Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2013
Discrete Geometric Based Stress Analysis of the Lumbar Soft Tissues From In Vivo Kinematics, Joseph W. Mitchell
Optimal Distribution Reconfiguration and Demand Management within Practical Operational Constraints, Benyamin Moradzadeh
Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model: Teacher Perceptions of One Policy Implementation, Renee Melinda Moran
In-Plane Shear Investigation on Masonry Walls, Shane Chandler Morrison
The Impact of Analyzing Correct versus Incorrect Student Work Samples on Students’ Learning Mathematics, Lauren Jeneva Moseley
Contribution of microRNAs and Robo4 signaling after herpes simplex virus infection: Role for regulatory mechanisms, Sachin Vishvas Mulik
Investor and client responses to the first PCAOB sanction and Part II disclosure of a Big N Auditor, Leah Elena Muriel
Copper Mediated, Transmetallation Coupling Reactions using High Intensity Ultrasound, Bryan J. Musolino
Examining the Systemic Effects of Relational Trust and Network Trustworthiness on School Community: A Multi-Site Case Study of Three Independent Schools, Stephanie Barnes Ogden
Application of Computational Molecular Biophysics to Problems in Bacterial Chemotaxis, Davi Ortega
Decision Utility of Productivity Indicators at the Campus Level, Ryan Sheffield Otto
Effects of Traffic Noise on the Social Behavior of Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor)., Jessica Lynn Owens
The Lived Experience of Transitioning from the Foster Care System to Adulthood, Carla Renee Parker
La construcción literaria de la identidad de Puerto Rico: El país de cuatro voces, Lisa Ybonne Figueroa Parker
Academic Work Ethic: Predicating Student Assignment Choice and Evaluating the Academic Work Ethic-Student Measure, John Thomas Parkhurst
Beta-Delayed Neutron Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Using the Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy, Stanley Vincent Paulauskas
Big Homotopy Theory, Keith Gordon Penrod
“Those events really happened!” How elementary students transact with history and historical fiction while reading the American Girl series, Sarah Lewis Philpott
Striking out and digging in: A bioarchaeological perspective on the impacts of the Wari expansion on populations in the Peruvian central highlands., Christine M. Pink
Reducing cell wall recalcitrance and increasing biomass for enhanced ethanol production in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Charleson Rajendran Poovaiah
Effects of Foot Type on Multi-Segment Foot Motion in High- and Low-Arched Female Recreational Athletes, Douglas W. Powell
A Tale of Two Protein Switches: Engineering, Characterizing, and Understanding a Novel and a Natural Switch, James Vincent Price
A study about aqueous reversible air electrode- Catalyst, Electrolyte and Structure, Ming Qi
From Loop to Strand: Characterization of the Conformation and Dynamics of the Human Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Reactive Center, Tihami Qureshi
Social Control Techniques in College Athletics: An Application of Goffman and Foucault, Kendall M. Rainey
A DEA Model to Optimize Insurance Payment Plans based on PACs, Gagan Rajpal
Femtosecond Laser Patterned Templates and Imprinted Polymer Structures, Deepak Rajput
Multiplicative Sets of Atoms, Ashley Nicole Rand
Associations Between the Subtypes of Aggression, Parenting Styles and Psychiatric Symptomatology in Children on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Jamie Lee Rathert
Understanding the Student Perspective of Teacher-Student Engagement in First-Year Studies Courses, Anton R. Reece
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of a Fixed Source Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Experiment, Kevin Howard Reynolds
Personality Traits and Motivations for Usage of Online Social Network Sites Among College Freshmen, Jason Paul Rieger
Poesía e historicidad en Ernesto Cardenal y Roberto Fernández Retamar, Alberto David Rivera Vaca
Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Lube Oil Performance and Engine Friction, William Fredrick Rohr
Online Multi-Stage Deep Architectures for Feature Extraction and Object Recognition, Derek Christopher Rose
An Investigation of Energy Migration in Rare Earth Oxyorthosilicate Scintillation Materials, Harold Edward Rothfuss
Innovation Outside Firm Boundaries: A Real Options Perspective on Appropriability, Commercialization Strategies and Firm Performance, Mary Beth Rousseau
Religion’s Influence on Environmental Concern: U.S. Evangelicals’ Construction of Climate Change Perceptions, Aaron S. Routhe
How Left a Turn? Legacies of the Neoliberal State in Latin America, Aaron Thomas Rowland
Scale-dependent heterogeneity in fracture data sets and grayscale images, Ankur Roy
Novel bimetallic plasmonic nanomaterials, Ritesh Sachan
Quantitative Techniques for PET/CT: A Clinical Assessment of the Impact of PSF and TOF, Joshua Donald Schaefferkoetter
The Post-human Gamer: Reflections on Fieldwork in World of Warcraft, Joshua Stephen Schendel
Chromatin Insulators: Master Regulators of the Eukaryotic Genome, Todd Andrew Schoborg
Essays on Forward Trading, Environmental Quality and Investor Behavior, and the WTA-WTP Disparity, Jens Schubert
Friendly Fire: Amicus Curiae Participation and Impact at the Roberts Court, David Hooper Scott
Essentially Analytical Theory Closure for Space Filtered Thermal-Incompressible Navier-Stokes Partial Differential Equation System on Bounded Domains, Mikhail Alexandrovich Sekachev
Gender and Party Stereotypes in the Evaluation of U.S. Senate Candidates, Rebecca Madelyn Shafer
Functional Analysis of Corazonin and Its Receptor in Drosophila melanogaster, Kai Sha
VALIDATING APPROACHES FOR STUDYING MICROBIAL DIVERSITY TO CHARACTERIZE COMMUNITIES FROM ROOTS OF Populus deltoides, Migun Shakya
Virtual Reality Aided Mobile C-arm Positioning for Image-Guided Surgery, Zhenzhou Shao
Syntheses, Characterization and Reactions of Early Transition Metal Guanidinate and Imide Compounds, Bhavna Sharma
Fundamental Studies of Single Crystal Alpha Alumina Microstructures Produced by Irradiation with Zirconium Ions, Younes Sina
The Relationship of Personality to Entrepreneurial Performance: An Examination of Openness to Experience Facets, Adam R. Smith
Experimental and Statistical Techniques to Probe Extraordinary Electronic Properties of Molecules, Byron Hager Smith
Using Mobile Technology to Improve Autonomy in Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Postsecondary Education Programs, Catherine Caudle Smith
Who's Got What It Takes? The Training Background of NCAA Division I Baseball Players, LeQuez Tymarkee Spearman
To the Indian Removal Act, 1814-1830, Kyle Massey Stephens
I Know I Can Learn: The Experiences of NCAA Division I – FBS Student-Athletes with Learning Disabilities and/or ADHD in Higher Education, Sarah Elizabeth Stokowski
Sociobiophysicality, Cold War, and Critical Theory: Human-Ecological Transformation and Contemporary Ecological Subjectivity, Alexander Stoner
Ant Community Dynamics and the Effects of Global Warming, Katharine Lisa Stuble
Multiscale Modeling of Toxoplasma gondii, Adam Michael Sullivan
Adsorption and Diffusion of Gases in Nano-Porous Materials, Nethika Sahani Suraweera
"It's a Little Scar": A Phenomenological Study of Nurses' Responses Following Direct Involvement in a Nursing Error, Shelia H. Swift
Nature and Degree of Aqueous Alteration of Outer Main Belt Asteroids and CM and CI Carbonaceous Chondrites, Driss Takir
Characterization Techniques and Electrolyte Separator Performance Investigation for All Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Zhijiang Tang
Paleodemography of the Larson Site (39WW2) Cemetery: How Age-at-Death Methods Influence Model Estimation, Rebecca Taylor
Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Correlated Atomic Force Microscopy of Gold Nanoparticles and Meso-scale Ribbons, Meredith Marie Therrien
Fully Coupled Fluid and Electrodynamic Modeling of Plasmas: A Two-fluid Isomorphism and a Strong Conservative Flux-coupled Finite Volume Framework, Richard Joel Thompson
Good Partners or Good Politicians: An Exploration of Politics in Supply Chain Management, LaDonna Michelle Thornton
The Effect of Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder and Social Support on Patterns of Emotional Availability in Mother-Child Interactions, Rebecca Devan Trupe
The N-terminus of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae G protein-coupled receptor Ste2p: formation of dimer interfaces and negative regulation, Mohammad Seraj Uddin
Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Mayenite as a Transparent Conducting Oxide, Sabina Nwamaka Ude
Fire and Forest History from Soil Charcoal in Yellow Pine and Mixed Hardwood-Pine Forests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, U.S.A., Christopher Aaron Underwood
Optimization of Scintillator based Radiation Portal Monitors, Matthew J. Urffer
Synthesis, Basic Characterization, and Resonant Ultrasound Studies of Novel Materials: Iron-based Superconductors and Mo3Sb7-based Thermoelectrics, Lindsay Heatherly Vanbebber
A Study of Graduate Student Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder, Mary Alice Varga
Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Identification of Bridges Using Triaxial Geophones and Time Series Analysis, Reza Vasheghani Farahani
Modulating T cell Responses to Control Stromal Keratitis, Tamara Antia Veiga Parga
Structure and Morphology of Sulfonated Polysulfone and Perfluorosulfonic Acid Ionomers, Chen Wang
Neutron scattering study of the iron based superconductors, Miaoyin Wang
Synthesis and Characterization of Fullerene-based Hydrogen Storage Materials, Patrick Alan Ward
MICROWAVE HEATING SIMULATION OF METALS AND DIELECTRIC CERAMICS, Brian C. Warren
Enhancing Critical Thinking Disposition and Clinical Judgment Skills in Senior BSN Students via Electronic Interactive Simulation, Deborah Lynne Weatherspoon
Geographic and Temporal Epidemiology of Campylobacteriosis, Jennifer Weisent
Advanced Studies on Locational Marginal Pricing, Yanli Wei
Telling it Like it is: A Qualitative Excavation of the Factors that Impel Natural/Physical Scientists to Serve as Mass Media News Sources, David Scott Wells
Cyberathletes’ Lived Experience of Video Game Tournaments, Samuel Joseph Whalen
African American Oral Histories of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Public Schools During the Early Days of Desegregation, 1955 – 1967, Lorena B. Whipple
A CONTEXT FOR ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF A RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR MATERIALS INTERDICTION MISSION AT BORDER CROSSINGS, James Dale White
Isolation and Deformation Results for Commuting Squares of Finite Dimensional Matrix Algebras, Joseph Robert White
On Strong Pressure Waves in Cylinders, Andrew W. Wilson
An Investigation of Faculty Development Center Staff Evaluators Perceptions of Processes, Theory, and Models Used in Evaluating Faculty Development, Thelma Mae Woodard
SYSTEM STUDIES OF FISSION-FUSION HYBRID MOLTEN SALT REACTORS, Robert D. Woolley
Haldane pseudopotentials and Landau level mixing in the quantum Hall effect, Rachel Elizabeth Wooten
The Lived Experience of Female Doctor Shoppers, Julie Ann Worley