Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2006
The Development of a Computer Operator Risk Index to Assist Computer Operators, Sandra Louise Rudd
Benefits, Corporate Motives, and Communication Patterns in Strategic Philanthropic Relationships as Perceived by Nonprofit Partners, Gregory Grant Rumsey
A Theory for Modified Conservation Principles Optimization of CFD Algorithm Fidelity, Sunil Sahu
Nondestructive Evaluation of Loading and Fatigue Effects in Haynes® 230® Alloy, Tarik Adel Saleh
Potential Development of Resistance to Food Antimicrobials by Foodborne Pathogens, Lilia Milagros Santiago Santiago
Accommodating the Needs of Field Dependent Learners in Simulation Gaming Environments, Ahmet Feyzi Satici
Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Second and Fourth Order Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Michael A. Saum
Not so Immaculately Conceived: Imagining the Protestant Madonna 1850-1910, Deborah Ann Scaperoth
Inhibition of Direct Prostaglandin F2α Effects on Pre-attachment Embryos Improves Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle, Fernando Nestor Scenna
The Impact of Authority and Agendas in The Management Of Public Authorities: Studying The Relationship Between Public Transportation Authority Boards And Executives, Robert August Schneider
Winnie-the-Pooh and Lincoln, Too: Children’s Literature as Civic Education, Marc S. Schwerdt
Characterizing the Fate and Transport of Solutes in Soil, Youngho Seo
An Historical Analysis of the Presentation of Controversial Issues in Journals Published by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS): 1973 - 2003, Kimberlee Anne Sharp
Essays on Quantitative Analysis of Supply Chain Structures, Contracts and Coordination, Xinjie Shi
Scheduling tasks with precedence constraints on heterogeneous distributed computing systems, Zhiao Shi
Madam President: A Content Analysis and Media Effects Approach to Investigating News Nedia Coverage of Female Presidential Primary Candidates, Tiffany Jane Shoop
Synthesis and Radiolabeling of Potassium Trifluoroborate Benzylidene Anabaseine Derivatives, Aaron Landon Smith
The Child Fatality Review Process: A Tennessee Profile, Charity Sue Smith
Graphics Calculators In Developmental Mathematics—Policies And Practice: An Investigation Of Factors Affecting Instructors’ Classroom Usage In Tennessee Community Colleges, Joyce Petty Smith
Remember the Ordinary, If You Can’: Metaphor, Memory and Meaning of 9/11 in the Leading Articles of The Times of London, Anne Snellen
Differential Expression of Skin Cancer and Hair-Follicle Cycle Regulated Genes in Tumor Susceptible K14-Agouti Mice, Yesim Aydin Son
Teachers' Classroom Food-Related Practices and Perceptions of the School Nutrition Environment, Marsha Lynn Spence
Men’s Experiences of Depression: A Phenomenological Investigation, Brian D. Spillman
Biological Anthropological Aspects of the African Diaspora; Geographic Origins, Secular Trends, and Plastic Versus Genetic Influences Utilizing Craniometric Data, Martha Katherine Spradley
A Lifetime-Prediction Approach to Understanding Corrosion: The Corrosion-Fatigue and the Corrosion Behavior of a Nickel-Based Superalloy and a Nanocrystalline Alloy, Rejanah Vernice Steward
Relational Value Exchange: A Grounded Theory Study of Buyers' and Sellers' Approaches to Building, Maintaining, and/or Dissolving Interorganizational Relationships, Geoffrey Todd Stewart
Climate and Student Performance in Tennessee Middle Schools, Myrna Gail Summer
"Is Someone Reading Us?" Fourth Grade Students Respond to Postmodern Picture Books, Elizabeth Anderson Swaggerty
The Decoupling Hypothesis: A new idea for the origin of hominid bipedalism, Adam David Sylvester
Determination of Oriented Strandboard Properties from a 3D Density Distribution using the Finite Element Method, Alan Derek Nii Takie
ASyMTRe: Building Coalitions for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams, Fang Tang
Management of Hybrid Bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr. x Poa pratensis L.) in the Transition Zone, Travis Charles Teuton
Stochastic Optimization Models for Contingency Allocation in Project Management, Barbara Maria Thibadeau
Neutron Scat- tering in the Novel Quantum Magnets: LiVO2 and DMACuCl3, Wei Tian
An Investigation of Automaticity in Learning Disabled (LD) and Non-Clinical Adults, Kerry Towler
An Examination of Competitiveness and Personality in Relation to Academic and Sales Performance, Matthew Charles Valenti
Molar and Molecular Perspectives on Mothers' Responsiveness to Their Clinic-Referred and "Normal" Children, Vanessa Ann Vigilante
Female School Superintendents In Tennessee: Overcoming Barriers, Vicki Cameron Violette
The Tractatus as an Ethical Deed: Seeing and Feeling the World "Sub Specie Aeternitatis, Sam Matthew von Mizener
Studying the Fatigue Behavior of Zr-Based Bulk-Metallic Glasses and Composites, Gongyao Wang
A Kinetic Study of Indentation Pop-out in Si, Songqing Wen
Processing and Characterization of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened 14YWT Ferritic Alloys, Michael Keith West
The Relationship Among Personality Traits, Character Strengths, and Life Satisfaction in College Students, Nalini Maria West
Gender Differences in the Preferred Methods of Training, Needs and Interests, and Hindrances and Motivators for Sexual Harassment Training, Heather Monique Whaley
Applications of Modern Statistical Methods to Analysis of Data in Physical Science, James Eric Wicker
Surface Composition and Interaction of Thermally Treated White Oak with White Sprits, Roy Douglas Wilcox
Using a Previewing Strategy to Enhance Reading Comprehension of Secondary Students, Ashley Delores Williams
Measuring Effort to Interview and Track Mothers of Newborns, Elizabeth E. Wilson
Exploring the Relationship Between Time-Series Data Collection and Duration of Treatment in a University Clinic: A Survival Analysis, Justin D. Winkel
An Investigation of Sense of Identity among College Students, Christine Susie Wu
Numerical Simulation of Flow over a Surface-mounted Cube with the Vorticity Confinement Method, Min Xiao
A Generalized Instantaneous Nonactive Power Theory for Parallel Nonactive Power Compensation, Yan Xu
Adsorption of Small Molecules on MgO and Graphite, Peter Nikolaivich Yaron
Ex-situ Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ Films: Precursor Conversion and Film Characterization, Yifei Zhang
High Performance Control of a Transmission Based Servo Actuator System, Renbin Zhou
Dissertations from 2005
Suppliers Evaluation and Selection: A Comprehensive Model to Minimize the Risk Associated with Quality and Delivery, Ammar Mohamed Aamer
Genetic Analysis of Feline Calicivirus (FCV) Isolates Associated with a Hemorrhagic-like Disease, Mohamed Mostafa Abd-Eldaim
Understanding Immune Response in Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection, Sarojini Adusumilli
Synthesis of a C-Linked Methyl β-Disaccharide as a Building Block of Hyaluronic Acid Oligosaccharide Mimetics, Kpakpo Ambroise Akue
Examining Race and Educational Reform in America: History, Strategies and an Ethnography, Sidonia J. Alenuma
The Effects of Vicarious Rewards and Vicarious Response-Cost on Incidental Learning, Jessica L. Allin
Technology-Based Self-Service: From Customer Productivity Toward Customer Value, İsmet Anıtsal
Coupling Analysis, Simulation, and Experimentation in Natural and Engineered Biological Systems at the Molecular Scale, Derek W. Austin
Studies in Rheology: Molecular Simulation and Theory, Chunggi Baig
High Performance Parallel Approximate Eigensolver for Real Symmetric Matrices, Yihua Bai
Development of an Electronic System for Field-Scale Geomorphometric Measurements, Roberto Negrão Barbosa
Psychopathic Traits in College Students: Electrodermal Reactivity, Anxiety, Disinhibition, Risk-Taking, and Executive Functioning, Robert L. Bare
Aggression and the Big Five Personality Factors of Grades and Attendance, Juan J. Barthelemy
High Resolution X-ray and Neutron Crystallographic Studies of Escherichia coli Dihydrofolate Reductase, Brad C. Bennett
Physical Activity of Older Adults Residing in Different Levels of Care, Randall Joseph Bergman
Molecular mechanism of caffeine-induced expression of two cytochrome P450 genes, Cyp6a2 and Cyp6a8, in Drosophila melanogaster, Srividya Bhaskara
Murine Herpetic Stromal Keratitis: Elucidating the Early Events Involved in its Pathogenesis, Partha S. Biswas
Social and Emotional Development of Children 0 to 36 Months in Poverty, Valentina Bopkova
Multimodal Three Dimensional Scene Reconstruction, The Gaussian Fields Framework, Fayçal Boughorbel
A Price on Freedom: The Problems and Promise of the Vietnam Era G.I. Bills, Mark Boulton
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Geomorphic Adjustment in Channelized Tributary Streams of the Lower Hatchie River Basin, West Tennessee, Mary A. Boulton
Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of Transition Metal Organometallic and Coordination Complexes with Reference to Catalysis, Megan Taliaferro Bragg
Achievement of Eighth Grade Students in Mathematics After, Megan Shanette Bray
Children’s Books and The Nature of Science: A Multisite Naturalistic Case Study of Three Elementary Teachers in the Rural Southeast, Patricia Lynn Bricker
Resilience: Its Relationship to Forgiveness in Older Adults, Linda Cox Broyles
The Comparative Ordered Influence of Brand Equity’s Experiential and Functional Antecedents and Dimensions, and its Consequences on U.S. and Mainland Chinese Consumers, Samuel Allen Broyles
Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Acylated Phloroglucinols, Joseph Allen Burlison
New approaches to Risk Management and Scenario Approximation in Financial Optimization, Maksym Bychkov
The Performance Predictive Effectiveness of Two Personnel Assessment Profiles for Tennessee Extension County Directors, Wm. Herbert Byrd, III
Evaluation of Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Emissions During Cold-Start and Steady-State Idling Conditions and Reduction of Emissions from a Truck-Stop Electrification Program, James A. Calcagno
Science and the Spirit of the Age: Blake, Wordsworth, and the Romantic Scientific Paradigm, Thomas C. Call
Perspectives on Self-Immolation Experiences Among Uzbek Women, Elizabeth Ann Campbell
Embodying Nature: Medicine, Law, and the Female Gothic, Mercy Cannon
Student Success: A Study of Computer-Based Instruction Versus Lecture-Based Instruction in Developmental Mathematics at a Tennessee Community College, Tina Renee Cannon
Chlorpyrifos in Human Breast Milk?, Karyn Ann Casey
Understanding Child Narrative Development Through the Lens of Lessons and Dialogue in Mother-Child Interactions, Mary Clare Champion
In Situ Biostimulation of Uranium Reducing Microorganisms at the Old Rifle UMTRA Site, Yun-juan Chang
Supplier Contracts with Profit Sharing, Open-book Costing and Associated Audit Rights, Hui Chen
A Qualitative Study of Teachers' Perceptions of Integrated Kindergarten Programs in Hong Kong, Wai Yung Cheuk