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Dissertations from 2005
The Effects of Individual Monetary Incentives with Individual Feedback and Group Monetary Incentives with Group Feedback on High Performance, Kathryn M. Culig
Risk Sharing and Consumption Insurance in Poor Urban Economies: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Household Data, Seife Dendir
Analysis of Group Differences and Predictors of Hooper Visual Organization Test Scores, Michael R. DeVries
A Behavioral Model for the Assessment and Management of Dehydration in Older Adults, Leilani Feliciano
Photoexcitation and Photoionization of the Argon Atom and the Hydrogen Bromide Molecule, Ximao Feng
The Effects of the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project, Jane E. Finn
Willa Cather: The Letters and Novels of a Romantic Modernist, Lisa Bouma Garvelink
Stratification and Domination in Graphs and Digraphs, Ralucca M. Gera
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Manganese Doped Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dot Nanocrystals, Pedro A. Gonzalez Beerman
Investigation of Accordion-Optimized NMR Spectroscopy, Chad Eric Hadden
The Three-Contingency Model of Self-Management, Holly C. Harrison
Meaningful Learning: Reconciling the Tensions between Constructivist and Environmentally Sustainable Pedagogy, Nancy Van Kannel-Ray
A Leadership Model for Roman Catholic Social Service Agencies, Richard A. Ketrow
Examining the Keyword Mnemonic Strategy as an Effective Academic Intervention for High School Students Labeled Emotional or Behavioral Disordered, Karen A. Kleinheksel
Rank-Based Methods for Repeated Measures Data Under Exchangeable Errors, John Kloke
The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath, Kimberly Dawn Knutsen
Career Experiences and Career Development among Chinese American Professional Women: A Qualitative Study, Yi-Ling Linda Kuo-Rice
Who Voted?: Social Class and Participation in United States Presidential Elections, Uisoon Kwon
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 Homiliary: 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 Pacheenburawana
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, Ahmed 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 from Volume 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 Classifications 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