Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
The role of NAG-1 in Tumorigenesis, Kyung-Won Min
Casein Micelles and their Properties: Polydispersity, Association with Vitamin A and Effect of Ultra-High Pressure Homogenization, Maneesha Sheenu Mohan
Knoxville Moves: Log-in and Get Mobile, Courtney Marie Monroe
Dynamic Simulations and Data Mining of Single-Leg Jump Landing: Implications for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention, Kristin Denise Morgan
Infinite Islands: The Seatrees, Colin Christian Alan Mort
The Dissolution of Cellulose in Ionic Liquids - A Molecular Dynamics Study, Barmak Mostofian
Double-Hinged Di-1,2,4-Triazoles for Synthesis of Breathing MOFs, Christopher Ray Murdock
Effect of a Leucine/Pyridoxine Nutraceutical on Energy Metabolism and Satiety in Lean and Obese Dogs, Maryanne Murphy
A Mirror for Spectators: The Dramaturgy of Participation and Unreliable Mirror Figures in Sixteenth-Century Drama, Virginia Hanlon Murphy
Neutron Polarimetry with Polarized 3He for the NPDGamma Experiment, Matthew Martin Musgrave
Particle Modeling of Fuel Plate Melting during Coolant Flow Blockage in HFIR, Hiraku Nakamura
Acculturative Stress and Social Support Among Immigrant Arab American Adolescents in East Tennessee, Ayat Jebril Nashwan
Prognostic-based Life Extension Methodology with Application to Power Generation Systems, Seyed Ahmad Niknam
Models Linking Epidemiology with Immunology and Ecology, Eric Shu Numfor
Unlocking the Secrets of Multi-Flagellated Propulsion, Stefan Oma Nwandu-Vincent
Exploring the Energy Density Functional with High-Performance Computing, Erik Michael Olsen
Multi-cycle Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Cycle Optimization, Keith Everette Ottinger
Transport Resistance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Jon Patrick Owejan
Stability Analysis of the Rotary Drill-String, Liangming Pan
Computational Studies for Optimization and Design of Extracting Agents for Separation of Lanthanides and Actinides, Deborah Andrea Penchoff
An Epidemiological Study Of Campylobacter Populations Reveals A Selective Pressure By Roxarsone, Sean Jeffery Pendleton
Trust in News Media in post-Communist Eastern Europe: The Case of Serbia, Ivanka Pjesivac
Enhancement of Chronically-induced Breast Carcinogenesis by Combined Environmental and Dietary Carcinogens and Suppression by Dietary Agents, Lenora A. Pluchino
Manufacturing Coalition: Cooperation, Solidarity, and Sisterhood in the New York Women's Trade Union League, 1906-1919, Marybeth Poder
Shared Decision Making in Individualized Education Program Meetings: A Discourse Analysis, Elizabeth Price
Kinesthetic Haptics Sensing and Discovery with Bilateral Teleoperation Systems, Tian Qiu
Exploring Employee-Organization Relationships in Post-Socialist Transition: Local Employees' Experiences in Foreign-Owned Companies in Croatia, Danijela Radić
Engineering Sortase A for generating site-specific protein 3D assemblies, Maryam Raeeszadeh-Sarmazdeh
The Contemporary Encyclopedic Novel, Matthew Warren Raese
A Low-Power, Reconfigurable, Pipelined ADC with Automatic Adaptation for Implantable Bioimpedance Applications, Terence Cordell Randall
La naturaleza en la literatura costarricense pensada desde la eco-culturalidad, Andrew M. Ray
Single Cell Biophysics: Applications in Cardiomyocyte Mechanobiology and Stem Cell Mechanotransduction, Benjamin Edward Reese
Augmenting Functional Adaptation: Does Obesity have a Systemic Effect on Bone Strength Properties in Humans?, Nicole Marie Reeves
Drawing the Primetime Color Line: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Interracial Marriages in Television Sitcoms, Jodi Lynn Rightler-McDaniels
The Roles Boards Play in CEO Succession Planning, Yi Li Rivolta
Relationship quality, individual wellbeing, and gender – A series of longitudinal studies, Patricia Nola Eugene Roberson
Examining the Process of Identification in the Mathematics Classroom and the Role of Students’ Academic Communities, Richard J. Robinson
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DEPRESSION, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, FORGIVENESS, MEANING IN LIFE, AND SPIRITUALITY IN SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Shannon Marie Rogers
A Study in Conjugated Polymers: From Solution Properties of P3HT to Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Conjugated Polymers; Moving Toward Block Copolymers and Beyond, Justin Taylor Roop
Characterization of the Reproductive Tract in Recipients for Bovine Embryo Transfer: pH and Bacterial Presence, David Allen Roper
Microbloggers’ motivations in participatory journalism: A cross-cultural study of America and China, Jue Rui
Composition Dependence of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter in Polymer Blends: Structural and Thermodynamic Calculations, Travis H. Russell
Behavioral Activation for Depressed Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Therapeutic Compliance and Quantity of Activities Completed on Symptom Reduction, Marlena Maria Ryba
The Long and the Short of it: Testing the Conversion and Cuckold Strategies of Ancestral Human Outgroup Mating, Joseph Frederick Salvatore
Talent and Trust: A Case Study Describing the Process of Designing a Global Elite World-Class University in Denmark, Brian Walter Samble
International Trade and Third Parties' Conflict-Joining Propensities: The Political Economy of Conflict Expansion, Amanda Gale Sanford
Agent of Harm and Good Corporate Citizen? The Case of Tyson Foods, Jennifer Lindmar Schally
The Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Lab-based Aggression, Amanda Eliza Seavey
La supervivencia del acompañado: reflexiones y debates sociológicos en cuatro novelas de Benito Pérez Galdós, Mariana Roxana Segovia
Measuring the Norm of Reciprocity on Data Sharing Practices: A Carrot or Stick Approach?, Crystal Pleake Sherline
Development of RF accelerating structures in the front-end system of light ion particle accelerators, Ki Ryung Shin
Do Non-Audit Fees Impair Auditor Independence? Using Goodwill Accounting to Help Reconcile the Debate, Jonathan Edward Shipman
The Temporal Association between Alcohol, Negative Affect, and Dating Violence, Ryan Christopher Shorey
Smoking-Related Fires and the Impact of the Fire Standard Compliant Legislation in the States, Christopher Adam Shults
Properties of Ideal-Based Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings, Jesse Gerald Smith Jr.
Two Ethnographic Case Studies of Response to Intervention, Kandy Curtis Smith
Reflective Practice, Collaboration, and Stakeholder Communication: Where Does the Field of Evaluation Stand?, Tiffany Lee Smith
LOCAL FOODS PURCHASING IN THE FARMERS' MARKET CHANNEL: VALUE-ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR THEORY, Christopher Thomas Sneed
Insurgent Spectacles: Spring Awakening, Woyzeck, Mother Courage and the ‘New’ Broadway Spectacle, Noah Porter Soltau
EXPLORING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SHOPPER-FACING TECHNOLOGIES: THEIR EFFECT ON SHOPPER EXPERIENCES AND SHOPPING OUTCOMES, Brian Ijams Spaid
The Role of Family in Wellbeing and Quality of Life among Palestinian Adults, Carolyn Reagh Spellings
An Examination of the Role of Gender in Understanding Faculty Perceptions of Student-Athletes at NCAA Division I Institutions, Jana Thomas Spitzer
Chemical Fragmentation and Properties of Bulk Graphite and Inorganic Graphite Analogs Produced for Large-Scale Applications in Polymer Composites, Vikram Kumar Srivastava
Increasing the Throughput of Liquid Chromatography, Joseph John Stankovich
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS, Morgan Michelle Steffen
Mirror in the Dark: Poems, Carolyn Rose Stice
World Wide Diversity of Phytophthora capsici, Dylan B. Storey
Tennessee Teachers' Support for the Curriculum Component of State Accountability Policies, Shannon Lee Strahan
Discovery of the Meanings, Expressions, and Practices Related to Malaria Care Among the Maasai, Cecily Weller Strang
Development of a Method for Incorporating Fault Codes in Prognostic Analysis, Eric Allen Strong
More Myself: Exploring Students' Perceptions of Self-Authorship Development, Benjamin B. Stubbs
Citizen Science: Framing the Public, Information Exchange, and Communication in Crowdsourced Science, Todd Ernest Suomela
Client Responses to Non-Compliant Audits: An Analysis of Clients Targeted by PCAOB Inspection, Quinn Thomas Swanquist
Families of Struggling Readers in the Accountability Era: A Collective Ethnographic Case Study of Literacy Engagement and Interaction in the Home and School, Sarah Lynn Swauger
Site Supervisor Self-disclosure: A Shared Experience, Jeffrey R. Sweeney
Evaluation of Traits Associated with Breeding for Improved Biomass and Ethanol Yield in Switchgrass, Virginia Roseanna Sykes
Measuring Academic Leadership Effectiveness of Hospitality and Tourism Academic Administrators: A Transformation Leadership Framework, James Edward Talbert III
Development of a Forward/Adjoint Hybrid Monte Carlo Absorbed Dose Calculational Method for Use in Radiation Therapy, Mat M. Tamimi
Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanowires Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Siwei Tang
Fatigue, Fracture, and Environmentally-Assisted Behavior of Advanced Engineering Materials, Zhi Tang
Quantum Tuning of Plasmons in Ultrathin Metal Films, Ao Teng
ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY ON MILITARY VETERAN COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES, Veliska Joy Thomas
Understanding Polymers in Thin Films to Improve Photovoltaic Properties and Surface Bound Polymerization, Lesley Danielle Thompson
Determination of Area of Fire Origin through Examination of Structural Failure and Deformation, Andrew Thomas Tinsley
Assessing Motives for Consensual Sex: Development of the Sexual Motives Questionnaire, Vanessa Tirone
Measuring Change in Psychotherapy Using the MMPI-2 and the Holt Measure of Primary Process Manifestation, Karen M. Toman
Reflections of Parents and Teachers on the Process of Daily Transitions Into Infant-Toddler Child Care, Linda Carol Traum
Development and Modeling of a Biosensor Platform using AlGaN/GaN HEMT Devices, Fahmida Shaheen Tulip
In Defense of the Direct Argument for Incompatibilism, Paul Roger Turner
The People Who Do ‘This’ in Common: Book Clubs as ‘Everyday Activists’, Julie E. Tyler
Exploring martian magmas: From the mantle to the regolith, Arya Sigrid Waltraud Udry
Planning for Communication through Rehearsal Imagined Interactions, Martijn Jos Van Kelegom
Communities of Abundance: Sociality, Sustainability, and the Solidarity Economies of Local Food-Related Business Networks in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tony Nathan VanWinkle
Developmental Trajectories of ADHD Symptoms to Adolescent Substance Use: What Influence Do Peer, Family and Neighborhood Factors Have?, Michael Lawrence Vitulano
Belief in the Efficacy of Psychotherapy (BEP): Psychometric Scale Development and Examination of Theoretical Correlates, Erin Gray Volpe
Self, Society, and Environment in the 21st Century: The Development and Assessment of an Ecological Identity Scale, Tobin N. Walton
Interactive Feature Selection and Visualization for Large Observational Data, Jingyuan Wang