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81. Chemical communication and genomics of swarming behavior in honey bees (apis mellifera L.)

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Open Access
Author:
Richards, Jessica Yung
Title:
Chemical communication and genomics of swarming behavior in honey bees (apis mellifera L.)
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
honey bee
Apis mellifera
swarming
chemical communication
genomics
File:
Download JYR_Thesis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anita Collins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

83. Do More Generous Medicaid Benefits for Adults Result in Higher Dental Utilization and Tooth Retention?

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Open Access
Author:
Ventura, Marta Jaen
Title:
Do More Generous Medicaid Benefits for Adults Result in Higher Dental Utilization and Tooth Retention?
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
logistic regression
tooth retention
dental utilization
Medicaid dental benefits
File:
Download Final_Thesis_-_July_18_2013_Final_version_submitted.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Susan Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

84. Progress towards an electron electric dipole moment measurement with laser-cooled atoms

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Open Access
Author:
Solmeyer, Neal Eldrich
Title:
Progress towards an electron electric dipole moment measurement with laser-cooled atoms
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Precision measurement
laser-cooling
fundamental symmetry
File:
Download Solmeyer_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
David Scott Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth O'hara, Committee Member
Murat Gunaydin, Committee Member
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Member

85. The Emergent Monoclinic Phase in KNbO3 Discovered Using Optical Second Harmonic Generation

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Open Access
Author:
Leung, Jessica
Title:
The Emergent Monoclinic Phase in KNbO3 Discovered Using Optical Second Harmonic Generation
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
potassium niobate
second harmonic generation
monoclinic
orthorhombic
ferroelectric
SHG
KNbO3
nonlinear optical
File:
Download jessica_leung_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

90. The Emotional Experiences Of Three Early Childhood Teachers during Difficult Parent-teacher Conferences: an Analysis Of Care Strategies In Response To These Emotions

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Open Access
Author:
Mccoy, Karen Louise
Title:
The Emotional Experiences Of Three Early Childhood Teachers during Difficult Parent-teacher Conferences: an Analysis Of Care Strategies In Response To These Emotions
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
mindfulness
parent-teacher conferences
CARE
empathy
File:
Download Dissertation-final-final-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Patricia Ann Jennings, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member

91. Sea Surface Temperature Variability Over the Last 2000 Years in the North Atlantic Ocean and its Implications for Sea Level Change

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Open Access
Author:
Magerman, Joshua Marcus
Title:
Sea Surface Temperature Variability Over the Last 2000 Years in the North Atlantic Ocean and its Implications for Sea Level Change
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
ocean temperature history
ocean temperature
ocean proxies
historic sea level
north atlantic temperature
File:
Download THESIS_MAGERMAN.pdf
Committee Members:
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

92. Differentially Private Convex Optimization For Empirical Risk Minimization And High-dimensional Regression

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Open Access
Author:
Guha Thakurta, Abhradeep
Title:
Differentially Private Convex Optimization For Empirical Risk Minimization And High-dimensional Regression
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Data Privacy
Differential Privacy
Machine Learning
High-dimensional Statistics
Sparse Regression
File:
Download AbhradeepThakurta-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Adam Davison Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adam Davison Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Kifer, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Sofya Raskhodnikova, Committee Member

93. Targeting Atypical Protein Kinase C Isoforms for the Prevention of Blood-Retinal Barrier Dysfunction in Ophthalmic Disease

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Open Access
Author:
Titchenell, Paul Michael
Title:
Targeting Atypical Protein Kinase C Isoforms for the Prevention of Blood-Retinal Barrier Dysfunction in Ophthalmic Disease
Graduate Program:
Physiology
Keywords:
vegf
drug discovery
PKC
blood-retinal barrier
vascular permeability
macular edema
phosphoproteomics
kinase inhibitor
TNF
File:
Download Titchenell_PM_Thesis_v2.pdf
Committee Members:
Charles H Lang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles H Lang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Spratt, Committee Member
David Antonetti, Special Member
Yuguang Shi, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Member

94. Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS

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Open Access
Author:
Farrokh, Ebrahim
Title:
Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
TBM
Hard Rock
Advance Rate
Utilization
Cutter Life
Learning Phase
File:
Download Thesis-rev3.pdf
Committee Members:
Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Special Member

95. Environmental Stress Shapes the Neurobiology and Behavior of Fish

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Open Access
Author:
Grassie, Oonagh C
Title:
Environmental Stress Shapes the Neurobiology and Behavior of Fish
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
animal behavior
spatial learning
brain plasticity
behavioral ecology
environmental enrichment
File:
Download OCGRASSIE_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Special Member

96. A Continuous Adjoint Approach to Design Optimization in Multiphase Flow

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Open Access
Author:
Boger, David
Title:
A Continuous Adjoint Approach to Design Optimization in Multiphase Flow
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
continuous adjoint
multiphase flow
cavitation
shape optimization
barotropic model
transport-equation-based model
File:
Download Boger_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric G Paterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Luigi Martinelli, Special Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

97. Multigenerational patterns of parenting-at-risk: a test of Copy Process Theory

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Open Access
Author:
Woehrle, Petra Lynn
Title:
Multigenerational patterns of parenting-at-risk: a test of Copy Process Theory
Graduate Program:
Counseling Psychology
Keywords:
child maltreatment
Copy Process Theory
SASB
at risk
family systems
intergenerational transmission
File:
Download Woehrle_Thesis_5.24.13.pdf
Committee Members:
Elizabeth A Skowron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin D Locke, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Member

98. Interactive Effects of Daily Nonverbal and Verbal Pain Expression on Spouse Responses in Osteoarthritis: Empirical Evidence for a Communication Model

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Open Access
Author:
Wilson, Stephanie Joy
Title:
Interactive Effects of Daily Nonverbal and Verbal Pain Expression on Spouse Responses in Osteoarthritis: Empirical Evidence for a Communication Model
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
chronic pain
pain expression
spouse response
osteoarthritis
daily
File:
Download masters_thesis_S._Wilson-final-4-20-13_merged.pdf
Committee Members:
Lynn Margaret Martire, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

99. Brush-shaped Hybrid Polyphosphazenes for Advanced Biomaterial Applications And Substituent Exchange Reactions Based on Cyclic, Oligomeric And Polymeric Phosphazenes

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Xiao
Title:
Brush-shaped Hybrid Polyphosphazenes for Advanced Biomaterial Applications And Substituent Exchange Reactions Based on Cyclic, Oligomeric And Polymeric Phosphazenes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
polyphosphazene
exchange reaction
brush polymer
antibacterial
drug release
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Xiao_Liu_Chemistry__Allcock_group_.pdf
Committee Members:
Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

100. electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystal-plasmonic materials and structures

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Open Access
Author:
Ma, Yi
Title:
electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystal-plasmonic materials and structures
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
liquid crystal
File:
Download yi_ma_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member