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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Clemons, Rachel Lee Ficke
. Agents of Change: Youth Development & Social Justice ActivismCobbina, Enoch
. In Vitro Drug Metabolism and Population Pharmacokinetics as Tools for Elucidating Pharmacokinetic VariabilityCole, Daphne J.
. THE IMPACT OF THE 2014-2016 EBOLA EPIDEMIC ON SIERRA LEONEAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATESColizza, Kevin
. Metabolism and Gas Phase Reactions of Peroxide Explosives Using Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass SpectrometryConti, Joseph Jake
. CHARACTERIZING THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE AND REGULATED ASSEMBLY OF PROTEIN POLYMERS MIND AND FTSA DURING ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL DIVISIONDalky, Alaa
. EVALUATING USABILITY OF AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SMARTPHRASE: TRIAGE NURSES USE AND PERCEPTIONSDaly-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 InvestigationsDecerbo, Clara
. RESILIENT RESPONSE IN AN AGE OF CHANGE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS’ RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF DISASTERDiScenza, Dana J.
. CYCLODEXTRIN-PROMOTED DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR BIOLOGICAL MATRICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONSDonovan, Kellye A.
. An Evaluation of Atypical Antipsychotic Use, Costs and Effectiveness in the Pediatric PopulationEng, Sereikhuoch
. THE VISUAL THESIS: THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION PRESENTATION FORMAT AND SCREEN SIZE ON CONSUMER DECISION OUTCOMESEstabrooks, Chad
. Identifications in Escape Regions of the Parameter Space of Cubic PolynomialsFaghihzadeh, Fatemeh
. Kinetic, Metabolic and Macromolecular Response of Bacteria to Antimicrobial AgentsFallatah, Othman Abdulrahman
. Assessing Groundwater Quantity and Quality Variations in Arid Regions Due to Climate Changes and Anthropogenic Factors: Case Study Saudi ArabiaFastnacht, Kurt
. THE DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANISTIC STUDY OF DUAL H-BONDING ORGANIC CATALYSTS FOR THE ROP OF CYCLIC ESTERSFede, Jacquelyn Heyward
. Sin Papeles y Licencia: Access to Drivers’ Licenses and Participation in Early Care and EducationFlowers, Brian Adrian
. Virtual Environments for the Induction of ActionGao, Bin
. IMPROVED METHODS FOR MEASURING CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS OF UNDERWATER TRANSDUCERSGhanekar, Alok
. PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS: SPECTRAL CONTROL AND MODULATION OF NANOSCALE THERMAL RADIATIVE TRANSPORTGoldberg, 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 PopulationsHasan, Mohammad Alfi
. UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HYDRO-CLIMATIC EXTREMES AND DIARRHEAL DISEASES OVER BENGAL DELTA: THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREHeath, Jeffrey A.
. Developing a New Perspective: Using Narrative Inquiry and Visual Methods to Explore Hegemonic Masculinity in Physical EducationHensman, Angelita M.
. NEONATAL READMISSION IN TERM INFANTS: MATERNAL, INFANT, PROVIDER AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORSHersey, Nicole D.
. INVESTIGATING BEGINNING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGEHoffmann, Jennifer
. Investigation of Failure and Gassing in Advanced Lithium Ion Battery Systems with Electrolyte Optimization as a SolutionHolt, Ryan Edward
. Benefits Associated With Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics LearningHwang, Eunsun
. Estimating Recreational User Day Value and Impacts of Congestion and Water Quality: Application to Salt Ponds, Rhode IslandJames, Kelsey
. Analysis of band pair formation in elasmobranch vertebrae with implications for fisheries managementJames, Nicole Elizabeth
. THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF HUMAN EPIDIDYMIS PROTEIN 4 IN EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCERJamwal, Rohitash
. EFFECT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) ON HEPATIC DRUG METABOLISM ENZYMES IN HUMANKarawdeniya, Buddini I.
. Nanostructured Interfaces for Single Molecule Sensing and Molecular FingerprintingKar, Suvrajyoti
. Analysis of Viscoelestic Properties of Elastomers Using Molecular ModelingKazakov, Oleg
. Fundamental Investigations in Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization: A Trek to New CatalystsLaFrance Bartley, Monique
. BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTLi, Yifei
. Three Essays on Corporate Asset Growth, Bond Pricing, and Implicit Government GuaranteesMarzban, Bahador
. A MULTIPHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING CELL AND MICROTISSUE MORPHOGENESISMatsko, Stephen V.
. TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR RETAIL HEALTH CLINIC UTILIZATIONMay, Shannon
. ANALYSIS OF ATP-DEPENDENT CHAPERONE PROTEIN INTERACTIONS WITH MISFOLDED PROTEINS, AMYLOIDS, AND AGGREGATED PROTEINSMcDonald, Arthur A.
. INDUCTIVE EQUATIONAL LOGIC PROGRAMMINGMcIntosh, Robert Duncan
. Towards a Comparative Index of Seaport Climate Vulnerability: Developing Indicators from Open-DataMcLinden, John
. INTEGRATED CLINICAL EXPERIENCES (ICES) IN PHYSICAL THERAPY: IMPACT ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PROFESSIONALISM PRIOR TO FIRST FULL-TIME CLINICAL INTERNSHIPMcNamee, Jason Earl
. A MULTISPECIES STATISTICAL CATCH-AT-AGE (MSSCAA) MODEL FOR A MID-ATLANTIC SPECIES COMPLEXMiceli, Heather Shannon
. AFTER “BEING THROWN IN THE CLASSROOM”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS IN VETERAN ADJUNCT FACULTY TEACHING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCESMichaud, Clayton P.
. Discrete Classification Problems in Agricultural and Behavioral EconomicsMilien, Mickdy S.
. The Employment of Electrolyte Additives to Overcome the Limitations of Li-ION BatteriesMivehchi, Amin
. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS FOR FLUID BODY INTERACTION PROBLEMSModak, Tejashree
. EASTERN OYSTER LARVAL TRANSCRIPTOMES IN RESPONSE TO PROBIOTIC AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIAMokim, Mohammad A.
. PROBING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUE BY NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSPECTROSCOPYNadolny, Christina
. REGULATION OF UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 2 EXPRESSION BY FARNESOID X RECEPTOR IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMANasrollaholhosseini, Seyed Hadi
. HIGH RESOLUTION DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR BRAIN IMAGINGO'Reilly, Christopher M.
. A HYBRID LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD-POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL FOR NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICSPaight, Christopher
. A GENOMIC APPROACH TO THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN APICOMPLEXAN ENDOSYMBIONT AND ITS HOSTPrendergast, Patrick
. Essays on Measuring Dynamic Community Responses to Environmental EventsRuise, Brandis
. The School Connections Survey and Middle School Students: Concurrent Validity with the Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireSadighi, Armin
. EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON GASTROINTESTINAL TIGHT JUNCTIONS AND P-GLYCOPROTEIN EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONALITYSantos, Cláudia Yang
. Cardiovascular and Retinal Vascular Changes in Preclinical Alzheimer's DiseaseSauvage, Justine Flore
. Sedimentary Catalysis of Radiolytic Hydrogen ProductionSfinarolakis, Georgios
. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE PROGRAMSSharma, Ganga P.
. CONFORMATIONS, ENERGETICS, AND KINETICS OF PEPTIDES IN MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENTShrestha, Samana
. USE OF RADIATION TO KILL CANCER BY NANOPARTICLES AND IN A BIODOSIMETER USING GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSISSimmonds, Katherine Elisabeth
. Nurse Practitioners’ and Certified Nurse Midwives’ Experiences Providing Comprehensive Early Abortion Care in New EnglandSmith, Daniel Martin
. COLLECTIVE SYNCHRONY IN TEAM SPORTSStaniszewski, Christopher
. On Possible Limit Functions on a Fatou Component in Non-Autonomous IterationStempel, Peter
. DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF STORM SURGE RISK COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICSStill, Bryan
. Design of Complex Engineered Systems and the Effectiveness of Organizational NetworksThomas, Edward Alan
. Understanding Confined Fluids in Shale Gas SystemsTolouei, Anita E.
. STIMULI-RESPONSIVE BIOMATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO IMPROVE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHRONIC WOUND HEALINGToole, Christopher
. Source Localization of Tripolar ElectroencephalographyWallace, Joselynn
. THALASSIOSIROID DIATOM RESPONSES TO SILICON STRESS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONWang, Xiaodong
. Facilitated Excretion of Gold Nanoparticles by Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Through the ATP7B TransporterWei, Da
. PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WARBURG EFFECT IN CANCER CELLSWertman, Christina Anne
. Circulation & Exchange Within Shelf & Estuarine Waters Driven by the Atmosphere, Tides and BuoyancyWhite, Jade A.
. INCREASING CRITICAL THINKING IN PERSONAL DECISION MAKING- A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTSWickham, Kimberly
. Questing Feminism: Narrative Tensions and Magical Women in Modern FantasyWyatt, Janan Patrice
. EXPLORING THE TREATMENT EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBSTANCE USING WOMEN AND PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARETheses/Dissertations from 2017
Adhibhatta, Syama S.
. Biological Process: Characterization, Establishment of Shelf Life and Optimizing Method TransfersAdusumalli, Sravani
. Biotransformation and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of PF-5190457, A Novel Drug Candidate for AlcoholismAl Harfi Albluwi, Qutaiba
. Framework for Performance Evaluation of Computer Security Incident Response CapabilitiesAlhasani, Ahmed Salem
. Assessing Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers to Reduce Infectious DiseaseAlhasani, Mona Abdulmuti
. The Influence of Interfacial Effects by PVDF on the Fluorescent Properties of Rhodamine 6GAnish, Beth O'Leary
. Writing Irish America: Communal Memory and the Narrative of Nation in DiasporaBarone, Carly
. Anthelmintic Efficacy of Bioactive Compounds Within Cranberry Vine and Birdsfoot TrefoilBauerband, Loren Andrew
. Investigation of Health Risk Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Minority IdentitiesBeiram, Rami
. Health Outcomes Research of Novel Disease Modifying Medications in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cost Burden of Early Onset DementiaBelanger, Jillian
. Speaking Truth to Power: Stand-Up Comedians as Sophists, Jesters, Public Intellectuals and ActivistsBell, 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 ProteinBenharris, Lyndsey A.
. Exploring Critical Literacy with Early Childhood EducatorsBernstein, Michael
. A Personalized Normative Feedback Text-Message Intervention to Reduce 21st Birthday Alcohol Use and ProblemsBigdeli, Arash
. Modeling Gas Budgets in Marginal Sea Ice ZonesBoccio, Rachel
. Architectures of Captivity: Imagining Freedom in Antebellum AmericaBrannon, Elizabeth Quinn
. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biological Nutrient Removal During Wastewater TreatmentBrown, Austin Collins
. Improvised Explosives: X-Ray Detection & Euthectics of Erythritol TetranitrateBuchanan, Scott W.
. The Influence of Altered Habitat: Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Turtles in Rhode IslandCai, Ang
. Conformational Insights Into Aminobiphenyl-Modified DNA: Implications for Mutation and RepairChae, Younghun
. Representing Statistical Network-Based Anomaly Detection by Using TrustChapman, Mingyu
. Development of Rhodamine 6G Thin Filmn as a Fluorescent Sensor for Explosive Vapor DetectionChaudhuri, Sauradip
. Derivatized Cyclodextrins and Their Modified Synthetic Architectures for Sensing and CatalysisChen, Bing
. Extending TTM-Based Quantitative Predictions to HIV Prevention Among MSM