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Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Nayak, Sumeru. MULTISCALE AND MULTIPHYSICS MODELLING OF DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE MATERIALS

Perry, Danielle C.. SALT MARSH MANAGEMENT: MONITORING THREATS AND IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE ADAPTATION INITIATIVES

Peterson, Eric. TWO VARIANTS OF COPS AND ROBBERS WITH ASYMMETRIC MOVEMENT RULES

Rambarose, Cherisse. CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE WISC-IV WITH A TRINIDAD REFERRED SAMPLE

Rana, Payal. DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY: A PREDICTIVE MODEL, MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY MECHANISMS RISK, AND ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS RISK IN A REAL-WORLD SETTING

Rawashdeh, Yazan. A NEW PHYSICALLY MOTIVATED CLUTTER MODEL WITH APPLICATIONS TO NON-DESTRUCTIVE ULTRASONIC TESTING

Robuck, Anna Ruth. DISTRIBUTION OF NOVEL AND LEGACY ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SEABIRDS FROM CONTRASTING MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

Rosa, Kevin K.. COASTAL OCEAN MODELING ACROSS LENGTH SCALES: FROM ESTUARINE CIRCULATION TO BOUNDARY CURRENTS

Ross, Bianca Noelle. ASSESSING TREATMENT PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED NITROGEN-REMOVAL ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Ryan, Valerie. A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF COMMUNICATION AMONG TEN MEN MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEN

Safaee, Mohammad Moein. SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, WEARABLE BIOSENSING, AND BIOIMAGING

Sah, Bindeshwar. GOLD AND COPPER-CYSTEAMINE NANOPARTICLES FOR RADIATION THERAPY ENHANCEMENT ON CANCER

Sanfilippo, Danielle Johanna. “THE SKIPPING KING”: MASCULINITY AND EFFEMINACY IN EARLY MODERN DRAMA

Schambach, Lauren. INVESTIGATION OF LANDSLIDE-INDUCED TSUNAMI GENERATION AND PROPAGATION THROUGH NUMERICAL MODELING

Senol, Koray. SHOCK RESPONSE OF SOFT MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS

Slaybaugh, Gregory. MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF POLYPEPTIDE INSERTION INTO BILAYER AND EXIT

Song, Richard. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS EXPERIENCES, COPING WITH DISCRIMINATION STRATEGIES, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS

Taylor, Cynthia. MAKING SENSE OF PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY: A CASE STUDY EXAMINING SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURROUNDING GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

ten Brink, Talya Syvann. HOW LANDSCAPE CHANGE AFFECTS COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN’S PERCEPTIONS AND PLACE MEANINGS

Udawatte, Darshika Jeewanthi. MODULATION OF RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 1 (RIPK1) SIGNALING DURING DENGUE VIRUS INFECTION

Vandenberg, Jessica. THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CORAL REEF RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE SPERMONDE ISLANDS OF INDONESIA

Wan, Zhiqiang. DEEP LEARNING FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING

Wibisono, Elle. CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT OF INDONESIA’S DEEPSLOPE DEMERSAL FISHERY

Wigginton, Sara Katherine. NITROGEN-REMOVING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS: MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Winters, Catherine Ann. THE MARK OF THE VANISHING READER: INTRADIEGETIC INTERACTION IN MULTIMODAL NARRATIVE

Yun, Gawon. RIGHT-SHORING: OFFSHORING TO RESHORING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING LOCATION DECISION IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Abbasi, Akram. NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING, HEATING AND APPLICATIONS IN COMPOSITES AND EMULSION BIOFOULING

Al-Bkerat, Maissa. NUTRITIONAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF ARABIC SPEAKING MIDDLE EASTERN MOTHERS

An, Jiyoon. ALEXA OR ALEX? GENDERED TECHNOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER JUDGMENTS

Arizi, Evans Kwasi. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SARDINELLA FISHERY IN GHANA

Armendarez, Joseph J.. THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON EARLY LITERACY SKILLS OF YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE HISPANIC/LATINO

Asadi, Pouria. COMPUTER VISION BASED METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REBAR DETECTION IN GROUND PENETRATING RADAR DATA

Babcock, Zachary R.. POLYPHARMACY IN CANCER PATIENTS: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, EXPENDITURES, AND ADVERSE EVENTS

Barlock, Benjamin Joseph. USE OF HYPHENATED MASS SPECTROMETRY TO UNCOVER TRUE NAFLD EFFECT ON HUMAN DRUG DISPOSITION PROTEINS

Berwise, Clifton A.. Assessing Interaction of Black Racial Identity and Perceived Neighborhood Factors on Educational Utility

Bian, Ke. DNA damage, repair and mutational spectrum

Bligh, Amanda. REAL-TIME GEOMETRY-BASED FEEDBACK FOR DESIGN ENGINEERS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING

Bonoff, Jennifer. CHANGING CONSUMER EXPERIENCES AND BEHAVIORS & THE ROLE OF THE MARKETER WITHIN MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS

Browner, Michael Jr.. A Phenomenological Study of Perspectives on Teacher Diversity and the Lived Experiences of Black Public School Teachers

Brozyna, Christopher. THREE EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATIONS OF ASPECTS OF INSTITUTIONS GOVERNING NATURAL RESOURCE USE

Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn M.. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF-EFFICACY DURING EXPOSURE – CHILD (SEE-C) MEASURE: A PILOT STUDY

Canfield, Katherine. Tourism and Justice on Catalina Island: Burdens, Power, and Decision-making

Card, Adam D.. ULTRAFAST COHERENT SPECTROSCOPIES AND LASER SOURCES BASED ON THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA

Carr-Harris, Andrew. NONMARKET VALUATION OF MARINE RESOURCES IN THE NORTHEAST: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Carter, Wales Aran. WHAT TO EAT AND WHEN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLYUNSATURATED FAT CONSUMPTION AND PACE OF CHANGES TO BODY LIPID COMPOSITION IN SONGBIRDS

Çavus, Mustafa. SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR HARDWARE PREDICTORS

Cooper-Mullin, Clara. HOW BIRDS RESPOND TO ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY, OXIDATIVE DAMAGE, AND FUEL STORES DURING MIGRATION

Daly, Adrienne Jones. PRACTICING TRANSLINGUALISM: FACULTY CONCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES

DaSilva, Nicholas A.. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOL-ENRICHED EXTRACTS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIAL METABOLITES

Emi, Tania T.. REMOTELY ACTIVATED BIOMATERIALS FOR OPTIMIZING THE TEMPORAL PROFILES OF THERAPEUTIC MOLECULES

Engley, Ryan. TO BE CONTINUED: SERIALITY IN NEW MEDIA

Fernando, Payagala Udawattage Ashvin Iresh. DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR PROBES FOR MEDICAL AND ENVIRONMETAL APPLICATIONS

Freese, Jillian. MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RED ALGAL PARASITES

Ganji, Nasim. NANOPARTICLE-CELL MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS: ADSORPTION KINETICS AND THE MONOLAYER RESPONSE

Gaudet, Charles Edward III. DETECTION OF COGNITIVE CHANGE: EXAMINATION OF APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF IMPACT

Ghatee, Rosa. FABRICATION OF CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN NEUROPROSTHETIC INTERVENTION AND DRUG DELIVERY

Greenfield, Joseph. SPARTA: SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ACQUISTION WITH REAL-TIME ANALYSIS

Guillame, Jean A.. CLOSURE UNDER THE MAJORIZATION RELATION AND THE DISTINGUISHING CHROMATIC NUMBER OF CIRCULANT GRAPHS

Hattat, Ahmet. PRODUCT EVALUATIONS AS A FACTOR OF UNKNOWN ATTRIBUTE POSITIONING, BRAND TRUST, NEED FOR COGNITION AND MESSAGE DIAGNOSTICITY

Hellwig, Martin D.. Computational Gene Association Based on Relative Species Displacement in Gene and Morphology Trees

Hill, Danielle. EXAMINING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE DURING PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION

Jansen, Abigale E.. Navigating Internal and External Borderlands: The Experience of Emergent Bilingual Cape Verdean Middle School Students

Javier Mella, Carlos Rafael. DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION

Jones, Daniel R.. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL MATERIALS FOR THE DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF TOXICANTS

Kakar, Prateek. LASER-ASSISTED TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY AND VACCINATION

Kane, Mary Kathryn. Krill Motion in the Southern Ocean: Quantifying in Situ Krill Movement Behaviors and Energetics

Kell, Charles. CONSTRUCTING TRANSGRESSION: CRIMINALITY IN EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE

Killion, Bryana E.. RESILIENCE, COPING STRATEGIES, AND INTERNALIZING DISORDERS AMONG CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT VICTIMS

Koggala Wellalage, Dilni Kaveendi Chandrasiri. THE EFFECT OF ADDITIVES AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS ON THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

Kovach, Shannon. DECREASING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF EFFORT MEASURES TO COACHING: THE TOMM AS AN EXEMPLAR

LaBreck, Christopher James. MECHANISMS OF DIVISION SITE SELECTION AND ROLE OF THE ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASE CLPXP IN MIND REGULATION AND PROTEOSTASIS IN E. COLI

Li, Dongyang. In storage process, the next generation of storage system

Li, Jiahang. THREE-DIMENSIONAL PASSIVE‐SOURCE REVERSE TIME MIGRATION OF CONVERT WAVES: A NEW METHOD TO IMAGE THE EARTH’S DISCONTINUITIES

Lyons, Nicole Rose. SCHOOL LEADER DEVELOPMENT: PERCEPTIONS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON THE JOB

Mako, Teresa Louise. DETECTION OF IONS AND SMALL MOLECULE TOXICANTS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA USING NEW COLORIMETRIC AND FLUORIMETRIC METHODS

Manke, Krysten. WELCOME TO THE CLUB: AN ARCHIVAL INQUIRY INTO THE DEWEY LABORATORY SCHOOL AS RHETORICAL EDUCATION

Marcotte, James. GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF DISCRETE MONOTONE MAPS IN THE PLANE AND IN R^N

Masrahi, Alaa. IDENTIFYING FACTORS OF SUCCESS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

McBride Pinheiro, Beth A.. EXPLORING THE INCREDIBLE 5-POINT SCALE: IMPACT ON TARGET BEHAVIORS IN PRESCHOOL

Mena, Noereem Zenaida. THE HOME AND CHILD-CARE: ARE PRESCHOOLAGED CHILDREN GETTING MIXED FOOD-RELATED MESSAGES?

Meyer, Aaron C.. MOLECULAR CHAINS UNDER TENSION AND TORQUE: ACTIVATION OF STATISTICALLY INTERACTING EXTENSION, TWIST, AND CONTACT PARTICLES

Moreira da Costa, Leandro. VOTING NEAREST NEIGHBORS: SVM CONSTRAINTS SELECTION ALGORITHM BASED ON K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS

Murray, Alexandra N.. Measure Development and Validation of a Self-Efficacy Scale for Advance Care Planning

Murtagh, Patricia J.. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF RHODE ISLAND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WORKING UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE EDUCATION POLICY

Northup, Jane. Law Enforcement Officers' Perceptions of their Skill Development and Transfer of Learning Post-Training

Oppong, Anita Adjoa. INVESTIGATION OF IRON MEDIATED MOLECULAR TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYNTHESIS OF 2-AMINO-α-CARBOLINE AND ITS ANALOGUES RELEVANT FOR DNA ADDUCT FORMATION

Orphanides, Christopher D.. RELATING MARINE MAMMAL DISTRIBUTION TO PREY ABUNDANCE

Ortega, Elsa. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF XANTHENE DYES ON A GLASS SUBSTRATE FROM DIFFERENT COATING TECHNIQUES

Ott, Benjamin H.. APPLICATIONS OF CENTERED KERNEL TARGET ALIGNMENT IN INDUCTIVE LOGIC PROGRAMMING

Padgett, Jason Scott. CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE COSEISMIC SUBSIDENCE ESTIMATES FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON

Palazini, Angela. AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION TEAM

Pallack, Robert J. Jr.. TOWARDS A UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML) PROFILE TO ADDRESS DIGITAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE COMPLEXITIES

Perkins, Matthew. ADVANCEMENTS IN BIOMIMETIC UNDERWATER PROPULSION: BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND CROSSFLOW COMPENSATION

Perrelli, Kristina M.. EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING PREGNANT WHILE A COLLEGE STUDENT

Pfohl, Marisa. AN ‘OMICS APPROACH TO DIET & STRUCTURE IMPACT ON PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE INDUCED LIVER DISEASE

Pothupitiya, Jinal U.. ORGANOCATALYTIC RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC LACTONES: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CATALYSTS GUIDED BY MECHANISM

Rathkey, Emma S.. CAN ASL-GLOSS BE USED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL TO TEACH WRITTEN ENGLISH TO THE DEAF?

Rettinger, Ryan Charles. EXAMINATION OF NON-IDEAL EXPLOSIVES

Rose, Kenneth N.. DIETARY POLYPHENOLS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIOTA METABOLITES AS POTENTIAL TREATMENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Saikia, Manob Jyoti. A WEARABLE, CONFIGURABLE FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS NEUROIMAGING