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Author:

Ventura, Alison Kate

Title:

New perspectives for understanding the developmental trajectory of metabolic syndrome and obesity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

obesity
metabolic syndrome
girls
prevention
latent profile analysis
growth mixture models
familial influences

File:

Download Ventura_AK_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Leann L Birch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Loken, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mc Hale, Committee Member
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member

Author:

Szakal, Andrea

Title:

THE HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS (HDV) RIBOZYME AS A MODEL FOR RNA CATALYSIS AND FOLDING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA folding
RNA catalysis

File:

Download Szakal_Doctoral_ThesisMaster_041508.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Hanford, Amanda Danforth

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ACOUSTICS PROBLEMS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Direct simulation monte carlo
knudsen number
relaxation
absorption
dispersion

File:

Download ADHanford-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Feri Farassat, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member

Author:

May, Ashleigh L.

Title:

Individual and Family Level Correlates of Obesity Among African American Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

obesity
african american
adolescents
parents
feeding practices
time use
activities

File:

Download Dissertation_Graduate_School_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan M Mc Hale, Committee Member
Leann L Birch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emilie Smith, Committee Member
Dr. Molly A. Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Alissa Lynn

Title:

Farming Fuels: Searching for Rural Revitalization in an Agricultural Bioeconomy

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

public good
switchgrass
rural sociology
social impacts

File:

Download AM_DissertationFinal_11_21_08.pdf

Committee Members:

C Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Clare Hinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Kisselev, Alexei M.

Title:

Theoretical and Computer Simulation Insights into Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

solution thermodynamics
aqueous polymer solutions
copolymers
polymer systems
light-responsive
temperature-responsive
stimuli-responsive
phase diagrams
equation of state
hydrogen bonding
molecular dynamics

File:

Download Kisselev-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Leonid Berlyand, Committee Member

Author:

Mandell, Avram M.

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF CIRCUMSTELLAR GAS ON TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION: THEORY AND OBSERVATION

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

planet formation
habitable planets
astrobiology
circumstellar disks

File:

Download Mandell_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Mumma, Committee Member
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Amanda Michelle

Title:

Creating and Probing Molecular Assemblies for Single-Molecule Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy
single-molecule devices
oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)
molecular switch
capture surfaces

File:

Download Moore_thesis08.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member

Author:

REDDING, ADAM MICHAEL

Title:

EXAMINING GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER: ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS / PHARMACEUTICALS, METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER, AND BENZENE

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

benzene
MTBE
endocrine disruptors
activated carbon

File:

Download Master_Document_Final_July_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenbaum, Aaron Michael

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CONCUSSION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
mild Traumatic Brain Injury
adolescent risk behavior
concussion knowledge
concussion attitude
concussion attitudes
high school coaches

File:

Download Rosenbaum_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member