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171. How Communication and Sensemaking in an Academic Community of Practice Affects Individuals' Professional Identities

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Open Access
Author:
Weaver, Lisa Dawn
Title:
How Communication and Sensemaking in an Academic Community of Practice Affects Individuals' Professional Identities
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
sensemaking
community of practice
professional identity
File:
Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Carol L Colbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member

172. AMORPHOUS SILICON AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Lisong
Title:
AMORPHOUS SILICON AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
AMORPHOUS SILICON
THIN FILM TRANSISTOR
PENTACENE
File:
Download Thesis_LZ.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Roman Wronski, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

173. "They Tell Us Who We Are, They Tell Us Who We Aren't": Gay Identity on Television and Off

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Open Access
Author:
Freymiller, Lyn J.
Title:
"They Tell Us Who We Are, They Tell Us Who We Aren't": Gay Identity on Television and Off
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
media effects
interviews
gays on television
gay identity
rhetorical criticism
File:
Download Dissertation_rev_pdf.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Ronald Ward Jackson, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member

174. Helicopter Rotor Lag Damping Augmentation Based on a Radial Absorber and Coriolis Coupling

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Open Access
Author:
Byers, Lynn Karen
Title:
Helicopter Rotor Lag Damping Augmentation Based on a Radial Absorber and Coriolis Coupling
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
lag damping
vibration absorber
File:
Download Lynn_Byers_Thesis_Final_June_2006.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Member

175. Disparate modes of evolution in chloroplast and nuclear genomes

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Open Access
Author:
Cui, Liying
Title:
Disparate modes of evolution in chloroplast and nuclear genomes
Graduate Program:
Biology
Keywords:
genome evolution
algae
flowering plants
gene expression
statistical method
File:
Download Thesis_Cui.06.pdf
Committee Members:
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Bruce G Lindsay, Committee Member
Hiroshi Akashi, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member

176. GROWTH OF AMORPHOUS AND EPITAXIAL ALTERNATIVE GATE DIELECTRICS ON SILICON BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION

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Open Access
Author:
Edge, Lisa Friedman
Title:
GROWTH OF AMORPHOUS AND EPITAXIAL ALTERNATIVE GATE DIELECTRICS ON SILICON BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
high-K
molecular-beam epitaxy
LaAlO3
LaScO3
Sc2O3
La2O3
molecular-beam deposition
alternative gate dielectrics
File:
Download Thesis_Lisa_Edge.pdf
Committee Members:
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

178. Characterization of Readthrough Activation in the Adenovirus Genome, Transiently Transfected Templates and Integrated Templates

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Open Access
Author:
Shen, Li
Title:
Characterization of Readthrough Activation in the Adenovirus Genome, Transiently Transfected Templates and Integrated Templates
Graduate Program:
Genetics
Keywords:
readthrough activation
adenovirus 5 E1b gene
chromatin structure
transcription activation
termination sequence
GFP gene reporter
File:
Download lithesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David Joseph Spector, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard James Courtney, Committee Member
Mary Judith Tevethia, Committee Member
Anita Klein Hopper, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

179. Questions and Feedback: Effects of Direct Manipulation and Animation in Facilitating Student Achievement on Tests Measuring Different Educational Objectives

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Open Access
Author:
Zhu, Li
Title:
Questions and Feedback: Effects of Direct Manipulation and Animation in Facilitating Student Achievement on Tests Measuring Different Educational Objectives
Graduate Program:
Instructional Systems
Keywords:
Direct Manipulation
Animation
Questions and Feedback
Matching Questions
Animation-Elaborated Feedback
Knowledge of Result Text Feedback
Web-Based Instruction
Levels of Learning
File:
Download Thesis_Zhu.pdf
Committee Members:
Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

180. DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMBINATORIAL PROTEIN LIBRARIES

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Open Access
Author:
Saraf, Manish Chandra
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMBINATORIAL PROTEIN LIBRARIES
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
protein engineering
directed evolution
bioinformatics
protein library design
optimization
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair