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Dissertations from 2017

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Social Health Insurance and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Ghana, Ama Agyeiwaa Abrokwah

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Bio-Socially Inspired Strategies in Support of Dynamic Spectrum Access: An Evolutionary Game Theory Perspective, Mohammad Ali Marzoug Abu Shattal

Metaphysics in Science Education: Balancing Between Religious and Physicalist Extremism, Betty Ann J Adams

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Time-Dependent Photoionization of Gaseous Nebulae, Ehab Elsayed Elhoussieny Ahmed

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The Effectiveness of Using Leadership Practice lnventory (LPl 360) Feedback on Leaders' lnsight into their Leadership Behaviors in Higher Education, Abdulrahman S. Alajlan

Managing Workforce Diversity in Construction to Improve Communication and Reduce Fatalities (Hispanic Workforce Focus), Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati

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A Deep Learníng-Based Data Minimization Algorithm for Big Genomics Data in Support of loT and Secure Smart Health Services, Mohammed Aledhari

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Structures of Derived Graphs, Khawlah Hamad Alhulwah

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Multiprocessing Real Time Vision Based System for Condition Monitoring in Solar Panels, Moath Hashim Alsafasfeh

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Architecture, Simulation, and Implementation of Commodity Computer Components in Software Defined Radio Systems, Amean Al-Safi

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Coping and Africultural Adolescents, Britne R. Amos

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A Meta-Analysis of Energy Savings from Lighting Programs in Michigan, Teryila Ephraim Amough

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Subgroup Analysis and Growth Curve Models for Longitudinal Data, Nichole Andrews

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A Phenomenology of Calling among Undergraduates at a Public University: Reliance on Faith during an Intentional Career Decision-Making Process, Justin Arnold

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Fate of Conductive Ink Pigments During Recycling and Landfill Deposition of Paper-Based Printed Electronics, James Edward Atkinson

Women’s Representation in Local Democracy: Formal and Informal Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Abida Bano

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A Qualitative Investigation of the Interpersonal Changes White Psychology Trainees Experience During their Race-Based Learning and Development, Molly K. Beagle

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Employing Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis to Better Understand the Relationship between Individuals’ Anthropogenic Climate Change Acceptance and Belief in Anti-Climate Change Dissenter Messages, Andrew Phillip Keller Bentley

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Highly Hamiltonian Graphs and Digraphs, Zhenming Bi

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Networked: An Investigation into the Economic Contribution of Manuel Castells, Darrick Brake

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LGBT Microaggressions in Counselor Education Programs, Sarah Bryan

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Self-Management as a Class-Wide Intervention: An Evaluation of the “Self & Match” System Embedded within a Dependent Group Contingency, Andrew J. Bulla

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From Following to Leading: Experiencing the Phenomena of Becoming a Teacher Leader, Alan L. Carter

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El Amerindio Y El Conquistador en Seis Comedias Áureas de Tema Peruano, Jerusa Carvajal-Villamar

Structure, Dynamics and Functional Mechanisms of the PWI Domain and the RNA-Binding Domain of Rotavirus Non-Structural Protein 3, Harry Amuguni Chanzu

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Development of Flexible Sensing Systems for Printed Electronic Applications, Amer Abdulmahdi Jabbar Chlaihawi

An Exploration of Data Mining Approach in Prediction of the Use of Physical and Occupational Therapy in US Adults, Raju Chowdhary

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Using Concept Maps to Monitor Knowledge Structure Changes in a Science Classroom, Leah J. Cook

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Justice Involved Veterans’ Post-Release Employment-Related Experiences, James L. Dawson

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Assessing a Punching Bag Feedback Performance Device, Neil Deochand

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Color-Connected Graphs and Information-Transfer Paths, Stephen Devereaux

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Deadly Hostility: Feud, Violence, and Power in Early Anglo-Saxon England, David DiTucci

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From Descendants of Refugees to First-Generation College Students: The Untold Story of Southeast Asian American College Students’ Lived Experience, Vunsin Hiew Doubblestein

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Rebranding Mediocrity: A Rhetorical Analysis of Common Core Textbooks for College-Bound Writers, E. Suzanne Ehst

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An Examination of Behavior Analysts' Treatment Selection Behavior for Escape-Maintained Problem Behavior, Rebecca Eldridge

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Development of Flexible Sensing Systems and Energy Harvesters Using Printing Techniques, Sepehr Emamian

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Biosorption of Pharmaceuticals and Noble Metals Nanoparticles by Algal Turf Communities, Haider Abid Faraj

Methods for Systematic Characterization and Monitoring of Radiotherapy Administration to Breast Cancer Patients, Milton Soto Ferrari

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Evaluating the Effects of a Self-Management Program with a Peer-Mediated Praise Procedure, Sean P. Field

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Diagnostics for Choosing between Stratified Logrank and Stratified Wilcoxon, Jhoanne Marsh C. Gatpatan

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High Performance Computing Techniques for Analyzing Risky Decision Making, Vinay B. Gavirangaswamy

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Slavery and Manumission in Fourteenth-Century Palermo, Jack Goodman

Predictors of Change in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans in a Residential PTSD Treatment Program, Andrew C. Hale

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From the Arab World to the American World: Transition and Adjustment Experiences of Muslim Women, Nancy Hammoudah

Primatus Hispaniae: Identity and Assimilation in Medieval Toledo, Patrick W. Harris

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Effects of Early Adolescent Exposure to d-Amphetamine in a Rodent Model of Nicotine Reward, Eric Louis Harvey

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Optimal Combiners for Multiple Classifier Systems, Mohammed Falih Hassan

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Sex Differences in Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Mediation of LSD Discrimination in Rats, Keli A. Herr

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Evaluation Instruction in Council on Education for Public Health Accredited Master of Public Health Schools and Programs, Kristin Ann Hobson

The Collage Effect: Form and Participatory Reading in Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Krystal Howard

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Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthetic Enzymes and Pathways in Flowering Plants, Ruiqi Huang

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Preparing Teachers in English Language Arts: Mentor Teachers Speak, Lindsay J. Jeffers

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Interpersonal Dependency and Self-Efficacy on Intention to Return to a Domestically Violent Relationship among Low-Income Women, Erin N. Jenkins

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Impact of Post-Secondary Correctional Education on Self-Efficacy and Personal Agency of Formerly Incarcerated African American Men, David E. Jones

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Lived Experience of College Students Who Reduced their Alcohol Consumption, Devin L. Jordan

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Dielectronic Recombination Calculations for Silicon-Like Ions and the S2+ Orion Nebula Abundance Conundrum, Jagjit Kaur

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Expanding a Path Analytic Model of Quality Management to Include the Management of Safety, Bruce J. Ladewski

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Controlling Political Corruption in Latin America: Institutional Constraints on Executive Power, George G. Lluberes

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Birth Record Analysis of Gestational Diabetes: Applications for Intervention Planning, Elizabeth L. MacQuillan

Analytical and Numerical Optimization of a Solar Thermoelectric Generator (STEG), Hadi Ali Mohammed Madkhali

Four Films, Michael Marberry

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ldentifying and Characterizing Cognitive Factors Significant to Practicing and Learning Meteorology, Peggy M. McNeal

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Investigating Personality Traits of Registered Nurses: Implications for Personnel Evaluation, Stephanie N. Means

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General Education Teachers’ Attitudes about Inclusion, Larry D. Monje

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Examination of the Effects of Computer Assisted Mindfulness Strategies with Adolescents in an Alternative High School Setting, Justin A. Moore

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Teaching Students who have Difficulty Mastering lmitation, Jennifer Mrljak

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Attitudes toward Professional Psychological Help among Kenyan Immigrants Living in the United States, Reuben M. Mwangi

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An lntegrated Approach (Remote Sensing, Hydrogeology, Geotechnical, and Geoinformatics) to Assess and Monitor Fossil Aquifers and Associated Land Deformation Over the Arabian Peninsula, Abdullah Ghurmullah Saeed Othman

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Structures of Metallacarboranes and Coordination Complexes: Coordination Sensors Based on Rhodamine B and Quinolines, Agozie Nnaemeka Oyeamalu

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Dominican College Students’ Experiences of Distress, Help-Seeking and Stigma, Laura Alicia Pacheco del Castillo

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Dangerous Deals: A Case Study of NAFTA as a Criminogenic Policy, Daniel J. Patten

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A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Case for Latino-Black Coalitions, Sarah Perez

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Implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model in a Pediatric Setting: Description, Satisfaction, and Potential Economic Outcomes, Rachel A. Petts

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A Corporate Model: Aligning National Nonprofit Expectations with Regional/Local Efforts to Serve the Mission, Emma A. Powell

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Mitral Cell Dendritic Arbors are Negatively Affected by Various Forms of Deafferentation and Can Recover in Adult Zebrafish, Joanna M. Pozzuto

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Peri-Operative Regional Nerve Blocks (PNB) in the Treatment of Pain in Patients Undergoing Operative Fixation of Lower Extremity Fractures, Joshua K. Radi

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Bicultural Identity Integration and Individual Resilience as Moderators of Acculturation Stress and Psychological Wellbeing of Asian Bicultural Immigrants, Hartini Abdul Rahman

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Fluid Manipulations Using a Piezo Electric Transformer for Sensing and Spray Generation Applications, Zeinab Ramshani

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Frequency and Nature of Elementary School Teacher-Student Interactions, Thomas Ratkos

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High School Seniors' Educational Experience lnfluencing the Decision to Pursue a Career in Nursing, Ryan L. Rowe

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An Investigation of Turkish Middle School Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Orientations towards Direct and Inquiry Instructional Approaches, Selcuk Sahingoz

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Protecting Sensitive Data in Clouds Using Active Data Bundles and Agent-Based Secure Multi-Party Computation, Akram Y. Sarhan

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Artificial Immune Systems: Applications, Multi-Class Classification, Optimizations, and Analysis, Brian Haroldo Schmidt

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Race and Sexual Orientation lssues in Graduate Classrooms: How Faculty in Psychology Experience them Emerging Alongside One Another, Raymond L. Sheets Jr.

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Self-Generated Absorption Filter Based Optical Densitometry Calculations for Expanded Gamut and Spot Color Printing on Paperboard for Packaging Applications and Proposed OBA Index, Awadhoot Vijaykant Shendye

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Spatial Analysis of Time between Two Consecutive Dental and Two Consecutive Well-Child Visits for Foster Care Youth, Chenyang Shi

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Education and Nutrition Problems in Rural China, Rong Shi

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Investigation of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention with Survivors of Interpersonal Violence, Laura Elise Stayton

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16th Century Shakespeare and 21st Century Students, Sheridan Lynn Steelman

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Speaking Our Truth: Gender Minority People's Experiences with Discrimination, Codie L. Stone

Experimental Therapy of Human Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Oncolytic Tanapoxvirus Recombinants Expressing Interleukin-2 And Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, Yogesh R. Suryawanshi

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How Friendships between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students Affect Anti-Heterosexist Identity Development, Amber L. Sylvan

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Are the Leadership Behaviors of K–12 Leaders in Mid-Western Urban School Districts Influenced by their Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Spirituality?, Ericka M. Taylor

Practicing Piracy: Violence, ldentity, and Cultural lnteraction in the Later Medieval Mediterranean, David D. Terry

Optical Properties of Quantum-Sized Gold and Silver Nanoclusters, Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige

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Distributed Model Predictive Control of Power Converters in Microsrids Under Different Modes of Operation, Riyadh Toman Thahab Toman

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Chemotypic Variation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in Midwest Forest and Atmospheric Role of Peroxyacyl Nitrates in Southeastern U.S., Shino Toma

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Superintendents’ Response to the Revised School Code Requiring Merit Pay in Selected Michigan School Districts, Mark A. Tompkins