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Dissertations from 2023

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Understanding host-microbe interactions in maize kernel and sweetpotato leaf metagenomic profiles., Alison K. Adams

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Generating Diverse Sets of Near-Optimal Solutions to Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems, Izuwa C. Ahanor

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FABRICATION, MEASUREMENTS, AND MODELING OF SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION DETECTORS FOR IMAGING AND DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS, Corey David Ahl

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Development and Characterization of Stable Low-cost Salt Hydrate-based Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Damilola Olayinka Akamo

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The Light from Pisgah, Jeffrey Robert Amos

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Image Deblurring Application via Statistical Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Sajjad Amrollahi Biyouki

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Clickable Lipid Precursors as Chemical Tools for Imaging and Tracking Lipids, Christelle Anne Fernandez Ancajas

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Retinoic Acid, Insulin, and Cycloheximide Alter Glycogen Homeostasis in Differentiating L6 Myoblasts, Aaron Armstrong

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Development and Biomechanical Analysis toward a Mechanically Passive Wearable Shoulder Exoskeleton, Seyyed Morteza Asgari

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Defining Systemic Change in School Counseling: A Delphi Study, Haley Renee Ault

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Investigating the Electrochemical Performance of Biphenyl-Sodium Polysulfide Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Mohammad Bahzad

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The Disparate Effects of Non-Reliance Restatements on Retail and Institutional Investor Trading, Jason T. Bangert

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Social Wellness of Counselor Education and Supervision Doctoral Students Before, During and After COVID-19, Alexandria Barnette

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A HIERARCHICAL PEOPLE-CENTRIC OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO CREATE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, Guilherme Barquete Zuccolotto

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Nurse Staffing and Staff Nurse Involvement in Hospital Staffing Governance: Explorations of Policy and Practice, Marissa P. Bartmess

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Ruinous Natures: The Approach of Social Timespace, Thomas Frederick Bechtold

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Toward Accelerated Qualification of ATF Claddings: An In-Situ Burst Testing Framework and Insights into Zr Alloy LOCA Behavior, Samuel Bernat Walker Bell

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Implementing the Color Wheel System to Improve Individual Student Behavior and Reduce Repeated Teacher Directions, Jade Bennett

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Riding the Wave: How Entrepreneurs Respond to Social Movements’ Indirect Spillover Effects, Adrian M. Beorchia

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A TWO-DIAMETER HELICAL ENDMILL BEAM MODEL FOR TOOL TIP DYNAMICS PREDICTION WITH APPLICATION TO MILLING, Emma D. Betters

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Explicit Constructions of Canonical and Absolute Minimal Degree Lifts of Twisted Edwards Curves, William Coleman Bitting IV

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Economics in Transition: Issues Applicable to Climate Change, Odysseus Bostick

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Translational Models for Advancement of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Kristin Marie Bowers

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“EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS PERSISTING IN A FOUR-YEAR, INSTITUTIONAL PROMISE PROGRAM, Ashton Braddock

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"You're Not Thriving, You're Just Trying to Survive the Environment that You're In:" Mental Performance Consultants' Narratives of Emotional Abuse in Sport, Victoria Lynn Bradshaw

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The Synthesis and Optimization of Sulfide and Halide Solid Electrolytes for All Solid-State Batteries, Teerth Brahmbhatt

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POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND GROWTH OF ELK (CERVUS CANADENSIS) IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, Jessica Braunstein

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Functional cementitious composites with micro-sized particulate fillers for additive construction and energy-efficient buildings, Adam Brooks

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Bone Tired: Resisting Labor in Southern Women’s Fiction, Rachel Erin Bryan

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Characterization of Lignin Structural Variability and the Associated Application In Genome Wide Association Studies, Nathan D. Bryant

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Multiple Objective Co-Optimization of Switched Reluctance Machine Design and Control, Timothy Burress

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THE SOCIAL BIBLE: SCRIPTURAL EXCHANGE AND INTERRACIAL FELLOWSHIP IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE, Emily Pamela Butler-Probst

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AN EVALUATION OF EMERGENT AND ESTABLISHED TICK SPECIES AT MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC SCALES: COMMUNITY IMPACTS AND ECOLOGICAL PREDICTORS, Rebecca Ann Butler

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An Examination of Trauma-Informed Care in Medical Settings that Serve Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders & their Infants, Shannon Patrick Mee Cain

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Induction and Evasion of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Campylobacter jejuni and its Implication in Disease, Sean M. Callahan

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Fallen Flesh: Experiencing the Body in the Middle English Lives of Adam and Eve, Harley J. Campbell

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On Beliefs "Worth Risking" in Plato, Clayton Willis Carden

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Ethylene Perception and Response in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7, Timothy S. Carlew

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Counselor Educators’ Engagement in Mental Health Services in Higher Education Institutions, Kristen Anne Carlosh

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Methods to Hasten Zoysiagrass Establishment from Sprigs, Tyler Carr

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Path Integral Monte Carlo for Entanglement in Bosonic Lattices at T = 0, Emanuel Casiano-Diaz

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Following the Thread: Ex-Combatant Reintegration and the Search for the Disappeared in Colombia, William Daniel Cawley

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Hashed Coordinate Sparse Tensor Storage with MATLAB, Jama MeiLi Charles

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Essays In Microeconomics, Michael Charysh

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Effect of Seawater and Temperature Upon Carbon Fiber/Vinyl Ester (CFVE) Composites and its Constituents, Vivek Chawla

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Impact of cadmium stress on soil virus reproduction and the persistence of viruses under abiotic conditions, Zhibo Cheng

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Experimental Investigation of the Downstream Effects from High-Speed Fluid Structure Interactions and the Development of Supporting Diagnostics, James R. Chism

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Higher Education Assessment Professionals' Professional Identity: Influences of Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Work Motivation, and Professional Development, Rosanna Nichole Christen

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An Exploratory Study of the Career Mobility Patterns of African American Women Working in Public Parks and Recreation Agencies, Chermaine Cole

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Using Quantitative Wood Anatomy to Improve Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Climate and Environmental Disturbances, Savannah Anne Collins-Key

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Mitigating Space Industry Supply Chain Risk Thru Risk-Based Analysis, Jennifer S. Cooper

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Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Mo-106 and Tc-106, Michael Cooper

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Increasing Productivity and Biodiversity of Tall Fescue Swards by Intercropping Cool and Warm-Season Forage Species, Michael Dereck Corbin

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Sensitivity Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Salts using a Molten Salt Demonstration Reactor Model in TRANSFORM, Sarah Elizabeth Creasman

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"I march to the beat of my own drum": A critical discourse analysis on mediated construction of Aaron Rodgers' COVID-19 vaccination disclosure, Patrick Crowe

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The Epistemic Value of Resonance: Intuitive Thinking in Theoretical Understanding, Claire Dartez

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Reduced Order Modeling And Analysis Of Cardiac Chaos, Tuhin Subhra Das

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DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-DOSE RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, Thomas Heath Davis

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Exploiting Symmetry in Linear and Integer Linear Programming, Ethan Jedidiah Deakins

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Student Choice-of-Text in an Upper Secondary Independent Reading Program: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Brian M. DeLoach

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Computational Aspects of Mixed Characteristic Witt Vectors and Denominators in Canonical Liftings of Elliptic Curves, Jacob Dennerlein

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Resiliency of Power Systems in the Cyber Layer: Application to Load Forecasting and Security Assessment, Mojtaba Dezvarei

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Enhanced Bioretention Modeling at the Catchment-Scale: An Integrated DRAINMOD-Urban and SWMM Approach, Ghada Diab

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The Role Of Multiple Object Views In Early Word Learning: A Dynamic Process, Abigail Julian DiMercurio

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Cell-free Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Accelerated Biomanufacturing, Jaime Lorenzo N. Dinglasan

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Leveraging Supply Chain Planning for Improved Supply Chain Performance, Anne Elizabeth Dohmen

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Greenwashing “Brown Gold”: A Critical Analysis of Anaerobic Digesters and California’s Neoliberal Environmental Programs in Wisconsin’s Dairyland, Sarah Emily D'Onofrio

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Ethyl pyruvate failed to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines release following in vitro stimulation in dairy calves' whole blood., Vincent Dore

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The G_2-Hitchin Component of Triangle Groups: Dimension and Integer Points, Hannah E. Downs

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Developing Spin and Polarization Order in 2D Hybrid Perovskites, Bogdan Dryzhakov

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Multiphysics Performance and Safety Analysis for Advanced High Temperature Reactors, Edward Matthew Duchnowski

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Integration of Raman Spectroscopy and Python-based Data Analysis for Advancing Neurobiological Research, Natalie E. Dunn

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Examining the Relationship Between Lignocellulosic Biomass Structural Constituents and Its Flow Behavior, Ekramul Haque Ehite

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Who Gave You Permission to Rearrange Me? Certainly Not Me: Examining the Racialized Nature of Beauty vis-a-vis Colorism, Skin Bleaching, and Life Chance, Natasha P. Ellis

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Characterization of Antibiotic-Producing Thermophilic Bacteria from Remote Environments, Ola Elsakhawy

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Applications of Mathematical and Statistical Modeling to Wildlife Management, Animal Husbandry, and Circadian Physiology, David Christian Elzinga

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Firm Transparency of Risk Oversight: An Examination of Cybersecurity Governance Disclosures, Laurie E. Ereddia

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Object Detection Models with Limited or Small Labeled Datasets, Fabian Enrique Fallas Moya

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MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF TASK-SPECIFIC CONJUGATED POROUS NETWORKS TOWARDS ENHANCED ENERGY STORAGE, Juntian Fan

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Heuristics for Lagrangian Relaxation Formulations for the Unit Commitment Problem, Stephen Opeyemi Fatokun

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Protection of Grid-Tied and Islanded Systems with High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources, Maximiliano F. Ferrari

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Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Instrumentation Addressing Environmental Limitations on Temperature Measurements, Dan C Floyd

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Fourier Analysis and Optimization of Inductive Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charging, Andrew P. Foote

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Altering Activities to Enhance the Effects of Social Skills Training and Tootling on Elementary Students Performance of Recently-Trained Social Skills, Kristen Fowler

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Thinking Differently Consuming Differently: Exploring Marginalized Gen Z’s Psychological Trauma as a Catalyst to Alternative Consumption During the Covid-Era, Sarah Frankel

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Chromogenic Detection of Mimic Organophosphorus Nerve Agent DCP Mediated by Novel Rhodium(II) Paddlewheel Complexes, Eric D. Fussell

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Exploring New Methods for Polymer and Monomer Editing, Nicholas J. Galan

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Utilization of Integer Programming for Scheduling Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants, Timothy Gallacher

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IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION FOR DOUBLE-SIDED STRIP DETECTORS USING LITHIUM INDIUM DISELENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS, Jake Alexander Gallagher

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Juvenile Probation Officers’ Lived Experiences of Collaboration with Clinical Mental Health Counselors: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis., Henrietta Gantt

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Establishing Alliances: Plant and Microbial Drivers of Microbiome Assembly across Community Complexity and Timescale, Alexandra D. Gates

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Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Species in Dairy Farms, Benti Deresa Gelalcha

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Heimat or Hjemland: National Consciousness, Self-Determination, and the First World War in Schleswig-Holstein, 1864-1920, Ryan J. Gesme

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I READ TO YOU, AND YOU RELAX: INTERACTIVE TEACHER READ-ALOUDS OF PICTURE BOOKS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, Mareike Geyer

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Evaluation Of SiC Thermomechanical Performance Safety Limits For TRISO With BISON, Carlotta G. Ghezzi

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Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences of Campus Spaces: A Photovoice Study, Amber Giffin

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The Nuclear System-of-Systems Capabilities Analytic Process, Robert Boone Gilbreath

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Large-scale volcanism on the terrestrial planets, Keenan Ben Golder

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MULTIDIMENSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF TENNESSEE’S URBAN FOREST, Jillian L. Gorrell

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OPIOID USE AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER FEATURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR POSTPARTUM MATERNAL SELF-EFFICACY, Andrea Gorrondona