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Dissertations from 2017
High Performance Computing Techniques for Analyzing Risky Decision Making, Vinay B. Gavirangaswamy
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
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
Effects of Early Adolescent Exposure to d-Amphetamine in a Rodent Model of Nicotine Reward, Eric Louis Harvey
Optimal Combiners for Multiple Classifier Systems, Mohammed Falih Hassan
Sex Differences in Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Mediation of LSD Discrimination in Rats, Keli A. Herr
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
Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthetic Enzymes and Pathways in Flowering Plants, Ruiqi Huang
Preparing Teachers in English Language Arts: Mentor Teachers Speak, Lindsay J. Jeffers
Interpersonal Dependency and Self-Efficacy on Intention to Return to a Domestically Violent Relationship among Low-Income Women, Erin N. Jenkins
Impact of Post-Secondary Correctional Education on Self-Efficacy and Personal Agency of Formerly Incarcerated African American Men, David E. Jones
Lived Experience of College Students Who Reduced their Alcohol Consumption, Devin L. Jordan
Dielectronic Recombination Calculations for Silicon-Like Ions and the S2+ Orion Nebula Abundance Conundrum, Jagjit Kaur
Expanding a Path Analytic Model of Quality Management to Include the Management of Safety, Bruce J. Ladewski
Controlling Political Corruption in Latin America: Institutional Constraints on Executive Power, George G. Lluberes
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
ldentifying and Characterizing Cognitive Factors Significant to Practicing and Learning Meteorology, Peggy M. McNeal
Investigating Personality Traits of Registered Nurses: Implications for Personnel Evaluation, Stephanie N. Means
General Education Teachers’ Attitudes about Inclusion, Larry D. Monje
Examination of the Effects of Computer Assisted Mindfulness Strategies with Adolescents in an Alternative High School Setting, Justin A. Moore
Teaching Students who have Difficulty Mastering lmitation, Jennifer Mrljak
Attitudes toward Professional Psychological Help among Kenyan Immigrants Living in the United States, Reuben M. Mwangi
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
Structures of Metallacarboranes and Coordination Complexes: Coordination Sensors Based on Rhodamine B and Quinolines, Agozie Nnaemeka Oyeamalu
Dominican College Students’ Experiences of Distress, Help-Seeking and Stigma, Laura Alicia Pacheco del Castillo
Dangerous Deals: A Case Study of NAFTA as a Criminogenic Policy, Daniel J. Patten
A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Case for Latino-Black Coalitions, Sarah Perez
Implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model in a Pediatric Setting: Description, Satisfaction, and Potential Economic Outcomes, Rachel A. Petts
A Corporate Model: Aligning National Nonprofit Expectations with Regional/Local Efforts to Serve the Mission, Emma A. Powell
Mitral Cell Dendritic Arbors are Negatively Affected by Various Forms of Deafferentation and Can Recover in Adult Zebrafish, Joanna M. Pozzuto
Peri-Operative Regional Nerve Blocks (PNB) in the Treatment of Pain in Patients Undergoing Operative Fixation of Lower Extremity Fractures, Joshua K. Radi
Bicultural Identity Integration and Individual Resilience as Moderators of Acculturation Stress and Psychological Wellbeing of Asian Bicultural Immigrants, Hartini Abdul Rahman
Fluid Manipulations Using a Piezo Electric Transformer for Sensing and Spray Generation Applications, Zeinab Ramshani
Frequency and Nature of Elementary School Teacher-Student Interactions, Thomas Ratkos
High School Seniors' Educational Experience lnfluencing the Decision to Pursue a Career in Nursing, Ryan L. Rowe
An Investigation of Turkish Middle School Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Orientations towards Direct and Inquiry Instructional Approaches, Selcuk Sahingoz
Protecting Sensitive Data in Clouds Using Active Data Bundles and Agent-Based Secure Multi-Party Computation, Akram Y. Sarhan
Artificial Immune Systems: Applications, Multi-Class Classification, Optimizations, and Analysis, Brian Haroldo Schmidt
Race and Sexual Orientation lssues in Graduate Classrooms: How Faculty in Psychology Experience them Emerging Alongside One Another, Raymond L. Sheets Jr.
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
Spatial Analysis of Time between Two Consecutive Dental and Two Consecutive Well-Child Visits for Foster Care Youth, Chenyang Shi
Education and Nutrition Problems in Rural China, Rong Shi
Investigation of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention with Survivors of Interpersonal Violence, Laura Elise Stayton
16th Century Shakespeare and 21st Century Students, Sheridan Lynn Steelman
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
How Friendships between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students Affect Anti-Heterosexist Identity Development, Amber L. Sylvan
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
Distributed Model Predictive Control of Power Converters in Microsrids Under Different Modes of Operation, Riyadh Toman Thahab Toman
Superintendents’ Response to the Revised School Code Requiring Merit Pay in Selected Michigan School Districts, Mark A. Tompkins
Critical Success Factors for Agile Project Management in Non-Software Related Product Development Teams, Jeff Totten
Good Looking in the Dark: A Narrative across Three Mediums, Aimee J. Valentine
A Hybrid Parallel Approach to High-Performance Compression of Big Genomic Files and in Compresso Data Processing, Sandino N. Vargas Pérez
Statistical and Clinical Equivalence of Measurements, Puntipa Wanitjirattikal
The Influence of Training Procedures on Generalization Performance in Scent-Detection Rats, Erin Watkins
Three Essays on Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Behavior, Wan Wei
Effects of Historical Story Telling on Student Understanding of NOS and Mendelian Genetics, Cody Tyler Williams
Modelling Student Misconceptions Using Nested Logit Item Response Models, Mustafa Yildiz
Oncolytic Tanapoxvirus for Melanoma Therapy, Tiantian Zhang
Discriminative and Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine-Levamisole Combinations, Zachary J. Zimmermann
Dissertations from 2016
Indoor Localization of Mobile Devices Based on Wi-Fi Signals Via Convex Optimization and Bregman Divergence, Osamah Ali Abdullah
Three Essays on the Economics of Child Labor and Child Education, Kofi Acheampong
Fault Detection and Localization in Solar Photovoltaic Systems using Sensing Frameworks, Masoud Mohsen Alajmi
Examining the Existence and Importance of Ten Skills for Successful School Leaders from Saudi Principals’ Perspectives, Khalifah Albalawi
The Empowerment of Academic Women Leaders at Saudi Universities and Its Relationship to Their Administrative Creativity, Azala M. Al Ghamdi
Empirical Evaluation of Different Features of Design in Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Deyab Almaleki
A Metaevaluation of School Counseling Program Evaluations, Saeed Mohammed Almueed
Development and Evaluation of Matrix Material Formulations for Potential Integration into Immunodiagnostic Biosensors, Payam Aminayi
Culturally Relevant Education for Rural Schools: Creating Relevancy in Rural America, Joshua J. Anderson
Three Essays Assessing Global Value Chain Fragmentation on International Trade Using the World Input-Output Database, Johanna Retana Attoh
Compressive Sensing Framework for Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis, Khalfalla Ahmad Kh. Awedat
Ghost Notes, Scott M. Bade
A Formative Evaluation of a Program Providing Support to College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kourtney Kay Bakalyar
Integration of Professional Identity and Christian Religious Identity in Undergraduate Social Work Students, Lolene K. Bargerstock
Factors Affecting Community Participation in Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Molly Bathje
Personality Factors, Self-Care, and Perceived Stress Levels on Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students, Jennifer L. Bauer
Who Controls Immigration Judges?: Towards a Multi-Institutional Model of Administration Judge Behavior, Mark Richard Beougher
The Behavioral Revolution in Contemporary Political Science: Narrative, Identity, Practice, Joshua R. Berkenpas
Discriminative Stimulus Effects of 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone and 4-Methylmethcathinone, Michael D. Berquist
A Transdiagnostic Approach to Emotion Regulation: The Development and Validation of Two Scales of Emotion Regulation, Lauren M. Borges
The Influence of Feedback on Implicit Bias in a Sample of Primarily Caucasian Women Counselors-in-Training, Branson L. Boykins
Design and Validation of an Electro-Hydraulic Pressure-Control Valve and Closed-Loop Controller, Jerry Boza
Yoga as an Ancillary Treatment to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression, Jeralee M. Briggs
The Relationship between Student Achievement and Professional Learning Communities at the Middle School Level, Michael S. Burde
A Prospective Investigation of Behavioral Risk Factors and Sexual Victimization Outcome in College Females, Tara E. Casady
On Myrtle: A Novel, Laurie Ann Cedilnik
Resolving Classes and Resolvable Spaces in Rational Homotopy Theory, Timothy L. Clark
Using Postfeedback Delays to Reduce Racing in Online Learning, Anna L. Conard
From Novice to Independent Researcher: A Content Analysis of PhD Student Blogs, Sarah J. Cox
Only the River Remains: History and Memory of the Eastland Disaster in the Great Lakes Region, 1915 – 2015, Caitlyn Perry Dial
The Federal School Improvement Grant: Telling the Story through Quantitative Outcomes, Gregg B. Dionne