Doctoral Dissertations

 

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Dissertations from 2011

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A MULTI-COMMODITY NETWORK FLOW APPROACH FOR SEQUENCING REFINED PRODUCTS IN PIPELINE SYSTEMS, Rolando José Acosta Amado

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Calculation of Physical Processes at the LHC, Usama Adnan Al-Binni

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NMR Structural Studies of Endotoxin Receptor CD14 in Complex with Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Endotoxin, Seth Andrew Albright

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The Role of Computer Mediated Technologies (CMTs) in Scientific Collaboration in Kuwait, Abdalaziz Aldaihani

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Power and Identity in Three Gothic Novels: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Caleb Williams, and Melmoth the Wanderer., Jerry Jennings Alexander

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If and How Many 'Races'? The Application of Mixture Modeling to World-Wide Human Craniometric Variation, Bridget Frances Beatrice Algee-Hewitt

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Three Macroeconomic Essays: Budget Stabilization Funds, Terms of Trade, Durability and the Small Open Economy Business Cycle, Ali Mohammad Al-Nadi

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The Enduring Effects of Early Literacy Experiences: A Retrospective Interview Study, Karen Suzanne Sigmon Anderson

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The Professional Quality of Life of Counselors in the U.S. Gulf State of Mississippi Following Multiple Traumatic Events, Deirdre Juanita Anderson-White

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Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for a Diffuse Interface Model of Biological Growth, Andreas C Aristotelous

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Behavioral Activation of Religious Behaviors: Treating Depressed College Students with a Randomized Controlled Trial, Maria Elizabeth Anne Armento

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Effects of Random and Delayed Participation Credit on Participation Levels in Large College Courses, Kathleen Briana Aspiranti

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From Parlor to Forest Temple: An Historical Anthropology of the Early Landscapes of the National Camp-Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness, 1867-1871., Samuel John Avery-Quinn

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Complex adaptive systems theory applied to virtual scientific collaborations: The case of DataONE, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu

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An Eating Frequency Prescription for a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention, Jessica Lynne Bachman

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Using Transformative Learning Theory to Investigate Ways to Enrich University Teaching: Focus on the Implementation of Student-Centered Teaching in Large Introductory Science Courses, Ioana Alexandra Badara

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Feature-based Image Comparison and Its Application in Wireless Visual Sensor Networks, Yang Bai

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Functional Diversity in the Hyper-diverse Mangrove Communities in Papua New Guinea, Lawong Balun

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Houses of Hospitality: The Material Rhetoric of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker, Sean Michael Barnette

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The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Adriatic Islands: impact, evolution, and control, Arijana Barun

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The Biglobal Instability of the Bidirectional Vortex, Joshua Will Batterson

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The Personality Profiles of Pre-service Teachers: An Examination of Discipline Differences and Predictive Validity on Future Job Satisfaction, Amy S. Beavers

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Petrology and Geochemistry of Olivine-Bearing Diogenites and a Group of Paired Howardites, Andrew William Beck

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Energy Functional for Nuclear Masses, Michael Giovanni Bertolli

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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Substrate Development and Applications in Analytical Detection, Deepak Bhandari

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Assessing Effectiveness of Multicultural Readings in Increasing Ethnocultural Empathy for Undergraduate Students, Tripti Bhaskar

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Exploring the Concerns of Teachers and Principals Implementing Response to Intervention in a Pilot Project: Where Policy and Practice Collide, Lisa Michele Bilton

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Wind Regimes in Complex Terrain of the Great Valley of Eastern Tennessee, Kevin Ray Birdwell

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Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function, Christina Diane Bishop

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Vortex Driven Acoustic Flow Instability, Lutz Blaette

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Testing the Fit of a Model of Faculty Departure Intentions for Women Faculty in STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines, Amanda Marie Blakewood

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A Body Politic to Govern: The Political Humanism of Elizabeth I, Teddy W. Booth II

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Multiple responses by Cerulean Warblers to experimental forest disturbance in the Appalachian Mountains, Than James Boves

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Cultural Competence and its Impact on Student Academic Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools, Amy Louise Brace

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A Comparative Analysis of School Counselors' and School Principals' Perceptions of School Counselors' Activities, Deborah K Buchanan

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The Pleasure and Participation Sports Model as Reflected Through an Advanced Physical Education Course, Rebecca R Buchanan

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Bounded Geometry and Property A for Nonmetrizable Coarse Spaces, Jared R Bunn

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“This is me. I like who I am”: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Using Photo Elicitation to Examine the World of the School-­Age Child With Cystic Fibrosis, Renee Carol Burk

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Antimicrobial activity of aqueous Yerba Mate extracts, Kellie Parks Burris

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Holocene Climate and Environmental History of Laguna Saladilla, Dominican Republic, Maria Anne Caffrey

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LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD PURCHASING THROUGH RETAIL GROCERY CHANNELS: AN EVALUATION OF RELEVANT CUSTOMER AND STORE ENVIRONMENT ATTRIBUTES, Jeffrey Michael Campbell

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Behavior of Externally Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete Beams, Qi Cao

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Sexual Objectification and Substance Abuse in Young Adult Women, Erika Ann Carr

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Avoidance and Depression: Evidence for Reinforcement as a Mediating Factor, John Paul Carvalho

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Comparing the midgut regenerative responses in Bacillus thuringiensis-susceptible and resistant Heliothis virescens larvae, Anais Severiana Castagnola

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The Relationship Between Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Ethical Leadership and Organizational Health, Jessica H Chambers

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Spatially-Dependent Reactor Kinetics and Supporting Physics Validation Studies at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, David Chandler

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The Lived Meanings of Product Placement in Social Network Sites (SNSs) among Urban Chinese White-Collar Professional Users: A Story of Happy Network, Huan Chen

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Discrete Element Method (DEM) Analyses for Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixture Compaction, Jingsong Chen

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Wide-Area Measurement Application and Power System Dynamics, Lang Chen

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Development of an Autonomous Mammalian lux Reporter System, Daniel Michael Close

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"Is This the Fruit of Freedom?" Black Civil War Veterans in Tennessee, Paul E. Coker

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Designated Directors in the Boardroom: Their Impact on Governance and Performance and Shareholder Wealth Effects, Laura Seery Cole

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Physical Activity Assessment in Wheelchair Users, Scott Alexander Conger

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The Relation between Globalization and Personal Values across 53 Countries and 28 Years, Irina Florentina Cozma

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Improving Facilitation Through Levelising: Reflecting In and On Practice, Willard Donald Creekmore

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Adaptation and Stochasticity of Natural Complex Systems, Roy David Dar

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The Role of "Sense of Place:" A Theoretical Framework to Aid Urban Forest Policy Decision-Making, Kimberly Louise Davis

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Experimental Investigations of Fluid–Mineral Interactions in Olivine and Dolomite, Michael Thomas DeAngelis

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A Rawlsian Case for Public Judgment, Justin Matthew Deaton

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A Comparison of Four Frameworks of Teacher Leadership for Model Fit, Corey Alan DeHart

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Relationships Between Externalization Behaviors and Team Cognition Variables in Distributed Teams, Lisa Ann Delise

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A Survey of Tennessee Extension Agents’ Perceptions of the Tennessee Extension Agent Performance Appraisal System, Joseph Leonard Donaldson

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Enhancement of Pavement Maintenance Decision Making by Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pavement Maintenance Treatments, Qiao Dong

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Developing Students’ First Language through a Second Language Writing Intervention: A Simultaneous Approach, Hannah Marie Dostal

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Fluorescent Receptors for Biomolecules, Chi-Linh Do-Thanh

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Geographies of Competitive Advantage: An Examination of the US Farm Machinery Industry, Dawn M. Drake

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Advanced Techniques in Mass Spectrometry for Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Characterization, Andrew Boissy Dykstra

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Inter-rater Reliability and Related Variables of a Newly Developed Measure of Quality of Student Participation, Lisa Nicole Edge

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Microscopy Techniques for Investigating Interactions in Microbial Systems, Amanda Nicole Edwards

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Challenges for the Accurate Determination of the Surface Thermal Condition via In-Depth Sensor Data, Bryan Scott Elkins

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Characterization of the Human Host Gut Microbiome with an Integrated Genomics / Proteomics Approach, Alison Russell Erickson

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The Factorial Validity of the National Survey of Student Engagement, Shelley Leigh Esquivel

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Suspended Students’ Experiences with In-School Suspension: A Phenomenological Investigation, Katherine Rene Evans

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TEACHER MORALE: PERCEPTIONS OF DEAF/HARD-OF-HEARING TEACHERS AND HEARING TEACHERS IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF, Steven E. Farmer

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Definitions of Labor: A Study of Working-Class Graduate Student Writing Instructors, Casie Janelle Fedukovich

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Evaluating Explicit Methods for Solving Astrophysical Nuclear Reaction Networks, Elisha Don Feger

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Temporal Patterns of Functional and Dysfunctional Employee Turnover, Matthew Scott Fleisher

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Safety Culture and Safety Behaviors Among Firefighters, Christine Freaney

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Intention to comply with food safety messages in a crisis as a function of message source and message reliability, Karen June Freberg

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Tennessee teacher evaluation policies under Race To The Top: A Discursive Investigation, Rachael Elisabeth Gabriel

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Perceived Principal Support and Middle School Teacher Burnout, Cherie Barnett Gaines

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Advances in Seismic First-arrival Tomography, David Paul Gaines

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Neurological Changes Associated With Behavioral Activation Treatment For Depression (BATD) Using A Functional MRI Reward Responsivity Paradigm, Michael John Gawrysiak

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Dynamics of Mushy Layers on a Finite Domain, Nicholas Ray Gewecke

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The Determinants of Supreme Court Decision-Making: An Ideal Point Analysis, Colin Ross Glennon

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Geographic Disparities Associated with Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in East Tennessee, Ashley Pedigo Golden

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The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: The Culture and Practice of Crusading in Medieval Iberia, Miguel Dolan Gomez

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Development and application of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods to the understanding of metabolism and cell-cell signaling in several biological systems, Jessica Renee Gooding

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On the homology of automorphism groups of free groups., Jonathan Nathan Gray

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Moderate deviation of intersection of ranges of random walks in the stable case, Justin Anthony Grieves

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Forest Biomass Utilization in the Southern United States: Resource Sustainability and Policy Impacts, Zhimei Guo

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A Low Communication Condensation-based Linear System Solver Utilizing Cramer's Rule, Kenneth C Habgood

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Exploring the Role of Email, Blackboard, and Facebook in Student-Instructor Interactions Outside of Class: A Mixed Methods Study, Olivia Laura Halic

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Wide Baseline Stereo Image Rectification and Matching, Wei Hao

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Remote Sensing of Sediments and Volatiles on the Martian Surface and Terrestrial Analog Sites, Craig James Hardgrove

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Extending Depth of Field via Multifocus Fusion, Harishwaran Hariharan

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Exploring the Link between Interpersonal VIolence to Animals among Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Stephanie Ann Harness

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Design and Analysis of Substrate-Integrated Cavity-Backed Antenna Arrays for Ku-Band Applications, Mohamed Hamed Awida Hassan

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Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy, Julianne Christina Hellmuth