Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2019
AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus) MOVEMENTS AND FOOD-CONDITIONING ALONG THE INTERFACE OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AND PRIVATE LAND, Jessica Leigh-Ann Braunstein
The study of polymeric binders and their role in concomitant solid-electrolyte interphase formation on silicon anodes, Katie Browning
SYNTHNOTES: TOWARDS SYNTHETIC CLINICAL TEXT GENERATION, Kris Allen Brown
Determining the Optimal Start-up Strategy for a Cow-Calf Producer to Maximize Long-Term Profitability and Minimize Risk, Jared Matthew Bruhin
On the Road to Maturity: Families, Rebellion, Relationships, and Gender in Contemporary German “Coming of Age Stories”, Jacob Buford
The effects of BDNF Knockdown on Neuroinflammation in the Male and Female rat brain, Katheryn Burford
Active Assessment of U.S. Livestock Biosecurity and Policies, Victoria Lynn Campbell
Thermal Properties of Dry and Saturated Soils, Tommy Carpenter
Coulomb Corrections for Inclusive Electron Scattering Data, Jay Thomas Carroll
Investigating the Functions of the Plant-associated Genus Variovorax in the Populus Rhizosphere, Jennifer Ann Childers
Improving the Scintillation Performance of KSr2I5:Ce3+ through Exploration of Activator Concentration and Growth Conditions, Eleanor Paige Comer
Blind Bernoulli Trials: A Noninteractive Protocol for Hidden-Weight Coin Flips, Richard Joseph Connor
Semi-Empirical Modeling and Implementation of Hybrid K-Edge Densitometry for Pyroprocessing Applications, Michael Cooper
Characterization of Commercial Carbon fiber from Standard PAN Precursors and Low-Cost Carbon Fiber from Textile PAN based Precursors, Joshua David Crabtree
The Weimar Republic in German Terms: An English Translation of Two Pre-Unification Essays, Margaret Susan Cross
Economic and Social Assessment of Canton Reservoir in Northwestern Oklahoma, Zachary Darby
Perceptions and Precarity of the Urban Poor in Kampala, Uganda, Kayla Davis
Key Odorants of Pycnanthemum incanum and Stereochemistry of Chiral Compounds, Melissa Dein
INACTIVATION KINETICS OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA INOCULATED ON STAINLESS STEEL COUPONS BY CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS, Aruna Dhanapal
HYDRODYNAMIC MOTION OF ELECTRON BEAM HEATED WARM DENSE MATTER, Payson Coy Dieffenbach
Assessing Eating Disorder Signs and Associated Personalities in an Adolescent Sample, Jessi Rose Dietrich
The Influence of Task Dynamics on Object-Label Mapping: Synchrony Between Perception and Action, Abigail Julian DiMercurio
Hogs in the Street: The City Beautiful Club of Cleveland, Tennessee and Nineteenth-Century Urban Land-Use Regulation, Samuel Doss
Analysis of Producer and Consumer Cattle Surveys, Jade Desha Ellis
On the Design and Practical Application of a Spatial Neutron Modulator for Neutron Compressive Sensing, Patrick Ellis
The role of biodegradable plastic mulches in soil organic carbon cycling, Marie E. English
Assessing the Accuracy of Decomposition Scoring Methods in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, Shari G. Ex
DETERMINING GRID SECURITY THROUGH DYNAMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MAJOR CONTINGECIES AND INCREASED RENEWABLE PENETRATION, Summer Francesca Fabus
Zyflamend Inhibits Adipogenesis: A mechanistic study evaluating the impact of phytonutrients on adipocyte differentiation, Victoria Frankel
Microbial Community Composition Reflects Subduction Geochemistry in the Costa Rica Convergent Margin, Katherine Marie Fullerton
Pain Mitigation in Cattle Following Soft Tissue Surgery, Amber Diane Futrell
Economic Optimizations of Phosphoric Acid Byproduct Rare Earth Element Recovery, Thomas Gaetjens
FACEDOWN IN THE MAINSTREAM: BLACK MEN’S EXPERIENCE OF GENDERED RACISM AND RESILIENCE IN RELATION TO COLLEGIATE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, Edward Marcellus Garnes
Design and Analysis of a Spatial Neutron Modulator for Neutron Imaging via Compressive Sensing, Daniel Taylor Garza
An evaluation of early seral plant communities following tall fescue eradication and crop field abandonment, James GeFellers
HOW VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS AFFECT THE SUCCESS IN LEARNING A NEW LANDING TECHNIQUE AND REDUCING RISK FACTORS FOR ACL INJURY, Alec Michael Genter
Examining the Influence of Knowledge and Experience on Attitudes Toward Disability, Nicholas Antoni Giecek
Effects of Family Adversity and TV Consumption on Turkish Immigrant Children’s Executive Functions (EFs), Lauran Stephanie Gieske
Morphometrics and Phylogeography of the Cave-Obligate Land Snail Helicodiscus barri (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicodiscidae), Nicholas Scott Gladstone
Entry-Level Instruction: High-Frequency Vocabulary and Classroom Interaction in German Textbooks, Andrew Graves
HURRICANES AND THE SOUNDS OF CHANGE: PUERTO RICAN ENVIRONMENT, REGGAETON, AND BORICUANESS, Isaiah Edwin Green
Effects of central and peripheral administration of an acute phase protein, alpha-1-acid-glycoprotein, on feed intake and rectal temperature in sheep, Brittany Antone Gregg
THE INFLUENCE OF MINDFUL EATING AND/OR INTUITIVE EATING APPROACHES ON DIETARY INTAKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, Hannah Grider
Perceptions and Food Acquisition Behaviors among Food Pantry Users in Rural Appalachia, Adeline Mae Grier-Welch
Emotion Regulation as a Potential Mediator between Sleep Quality and Intimate Partner Violence Among College Students, Hannah Grigorian
A Bayesian Approach to Multi-Drone Source Localization Methods, Joshua James Gurka
EXPLORING YOUNG ADULT READING HABITS AND RETROSPECTIVE HOME LITERACY PRACTICES, Rachel Guy
Explorations into Religiosity and its Implications on Physiological Health, Self-Esteem & Life Satisfaction, Fadi Edwar Hakeem
How Team Culture Affects NCAA Swimming and Diving Team Performance, Michael Hamann
Effects of prescribed fire on eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina), Katie Ann Harris
Dopaminergic Input to and Reception in the Auditory Midbrain, Alexa Lorren Hartman
IDENTITY, INVESTMENT, AND POWER RELATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF NONPROFIT ADULT ESL LEARNERS, Abby Elaine Hassler
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
Analysis of Adjoint Flux Calculation for Detector Response Estimation in Typical PWR Conditions, Shane Henderson
Investigation of Substituted Vinyl-Added Polynorbornenes and Composite Materials, Morgan Higgins
t-AUCB, a Pharmacological Inhibitor of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase, Promotes Brown Adipogenesis: Role of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma, Kelsey Hildreth
Dynamics of Contact Angles and Hemiwicking on Rock Fracture Faces, Bohdan Horodecky
Thermoregulatory Behavior in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) in a Lab-Controlled Setting, Clara Howell
Design and Switching Performance Evaluation of a 10 kV SiC MOSFET Based Phase Leg for Medium Voltage Applications, Xingxuan Huang
Mechanical response of carbon fiber/polyphenylene sulfide commingled fiber & polymethacrylimide foam core sandwich composites, Jared Hughes
Stand Dynamics Following Gap Scale Exogenous Disturbance in a Single Cohort Mixed Species Stand in Morgan County, Tennessee, Brian Hughett
Hibernation Activity and the Susceptibility of Southeastern Bats to Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Causal Agent of White-Nose Syndrome, Reilly Jackson
Experiential Learning of Students on a Study Abroad Trip to Australia: A Qualitative Study, Baylee Jarrell
Untangling Motivation and Performance: Examining the Impact of Feedback, Expectancy, and Resilience on Performance, Erica W. Jenkins
Nesting and Brooding Ecology of Eastern Wild Turkey in South-Central Tennessee, Vincent Johnson
PERSONA, PRINT, AND PROPAGANDA: ORLANDO DI LASSO AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF SELF IN COUNTER-REFORMATION BAVARIA, Tara Leigh Jordan
Improving Manufacturing Data Quality with Data Fusion and Advanced Algorithms for Improved Total Data Quality Management, David Juriga
ECOLOGICAL FACTORS UNDERPINNING EXPANSION OF BORRELIA-INFECTED TICK POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Janetta Renea Kelly
Characterization of Changes in Whiskey Odorants by the Lincoln County Process, Trenton Kerley
A CNN-LSTM for predicting mortality in the ICU, Mohammad Hashir Khan
Volunteer and Staff Perceptions of a Public Garden Adopt-a-Spot Volunteer Program: A Qualitative Inquiry, Alice Marie Kimbrell
Organization of Proteins from Multiple Chemotaxis Systems in Rhizobium Leguminosarum and Impact on Short-Term Root Colonization, Kathleen King
Evaluating scenarios using a spatially-explicit agent-based model in order to recover pheasant populations and determine biomass harvest strategies, Jasmine Asha Kreig
Pro-Social Marketing: The Mirror or Veil?, Samantha LaVoi
The Screen of (Post)Modern Society: American Sociology and Its Discontents, Robert J. Leonard
Effects of long-term use and incorporation of biodegradable plastic mulch films on soil microbial community structure and activity, Jose Liquet y Gonzalez
Willow Comes to WIC: Participants’ Perceptions of Effects on Fruit- and Vegetable-Related Attitudes and Behaviors, Sarah Elizabeth Lisson
Studies of Molecular Magnetism and Dynamics by Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Zhiming Liu
Biochar Amendment for Enhanced Nitrogen Use, Soil Health, and Plant Growth, Xiuwen Li
A Monolithic Gm-C Filter based Very Low Power, Programmable, and Multi-Channel Harmonic Discrimination System using Analog Signal Processing, Gavin Benjamin Long
Saltiness Enhancing Odorants Derived from Mushrooms, Jordan Lopez
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF PRESSURE VARIATIONS ON HYDRAULIC BLADDER AND PISTON STYLE ACCUMULATORS, Colin Loudermilk
The Healing Word: Performative Speech in Anglo-Saxon Medical Texts, Honor Lundt
Effects of Workrate and Seat Position on Frontal Plane Knee Biomechanics in Recumbent Cycling, Tianyi Lu
Holocene Climate Variability in Hispaniola: Sedimentary Alkane Evidence of Precipitation during the Terminal Classic Drought, Elizabeth MacLennan
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AMONG MALE AND FEMALE POST-9/11 VETERANS, Rachel Miriam Maskin
STABILITY OF BOVINE MILK EXOSOMES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PROLIFERATION OF RAW 264.7 CELLS, Svjetlana Matic
The Effects of Starspots and Faculae on the G-band, Ca I, and Hγ Photospheric Indices, David Cameron McCallister
The Maestro Attack: Orchestrating Malicious Flows with BGP, Benjamin Tyler McDaniel
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Residential HVAC Control, Evan McKee
Broiler chicken development: from genetic regulation to rural Rwandan production, Robert Ivan Mihelic
Development of a Serological Diagnostic assay for Elaeophora schneideri infection in moose (Alces alces), Megan D. Miller
Mechanisms of resistance against insecticidal dsRNA in Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle), Swati Mishra