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Author:

Olafsdottir, Halla Björg

Title:

Age Related Differences in Multi-Digit Coordination

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Aging
Coordination
hand
motor control

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member

Author:

Sloane, Lauren Beth

Title:

EXAMINATION OF TAIL TENDON BREAK TIME: STATUS AS A BIOMARKER OF AGING & GENETIC INFLUENCES

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Heritability
Tail Tendon
Mouse
Aging
Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL)

File:

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Committee Members:

Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Member
George Patrick Vogler, Committee Member
Joseph Tobias Stout, Committee Member

Author:

Ford, Dara Wheeler

Title:

Associations between BMI and diet quality with health-related quality of life, mortality and healthcare resource use in the Geisinger Rural Aging Study (GRAS)

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Aging
Diet quality
Mortality
Healthcare resource use
health-related quality of life

File:

Download Dara_Dissertation_-_Final_Merged_10-5-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Lee Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Helen Smiciklas Wright, Committee Member
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, David

Title:

Effects of age and menopause on cardiac and vascular regulation in women

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

Aging
Exercise
Women
Autonomic
Heart Rate
Blood Flow
Menopause
Baroreflex

File:

Download Moore_Dissertation_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Jane De Souza, Committee Member
Urs Andreas Leuenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Munoz Diaz, Elizabeth

Title:

Stress, cognition, and aging: An examination of predictors and mechanisms.

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Stress
Cognition
Aging

File:

Download Munoz_Dissertation_final_5.19.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin John Sliwinski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham Engeland, Committee Member

Author:

Thierry, Amy Danielle

Title:

Examining Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Physical Disability Disparities in US Midlife and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Aging
Physical Disability
Health Disparities
Chronic Stress
Telomeres
Population Health
Health and Retirement Study

File:

Download Amy_Thierry_Dissertation_July27.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Ann Wray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Idan Shalev, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Patricia Y Miranda, Outside Member
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member

Author:

Acciai, Francesco

Title:

Socioeconomic Status and Health in Middle and Late Life: A New Look at an Old Issue

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Social inequalities in health
Health disparities
Socioeconomic status
SES
Chronic conditions
Chronic diseases
Elderly
Late life
SHARE
Europe
Aging
Health trajectories
Longitudinal analysis
Attrition
Sample selection

File:

Download Francesco_Acciai_-_Dissertation__11_1_16_.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Hardy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Jung In

Title:

Reliability and Aging in Patterned Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
Reliability
Aging
HALT
Conduction mechanism
Patterned PZT thin film

File:

Download Final_thesis_Jung_In.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Jin-Kwang

Title:

ACUTE EFFECTS OF DIETARY NITRATE SUPPLEMENTATION IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

cardivascular
Aging
dietary nitrate supplementation
beetroot juice
women

File:

Download KimJ_acute_effects_of_dietary_nitrate_supplementation_in_postmenopausal_women_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Outside Member

Author:

LaCoe-Maniaci, Cynthia Lorraine

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATES OF MARITAL DISSOLUTION, DIABETES, AND DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Diabetes
HbA1c
Marital Status and Dissolution
Gender
Aging
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

File:

Download LaCoe-Maniaci_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda A. Wray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda A. Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank M. Ahern, Committee Member
Patricia B. Koch, Committee Member
Marianne M. Hillemeier, Outside Member
Michelle L. Frisco, Outside Member

Author:

Peters, Douglas Gordon

Title:

NOVEL MODEL FOR LOADING BRAIN IRON IN MICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR STUDYING AGING AND AMYLOID PATHOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
Iron
Aging
MRI
Histology
Neurodegeneration

File:

Download Peters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Meadowcroft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing X Yang, Committee Member
Paul Eslinger, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Outside Member

Author:

Troutman, Sara B

Title:

The Role of White Matter Integrity in Age-Related Language Production Differences

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Aging
Language
white matter

File:

Download Winter_Thesis_Revised_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Theresa Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Lesley Ross, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Donghui

Title:

THE POWER OF IDEAS: HOW NORMS, PERCEPTIONS AND ASPIRATIONS RELATE TO DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS AND INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING IN CHINA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

China
Life course
Spatial analysis
Aging
Transition into adulthood
Fertility
Culture
Social Change
Rural
Poverty

File:

Download Dissertation_post_defense_06182018.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guangqing Chi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Theide, Committee Member
Diane McLaughlin, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Outside Member

Author:

Nagrale, Shashank

Title:

DAMPING ENHANCEMENT IN HYBRID COMPOSITE BY EMBEDDING NICKEL-TITANIUM WIRES SUBJECTED TO MICROSTRUCTURE TREATMENTS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

H-doping
Aging
Damping
Carbon fiber composite
NiTi
Shape memory alloy
DMA
DSC
Tensile test
Saravanos-Chamis model

File:

Download ShashankNagrale_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Troutman, Sara B

Title:

THE WHITE MATTER LINK BETWEEN SEMANTIC LANGUAGE ABILITY AND LANGUAGE PRODUCTION ABILITY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Aging
semantics
language production

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Lesley Ross, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shaffer, Derek

Title:

Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cosgrove, Abigail

Title:

How Aging Shapes Semantic Memory: Exploring the Relationships between Language Abilities, Network Construction, and Word Characteristics on the Structure of Semantic Networks in Younger and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Aging
Semantic Memory
Network Science

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Roger Beaty, Major Field Member
Michele Diaz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet van Hell, Major Field Member

Author:

Cimino, Jack

Title:

Agonist-induced D1 Receptor Mediation of Spatial and Temporal Working Memory

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (MS)

Keywords:

Dopamine
Prefrontal Cortex
D1 Receptor
Working Memory
Parkinson's
Novel Object Recognition
T-Maze
CY208243
2MDHX
Spatial
Temporal
Fischer Rat
Sprague-Dawley
Aging
Ageing
cAMP
Beta Arrestin
catecholamine
agonist
antagonist
dopamine agonist
PF6256142

File:

Download Cimino_Jack-MS_Thesis_2023-04-07__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Yang Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Bernard Mailman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alistair Barber, Committee Member

Author:

Vervoordt, Samantha

Title:

Examining Depression as a Marker for Decline in Older Adults with a History of of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Depression
Traumatic Brain Injury
Aging
Decline

File:

Download Vervoordt_Thesis_for_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Christopher Gerald Engeland, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kazanski, Meghan

Title:

How healthy older adults regulate lateral stepping to maintain balance in predictable and unpredictable walking environments

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Walking
Balance
Locomotion
Aging

File:

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Committee Members:

Joseph Cusumano, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Major Field Member
Jonas Rubenson, Major Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bratlee-Whitaker, Emily

Title:

Affective Reactivity to Daily Memory Lapses in Middle-aged and Older Adults without Cognitive Impairment: Examining the Moderating Effects of Personality and Control Beliefs about Cognitive Aging

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

Daily memory lapses
Affective reactivity
Aging
Personality
Control beliefs

File:

Download Bratlee-Whitaker_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Outside Field Member
Aaron Pincus, Outside Unit Member
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Nikki Hill, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair