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Doctoral Dissertations

Dissertations from 2006 2006

Direct Integration of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Detection Mode for Microfluidic Separations and Fluid Handling: μfluidic-SERS, Raynella Magdalene Connatser

Integrated Computational and Experimental Platform for Characterizing Protein Isoforms and PTMs in Microbial Systems by Top-Down FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry, Heather Marie Connelly

Thermodynamic and Neutron Structural Studies of Hydrocarbon Adsorption on MgO Nanocubes, Richard E. Cook

Relationship of Service Coordinators’ Family-Centered Service Delivery and Maternal Empowerment in Tennessee’s Early Intervention System, Fred W. Coulter

Exploring Sexual Scripts: College Students’ Perceptions of Seduction and Rape, Nicole Corsaro Cravens

Parent Perspectives of Family Involvement in Children’s Education: Doing Whatever They Think It Takes to Help Children Grow and Succeed, Regina Marie Curran

Cellulosic Fibers and Nonwovens from Solutions: Processing and Properties, Atul Dahiya

Secondary School Principals' Perceptions of the Value and Impact of High-Stakes Tests on Content and Mode of Instruction, Clifford Davis Jr.

The Role of Logistics Service Quality in Creating Customer Loyalty, Elizabeth Ruth Davis

The Experience of Being Loved: Physical Affection From Parents As Remembered From Childhood, Ellen Senter Denny

Two Biological Applications of Optimal Control to Hybrid Differential Equations and Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Wandi Ding

Superdeformation and High Spin Spectroscopy Studies on ¹⁷⁴Hf, Martin Krassimirov Djongolov

Development of a Test Methodology for Determining the Efficacy of One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma Against Airborne Contaminants, Ronald Edward Domitrovic

Efficient Image Processing in Resource-constrained Visual Sensor Networks, Hongtao Du

Applying Landscape-scale Modeling to Everglades Restoration, Scott M. Duke-Sylvester

A High Gain Multi-Stage Operational Amplifier using Compound Transconductance Element, Chandra Sekhar Acharyulu Durisety

Mechanical Properties of Granular Materials Using Nanoindentation and Modeling with Distinct Element Method, Amal Kumar Dutta

Political Advocacy on the Web: Issue Networks in Online Debate Over the USA Patriot Act, Margot Leigh Emery

Portfolio-Based Writing Assessment: An Investigation of Postsecondary Practices, Sharynn Owens Etheridge

Potential subsurface structures and hydrocarbon reservoirs in the southern Appalachian basin beneath the Cumberland Plateau and eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee, Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia, Jonathan Charles Evenick

Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Polymer Architectures, Brandon Scott Farmer

Spectroscopic Investigations in Chiral Crystalline and Solution Phases, Andrew Thomas Fischer

Teachers’ Awareness of Making Decisions for their Classrooms, Mary Kathryn Fitzgerald

The Pressure Model of Terrorism: A Behavioralist Model for Ethnonational Terrorism in Western Europe, 1945-2000, Ole J. Forsberg

Effect of Speech Presentation Level on Acceptance of Noise in Listeners with Normal and Impaired Hearing, Melinda Carol Freyaldenhoven

The Role of Logistics in the Market Orientation Process, Brian Scott Fugate

A Study of Japanese ELL Students in Mainstream Classrooms, Kazue Fujiwara

Thermal Stability of Binary Cr-Cr₃Si and Ternary NiAl-Mo Eutectic Alloys, Aravind Gali

Effects of an Artificially Lengthened Vocal Tract on Glottal Closed Quotient in Untrained Male Voices, Christopher Somers Gaskill

Magnetism and Transport Properties of Transition Metal Oxides and Nanoparticles, Dane Thomas Gillaspie

Gender, Power, and the January-May Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Esther Liu Godfrey

The Thematic Meaning of Face-to-Face Conflict Experiences: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation, Thomas Rhett Graves

Democracy and Capitalism in the American Western, Michelle C. Greenwald

Technology Proficiency Among K-12 Award-Nominated Teachers in Tennessee: A Survey of Teachers, Christopher John Greer

Development of a Potentially Accurate and Efficient LES CFD Algorithm to Predict Heat and Mass Transport in Inhabited Spaces, Marcel Andre Grubert

Measuring the Safety Climate of Steel Mini-mill Workers using an Instrument Validated by Structural Equation Modeling, Michael Edward Hall

Crises, Deficits, and Ideologies in the Congressional Debates of the NCLB: How Presidential Influence Impacted Early Childhood Education Initiatives, Winnifred Diane Hall

Empathic Accuracy and Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Peter T. Haugen

Administrators' Perceptions of Corporal Punishment in Hamilton County Elementary Schools, Kathryn Hunt Hawkins

Justifying Leadership: A Social Cognitive Approach to Understanding and Predicting Egotistic and Philanthropic Leadership, Katherine R. Helland

Dendroclimatological Analysis and Fire History of Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris Mill.) in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Joseph P. Henderson

Scenes from the Margins: A Participatory Action Research Study About the Praxis of Womanhood as a Different Way of Working in Male-Dominated Professions, Jane Bingham Henry

Essays on Tax Competition, Brian Christopher Hill

Disentangling the Meaning of Multisource Feedback: An Examination of the Nomological Network Surrounding Source and Dimension Factors, Brian J. Hoffman

Attachment Styles and Use of Defense Mechanisms: A Study of the Adult Attachment Projective and Cramer's Defense Mechanism Scale, Paul Matthew Hoffman

Optimal Control of Partial Di®erential Equations and Variational Inequalities, Volodymyr Hrynkiv

Sense of Identity and Life Satisfaction in College Students, Beverly Carol Huffstetler

Temperature Dependent Analytical Modeling, Simulation and Characterizations of HEMTs in Gallium Nitride Process, Hasina F. Huq

Effects of Balance Training On Falls Efficacy for Older Adults Residing In Assisted- Living Facilities, James Norman Hurtubise

Understanding Environmental Concerns and Contexts: A Multilevel Exploration of Economic, Social and Natural Environment Contexts on Environmental Concerns, Sean Thomas Huss

Thermodynamic Characterization of Polymeric Materials Subjected to Non-isothermal Flows: Experiment, Theory and Simulation, Tudor Constantin Ionescu

Automotive Crashworthiness of Adhesively Bonded Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite Structures, George Chennakattu Jacob

Instructional Leadership and Academic Performance in Tennessee High Schools, Denise Minton Johnson

The Role of Novel Magnetic Interactions in Surface-Supported Magnetic Nanodot Assemblies, Maria Asuncion Torija Juana

Materials Integration and Device Fabrication of Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor Arrays for Intracellular Gene Delivery, Seung-Ik Jun

Leadership Ability Based on Communication Style: A Quantitative Study of the Effects of Sex and Gender on Perception of Leadership, Linda Pysher Jurczak

Virtues and Dying: Patient Virtues and Good Deaths, William Paul Kabasenche

Pseudoelasticity and Shape Memory Effect in Single Crystal Fe₃Al, Saurabh Kabra

The Stability Analysis of Linear Dynamical Systems with Time-Delays, Ajeet Ganesh Kamath

Unholstered and Unquestioned: The Rise of Post-World War II American Gun Cultures, Angela Frye Keaton

Internet Financial Reporting: The Effects of Hyperlinks and Irrelevant Information on Investor Judgments, Andrea Seaton Kelton

Anaclitic and Introjective Personality Distinctions among Psychotherapy Outpatients: Examining Clinical Change across Baseline and Therapy Phases, David Dix Kemmerer

Intention to Leave and Organizational Commitment among Child Welfare Workers, Shakira Alicia Kennedy

Embodying History: Women, Representation, and Resistance in Twentieth-Century Southern African and Caribbean Literature, April Conley Kilinski

Political Sophistication and Partisan Cues: Insight from South Korea’s 2002 Presidential Election, Do-Kyung Kim

Religion and Political Attitudes in South Korea, Junghyoun Kim

Developing an Integrated Model of Interactivity in the Context of Travel-Related Web Sites, Juran Kim

Promises to Keep: A Phenomenological Study of ICU Nurses’ Experiences Caring for Dying Patients, Phyllis Ann King

Population (amoA-based) and activity (amoA-mRNA-based) assessment of ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) during activated sludge wastewater treatment, Hsion-Wen Kuo

Studies on Cytochrome P450 genes in Drosophila melanogaster: Relationship between over expression and DDT resistance, and xenobiotic induction, Srilalitha Kuruganti

Vertical export of biogenic matter in the Chukchi and Barents Seas, Catherine Lalande

The Tension and Coherence of Love, Identification, and Detachment in Gandhi’s thought, Sanjay Lal

A Study of the Relationship Between Indentation Creep and Uniaxial Creep, James Anthony LaManna Jr.

A Mode Comparison between Mailed and Internet Surveys, Craig T. Laymen

Design Assessment of Two-Wheeled Luggage Based on Mechanical Models and a Usability Test, Jun-Seok Lee

Environmental Manipulation to Increase the Nutritional Content in Leafy Vegetables, Mark Gregory Lefsrud

Impact of Inter-Organizational Influence Communication Strategies on Target Firm Relationship Satisfaction: an Empirical Study of the Food and Chemical Industry in Thailand, Thaweephan Leingpibul

Two Essays on Corporate Reorganization under Chapter 11, Fei Leng

Management of Requirements Changes in Sequence-Based Software Specifications, Lan Lin

Modeling of Terrain Impact Caused by Off-road Vehicles, Qinghe Li

Multivariate Nonnormal Regression Models, Information Complexity, and Genetic Algorithms: A Three Way Hybrid for Intelligent Data Mining, Minhui Liu

Molecular and Physiological Basis for Hair Loss in Near Naked Hairless and Oak Ridge Rhino-like Mouse Models: Tracking the Role of the Hairless Gene, Yutao Liu

An Investigation of the Deposition and Characterization of Materials Formed by Electron Beam Induced Deposition, Wei Li

Scheduling Algorithms for Scalable High-Performance Packet Switching Architectures, Xike Li

Chemical Characterization of PAN based Carbon Fibers Produced by Microwave Assisted Plasma (MAP) Technology and effect of Plasma Treatment on Carbon Fiber Surface and Interphase with Polymer Matrix, Xiaoyu Luo

How Factors Related to Social Control Might Contribute to Juvenile Delinquency Among African American and Caucasian Females, Andridia Victoria Mapson

Cross-Species Comparison of Spermatocyte Responses to Induced DNA Damage: the Laboratory Mouse and Drosophila melanogaster, Shannon Marie Matulis

Solute Transport and U(VI) Reactivity in Natural Heterogeneous Sediments, Melanie A. Mays

Measurement of the ³²S(p,d)³¹S Reaction and Its Astrophysical Implications, Zhanwen Ma

The Taped-Problems Intervention: Increasing Multiplication Fact Fluency Using a Low-Tech Time Delay Intervention, Elizabeth McCallum

Assessment of the Trait Hope Scale with Social Service Providers, Andrea Kelli McCarter

Accelerating Exact Stochastic Simulation of Biochemical Systems, James Michael McCollum

A Test of the Classical Model for Predicting Endurance Running Performance, James Edward McLaughlin

An Investigation into the Nature of the Relationship of Corporate Culture to Logistics Outsourcing Decisions, John Edmund Mello

Forest Certification and Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: assessing awareness, acceptance, and educational preferences, David Chester Mercker

Design Criteria for Aerobic Treatment of Grease Waste by Filamentous Microorganisms in Activated Sludge, Christian Edward Seal Mery

Variance Analysis of TDOT Highway Construction Prices for Modeling Estimates, Lloyd Medford Middleton

Methylsilane Derived SiC Particle Coatings Produced By Fluid-Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition, James Henry Miller

Vitronectin and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Form Higher-Order Complexes that Localize to the Extracellular Matrix and Adopt Adhesive Properties, Kenneth H. Minor

Cohomological Dimension With Respect to Nonabelian Groups, Atish Jyoti Mitra