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Dissertations from 2016

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Copper Complexes: Superoxide Dismutase Enzyme-Substrate Binding Analogs, Copper Phthalocyanines and Pyrrole Copper Oxidase Mimics for Galactose Oxidase Catalysis, Joseph Wayne Kreft

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Sensing Gyroscopic Properties of Rotating Magnetic Nanoparticles in Solution, Brian Gerald Krug

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Understanding Factors Related to Negative Mental Health Outcomes Following Childhood Unintentional Injuries, Jennifer T. Kuhn

Subjective Selves: Visual Metaphor and the Figure of the Artist in Contemporary Comics, Catherine Kyle

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Chromatic Connectivity of Graphs, Elliot Laforge

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Guided Educational Tourism as Informal Science Education: An Empirical Study, Joseph Martin Lane

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The Influence of Racial Socialization on the Academic Achievement of Black College Students, Vanessa R. Laurent

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Females in Automotive Careers: Career Decision-Making Influences and Experiences During University Preparation and Beyond, Russell A. Leonard Jr.

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Teaching Children Who Have Difficulty Mastering Auditory Discriminations, Sarah Lichtenberger

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African American Men’s Health: Regulating Race-Related Stress through Cognitive Flexibility, Brian P. Littleton

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Student-Teacher Connection, Race, and Relationships to Academic Achievement, Timothy Brian Mabin Jr.

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The Influence of Building Configuration on Academic Achievement, Attendance, and Demographic Variables in Selected Midwestern School Districts, Catherine A. MacArthur

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A Shrine for President Lincoln: An Analysis of Lincoln Museums and Historic Sites, 1865-2015, Thomas D. Mackie Jr.

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Is Preoperative Functional Status a Predictor of Postoperative Mortality, Morbidity and Quality of Life in Open Heart Patients?, A. Kate MacPhedran

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Crystallography and Magnetism of Magnetocalorically Important Ni-Mn-X Based Heusler Alloys, Amila S. B. Madiligama

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Experimental Study of Simulated Geophysical Buoyancy-Driven Vortical Flow, Mohammad Hady Makhmalbaf

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Crowd Sourced Product Reviews: A Study of Evaluation Standards Used, Alexander W. Manga

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The Effects of Punishment on Resistance to Change and Reinstatement, Tomesha A. Manora

Comparison of Medians Using Multivariate Mixed Design Data, Libertie B. Mantilla

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Development of Printed Cross-Functional Sensors for Gearbox Lubricant Prognostics, John Omondi Manyala

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The Rwandan Diaspora in Canada and the United States: Reconciliation and Justice, Jennifer J. Marson

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Rubrics as a Tool for Reaching Explicitly Evaluative Conclusions: Implications for Evaluation Theory, Training, and Practice, Krystin S. R. Martens

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Bullying Experiences and Resilience in LGBTQ Youth, Melinda McCormick

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Exploration of Experiences and Perceptions of Saudi Arabian Students within a Team Project Setting at an U.S. University, Ronald A. McKean

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Bivariate Negative Binomial Hurdle with Random Spatial Effects, Robert McNutt

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Shaping Leadership: Leadership Standards in the Organizational Language of University Programs, R. Ben Meador IV

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Preservice Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Nature of Science and Nature of Scientific Inquiry: A Successful Case Study, Gunkut Mesci

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Cross-Cultural Mentoring Relationships between Faculty and Students in Undergraduate Athletic Training Programs, Scott D. Michel

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Agent-Based Modeling of ABC Methods for Decision-Making in Highway Bridge Projects Including Uncertainty and Several Stakeholders, Abdul Wahed Mohammed

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Principals’ Perspectives on the Professional Development Process and its Outcomes, Sara Kathleen Moore

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The Relationships between Clergy Attachment Style, Leadership Style, and Clergy Professional Longevity, Marc Nelesen

All Roads, Colleen O’Brien

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Panorama Novelístico de Escritoras Ecuatorianas en el Siglo XXI, Karina Ortiz-Pacheco

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Three Empirical Investigations into the Logic of Evaluation and Valuing Practices, Satoshi Ozeki

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The Lived Experience of Individuals with Chronic Back and Neck Pain, Depression, and/or Anxiety, Tara L. Palmeri

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An Analysis of Campus Violence Threat Assessment Policy Implementation at Michigan Community Colleges, Russell T. Panico Jr.

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It’s on Us: A Case Study of Academic Integrity in a Mid-Western Community College, Ceceilia Parnther

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Effective Practices to Address Implementation Challenges in IB Diploma Programmes in Michigan Schools, Michael B. Pascoe

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The Impact of Denominational Affiliation on Organizational Sense of Belonging and Commitment of Adjunct Faculty at Bible Colleges and Universities, Kimberly M. Pilieci

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To Promote or Not to Promote: An Inquiry into the Experiences of Female Police Officers and their Decisions to Pursue Promotion, Kristin Poleski

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Three Essays on Informal Payments in the Health Care Sector in Russia, Alexandra Polovinka

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Can You Help Me Now?: The Effects of Cell Phone Use on Social Capital Formation in a Group Setting, Simon J. Purdy

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Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning Strategies within Police Training Academies and Correlates with Licensing Exam Outcomes, Cecil R. Queen

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A Phenomenological Approach Examining the Completion of Latino High School Students through the Lenses of Critical Race Theory, Anna M. Rangel-Clawson

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An Evaluation of the Acceptability and Effects of a Computer-Delivered Values-Based Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression Among Older Adults, Kellie Reynolds

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Piloting a Screening Tool for Eating and Eating-Related Behavior, Michael N. Reynolds

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A Quantitative Analysis of Whether Elementary Teachers’ Science Kit Usage and Beliefs Can Predict State Science Assessment Scores, Tony E. Rice

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Visual Impairment and Factors Associated with Difficulties with Daily Tasks, Anne T. Riddering

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The Impact of Procedural Compliance to the Individualized Education Program Document on Student Achievement and Academic Benchmarks, Christine Robertson

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Paris Burn, Iliana Rocha

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Building an Evaluation Model of Academic Advising’s Impact on Progression, Persistence, and Retention within University Settings, Abhik Roy

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Counselor Preparation and Adolescent Youth: A Study of Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Brian R. Russ

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Advancing Evaluation in Community Colleges: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Outcomes-Based Assessment Training in Student Affairs, Tammy L. Russell

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Using RTP (Responsible Thinking Process) as a Lever For Improving School Culture: A Case Study of an Alternative Secondary School’s Implementation Of RTP, Andrew D. Rynberg

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Three Essays on Financial Constraints and Foreign Direct Investment, Todd Sarnstrom II

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Establishing and Testing Conditioned Reinforcers: Evaluating the Effects of the Discriminative Stimulus Procedure Using Intermittency with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, Yannick A. Schenk

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Rising Against the “Enemies of the Church”: The Dynamics of Russian Desecularization and the Making of Its Punitive Regime, Rachel Lynn Schroeder

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Preparation of Aminoalcohols and Their Application for the Synthesis of Heterocycles and as Potential Sensors for Nerve Agents, David L. Sellers

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Increasing Vocal Behavior and Establishing Echoic Stimulus Control in Children with Autism, Joseph Shane

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The Recent Development of New Pigment Binders, Jae Young Shin

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Capitalism, Social Institutions, and Pathways to Crime: Reconstructing Institutional Anomie Theory, Amanda Marie Smith

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The Night We Set the Dead Kid on Fire, Ephraim Scott Sommers

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Assessing the Effects of Interactive Video Modeling on the Fidelity of Implementation of Skill-Acquisition Procedures, Steven Sparks

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Three Essays on Finance, Agricultural Aid, and Development, James Squires

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A Phenomenological Study of Practicing Educators’ Personal and Collaborative Experiences within a Climate of High Stakes Individual Accountability, Kathy L. Stewart

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Principals’ Experiences Adapting to a New State-Mandated Administrator Evaluation Process: a Phenomenological Study, Kathleen Ann Teed Ramirez

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Assessing Change in Attachment Security of Adolescents at Residential Therapeutic Programs, Laura Santa Thum

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Patterns of Olfactory Neurogenesis and Immune Response in Adult Zebrafish Following Damage of the Olfactory Bulb, Darcy M. Trimpe

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Increasing Caregiver Supervision of Young Children: Teaching Scanning, Predicting Behavior, and Modifying for Safety, Natalie Truba

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Do Parties Matter? A Political Model of Monetary Policy in Open Economies, Hulya Unlusoy

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An R-Matrix, Quantum Defect Theory Approach to the Photoionization of Molecular Nitrogen, Gaetan L. VanGyseghem

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Dimensions of the Doctoral Dissertation Advising Relationship in Counselor Education: Mentoring Expectations, Satisfaction, and Time-to-Degree, LaSonda Wells

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Exploring Interpersonal Variables Within the Supervisory Relationship: The Role of Supervisory Alliance, Supervisory Style, and Supervisee Attachment, Kathryn Wierda

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The Lived Experiences of Conditionally Admitted College Students, Ashley J. Wildman

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An Analysis of Evaluation Practices of Two Training Programs in the Healthcare Sector Using the New World Kirkpatrick Model, Michelle Woodhouse

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3D Printed Bone Supplement Materials, Azem Khalifa Yahamed

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The House that Propaganda Built: Historicizing the Democracy Promotion Efforts and Measurement Tools of Freedom House, Emily A. Zerndt

Dissertations from 2015

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Developing an Efficient Failure Prediction Model in Support of a Distributed Operating System for Autonomic Networks, Jondi Hesham Abed

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Modeling New Product Success from Component Measures of Product Advantage: A Model Utilizing Automated Text Classification and Sentiment Analysis, Ashley Nolen Akerman

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Design of Oppnet Virtual Machine for Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks: A Universal Standard for Application-Level Resource Sharing, Mai A. Alduailij

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Comparing Slug Test Methods for Unconfined Aquifers, Hussain Jaber Alfaifi

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Novel Spectroscopic Tools to Differentiate Molecule-DNA Binding Interactions, Sense DNA and Track DNA Melting, Saad Hmoud Alotaibi

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Literacy Practices among Migrant Teachers: Educator Perspectives and Critical Observations, Briana Asmus

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Studying the Optimum Design of Automotive Thermoelectric Air Conditioning, Alaa Attar

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An Exploration of Strategic Planning Perspectives and Processes within Community Colleges Identified as Being Distinctive in Their Strategic Planning Practices, Lisa J. Augustyniak

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Implementation of Traditional Printing Techniques for the Development of Flexible Printed Sensors, Sai Guruva Reddy Avuthu

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Pedagogical Approaches to Multicultural Education within Teacher Preparation Programs, Mark Steven Barajas

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Comparison of Item Response Theory Models for Data Fit of Quality Control Measurements for Maillard Reaction Browning in Foods, Polly Barrett

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National Quality Awards in Healthcare and Actual Quality in U.S. Hospitals, Beth M. Beaudin-Seiler

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An Examination of Several Variables Influencing the Efficacy of the Gateway in Street Sign Configuration on Motorist Yielding Behavior, Miles Bennett

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Effective Fund Raising Practices in Public Community Colleges, Mark A. Bergstrom

Assessment and Comparison of the Electronic Properties of Group 10 Bimetallic Nanoparticles Relative to Their Monometallic Counterparts, Ali Bolandi

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Poisson versus Negative Binomial Regression in the Analysis of Count Data, Barbie Ann L. Bugna

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Failing to Replicate: Hypothesis Testing as a Crucial Key to Make Direct Replications More Credible and Predictable, Pedro Fernando Mateu Bullón

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Development of a Capacity Deployment Model for Disrupted Supply Chain Networks, James D. Burns

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Maintaining Consistency between a Design Model and Its Implementation, Hector M. Chavez

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Application of Starch-Based Nanoparticle Colloidal Dispersion in Curtain Coating, Ting Chen

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Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Combustion in Scramjets, Ryan James Clark

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Functional Analysis of Gambling, Mack S. Costello

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Evaluation of an Abbreviated Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Intervention in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting, Colleen C. Cullinan