Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2005
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
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