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Dissertations from 2020

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Advancing a systems cell-free metabolic engineering approach to natural product synthesis and discovery, Benjamin Mohr

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Journey to Academic Leadership: Experiences of Women Business Deans, Tara Jeanette Mohrfeld

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“If I’ve Got God on My Side, I Can Do It”: A Phenomenological Investigation of the Lived Experiences of Spirituality for LDS NCAA DI Student-Athletes, Matthew J. Moore

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Examining teaching and research anxieties, self-efficacy, and coping in Biology Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs): a snapshot of graduate student mental health, Miranda Mann Lin Chen Musgrove

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Electron Beam Heating Effects During 3D Nanoprinting Using Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition, Eva Mumbua Mutunga

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Automated Intelligent Cueing Device to Improve Ambient Gait Behaviors for Patients with Parkinson's Disease, Nader Naghavi

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Genetic Variation for Biomass Yield and Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Regrowth Vigor and Salinity Tolerance in Lowland Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Santosh Nayak

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From Native Ground to Underground: Political & Rival Cultural Landscapes at the Arkansas Post, 1686-1850, Tessa Annette Neblett Evans

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Bioregional Ethics in the Literature of the United States: A Literary Survey of Four Major United States Bioregions, John Campbell Nichols

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Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Soybean Agronomic Traits, Daniel Niyikiza

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Examining the Physical Activity Levels of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During Physical Education and Recess, Vincenzo Nocera

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Women, War and Home in Contemporary American Drama, Coralyn Foults Nottingham

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Structure and Hydrogen Dynamics of Alkaline Earth Metal Hydrides Investigated with Neutron Scattering, Eric Christopher Novak

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Bayesian Topological Machine Learning, Christopher A. Oballe

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Spatiotemporal Patterns and Burden of Myocardial Infarction in Florida, Evah Odoi

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Novel Trinuclear Single-Site Titanosilicate with Targeted Connectivity: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Properties in Selective Oxidation of Olefins, Michael Charles Orick

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Group Threat and Racial Disparities in Police-Caused Killings, Ruben A. Ortiz

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Politeness Theory: Compliance and Paralinguistic Cooperation, Jamie Jacqueline Osborn

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Essays on International Trade and Environmental Economics, Himadri Palikhe

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Tuning Photocurrent Responses from Photosystem I via Microenvironment Alterations: Effect of Plasmonic Electric Fields and Membrane Confinements, Ravi Pamu

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From Genes to Ecosystems: Resource Availability and DNA Methylation Drive the Diversity and Abundance of Restriction Modification Systems in Prokaryotes, Spiridon E. Papoulis

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Theoretical Modeling of Metallic Compounds with Versatile Properties by Combining First-Principles Calculations and Global Structure Prediction Algorithms, Jinseon Park

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Formulation and evaluation of gemcitabine plus romidepsin + cisplatin combination for controlling tumors, Pawat Pattarawat

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IOJAP: MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOTYPE CHARACTERIZATION IN ARABIDOPSIS, Thomas Jay Payne

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Geomorphic Investigations of Crater-Interior Features on Mars, Samantha Peel

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Lower Extremity Muscle Contributions to ACL Loading in Healthy and ACL-Reconstructed Females, Shelby Peel

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Identification of key factors in texture aversion and acceptance, Robert Pellegrino Jr

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Data-Driven Modeling of the Heroin and Fentanyl Epidemic and the Harvesting of Trees in West Africa, Tricia Marie Phillips

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Teacher and Preacher: Alan of Lille and Scholastic Theology in Paris and Occitania, Brittany Elizabeth Poe

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Geometric frustration and competing interactions in selected chalcogenide spinels, Ganesh Pokharel

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Investigating the Compactability of Hot Mix Asphalt Utilizing the Concept of the Locking Point, Pawel Andrzej Polaczyk

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Root Stage Distributions and their Importance in Plant-Soil Feedback Models, Tyler Poppenwimer

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Related Quality of Life as well as Cognitive Decline in Adult Population in Tennessee, Pragya Poudel

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Development, Evaluation, and Application of a Gas Chromatography – Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Interface for Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers, Joshua Bryant Powers

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A New Approach for High Performing Electromaterial Synthesis: Solution for Rechargeable Battery Problems, Bishnu Prasad Thapaliya

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Failing Heaven, Sean Purio

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Examination and Validation of the Fundamental Lower Extremity Mobile Testing System, and Identification of Best Practice to Mount Synthetic Turf to a Force Platform, Sean Quisenberry

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Supplier Ranking System and Its Effect on the Reliability of the Supply Chain, Farshad Rabib

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Helium Line Emission Spectroscopy in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment for Evaluation of Electron Temperature and Density, Holly Beth Ray

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The Social Side of Retention: Examining the Social Integration of African American and Latinx Students and their Retention to Graduation, Ashley Taylor Redix

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Modeling and Optimization Algorithm for SiC-based Three-phase Motor Drive System, Ren Ren

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Exploring Links Among Early Adversity, Temperament, and Social Relationships, Lucia Miranda Reyes

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Manufacturing of carbon-based hybrid nanocomposites with engineered functionalities via Laser Ablation Synthesis in Solution (LASiS) techniques, Erick Leonardo Ribeiro

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Raman Spectroscopy Substrate Optimization and Method Development for the Detection and Analysis of Cyclic Organic Molecules and Materials, Terence J. Riffey-Moore

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Osseointegration of Complex Scaffolds, Rebecca Elaine Rifkin

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Overcoming DNA Restriction-Modification systems to enable transformation and genetic engineering in non-model organisms, Lauren Ann Riley

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Betwixt and Between: Qualitative Examinations of Leaders’ Internal Processes of Transition, Margaret M. Ritchie

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The Lived Experience of Adolescents Who Provide Support to Friends with Anxiety, Depression or Suicidal Ideation, Ashley Roach

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Above- and below-ground community responses to a mutualism-disrupting allelopathic invasive plant, Morgan Dake Roche

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Neural Correlates of Individuation and Subordinate-Level Categorization of Other-Race Faces in Infancy, Kelly Roth

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Book Choice of Emergent Readers: Impacts of Policy and Pedagogy, Amber Malaine Rountree

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THEORETICAL AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS CONNECTING CHARACTERIZING MICORIBAL METABOLISM DIVERSITY: IMPLCIATIONS FROM PHYLOGENETICS, COMMUNITY DIVERSITY, AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, Taylor Royalty

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An Examination of Music Majors’ Exercise Motivations and Readiness for Change, Jason Ruggieri

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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Pre-College and College Factors of Success, Jada Russell

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The Onset of Maritime Disputes: Alliance, Dissatisfaction, and Legal Warfare, Hayoun Ryou-Ellison

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Bioanalytical Applications of Digital Imaging: Applications to Organ-on-chip and Point-of-care Analysis Systems, Amirus Saleheen

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3D Genome Architecture Under Stress: A Survey of Ionizing Radiation, Progeria, and Osmotic Stress, Jacob Tyler Sanders

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Uncovering Process Challenges and Performance Differences for Complex Substrate Utilization in Microbial Electrolysis Cells, Scott Jason Satinover

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Design of Robust Memristor-Based Neuromorphic Circuits and Systems with Online Learning, Sagarvarma Sayyaparaju

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Engineering Platforms for Advancing Plant Synthetic Biology, Tayler Marie Schimel McNeillie

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The Role of Attachment, Self-Esteem and Impulsivity on Intimate Partner Violence in Same- and Opposite-Sex Relationships, Megan Schmidt

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Fall Risk Factors among Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, Jean Bettencourtt Sconza

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Effects of the Nab Spectrometer on the Measurement of the Electron-Antineutrino Correlation Parameter a., Elizabeth Mae Scott

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Mathematical Analysis of a Nonlocal System of Equations Arising in Peridynamics, James Scott

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Visualization of Structural Changes in Thermochemically Pretreated Plant Cell Wall Polymers, Riddhi Shah

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Design of Discrete-time Chaos-Based Systems for Hardware Security Applications, Aysha Shanta

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Probing structure, function and dynamics in bacterial primary and secondary transporter-associated binding proteins, Shantanu Shukla

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Development of A Novel Casting Alloy Composed of Aluminum and Cerium with other Minor Additions, Zachary Cole Sims

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Soil Moisture Sensitivity of Microbial Processing of Soil Organic Carbon, Shikha Singh

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Soil Health Assessment for the Agroecosystems of West Tennessee, Surendra Singh

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A Study of Aging in Male Cortical Bone Using Nanoindentation, Robert Christopher Singleton

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The Role of the Academic Dean in Higher Education in the United States, Jason Daniel Smethers

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Characterization of a Digital Holography Diagnostic for In Situ Erosion Measurement of Plasma-Facing Components in Fusion Devices, Cary Dean Smith

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Investigating the Relationship Between Perceptions of a “Good Reader” and Reading Performance Among Elementary and Middle School Students: An Exploration Study, Jamie A. Smith

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Leveraging Conventional Internet Routing Protocol Behavior to Defeat DDoS and Adverse Networking Conditions, Jared M. Smith

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Digitally Mediated Marketing Relationships, Leah Malyn Smith

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Exploring Structural and Electronic Properties of Triangular Adatom Layers on the Silicon Surface Through Adsorbate Doping, Tyler S. Smith

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"For God's Sake, FIGHT": Carnal Ethnography, Christian Mixed Martial Arts, and a Military Definition of Reality, Zachary Taylor Smith

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Rational Design of Non-noble Metal Intermetallic Compounds with Tunable Surface and Catalytic Chemistry via Combined Computational and Experimental Method, Yuanjun Song

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The Lived Experiences of Graduate Student Veterans Enrolled in CACREP-Accredited Counseling Programs: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study, Gerald Spangler

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Advanced Statistical Methods for Atomic-Level Quantification of Multi-Component Alloys, Adam Spannaus

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Relationships and characteristics of patients with sepsis in the emergency department and 24-Hour mortality, Marcia Spurgeon

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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Readers and Science Comics: A Mixed Methods Investigation on Process, Kelsey Kaylene Spurgin

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Toward More Predictive Models by Leveraging Multimodal Data, Sudarshan Srinivasan

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Ionic Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes, Eric Wayne Stacy

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Investigating transmembrane-lipid interactions of EphA2 and pH responsive peptides, Katherine M. Stefanski

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Distributed Sensor Network Data Fusion for Nuclear Security Applications, Ian Robert Stewart

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Exploring Uranium Hexafluoride Material Distributions in 30B Cylinders with Center of Gravity Measurements, Scott Stewart

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A Review of Horticultural Therapy and Horticultural Therapy Education in the United States: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities, Derrick R. Stowell

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Digital Edition of the Luzero de la vida christiana by el ilustrísimo maestro Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo, Matthew Stephen Stuckwisch

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Essays in Behavioral Public Economics, Adrienne Sudbury

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Dynamic Neuromechanical Sets for Locomotion, Aravind Sundararajan

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Development of Large-Scale Models and HVDC Control Strategies to Improve Resiliency of North American Power System, Lakshmi Sundaresh

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Development of a Robust Wideband GNSS RF Frontend With Resilient Interference Blocking, Farshid Tamjid

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A high resolution study of long-term vertebrate decomposition in human and animal model systems, Lois S. Taylor

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Salvatore, Elizabeth Danielle Thompson

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Endometrial tissue cryopreservation and organoid culture from domestic and endangered equids, Riley Elise Thompson

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The Lived Experience of Nurses Caring for Patients Diagnosed with Infective Endocarditis Who Use or Have Used Intravenous Drugs in Appalachia: A Phenomenological Study, Kendrea Lea Todt

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Unifying Chemistry and Machine Learning for the Study of Noncovalent Interactions, Jacob A. Townsend

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Mixed-Precision Numerical Linear Algebra Algorithms: Integer Arithmetic Based LU Factorization and Iterative Refinement for Hermitian Eigenvalue Problem, Yaohung Tsai