Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
Online Social Networking Sites: Meaning of SNS's to Gay Men From Non-Accepting Families, Richard Tazz Curry
Communication, Control, and Time: The Lived Experience of Uncertainty in Adolescent Pregnancy, Elizabeth Dortch Dalton
Characterizing the mechanical behavior of single and polycrystalline silicon carbide using nanoindentation., Amit Datye
Describing the Cognitive Complexity of Counselors-in-Training Enrolled in a Group Dynamics and Methods Course, John Lester Davison
Assessing the genetic diversity of the genus Viburnum using simple sequence repeats, Deborah Dean
The Role of Social Media Editors in Television Newsrooms: An Exploratory Study, Allyson Beutke DeVito
BIODEGRADATION AND PHOTODEGRADATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYLACTIC ACID/ POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE BLENDS NONWOVEN AGRICULTURAL MULCHES IN AMBIENT SOIL CONDITIONS, Sathiskumar Dharmalingam
The Relationship between Hope and Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace, Vicki Martin Dieffenderfer
A Study of Energy Resolution and Non-proportionality of YAlO3:Ce and Gd3Ga3Al2O12:Ce, Samuel Bradley Donnald
Biogeographical patterns, ecological drivers, and evolutionary mechanisms of plant invasions, Rafael Dudeque Zenni
Inherited Masculinities?: Noble Fathers and Sons and Aspects of Masculinity in Early Modern England, 1530-1630, Joshua Lane Durbin
The "Vast and Terrible" Trauma: American Literary Naturalism, Ethics, and Levinas, Tyler Joseph Efird
Intimacy Uncertainty and Identity in Gay Male Couples Dealing with a Serodiscordant HIV Status, Scott Allen Eldredge
UWB Precise Indoor Localization System Performance, Limitations and its Integration, Essam Abdelkadir Elkhouly
Acceleration and Verification of Virtual High-throughput Multiconformer Docking, Sally Rose Ellingson
Stability of Particle-Mean Flow Interactions in Solid and Hybrid Rockets, Trevor Sterling Elliott
Alternative Strategies for Weed Control in Creeping Bentgrass, Matthew Thomas Elmore
Interaction Privacy: A Study of Threats and Consequences, Carol Lee Esmark
Asymptotic Behavior of a Class of SPDEs, Parisa Fatheddin
Engineering Bacterial Cellulose Scaffold and its Biomimetic Composites for Bone and Cartilage Tissue Regeneration, Pelagie Marlene Favi
Living with Hypertension: Experiences of Black Men Related to Their Perceptions of the Clinical Encounter at Diagnosis, Glenda McCartney Feild
The Green Staff of Asclepius: Envisioning Sustainable Medicine, Jason Lee Fishel
Investigating the Role of a Reduced-Instruction Approach in Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning Strategies, Kevin Michael Fisher
Comparative Genomics of Microbial Chemoreceptor Sequence, Structure, and Function, Aaron Daniel Fleetwood
Active Families in the Great Outdoors: A family-centered program to increase physical activity levels, perceptions, and behaviors, Jennifer Irene Flynn
Development of Optical Sensors for Chemical Detection, Jonathan Kelly Fong
The Effects of Prompts and Comprehension Assessment on Oral Reading: Moderating Effect of Reading Skills, Bethany Evelyn Forbes
Improving GPU Shared Memory Access Efficiency, Shuang Gao
The Auchinleck Manuscript: A Study in Manuscript Production, Scribal Innovation, and Literary Value in the Early 14th Century, Tricia Kelly George
Talk to Me: An Apology for Poetry, Christian Anton Gerard
Challenging the State: Evaluating the Effects of Uneven Distribution of Public Goods, Economic Globalization and Political Openness on Domestic Terrorism, Sambuddha Ghatak
Investigations into Ambient Ionization Mechanisms: Electrospray Ionization and Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry, Stephen Colin Gibson
Using Mindful Self-Compassion to Improve Self-Criticism, Self-Soothing, Cravings, and Relapse in Substance Abusers in an Intensive Outpatient Program, Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert
Elucidating Fundamental Mechanisms in Focused Electron- and Ion-Beam Induced Synthesis, Carlos M. Gonzalez
Lifetime Estimation of IGBTs in a Grid-connected STATCOM, Lakshmi Reddy Gopi Reddy
Social Fingerprinting: Identifying Users of Social Networks by their Data Footprint, Denise Koessler Gosnell
Going Gothic: Spanish Unity and Blame in The Legend of Rodrigo and Florinda, Sara A. Gottardi
Local Government-Citizen Relationships: Using the coorientation approach to analyze relationship effectivness, Melissa Wooten Graham
How technology interacts with emerging adulthood psychosocial developmental tasks: An examination of online self-presentation and cell phone usage, Samantha Lynn Gray
Structural Dynamics and Charge Transport in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Philip James Griffin
Essays on The Optimality of Delaying Quality Tests and the Reverse Hold-up Problem, Natalia Gritsko
High-Efficiency Three-Phase Current Source Rectifier Using SiC Devices and Delta-Type Topology, Ben Guo
Effective Multi-echelon Inventory Systems for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation, Cong Guo
Essay on Firm Inventory and Innovation Behavior, Ye Gu
Effects of Stimulus Symmetry on Hierarchical Processing in Six-Month-Old Short- and Long-Looking Infants, Margaret Weinel Guy
Exploring Perceptions of Staff Registered Nurse Preceptors for Undergraduate, Pre-licensure Nursing Students, Katherine C. Hall
Impacts of climate change, human land use, and mercury contamination on Southern Appalachian Plethodontid salamanders, Michael Kevin Hamed
Synthesis and Thermodynamic Analysis of Volatile Beta-Diketone Complexes of Select Lanthanides via Gas-Phase Separations, Daniel Hanson
The Structure and Function of Photosystem I and Photosystem I – Hydrogenase Protein Fusions: An Experimental and Computational Study, Bradley Jordan Harris
Applications and Improvements in the Molecular Modeling of Protein and Ligand Interactions, Jason Bret Harris
Automated Doppler Broadening of Cross Sections for Neutron Transport Applications, Shane William Daniel Hart
Flatness-Based Control Methodologies to Improve Frequency Regulation in Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind, Maryam Hassani Variani
Participant Career and Research Outcomes of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, Samuel Held
Ibn Hazm: an Islamic Source of Courtly Love, Daniel Nathan Hickman
Predictors of Heterosexual Siblings’ Acceptance of their Lesbian or Gay Sibling of Origin, Angela Nichole Hilton
Adaptive radiation along a benthic/pelagic ecological axis in North America’s most diverse, endemic clade of freshwater fishes, Phillip Ray Hollingsworth Jr.
Predictors of Casual Sex Participation in Young Adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Rachel M. Holmes
Essays on Fiscal Policies in Open Economies, Ahiteme Nicodeme Houndonougbo
Functional Study of the Suppressor of Hairy-wing Insulator Protein in Drosophila melanogaster, Shih-Jui Hsu
Studies of Economics and Stability with Variable Generation and Controllable Load, Hao Huang
Empirical Analysis on Factors Impacting Mobile Learning Acceptance in Higher Engineering Education, Yu Huang
Examining Perceived Life Stress Factors among Intercollegiate Athletes: A Holistic Perspective, Landon Tyler Huffman
New Remote Sensing Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Forest Disturbance and Regeneration in the Eastern United States, Michael Joseph Hughes
Monte Carlo Modeling of Ion Beam Induced Secondary Electrons, Uk Huh
The Algebraic Thinking of Mathematics Teachers in China and the U.S., Qintong Hu
Growth, Structure, Electronic and Transport Properties of Yttrium Disilicide Nanowires, Saban Mustafa Hus
The economic costs and ecological benefits of protected areas for biodiversity conservation, Gwenllian D. Iacona
Understanding the Plasmonic Properties of Metallic Nanostructures with Correlated Photon- and Electron-Driven Excitations, Vighter Ozezinimize Iberi
Assessing the Impact of United States mass media on Croatian cultural identities, Iveta Imre
Anesthesia Clinical Core Competencies and High Fidelity Human Simulation, Jeffrey Colby James
Stability, Erosion, and Morphology Considerations for Sustainable Slope Design, Isaac Andres Jeldes Halty
Indefinite Knapsack Separable Quadratic Programming: Methods and Applications, Jaehwan Jeong
Secular change in stature and body mass in Korea over the last two millennia, Yangseung Jeong
Study of ferroelectric oxides and field effect in complex oxides heterostructures, Lu Jiang
A Study of Indentation Cracking in Brittle Materials Using Cohesive Zone Finite Elements, Kurt E. Johanns
Computing Approximate Solutions to the Art Gallery Problem and Watchman Route Problem by Means of Photon Mapping, Bruce Andrew Johnson
Innocent Artists: Creativity and Growing Up in Literatures of Maturation, 1850-1920, Whitney Elaine Jones
Linking DNA Polymorphisms and Populations' Evolutionary History, Ivan Juric
NANOLAYER POLYMERIC COATINGS TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE LIFE OF INORGANIC MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE-HIGH PRESSURE BIOMASS PRETREATMENT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS, Vincent C. Kandagor
Single Fiber Mechanical Properties Using Nano-Tensile Testing and Carbon Fiber Structure-Property Relationship, Matthew Erich Kant
Gastrointestinal microbial diversity and diagenetic alteration of bone from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Sarah Wheeler Keenan
Spatial Dynamic Models for Fishery Management and Waterborne Disease Control, Michael Robert Kelly Jr.
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES IN FLAT SPACE AND ANTI-DE SITTER SPACE, Savan Kharel
They Made Us Unrecognizable to Each Other: Human Rights, Truth, and Reconciliation in Canada, Jaymelee Jane Kim
Organic food consumption:Application of the Means-end theory, Yun Hee Kim
A Method to Control Morphology of BHJ OPVs Using End-functionalized Poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) Grafted to SQDs, William Michael Kochemba
Online Store Atmospherics: Development of a Gender-Neutral Measure, Wanmo Koo
Behavioral responses of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) to noctuid moth migrations, Jennifer Joy Krauel
UNDERSTANDING THE MEIOTIC ROLES OF SISTERS UNBOUND IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Badri Krishnan
“The Dictator without a Uniform: Kārlis Ulmanis, Agrarian Nationalism, Transnational Fascism, and Interwar Latvia”, Jordan Tyler Kuck
Impacts and Implications of Co-occurring Invasive Plant Species, Sara Elizabeth Kuebbing
The Role of Channel-Land Architecture, Diffusion Media Transport Properties, and Aging Effects on Water Transport and Storage in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Jacob Michael LaManna
Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Classrooms: A State-Wide Survey of Teacher Education Faculty, Lucinda Anne Ellenburg Lang
Population dynamics and genetic structure of Louisiana black bears in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Louisiana, Jared Scott Laufenberg
State Space Modelling of Dynamic Choice Behavior with Habit Persistence, Kang Bok Lee
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT OF LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, Mijoo Lee
Effects of Prenatal Stress and Poverty on Fetal Growth, Teresa Anne Lefmann
Photosystem I-Based Applications for the Photo-catalyzed Production of Hydrogen and Electricity, Rosemary Khuu Le