Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2005
Inter-Firm Knowledge Sharing and Its Effect on Relationship Value: A Global Supply Chain Perspective, Mee-Shew Cheung
International Graduate Students in U.S.-based TESOL Discourse Communities: Finding and Creating a Space, Seonhee Cho
Factors Affecting Uses and Impacts of Performance Measures in Mid-Sized U.S. Cites, Yeonsoo Chung
The Development of Building Block Methodologies to Produce Nanostructured Heterogeneous Catalysts by Design, Jason Curtis Clark
The Effect of Specific Versus Generalized Supervisory Feedback on Counseling Self-Efficacy of Counselors-In-Training, Sheri Lyn Clark
Effects of Power Generation and Two Different Landing Protocols on Evaluating Impact Attenuation in Landing, Kurt Gavin Clowers
Women’s Experiences and Expectations of the Physician-Patient Relationship, Jill Denise Compton
Factors Affecting the Phase Separation of Liquid Crystals from Acrylate-based Polymer Matrices, Nathan Joseph Crawford
Framing the Genetic Engineering Debate: An Examination of Frames and Sources in Local Newspaper Reporting, Catherine Emma Crawley
Measurement of Energy Expenditure During Laboratory and Field Activities, Scott E. Crouter
The Making of James Agee, Hugh Rollin Davis
Thin Film Sputtering of Gadolinium and Chromium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet, Yuepeng Deng
Essays on the Behavioral Effects of Tax Policy, John Allen Deskins
Health Risk Assessment Posed by the Mobile Source Air Toxics on an Urban to Regional Area, Luis Alonso Díaz Robles
Lanthanide Separation Using Rate-Controlled Solvent Extraction, Joey Edwin Dickson
Geographic Variation in Native American Anthropometrics: a Spatial Analysis of the Boas and Gifford Datasets, Paul Christopher Dillingham
Crystallization of Random Propylene-Ethylene Copolymers at Atmospheric and High Pressures, Anita Dimeska
It Permeates the Whole Fabric of Your Life': The Experience of Scholars Who Have Studied Self-Directed Learning, Robert Clark Donaghy
Development of Novel Synthetic Methods Utilizing Group III and IV Reagents, Gang Dong
A River for War, a Watershed to Change: The Tennessee Valley Authority During World War II, William Wade Drumright
An Investigation of The Predictive Validity of Broad and Narrow Personality Traits in Relation to Academic Achievement, Jessica A. Dunsmore
Active Harmonic Elimination in Multilevel Converters, Zhong Du
In the Shadow of Greatness: The Archaeology of Capitalism, Agriculture, and the Informal Economy at Marble Springs, Knox County, Tennessee, 1847-1932, Tanya Alexandra Faberson
Variation in Life History and Behavioral Traits in the Colonial Spider Parawixia bistriata (Araneidae): Some Adaptive Responses to Different Environments, María Florencia Fernández Campón
A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Change in Animal Utilization at Bethsaida from Iron Age II through the Early Roman Period, Toni Gayle Fisher
Readiness Factors Contributing to Participant Satisfaction in Online Higher Education Courses, Dewey L. Fogerson
Improvement of Long Range Order in Diblock Copolymer Templates for Nanostructure Deposition, Scott Michael Fontana
Indecent Proposals: A Legal Analysis of ‘Indecency’ Applied to Broadcasting and the Internet, Maria Irene Fontenot
The Interrelationships among Marital Hostility, Parental Depression, Compromised Parenting Behaviors, and Youth Maladjustment: A Mediated Model, Karen Lillemor Franck
Implicit and Explicit Personality: An Integrative Approach to Predicting Aggressive Behavior in a Field Setting, Brian Christopher Frost
Efficacy of Pilates Exercises as Therapeutic Intervention in Treating Patients with Low Back Pain, Laura Horvath Gagnon
Wo liegt die Grenze? Aspekt, Aktionsart und verwandte Phanomene in der Erforschung der deutschen Sprache, Maria Gallmeier
Liquid Crystals Confined in Nanoporous Silica, Yang Gao
The Only Way Out Is To Die: Perceptions and Experiences of Rural, Homebound, Older Diabetics, Sharon Robbins George
Approaches to Uniform-Morphology: Polymer-Based SERS Substrates, Kathleen Sue Giesfeldt
Conservation of Grassland Bird Populations on Military Installations in the Eastern United States with Special Emphasis on Fort Campbell Army Base, Kentucky, James J. Giocomo
The Self Cohesion Scale: A Measure of the Kohutian Concept of Self Cohesion, Debra K. Gleason
Designs for Stated Preference Experiments, Jennifer Lynn Golek
Adolescent Sexual Behaviors: Analyses of Context, Catherine Marie Grello
Tax Policies and Entrepreneurship: Relative Tax Rates and Health Insurance Deductibility, Tami Jean Gurley
Quality of Life for Cancer Survivor Spouses, Meta Gustafson
Floating WIM Threshold Concept for Truck Weight Enforcement, Zhongren Gu
Curriculum-Based Measurement: Investigating the Relationship Between Oral and Silent Reading Comprehension and Words Correct per Minute, Andrea Dawn Hale
Reinventing the Plantation: Gated Communities as Spatial Segregation in the Gullah Sea Islands, Melissa Denise Hargrove
An Interpretive Analysis of the Formative Period of Journal Publications related to Multicultural Education: 1977-1987, Renard B. Harris
James Fenimore Cooper, Professional Authorship, and the American Literary Marketplace, 1838-1851, Steven P. Harthorn
MOSFET Modeling, Simulation and Parameter Extraction in 4H- and 6H- Silicon Carbide, Md Hasanuzzaman
The rRNAt/rDNA Ratio as a Measure of Nitrite Oxidizing Activity, Shawn A. Hawkins
Value Similarity and Satisfaction in Interpersonal Relationships, Lauriann Lowe Hebb
Discovering Strengths of Homeless Abused Women, Jean Croce Hemphill
Father Perspectives on the Relationship Between Family-Centered Practices and Empowerment Outcomes in Early Intervention, William Bryan Higgins
Adaptive Nonlinear Optimization Methodology For Installed Capacity Decisions In Distributed Energy/Cooling Heat And Power Applications., Carl Randolph Hudson
Longitudinal Prediction of Parenting Alliance Strength: The Roles of Marital Satisfaction and Depression, Farrah Moore Hughes
An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Universal Nonverbal Inventory of Personality, Holly Michelle Hutchins
AC Loss and Thickness Dependence of Critical Currents in Coated Conductors, Anota Oluwatoyin Ijaduola
Effects of Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Idling Emissions on Ambient Air Quality at a Truck Travel Center and Air Quality Benefits Associated with Advanced Truck Stop Electrification Technology, Guenet Tilahun Indale
Ligand Binding Studies in R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase and the Evaluation of the Anion-Quadrupole Interaction at a Quantum Mechanical Level, Michael Robert Jackson
The Homicidal Narcissist, Tedra Elise Jamison
Photo-Acoustic Analysis of Dental Materials and Tissue, Pavlina Jetchkova Jeleva
Study of Rheological Properties of Polymeric Liquids by Using Multiple-Mode Models, Bangwu Jiang
The Effect of Ultrasonic Vibration on the Solidification of Light Alloys, Xiaogang Jian
Ruffed Grouse Habitat Use, Reproductive Ecology, and Survival in Western North Carolina, Benjamin Colter Jones
Interpersonal Forgiveness: Longitudinal Analyses, Vidhya Iyer Kamat
Experimental Study of Slip Flow in the Semi-hyperbolically Converging Dies, Prajakta Kamerkar
Neutron Scattering Studies on Magnetism and Phonon in the Electron-doped Nd2-xCexCuO4 and Pr1-xLaCexCuO4, Hye Jung Kang
A Comparative Philosophical Study of Care Theory in Western and Korean Cultures and Their Educational Implications, So Young Kang
Transgressing the Closets: Female Coaches Negotiations of Heteronormativity in Sport, Kerrie J. Kauer
Freeway Crash Prediction Models for Long-Range Urban Transportation Planning, Vasin Kiattikomol
Black Children and Northern Missionaries, Freedmen's Bureau Agents, and Southern Whites in Reconstruction Tennessee, 1865 -1869, Troy Lee Kickler
HSV-1 Induced Ocular Angiogenesis: Antiangiogenic Strategies to Prevent Herpetic Stromal Keratitis Pathogenesis, Bum Seok Kim
East Asians’ Experience of Sojourning in East Tennessee: A Phenomenological Investigation, Yoonmi Kim
The Impact of Gender Frame Sponsorship on the Frame Process in Sport, Christie Morgan Kleinmann
A Watershed Classification System Based on Headwater Catchments in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee-North Carolina, Martin Dietrich Lafrenz
A Newly Identified Hantavirus: The Development of Immunologic Diagnostic Assays and Phylogenetic Analysis for Detection and Characterization, Shawn Lee Lewis
Synthesis and Applications of Monolithic HPLC Columns, Chengdu Liang
Computational Investigations of Collision Induced Absorption, Timothy Carl Lillestolen
Differential-Algebraic Approach to Speed and Parameter Estimation of the Induction Motor, Mengwei Li
Thermal and X-ray Analysis on the Origin of Double Melting Phenomena of Poly(L-lactic acid) Films, Xiaoyun Ling
The Relationship Between Personality Traits, Vocational Interest Themes, and College Major Satisfaction, Christen Tomlinson Logue
Encosto in a Brazilian Favela, Darrell William Lynch
Components of Auditory Closure, Steven Glen Madix
Investigation of Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed (Conyza canadensis L. Cronq.) In Tennessee, Christopher Lynn Main
Atomistic Investigation of Anomalous Diffusion on Surfaces: A Deterministic Approach, James Wesley Mancillas
Using Projective Measures to Examine the Relationship Between Adult Attachment Status and Object Relations, Betty Marie Martin
Playing With Stories: Sporting Narratives and the Deliberation of Moral Questions, Matthew A. Masucci
Acupuncture Use for Pain as Compared to Other Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine, Elizabeth Susan McGrady
Gender and Internet Advertising: Differences in the Ways Males and Females Engage with and Perceive Internet Advertising, Carolynn Anne McMahan
Adaptive Control of Axisymmetric Jets by Cavities, Abraham Joseph Meganathan
Constriction Behavior, a Key Innovation In Snake Evolution: The Integration of Ethology and Physiology, Rita S. Mehta
Gravity in Extra Dimensions of Infinite Volume, Chad Aaron Middleton
A Tree-Ring Oxygen Isotope Record of Tropical Cyclone Activity, Moisture Stress, and Long-term Climate Oscillations for the Southeastern U.S., Dana Lynette Miller
Recuperando a los Peron: Posmodemidad e intertextualidad en dos obras de Tomas Eloy Martinez, Jose D. Minay
The Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Bulk Metallic Glasses, Mark Lee Morrison