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Author:

Kelley, Alison

Title:

Inside the Madhouse: Bernard Herrmann's "Psycho"

Graduate Program:

Music Theory

Keywords:

Psycho
film music
music
theory
Herrmann
Bernard
Hitchcock
Alfred

File:

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Committee Members:

Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vaid, Deepak

Title:

The Cosmological Contant Problem and Many Body Physics: An Investigation

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

physics
theory
gravity
high energy
thesis
cosmological constant
many body

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephon Alexander, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Adrian Ocneanu, Committee Member
Jayant Bhanavar, Special Member

Author:

Morton, Seth Michael

Title:

Electrodynamic and Electronic Structure Methods to Model Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy and Molecule-metal Nanoparticle Optical Coupling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface enhanced
Raman
spectroscopy
electronic structure
hybridization
theory
plasmonics
plasmon
nanoparticle
electrodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Special Member

Author:

Rauff, Erica

Title:

Understanding Strategies to Manage Gestational Weight Gain in Overweight/obese Prenatal Women: Integrating Theory, Technology, and Healthcare Provider Beliefs

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

pregnancy
weight gain
technology
theory
provider beliefs

File:

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Committee Members:

Danielle Symons Downs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Scott Legro, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage, Committee Member
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Member

Author:

Weiss, Philip Andrew

Title:

Theoretical Simulations of Sum-frequency Generation spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Sum-frequency generation
theory
plasmonics

File:

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rhine, Benjamin

Title:

Chromaticism, Word Painting, and the Tenebrae Responsories: The Stylistic Connections Between Carlo Gesualdo and Pomponio Nenna

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Carlo
Gesualdo
Pomponio
Nenna
Renaissance
music
motet
Tenebrae
Responsory
Responsoria
Responsories
chromaticism
harmony
O vos omnes
Caligaverunt oculi mei
Tenebrae factae sunt
Italian
chromatic
Riemann
Neo-Riemannian
theory
musicology
style
sacred
service
services
Holy Week
Easter
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Maundy Thursday

File:

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Committee Members:

R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair
Marica Susan Tacconi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Committee Member

Author:

Mandalaparthy, Varun

Title:

The Influence of Cosolvent Interactions Upon Interfaces and Macromolecules

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

protein stability
polymers
proteins
osmolytes
thermodynamics
statistical mechanics
lattice models
protein folding
urea
tmao
simulations
theory
solute interactions
molecular dynamics
monte carlo

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
William Noid, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Ayaan

Title:

Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

automated
design
synthetic
genetic
parts
combinatorial
optimization
machine
learning
algorithm
promoter
mRNA
transcription
translation
decay
repression
CRISPR
repeats
interference
graph
theory
path
finding
nonrepetitive
repetitive
gene
synthesis
assembly
oligopool
discovery
barcodes
primers
counting
NGS
reads
classifier
classification
regressor
regression
random
forest
LASSO
ridge
homologous
recombination
instability
tuning
efficiency
plasmids
genome
engineering
degenerate
IUPAC
vertex
cover
independent
set
initiation

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Costas Maranas, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Outside Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Allred, Nathan

Title:

Actions in the Shadows: The Influence of Conspiracy Theory Endorsement on Consumer Decision-Making

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

consumption
conspiracy
theory

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Committee Members:

Janet Swim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Winterich, Major Field Member
Meg Meloy, Major Field Member
Lisa Bolton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair