Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2013
Using Real-Time Location Systems & Simulation Modeling to Improve Healthcare, Colby Thomas Mattie
Masculine Gender Role Stress and Shame Proneness as Serial Mediators in the Relation Between Intimate Partner Aggression Victimization and Psychological Symptom Status in Men, Sarah Elizabeth Mauck
Heirloom Seeds of Tennessee: Seeds and Their Stories, Fiona Evelyn McAnally
FORAGE AND BIOMASS DUAL-PURPOSE HARVEST SYSTEM USING NATIVE WARM-SEASON GRASSES, David Weston McIntosh
Who Supports Labor? The Intersection of Race and Skill in Union Campaigns, Zachary Joseph McKenney
Assessing the Influence of Conservation Agriculture On Household Wellbeing and Maize Marketing in Tete and Manica Mozambique, William Edward McNair
Temperament in Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder and in Their Young Children Aged 4-7, Christina Gabriela Mena
Nonparametric Discriminant Analysis in Forensic Ancestry Estimation: An Assessment of Utilized and Alternative Statistical Methods, David Anthony Mercer
Relative and Absolute Quantitation of Metabolites and Lipids using LC/MS/MS on the TSQ Quantum Discovery MAX, Jesse Lee Middleton
Use of a Novel Parental Engagement Tool in an After-school Obesity Prevention Program, Lindsay Schloesser Miesel
Finite Topological Spaces, Jimmy Edward Miller
Sisters, Objects of Desire, or Barbarians: German Nurses in the First World War, Jennifer Sue Montgomery
Prevalence and transmission potential of Borrelia burgdorferi in three species of wildcaught Plestiodon spp. skinks of the southeastern United States, Teresa Dianne Moody
A Base Case Design and Capital Cost Analysis of an All Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery, Mark Alan Moore
Distribution and growth of autumn olive in a managed landscape, Matthew Ruddick Moore
Main Street: An Avenue of Culture and Commerce, Gregory Ralph Morrison
BUDGET-CONSTRAINED POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION, Robert Jonathan Mosteller
Enhancing Community and Place Through a Suburban Retrofit, Luke Daniel Murphree
A New Dressing, Damon S. Murrah
Automated Fragmentary Bone Matching, Ali Saad Mustafa
The life history and control of Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman on Juglans nigra L. in eastern Tennessee, Katheryne Avery Nix
Prioritizing Stormwater Management: Comparing Integrated Best Management Practices in Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods, Danielle Kathleen Norman
Adolescents’ Definitions of Cheating in Romantic Relationships, Jerika C. Norona
Genomic Analysis and Functional Characterization of the Terpene Synthase Gene Family in Brachypodium distachyon, Ayla Marie Norris
Utopia of equality in Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste: Transgressing Gender Lines or Transgressing Social lines?, Ennio A. Nuila
Disruptive Voices in the American Musical Discourse: Comic Song Performance in the American Parlor, 1865-1917, Kevin Steven O'Brien
Population Dynamics of the Louisiana Black Bear in the Upper Atchafalaya River Basin, Kaitlin Christine O'Connell
Connection through (Re)Use: Repurposing Kingsport, Tennessee's Industrial Landscapes, Patrick Nathan Osborne
Chemical characterization and anion exchange properties of a west Tennessee loess soil, Jessica Lynn Ottinger
Investigation of the One-Probe and Two-Probe Calibration Integral Equation Methods using Experimental Data, Abhay Sanjeev Pande
A Framework to Predict High Risk Roadways for Pedestrians in Tennessee, Zane Hunter Pannell
Student-Teacher Relationships and Impacts of Goal Orientation, Personality, Socio-Economic Status, and Performance: An Examination of Those Served by Project GRAD Knoxville, Kensey Ruth Parker
Content Analysis: Media Representation of Infant-Feeding Practices of Adolescent Mothers, Mary Elizabeth Pate-Bennett
A Novel Approach to Multiphysics Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media, Seth Allen Pemberton
Programming Dense Linear Algebra Kernels on Vectorized Architectures, Jonathan Lawrence Peyton
Knee Biomechanics of Older Adults During Common Recreational and Daily Activities, Julie Lynn Pfeiffer
Modeling the Effects of Distance and Spatial Dependence in International Trade, Jesse Oakes Piburn
Misunderstood: Division I African American Female Athletes’ Experiences of Racism, Ivy Jean Pierce
Environmental constraints on cyanomyophage abundance in the subtropical Pacific Ocean, Tiana Maria Pimentel
Revitalization Through Rehabilitation: Enhancing Communities Through Re-use, Jason Stuart Pimsler
A GIS ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF POWER: AN EXAMPLE FROM 18TH-CENTURY PIEDMONT VIRGINIA, Crystal Lynn Ptacek
Plant Remains from the Smokemont Site in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, Gabrielle Casio Purcell
Activation of Nucleotide Binding Oligomerization Domain Containing Protein 1 in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes: Effects on Adipocyte Differentiation and Lipolysis, Jaanki Shamb Purohit
Investigation of AgCo Nanoparticles As a Useful Plasmonic Material, Vanessa Ramos
SOLID WASTE REDUCTION PRACTICES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES, Lauren Ashley Raup-Plummer
Manipulating Lipolysis to Reduce Fatness and Improve Carcass Composition in Commercial Broilers, Rodney Barnett Ray
OVERGROWTH, Anna Laura Reeve
COBB CREEK CHURCH: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES IN A SERPENT-HANDLING CONGREGATION IN EAST TENNESSEE, Michael Noel Reid
Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: An Exploration of Net Water Drag in Real Time, Susan Katherine Reid
Personal and Group Environment Factors of Water Polo Players, Shelby Morgan Reyes
Bioconfinement of a putatively sterile Nicotiana hybrid and development of tools for assessing gene flow, John Hollis Rice
Paleobiogeographical variation of Cretaceous Mecaster batnensis and Mecaster fourneli (Echinoidea: Spatangoida), Ryan Oliver Roney
Hindered Rotation of Dihydrogen on Synthesized Metal Oxides, George Houston Rouvelas
A Compact, Convective Flow NaK Test Loop for Material Exposure Contained in an Argon Atmosphere, David Joseph Rowekamp
Considering the Role of Children’s Levels of Responsiveness and Resistance on the Relations between Maternal Interaction Behaviors and Children’s Interaction Behaviors with Peers at School, Daniela Andrea Salinas Maturana
Fabrication and Characterization of Si(1-x)Ge(x) Semiconductor Alloy for Sensor Applications, Daniel Aaron Schaeffer
Practitioner Rankings of Entry-Level Competencies for Public Health Nutrition, Courtney Teal Schand
Architecture as Pedagogy: Designing Sustainable Schools as Three-Dimensional Textbooks, Ester Ehrlich Schwartz
An Implantable Low Pressure Biosensor Transponder, Chad Eric Seaver
Text Size Impact of Responsibility Messages in Magazine Alcohol Advertisements among College Students, Sumin Shin
Preservation of Nutrients in Cool- and Warm-Season Forages At Different Stages of Maturity and Management, Jason Allen Shultz
Bovine mammary interleukin-8 receptor expression and genetic association with Streptococcus uberis based mastitis., Lydia Jean Siebert
Control Law Calculation and Verification Methods for the Variable Stability Navion In-Flight Simulation Aircraft, Joe Ming Yin Siu
Tied in Lusty Leese: Animalization and Agency in Troilus and Criseyde, Kendra Marie Slayton
Investigator Disturbance and Buried Remains: An Experimental Study on Buried Nonhuman Decomposition, Lindsay Nicole Sliwa
Coaches’ Attitudes Towards Sport Psychology Services: A Study of NCAA Division I Head Golf Coaches, Justin Robert Smedley
Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5–trisphosphate Probe Synthesis and Microarray Protein Binding Studies to Investigate Multivalency and Detect Proteins Upregulated in Cancer, Benjamin Michael Smith
Identification of bile salt hydrolase inhibitors, the promising alternative to antibiotic growth promoters to enhance animal production, Katie Rose Smith
Metamorphic Phase Equilibria in a Contact Aureole: Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico., Carissa Dawn Snyder
Using System Identification to Compare Global and Local Aerodynamic Modeling from Flight Data, Toby Earl Sorensen
The Design of Redox-Active, Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Using Late-Transition Metals, Zachary Reynolds Sprigler
Interactions Between the Urban Environment and “The Homelessness”: Observations and Responses, Jeffrey Charles Stahl
Modeling and Validation of Heat Transfer Present in a Solar Thermal Collector, Eric Ezekiel Stannard
Intra- and Inter-ear Compensation for Insect Injury to Field Corn, Zea mays L., Sandra Jean Steckel
Steer Performance and Forage Productivity from Tall Fescue Pastures Grazed at Two Stocking Rates, Autumn Nicole Stewart
Issues of Commingling Within the Gold Mine Site (16RI13) Collection: Adult Human Humeri and Tibiae, Kinsey Brett Stewart
Implications for Ability Grouping in Mathematics for Fifth Grade Students, Anne M. Stinnett
Music Performance Anxiety and Dispositional Flow in Predicting Audition Success in Amateur Percussionists, Benjamin Hyun Stocking
"You're in the Right Place at the Right Time": Double Consciousness, Cultural Memory, and Cultural Representation in College Gospel Choirs, Emmanuel Joshua Stokes
“I am Working for the Good Guys:” Street-Level Enforcement of the Clean Water Act in East Tennessee, Kayla Marie Stover
Effect of choline or betaine supplementation on broilers exposed to different temperature treatments, Joseph D. Summers
Time Dependent Density-Functional Theory - Linear Response, Bryan Edman Sundahl
Short-term Electrical Load Forecasting for an Institutional/Industrial Power System Using an Artificial Neural Network, Eric Lynn Taylor
The Green's Function Method for Solutions of Fourth Order Nonlinear Boundary Value Problem., Olga A. Teterina
Quantifying the Relationship Among Ground Penetrating Radar Reflection Amplitudes, Horizontal Sub-Wavelength Bedrock Fracture Geometries, and Fluid Conductivities, Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury-Christle
Reconnect: A New Identity for Suburban Commercial Space, Robert Michael Thew
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SUPERSONIC CAVITY FLOW CONTROL WITH VERTICAL RODS, Carolyn Leigh Thiemann
Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Chemical Compounds for Weed Management, Joseph Warden Thomas
Shouldn't Their Stories Be Told In Their Voices: International Students’ Experiences of Adjustment Following Arrival to the U.S., Elizabeth Kelley Thompson
Microarray analysis of mRNA translation state in Arabidopsis thaliana, Bayu Sisay Tiruneh
Selected Costs and Benefits of Protecting Vital Wildlife Habitats While Producing Biofuel, Benjamin Lewis Totty
Evaluation of the Transient Thermal Performance of a Graphite Foam/Phase Change Material Composite, Michael Paul Trammell
POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS AND GENETIC STRUCTURE OF BLACK BEARS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA, Jesse Charles Troxler
An Experimental Study of Hemispherical Vortex Generators for Separation Control over a NACA-0012, David Joseph Ronald Tucker
"Petticoat Gunboats": The Wartime Expansion of Confederate Women's Discursive Opportunities Through Ladies' Gunboat Societies, Cara Vandergriff
Vegetation Response to Oak Savanna and Woodland Restoration in the Mid-South USA, Andrew Lee Vander Yacht