Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2012
Adipose Tissue's Potential Role as a Reproductive or Lactation Endocrine Gland, Megan Gray MacDougal
Estimates of Glacier Mass Loss and Contribution to Streamflow: Wind River Range (Wyoming, USA), Jeffrey Allen Marks
Evaluating the Relationship between Ultrasound-derived Carcass Characteristics and Production Traits in Angus Cattle, William Michael Mayfield
Contractible Theta Complexes of Graphs, Chelsea Marian McAmis
Parent Perceptions of Residential Crowding and Child Behaviors in a Post-Migration Burundian Refugee Community, Carole Ian McAteer
Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation: Evaluation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) for Warm-Season Vegetable Production in Tennessee, David Grant McCarty
Potential Effects of Institutional Repositories on Nursing Research Dissemination, Sarah Jane McClung
Elucidating the Effect of Silver on Ethylene Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brittany Kathleen McDaniel
Life Knots, Meghan Melissa McDonald
Two Studies on Controlling the Outflow from Sediment Basins: 1) Developing Discharge Coefficients for Circular Orifices in Round Riser Pipes, and 2) Optimizing the Solid State Skimmer, Alex James McLemore
An Analytical Survey of a Biotinylated Bacteriophage System for Quantifying Transduction Events in Natural Ecosystems, Thomas James Mead
Social Marketing: Impact on Elementary School Students' Selection and Consumption of Salad Bar Food Items, Whitney Jordan Merola
Beneath the Surface: A Culturally Informed Approach to Regenerative Water Resource Management in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, Muriel Elowyn Miller
Mussel Survivorship, Growth Rate and Shell Decay Rate in the New River Basin of Tennessee: an Experimental Approach Using Corbicula fluminea, Grant Andrew Mincy
Genetic Basis of Flocculation in Azospirillum brasilense., Priyanka Satish Mishra
Prevalence of Copper Resistance among Foliar Bacterial Pathogens of Tomato in Tennessee, Jonathon Thomas Mixon
Deronda and the Tigress: Judaism, Buddhism, and Universal Compassion In George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda, Joshua Frank Moats
Feasibility of On-farm Milk Processing, Packaging, and Marketing for Tennessee Dairy Farmers, Jonathan Joel Moss
A Benefit Cost Model for Traffic Incident Management, Sam Dallas Moss
Frontier Access to East Tennessee: A Ceramic Analysis of Ramsey House (40KN120), Bell Site (40KN202), and Exchange Place (40SL22), Abby Jane Naunheimer
Is it really all downhill after puberty?: The Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition - A review of the literature, Katherine Lynn Nelson
Efficacy of a Ternary Blend in Improving Bridge Deck Concrete Durability in Tennessee, Robert Clark Nidiffer
Vertrag und Frust statt Peitsche und Lust? - der masochistische Sklavenvertrag als Parodie und Theater in Leopold von Sacher-Masochs Venus im Pelz, Anna Walburga Nisch
Design of Cessna 210 Radome-Pod Instrument Interface for Flight Testing, Lumumba Thutmose O. Obika
Reporting Matt Murdock's Double Life: The Image of the Journalist in Marvel Comics' Daredevil, Robby Wayne O'Daniel
"Lost Shadows", Julle Oksanen
The Global Debt Minotaur: An Analysis of the Greek Financial Crisis, Steven Alfonso Panageotou
Organizational Cultural Competence Assessment of Health-Related Academic Units, Alviony Febrina Pangloli
Freeway Capping: Capping Nashville's I-40 South Loop to Connect Downtown and Midtown, Michael Joel Payne
Classroom Response System Integration in a Distance-Learning Introductory High School Physics Course, Alexander T. Pegram
A Validation Study of the AMP Nuclear Fuel Performance Code, Aaron Martin Phillippe
Two types of couponers discovered: The Smart Family Shopper and The Game Player, Alana Stephenson Phillips
UTILITY OF AMINOCYCLOPYRACHLOR FOR CONTROL OF HORSENETTLE AND TALL IRONWEED IN COOL-SEASON GRASS PASTURES, William Paul Phillips
Wireless Power Transfer System with Power Factor Correction for Electric Vehicles, Michael Christopher Pickelsimer
Interacting Effects of Fire Activity, Climate, and Habitat Diversity on Forest Dynamics, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA, Alex John Pilote
Heat Transfer Analysis via Rate Based Sensors, Jake Erik Plewa
Droplet Characterization in the Wake of Steam Turbine Cascades, Adam Charles Plondke
Proactive Punk: Music's Agency in the Knoxville Punk Community, Paula Danielle Propst
Evaluation of Tagging Techniques Gamma-decay Probabilities Using the Surrogate Method, Timothy Lee Reed
Data Anti-Suppression Methods and an Application of Spatial Concentration Measures to Evaluate Green Energy Value Chain Concentration, David Lane Register
Optimization and Design for Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Paul Andreas Ritter
Decay Estimates for Nonlinear Wave Equations with Variable Coefficients, Michael Jacob Roberts
Chenopodium berlandieri and the Cultural Origins of Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands, Daniel Shelton Robinson
Varying Degrees of Difficulty in Melodic Dictation Examples According to Intervallic Content, Michael Hines Robinson
Fatty acid synthase 1 in Candida albicans virulence and the in vitro effects of fluconazole, tetracycline in combinatorial therapy, Marissa Mandy Rodrigues
Soil Nitrification and Mineralization Rates Along an Elevation Gradient in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Christopher James Rolison
An Analysis of the Ready, Set, Go! Program on Program Participants and the Ability to Build Community Capacity, Carrera Romanini
Multi-Tag Access for a High Precision Ultra-Wideband Localization System, Nathan Carl Rowe
The Interaction of Neuroticism and Stress in Predicting Infidelity in a Newlywed Sample, Maria Moana Rowley
Geographic Variation in the Lower Temperature Tolerance in the Invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei and the Native Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis (Sauria: Polychrotidae), Laura Carolina Maria Rubio
Impacts of Beetle Kill on Modeled Streamflow Response in the North Platte River Basin, Jordan Andrew Rudolph
Consider the Source: Receiver-Assigned Attributions of Credibility to Influential Bloggers, Aaron Michael Sachs
Strangers with Benefits: Ovulation and Attraction to Outgroup Men, Joseph Frederick Salvatore
Spatial Discrepancies between NHDPlus and LIDAR-Derived Stream Networks, Nicole Marie Samu
The Relationship Between Coping, Stress, and Breastfeeding Outcomes, Angela Nicole Sberna
Green in a Sea of Pink: Environmental Reframing of Mainstream Breast Cancer, Amy Elizabeth Scanzillo
Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Skills and Writing Knowledge of Entering College Composition Students, Laura Ashley Sceniak
Acculturation and Identity Development of Deaf Ethnic Minorities, Glennise Candice Schlinger
Chitosan-gallic acid films as multifunctional food packaging, Stephanie Beth Schreiber
The Accuracy of the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run to Estimate Aerobic Fitness in Youth, Stacy Nicole Scott
Nuclear Fingerprinting Identification of Black Fly Species in the Simulium jenningsi Species Group (Diptera: Simuliidae), Gail Lynn Senatore
Thermodynamic Analysis of Polyethylene Glycol Thiol-ene Click Chemistry and Surface Modification of Bacterial Cellulose, Kaan Serpersu
Implicitly and Explicitly Assessed Relationship Satisfaction, Matthew Jason Shaffer
On Decision Making: Bayesian And Stochastic Optimization Approaches, Yang Shen
The Accidental College Student, Phyliss Dubinsky Shey
Investigation of Phytophthora species: Phytophthora colocasiae on Taro and Phytophthora Recovered from Streams in Eastern Tennessee, Sandesh Kumar Shrestha
Studies of Regolithic Vestan Samples: Brecciated Eucrites and Howardites, Sheryl A. Singerling
Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci for Marker-Assisted Selection of Soybean Isoflavone Genistein, Christopher Joseph Smallwood
The impacts of surface mining restoration efforts on soil dwelling nematode communities in the Appalachian region, Haley Shae Smith
Helmet Use Among Outdoor Recreational Rock Climbers Across Disciplines: Factors of Use and Non-use., Kevin Henri Hogan Soleil
Role of Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate (HMB) in Leucine Stimulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Fatty Acid Oxidation, Renee Ashley Stancliffe
Lawyers and Their Books: The Augusta County Law Library Association, 1853-1883, Gregory Harkcom Stoner
Characterization of Wetting Front Geometry and Fluid Migration in the Vadose Zone Using Surface Time-Lapse Seismic First-Arrival Tomography, Rachel Elizabeth Storniolo
Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescent Offspring of Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder, Jennifer Marie Strimpfel
Materials and Configuration from NMIS Type Neutron Imaging and Gamma Spectroscopy, Alicia Lauren Swift
Analysis of Georeferenced Sonar-Based Thalweg and Cross-Sectional River Depth Profile Measurements, Kenneth Wray Swinson
Creating a Brand Experience Across Media Channels, Virginia Gibson Switzer
Processing, Microstructures, and Mechanical Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys, Zhi Tang
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) population ecology on reclaimed mined lands, Evan Philip Tanner
Short-Term Missions: Reinforcing Beliefs and Legitimating Poverty, William Vaughan Taylor
Addressing imbalance in park distribution and accessibility in disadvantaged neighborhoods, Erin M. Tharp
The Lateran Baptistery: Memory, Space, and Baptism, David Tyler Thayer
Examining Impacts on Water Demand Resulting from Population and Employment Growth Using a Regional Adjustment Model, Steven Blake Thomas
TWO STUDIES EVALUATING INPUT USE IN SOYBEAN AND COTTON PRODUCTION, Nathanael Mark Thompson
Evaluating the Contribution of Infrastructure to U.S. Agri−Food Sector Output, Tingting Tong
Development and Use of a Simple Test Method to Evaluate Reheat Cracking Sensitivity in the Weld Deposit Region of a Submerged Arc Weld, Maxwell Calder Trent
Modeling and Control of Single Phase Grid-Tie Converters, Bradford Christopher Trento
A Comparison of H. D. and Marianne Moore’s poetry in the 1910s and 1920s, Yoko Ueno
DESIGN OF A NEUTRON DETECTOR CAPABLE OF REPLACING HE-3 DETECTORS UTILIZING THIN POLYMERIC FILMS, Matthew J. Urffer
A Critical Analysis of the Use of Non-Metric Traits for Ancestry Estimation among Two North American Population Samples, Corrine Leeann Vitek
FACTORS INFLUENCING PRECISION FARMING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION OVER TIME IN SOUTHERN U.S. COTTON PRODUCTION, Pattarawan Watcharaanantapong
The Role of Consequentiality in the External Validation of Stated Preference Methods, Sharon Bowen Watson
Economic and Environmental Effects of Switchgrass Production on a Representative Cow-Calf Farm in Middle Tennessee, Hanna Leah Watts
Classification Accuracy of the Wrist-Worn GENEA Accelerometer During Structured Activity Bouts: A Cross-Validation Study, Whitney Allegra Welch
Heritability and Genetic Gain of Seed Protein, Oil, and Yield among RIL of Soybean, Benjamin T. Wiggins
Cotton (Gossipium hirsutum L.) Response to Irrigation and Environment in a Short Season Climate, Matthew Scott Wiggins
Molecular Marker Assisted Development and Stability Analysis of Low Phytate, High Inorganic Phosphorus Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], Suzannah Joy Wiggins