Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2010
Carleson-type inequalitites in harmonically weighted Dirichlet spaces, Gerardo Roman Chacon Perez
Diagnosis and Management of Horses with Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS), Kelly Ann Chameroy
Scene Segmentation and Object Classification for Place Recognition, Chang Cheng
Adaptive Performance and Power Management in Distributed Computing Systems, Ming Chen
Becoming a Creatrix: Women’s Religious Roles in W. B. Yeats and Olivia Shakespear, Elaine Kathyryn Childs
Malignant Catarrhal Fever Viruses in Tennessee Ruminants, Robin Lynn Cissell
The High School Principal as Instructional Leader: An Explanatory, Mixed Methods Case Study Examining Principal Leadership within the Context of Rural Secondary Schools, Benjamin Tyler Clabo
Merging Data Sources to Predict Remaining Useful Life – An Automated Method to Identify Prognostic Parameters, Jamie Baalis Coble
The Operationalization of the Doctrine of In Loco Parentis: The Administrative Council of the University of Tennessee in the Early 1920s and 1930s, Bryan Franklin Coker
“Holla if you hear me”: A Conversation with Black, inner-city youth on career preparedness programs, Theressa N. Cooper
Generational Perceptions of Productive/Unproductive Information Received from Management through Different Communication Channels, Eva Lynn Cowell
Listening to students: The Lived Experience of Students Taking an Accountability Test, Laura Rutherford Crisp
ARE RESIDENCE LIFE PROFESSIONALS CULTURALLY COMPETENT? AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERCEIVED MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE OF RESIDENCE LIFE PROFESSIONALS NEW TO THE FIELD, Kelli J. Cummings
Human Decomposition Ecology at the University of Tennessee Anthropology Research Facility, Franklin Edward Damann
New Electrochemical and Optical Detection Methods for Biological and Environmental Applications, Royce Nicholas Dansby-Sparks
L’humour féminin subtil et raffiné dans le théâtre de Yasmina Reza, Sandra Daniela Da Silva Esteves Soares
Trade, Pollution and the Environment: An Examination of Economic Growth and Greenhouse Emissions from Different Sources, Alejandro E. Dellachiesa
Everyday Experiences of Power, Kelly De-Moll
Gay Male Identity in the Context of College: Implications for Development, Support, and Campus Climate, James M. DeVita
“Development of Genetic and Genomic Predictors of Fertility in Argentinean Holstein Cattle.”, Fernando Alfonso Di Croce
Secular Change of the Modern Human Bony Pelvis: Examining Morphology in the United States using Metrics and Geometric Morphometry, Kathryn R.D. Driscoll
Beyond the Battlefield: Direct and Prosthetic Memory of the American War in Viet Nam, Susan L. Eastman
The Maximum Clique Problem: Algorithms, Applications, and Implementations, John David Eblen
Prediction of Premature Termination within A University Counseling Center Setting: An Exploratory Study Using The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Meirav Edlis - Matityahou
Identifying Mechanisms Associated with Innate Immunity in Cows Genetically Susceptible to Mastitis, Alexandra Alida Elliott
Humility: Development and analysis of a scale, Jeffrey Charles Elliott
Perceived Roles and Responsibilities of Secondary School Principals and School Resource Officers towards School Security, Macel Ely II
Characterization of the Extracellular Proteome of a Natural Microbial Community with an Integrated Mass Spectrometric / Bioinformatic Approach, Brian Keith Erickson
Molecular-Level Modeling of Proton Transport in Aqueous Systems and Polymer Electrolyte Membranes: A Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study, Myvizhi Esai Selvan
Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography Separations, Jacob N. Fairchild
Attachment Representations and Reflective Function in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder and their Adolescent Offspring, Katie Lauren Fitzpatrick
Biomechanical Risk Factors for Knee Osteoarthritis in Young Adults: The Influence of Obesity and Gait Instruction, Julia Ann Freedman
Monotonic and Cyclic Compression Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses, Matthew Webster Freels
Communication in married couples: Exploring the roles of betrayal and forgiveness, Nikki N. Frousakis
The Effects of Pacing on Academic Performance in Elementary School Students with Attention Difficulties, Emily Jane Fuller
Client-Centered Play Therapy with an Elderly Assisted Living Facility Resident, Angela M. Fuss
Boiling Water Reactor Core Simulation with Generalized Isotopic Inventory Tracking for Actinide Management, Jack Douglas Galloway
Welcome to Boomland, Cebrun Abe Gaustad
A Method to Accomplish the Optimal Control of Continuous Dynamical Systems with Impulse Controls via Discrete Optimal Control and Utilizing Optimal Control Theory to Explore the Emergence of Synchrony., Rachel Natalie Graves
The Development of a Parameterized Scatter Removal Algorithm for Nuclear Materials Identification System Imaging, Brandon Robert Grogan
5’-Proximal cis-Acting RNA Signals for Coronavirus Genome Replication, Bo-Jhih Guan
Investigation of the Processing, Structure and Properties of Poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) Melt Spun Fibers, Prabhakar Gulgunje
Evaluation of genetic diversity of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.) in the eastern United States using microsatellites., Denita Hadziabdic
Teacher Political Self-Efficacy: Construct Development and Validation, Mary Catherine Hammon
The Consanguinity of Ideas: Race and Anti-communism in the U.S. - Australian Relationship, 1933 - 1953, Travis J. Hardy
Biological Affinities and the Construction of Cultural Identity for the Proposed Coosa Chiefdom, Michaelyn S. Harle
Revisiting the Iceberg: A Study of Technology, Self-Direction, and the Learning Projects of Small Business Owners, John David Harrison
In Sickness and in Health: Analyzing the Ethical Limits of the Marriage between Health Care and the Market in the United States, Thomas D Harter
A Comparison of the Wellness Levels of Victims of Domestic Violence with a Local Female Population, Tara Zeruie Harvey
Too Much Horse: Fiction, Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Andrew Otis Haschemeyer
Pin-Wise Loading Optimization and Lattice–to-Core Coupling for Isotopic Management in Light Water Reactors, Hermilo Hernandez Noyola
Development of Nanomechanical Sensors for Environmental Contaminate Screening Using Protein Functionalized Microcantilevers, Kasey L. Hill
Using Critical Race Theory to Read Fantasy Football, Stephanie Rene Hill
Women's Softball in Iran: An Autoethnographic Journey, Sarah J Hillyer
Is All Goodwill Created Equal? An Analysis of the Association Between Agency Conflicts, Board Monitoring, and Goodwill in U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions, Matthew L. Hoag
Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Campylobacter, Ky Van Hoang
Faith and Field: Christianity, the Environment, and Five Contemporary American Poets, Heather M. Hoover
A Novel Technique for CTIS Image-Reconstruction, Mitchel Dewayne Horton
Investigating Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora spp. and Related Oomycetes, Jonathan Patrick Hulvey
An Adaptive Nonparametric Modeling Technique for Expanded Condition Monitoring of Processes, Matthew John Humberstone
A High-Temperature, High-Voltage SOI Gate Driver Integrated Circuit with High Drive Current for Silicon Carbide Power Switches, Mohammad Aminul Huque
On the Irreducibility of the Cauchy-Mirimanoff Polynomials, Brian C. Irick
Phylogenetic analysis of the Nearctic Blepharicera Macquart (Diptera: Blephariceridae) with an emphasis on the eastern Blepharicera tenuipes group Hogue, Amanda Jane Jacobson
Invisible Mink, Jessie L Janeshek
The Effects of Mercury Contamination on Tree, Fungal, and Soil Composition along East Fork Poplar Creek, Anderson and Roane Counties, Tennessee, Sharon Jean-Philippe
Hairy Particles: Polymer Brush-Supported Organocatalysts and Asymmetric Mixed Homopolymer Brushes, Xiaoming Jiang
Synthesis and Solution Behavior of Doubly Responsive Hydrophilic Block Copolymers, Xueguang Jiang
Mammography Screening Practices and Health Beliefs of Women in East Tennessee, Peggy A. Johnson
The functional role of the Drosophila gypsy insulator in the regulation of gene expression, Hyuck Joon Kang
Investigating Cold Hardiness and Management Practices of Warm-season Putting Green Species in the Transition Zone, John M. Kauffman
Traditional Musician-Centered Perspectives on Ownership of Creative Expressions, Dick Kawooya
Use of Proteomics Tools to Investigate Protein Expression in Azospirillum brasilense, Gurusahai K. Khalsa-Moyers
Ambiguous Recognition: Recursion, Cognitive Blending, and the Problem of Interpretation in Twenty-First-Century Fiction, Christopher David Kilgore
Multi-scale Simulation of Linear, Short-Chain Polyethylene Liquids under Flow Conditions, Jun Mo Kim
Improving Ozone SIP Modeling in Complex Terrain at a Fine Grid Resolution, Yunhee Kim
The Effects of the Interspersal Procedure on Persistence with Computer-Delivered Multiplication Problems, Emily R. Kirk
Sources and Transport Pathways of Fecal Bacteria and Pathogens to Aquifers in Rural Bangladesh, Peter S. K. Knappett
Schubert Numbers, Masato Kobayashi
Flow-based Adaptive Split Signal Control, Airton G. Kohls
Into the Attic: A Novel, Laura E. Koons
Investigations of the Dynamical Response in Solids by Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory, Qinghong Kou
The Effect of Self-Recording and Contingent Credit on the Quantity and Relevance of College Student Participation in Class Discussion, Katherine Rae Krohn
“The Last Dear Drop of Blood”: Revenge in Restoration Tragic Drama, Misty Sabrina Krueger
THE EFFECT OF STORE ENVIRONMENT ON CONSUMER EVALUATIONS AND BEHAVIOR TOWARD SINGLE-BRAND APPAREL RETAILERS, Archana Kumar
Creating and Validating an Instrument to Measure Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Geri A. Landry
On Conjectures Concerning Nonassociate Factorizations, Jason A Laska
Spatiotemporal Dynamics in a Lower Montane Tropical Rainforest, Robert Michael Lawton
Linking community ecology and biogeography: the role of biotic interactions and abiotic gradients in shaping the structure of ant communities., Jean-Philippe Lessard
Microfluidic manipulation by AC Electrothermal effect, Meng Lian