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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Inush Kalana, Urala Liyanage Don. SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL POLYMER MATERIALS VIA ORGANOCATALYTIC RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION (ROP) OF CYCLIC LACTONES

Ismail Hosni, Sarah Mohamed. MULTIMODAL INTEGRATION OF MOTOR IMAGERY-BASED SIGNATURES FOR NEURAL RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION

Iula, Shawna C.. TURNING POINTS: A CASE STUDY OF MOTIVATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Jacobson, Rose. CHARACTERIZATION OF OVARIAN TISSUE CULTURE AND INVESTIGATION OF EMBRYONIC RESPONSE TO TEMPERATURE STRESS USING A SHP2 PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR IN CIONA INTESTINALIS

Jadhav, Ajita. DIETARY FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATE (FC) CONSUMPTION AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH DIET QUALITY AND HEALTH PARAMETERS

Jafari Deligani, Roohollah. SPECTRO-TEMPORAL BASED QUANTIFICATION OF BRAIN FUNCTIONS IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Jahan, Khurshid. EFFECTIVENESS OF ROADSIDE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS) ON MAINTAINING STORMWATER QUALITY THROUGH MONITORING AND MODELING

Jakaria, Md Golam. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOMATERIALS TO OVERCOME PULMONARY EPITHELIAL BARRIERS

Jiang, He. GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK BASED LEARNING FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS

Jiang, Tianqi. ESSAYS ON FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Kerrigan, Zak. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THE OPEN OCEAN AND MARINE SEDIMENT

Kirejczyk, Michael A.. SELF-GRAVITATING FERMI-DIRAC AND BOSE-EINSTEIN CLUSTERS WITH PLANAR, CYLINDRICAL, AND SPHERICAL SYMMETRY

Kirk, Riley D.. EVALUATING NATURAL PRODUCT LIBRARIES WITH EMPHASIS ON IN VITRO PERMEABILITY WORKFLOWS

Kishore, Shyamal. FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION DURING EXTREME DYNAMIC LOADING EVENTS OF COMPOSITES AND METALS

Krasnosky, Kristopher. MASSIVELY PARALLEL STOCHASTIC TERRAIN MODELS IN UNDERSEA MAPPING AND NAVIGATION

Kulesh, Corinne M.. STUDENT RETENTION: BRIDGING THEORY, RESEARCH, PRACTICE & POLICY

Langan, Joseph A.. THE ROLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE DECLINE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY WINTER FLOUNDER

Lee, Changhee. EXPLORING THE VALUE OF PEER INTERACTION DURING ONLINE INQUIRY WITH A QUESTION GENERATION TASK

Li, Lusi. MULTI-VIEW ROBUST REPRESENTATION LEARNING

Liu, Chang. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOL-ENRICHED EXTRACTS

Mandojana-Ducot, Crassandra. PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND COMFORT TOWARDS LGBTQ+ STUDENTS

Mauldin, Thomas. DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-OVERHEAD AND TRANSCEIVER-INTEGRATED OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER

Mclimans, Sharon A.. NURSE PRACTITIONERS’ EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH PATIENTS LIVING WITH MORBID OBESITY

Micu, Petru Dorin. CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT WITH BRANDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: THE MODERATING ROLES OF SELF-QUANTIFICATION AND AWE

Mushkat, Zoe. LONGITUDINAL DECISION-MAKING IN A TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL FOR PURSUING LIVING DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

Neba Mforsoh, Irine. PERFORMANCE OF ELASTOMERIC COATINGS AND COATED STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

Olerio, John. A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Pei, Shuyi. REMOVING PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS ON SSDS AND SSD-BASED STORAGE SYSTEMS

Perera, Dasith. MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE AND STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS

Picucci, Jennifer R.. ITERATIVE METHODS FOR COMPUTING A FEW EIGENPAIRS OR SINGULAR TRIPLETS OF LARGE SPARSE MATRICES

Quinn, David. GENIUS HOUR: EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES ON NAVIGATING THE PROMPTS, PROMISES, AND PREDICAMENTS OF IMPLEMENTING INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Quinn, Meghan C. L.. GEOTECHNICAL EFFECTS ON FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING PERFORMANCE

Schuttert, Christian W.. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF VIRULENCE IN VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS RE22 AND PROBIOTIC MECHANISMS OF PHAEOBACTER INHIBENS S4

Scott, Shawn P.. A MARKETER’S SYMPHONY: ESSAYS ON THE POWER OF MUSICAL STRUCTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONSUMERS WITH FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IN AUDIO SENSORY MARKETING

Shahid, Mehwish. SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH HELP-SEEKING ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES

Sorensen, Donya. PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELFREPORTING ON THE CLINICALLY USEFUL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS OUTCOMES SCALE

Stabile, Caroline W.. A CASE STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC MODELING IN FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS: TEACHER CONCEPTIONS, EPISTEMIC FRAMING AND STUDENTS’ EXPLANATORY MODELS

Sterling, Alexa R.. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF MARINE DIATOMS, BACTERIA, AND THEIR BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS

Stevens, Brian. GATEKEEPERS AND ACCESS AGENTS: HOW ADMISSIONS OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES IN SHAPING COLLEGE ACCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY MARKET FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Sun, Tianyu. EVALUATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON OVERDOSE AND HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION IN THE US

Swanson, Holly Joan. SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY COURSE AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND ACADEMIC IMPACTS OF A CAMPUS-WIDE METACOGNITIVE INTERVENTION

Tamanna, Marzia. OPTIMIZATION OF RIPARIAN ZONE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIPARIAN MODEL

Tanzer, Joshua Ray. FEELING GOOD: HAPPINESS AND HEALTH IN DUTCH OLDER ADULTS

Tate, Marie C.. CO-OCCURRENCE OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND ALCOHOL USE: IMPACT OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Upegui, David I.. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: A NATURAL FIT

Vanterpool, Derece. COUNTER-NARRATIVES MATTER: A CRITICAL RACE ANALYSIS OF BLACK SERVICEMEN’S SCHOOL-TO-MILITARY TRAJECTORY

Witkop, Erin Michele. FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF APOPTOSIS GENE DIVERSIFICATION IN EASTERN OYSTER IMMUNITY

Wongsirikajorn, Mattana. THREE ESSAYS ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN POVERTY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Yao, Zheyi. OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SYSTEM BASED ON SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS

Yevdokimov, Alexander. FRAGMENTATION RESILIENCE ENERGY MASS SPECTROMETRY – NOVEL METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION AND COMPOUND DIFFERENTIATION

Zhang, Jiayuan. BLATANT BENEVOLENCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ATTAINMENT ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES – A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH

Zhao, Yiwen. SELF-ADJUVANTED VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE FOR SAFE AND HIGHLY IMMUNOGENIC VACCINATION

Zisk, Alyssa Hillary. QUANTIFYING AND COMPENSATING FOR P300 VARIATIONS IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Adams, Jessica A.. THE IMPACT OF A CURRICULAR CHANGE ON UNDERGRADUATE HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE

Aguiar, Rebecca J.. MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY: WHERE ARE WE NOW?

Aktosun, Erdem. INVESTIGATION OF VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION OF A CYLINDER BY EMPLOYING CROSS-FLOW AND IN-LINE MOTION

Alkhader, Arar. DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF SMART FABRIC SENSORS BASED ON SEMICONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES

Baker, Aaron M.. IMPACT OF BRAND RECOGNITION IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST SELECTION: IDENTIFICATION AND CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE

Baker, Nicole. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG SNAPCHAT USERS: USES AND MOTIVATIONS

Balestrieri, Sara. EXPLORING CAUSAL MECHANISMS BETWEEN BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION IN A THEORY-BASED ALCOHOL INTERVENTION

Basnyat, Bonita S.. COLLEGE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN COURSEWORK: INVESTIGATING ASSESSMENT SCALING AND FEEDBACK UTILITY

Behanan, Priya Sara. NEW INSIGHTS INTO MODELING CHOICE BEHAVIOR UNDER UNCERTAINTY

Belviso, Nicholas. THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS, SAFETY, AND COST OF ORAL P2Y12 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS FOLLOWING ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES

Bianchi, Nicholas J.. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ONE DIMENSIONAL QUATERNARY PHOTONIC CRYSTALS AND ASSOCIATED HETEROSTRUCTURES

Borrelli, Eric P.. PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UTILIZATION: EVALUATING BENZODIAZEPINE DOSE INTENSITY, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK, AND USE OF TRAMADOL AMONG PATIENTS WITH HIGHER RISK

Carvalho, Paul. POTENTIAL VALUE OF GEAR-BASED MANAGEMENT FOR CORAL REEF FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION

Chapman, Navid. THE INFLUENCE OF POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE INTERFACES ON THE FLUORESCENCE OF RHODAMINE 6G THIN FILMS

Chen, Xuanyu. IMPACTS OF SHOALING OCEAN SURFACE WAVES ON WIND STRESS AND STORM SURGE

Clarkin, Christine Marie. LSVT^®BIG EXERCISE-INDUCED NEUROPLASTICITY IN PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE: AN ASSESSMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES

Cofer, Danielle. PREPARING FOR DEATH: CANNIBALISM, CONSUMPTION AND INCORPORATION IN WOMEN’S SHIPWRECK NARRATIVES

Cox, Alissa H.. COASTAL NEW ENGLAND SEPTIC SYSTEM DRAINFIELDS: GROUNDWATER TABLE AND GREENHOUSE GAS CYCLING DYNAMICS

Crawford, Troy M.. ICG- AND GNP-PHLIP: NOVEL AGENTS FOR IMAGING AND THERAPY

Cruz, Jennifer. THE ROLE OF KINDERGARTEN VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE STATUS ON EARLY READING COMPREHENSION

Cyril, Khadijah Nelly. THE KINGIAN NONVIOLENCE CONFLICT RECONCILIATION TRAINING PROGRAM: OUTCOMES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING

Darosh, Angela. BEYOND THE NEGATIVE LENS: A STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN’S HEALTH

Davis, Teressa. BLACK PARENT-ADOLESCENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEX: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY OF PARENT PERSPECTIVES

DeMoranville, Kristen J.. THE FREQUENT FLYER’S GUIDE TO MIGRATION: HOW SONGBIRD METABOLISM AND OXIDATIVE STATUS RESPOND TO ENDURANCE FLIGHT AND DIET QUALITY

Dharmaratne, Nayanthara. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL (THIO)UREA ORGANOCATALYSTS FOR RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC LACTONES

DiBiasio, Eric Charles. REGULATING QUIESCENCE AND DIVISION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Dong, Xiaonan. COMPOSITE COOPERATIVE ADAPTIVE LEARNING AND CONTROL FOR MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION

Dufault-Thompson, Keith. FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY OF METABOLIC NETWORKS

Elkhatib, Dounia. MICROPLASTIC IN WATER AND WASTEWATER

Farnworth, Barbara A.. FEMALE COMIC GROTESQUE CHARACTERS IN VICTORIAN NOVELS: INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIMINALITY

Foley-Schramm, Ashton. READING THE READER: ANALYZING DEPICTIONS OF MALE READERS IN SERIAL VICTORIAN FICTION

Francis, Alyssa. OUTCOMES AND PREDICTORS OF PRESCRIPTION STIMULANT MISUSE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT ADHD

Giacalone, Michael D.. EXPLORING THE GREEK-LETTER ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE AT PRIMARILY COMMUTER PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Gomes, Kristofer. DETERMINING IMPACTS OF IRON LIMITATION ON DIATOM CHLOROPLAST METABOLISM AND PHYSIOLOGY

Gonsalves, Michelle D.. MAKING ENERGETIC MATERIALS SAFER

Grant Ranson, Hilary Joan. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS INVOLVING PATHOGENS

Griffin, Annette. NURSES’ INVOLVEMENT IN END OF LIFE COMMUNICATION AND CARE PRACTICES IN ICUs

Guitar, Jenna. REORIENTING THE FEMALE GOTHIC: CURIOSITY AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

Hall, Molly Volanth. ECOLOGIES OF MATERIALITY AND AESTHETICS IN BRITISH MODERNIST WAR-TIME LITERATURE, 1890-1939

Heiskanen, Satu Kristiina. INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES AND LITHIUM METAL ANODES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

Hewawasam, Rukshika Shalani. DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANOCATALYSTS FOR RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION (ROP) OF LACTONES

Hidir, Serap. FICTIONS OF CAPTIVITY: RACIALIZING RELIGION IN EARLY U.S. LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Holland, Laura Z.. THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTIC MARINE DIATOMS AND THEIR RESPONSE TO VARIED IRON CONCENTRATIONS

Homola, Kira Louise. SUBSEAFLOOR POREWATER PALEOSALINITY AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES

Husain, Nyla Tauqir. LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF TURBULENT AIRFLOW OVER SURFACE WAVES AND AIR-SEA FLUXES

Hussein, Abdelnasser. UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN SUBURBAN AND URBAN SCHOOLS: A CROSS-CASE STUDY

Hu, Xiaoyan. LEARNING PRACTICES IN CHINESE CHARACTER RECOGNITION: AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT OUTCOMES AND PERCEPTIONS