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Dissertations from 2019

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VaaS: Visualization as a Service, Alok Hota

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A HIGH TEMPERATURE OUT-OF-PILE EXPERIMENT FOR TESTING NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SURROGATE FUELS., Richard Howard

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"Regarding themselves as permanently settled": An Ethnohistory of Cherokee Hyper-Displacement, Tyler B. Howe

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Characterization of Deformation During Syn-Convergent Extension: Insights from the Brittle-Ductile-Transition in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Cameron Hughes

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Vibrational properties of molecule-based multiferroics and quantum magnets across quantum phase transitions, Kendall Hughey

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How Brand Empowerment Strategies Affect Consumer Behavior: From A Psychological Ownership Perspective, Songyee Hur

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Explicit Timing Variations in Curriculum-Based Measurement of Written Expression Administration, Peter Lawrence Ignacio

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Graduation Rates of Division I Student-Athlete Special Admits: Fact vs. Fiction, Alexandra Ingram

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Structural modifications and their effects on the catalytic behavior of metal surfaces and organometallic complexes: Theoretical studies of oxygen adsorption on silver surfaces and aziridination catalysis by iron-tetracarbene complexes, Sara Beth Isbill

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The Design of an Imager to Safeguard Spent Fuel Using Passive Fast Neutron Emission Tomography, Anagha Srikanth Iyengar

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Paving New Roads for CMV Research with Chemokines and Peptides, Joseph Wilson Jackson

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Navigating White Spaces: A Phenomenological Study Of Black Women’s Involvement Experiences In Predominantly White Student Organizations, Dametraus Lewis Jaggers

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EVALUATION OF TIME RATE OF CONSOLIDATION AND UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF HYDRAULICALLY PLACED FINE COAL REFUSE, Cyrus Jedari Sefidgari

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Herstory: A Qualitative Examination of the Experiences of African American Women Senior Student Affairs Officers at Land-Grant Institutions, Tanisha Jenkins

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The Integration of Literacy and Science: An Ethnographic Case Study set in an Appalachian Elementary School, Jody LaShay Jennings

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GaN-Based High Efficiency Transmitter for Multiple-Receiver Wireless Power Transfer, Ling Jiang

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On the influence of cobamides on organohalide respiration and mercury methylation, Nannan Jiang

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Surface Functionalization of Nanoparticles: from Lithium- Ion Battery Anode to High Refractive Index Optical Materials, Sisi Jiang

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The population genetics, ecology, and transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in North America, Tiantian Jiang

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Understanding the experiences of recruitment from African American males within master's level counseling programs: A narrative inquiry, Marlon Johnson

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A transport study of high density helicon plasma discharges in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment, Nischal Kafle

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Photochemical Control of Homogeneous Olefin Polymerization Catalysts, Jordan Michael Kaiser

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Heterogeneous Boron-Containing Cobalt Catalysts for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation, Michael Valentyn Kandziolka III

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NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS EXPOSED TO HEAT STRESS, Jeffrey Kaufman

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A Tale of Grievance and Opportunity: Evaluating The Effects of Counterterrorism Policies, Marginalization of Groups and Irredentism on the Rise of Terrorism in the Horn of Africa., Conny Sidi Kazungu

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Synthesis of Cationic TetraNHC Complexes of Cobalt, Chromium, Iron, and Platinum for Oxidative Group Transfer, Calvin L. Keller

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Evaluation of Biological Signaling and Transport Molecules Using Synthetic, Computational, and Mass Spectrometric Techniques., Brandon James Kennedy

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“YOU HAVE MADE NO MISTAKE IN SEEKING TO SAVE SOULS AMONG US”: CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION AMONG BLACK NASHVILLIANS, 1898-1908, Susan Alice Kennedy

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Looking and Thinking: The Relationship Between Attention Functioning and Executive Functioning in 2.5- and 3.5-year-olds, Anastasia Nicole Kerr-German

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Holocene Precipitation Variability, Prehistoric Agriculture, and Natural and Human-Set Fires in Costa Rica, Matthew Timothy Kerr

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Buried Alive: Analysis of Uncultured Microbes in Marine Sediments, Richard Kevorkian

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Nanoscale probing of Modified Surfaces with Surface Plasmons, Vineet Kumar Khulllar

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Development of Iron Nanoparticles for Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Julie Elizabeth King

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The Social Media Decision: Why Some Terrorist Organizations Choose to Build and Utilize a Social Media Presence and Others Do Not, Justin Robert Kinney

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Chemical Transformations of Hydrated Uranyl Fluoride, Marie Kirkegaard

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Psychometric Validation and Comparison of the Team Development Measure and Learning Community Concepts among High School Professional Learning Community Teams, Michael Kirkland

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A Second Skin: Ascetics as Body-Places in Late Antique Christianity, Kathryn Willey Kleinkopf

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Identification of the Molecular Features that Facilitate the Thermal Adaptation of Aminoglycoside O-Nucleotidlytransferase 4' and a Novel Kinetic Mechanism for Nucleotidyl Transfer, Seda Kocaman

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Investigations into fracture and vein systems in Gale crater, Mars, Rachel Emily Kronyak

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Study of spin and charge dynamics in one-dimensional cuprates using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, Umesh Kumar Kumar

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The Role of Borderline Personality Features, Social Support, and Perceived Stress on Prescribed and Non-Prescribed Opioid Use during Pregnancy, Gretchen Kurdziel

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The Influence of Shared Attention on Product Evaluation, Theresa Kwon

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Children's Motivation for Physical Activity, Tyler Kybartas

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The Transformation of a Confederate State: War and Politics on the South Carolina Home Front, 1861-1862, Eric Lager

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Encapsulation of Vitamin D3 in Gum Arabic to Improve Application in Beverages and Enhance Bioavailability, Mary Ross Lamsen

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Application of mechanistic models to separate the effects of mutation, selection, and drift on protein sequence evolution, Cedric Lars Landerer

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A SITUATED PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS DILEMMAS AND RESOURCES, Michael Lawson

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Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Uranyl-based Semiconductors, Seth Lawson

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Characterization of circulating extracellular vesicle content and PAG concentrations in pregnant sheep infected with BVDV, Andrea Sketch Lear

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APPRAISING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WELL-BEING AND PERFORMANCE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES, Michael Paul Lerman

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Improving the Isotropy of Additively Manufactured Parts by Fused Deposition Modeling: From Polymeric Self-Assembly to Reactive Processing, Neiko Levenhagen

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Principals Socially Just Leadership Practices, Charlene Lewis

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Determining Potential Invasion of Kudzu Bug (Megacopta cribraria) in North and South America and Estimating Its Invasion Dynamics with Geopolitical-Unit Level Records, Wanwan Liang

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The ecology of soil viruses: abundance, distribution, diversity and impact on microbial community structure, Xiaolong Liang

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The One-shot Aeroelastic Method: a Highly Efficient Modeling Approach Based on the Harmonic Balance Technique, Hang Li

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Source Coding for Controlling Cyber Physical Systems, Liang Li

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Understanding soybean root microbiome assembly along its development from both plant and soil perspectives, Fang Liu

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Structural and Deformation Heterogeneities of Chemically Complex Multicomponent Alloys, Tingkun Liu

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Essays in Health Economics, Yinan Liu

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Exploring and tuning microscale reactions and multiphase flow in water splitting and hydrogen production, YIFAN LI

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Dynamic Recrystallization of a Mg alloy during Friction Stir Processing: Grain Size Refinement and Texture Evolution, YUAN LI

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Empirical Analysis of Factors Impacting Turnover Intention and Termination Intention among Manufacturing Workers, Yuting Li

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MATH SKILLS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION: A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE BIOLOGY FACULTY, Sondra M. LoRe

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THE PASSOVER SEDER: THE HISTORY OF A MEMORY, Jacob F. Love

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Investigation of Environmental Degradation of Plastic Scintillators, Matthew Loyd

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Advances in Big Data Analytics: Algorithmic Stability and Data Cleansing, Yuping Lu

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Index-Based Algorithms for Local Query Process in Large-scale Graphs, Zheng Lu

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Asteroid Regolith Weathering: A Large-Scale Observational Investigation, Eric Michael MacLennan

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PADUA RADIOLOGICAL SEARCH SYSTEM, Benjamin Magocs

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Secure Embedded Computer Design using Emerging Technologies, Md Badruddoja Majumder

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DATA SHARING PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF SCIENTISTS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES, Jimmy R. Malone

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On the Prioritized Processing of Threat in a Dual Implicit Process Model of Evaluation, David Scott March

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A Clumsy Method: Ethics and Community in Southern Fiction, 1947-1962, Atsushi Marutani

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"The Jacksonian Reformation: Political Patronage and Republican Identity", Max Matherne

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Virtual Synchronous Generator Operation of Full Converter Wind Turbine ‒ Control and Testing in a Hardware Based Emulation Platform, Yiwei Ma

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Exploring Optimization Techniques for an Existing Microgrid and the Unit Commitment with AC Optimal Power Flow Problem, Amelia McIlvenna

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A RELIABILITY-BASED MODEL TO MANAGE HUMAN CAPITAL ASSET-RELATED MISSION RISK, Christopher Mears

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Origins of Jacksonian Political Economy in Tennessee, 1768-1830, Matthew Joseph Menarchek

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Community College Student Experiences in a Tuition-Free Scholarship Program, Rebecca Murph Milam

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The Long-term Effects of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on Neurodevelopmental Health Outcomes, Jennifer Shearer Miller

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Potential for oil hydrocarbon biodegradation by microbial communities in marine environments, John Miller

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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) pollen-mediated gene flow and transgene bioconfinement strategies, Reginald Millwood

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“@ Whoever is Listening”: How Organizations and Its Members Perceive and Use Social Media During Critical Events in the Workplace, Brandy Melissa Mmbaga

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FROM PREDATOR TO PREY: THE EDIFICATION OF STIGMA MANAGEMENT IN THE SMALL-DOLLAR LOAN INDUSTRY, Nick Mmbaga Mmbaga

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Incorporating The Home Address of Road Users Involved in Traffic Crashes in Road Safety Analysis, Amin Mohamadi Hezaveh

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"I sing of cruelty and compassion together": Reading Thomas Nashe's Religious Rhetoric through Kenneth Burke's Perspective by Incongruity, Charles Jeffrey Moody

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Modern Data Acquisition, System Design, and Analysis Techniques and their Impact on the Physics-based Understanding of Neutron Coincidence Counters used for International Safeguards, Angela Moore

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High Resolution Neutron Imaging with Li-glass Multicore Scintillating Fiber and Diffusion Studies to Enable Improved Neutron Imaging, Michael Moore

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Implementation of Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, Eleftherios Moschandreou

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Spectroscopic Studies of Magnetic Properties and Spin-Phonon Couplings in Metal Complexes, Duncan Moseley

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Centroid Path Integral Investigations of Zero-Point Motion and Three-Body Interactions in Solid He-4, Paul Mott III

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High-throughput multifunctional materials characterization with real-time analytics and feedback, Eric Muckley

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The chemical mechanisms of plant-soil interactions, Liam O'Connor Mueller

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AWAKENING THE DESIGNER: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ONE HOMESCHOOL PARENT’S USE OF DESIGN THINKING TO TACKLE THE “WICKED PROBLEM” OF TEACHING-AND-LEARNING READING WITH A STRUGGLING LEARNER, Brenda Katz Murphy

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Design, Fabrication, Calibration and Testing of High-Temperature Sensors for Measurement of Surface Heat Flux, Temperature, and Total Heat Transfer, Justin Myrick Jr

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Assessment of Professional Development Needs and Satisfaction of Technical College Instructors at Tennessee College of Applied Technology: A Descriptive Research Study, Sarah Nadel

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Reproduction in Athletic Education, Society, and Culture: A Bourdieusian Approach to the Career Transition Process of Dropout College Student-Athletes in South Korea, Benjamin Hisung Nam

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In vivo and in vitro approaches to studying the effect of osmolytes on enzymes of the folate pathway, Deepika Nambiar

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"Education is the Key to Every Door: Narratives of Immigrant Adult Basic Education Learners, Sara Nasrollahian Mojarad

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Microstructural-Based Modeling Framework for High Temperature Behavior of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels Using Crystal Plasticity and Grain Boundary Finite Element Approaches, Omar Mohd Nassif