Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2008
Non-market Valuation of Natural Resource Amenities: Assessing their Effects on Human Values, Public Health, and the Economic Growth, Neelam C. Poudyal
Terrorism Incident Response Education for Public-Safety Personnel in North Carolina and Tennessee: An Evaluation by Emergency Managers, John Eric Powell
Deformation and Fatigue Behavior of Bulk-Metallic Glasses (BMGs), Dongchun Qiao
Tricksters from Three Folklore Traditions, Daniel S. Qualls
New Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions Mediated by Boron and Transition Metal Halides, Travis R. Quick
Plant transcriptional responses to explosives as revealed by Arabidopsis thaliana microarrays and its application in phytoremediation and phytosensing, Murali Malavalli Keerthi Narayana Raghavendra Rao
Development of a Standardized Nursing Curriculum for the Alabama Community College System: a Critical Case Study, Alice G. Raymond
Crossing the Rubicon: The Demise of Segregation and the Origins of Divergence in South Africa and the American South, Kyle Thomas Rector
A Taped-Words Reading Intervention for Non-Native English Speakers, Kai A. Richards
Rights of Passage: Immigrant Fiction, Religious Ritual, and the Politics of Liminality, 1899-1939, Laura Patton Samal
Induction and Regulation of Herpetic Stromal Keratitis, Pranita Pragnyadipta Sarangi
Demand Estimation at Manufacturer-Retailer Duo: A Macro-Micro Approach, Sirisha Saripalli
A proteomic investigation of Phytophthora species using mass spectrometry and reverse genetics, Alon Savidor
Validation of the Modern Language Aptitude Test, Stephani C. Sawyer
Spermatogonia Stem Cell Dynamics Following Hormonal Induction, Ischemic Disturbance In Vivo or Proliferation under In Vitro Culture in Pre- and Postpubertal Bulls, Gustavo M. Schuenemann
The Effects of Exercise Enjoyment and Personality on Mood and Salivary Cortisol with Exercise Activity, Pamela Mary Schweighart
Linguistic and Cultural Competence in the Global Business Arena: A Study of a Japanese Company in Tennessee, Asami Segi
Regulation of Herpetic Stromal Keratitis: Role of Regulatory T Cells, Sharvan Sehrawat
Development of a Computational Model to Predict the In Vivo Contact Mechanics of Modern Total Knee Arthroplasty, Adrija Sharma
Transition variables and the Personality Assessment Inventory in university counseling centers, Lauren K. Shaw
An Examination of the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Aspects of Personality Structure, Chad R. Sims
Community invasibility: from pattern to process across multiple spatial scales in an old-field ecosystem, Lara A. Souza
When the Disability Is Not the Problem - Experiencing the Barriers to Web Accessibility: The Experiences of Computer Users with Visual Disabilities Using the Internet, Harriette L. Spiegel
Implantable Piezoresistive Microcantilever-based Wireless Cocaine Biosensors, Bernadeta Resti Widhiyatni Srijanto
An Improved Knockout-Ablation-Coalescence Model for Prediction of Secondary Neutron and Light-ion Production in Cosmic Ray Interactions, Sirikul Sriprisan
Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience of their Forestland and their Conceptualization of Forest Management to their Management Behavior, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Searching for a Caregiver: The Middle School Principal, William L. Stein
Comparison of Fecal Escherichia coli From Dogs and Their Owners, Katherine Anne Stenske
Recovery of Midlife Women From Myocardial Infarction, Sherri Linn Stevens
A Study of the Indentation Size Effect in Copper, Jeremy Harper Strader
Uncertainty Minimization in Robotic 3D Mapping Systems Operating in Dynamic Large-Scale Environments, Sreenivas Rangan Sukumar
High Performance Reconfigurable Computing for Linear Algebra: Design and Performance Analysis, Junqing Sun
SB-CoRLA: Schema-Based Constructivist Robot Learning Architecture, Yifan Tang
Exploring Relational Aspects of Time-Based Competition in Supply Chains, Rodney Wayne Thomas
The Counselor Color Consciousness Scale: Evidence for Relevance, Reliability, and Validity, Dwight David Tolliver
Levelising: A Collaborative Learning Practice for Strength-Based Organizations, Cheri B. Torres
The Impact of Role Conceptualization on the Process and Outcomes of Decision Making in an Educational Context, Scott Richard Turner
School Finance Reform: Responses, Equity and Outcomes, Laura D. Ullrich
Landscape Level Dynamics in an Endangered Mountain Ecosystem, Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A., Saskia L. van de Gevel
An Analog Multiphase Self-Calibrating DLL to Minimize the Effects of Process, Supply Voltage, and Temperature Variations, James D. Vandersand
The Identification, Functional Characterization and Phylogeny of the Nodulin-Like Anion Transporter (NLAT) Family in Plants, Eric Daniel Vincill
The Effects of Choice and Reward Conditions on Math Performance and Voluntary Engagement in Math Activity, Briana Hautau von Mizener
Online Social Networks: An Exploratory Study of Community and Civic Engagement, Brandon Cordell Waite
An Experimental Study of Juvenile Competition and Habitat Niche Partitioning Between a Native Lizard (Anolis carolinensis) and an Introduced Congener (Anolis sagrei) in the Southeastern United States, Justin W. Walguarnery
Synthesis of Two Thiol-terminated Disaccharides and a Mannose-branched Glycodendrimer, Chao Wang
Reliability Analysis of Hafnium Oxide Dielectric Based Nanoelectronics, Rui Wan
Emergent Phenomena in Spatially Confined Manganites, Thomas Z. Ward
Plasticity and Population Structure: Exploring Secular Trends in the Three- Dimensional Cranial Morphology of the Modern Portuguese, Katherine Elizabeth Weisensee
Creation of an Ice Hockey Tradition in the South, Daryl Paul Wenner
Collective Behavior of Interacting Magnetic Nanoparticles, Noppi Widjaja
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Reading Speed and General Reading Skill Development, Jacqueline Luann Williams
Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Aquatic Environments in Ghana, Heather Williamson
Investigation of Propagation Characteristics of Twisted Hollow Waveguides for Particle Accelerator Applications, Joshua Lee Wilson
Processing, Structure, and Properties of Amorphous Aluminum Alloys, Timothy Wayne Wilson
The Power of a Paradoxical Persona: An Analysis of John Peel’s Radio Talk and Career at the BBC, Richard P. Winham
How Mexican-American Women Define Health: Cultural Beliefs and Practices in a Non-native Environment, Emma Kathleen Wright
A Comparison of Big Five and Narrow Personality Traits In Relation to Academic Performance, Laura Lee Wright
Characterization of Human Cdc14B's function in centrosome cycle control, Jun Wu
Beatrice A. Wright: A Life History, Sheryl Lee Wurl
Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Enzymes, Qin Xu
Magnetic Field Effects on Photocurrent and Photovoltaic Processes in Organic Solar Cells, Zhihua Xu
Learning Confirmatory Patterns in Exploratory Factor Analysis Using ICOMP and Genetic Algorithm, Hongwei Yang
Antennas and Arrays for Mobile Platforms -- Direct Broadcast Satellite and Wireless Communication, Songnan Yang
Development of a Real-time Ultra-wideband See Through Wall Imaging Radar System, Yunqiang Yang
Long Range Automated Persistent Surveillance, Yi Yao
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, Tracy Leigh Zaparanick
Hardware Development of an Ultra-Wideband System for High Precision Localization Applications, Cemin Zhang
Scalable Graph Algorithms with Applications in Genetics, Yun Zhang
Elastic Properties of Bulk-metallic Glasses Studied by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy, Zhiying Zhang
Two Essays on Short Selling and Uptick Rules, Min Zhao
Comparative Functional Genomics of the SABATH family of Methyltransferases in Plants, Nan Zhao
Characterizing and Modeling the Hydrodynamics of Shallow Spouted Beds, Jiandong Zhou
Dissertations from 2007
Arsenic phytoremediation: Engineering of an arsenic-specific phytosensor and molecular insights of arsenate metabolism through investigations of Arabidopsis thaliana, Pteris cretica, and Pteris vittata, Jason Miles Abercrombie
Feline Lentivirus: Molecular Analysis and Epidemiology in Southern African Lions, Hayley Rebecca Adams
Analysis of Simulated Electromyography (EMG) Signals Using Integrated Computer Muscle Model, Mohammad Abdul Ahad
Psychosocial Factors that Contribute to HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior among Young Black College Women, Binta D. Alleyne
Scanning Probe Microscopy: Applications for Genomic Research, David Post Allison
Algorithms for Multi-Sample Cluster Analysis, Fahad Almutairi
Improving Scalability and Usability of Parallel Runtime Environments for High Availability and High Performance Systems, Thara Angskun
An Application of the Means-End Theory: Measurement of Delivery and Consumption of an Educational Service, Melek Meral Anıtsal
Self-Certified Public Key Cryptographic Methodologies for Resource-Constrained Wireless Sensor Networks, Ortal Arazi
Electroanalysis of Metals in Biological and Environmental Samples at Bismuth Electrodes, Kristie Carter Armstrong
Total Synthesis of an Analog of Hydramycin and Derivatization of Thiol-terminated Carbohydrates and Development of a Glycoconjugate Too Set for the Assembly and Presentation of Carbohydrate Ligands on Surfaces, Medhanit Woldeghiorghis Bahta
Justification Mechanisms in the Conditional Reasoning Test for Aggression and their Relation to Defense Mechanisms, Cheryl Delaine Barksdale
More than a Mean: Broadening the Definition of Employee Performance, Amanda M. Baugous
It’s Not What They Do, It’s How They Do It: Athlete Experiences of Great Coaching, Andrea J. Becker
Recovering the Soul: Interpreting Baruch Spinoza’s Doctrine of Mind-Body Identity in the Light of Thomas Aquinas’s Metaphysical Theory of Form and Matter, Guy Stephen Blakemore
Synthesis and Reactivity of Titanium Amido Complexes with Relevance to Olefin Polymerization, Michael A. Blanchard
Exploring the Role of Customer Value Change and Relationship Adaptation in Global Business Services, Christopher P. Blocker
Cognitive Dissonance: The Apocalyptic Poetics of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, April Phillips Boone
Boron and Metal Halides in Organic Synthesis, Scott T. Borella
Republican, First, Last, and Always: A Biography of B. Carroll Reece, Fashion Suzanne Bowers
Groundwater: A Community’s Management of the Invaluable Resource Beneath its Feet, Nancy D. Brannon
Physical Therapy Patient Education for the Management of a Low Back Derangement Syndrome, Ute Hohenfeld Breese
Preferred Principles in Writing Instruction and the Intrinsic Motivation of High-Achieving High School Students, Hunter Morrison Brimi
It's All About The Motivation: Factors That Influence Employee Motivation In Organizations, Abby M. Brooks