITHIN THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY

Baylor, Chiquita K.. I SEE YOU!: CENTERING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF COLLEGIATE BLACK WOMEN ENGAGED IN ACTIVISM

Bechard, Andrew. Three Essays on the Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms

Bentil, Helena. DIETARY MAGNESIUM INTAKE AND RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN GHANAIAN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE

Bernardo, Nicholas D. Jr.. MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEM CONDITIONS ON U.S. ELECTIONS THROUGH SIMULATION

Borgheai, Seyyed Bahram. INCORPORATING HEMODYNAMIC COGNITIVE NEUROMARKERS FOR PERSONALIZED ASSISTIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Brent, Sarah E.. PROBABILISTIC VISION ONLY LOCALIZATION IN SINGLE AND MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEMS

Brewer, Pamela L.. Hypertension, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Hypothyroidism in Women Born Preterm of the Women's Health Initiative

Busby, Taylor Sandoval. Energetic Materials: Synthesis to Detonation

Cao, Wenqiu. Risk Prediction of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) using Electronic Health Records

Capobianco, Karin L.. MSW GRADUATES PROCESS OF READINESS FOR THE SOCIAL WORK FIELD

Cashman, Michaela A.. ADVANCED DETECTION OF MICROPLASTICS AND PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN SEDIMENTS FROM THE NARRAGANSETT BAY WATERSHED

Cay, Gozde. DESIGN OF A WEARABLE MULTI-SENSORY BASED CHEST BELT INTEGRATED WITH IOT FUNCTIONS FOR RESPIRATION MONITORING

Chakravarty, Tomali. UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES OF HETEROGENOUS SWI/SNF COMPLEXES IN REGULATION OF DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION

Chevalier, Robert. CHEMICALLY TUNED SERS SENSORS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MARINE SENSING

Cromwell, Benjamin B.. AN EXPLORATION IN DETECTION OF SMALL OXYGEN CONTAINING ANALYTES USING PHTHALOCYANINE DYES AND PIEZOCATALYTIC THIN

Davis, Mark. LEARNING TO VISUALIZE: MIDDLE-LEVEL LEARNERS ANALYZING AND DESIGNING SCIENCE INFOGRAPHICS