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Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Clemons, Rachel Lee Ficke. Agents of Change: Youth Development & Social Justice Activism

Cobbina, Enoch. In Vitro Drug Metabolism and Population Pharmacokinetics as Tools for Elucidating Pharmacokinetic Variability

Cole, Daphne J.. THE IMPACT OF THE 2014-2016 EBOLA EPIDEMIC ON SIERRA LEONEAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES

Colizza, Kevin. Metabolism and Gas Phase Reactions of Peroxide Explosives Using Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Conti, Joseph Jake. CHARACTERIZING THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE AND REGULATED ASSEMBLY OF PROTEIN POLYMERS MIND AND FTSA DURING ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL DIVISION

Dalky, Alaa. EVALUATING USABILITY OF AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SMARTPHRASE: TRIAGE NURSES USE AND PERCEPTIONS

Daly-Cano, Meada R.. REFINING THE EDINBURGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING: IS THERE A DISTINCT ROLE FOR ANXIETY?

Datta, Partha. Organocatalytic Pathway to the Creation of Polymeric Materials with Some Mechanistic Investigations

Decerbo, Clara. RESILIENT RESPONSE IN AN AGE OF CHANGE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS’ RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF DISASTER

DiScenza, Dana J.. CYCLODEXTRIN-PROMOTED DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR BIOLOGICAL MATRICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

Donovan, Kellye A.. An Evaluation of Atypical Antipsychotic Use, Costs and Effectiveness in the Pediatric Population

Eng, Sereikhuoch. THE VISUAL THESIS: THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION PRESENTATION FORMAT AND SCREEN SIZE ON CONSUMER DECISION OUTCOMES

Estabrooks, Chad. Identifications in Escape Regions of the Parameter Space of Cubic Polynomials

Faghihzadeh, Fatemeh. Kinetic, Metabolic and Macromolecular Response of Bacteria to Antimicrobial Agents

Fallatah, Othman Abdulrahman. Assessing Groundwater Quantity and Quality Variations in Arid Regions Due to Climate Changes and Anthropogenic Factors: Case Study Saudi Arabia

Fastnacht, Kurt. THE DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANISTIC STUDY OF DUAL H-BONDING ORGANIC CATALYSTS FOR THE ROP OF CYCLIC ESTERS

Fede, Jacquelyn Heyward. Sin Papeles y Licencia: Access to Drivers’ Licenses and Participation in Early Care and Education

Flowers, Brian Adrian. Virtual Environments for the Induction of Action

Gao, Bin. IMPROVED METHODS FOR MEASURING CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS OF UNDERWATER TRANSDUCERS

Ghanekar, Alok. PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS: SPECTRAL CONTROL AND MODULATION OF NANOSCALE THERMAL RADIATIVE TRANSPORT

Goldberg, Edward. COMPASSION: CAN SERVICE LEARNING MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND IF SO, HOW?

Gu, Lucy Ling. Varying Social Media and Involvement to Determine Recruitment Effectiveness in Adolescent Populations

Hasan, Mohammad Alfi. UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HYDRO-CLIMATIC EXTREMES AND DIARRHEAL DISEASES OVER BENGAL DELTA: THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Heath, Jeffrey A.. Developing a New Perspective: Using Narrative Inquiry and Visual Methods to Explore Hegemonic Masculinity in Physical Education

Hensman, Angelita M.. NEONATAL READMISSION IN TERM INFANTS: MATERNAL, INFANT, PROVIDER AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS

Hersey, Nicole D.. INVESTIGATING BEGINNING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

Hoffmann, Jennifer. Investigation of Failure and Gassing in Advanced Lithium Ion Battery Systems with Electrolyte Optimization as a Solution

Holt, Ryan Edward. Benefits Associated With Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning

Hwang, Eunsun. Estimating Recreational User Day Value and Impacts of Congestion and Water Quality: Application to Salt Ponds, Rhode Island

James, Kelsey. Analysis of band pair formation in elasmobranch vertebrae with implications for fisheries management

James, Nicole Elizabeth. THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF HUMAN EPIDIDYMIS PROTEIN 4 IN EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER

Jamwal, Rohitash. EFFECT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) ON HEPATIC DRUG METABOLISM ENZYMES IN HUMAN

Karawdeniya, Buddini I.. Nanostructured Interfaces for Single Molecule Sensing and Molecular Fingerprinting

Kar, Suvrajyoti. Analysis of Viscoelestic Properties of Elastomers Using Molecular Modeling

Kazakov, Oleg. Fundamental Investigations in Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization: A Trek to New Catalysts

LaFrance Bartley, Monique. BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Li, Yifei. Three Essays on Corporate Asset Growth, Bond Pricing, and Implicit Government Guarantees

Marzban, Bahador. A MULTIPHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING CELL AND MICROTISSUE MORPHOGENESIS

Matsko, Stephen V.. TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR RETAIL HEALTH CLINIC UTILIZATION

May, Shannon. ANALYSIS OF ATP-DEPENDENT CHAPERONE PROTEIN INTERACTIONS WITH MISFOLDED PROTEINS, AMYLOIDS, AND AGGREGATED PROTEINS

McDonald, Arthur A.. INDUCTIVE EQUATIONAL LOGIC PROGRAMMING

McIntosh, Robert Duncan. Towards a Comparative Index of Seaport Climate Vulnerability: Developing Indicators from Open-Data

McLinden, John. INTEGRATED CLINICAL EXPERIENCES (ICES) IN PHYSICAL THERAPY: IMPACT ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PROFESSIONALISM PRIOR TO FIRST FULL-TIME CLINICAL INTERNSHIP

McNamee, Jason Earl. A MULTISPECIES STATISTICAL CATCH-AT-AGE (MSSCAA) MODEL FOR A MID-ATLANTIC SPECIES COMPLEX

Miceli, Heather Shannon. AFTER “BEING THROWN IN THE CLASSROOM”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS IN VETERAN ADJUNCT FACULTY TEACHING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES

Michaud, Clayton P.. Discrete Classification Problems in Agricultural and Behavioral Economics

Milien, Mickdy S.. The Employment of Electrolyte Additives to Overcome the Limitations of Li-ION Batteries

Mivehchi, Amin. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS FOR FLUID BODY INTERACTION PROBLEMS

Modak, Tejashree. EASTERN OYSTER LARVAL TRANSCRIPTOMES IN RESPONSE TO PROBIOTIC AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Mokim, Mohammad A.. PROBING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUE BY NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSPECTROSCOPY

Nadolny, Christina. REGULATION OF UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 2 EXPRESSION BY FARNESOID X RECEPTOR IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Nasrollaholhosseini, Seyed Hadi. HIGH RESOLUTION DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR BRAIN IMAGING

O'Reilly, Christopher M.. A HYBRID LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD-POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL FOR NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICS

Paight, Christopher. A GENOMIC APPROACH TO THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN APICOMPLEXAN ENDOSYMBIONT AND ITS HOST

Prendergast, Patrick. Essays on Measuring Dynamic Community Responses to Environmental Events

Ruise, Brandis. The School Connections Survey and Middle School Students: Concurrent Validity with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Sadighi, Armin. EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON GASTROINTESTINAL TIGHT JUNCTIONS AND P-GLYCOPROTEIN EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONALITY

Santos, Cláudia Yang. Cardiovascular and Retinal Vascular Changes in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Sauvage, Justine Flore. Sedimentary Catalysis of Radiolytic Hydrogen Production

Sfinarolakis, Georgios. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Sharma, Ganga P.. CONFORMATIONS, ENERGETICS, AND KINETICS OF PEPTIDES IN MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENT

Shrestha, Samana. USE OF RADIATION TO KILL CANCER BY NANOPARTICLES AND IN A BIODOSIMETER USING GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS

Simmonds, Katherine Elisabeth. Nurse Practitioners’ and Certified Nurse Midwives’ Experiences Providing Comprehensive Early Abortion Care in New England

Smith, Daniel Martin. COLLECTIVE SYNCHRONY IN TEAM SPORTS

Staniszewski, Christopher. On Possible Limit Functions on a Fatou Component in Non-Autonomous Iteration

Stempel, Peter. DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF STORM SURGE RISK COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICS

Still, Bryan. Design of Complex Engineered Systems and the Effectiveness of Organizational Networks

Thomas, Edward Alan. Understanding Confined Fluids in Shale Gas Systems

Tolouei, Anita E.. STIMULI-RESPONSIVE BIOMATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO IMPROVE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHRONIC WOUND HEALING

Toole, Christopher. Source Localization of Tripolar Electroencephalography

Wallace, Joselynn. THALASSIOSIROID DIATOM RESPONSES TO SILICON STRESS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Wang, Xiaodong. Facilitated Excretion of Gold Nanoparticles by Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Through the ATP7B Transporter

Wei, Da. PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WARBURG EFFECT IN CANCER CELLS

Wertman, Christina Anne. Circulation & Exchange Within Shelf & Estuarine Waters Driven by the Atmosphere, Tides and Buoyancy

White, Jade A.. INCREASING CRITICAL THINKING IN PERSONAL DECISION MAKING- A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Wickham, Kimberly. Questing Feminism: Narrative Tensions and Magical Women in Modern Fantasy

Wyatt, Janan Patrice. EXPLORING THE TREATMENT EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBSTANCE USING WOMEN AND PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Adhibhatta, Syama S.. Biological Process: Characterization, Establishment of Shelf Life and Optimizing Method Transfers

Adusumalli, Sravani. Biotransformation and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of PF-5190457, A Novel Drug Candidate for Alcoholism

Al Harfi Albluwi, Qutaiba. Framework for Performance Evaluation of Computer Security Incident Response Capabilities

Alhasani, Ahmed Salem. Assessing Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers to Reduce Infectious Disease

Alhasani, Mona Abdulmuti. The Influence of Interfacial Effects by PVDF on the Fluorescent Properties of Rhodamine 6G

Anish, Beth O'Leary. Writing Irish America: Communal Memory and the Narrative of Nation in Diaspora

Barone, Carly. Anthelmintic Efficacy of Bioactive Compounds Within Cranberry Vine and Birdsfoot Trefoil

Bauerband, Loren Andrew. Investigation of Health Risk Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Minority Identities

Beiram, Rami. Health Outcomes Research of Novel Disease Modifying Medications in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cost Burden of Early Onset Dementia

Belanger, Jillian. Speaking Truth to Power: Stand-Up Comedians as Sophists, Jesters, Public Intellectuals and Activists

Bell, Samuel D.. Understanding Pregnancy Centered Medications: Characterizing the Interactions of a Series of Sulfonylurea Analogs and the ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Proteins, P-Glycoprotein and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein

Benharris, Lyndsey A.. Exploring Critical Literacy with Early Childhood Educators

Bernstein, Michael. A Personalized Normative Feedback Text-Message Intervention to Reduce 21st Birthday Alcohol Use and Problems

Bigdeli, Arash. Modeling Gas Budgets in Marginal Sea Ice Zones

Boccio, Rachel. Architectures of Captivity: Imagining Freedom in Antebellum America

Brannon, Elizabeth Quinn. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biological Nutrient Removal During Wastewater Treatment

Brown, Austin Collins. Improvised Explosives: X-Ray Detection & Euthectics of Erythritol Tetranitrate

Buchanan, Scott W.. The Influence of Altered Habitat: Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Turtles in Rhode Island

Cai, Ang. Conformational Insights Into Aminobiphenyl-Modified DNA: Implications for Mutation and Repair

Chae, Younghun. Representing Statistical Network-Based Anomaly Detection by Using Trust

Chapman, Mingyu. Development of Rhodamine 6G Thin Filmn as a Fluorescent Sensor for Explosive Vapor Detection

Chaudhuri, Sauradip. Derivatized Cyclodextrins and Their Modified Synthetic Architectures for Sensing and Catalysis

Chen, Bing. Extending TTM-Based Quantitative Predictions to HIV Prevention Among MSM