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3. DISPARITIES IN THE RATES OF ADMISSION FOR AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS AMONG CHILDREN LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Hazzan, Afeez Abiola
Title:
DISPARITIES IN THE RATES OF ADMISSION FOR AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS AMONG CHILDREN LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Population Health
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Health Disparities
Child Health
File:
Download Full_thesis_Afeez_8.1.pdf
Committee Members:
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE ON AVIAN POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS SPECIES' NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRIBUTIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Anders, Angela Dawn
Title:
EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE ON AVIAN POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS SPECIES' NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRIBUTIONS
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
North Atlantic Oscillation
climate change
Breeding Bird Survey
population dynamics
landbird
El Nino Southern Oscillation
File:
Download Anders_Formatted_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Christopher Barry Goguen, Committee Member
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member

10. WOMEN IN ENGINEERING: THE GENDERED EFFECTS OF PROGRAM CHANGES, FACULTY ACTIVITIES, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES ON LEARNING

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Author:
Lambert, Amber D.
Title:
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING: THE GENDERED EFFECTS OF PROGRAM CHANGES, FACULTY ACTIVITIES, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES ON LEARNING
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
engineering education
gender differences
design skills
group skills
women in engineering
File:
Download Amber_Lambert_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Member
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

18. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND INCREASES OF YIELD AND THE ANTIOXIDANTS SELENIUM AND ERGOTHIONEINE IN BASIDIOMATA OF PLEUROTUS ERYNGII

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Author:
Rodriguez Estrada, Alma Edith
Title:
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND INCREASES OF YIELD AND THE ANTIOXIDANTS SELENIUM AND ERGOTHIONEINE IN BASIDIOMATA OF PLEUROTUS ERYNGII
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Pleurotus eryngii
phylogeny
mushroom cultivation
antioxidants
selenium
ergothioneine
File:
Download RodriguezEstradaDissertation2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel J Royse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member

19. Understanding Mixed Conifer Forests in Yosemite National Park: An Historical Analysis of Fire Regimes and Vegetation Dynamics

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Author:
Scholl, Andrew E
Title:
Understanding Mixed Conifer Forests in Yosemite National Park: An Historical Analysis of Fire Regimes and Vegetation Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
fire climate interactions
forest dynamics
vegetation change
fire history
carbon sequestration
fire suppression
File:
Download Scholl_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

21. LEAN INFORMATION FLOW IN COMPLEX HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND THE ROLE OF THE “INTEGRATOR” ROLE AS INFORMATION FLOW MANAGER

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Open Access
Author:
Phelps, Andreas Floros
Title:
LEAN INFORMATION FLOW IN COMPLEX HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND THE ROLE OF THE “INTEGRATOR” ROLE AS INFORMATION FLOW MANAGER
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
healthcare facilities
Construction
integration
lean
information flow
social factors
ethnography
sustainability
File:
Download AFPhelps_Dissertation_2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Horman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Horman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Riley Ii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member

22. Increasing Regulatory Capacity: the Role of the Region in Shaping National ICT Policy in Southern Africa

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Open Access
Author:
van Gorp, Annemijn Fleur
Title:
Increasing Regulatory Capacity: the Role of the Region in Shaping National ICT Policy in Southern Africa
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
regional economic community
regulators association
telecommunications policy
Africa
regionalization
regulation
File:
Download VanGorp_Dissertation_2008_04_14.pdf
Committee Members:
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Watson Bagby, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member

23. The relationship between alumni giving and receipt of institutional scholarships among undergraduate students at a public, land-grant institution

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Open Access
Author:
Diehl, Abigail G.
Title:
The relationship between alumni giving and receipt of institutional scholarships among undergraduate students at a public, land-grant institution
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
scholarships
giving
alumni
university
File:
Download ThesisMaster_Final_Diehl.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Heller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member

25. RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN THE ULTRAVIOLET USING A TUNABLE LASER

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Open Access
Author:
Willitsford, Adam Henry
Title:
RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN THE ULTRAVIOLET USING A TUNABLE LASER
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
ultraviolet
uv
benzene
toluene
spectroscopy
raman
resonance
File:
Download Willitsford_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
C Russell Philbrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member
Dr Hans Hallen, Committee Member
Stewart Kendall Kurtz, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

26. Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model

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Open Access
Author:
Robert, Ashish
Title:
Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Homogeneous shear turbulence
Polymer drag reduction
DNS
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_of_Ashish_Robert.pdf
Committee Members:
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

29. HOME ON THE PRAIRIE: A STUDY OF AMERICAN MARTEN (Martes americana) DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA

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Open Access
Author:
Bagherian, Amber
Title:
HOME ON THE PRAIRIE: A STUDY OF AMERICAN MARTEN (Martes americana) DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Turtle Mountains
American marten
mustelid
habitat fragmentation
North Dakota
island biogeography
File:
Download THE_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. Out-Group Marriages and Cohabitations: A Logistic Regression Approach to Studying Black, White, and Hispanic Unions

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Open Access
Author:
Curry, Alisha Janette
Title:
Out-Group Marriages and Cohabitations: A Logistic Regression Approach to Studying Black, White, and Hispanic Unions
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
logistic regression
interracial/interethnic marriages and cohabitation
Blacks
whites
Hispanics
File:
Download Alisha_Curry.pdf
Committee Members:
Anastasia Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

31. Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements

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Author:
Dean, Adam
Title:
Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
vehicle
terrain-based
estimation
kalman filter
particle filter
localization
File:
Download Adam-Dean-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

32. Proposed Specific Factors for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Within the Integrative Hierarchical Model of Anxiety and Depression

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Open Access
Author:
Fisher, Aaron Jason
Title:
Proposed Specific Factors for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Within the Integrative Hierarchical Model of Anxiety and Depression
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Comorbidity
Depression
Anxiety
Tripartite
Integrative
SEM
File:
Download Aaron.Fisher.Masters.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON WEB SEARCHING BEHAVIOR AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES: A CASE OF HEALTH INFORMATION SEARCHING

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Open Access
Author:
Morgan, Allison Janeice
Title:
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON WEB SEARCHING BEHAVIOR AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES: A CASE OF HEALTH INFORMATION SEARCHING
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
Human information behavior
Individual differences
Race
Health information
Web searching
Diversity
Human variation
File:
Download MorganDissertation_vFinal2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Kvasny, Committee Member
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Member
Dr. Ronald Jackson II, Committee Member

34. Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

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Open Access
Author:
Mendoza, Alfonso Julio
Title:
Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM
File:
Download Investigation_of_the_Fracture_Behavior_of_cBN_Glass_Composites.pdf
Committee Members:
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Percolation Segregation in Multi-Size and Multi-Component Particulate Materials: Measurement, Sampling, and Modeling

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Open Access
Author:
Jha, Anjani Kumar
Title:
Percolation Segregation in Multi-Size and Multi-Component Particulate Materials: Measurement, Sampling, and Modeling
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Modeling
Sampling
Coarse and Fines Sizes
Primary Segregation Shear Cell
Segregation
Continuous Mixtures
Particulate Materials
File:
Download Dissertation-Anjani_Jha.pdf
Committee Members:
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eileen Wheeler, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member

36. Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

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Open Access
Author:
Sitchler, Alexis K
Title:
Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds
File:
Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

37. Evaluation of Performance, Pay and Promotability of Gay and Straight Men and Women: Rating Variations by Rater Gender and Performance Level

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Open Access
Author:
Oppelstrup, Anna Kristine
Title:
Evaluation of Performance, Pay and Promotability of Gay and Straight Men and Women: Rating Variations by Rater Gender and Performance Level
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
performance ratings
job performance
homosexual
gay
File:
Download Thesis_AKO_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeanette N Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

38. The Effects of Alcohol and Illegal Drug Use on Initial Family Formation

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Open Access
Author:
Ryan, Andrea Kay
Title:
The Effects of Alcohol and Illegal Drug Use on Initial Family Formation
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
childbearing
premarital cohabitation
illegal drug use
adolescent alcohol use
fertility
premarital parenthood
File:
Download ARyan_drug_use_and_family_formation_dissertation2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fern Kaley Willits, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

44. Individual and Family Level Correlates of Obesity Among African American Adolescents

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Open Access
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

45. Farming Fuels: Searching for Rural Revitalization in an Agricultural Bioeconomy

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Open Access
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

46. TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING

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Open Access
Author:
Tremper, Amber Leigh
Title:
TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
nanoindentation
platinum
File:
Download Thesis_ARomasco_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

48. Theoretical and Computer Simulation Insights into Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

50. Creating and Probing Molecular Assemblies for Single-Molecule Devices

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Open Access
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