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Dissertations from 2008
The Theory and Practice of Drug Courts: Wolves in Sheep Clothing?, Kristen E. DeVall
Emotion Recognition and the Propensity to Engage in Sexually Coercive Behaviors: A Study with College Males, Beth J. Dietzel
Developing a Novel Vaccine Adjuvant, Paul Dominowski
Bilingual Education, Federalism, and the Political Culture of American Public Education, 1964-1980, Robert Harold Duke
Combined Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Plus Caregiver Sessions for Childhood Depression, Dikla Eckshtain
A Comparison of Three Training Methods on the Acquisition and Retention of Automotive Product Knowledge, Rhiannon M. Fante
How Can Art Education Enhance the Content Subject Area in an Urban School Setting?, Lonnie Ford
Counselors Working in Integrated Primary Behavioral Health and the Influence on Professional Identity: A Phenomenological Study, Geniene Michelle Gersh
You Will Come Safe from the Sea, Peter J. Geye
First-Generation, Income-Eligible Peer Mentor Study, Charlotte L. Giscombe
Using Virtual Reality Enhanced Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Street-Crossing Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Tina R. Goldsmith
Jane Addams and the Foundationalist Fallacy: Coming to Voice at Rockford Female Seminary, Lanette Lawrence Grate
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Consultant Workshop Model in a Human Service Setting, Nicole E. Gravina
A Qualitative Study of Buddhist Informed Psychotherapists, Michael Sean Harris
Contextual Learning for a Global Economy: A Comparative Case Study of Two Career Technical Centers and Two Machine-Tool Manufacturing Businesses, Jennifer L. Harrison
The Impact of a Community Leadership Academy in a Midwestern County on Graduates' Attitudes and Behavior toward Community Trusteeship, Robert Harrison
Calculations of K-Shell Fluorescence Yields and Photoabsorption Cross Sections for Carbon Ions at the K-Edge, Muhammet Fatih Hasoglu
Shapeshifter: The Manifestations of Morgan Le Fay, Jill Marie Hebert
The Sins of Kalamazoo, a Full-Length Play Based on the Works of Carl Sandburg, Christine Iaderosa
Visiones Convergentes: Mito, Historia Y Arquetipo En La Dramaturgia De Lourdes Ortiz, Sabina Berman Y Diana Raznovich, Nuria Ibanez-Quintana
A Proof of Concept for Oppnets and Its Resource Utilization Techniques with QOS Constraints, Zill-E-Huma Kamal
Evaluation of a Progressive Model for Identifying Preferred Stimuli for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Amanda M. Karsten
The Role of Prediction in the Teaching and Learning of Algebra, Lisa Kasmer
Flexography Printing of Silver Based Conductive Inks on Packaging Substrates, Ramesh Chandra Kattumenu
Critical Components to Improve Literacy Learning for All Students, Marcia Harriet Kaye
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Application of Gold Nanoparticles, Junhyung Kim
Intimacy, Elizabeth Knapp
Making the Difference in High Poverty; High Achieving Urban Elementary Schools: Selected Principal's Perspectives, Penny Larsen
This Journey Is Not for the Faint of Heart: An Investigation of Challenges Facing Transgender Individuals and Their Significant Others, Emily Lenning
Perceptions of Quality of Life of Latinos with Diabetes Living in the U.S.: Variations by Geographic Region of Origin, Janice M. Long
A New Rough Wall Layer Modeling for Turbulent Flows Using the Brinkman Equation, Meng-Huang Lu
Estadounidenses and Gringos as Reality and Imagination in Mexican Narrative of the Late Twentieth Century, Jessica Lynam
High School Mathematics Teachers' Evolving Understanding of Comparing Distributions, Sandra R. Madden
Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness, Wesley A. Martz
Collective Bargaining in Public Schools: Superintendents' Perspective, Kyle W. Mayer
Remote Sensing Solutions for Estimating Runoff and Recharge in Arid Environments, Adam M. Milewski
Essays on Asymmetric Loss and Learning in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Sagarika Mishra
Disruptive Effects of Aβ Oligomers to the Radial-Arm Maze Performance of Rats, Kineta Lynn Morgan-Paisley
Radiographic and Functional Analysis of Movement Allowed by Four Wrist Immobilization Devices, Timothy M. Mullen
The Effects of Defendant Race, Psychological Expert Witness Race, and Racially Salient Psychological Expert Testimony on Juror Decision Making, Lily Cheyanne (Manick) Munavu
The Relationship between Leadership Theory Behaviors, Follower Attitudes and Behaviors, and Organizational Performance in United States County Governments, Jonathan Muterera
Construction of a New Model System in Saccharomyces Cerevisa to Study YopO and Identify Its Targets, Laura Nejedlik
Transitioning between the Requirements of Accrediting Bodies in Athletic Training Education Programs: What Might It Take?, Jennifer O'Donoghue
Between the City and the Bush: Suburbia in the Contemporary Australian Novel, Nathanael David O'Reilly
Modeling Fluid Structure Interaction over a Flexible Fin Attached to a NACA0012 Airfoil, Srinivasa Ravindra Pantula
Effective Intervention Approaches for Increased Student Achievement with At-Risk Middle School Students: Voices from Parents, Susan J. Peets
Content Analysis of University Alcohol Policies: "Party Schools" Compared to Non-Party Schools, Sarah E. Pernie
Essential Novice Nurse Educator Role Competencies and Qualifications to Teach INA Pre-Licensure Registered Nurse Education Program, Kathleen A. Poindexter
Research Self-Efficacy and Research Mentoring Experiences as Predictors of Occupational Commitment in Counselor Education Doctoral Students, Glinda Jeanette Rawls
Circumnavigation, Vincent Reusch
Legislative Program Evaluation Conducted by State Legislatures in the United States, John S. Risley
Differences by Degrees: Providing Services to Adult Students Based on Degree Level Pursued, Kathy L. Rix
Online Teaching Self-Efficacy of Nurse Faculty Teaching in Public, Accredited Nursing Programs in The State of Michigan, Kristi Adair Robinia
Interactive Visual Exploration of Large Relation, Mustafa Sanver
Metaevaluation by Formal Evaluation Theory of Aid Evaluation Work, Ryoh Sasaki
Sustainability Evaluation: Development and Validation of an Evaluation Checklist, Daniela C. Schroeter
Evaluation of Electron Donor Materials Used to Create Subsurface Permeable Reactive Barriers for Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes, Elizabeth S. Semkiw
Self-Solicited Feedback: Effects of Hourly Pay and Individual Monetary Incentive Pay, Julie M. Slowiak
Characterization of the AP-1 and NF-Kappa B Transcription Factors in the U-87 MG Astrocytoma Cell Line, Denise L. Smith
A Metaevaluation of Lessons Learned Repositories: Evaluative Knowledge Management Practices in Project Management, Willis H. Thomas
Predicting Counseling Psychologists' Attitudes and Clinical Judgments with Respect to Older Adults, Jody K. Tomko
Switch On and Switch Off Nanosensors for the Detection of Nerve Gas Agents, Shankar Varaganti
A Comparison of Maintenance-Training Methods for Children Diagnosed with Autism, Nicholas L. Weatherly
The Impact of Telemonitoring on Self-Efficacy, Emotional Well-Being, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failure, Jaclyn West-Frasier
Financialism in Pretrial Release and Criminal Case Outcomes: A Relative Comparison of Finances, Ethnicity and Sex, Daniel White
Three Essays on Computer and Internet Use at Home, Tadesse Biru Wodajo
The Effect of Substrate Properties on Print Attributes for Gravure Printing - From Proof to Press, Yu Ju Wu
Atomistic-Based Finite Element Simulation of Carbon Nanotubes, Yang Yang
Dissertations from 2007
Behavioral Tolerance under Variable Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement, Barry Eshkol Adelman
Drying Behavior of Fractionated Fibers, Hussam E. Alkahasawneh
Effective Critical Thinking Teaching Strategies as Perceived by Affiliated Program Evaluation Faculty, Dhaifallah Almatrodi
Essays on Intrahousehold Allocation and the Family: Fertility, Child Education, and Nutrition, Alemayehu Azeze Ambel
The Effects of Acute Nicotine Abstinence on Vigilance and Verbal Memory in Non-Diagnosed Smokers, David W. Ayer
The Global Hepatic Transcriptional Response of Male Fisher Rats to Dietary Aroclor 1254 Exposure, Trisha M. Basford
Late Pleistocene Climate Variability and Chemical Weathering in the Goriganga, Higher Central Himalaya, North India, Steven Paul Beukema
Lightweight Intrusion Detection: A Second Line of Defense for Unguarded Wireless Sensor Networks, Vijay Subhash Bhuse
Thereby become a Monster: Complex Organizations and the Torture at Abu Ghraib, Janine A. Bower
A New Model for Cooperative Mobility in Support if QOS in Manets with Heterogeneous Autonomy Requirements, Ghassen Ben Brahim
Intensive Professional Development in Early Literacy Instruction for Preschool Teachers, Rebecca Brinks
Evaluating the Immediate Impact and Short-Term Therapeutic Effects of the “Internalized-Other” Interviewing with Couples, Shai M. Brosh
Land Use and Settlement Patterns in Michigan, 1763-1837, Ray De Bruler Jr.
Work Stress, Non-Work Stress and Mental Health Among School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists: Effects of Social Support, Lena Gloria Caesar
A Qualitative Study of Women Therapists’ Experiences of Spirituality in the Counseling Process, Sharon A. Carney
Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Affirmative Action in Higher Education, Erika Ann Carr
What Allows Teachers to Extend Student Thinking during Whole-Group Discussions, Nesrin Cengiz
Democracy on Stilts: Bolivia’s Democracy from Stability to Crisis, Miguel Centellas
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost of Michigan Background Check Program Using Crime Opportunity Theory, Judith Brown Clarke
A Study of Disaster Preparedness of Rural Hospitals in the United States, Barbara Cliff
Cognitive vs. Supportive Therapy for Distressed Collegians, Jean Clore
Evaluation of Researchers and Their Research: Toward Making the Implicit Explicit, Chris L. S. Coryn
Diagnostics for Choosing between Log-Rank and Wilcoxon Tests, Ruvie Lou Maria Custodio Martinez
Nude with Anything, James D'Agostino
Four Roads: A Novel, Kelly Daniels
Extensions of Two-Part Tests to Compare K Independent Populations, Marwan Daoud
Adsorption of Lead on Single and Mixed Solid Systems, Soumya Das
Retaining Exploring Students: A Comparison Study of Decided and Undecided College Students, Betty D. Dennis
An Evaluative Model for Incorporating Diversity Training into Teacher Preparation, Amy Sue DeSonia