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Author:: Li, Xuelu
Title:: Regularized Learning for Discriminative Problems in Image Recognition
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Histopathological Image Classification
Fine-grained Image Classification
3-D Vessel Segmentation
Sparse Representation based Classification
Deep Learning
Shared Feature Learning
File:: Download xuelu_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Puneet Singla, Outside Unit & Field Member
William Higgins, Major Field Member
Vishal Monga, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Jing Yang, Major Field Member

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Author:: Ba, Djibril
Title:: Association of mushroom consumption with major chronic diseases and mortality
Graduate Program:: Epidemiology (PhD)
Keywords:: Mushrooms
Cancer
Mortality
Cardiometabolic Diseases
Depression
Epidemiology
NHANES
File:: Download PhD_EPI_Final_Dissertation_Djibril_M_Ba.pdf
Committee Members:: Xiang Gao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laila Al-Shaar, Major Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
Joshua Muscat, Dissertation Advisor
John Richie, Chair of Committee
Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Silva Gallardo, Constanza Paulina
Title:: The impact of nicotine exposure and cigarette smoking on gene expression and behavior from a translational perspective
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health (PHD)
Keywords:: gene expression
genomics
smoking
nicotine
translational
cigarette smoking
reduced nicotine-content cigarettes
RNA-Seq
DNA methylation
sex differences
File:: Download Silva-Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendix-A_Tables.zipDownload Appendix-B_Tables.zipDownload Appendix-C_Tables.zip
Committee Members:: Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit Member
David Vandenbergh, Major Field Member
Steven Branstetter, Outside Field Member
Helen Kamens, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Laubacker, Briana
Title:: Nanostructured Semiconductors Synthesized using High Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition with Nanoporous Templates
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: semiconductors
nanostructured materials
high pressure chemical vapor deposition
File:: Download Laubacker__Briana_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Miriam Freedman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vincent Crespi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member

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Author:: Clark, Joseph
Title:: Diagnostic Analyses of Regional to Global Temperature Changes from Intraseasonal to Interdecadal Timescales
Graduate Program:: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)
Keywords:: Climate Variability and Change
Atmospheric Dynamics
Teleconnections
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Eugene Clothiaux, Major Field Member
Sukyoung Lee, Major Field Member
Steven Feldstein, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Carleton, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Surachman, Agus
Title:: Life Course Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Kidney Function Across the Adult Life Span
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: age-related decrements
aging
kidney function
life course framework
racial disparities
socioeconomic status
File:: Download Surachman_Dissertation_Final_and_Formatted_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: David Almeida, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexis Santos, Major Field Member
Lacy Alexander, Outside Unit Member
Jonathan Daw, Outside Field Member
Christopher Coe, Special Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Olgun Baytas, Muge
Title:: Everyday Citizenship for Young Children at a Faith-Based School: An Ethnographic Study
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)
Keywords:: Ethnographic research
Faith-based school
Early childhood education
Citizenship education
Values education
File:: Download Muge_OlgunBaytas_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Gamson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Rao, Aniruddha Rajendra
Title:: Statistical Methods for Non-Linear Modeling in Functional Data
Graduate Program:: Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:: Functional Data
Neural Network
Deep Learning
Non-Linear Modeling
Imputation
File:: Download Defense_Document_Aniruddha.pdf
Committee Members:: Lin Lin, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jia Li, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Chithur Viswanathan, Shankar Ram
Title:: Ion conduction in crystalline polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: polymer electrolytes
lithium ion conduction
density functional theory
crystalline polymer electrolytes
lithium ion batteries
nanowhiskers
polymer dynamics
X-Ray diffraction
File:: Download Shankar_Ram_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Xueyi Zhang, Major Field Member
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Janna Maranas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Program Head/Chair
Michael Janik, Major Field Member

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Author:: Knox, Hayley
Title:: Structural characterization of class B methylases, an elusive subset of cobalamin-dependent radical SAM enzymes
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: radical SAM
cobalamin
vitamin B12
S-adenosylmethionine
enzyme
methylation
File:: Download HLK_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Ken Keiler, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Carsten Krebs, Major Field Member
Squire Booker, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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