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Dissertations from 2005
Online Support for Multivariate Integration, Shujun Li
Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Spanish Translation of Two Help-Seeking Instruments, Salvador Lopez-Arias
Teacher Quality and Teacher Preparedness in Public Secondary Schools: Evidence from SASS 1999-2000, Xuejin Lu
Automotive Service Technology Intersectional Skills Proficiency Assessment, David L. MacQuarrie
School Counselors' Perceptions about Female Participation in Non-Traditional Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs, Rashida Khatoon Malik
The Italian Homliary: Texts and Contexts, Michael Thomas Martin
Factors Affecting Treatment Program Development in a Mental Health Facility Serving Prisoners, Ruby Miranda Meriweather
Bufadienolides In The Chemical Defenses Of The Toads, Bufo Americanus and Bufo Fowleri, Catherine E. Merovich
A Study of How Precursor Key Concepts for Organic Chemistry Success Are Understood by General Chemistry Students, Patrick Gerard Meyer
The Effects of Dextromethorphan on Response Acquisition with Delayed Reinforcement, Thomas B. Morgan
Global Optimality Conditions in Mathematical Programming and Optimal Control, Pariwat Pacheenburawaa
Performance Evaluation Models for Strategic Decision-Making: Towards a Hybrid Model, Geraldina Villalobos Quezada
Changes in Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Expression with Development, Age, Exercise and Hypertension, Bertha C. Rebimbas-Cohen
Starlight Drive, William R. Reynolds Jr.
Higher Education Attorneys’ Perceptions Regarding Academic Freedom and Challenges to Academic Freedom, Manuel R. Rupe
The Persistence of Adult Undergraduates on a Traditionally Oriented University Campus, Wendy Samuels
The One-Stop Permit and Plan Review Center: Three Case Studies, Kenneth John Schilling
Sexual Victimization: An Examination of Variables Predicting Psychological Adjustment, Janine M. Schroeder
A Sociological History of Prison Privatization in the Contemporary United States, Donna Selman-Killingbeck
Development of an Analogue of a Response-Class Hierarchy, Daniel B. Shabani
Aid Effectiveness, Policies and Reform, Elias Kedir Shukralla
Collaboration through Partnerships: A Review of Six Michigan Communities, Cheryl Kay Sibilsky-Soule
Hustle, Jason Skipper
Load Interaction Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth, Stoyan Ivanov Stoychev
Pyramidal Staff Training: Teaching Play and Manding to Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Koji Takeshima
The Relationship between Counselor-in-Training Personality Traits, Family-of-Origin Characteristics and Working Alliance, Anthony W. Tatman
Job Perceptions within Campus Law Enforcement, Duane Terpstra
The Practice of Continuous Improvement in Higher Education, Deborah M. Thalner
Assessing Putnam’s Theory of Social Capital through the Use of Path Analysis, Craig Tollini
Worry, Kristen Tracy
Stabilization of Curtain Coater at High Speeds, Peeyush Tripathi
A Structural Analysis of Law Enforcement Officer Deaths; 1995-1999, Kasey A. Tucker
Influence of Uncorrelated Defects on the Vortex Phase Diagram in YBA2Cu3O7-6 Superconducting System, Lucian M. Undreiu
An Empirical Study of Fiscal Decentralization of Local Governments in China, Jianfeng Wang
Intergenerational Power Exchange Model: Meta-Analysis of Male Batterers’ Intervention Programs, Suzanne Van Weelde
Acylpyrazolones: Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Lanthanide Metal Ion Separation, Jun Yang
Cognitive Orthotics for Students with Cognitive Disabilities, James V. Yanna
Impact of Standards on Physical Education Teacher Education: Curriculum, Collaboration, and Learning Outcomes, Xiangren Yi
An Evaluation of the Renaissance Zone Programs of Michigan, Yuanlei Zhu
Dissertations from 2004
Chemical and Isotopic Investigation of Groundwater in Eastern United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ahmed Ali Abdalla Murad
From Violence-Prone to Violence-Prepared Organizations Assessing the Role of Human Resources Management in Preventing Workplace Violence in American City Governments, Saleh Abdel Rahman Ahmed
Effect of Coating Additives on the Rheological and Optical Properties of Coated Papers, Burak Aksoy
On Similarity Measures for Cluster Analysis, Ahrned Najeeb Khalaf Albatineh
Essays on the Econometrics of Financial Volatility, Yasemin Bardakci
A Multimethodological Study of Teachers’ Perceptions of Technology Professional Development, James Brown
Childhood Obesity: Caregivers’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Physical Activity and Inactivity, Mozhdeh B. Bruss
Working with Heterosexual Allies on Campus: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences Among LGBT Campus Resource Center Directors, Melissa A. Bullard
Factors Affecting School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists’ Use of Language Assessment Practices with Bilingual Children, Lena Gloria Caesar
Studies of Atomic and Molecular Dynamics Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Sophie E. Canton
Nearer, Karen Carcia
Assessing the Differential Outcomes Procedure with Children Diagnosed with Autism, Ivy M. Chong
Sustaining Innovation in Career and Technical Education, Brenda S. Clark
Evaluating Progress in Behavioral Programs for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Continuous Versus Intermittent Data Collection, Anne Rena Cummings
“Imagined Communities” in Showcases: The Nationality Rooms Program at The University of Pittsburgh (1926-1945), Lucia Curta
Phase Coherent Effects in the Speckle Correlation of Light Scattered fromVolume Disordered Media and Randomly Rough Surfaces, Bogdan Danila
U.S. Policy toward Iraq within the Context of Complexity Theories, Alexander Rayssan Dawoody
Mothers of Us All: When Does Political Message Take Precedence over Art in Some Modern and Contemporary Women’s Poetry, Shanda Hansma Blue Easterday
Determinants of Aggregate R&D, Role of Fiscal Policy, and the Effects of Government R&D on Economic Growth, Ashraf Galal Mohamed Eid
The Effects of Task Structure and Group Target Monetary Incentives on Social Loafing, Nelson R. Eikenhout
Investment and Capital Flows under Uncertainty and Capital Market Imperfection in Oil Producing Countries, Mohamed Gaber Hassan Elsayed
Management Style, Organizational Climate, and Organizational Performance in a Public Mental Health Agency: An Integral Model, Pamela Sue Meserve Erbisch
Representation of the Elderly in Counselor Education Textbooks, Alicia V. Fahr
Islam and Democracy: An Empirical Examiniation of Muslims' Political Culture, Moataz Bellah Mohamed Abdel Fattah
The Social Construction of Rape Research: Exploring Epistemologies and Evaluating Methods, Edith M. Fisher
Health Impacts of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Aquatic Organisms, Marla Ann Fisher
Selfhood and the Search for an Identity: Explaining the Emergence of the Nineteenth-Century Holiness Movement and Early Church of the Nazarene, Paul R. George Jr.
Underrepresented Doctoral Students: The Cultural and Institutional Barriers that Hinder Their Ability to Graduate, Nancy Greer-Williams
Structural Equation Modeling as a Tool for Multisite Evaluation, Carl Edward Hanssen
Dear Beyond, Kirsten Hemmy
Moderate Drinking Classlfications as Social Constructions: The Utility of a Salutogenic Perspecitve in Assessing Drinking Behavior, Martin R. Hill
Interferences in Electron Emission Spectra for H+ Impact on H2, Sabbir Hossain
A Study of the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture, Mildred Patricia Howard
Using the History of Research on Sickle-Cell Anemia to Affect Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science, Eric M. Howe
Taiwanese Female Counselors’ Experiences of Managing Work and Family Roles and Responsibilities, Joy yuyin Huang
Using Biosurfactant Production to Enhance the Applicability and Performance of Bioslurry Systems for Site Remediation, Andrew John Hudak
Effects of Nicotine and Anatoxin-A Exposures on the Operant Performance of Rats, Kimberly Ann Jarema
Recipes for Reform: Americanization and Foodways in Chicago Settlement Houses, 1890-1920, Stephanie J. Jass
Academic Performance, Persistence, and Cultural Congruence of African American Males Attending Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, Darrell Johnson
Girls and Science: A Qualitative Study on Factors Related to Success and Failure in Science, Paula Denise Johnson
Patriarch Nikon's Image in Russian History and Culture, Kevin Kain
Child Welfare and Devolving Federalism: An Analysis of The Effects of Federal Funding Schemes on Selected Child Welfare Outcomes in Michigan, Timothy J. Kangas
Levittown, Pennsylvania: A Sociological History, Chad M. Kimmel
The Politics of HIV/AIDS and Implications for Democracy in Kenya, Wambuii Henry Kiragu
Origin of the Central Kalamazoo River Valley, Southwestern Michigan, USA, Andrew Kozlowski
The Effects of Elevated CO2 and Environmental Variation on Plant Phenotype, Herbivore Performance, and Evolutionary Potential in a Brassicacae Model System, John Michael Landosky
Effectiveness of Teaching Modalities for Pre-College Level Mathematics Courses, Dorothy Latuszek
What Kinds of Adolescent Leaders are Hiding in Newbery Books?, Carol Jasperse Lautenbach
Fumed Metallic Oxides and Conventional Pigments for Glossy Inkjet Paper, Hyunkook Lee
Official Discourse and Public Opinion in Post-Communist Societies: The Role of Government-Affiliated Intellectuals, Ekaterina M. Levintova
Deconstructing Fordism: Legacies of the Ford Sociological Department, Georgios Paris Loizides
The Effects of Individual and Group Incentives on High Performance, Heather M. McGee
Controversial Maternal Roles of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Rhonda Elliott McGee
Modeling the Strategic Impact of Management Accounting Methods on the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing, David Joseph Meade