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Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Clark, Jodi L.. Teachers' Experiences of Induction Coaching: A Narrative Retrospective Inquiry

Coia, Bethany J.. A Description of Approachable Nurses: The Voice of the Hospitalized Child

Cui, Yixin. High Throughput and Mechanistic Analysis of the HRD Motif of Src Protein Tyrosine Kinase

Deering, Robert W.. Using Natural Products to Treat Resistant and Persistent Bacterial Infections

Ducharme, Daniel N.. Machine Learning for the Automated Identification of Cyberbullying and Cyberharassment

Dunn, Hailee K.. Exploring Ways to Enhance Teens' Participation in Social Media Interventions: A Formative Research Study

Foppert, Annie. Southern Ocean Eddy Heat Flux and Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions in Drake Passage

Fullerton, Bridget. Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Electronic Portfolio Assessment in College Composition Courses

Fuvich, Jennifer Irene. Exploring the Perceptions of Nursing Students’ Self-Confidence in the Acute Care Setting

Gayle, Crystal Nicole. European American Students' Supports, Challenges, and Perceptions of Their Peers of Color

Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz. Dynamic Response and Active Control of Flexible Cylindrical Structures Undergoing Vortex-Induced Vibrations

Giampa, Joseph Robert. Experimental Study of Plate Anchor-Soil Interaction in Sand for the Development of a Novel Anchor

Gill, Carrie A.. Encouraging Energy Efficiancy: Pricing, Education, and Framing

Grattan, Amy S.. Early Childhood Educators' Perspectives on Autism and Evidence-Based Practices

Hayes, David Brian. Identity, Awareness, Action: A Study of White Anti-Racist Faculty Praxis at Two Predominantly White Institutions

Henley, Heath. Modeling Phase Behavior in Complex Systems Using the Gibbs-Helmholtz Constrained Equation of State

Hernandez, Wilfred. Development of a Sustainable Quality Assurance Program for Transportation Infrastructure

Hickey, Joyce Ellen. Stress, Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Health and Cortisol in Premature Infants, at Age 23

Ilbeigi, Shahab. A New Framework for Model Reduction of Complex Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Jacobsen, Stephanie L.. The Blame Game: The Effect of Recommendation Context on Product Outcome Attributions

Jones, Uchenna J.. School Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Child Mental Health: Child Diagnosis, Gender, and Ethnicity

Joseph, Emilie B.. Impact of Multicultural Ethnic Identity on Emerging Adult Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Khyat, Toufik. Bifurcations of Some Planar Discrete Dynamical Systems with Applications

Korn, Maggie Arin. Being a Man with an Invisible Disability: College Men's Experiences

Kunicki, Zachary J.. The Factor Structure of Resilience and the Relationship Between Resiliance and Physical Activity

Li, Xingxing. Characterization of Cellulose Synthesis Complexes in Physcomitrella patens

Makki, Emad Ahmad. Experimental Studies on Mitigating the Risk of Air Blast Loading

Marcotte, Melissa. Differential Effects of State Shame and Self-Affirmation on Reactive Aggression

Mathews, Deborah K.. Predictors of Success in Learning Computer Programming

Matos, Geraldo. Producers' Perspectives on What Makes (and Keeps) Brands Cool

Mauzole, Yackar L.. Dynamical Typology of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Fronts Based on Satellite Observations

McArdle, David T.. Global Dynamics and Boundedness of Discrete Population Models

McCue, Pamela L.. The Pre-Collegiate Pipeline to Diversify the Nursing Workforce

McDonough, Carrie A.. Spatial Distribution, Air-Water Exchange, and Toxicity of Organic Pollutants Using Passive Samplers

McManus, Michael Conor. Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Population and Habitat Trends in the Northwest Atlantic

Miao, Haoran. Three Essays on the Impact of Information on Nonpoint Source Polluters' Behavior

Montanio, Kyle. Evaluating Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania and Ethiopia

Morton-Aiken, Jenna. Metadata and Relational Architecture: Advancing Arrangement, Agency, and Access with New Methodology

Motamedi, Sanaz. Text Driving, Senior Mobility and Automated Sidewalk Assessment

Mullen, Matthew J.. An Investigation into the Influence of Interfacial Effects in a Three Layer Solid Phase Sensing Platform

Murillo, Pamela. The High School and Community College Experiences of Immigrant-English Language Learners

Newman, Thomas R.. Computer Science Lesson Study: Building Computing Skills Among Elementary School Teachers

Oster, Danielle R.. Pathways to Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students with ADHD Symptomatology

Paquin, Karissa Lynn. Characterization of a H4K20ME2 Methyl-Binding Domain in the Fanconi Anemia Protein FANCD2

Platz, Jenny. Agency in Eating Disorders: American Literary and Visual Memoirs of Anorexia and Bulimia

Porter, Matthew Michael. Tools to Fight the Terrorist Threat

Pumaccahua, Tessy Tatiana. Challenging and Supportive Factors Encountered by Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Ramirez, Amanda Elizabeth. Investigating LGBTQ Advocacy Efforts Among Heterosexual Parent Allies

Remillard, Jamie. Teaching Writing with Play: A Study of Community-Based Science Education in a National Park

Romaguera, Gabriel E.. To Start, Continue, and Conclude: Foregrounding Narrative Production in Serial Fiction Publishing

Salomaki, Eric. Organellar Genome Evolution in Red Algal Parasites: Differences in Adelpho- and Alloparasites

Schrader, Joseph Michael. Novel Pharmacological Action of Clozapine at D2 Dopamine Receptors

Scott, Allie W.. Investigating and Comparing the Mechanisms of Behavior Change to Prevent Smoking Acquisition in Middle School Students

Segal, Caroline M.. Testing the Effectiveness of Brief Psychoeducation to Improve Parent Problem Recognition

Sega Matos, Helio David. Implosion and Blast Response of Metallic and Composite Structures in Underwater Environments

Shaw, Shelby A.. Gender's Role in Abolitionist Pedagogy: A Fictionalized Autoethnography

Shekari Namin, Elmira. Three Essays on Corporate Bonds Yield Spreads, Credit Ratings and Liquidity

Shen, Yuanjun. CES Involved Inhibition and Regulation

Shrontz, Jason. "You Will Hold This Book in Your Hands": The Novel and Corporeality in the New Media Ecology

Skierkowski, Dorothy D.. Assessing Reading Grade Level of Online Mental Health Materials: Practical and Methodological Considerations

Slattery, Mary F.. A Phenomenological Exploration of How Public School Administrators Balance Teacher Evaluation and Support of Teacher Growth

Snowe, Alyson. Exploring the Use of NoRedInk as a Tool for Composition Instruction

Spinard, Edward. The Effects of TCA Cycle Mutations on the Virulence of Vibrio Aguillarum Strains M93SM and NB10SM

Subramanian Parimalam, Bharathy. Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Lithium-Ion Battery Solid Electrolyte Interphase

Thomsen, Brian M.. Strength in Numbers: How Computational Estimation Impacts Mathematics Achievement of High School Students With and Without Disabilities

Trotman, April D.. Relationship and Power Dynamics in Women's Same Sex Abusive Couples

Tucker, Chelsea A.. Investigating the Influence of Word Properties on Vocabulary Outcomes of At-Risk Kindergarteners

Verma, Ruchi. Novel Methods for Delivering and Promoting the Endosomal Escape of Nucleic Acid Based Drugs: Chiral Polyamines and Hydrophobic Nanoparticle-Containing Liposomes

Vierra, David II. Insights Into Chromatin Modification and FANCD2 Phosphorylation in DNA Damage Repair

Viola, Marissa Grace. Direct Substrate Recognition by the ATP-Dependent Chaperone Protease CLPXP and Roles in Proteostasis

Visser, William. High Strain Rate Deformation Mechanisms of Body Centered Cubic Material Subjected to Impact Loading

Watters, Pamela. Measuring the Creativity of Architecture Students

Wegener, Johanna E.. Genetic, Demographic and Ecological Factors Contributing to the Evolution of Anolis Lizard Populations

Wharton, Kelly N.. Using Advanced Technologies to Assess Deterioration in Concrete Bridge Decks

Whelan, Julie Christine. Molecular-Level Design of Nanoscale Environments for Enhanced Single-Molecule Sensing

White, Charles E.. Asymptotic Stepwise Coupled Modes for Horizontally-Variable Acoustic Media

Wright, Jefferson Townsend. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sandwich Structures Subject to Blast Loading

Wyatt, Linden C.. Using the Energy of Membrane-Associated Folding for Tumor Targeting and Intracellular Cargo Delivery

Yalcin, Mehmet G.. Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX)

Yan, Jun. Smart Grid Security Against Massive Blackouts

Ye, Yizhou. Cardiovascular Adverse Events in Patients Receiveing QT Interval Prolonging Medications

Yu, Degan. Three Essays on Mobile Application Developers’ Product Offering Strategies

Zhang, Bo. Investigation of Novel Electrolyte Additives in Lithium Ion Batteries at Elevated Temperatures

Zhang, Yuzi. Performance Analysis and Morphology of Lithium Ion Battery Anodes Prepared by Colloidal Processing

Zhong, Xiangnan. On-Line Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control

Zhu, Zhenghan. Some Contributions to Radar Detection Theory

Zou, Chao. A Study of Chinese Consumer Preferences for Sustainably Farmed Seafood

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Ampadu, Gifty. Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior of Ghanaian American Immigrants

Anaya-Archila, Nelson M.. Nanoparticles Toxicity on Escherichia coli: Batch and Kinetic Approach

Armstrong, Addie. Degree-Limited Defective Three Colorings of Planar Graphs Containing No 4-Cycles or 5-Cycles

Baird, Grayson Luderman. Seizure Clusters in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures

Bilgin, Arzu. Global Dynamics of Some Discrete Dynamical Systems With Applications

Bockus, Abigail Brittany. A Study of the Regulatory and Environmental Factors Affecting Trimethylamine Oxide Accumulation in Marine Organisms

Boslett, Andrew J.. Valuation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

Burton, Katelyn Leigh. You Are What You Eat: Investigating Food Discourse and Digitally-Mediated Identities

Campbell, Alolade Oyinlola. Hurricane Emergency Evacuation Study for Coastal Regions of Rhode Island

Capraro, Karen L.. An Explanatory Case Study of the Implementation of Co-Teaching as a Student Teaching Method

Cogun, Fuat. Multimodal Moving Target Detection and Data Processing Via Distributed Sensors

Cooper, Jennifer Anne. Onsite Wastewarer Treatment Systems in a Changing Climate: Technology Robustness and Mechanisms

Costa, Russell. Information Geometric Probability Models in Statistical Signal Processing