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Dissertations from 2011
The Influence of a Personal Practice of Meditation on One’s Therapeutic Practice, William W. Fitzgerald
Evaluating the Impact of Small-Group Discussion on Learning in anOrganizational Psychology Class Utilizing a Classroom Response System, Thorhallur Orn Flosason
Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Investigation, Richard P. Freedberg
The Impact of Structured Group Counseling on Resiliency, Self-Efficacy, and RacialIdentity among African American Female Teenagers, LaShonda B. Fuller
The Gendered Plight of Terror: Annexation and Exile in Latvia 1940-1950, Irene Elksnis Geisler
Sense of Coherence: The Relationship to Personal Growth and Distressafter a Breakup, Kristin R. Gillen
Relativistic R-Matrix Theory, Janina Grineviciute
Evaluation of Verbal Behavior in Older Adults, Amy Gross
Summative Confidence, Paul Cristian Gugiu
Cancerland, Marin Love Heinritz
Teachers and Their Struggle with Personal Satisfaction as Young Mothers, Katherine Homer
Society in Crisis: A Critical Perspective on Health Care and Distribution ofHealth Status in the United States, Curtis D. Hosier
Exploring the Well-Being of Foster Children of Parents with Substance Abuse Problems in Family Dependency Treatment Courts, Barbara M. Howes
Neuroprotective Effects of a Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist and Modulator in the Rodent Retina, Kazuhiro Iwamoto
Daily Practices Elementary Principals Utilize to Increase Student ReadingAchievement: A Case Study of Successful Michigan Elementary Schools, Susan L. Johnson
The Picture Exchange Communication System: Digital Photographs Versus Picture Symbols, Carmen Jonaitis
Modular and Graceful Edge Colorings of Graphs, Ryan Jones
Evaluating the Effects of a Job-Aid for Teaching Visual Inspection Skills to University Students, Candice M. Jostad
Benefits of CPFR and VMI Collaboration Strategies in a Variable Demand Environment, Dattaraj Kamalapurkar
The Experiences of Infertility among Married Kenyan Women, Patrick Mugi Kamau
Evaluating the Impact of a Performance Based Methodology on Transfer of Training, Richard Rashid Kazbour
Recruitment to Leadership Positions in the German Bundestag, 1994-2006, Melanie Kintz
An Exploration of Worldview and Conceptions of Nature of Science among Science Teachers at a Private Christian High School, Kara M. Kits
The Relationship between Spirituality and Personality, Kimberly C. Koessel
Preparation of 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives with B-Ring Functionalization and Their Application, Lars Kohler
Inositol and Rhizopine Metabolism - Key Pathways for Competitive Host Nodulation in Sinorhizobium Meliloti, Petra R. A. Kohler
Hamiltonicity and Connectivity in Distance-Colored Graphs, Kyle C. Kolasinski
Implementation of the 2009 CACREP Standards Addiction Competencies, Tiffany K. Lee
Commissioning of the Helical Orbit Spectrometer: A New Device for Measuring Nuclear Reactions in Inverse Kinematics, Jonathan C. Lighthall
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca y sus narrativas sobre la exploracion del Rio de la Plata (1540-1545), Maria del Pilar Lopez-Castilla
Psychometric Properties of Diagnostic Assessment Instrumentsfor Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Community Sample Aged 2 Through 17 Years, Sheryl Lozowski-Sullivan
The Effects of Yellow Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) onMotorists' Yielding, Exit Lane Encroachment and Conflicts at Fire Station Exits, Erick K. Marmolejo
Mysteries in a World That Thinks There Are None, Gary L. McDowell
Understanding the Dimensions of Spirituality in Caucasian Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students, Michele L. McGrady
Reluctant to Report: The Mandated Reporting Practices of Child Care Providers, Aileen McKenna
Spiritual Independence in Finley's Elsie Dinsmore Series, Alcott's Little Women Seriesand Wilder's Little House Series, Rebekka Anna Mehl
Comparisons of Three Analytical Techniques for Measuring Absolute and Relative Temperature Changes During Ultrasound Treatment, Michael G. Miller
A Case Study of How Students Enrolled in CTE Programs and Faculty Understand and Assess the Implications of Globalization on Career Preparation, Mohammad A. Moradi
Three Essays on Financial Markets and Monetary Policy, Abeba Siraj Mussa
Virtual Design Verification and Process Improvement of Composite Sheet Material Products Using Intelligent Finite Element Analysis (iFEA), Sathyanarayanan Narasimhan
The Bandi of Northwestern Liberia: A Study of Change and Continuityin Bandi Society to 1964, Samuel Benedict Ngovo
Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area Classroom:Teacher Attitudes and Predictors, Sara L. Norton-Ejnik
Robust Adaptive Scheme for Linear Mixed Models, Gabriel Asare Okyere
African American Male Teachers in K-12 Education: A Limited Quantity, Kelley A. Peatross
A Qualitative Study of Instructional Strategies Used by Elementary General Education Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms, Kristen Peterson
Citizen-Informed Performance Measurement and Reporting in Local Government: Key Factors for Effective Democratic Governance, Eileen L. Pierce
Voices of Parolees Who Have Chosen a Community College Element within a Reentry Program, Kristi S. Potts
African American Experiences of Race Relations in the Supervision Dyad, Brandi L. Pritchett-Johnson
Preference Assessments for Older Adults with Dementia: Utility of the MSWO Procedure and Assessment of the Stability of Preference, Paige B. Raetz
Becoming Formal or Informal Entrepreneurs: How Institutions Matter, Joël Luc Raveloharimisy
Ductile Mode Material Removal of Ceramics and Semiconductors, Deepak Ravindra
Evaluation of the Impact of a Large Corporate Leadership Development Course, Anna A. Rice
Learning Organization Principles: The Impact on a Midwest State Government as Perceived by Its Employees, Rosalee Billingslea Rush
Stability of Popular R-CBM Progress Monitoring Tools: Dibels® Next and Aimsweb®, Christine Russell
Evaluating the Use of a Self-Advocacy Strategy as a Means of Improving Progress in the General Curriculum for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities, Amy L. Schelling
Short-Term Nicotine Abstinence and Decision Making, Gabriel D. Searcy
Dosed Versus Prolonged Exposures: A Direct Comparison of One-Session Treatments for Animal Phobias, Richard William Seim
Soviet Holocaust Survivors: An Ethnographic Study, Marina Shafran
Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern Women's Voices: New Visions of "Home", Abdullah Kheiro A. Shehabat
Examination of Anxiety and Substance Use Symptoms in Trauma Exposed Versus Environmentally Stressed College Students, Theresa M. Souza
Social Justice Advocacy and Counselor Education: A Study of Counselor Educators' and Counseling Interns' Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Training, Darryl C. Steele
Highly Qualified Public School Teacher: Its Status, Distribution, Determinants, and Relationship with Job Commitment and Job Satisfaction, Samuel Striker
AFTER: A POEM, John Chad Sweeney
Understanding the Career Paths and Experiences of Division I-A Athletic Directors: A Phenomenological Study, Harold Thomas Swift
Reading, Writing, and Repetition: Performance on Nonword Measures byStudents With and Without Language-Learning Disabilities, Patricia J. Tattersall
Generalization or Specialization in High School Based Health Careers Transition Programs: What Is the Impact on the Health Care Work Force Shortage?, James Wm. Taylor
Characterizing Potential Sustainable Energy Feedstocks, Jesse George Thompson
All I Am: Defining Music as an Emotional Catalyst through a Sociological Study of Emotions, Gender and Culture, Adrienne M. Trier-Bieniek
Counselor Trainees' Experience of Analyzing Their Counseling Sessions During a Master's-Level Practicum, Abbie VanDerWege
Latina Women’s Reasons for and Experience of Sexual Assault Disclosure: A Qualitative Investigation, Melissa Villarreal
Assessing the Effects of a Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon on Vehicle Speeds along a Four-Lane Divided Highway, Michelle Van Wagner
A National Study of Parental Involvement: Its Trends, Status and Effects on School Success, Alandra Washington
The Role of Evaluations in Community Foundations, Brad R. Watts
Spectroscopic Study of New Sensors for Organophosphates, Metals, and Cyanide Based on Rhodamine and Cholic Acid Derivatives, Arambe Gedara Aruna Weerasinghe
Professional Development Experiences of Indiana K-12 Public School Teachers: Evidence from the SASS 2007-2008, Patrick David Weil
Exploring the Experiences of Living with a Controversial Illness in Patients with Fibromyalgia, Samantha L. Wheeler
Study Abroad Program Design, Personal Development and Intercultural Effectiveness, Margaret Davis Wiedenhoeft
Effectiveness of a Motivational Enhancement Group Treatment in a Community Treatment Program with a Substance Abusing Population, Matthew S. Willerick
Robust Nonparametric Methods for Regression to the Mean Model, Therawat Wisadrattanapong
Administrator Perspectives of Post-Secondary Educational Opportunities for Michigan High School Students, Carl Wozniak
The Experiences of Married International Graduate Students and Their Accompanying Non-Student Spouses in the US Culture: A Qualitative Study, Adriana Yellig
An Analog Experiment Comparing Goal-Free Evaluation and Goal Achievement Evaluation Utility, Brandon W. Youker
Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Effects of Atrazine on the Xenopus Laevis Tadpole, Renee Maryanne Zaya
Advanced Placement Courses and College Student Success: Evidence from BPS: 96/01, Jinhai Zhang
Dissertations from 2010
Dielectronic Recombination for Aluminum-Like Ions and Photoabsorption Cross Sections for Magnesium Ions at the K-Edge, Shahin Ahmed Abdel-Azim Abdel Naby
An Automated Framework for Defect Detection in Concrete Bridge Decks Using Fractals and Independent Component Analysis, Fadi Abu-Amara
A Decision Model for Nurse-to-Patient Assignment, Ilgin Acar
Composing Ourselves: Utilizing Literacy Narratives to Promote Knowledge and Reflection in Preservice Secondary English Teachers, Cheryl Henderson Almeda
Pattern Recognition for Fault Detection, Classification, and Localization in Electrical Power Systems, Qais Hashim Alsafasfeh
Synthesis and Characterization of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticles and a Gold-Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposite intended for Photocatalytic Degradation of Environmental Pollutants, Piyadarsha Amaratunga
Orientation and Mobility, Reading, and Math: Analysis of Data for Children with Visual Impairments from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study, Dawn L. Anderson
The Predictive Power of Therapeutic Alliance on Treatment Retention, James B. Anderson
The Impact of Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers on the Mentor Teacher, Patti Andrea
The Abortion Attitudes of Counselor, Social Worker, and Nursing Trainees, Mary J. Ball
High-Throughput Screening Studies of Inhibition of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II and Bacterial Flagella Antimicrobial Activity, Albert A. Barrese III