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1101. STUDIES ON MALE DRONES YIELD NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISM UNDELYING ODOR-MEDIATED SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera L.)

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Author:
Villar, Gabriel
Title:
STUDIES ON MALE DRONES YIELD NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISM UNDELYING ODOR-MEDIATED SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera L.)
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
Honey bee
Drone
Pheromone
Chemical Ecology
Behavior
Olfaction
File:
Download Villar_Dissertation_Final_Dec_2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Christina Grozinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
N/A, Committee Member
Victoria Anne Braithwaite-Read, Outside Member

1102. THE EFFECTS OF RUMINATION AND WORRY ON CONTRAST AVOIDANCE IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER: AN APPLICATION OF CONTRAST AVOIDANCE MODEL OF WORRY

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Hanjoo
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF RUMINATION AND WORRY ON CONTRAST AVOIDANCE IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER: AN APPLICATION OF CONTRAST AVOIDANCE MODEL OF WORRY
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
rumination
worry
contrast avoidance
heart rate variability
major depressive disorder
generalized anxiety disorder
negative perseveration
File:
Download The_effects_of_rumination_and_worry_in_contrast_avoidance_Hanjoo_Kim_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle G. Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger Moore, Committee Member
Reginald B. Admans, Jr., Committee Member

1103. EFFECTS OF MOWING ON ANNUAL BLUEGRASS WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS MACULICOLLIS KIRBY (COLEOPTERA:CURCULIONIDAE) ADULT BEHAVIOR AND LARVAL DEVELOPMENT IN GOLF COURSE PUTTING GREENS

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Open Access
Author:
Czyzewski, Benjamin D
Title:
EFFECTS OF MOWING ON ANNUAL BLUEGRASS WEEVIL, LISTRONOTUS MACULICOLLIS KIRBY (COLEOPTERA:CURCULIONIDAE) ADULT BEHAVIOR AND LARVAL DEVELOPMENT IN GOLF COURSE PUTTING GREENS
Graduate Program:
Agronomy
Keywords:
Annual bluegrass weevil
Listronotus maculicollis
Golf course cultural practice
Poa annua
Annual Bluegrass
Golf Course
Putting green
Diel patterns
Diel
File:
Download Czyzewski_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Benjamin A. McGraw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Maxim Schlossberg, Committee Member
Dr. Ed Rajotte, Committee Member

1105. The Quest For Really Useful Knowledge: An Institutional Ethnography of Community Adult Education in the Digital Age

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Open Access
Author:
Selvaraj, Shivaani Aruna
Title:
The Quest For Really Useful Knowledge: An Institutional Ethnography of Community Adult Education in the Digital Age
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
institutional ethnography
radical education
social relations
digital literacy
broadband adoption
neoliberal funding regimes
File:
Download Selvaraj_Dissertation_11.17.16.pdf
Committee Members:
Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W. Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini M. Grahame, Committee Member
Peter R. Grahame, Committee Member
Andrea Tapia, Outside Member
Sasha Costanza-Chock, Special Member

1106. Learning Ethno-National Identity in Areas of Conflict: A Comparative Narrative Analysis of Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Young Adults

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Open Access
Author:
Anagiotos, Christos
Title:
Learning Ethno-National Identity in Areas of Conflict: A Comparative Narrative Analysis of Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Young Adults
Graduate Program:
Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
Keywords:
Identity learning
Ethnic and national identity construction
Divided island of Cyprus
Ethnic conflict
Narrative analysis
Lifelong learning
Adult Education
File:
Download Anagiotos_Christos_PhD_Dissertation_2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred M. Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred M. Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Member
Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
David M. Post, Outside Member
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

1107. Writing the Edge of Empire: Joseph Roth's Galicia

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Open Access
Author:
McInteer, Nicole Lea
Title:
Writing the Edge of Empire: Joseph Roth's Galicia
Graduate Program:
German
Keywords:
Joseph Roth
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Galicia
cosmopolitanism
Austrian literature
File:
Download McInteer_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Daniel Purdy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Daniel Purdy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Thomas Beebee, Committee Member
Dr. Richard Page, Committee Member
Dr. Sophie De Schaepdrijver, Outside Member
Dr. Bettina Brandt, Special Member

1108. A CONVERSATION ANALYTIC APPROACH TO MOTIVATION: FOSTERING MOTIVATION IN THE L2 CLASSROOM THROUGH PLAY

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Author:
Dobs, Abby Marie Mueller
Title:
A CONVERSATION ANALYTIC APPROACH TO MOTIVATION: FOSTERING MOTIVATION IN THE L2 CLASSROOM THROUGH PLAY
Graduate Program:
Applied Linguistics
Keywords:
conversation analysis
motivation
second language classroom
second language learning
teacher-student interaction
interactional competence
membership categorization analysis
language play
identity
File:
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Committee Members:
Joan Kelly Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Member
Karen E. Johnson, Committee Member
Mari A. Haneda, Outside Member

1109. MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF A CARBON-LOADED LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FOR INTERCONNECT DESIGN

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Open Access
Author:
Champion, Bruce Allen
Title:
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF A CARBON-LOADED LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FOR INTERCONNECT DESIGN
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Dielectric Absorber
Input/Output
Insertion Loss
Resonance
Genetic Algorithm
Crosstalk
Material Characterization
File:
Download Thesis_Champion_Fall2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aldo W Morales, Committee Member
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Committee Member

1110. A comparison of oak seedling survival and growth across three geologic formations in Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Ward, Jessie J
Title:
A comparison of oak seedling survival and growth across three geologic formations in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Forest Resources
Keywords:
geologic formation
oak regeneration
northern red oak
lithology
root electrolyte leakage
File:
Download Ward_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Aaron David Stottlemyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

1111. IMPACT OF OZONE ON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS) SPECIES

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Open Access
Author:
Myers, Abigail C
Title:
IMPACT OF OZONE ON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS) SPECIES
Graduate Program:
Environmental Pollution Control
Keywords:
ozone
tropospheric ozone
ground level ozone
bioinidicator
asclepias
injury
air pollution
plant injury
milkweed
asclepias syriaca
asclepias curassavica
asclepias incarnata
asclepias speciosa
asclepias sullivantii
asclepias viridis
File:
Download Myers_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis R Decoteau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Durwood Davis, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member

1112. Design and Exploration of Accelerator-rich Multi-core Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Chandramoorthy, Nandhini
Title:
Design and Exploration of Accelerator-rich Multi-core Systems
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
heterogeneous architectures
processor modeling
accelerator-rich architectures
File:
Download dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Kevin Irick, Outside Member
Luca Benini, Special Member

1113. METHODOLOGIES IN ASSESSING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES

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Open Access
Author:
Mueller, Sara Jaye
Title:
METHODOLOGIES IN ASSESSING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
benthic
macroinvertebrate
bioassessment
metabarcoding
COI
16S
Brillouin
eDNA
cytochrome oxidase 1
primer
metagenomics
File:
Download Mueller_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay R. Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory A. Hoover, Committee Member
Timothy L. King, Committee Member

1114. TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON ROOT PARTITIONING PATTERNS IN A TEMPERATE FOREST

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Open Access
Author:
Orr, Alexandra Shaw
Title:
TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON ROOT PARTITIONING PATTERNS IN A TEMPERATE FOREST
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
partitioning
optimal allocation
temperate forest
root turnover
belowground carbon
fine roots
optimal partitioning theory
File:
Download Orr_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David Eissenstat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member

1115. UNTANGLING THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL SCHOOLING ON CHILD MORBIDITY AND MALNUTRITION IN PERU

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Open Access
Author:
Leon Jara Almonte, Juan Jesus Martin
Title:
UNTANGLING THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL SCHOOLING ON CHILD MORBIDITY AND MALNUTRITION IN PERU
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Schooling effect
Child health
Child morbidity
Peru
Maternal schooling
File:
Download Dissertation_-_Juan_Leon_-_Education_Policy_Studies.pdf
Committee Members:
David P. Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P. Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Soo-yong Byun, Committee Member
Ladislao Semali, Outside Member

1116. PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING OF SURFACE OZONE WITH A NOVEL STATISTICAL APPROACH

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Open Access
Author:
Balashov, Nikolay Victor
Title:
PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING OF SURFACE OZONE WITH A NOVEL STATISTICAL APPROACH
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
surface ozone
statistical
self-organizing map
meteorology
air pollution
air quality
probabilistic forecasting
File:
Download NVB_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Anne M. Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Greybush, Committee Member
William Ryan, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Outside Member

1118. Beyond National Trauma: Experiential Memory and Epistemic Practices in the Literature of Ireland and Irish-America's Minoritized Populations

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Author:
Scott, Stephanie Marie
Title:
Beyond National Trauma: Experiential Memory and Epistemic Practices in the Literature of Ireland and Irish-America's Minoritized Populations
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
contemporary literature
epistemology
ethics
Ireland
postcolonial literature
File:
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Committee Members:
Mark Stewart Morrisson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Stewart Morrisson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edmond Marsh, Committee Member
Debra Hawhee, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Outside Member
Paige Reynolds, Special Member

1119. EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL AND THERMAL BLOSSOM THINNING STRATEGIES FOR APPLE

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Open Access
Author:
Kon, Thomas Matthew
Title:
EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL AND THERMAL BLOSSOM THINNING STRATEGIES FOR APPLE
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
crop load management
pollen tubes
Malus domestica
spur leaves
phytotoxicity
File:
Download KON_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
James Rawlinson Schupp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Rawlinson Schupp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Michael Crassweller, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Outside Member

1120. THE INFLUENCE OF HOUSEHOLD ASSETS AND COMMUNITY ASSETS ON RICE FARMERS’ ADAPTATION DECISIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN VIET NAM

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Open Access
Author:
Dang, Chi Kim
Title:
THE INFLUENCE OF HOUSEHOLD ASSETS AND COMMUNITY ASSETS ON RICE FARMERS’ ADAPTATION DECISIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN VIET NAM
Graduate Program:
Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:
Climate change
saline intrusion
adaptive measures
multinomial logit model
Vietnam
File:
Download Chi_Dang__951601482__Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David Abler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Member
Terry Harrison, Committee Member

1121. A two-step CO<sub>2</sub> laser-sustained plasma nitriding process for deep-case hardening of commercially pure titanium

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Open Access
Author:
Kamat, Amar
Title:
A two-step CO<sub>2</sub> laser-sustained plasma nitriding process for deep-case hardening of commercially pure titanium
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
titanium
laser-sustained plasma
laser nitriding
case hardening
wear resistance
laser materials processing
File:
Download Kamat_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Judith Todd Copley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen M Copley, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Outside Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member

1122. Temporal evolution of magma sources and surface deformation at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala revealed by InSAR

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Open Access
Author:
Wnuk, Kendall Coleman
Title:
Temporal evolution of magma sources and surface deformation at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala revealed by InSAR
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Volcanology
InSAR
Geodesy
Pacaya Volcano
Deformation
Magma
Modeling
Inversion
Basaltic
File:
Download Wnuk_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member

1123. ACUTE EFFECTS OF DIETARY NITRATE SUPPLEMENTATION IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

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Open Access
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

1124. The Efficacy of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Robust and Effective Alternative to Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents to Drive High-Barrier Reactions

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Open Access
Author:
Johnson, Robert J
Title:
The Efficacy of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Robust and Effective Alternative to Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents to Drive High-Barrier Reactions
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Magnetite Nanoparticles
Iron oxide nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles
Photothermal
Light to heat
Nanoparticles
File:
Download Johnson_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

1125. Social Lives: Nineteenth-Century New Orleans in Literature

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Open Access
Author:
Stevens, Erica Diane
Title:
Social Lives: Nineteenth-Century New Orleans in Literature
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
New Orleans
sociality
social life
regionalism
Reconstruction
African-American literature
nineteenth century
nineteenth-century literature
American literature
File:
Download StevensDissertation_format.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean X. Goudie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Christopher Castiglia, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member

1126. THE NORMATIVE SOURCES OF PRACTICAL IDENTITY: A PEIRCEAN APPROACH TO THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE

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Open Access
Author:
Poggiani, Francesco
Title:
THE NORMATIVE SOURCES OF PRACTICAL IDENTITY: A PEIRCEAN APPROACH TO THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Normativity
Phenomenology
Constitutivism
Practical Identity
Charles S. Peirce
Pragmatism
Korsgaard
Velleman
Charles Taylor
File:
Download Dissertation__final__Poggiani.pdf
Committee Members:
Vincent M Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Member
Anne Carver Rose, Outside Member
Rossella Fabbrichesi, Special Member

1127. The relationship between maternal education status and students' mathematics performance in Hong Kong

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Hui
Title:
The relationship between maternal education status and students' mathematics performance in Hong Kong
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Maternal education
Academic achievement
Hong Kong
File:
Download Master_Thesis_By_Hui.pdf
Committee Members:
Soo-Yong Byun, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member

1128. Stochastic Resource Allocation Strategies With Uncertain Information In Sensor Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Hu, Nan
Title:
Stochastic Resource Allocation Strategies With Uncertain Information In Sensor Networks
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
stochastic resource allocation
markov decision process
uncertainty
sensor network
File:
Download Dec2016_NanHu_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas F Laporta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Outside Member

1131. A Painted Conversation: Narrative Inquiries in Community Based Art

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Open Access
Author:
Pilato, Natalia Claire
Title:
A Painted Conversation: Narrative Inquiries in Community Based Art
Graduate Program:
Art Education
Keywords:
Community-based art
community art
socially engaged art
murals
Belize
A Painted conversation
ethic of care
collaboration
service learning
social capital
Natalia Pilato
File:
Download Pilato_N_Final_dissertation3_2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Christine Marme Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Christine Marme Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Yvonne Gaudelius, Committee Member
Lonnie K Graham, Committee Member
Dr. Mahdu Prakash, Outside Member

1132. METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF THE ARCHAEON Methanosarcina acetivorans FOR PRODUCTS FROM METHANE

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Open Access
Author:
Mcanulty, Michael Justin
Title:
METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF THE ARCHAEON Methanosarcina acetivorans FOR PRODUCTS FROM METHANE
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Metabolic engineering
methanogen
anaerobic oxidation of methane
acetate
lactate
microbial fuel cell
flavins
consortia
File:
Download Dissertation_Mike_McAnulty.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas K. Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas K. Wood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
Stephen John Knabel, Outside Member

1133. MECHANISM OF CLASS III MYOSIN MEDIATED REGULATION OF ACTIN BUNDLE BASED PROTRUSIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Raval, Manmeet Harishbhai
Title:
MECHANISM OF CLASS III MYOSIN MEDIATED REGULATION OF ACTIN BUNDLE BASED PROTRUSIONS
Graduate Program:
Physiology
Keywords:
Myosins
Actin cytoskeleton
Filopodia
Stereocilia
Deafness
File:
Download FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Martin Yengo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member
Hui-Ling Chiang, Committee Member
Colin James Barnstable, Outside Member
Scot R Kimball, Committee Member

1134. Political Football: Social Movements and the Professional Gridiron in the United States, 1955-1979

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Open Access
Author:
Linden, Andrew David
Title:
Political Football: Social Movements and the Professional Gridiron in the United States, 1955-1979
Graduate Program:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
football
American football
social movements
politics
NFL
history
sport history
U.S. history
File:
Download Political_Football__Linden_Dissertation_.pdf
Committee Members:
Jessica Lynn Schultz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Lynn Schultz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
R. Scott Kretchmar, Committee Member
Nan Elizabeth Woodruff, Outside Member

1135. DENVER ’76: THE WINTER OLYMPICS AND THE POLITICS OF GROWTH IN COLORADO DURING THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S

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Open Access
Author:
Berg, Adam P
Title:
DENVER ’76: THE WINTER OLYMPICS AND THE POLITICS OF GROWTH IN COLORADO DURING THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S
Graduate Program:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
Sport history
Olympics
Colorado
Denver
American West
1960s
1970s
File:
Download Adam_Berg_Dissertation_Denver_76__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Dyreson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Dyreson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica Lynn Schultz, Committee Member
R. Scott Kretchmar, Committee Member
Lori Ginzerg, Outside Member

1136. Understanding the Role of a Hypermutator Switch in the Evolution of an Extremely Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

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Open Access
Author:
Raygoza Garay, Juan Antonio
Title:
Understanding the Role of a Hypermutator Switch in the Evolution of an Extremely Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
Mutation rate
Phase variation
Genetic switch
Antibiotic Resistance
Vancomycin
endocarditis
microbiology
File:
Download Raygoza_Garay_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Santhosh Girirajan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
itsvan albert, Committee Member
Andrew Read, Committee Member
Jason Rasgon, Outside Member

1137. Combinatorics and Representation Theory for Generalized Permutohedra

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Open Access
Author:
Early, Nicholas Joseph
Title:
Combinatorics and Representation Theory for Generalized Permutohedra
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Permutohedra
Worpitzky
Eulerian
Combinatorics
Polyhedra
File:
Download Thesis_Final__12-6-2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Adrian Ocneanu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Member
Nigel Higson, Committee Member
Murat Gunaydin, Outside Member

1138. Ignition of Aluminum Powder with a 2.45-GHz Microwave Plasma Torch

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Open Access
Author:
Palomino Alva, Jorge Eduardo
Title:
Ignition of Aluminum Powder with a 2.45-GHz Microwave Plasma Torch
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Microwave Plasma Torch
Aluminum Combustion
Steam Plasma
Optical Emission Spectroscopy
OES
Aluminum Ignition
Aluminum Powder
File:
Download JPalomino_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Knecht, Committee Member
Michael Micci, Committee Member

1139. “structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

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Author:
Li, Bo
Title:
“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties
File:

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Committee Members:
Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member

1140. DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

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Author:
Tang, Xiaomeng
Title:
DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery
File:

No files available due to restrictions.

Committee Members:
James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

1141. Light-enhanced Oxidative Adsorption Desulfurization Of Dibenzothiophene In Diesel Fuel Over TiO2-ZrO2 Mixed Oxides

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Open Access
Author:
Thepwatee, Sukanya
Title:
Light-enhanced Oxidative Adsorption Desulfurization Of Dibenzothiophene In Diesel Fuel Over TiO2-ZrO2 Mixed Oxides
Graduate Program:
Fuel Science
Keywords:
Desulfurization
Diesel fuel
Photooxidation
Titanium dioxide
Zirconium dioxide
Adsorption
Dibenzothiophene
File:
Download Dissertation_Sukanya.pdf
Committee Members:
Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

1142. The Politics of Joy: Zora Neale Hurston, Spirit Work, and Black Liberation Politics

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Open Access
Author:
Stewart, Lindsey Latraille
Title:
The Politics of Joy: Zora Neale Hurston, Spirit Work, and Black Liberation Politics
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Zora Neale Hurston
Liberation
Politics of Joy
Spirit Work
Hoodoo
Voodoo
Kaliedoscopic Modes
Black Feminism
File:
Download L_Stewart_Disseration_2016.pdf
Committee Members:
Vincent M Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Lovalerie King, Committee Member
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Special Member

1143. Inter-american Modern and Modernist Poetry: The Poetics of Reimagining the Americas

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Open Access
Author:
San Martin Vasquez, Angela Paz
Title:
Inter-american Modern and Modernist Poetry: The Poetics of Reimagining the Americas
Graduate Program:
Comparative Literature
Keywords:
Poesis
freedom
democracy
modernity
modernism
the Americas
ethics
aesthetics
epistemology
File:
Download Dissertation_Angela_San_Martin_Vasquez.pdf
Committee Members:
Djelal Kadir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Committee Member

1145. It’s just good leadership, or is it? The role of behavioral relevance

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Open Access
Author:
Reimer, Robert Douglas
Title:
It’s just good leadership, or is it? The role of behavioral relevance
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Leadership
adaptive leadership
leader versatility
flexible leadership
File:
Download Reimer_Dissertation_07132016_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Christian Brady, Outside Member