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Author:: Green, Lawrie Catherine
Title:: Modeling the Spillover of Family-Based Prevention: Strengthening Causal Inference of Social Network Effects on Adolescent Smoking
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: Family-based prevention
Smoking
Propensity score
File:: Download Green_Formatted_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Max Crowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory M Fosco, Committee Member

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Author:: Shan, Yixi
Title:: EFFICIENT THRUST GENERATOIN IN FISH CAUDUAL FINS WITH POLICY SEARCH
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Fish locomotion
Policy Search
Reinforcement Learning
File:: Download Yixi_Shan_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Anne Martin, Committee Member

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Author:: Chhabra, Jaskanwal Preet
Title:: DESIGN AS A MARKOV DECISION PROCESS: A METHOD FOR BROAD AND EFFICIENT TRADESPACE EXPLORATION
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: Reinforcement learning
Design exploration
Multi-fidelity
Sequential Decision Process
Surrogate modeling
Gaussian process
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Gordon P. Warn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon P. Warn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Member
Timothy Simpson, Outside Member

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Author:: Nasiriani, Neda
Title:: Cloud Provider's Energy-Efficient Operation and Effective Pricing Design
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: energy efficiency
cloud datacenter
demand response
pricing design
game theory
risk modeling
resource capacity variation
File:: Download NedaNasiriani-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: George Kesidis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Committee Member
Uday Shanbhag, Outside Member
Di Wang, Special Member

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Author:: Parikh, Aparna Uday
Title:: Contradictions of Neoliberal Urbanism in Mumbai, India
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: neoliberalism
urbanism
gendered urbanism
Mumbai
India
South Asia
File:: Download FinalDissertation_AparnaParikh.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Hastings King, Committee Member
Lise Kirsten Nelson, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Outside Member

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Author:: Zhu, Xiaoyu
Title:: THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF REGULATORS OF PLANT EXOCYTOSIS AND THEIR ROLES IN CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS
Graduate Program:: Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: cellulose synthase complex
exocytosis
exocyst complex
microtubule
File:: Download Xiaoyu_Zhu_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

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Author:: Martin Romero, Michelle Yuvonne
Title:: A Socio-Ecocultural Exploration of the Role of Latinx Youth in Family Food Practices
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: food practices
youth agency
family assistance behaviors
Latinx
File:: Download Martin_Romero_Dissertation_Socioecocultural_Exploration_of_Latinx_Youth_Role_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Lori Anne Francis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lori Anne Francis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Committee Member
Mayra Y Bamaca, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Member

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Author:: Llerandi, Emile MacKenzie
Title:: Undoing the Damage of Chronic, Uncontrollable Stress: Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills
Graduate Program:: Psychology
Keywords:: Coping
Hypo-active cortisol response
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
Socio-emotional intervention
Youth empowerment
Collective Coping
Identity Development
Trier Social Stress Task (TSST)
Exposure to Violence
Uncontrollable Stress
Coping
Hypo-active Cortisol Response
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
Socio-emotional Intervention
Youth Empowerment
Collective Coping
Identity Development
Trier Social Stress Task (TSST)
Exposure to Violence
Uncontrollable Stress
File:: Download BaSICS_dissertation_7_6_18.pdf
Committee Members:: Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Mayra Y Bamaca, Outside Member

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Author:: Lyu, Shihang
Title:: ERASURE CODING BASED CAUSALLY CONSISTENT SHARED MEMORY EMULATION ALGORITHM
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: erasure coding
causal consistency
shared memory
File:: Download Shihang-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Viveck Cadambe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Alba, Billie Katherine
Title:: VASOPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF DAIRY-BASED FOODS: A DIETARY INTERVENTION STRATEGY FOR REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: dairy
microcirculation
vasodilation
sodium
cheese
milk
oxidative stress
endothelial function
File:: Download Alba_BK_Final_Dissertation_.pdf
Committee Members:: Lacy M. Alexander, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
W. Larry Kenney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sara. B Ferguson, Committee Member
Lakshmi Santhanam, Committee Member
Kelly J. Karpa, Outside Member

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