Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2009
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
The effects of noise reduction technologies on the acceptance of background noise, Kristy Jones Lowery
An Examination of Psychological Factors That Predict College Student Success and Retention, Charles Curtis Luke II
Characterization of Feline Adiponectin and its Association with Metabolic Indices in Lean and Obese Cats, Angela Lea Lusby
Parity violation in polarized cold neutron capture, Robert Stephen Mahurin
Has Sarbanes-Oxley improved quarterly financial reporting quality? An examination of the effects of SOX sections 302 and 906, Stacy Ann Mastrolia
The synthesis and characterization of building block-based titanosilicates and their activity toward alcohol dehydration/dehydrogenation reactions, Richard Thomas Mayes
Transforming whiteness: Seeing (and) shifting representations of whiteness in twentieth-century American literature and film, Meredith McCarroll
The factors associated with presidential derailment at selected private, liberal arts higher education institutions, Jason Dyer McNeal
Optimal Control Applied to Population and Disease Models, Rachael Lynn Miller Neilan
Development and Implementation of a New Technique to Study (p,α) Reactions Relevant to Nucleosynthesis in Binary Systems, Brian Hossain Moazen
Computational Exploration of the Interaction of Molecular Hydrogen with an Anionic Hydrogen Atom, Patrick Karl Moehlen
Controlled Self-organization and Tunable Collective Phenomena in Surface-based Nanostructures, Eun Ju Moon
Critical Distance: The Postcolonial Novel and the Dilemma of Exile, David S. Morgan
The Right to Know and the Fight Against Toxic Environments: The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act Of 1986, Bernardo H. Motta
The Impact of International Media Training on Radio Professionals in Indonesia, Nurhaya Muchtar
A Current-Mode Multi-Channel Integrating Analog-to-Digital Converter, Neena Balakrishnan Nambiar
The dark side of control assessing control in relationships from a dyadic and longitudinal perspective, Ivelina N. Naydenova
Numerical methods for fully nonlinear second order partial differential equations, Michael Joseph Neilan
Visual analytics for relationships in scientific data, Joshua R. New
Forecasting Dose and Dose Rate from Solar Particle Events Using Locally Weighted Regression Techniques, Theodore Franklin Nichols
Collaborative Reflective Practice of Two Early Childhood Educators: The Impact on Their Ongoing Inquiry and Professional Development, Stacy Cummings Onks
Sketchmate: A digital drawing tool for the splay tree data structure, Michael Cajetan Orsega
The Current Practice of Nursing Clinical Simulation Debriefing: A Multiple Case Study, Maria L. Overstreet
Effects of Water Content and Salinity on Soil Electrical Properties at 50 MHz: Structural and Textural Interactions, Tairone Paiva Leão
Data adaptive kernal discriminant analysis using information complexity criterion and genetic algorithm, Dong-Ho Park
“Field Weakening Operation of AC Machines for Traction Drive Applications.”, Niranjan Anandrao Patil
A study of the photoelectrochemical properties of KTaO₃ and ZnO in alkaline electrolytes, Irene Elizabeth Paulauskas
Direct Effects of Heat Stress During Meiotic Maturation on Bovine Oocyte and Cumulus RNA, Rebecca R. Payton
Search for Electron Antineutrinos From The Sun With KamLAND Detector, Oleg Victorovic Perevozchikov
Parsing Out Everyday Suggestibility: A Test-Retest Study, Nicole Perez