Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2008
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
Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) demographics and habitat use and the potential effects of land use change on golden-winged and cerulean warblers (Dendroica cerulea) in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, Lesley Penfield Bulluck
Pasión y Deseo: Del Amor y la Sexualidad En Poemas Selectos De Octavio Paz y Rosario Castellanos, María Cristina Campos Fuentes
Emergency Disaster Preparedness and Community Mental Health Facilities Capacity Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Linda Lee Cannon Peoples
Spectroscopic Investigations of Complex Transition Metal Oxides, Jinbo Cao
Novel Approaches to Metal Ion Sensing, Nathan Allen Carrington
Gene Expression Analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7 at 10 and 37°C and Under Acidic Conditions Using High Density Oligonucleotide Microarrays, Kristina K. Carter
Emaricdulfe by E. C. Esquier (1595): Materials Toward a Critical Edition, Georgia Chapman Caver
Comparison of Developmental Assets of Early Adolescents in Two Urban Youth Programs, Keesha Yvette Chapman
Fabrication and Analysis of Polymeric Nanocomposites from Cellulose Fibrils, Qingzheng Cheng
Scale Validation of Co-parenting in Foster Couples, Donna J. Cherry
Development of an integrated opto-electric biosensor to dynamically examine cytometric proliferation and cytotoxicity, Chang Kyoung Choi
The Dose-Response Association of Physical Activity and the Metabolic Syndrome Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 1999-2004, James R. Churilla
Female Faculty Experiences of Discrimination in Higher Education, Kylie Gray Cole
Hope, Coping Style, and Dietary Behaviors of Early and Late Postgastrectomy Stomach Cancer Patients, Cynthia Collins
Choice Experiments: Application to Air Quality Policy Options and Investigation of Method's Incentive Compatibility, Jill Phillips Collins
Becoming Tied: A Theory of Adolescent Maternal-Infant Interaction, Melinda K. Sprinkle Collins
The Stability of Carotenogenic Food Colorants and Strategies to Prolong the Shelf Life in Process Cheese Spread, Ann Marie Doneski Craig
Cigarette Papers: Cigarette Advertising and Promotion in College and University Student Newspapers, A Case Study of The Orange and White at The University of Tennessee, Elizabeth Crisp Crawford
Work, Family, and Community in a Triciprocal Relationship: An Exploratory Study of Enrichment, Cindy L. Crowder
Co-Occurring Disorders: An Outpatient Latent Class Analysis, Kathleen H. Darby
Shopping While Black: Perceptions of Discrimination in Retail Settings, Edith F. Davidson
Supply Chain Leadership, Charles Clifford Defee
Elements of Postfeminism: The Current Landscape of American Politics?, Laura DeLorenzo Denison
Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Utilizing What Assessment Data Reveal About Struggling Young Adolescent Readers to Inform Policy and Instruction, Danielle V. Dennis
Characterization of the Role of Mouse Nell1 Gene in Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis During Mammalian Fetal Development, Jayashree Basavaraj Desai
Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Apple Juice, Nancy Rabalais DeTrana
Past Fire Regimes of Table Mountain Pine (Pinus pungens L.) Stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, U.S.A., Georgina DeWeese
A Study of Collaborative School-University Partnerships Involving Teams of Educators from Bulgaria and the United States, Edward L. Diden
Adiposity Related Protection of Intestinal Tumorigenesis: Interaction With Dietary Calcium, Shengli Ding
The Pursuit of Community Journalism in a Segregated Tennessee Town, 1949-1969: Richard Smyser and The Alfred Hill Family, Amy Rebecca Drews
The Effect of Academic Earmarking on the Distribution of Federal Research Funding, Andrew Beecher Dunsmore
The Relationship Between Parental Literacy and Language Practices and Beliefs and Toddlers’ Emergent Literacy Skills, Claire Maples Edwards
Job Satisfaction and Work Ethic among Workers in a Japanese Manufacturing Company Located in the United States, Samuel L. Elkins
Slipping Backwards: The Supreme Court, Segregation Legislation, and the African American Press, 1877-1920, Kathryn St.Clair Ellis
Protein Threading for Genome-Scale Structural Analysis, Kyle P. Ellrott
L’Enseignement de la langue française dans les universités yéménites, son passé et son avenir. Étude historique, sociale, analytique et critique, Nesrine Abdullah El-Zine
MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensing Elements for Integrated Total Knee Arthroplasty Prosthesis Monitoring, Boyd McCutchen Evans III
Surface Plasmon Enhanced Heating of Gold Nanoparticles: A Plasmonic Optical Switch, Philip Gareth Evans
Application of Solid Phase Micro-extraction With Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for the Determination of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol in Processed Navy Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), Coesha Ancoinette Fairley
A Systematic Study of Trillium subgenus Delostylis, Susan B. Farmer
Bat Population Dynamics: An Individual-based Model Approach, Paula Federico
Workers' Compensation and Disability Benefits: The Effect of the Permanent Partial Disability Multiplier and Settlement Method on Back Injury Claims in the State of Tennessee, Eric Allan Fenstemaker
Methods for the Self-Consistent Determination of Thermophysical Properties from Two-Phase Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Jared T. Fern
Streaming Effects in Liquid Injection Rocket Engines with Transverse Mode Oscillations, Sean Robert Fischbach
A Team-Based Approach to Social Learning Research in Natural Resource Management, Jonah Malachai Fogel
How Adult Students Experience Having Their Beliefs Challenged in an Undergraduate Religion Class: A Phenomenological Analysis, Steven Blake Frye
Increasing On-Task Behavior in Second-Grade Students: An Empirical Validation of the Color Wheel Intervention, Daniel L. Fudge
Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Algorithm Selection for Solving Sparse Linear Systems, Erika Fuentes
An Integrated Fuzzy Inference Based Monitoring, Diagnostic, and Prognostic System, Dustin R. Garvey
Levelising as a Quality Management Tool, Denise Lynn Gaskin
Spinning Carbon Fiber Precursors from 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride Cellulose Solutions, Rhea J. Gelderloos-Sammons
Felony Disenfranchisement Legislation: A Test of the Group Threat Hypothesis, Angel Dawn Geoghagan
Behavioral and Ecological Influences on the Echolocation of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats, Tadarida brasiliensis, Erin H. Gillam
A Study of the Development of Long-Term Marriages Lasting 25 Years or More, Alexander S. Gnilka
Repealing State Legislative Term Limits: A Comparative Analysis, Troy Christopher Goodale
Reliability and Validity of the UNIT - Gifted Screening Scale (UNIT - GSS), Rebecca Grace Gray
Presentation Software and its Affects on Developmental Students’ Mathematics Attitudes, Julianna Gregory
Beauveria bassiana, A Cotton Endophyte With Biocontrol Activity Against Seedling Disease, Mary Ruth Griffin
Development and Validation of the Deaf Athletic Coping Skills Inventory, Jason S. Grindstaff
Laser Surface Structuring of Alumina, Sandip Pundlikrao Harimkar
A Multi-scale Analysis of Disturbance Dynamics in Hardwood Forest Communities on the Cumberland Plateau, U.S.A., Justin L. Hart
Tennessee State Public School Counselors’ Time, Tasks and Knowledge, Laura Michelle Hebert
Automated Gene Classification using Nonnegative Matrix Factorization on Biomedical Literature, Kevin Erich Heinrich
Organizational Health and Student Achievement Gains in Elementary Schools, Christopher Lee Henderson
God’s Deaf and Dumb Instruments: Albert the Great’s Speculum astronomiae and Four Centuries of Readers, Scott Edward Hendrix