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Masters Theses from 2019

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Perceptions and Food Acquisition Behaviors among Food Pantry Users in Rural Appalachia, Adeline Mae Grier-Welch

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Emotion Regulation as a Potential Mediator between Sleep Quality and Intimate Partner Violence Among College Students, Hannah Grigorian

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A Bayesian Approach to Multi-Drone Source Localization Methods, Joshua James Gurka

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EXPLORING YOUNG ADULT READING HABITS AND RETROSPECTIVE HOME LITERACY PRACTICES, Rachel Guy

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Explorations into Religiosity and its Implications on Physiological Health, Self-Esteem & Life Satisfaction, Fadi Edwar Hakeem

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How Team Culture Affects NCAA Swimming and Diving Team Performance, Michael Hamann

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Effects of prescribed fire on eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina), Katie Ann Harris

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Dopaminergic Input to and Reception in the Auditory Midbrain, Alexa Lorren Hartman

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IDENTITY, INVESTMENT, AND POWER RELATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF NONPROFIT ADULT ESL LEARNERS, Abby Elaine Hassler

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Movements, Immobilization, and Anthropogenic Dietary Histories of Feral Swine in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Patrick Joseph Helm

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Analysis of Adjoint Flux Calculation for Detector Response Estimation in Typical PWR Conditions, Shane Henderson

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Challenging Old Ideas: Adding a key piece to understanding the origin of an important crop, kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L. and understanding how supplemental videos effect student confidence and learning, Justin Hendy

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Investigation of Substituted Vinyl-Added Polynorbornenes and Composite Materials, Morgan Higgins

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t-AUCB, a Pharmacological Inhibitor of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase, Promotes Brown Adipogenesis: Role of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma, Kelsey Hildreth

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Dynamics of Contact Angles and Hemiwicking on Rock Fracture Faces, Bohdan Horodecky

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Thermoregulatory Behavior in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) in a Lab-Controlled Setting, Clara Howell

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Design and Switching Performance Evaluation of a 10 kV SiC MOSFET Based Phase Leg for Medium Voltage Applications, Xingxuan Huang

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Mechanical response of carbon fiber/polyphenylene sulfide commingled fiber & polymethacrylimide foam core sandwich composites, Jared Hughes

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Stand Dynamics Following Gap Scale Exogenous Disturbance in a Single Cohort Mixed Species Stand in Morgan County, Tennessee, Brian Hughett

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Hibernation Activity and the Susceptibility of Southeastern Bats to Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Causal Agent of White-Nose Syndrome, Reilly Jackson

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Experiential Learning of Students on a Study Abroad Trip to Australia: A Qualitative Study, Baylee Jarrell

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Untangling Motivation and Performance: Examining the Impact of Feedback, Expectancy, and Resilience on Performance, Erica W. Jenkins

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Nesting and Brooding Ecology of Eastern Wild Turkey in South-Central Tennessee, Vincent Johnson

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PERSONA, PRINT, AND PROPAGANDA: ORLANDO DI LASSO AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF SELF IN COUNTER-REFORMATION BAVARIA, Tara Leigh Jordan

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Improving Manufacturing Data Quality with Data Fusion and Advanced Algorithms for Improved Total Data Quality Management, David Juriga

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ECOLOGICAL FACTORS UNDERPINNING EXPANSION OF BORRELIA-INFECTED TICK POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Janetta Renea Kelly

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Characterization of Changes in Whiskey Odorants by the Lincoln County Process, Trenton Kerley

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A CNN-LSTM for predicting mortality in the ICU, Mohammad Hashir Khan

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Volunteer and Staff Perceptions of a Public Garden Adopt-a-Spot Volunteer Program: A Qualitative Inquiry, Alice Marie Kimbrell

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Organization of Proteins from Multiple Chemotaxis Systems in Rhizobium Leguminosarum and Impact on Short-Term Root Colonization, Kathleen King

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Evaluating scenarios using a spatially-explicit agent-based model in order to recover pheasant populations and determine biomass harvest strategies, Jasmine Asha Kreig

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Pro-Social Marketing: The Mirror or Veil?, Samantha LaVoi

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“Retention and the Writing Center”: A mixed-methods study measuring writing center students’ satisfaction, self-efficacy, and locus of control, Ryan Lee

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The Screen of (Post)Modern Society: American Sociology and Its Discontents, Robert J. Leonard

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Effects of long-term use and incorporation of biodegradable plastic mulch films on soil microbial community structure and activity, Jose Liquet y Gonzalez

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Willow Comes to WIC: Participants’ Perceptions of Effects on Fruit- and Vegetable-Related Attitudes and Behaviors, Sarah Elizabeth Lisson

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Studies of Molecular Magnetism and Dynamics by Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Zhiming Liu

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Biochar Amendment for Enhanced Nitrogen Use, Soil Health, and Plant Growth, Xiuwen Li

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A Monolithic Gm-C Filter based Very Low Power, Programmable, and Multi-Channel Harmonic Discrimination System using Analog Signal Processing, Gavin Benjamin Long

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Saltiness Enhancing Odorants Derived from Mushrooms, Jordan Lopez

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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF PRESSURE VARIATIONS ON HYDRAULIC BLADDER AND PISTON STYLE ACCUMULATORS, Colin Loudermilk

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The Healing Word: Performative Speech in Anglo-Saxon Medical Texts, Honor Lundt

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Holocene Climate Variability in Hispaniola: Sedimentary Alkane Evidence of Precipitation during the Terminal Classic Drought, Elizabeth MacLennan

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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AMONG MALE AND FEMALE POST-9/11 VETERANS, Rachel Miriam Maskin

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STABILITY OF BOVINE MILK EXOSOMES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PROLIFERATION OF RAW 264.7 CELLS, Svjetlana Matic

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The Effects of Starspots and Faculae on the G-band, Ca I, and Hγ Photospheric Indices, David Cameron McCallister

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The Maestro Attack: Orchestrating Malicious Flows with BGP, Benjamin Tyler McDaniel

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Residential HVAC Control, Evan McKee

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Broiler chicken development: from genetic regulation to rural Rwandan production, Robert Ivan Mihelic

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Development of a Serological Diagnostic assay for Elaeophora schneideri infection in moose (Alces alces), Megan D. Miller

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Mechanisms of resistance against insecticidal dsRNA in Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle), Swati Mishra

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Loss of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Sex-Specific Disruption of Neuronal Function, Blake Mitchell

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Wide Dynamic Range, Highly Accurate, Low Power CMOS Potentiostat for Electrochemical Sensing Applications, Varsha Mohan

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“MAKE SOMEONE LOVE SOMETHING AND SHARE YOUR PASSION”: PERCEPTIONS OF COACH CARING AMONGST ELITE WOMEN’S RUGBY SEVENS ATHLETES, Sierra Morris

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The Tiger Gap: Culture, Contradiction, and Clausewitz in German Armored Warfare in World War II, Eric Vahan Muirhead

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Validating a Measure of Postsecondary Supports, Sean M. Murphy

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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Women Misusing Opioids During Pregnancy and Effects on the Development of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome, Samantha Noose

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Temperature Sensitive Behavioral Modeling of Analog to Digital Converters, William Norton II

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DERIVING LIFETIMES OF LUNAR EJECTA CONSTITUENTS: A MODEL FOR LUNAR EROSION REGOLITH OVERTURN, Cole Nypaver

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The Effects of an Overhead Goal and Movement Anticipation on Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Muscle Activation Patterns, Michael O'Dwyer

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An Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Cercis canadensis L. (Eastern Redbud) Using Microsatellite Loci., Meher Afroze Ony

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Trade Study of a Thermally Insulated, Nonuniform, Single-Zone Absorption Cell, Waritphon Overacker

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Propulsion/airframe Integration Study of an Ultra High Bypass Ratio Turbofan and a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Wing, David Palmer

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Testing and Measurement in a High Voltage and High dv/dt Environment Demonstrated in a 10 kV SiC Based MMC Phase-Leg, James Palmer

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How Accurately Do Infants Represent Lexical Stress Information in Recently Segmented Words?, Sara Parvanezadeh Esfahani

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Heat sensitization of human enteric viruses by plant extracts and validation of their thermal inactivation by bacterial surrogates, Mayuri Hemant Patwardhan

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SOLID STATE SYNTHESIS OF MULTICOMPONENT RARE-EARTH OXIDE CERAMICS, Matheus Pianassola

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH EDUCATION: IMPLEMENTING STEM EDUCATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL MINORITY CLASSROOM THROUGH DESIGN BASED RESEARCH, Alyson Pointer

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Aelius Aristides as Orator-Confessor: Embodied Ethos in Second Century Healing Cults, Josie Rose Portz

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Impact of nutritional management strategies on semen quality of developing bulls, Jarret Proctor

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Does Self-Weighing with Feedback Assist with the Self-Regulation of Energy Balance Behaviors?, Genevieve Prushinski

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A CMOS Sub-threshold W-2W Current mode Digital-to-Analog Converter, Spencer Raby

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A Comparative Analysis of Activity Based Costing and Standard Costing in Tracing the Effect of Lean Implementation in a Deterministic Process, Abhinav Raghavan

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How does genome size affect the evolution of pollen tube growth rate, a haploid performance trait?, John Reese

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Tennessee Beef Cattle Producer Use of and Willingness to Adopt Warm-Season Grasses for Forage, Yongwang Ren

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN UWB RADAR SYSTEM, Matthew Abraham Richardson

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Bleach-Based Decontamination Treatment and Cytosine Deamination in Contaminant DNA, Anne Riley

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The Impact of Batch Size on Worker Stress Perception, EWERTON ESDRAS RODRIGUES DE ARAUJO

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A Robust Hierarchical Dispatch Scheme for Active Distribution Networks Considering Home Thermal Flexibility, Cody Rooks

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Using Landsat Phenology Curves to Characterize Post-Fire Forest Responses in South Carolina, USA, Miranda Brooke Rose

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Revitalizing Brownfields and Greyfields at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Promote Urban Forestry Management, Sally Ross

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Transport Code Simulations for Shielded Special Nuclear Material Discrimination, Gregory P. Rouleau

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Identifying High Risk Spatial-Temporal Clusters and Predictors for La Crosse Virus Vectors: Aedes albopictus (Skuse), Ae. japonicus (Theobald), and Ae. triseriatus (Say) in an Endemic Area (Knox County, TN), Robert Devin Rowe

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Effect of Unique Cover Cropping Strategies on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Their Rates of Nitrogen Release, Manuel Sabbagh

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Classification of sEMG signals and Motion data using learning algorithms with application to post-stroke impairment, Sri Ravali Sadhu

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Effects of Increased Step Width on Knee Biomechanics in Healthy-weight and Obese Populations During Inclined and Declined Walking, Daniel Sample

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A Framework To Implement Varied Learning Environment Using Team Based Learning - Pyramid Hologram To Increase The Learning Outcome In Lean Training, Aravind Satyanarayanan

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"IT’S MORE THAN JUST A GAME": NCCAA DIVISION II STUDENT- ATHLETES’ PERCEPTIONS OF COACH CARING, Jordan Andee Schools

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Emerging Adult Women’s Perceptions of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC): A Grounded Theory Investigation, Elena Schuch

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Characterizing and Comparing Tristructural-Isotropic Buffer Properties from AGR-1 and AGR-2 Irradiation Experiments, Austin Schumacher

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A Numerical Study of the Scaling and Control of Crossing Shock-Wave/Turbulent Boundary-Layer Interactions, Matthew Schwartz

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On the Robustness of Object Detection Based Deep Learning Models, Matthew Seals

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Insects Associated with Industrial Hemp, Cannabis sp. L., in Tennessee and Development of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) on a Hemp-Based Diet, William Seals

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Understanding the Effects of Personalization Behavior on Content Aggregator Use and User Satisfaction, Jared Sebby

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Redox Conditions Determine Microbial Cobamide Production in Hyporheic Sediment, Laurel Seus

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Simulation of a Langmuir Probe Sampling a non-Maxwellian Plasma, Alicia Claire Sherrod

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A STUDY OF DATABASE MIGRATION: UNDERSTANDING THE USER EXPERIENCE, Scott Eugene Shumate

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THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES, Carlie Marie Simms

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STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF MOLTEN-SALT REACTORS, Vikram Singh

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Rationalization of Crystallographic Texture Evolution in High Gamma Prime Ni-based Superalloys during Laser Powder Feed Directed Energy Disposition, Kevin Michael Smith