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Author:

Smith, Karen Elizabeth

Title:

Exogenous and Endogenous Sources of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth: Investigating Carbonaceous Meteorites and Plausibly Prebiotic Complex Mixtures by Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

analytical chemistry
meteorites
mass spectrometry
liquid chromatography
geochemistry

File:

Download Smith_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Lori A

Title:

Seasonal Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis and Brown Trout Salmo trutta in North Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
brown trout
movement
habitat use
genetics
spawning
winter

File:

Download 1-Smith_Lori_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Hiram L

Title:

Patterns of variable tense-aspect marking in Palenquero creole

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

creole languages
grammaticalization
Palenquero
San Basilio de Palenque
Spanish-based creoles
tense and aspect marking

File:

Download 2-Dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Lipski, Committee Member
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jason Daniel

Title:

The role of host plant chemistry and light-spectral traits in host-finding and self-defense by parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

chemical ecology
parasitic plant
plant defense
Cuscuta
aphid
glucosinolate
Myzus persicae
epilinum
gronovii
Arabidopsis

File:

Download Dissertation_Smith_2014_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Consuelo M De Moraes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, William Clem

Title:

The global expansion of the testing culture: National testing policies and the reconstruction of education.

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Testing
Accountability
World Culture
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
PISA

File:

Download Smith_Dissertation_Expansion_of_Testing_Culture.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Soo Yong Byun, Committee Member
Molly Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jared C

Title:

Investigating the Inadvertent Transfer of Vitis Labrusca Associated Odors to Vitis Vinifera Wines

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Aroma Scalping
Odorant Scalping
Polymers
Wine
Methyl Anthranilate
2-Aaminoacetophenone

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Jared_Smith.pdf

Committee Members:

Ryan John Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John E Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Michelle Gardner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Joshua Sanford

Title:

Renaissance Play Things: The Making of Genre in Performance

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Renaissance
early modern
drama
theater
theatre
object
thing
prop
property
stage

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Revised_for_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Garrett Sullivan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick G Cheney, Committee Member
Marcy Lynne North, Committee Member
Laura Lunger Knoppers, Committee Member
Dan Beaver, Special Member