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Author:

Niño, Elina Lastro

Title:

Multi-level analysis of reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

honey bee queen
mating
reproduction
pheromone
semen
instrumental insemination

File:

Download ElinaLastroNino_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Committee Member
Anita Collins, Special Member

Author:

Lidstone, Stephanie Ann

Title:

Modeling and Analysis of Complex Manufacturing Systems – Application of Data Visualization and Pattern Recognition Techniques

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

data visualization
manufacturing
pattern recognition

File:

Download 1-Lidstone_Full_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Shengzhi

Title:

Virtualization-based Security Analysis of Production Server Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Virtualization
security analysis
driver diversity
heterogeneous virtual machine migration
availability preserving

File:

Download Shengzhi_Zhang-Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Dr Soundar Kumara, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tian Tiffany

Title:

Examining Copyright Regimes in China's Digital Music Industry: History, Challenges and New Models

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Copyright
Digital Music
China
Xiami
Intellectual Property
History

File:

Download Tian_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Philbrook, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

Maternal Emotional Availability at Bedtime, Quality of Co-parenting, Infant Temperament, and Infant Diurnal Cortisol at 1 and 3 Months

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

parenting
diurnal cortisol rhythm
infancy

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Michael Teti, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Shuo

Title:

Detecting Policy Violators in Online Social Community an Extended Bayesian Belief Network Approach

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Social Network
Spam
Page Rank
Bayesian Network
Mutual Information

File:

Download new_final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Yen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Polato, Nicholas Renzo

Title:

Interactions between environmental stress and genetic diversity in reef building corals

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Coral
population structure
microsatellite
thremal stress
microarray
GxE interactions
climate change
gene expression

File:

Download PolatoDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Special Member

Author:

Bissat, Johanna Gisladottir

Title:

For a Better Life: The Integration of Thai Marriage, Family, and Labor Migrants in Iceland

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

International migration
marriage migration
labor migration
Iceland
Thailand
integration

File:

Download Bissat_eDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Augustus Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Salvador Oropesa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member
Patricia Lyons Johnson, Committee Member
Catherine Wanner, Committee Member

Author:

Mateti, Kiron

Title:

Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Bechtel, Robyn Elaine

Title:

Description and analysis of the perceived knowledge, use and effectiveness of experiential learning in Pennsylvania 4-H Clubs

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

experiential learning
4-H program
volunteer training

File:

Download Bechtel_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor