Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2009
www.homeless.org/culture: A Cross-level Analysis of the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Technology Use among Homeless Service Providers, Courtney Marie Cronley
Linking genotypic diversity within Solidago altissima to communities and ecosystems, Gregory M. Crutsinger
Climate-Driven Impacts of Groundfish on Food Webs in the Northern Bering Sea, Xuehua Cui
Morphological and Molecular Systematics of Psychodidae (Diptera), Gregory Russel Curler
Proposed mechanism of action of saxitoxin in aquatic systems based on expression profiling in lower eukaryotes, Kathleen Daumer Cusick
The Effectiveness of a Restraint Reduction Policy Implemented to Reduce the Use of Physical Restraint with Children and Adolescents in a Residential Care Facility, Irma Molina Damen
Managing team conflict through perspective taking, Shaun W. Davenport
Sociality, Cognition and Social Learning in Turtles (Emydidae), Karen Marie Davis
Was That Racist or Not? I Can’t Tell: The Music of Prussian Blue, Michael J. Davis
Towards Universality in Automatic Freeway Incident Detection: A Calibration-Free Algorithm, Manoel Mendonca de Castro-Neto
The Relationship Between Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs About School Readiness and Classroom Practice in Tennessee Child Care Programs, Joanna Hope Denny
Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children’s and Their Own Sport Experiences, Michael John Diacin
Examining subjective understanding of participants and trained coders in adolescent romantic couples' interactions, Joseph Warren Dickson
The Effects of Betrayal Characteristics on Laypeople’s Ratings of Betrayal Severity and Conceptualization of Forgiveness, Lee J. Dixon
Small Windows of Hope: Understanding the Meaning of Fatigue Experienced by Cancer Patients, Lois Starnes Doane
Studies of Tungsten Alkyl Alkylidyne Compounds and Iron Porphyrin Derivatives, Brenda Ann Dougan
Bling without blood? The role of natural resources in civil war, Kimberly L. Douglass
Biological Simulations and Biologically Inspired Adaptive Systems, Edgar Alfredo Duenez-Guzman
The Executive Coach and Clients in Reflective Practice: Levelising as a Special Case, David T. Duncan
Coronaviral 2’-O-Methyltransferase Function in Virus Replication., Agnieszka Dziduszko
In Contradiction: The Concept of Globalization in the Popular Discourse of Education Reform, Bradley Scott Ellison
A habitat assessment to locate tree of heaven [Ailanthus altissima, (Mill.) Swingle] in Mammoth Cave National Park, Belinda D. Esham
An Investigation of the Transferability of Trip Generation Models and the Utilization of aSpatial Context Variable, Jerry Don Everett
Structure-Function Studies of the Large Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase from Homo sapiens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, James Wesley Fairman
Self-transcendence and spiritual well-being in participants of short-term, faith-based, foreign, health care missions, Elizabeth Ann Fiske
The Design and Synthesis of Biotinylated Tylophorine Analogues for use as Affinity Probes in the Elucidation of the Cellular Targets of DCB-3503, Samson Francis
Atomically resolved STM studies of the perovskite manganite thin-film surfaces, Kenji Fuchigami
Open Heavy Flavor Measurement at Forward Angles for Cu+Cu Collisions at Center of Mass NN Collision Energy 200 GeV, Irakli Garishvili
Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks as Transparent Conductors, Matthew Patrick Garrett
Athletes' Experience of Poor Coaching, Brian Gearity
Somehow a word must be found: William Carlos Williams, the Legacies of Duchamp, and the Troping of the Found, Brian L. Gempp
Spectroscopic Imaging for the Detection and Identification of Bacterial Contaminations, Michael Gilbert
Concept-driven visualization for terascale data analytics, Markus Glatter
Population structure of Lower Nubia in the Mesolithic-Christian groups, Kanya Mia Godde
Geographic Variation and Phenotypic Plasticity of Body Size and Cell Size in the Lizard, Anolis Carolinensis, Rachael Goodman
Accelerating Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations with Emerging Architectures, Akila Gothandaraman
English as a second language and bilingual education teacher perceptions of technology integration in the K-12 classroom, Yurimi Michael Grigsby
Social Support and Depression Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Julie Helen Grocki
Design and Synthesis of Novel Tylophorine Analogs and their Biological Activity, Julio Gutierrez
Child Parent Relationship Therapy: Hope for Disrupted Attachment, Carolyn Carlisle Hacker
The epidemiology of La Crosse virus in Tennessee and West Virginia, Andrew Douglas Haddow
A Pure Test of Backward Induction, Kelly Padden Hall
The Effects of 17- Beta Estradiol on G-Protein Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels (GIRKs) in Breast Cancer, Michael W. Hance
Foraging Behavior of Nerodia clarkii compressicauda, with Special Reference to Lingual Luring, Kerry Andrew Hansknecht
Unnatural amino acids designed for click chemistry and their application to the modification of peptides & nitrene transfer reactions catalyzed by metalloporphyrins, Jeremiah David Harden
An Automated Diagnostic Tool for Predicting Anatomical Response to Radiation Therapy, Carley Elizabeth Harris
Structure and Properties of Nanoclay Reinforced Polymer Films, Fibers and Nonwovens, Raghavendra Ratnakar Hegde
Targeted Proteomics for the Characterization of Enriched Microbial Protein Isolates and Protein Complexes, William Judson Hervey
Synthesis and Characterization of Branched Polyelectrolytes: Star-branched NaPSS, Daniel W. Holley
Patients as Consumers: The Influence of DTCA and "Becoming Little Doctors.", Karen Michele Hood
A New Generation of Mixture-Model Cluster Analysis with Information Complexity and the Genetic EM Algorithm, John Andrew Howe
Extending Knowledge of Parents’ Role in Adolescent Development: The Mediating Effect of Self, Sally BeVille Hunter
A Study of Nonlinear Combustion Instability, Eric J. Jacob
Life Lived Well: A Narrative Analysis of One Woman‟s Wellness Across the Life Span, Whitney Locke Jarnagin
How and to What Extent Do Two Cover, Copy, and Compare Spelling Interventions Contribute to Spelling, Word Recognition and Vocabulary Development?, Kathryn Jaspers
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Bank CEO and Director Compensation, Victoria Javine
Treadmill Workstations: An Obesity Intervention?, Dinesh John
Enhancing User Queries in Scientific Visualization with Distribution Information, Christopher Johnson
Quantitative Analysis of Influenza Virus-Specific B Cell Responses Generated by Infection and Vaccination, Hye Mee Joo
Beyond Sharing the Pen: Dialogue in the Context of Interactive Writing, Jennifer Jeanne Jordan
Perceived needs of counseling interns in concurrent supervision, Tara Sloan Jungersen
Flame Retardant Mattress Pads, Manjeshwar Ganeshaq Kamath
The elastic scattering of deuterons on ¹³²Sn in inverse kinematics, Ryan W. Kapler
An Historical Analysis of Thinking in Resources Published by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS): 1977 – 2006, Ulku Serezli Karabulut
Three essays on count data estimation methods with applications to health economics, Panagiotis Kasteridis
Hybridization, ancestral polymorphism, and cryptic species in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae), Benjamin Paul Keck
Nonlinear dissipative wave equations with space-time dependent potentials, Maisa Khader
Formation of Multiple Dimer Interfaces in the Active and Inactive States of a Model G Protein-Coupled Receptor, Hee Jung Kim
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Adsorption of Water Vapor on Carbon Nanotubes, Pyoungchung Kim
Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials, Kate Labelle Klein
"I am a Living History": A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Atomic Bomb Survivors, Amy Knowles
Essays on economics of sustainable forest management, Pracha Koonnathamdee
A study of the mechanics of microcantilever sensors, Adam R. Krause
Laser Induced Hierarchical Coatings on Titanium Alloy, Anil Kumar Kurella
Covering maps in the uniform category, Brendon L. LaBuz
Electron Beam Induced Etching, Matthew Gordon Lassiter
Development and Analysis of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Field Excitation Structure, Seong Taek Lee
The Cognitive Effects of Cosmetic Surgery Reality Shows – From a Priming Perspective, Shu-Yueh Lee
Effects of Overload and Underload on Internal Strains/Stresses and Crack Closure during Fatigue-Crack Propagation, Soo Yeol Lee
Iterative transmission image reconstruction for the DPET positron emission tomograph, Mark Wayne Lenox
Deciphering Climate from the Characterization of Ring Width, Carbon, and Oxygen Isotopes in Latewood Tree-Ring Cellulose, Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, USA, Daniel Bruce Lewis
Flow and the college experience, John A. Lewter
Psychometric development of an instrument for the diagnosis and assessment of anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease, Charles A. Licata
Exploring Factors Motivating Interns Learning and Using Technology: A Social Cognitive Perspective, Jun Li
Development of DBT Bridge System with Continuous Joints for Accelerated Construction, Lungui Li
Luxe-Bargain Shopping: Consumer Orientations, Perceived Values, Satisfaction, and Future Intentions, Chae Mi Lim
Racial and Sexual Discrimination Occurring to Korean Players on the LPGA Tour, Seung-Yup Lim
Passive and active components development for broadband applications, Song Lin
The Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Personal Wealth Allocations in Determining Their Firms’ Capital Structures, Tianning Li
Microstructures and mechanical behavior of multicomponent metallic-glass thin films, Fengxiao Liu
Design and Application of Hybrid Multilevel Inverter for Voltage Boost, Haiwen Liu
Influence of Turning on Military Vehicle Induced Rut Formation, Kun Liu
Developing a Bayesian Network risk model to enhance Lean Six Sigma, Yanzhen Li
In That Instant It Was Over: The Athlete's Experience of a Career-Ending Injury, Lauren Aline Loberg
Direct Cooled Ceramic Substrate for Thermal Control of Automotive Power Electronics, Kirk Townsend Lowe