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Masters Theses from 2023

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Methods of Inactivation for Foodborne Pathogens: an investigation into ozone gas and UV irradiation, Addison Kay Myers

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Tomato Flower Detection and Three-Dimensional Mapping for Precision Pollination, Kaitlyn McKensie Nelms

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ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SINGLE CORRECT ANSWERS IN LEGAL INTERPRETATION, Francis Kwame Nyamekeh Jr

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Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Subjective Social Status: Potential Moderating Effects of Optimism, Resilience, and Self-Efficacy, Caterina Obenauf

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Saltiness Enhancement Through the Synergism of Pyroglutamyl Peptides and Organic Acids, Fnu Oshin

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Evaluation of Recycled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Andrew D. Patchen

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Characterization of Deodorized Kraft Lignin and Lignin-Polymer Composite Blends, Neel J. Patel

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Comparison of Male and Female Rib Sternal Ends and the Effects of Aging using Elliptical Fourier Analysis, Marta M. Paulson

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Drought and Excess Moisture Crop Insurance Indemnities to Tennessee Corn Producers, Jordan Peterson

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Establishing and Optimization of Tissue Culture work with Erigeron canadensis, Robert Petursson

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Relationship Between Higher Estrus-Associated Temperatures (HEAT) and the Bovine Preovulatory Follicular Fluid Metabolome, Abigayle B. Pollock

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DESIGN OF MACHINE TOOL CROSS BEAM USING METAL BIG AREA ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Tyler Poon

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Methods for Decarbonized Aeroengine Combustor Design, Robert T. Prater

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Assessing the Effects of the Spring Hunting Season Start Date on Wild Turkey Seasonal Productivity and Hunter Behavior, Joseph Quehl

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An Analysis of How Consumers Use Best-if-Used-By Dates As a Cue for Evaluating Food Products, Beth Anne Billie Ray

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Inhibiting ice recrystallization in ice cream with corn cob hemicelluloses, Matthew W. Reeder

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Correlating Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Processing Parameters to Fiber Length and the Mechanical Performance of Reinforced Polymer Composites, Andrew Phillip Rhodes

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Black Bear Population Health Monitoring in the Southeast, Kathleen Elizabeth Riese

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Development and Study of Small Database for the Activation of Nitrous Oxide Towards Formation of Iron(IV)-Oxo Species, Tobias Barthalomew Robertson

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Covered Monuments and Black Erasure in Nashville, Tennessee, Kayla S. Roulhac

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Exploring Factors Influencing Suicidal Behavior: An Investigation into Automatic Determinants of Capability Factors, Matthew A. Russ

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Survey of Input Modalities in the Western World, John Ezat Sadik

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Neurodiversity in Sense and Sensibility and Emma: Jane Austen’s Heroines and Their Cognitive Difference, Alexandra Sausa

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A Computational Analysis of Hypersonic Store Separations, Ryan C. Savery

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Use of Experimental Evolution to Select for Listeria Phages in Food Environments and Assessing the Prevalence of Listeria spp. in Soil, Claire N. Schamp

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“Vom Verstehen rede ich vorsichtshalber nicht”: Discourses of Memory and German-Jewish Literature in Selected Literary Award Speeches by Barbara Honigmann, Achim Schmid

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Comparative Analysis on Low Cost Continuous Carbon Fiber Polypropylene Composite Using Compression Molding and Automated Tape Placement, Benjamin U. Schwartz

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Accuracy of Current Body Weight Estimation Methods in Body Condition Categories and Reproducibility Among Trained Professionals in Equine Nutrition Screening, Ashley Self

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Predicting Harvest Activities in Mixed-species Forests using a Random Survival Forest Algorithm, Dinuka Madhushan Senevirathne

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Effect of bovine oviduct and endometrial cell conditioned media on in vitro produced bovine embryo development, Lisa Kirsten Senn

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Redox-Active Polymerization Catalysts and Their Applications, Nicholas M. Shawver

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The Relationship Between Auditory Working Memory and Statistical Learning in Infancy, McKenzie Mullins Sheets

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Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation: Learning From Experts, Hannah J. Shinew

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A Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Clinical Trial Patient Enrollment in Drug Development Portfolio Demand Planning, Ahmed Shoieb

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An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Narrowband Freestream Noise on Fundamental Transitional Shockwave-Boundary Layer Interaction Mechanisms, Zane Matthew Shoppell

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Labor migration triggered by COVID-19 and its impact on climate change adaptation of producers in Sunsari district, Nepal, Amrit Shrestha

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Adaptive Strategies in Plant Physiology: Analyzing Duckweed (Lemna minor) Plasticity and Enhancing Potato Stress Resilience, Megan J. Sichterman

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Communication distance predicts territory size for an urban songbird, Ruth A. Simberloff

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Exploring alternative methodologies to estimate by-species sawlog volume in the southeastern United States, Tara Skiba

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Unsupervised machine learning of tornado-producing storms in the southeastern United States, Morgan R. Steckler

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SPORT MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTORS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS AND STUDENT-ATHLETES, Alaina Catherine Stem

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Relationship Between Heart Rate Variability, Waking Salivary Cortisol, and Subjective Readiness in NCAA Division I Swimmers, Bayley Stewart

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Effect of Amputation on Muscle Structure Properties in a Rabbit Model, Roy Caleb Stubbs

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Evaluating Bulk Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Acidic Hydrothermal Sediments on Earth– Implications for Mars Astrobiology, Chance Sturrup

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Surface Location Error in Robotic Milling: Modeling and Experiments, Richard Henry Swan Jr.

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DATA-WISDOM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING DATA LITERACY, Rita Swartzentruber

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HYPORHEIC ZONE HYDRODYNAMICS, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SAN SABA RIVER, TEXAS, Ethan G. Sweet

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Surface Corrosion Response of Al Alloys A383 and Aural 2 with Ce Additions in Aqueous NaCl and Salt-fog Environments, Michael James Thompson

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A robust agroinfiltration method, Bryce N. Trull

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Fortune, Fate, and Free Will: Chaucer’s Encounters with Providence, Ciara Jane Turula

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Synthesis of block copolymer additives for examining phase morphology and improving mechanical properties of thermoplastics elastomers., Bishal Upadhyay

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One Step at a Time; Union Organizing in the Public Sector South, Daniel Urquieta

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Multiphysics modeling to understand microwave-food interactions in a multi-port solid-state microwave system., Kartik Verma

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EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE DOMAINS TO INVESTIGATE PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN POLYKETIDE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS, Mujeeb Adeyinka Wakeel

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Urbanization on the Landscape of the Old City: An Archaeological Investigation of Site 40KN223 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Garrett B. Wamack

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Age Impacts Perineuronal Net Density in the Somatosensory Genital Cortex Independently of Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Ian D. Warren

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Assessing the Impact of the Tennessee Equine Industry, Olivia Watson

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A Portfolio, Samuel Webb

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Refractory High-Entropy Alloys: Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Nanoparticle Synthesis, John Hutson Whitlow

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A Character and A Fame to Model Their Own: Statesmanship, Masculinity, and Honor in Northern Political Culture, 1852-1874, Rachel Elise Wiedman

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Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Design Optimization, Austin Ryan Williams

Masters Theses from 2022

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Quantifying Support Practice Factor Values for Sediment Retention Devices Using WEPP, Karen W. Abercrombie

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Kinematic and Vorticity Analysis of the Slide Lake and Homestake Shear Zones, Central Colorado, Carsen T. Adams

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Effects of Expressive Writing on Reducing Anxiety about Attending Intergroup Dialogue on Race and Racism, Cemal Arda Aksoy

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Transverse Energy Analysis in Small Collision Systems, Alexander L. Aukerman

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Soil Metabolite Succession in Vertebrate Decomposition Impacted Soils, Jennifer Kate Baer

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Challenges in Approaching the Detection Limits for Hillslope Erosion Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Gene Nathan Bailey III

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EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY: A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF LATE ARCHAIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, Justin S. Bailey

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Image Based Processing for Weld Defect Detection, Shems-Eddine Belhout

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PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SALAMANDERS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Savannah Blackman

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Hagenheim Series By Melanie Dickerson: Creating Active Fairy Tale Heroines with the Christian Feminist Voice, Skylar R. Blankenship

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CLIMATE, FIRE, AND HUMAN HISTORY IN CENTRAL AMERICAN SAVANNAS: NEW PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS FROM BELIZE AND COSTA RICA, Luke Blentlinger

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MICROPLASTIC ACCUMULATION IN TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS AND SOILS, Gregory B. Bonilla

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Revolting Delight: Posthuman Subversion in the Work of Leonora Carrington, Jacob Breeding

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Efficacy of Sequential Estrus Synchronization and Timed Artificial Insemination in Beef Cattle Beginning 19 days after an Initial Timed Artificial Insemination, Courtnie Carter Bridges

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Reviewer Perceptions of Englishes in the International Journal of Nuclear Security, Rachel Brooks

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University Statements on the Murder of George Floyd: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Alexandria M. Brown

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Design, Fabrication, and Validation of a Three-Zone Cell for Absorption Spectroscopy, Derek W. Burkhart

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Choice-based Games and Resilience Building of Gender Non-conforming Individuals: An Exploratory Study, Yuri M. Cantrell

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Effects of Gap Height and Geometry on Supersonic Aerothermal Gap Heating, Matthew B. Carter Jr.

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Impact of Far-red Light Supplementation On Yield and Growth of Cannabis sativa, Thomas Benjamin Carter

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Development of Codoped Cesium Iodide Scintillators for Medical Imaging Applications, Everett M. Cavanaugh

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In Penn’s Woods: Intersections between the Moravians, Indigenous Americans, and Nature, 1741-1760, Jane J. Chang

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Curvilinear fractures in burned remains: an assessment of the relationship between fracture convexity and fire directionality, Kimber G. Cheek

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Relocating Community to the Virtual: Sound Knowledge, Affective Listening, and the (Dis)Embodying of Sound and Space, Zachery D. Coffey

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COMPARATIVE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RECENT VOLCANIC FLOWS ON BARVA VOLCANO, COSTA RICA, Julie Coulombe

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SCARS AS CARTOGRAPHY: BODILY COMMEMORATIONS AND MEMORIALS, Bethany Craig

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Morphological Classification of Microscopic Charcoal as an Indicator of Fuel Type: Developing a System and Applying it to Records from Two Lakes in Southern Pacific Costa Rica, Jared A. Crain

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Upscaling and Development of Linear Array Focused Laser Differential Interferometry for Simultaneous 1D Velocimetry and Spectral Profiling in High-Speed Flows, Kirk Davenport

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Exploring Memorable Message About Law Enforcement, Max Ray A. Davenport Jr

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DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-DOSE RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE FOR ACUTE RESPRITORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, Thomas Heath Davis

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Elegance or Alchemy? An International Cross-Case Analysis of Faculty and Graduate Student Perceptions of Mathematical Proofs, Brooke Nicole Denney

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Evaluating Factors Influencing Tennessee and Kentucky Farmers’ Willingness to Sell Produce Through Fresh Stop Markets, Riley A. Denton

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Two Sides to Every Story: Investigating changes in cultural attitudes using discourse analysis in computer-mediated infidelity discussions, Michaela J. DiPillo

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Neutrophil Subtype Differentiation in Campylobacter jejuni Infection and Its Impact on T cells and Colonic Epithelial Cells, Carolina Dolislager

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CREOLIZATION IN NEW ORLEANS: JAZZ AND CULTURAL HYBRIDITY 1900-1940, Franklin Dennis Dow

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PKM2: A Novel Therapeutic Target for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, Presley D. Dowker-Key

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A PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAPINOMA SESSILE (SAY) IN EASTERN TENNESSEE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF TAPINOMA, Gary L. Edwards

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ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Burcum Eken

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SEDIMENT BASIN DESIGNS FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES IN TENNESSEE, Jeffery Cole Emmett Jr