Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Role of Cancer Testis Antigens in Uveal and Cutaneous Melanoma, Julia Escandon
Regulation of Interactions Between Sap-feeding Insects and Their Obligate Endosymbionts, Honglin Feng
Salient Factors Among Hispanic Parents for Vaccinating Children Against HPV, Madeline Fernandez
A Comparison of the Effects of Concept-Based and Grammar-Based Methods of Instruction on the Acquisition of the Subjunctive Among Heritage and Second Language Learners of Spanish, Antoni Fernandez Parera
Ocular Cancer Biomarkers, Mutation Profiles, and Therapeutic Strategies, Matthew G. Field
Effects of Psychological and Structural-Level Factors on Sexual Risk and STI Incidence in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men, Calvin J. Fitch
A Contemporary Improvisational Methodology for the Cellist, Ian Calder Flatt
Are Apologies Less Effective for Transgressors Who Seem Unlikely to Exploit Their Victims Again in the Future? An Experimental Evaluation of a Mediational Hypothesis, Daniel E. Forster
Macrophage Depletion as a Therapeutic Method After SCI, Lucy Freer
The Uses of the Stage: Canon Formation Processes in Cuban Theater, Ernesto Fundora
Sleep Duration, Postprandial Metabolic Function, and the Role of Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Individuals, Karin Garcia
Haiti's Resistant Press in the Age of Jean-Claude Duvalier, 1971-1986., Jennifer Garcon
Energy Diplomacy: the United States of America and the Russian Federation, Arsen Gasparyan
Bright Bass Timbres in the "Dark Age" of Jazz: Eddie Gomez, Three Quartets, Transgression, and Transcendence, Tianyuan (Ken) Ge
The Influence of Seawater Chemistry on the Geochemistry of Scleractinian Corals, Sharmila Giri
The Effects of Nicotine on Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes, Jordan M. Greenberg
The Underrepresentation of Women Studying Engineering: A Grounded Theory Case Study, Sandra Gross
Shifting Masculinities from North Africa: in Yasmina Khadra, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mohamed Leftah and Abdellah Taïa’s Fictions, Melyssa Haffaf
Learning and Reasoning with Imperfect Data, Janith Heendeni P. Don
The Impact of a Professional Development Program in Popular Music on a Music Teacher's Beliefs and Practices, Donna Hewitt
Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments for Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: Development of Child and Parent-Proxy Measures, Michael Hoffman
Boycotting or Buycotting? An Investigation of Consumer Emotional Responses towards Brand Activism, Cheng Hong
The Role of CADM1 in Viral-Mediated Oncogenesis, Richard Hunte
Supramolecular Complexation Studies of Electroactive Guests by Cucurbit[n]uril Hosts, Vivian Iglesias
Essays in Financial Economics, Sima Jannati
STEM+L: Investigating Adolescents’ Participation Trajectories in a Collaborative Multimodal Composing Environment, Shiyan Jiang
Pulsed Infrared Radiation for Stimulation of Vestibular System in Vivo: Evoked Eye Movements, Weitao Jiang
Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Dots, Yiwen Ji
"It's Kind of a Balancing Act": Scaffolding Collaborative Writing Activities in a Diverse First-Grade Classroom, Loren Jones
Caged Molecules Released from Capsules: Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of Coumarin Triggers, Nareshbabu Kamatham
Opera Kardashian: An Opera in One Act, Dana Kaufman
Sustainable Concrete Using Seawater and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars, Morteza Khatibmasjedi
Role of GTPase MTG1 in Mitochondrial Translation and heart Physiology, Hyun-Jung Kim
Reframing the Role of Size in Transformation: A Participatory Theory Development Study with Community Organizers and Activists, Natalie Kivell
Radiative Transfer Diversity and its Influence on the Response of the Hydrological Cycle in Climate Models, Ryan Joseph Kramer
The Allocation of Attentional Resources: Exploring Fluctuations in Mind Wandering with Variation in Performance and Affective Variables, Marissa Krimsky
Decoding the Sleep Homeostat Architecture, Andrey Lazopulo
A Time-Dependent Color Preference in Adult Drosophila, Stanislav Lazopulo
Development of Turn-On Fluorescent Kinase Inhibitors, Heajin Lee
Microglial Inflammasome Activation in Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury, Stephanie Lee
Cysteine-Linked IgG2 Antibody-Drug Conjugates: How Antibody Structure Affects Conjugation Locations and Stability, Lily P. Liu-Shin
Essays on the Value of Information in Supply Chain Management and Healthcare Management, Yutian Li
Counterpossibles for Modal Normativists, Theodore Locke
Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism: The Case of Putin's Russia - Keeper of Traditional Values, Suzanne Loftus
A Comparative Analysis of Techniques of Euphonium and Vocal Performance Using Acoustical Properties, Brian Logan
Towards the Development of an Integrated Theory of Macro-Level Crime: A Multilevel and Geospatial Analysis of Anomic Disorganization Theory, Eric R. Louderback
Distress Tolerance, Anxiety, and Survival in People Living with HIV, Aurelie Lucette
Estimating Individual Treatment Effect in Observational Data Using Random Forest Methods, Min Lu
Identifying and Targeting Androgen Receptor-Variant Oncogenic Networks as Exploitable Prostate Cancer Vulnerabilities, Fiorella Magani
Unsupervised Random Forests and Target Outcome Relationship Exploration, Alejandro Mantero
Giving Voice to Underserved Foreign-Born Latino Youth: Trauma, Stress, and Health in the Primary Care Setting, Ashley N. Marchante-Hoffman
Exploring Barriers, Beliefs, Knowledge, Experiences, and Emotions Related to Yoga Practice Among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample, Denise S. Marques
Engagement in HIV Care and Treatment Among Haitian Americans, Esther Mathurin
KNowledge Acquisition and Representation Methodology (KNARM) and Its Applications, Hande Küçük McGinty
A Pedagogical Exploration of Selected Art Songs by Franz Schubert Transcribed for Bassoon, Brian McKee
On the Combinatorics of the Waldspurger Decomposition, James McKeown
Holocene-Pleistocene Climate Variability Through Stalagmites, Sevag Mehterian
The Roles of Cloud Radiative Feedbacks and Ocean Heat Transport in Climate Variability, Eleanor Middlemas
The Archer's Guide to Viola Playing, Lauren Miller
Couple-Based Stress Management Intervention and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Biopsychological Processes, Sara Milrad
Development of a Styrene-Isobutylene-Styrene (SIBS) and Carbon Black Thermoplastic Elastomer for Biomedical Pressure Sensing Applications, Brigitte Morales
Defying the Statistics: Latinx Students' Journeys from ESL to the Honors College at the Community College, Juan Carlos Morales
Geophysical Characterization and Modeling of Volcanic Systems: Multi-parameter Approach from Geodetic and Seismic Signals, Anieri Morales Rivera
Parent-Teacher Agreement on Problem Behavior in Kindergarten Children with and without an Individualized Education Program, Chelsea Morris
Anisotropic Transport Properties of Low-Dimensional Molybdenum Bronzes, Saeed Moshfeghyeganeh
Role of USP24 in Modulation of DNA Damage Response, Leah Nemzow
Mitochondrial DNA Fate and Deletion Formation Following Double-Strand Breaks, Nadee Nissanka
Novel Methods for Reasoning with Uncertain Hard and Soft Data using Probabilistic and Belief Theoretic Methods, Rafael Camilo Nunez Sanchez
A Random Forests Quantile Classifier for Class Imbalanced Data, Robert C. O'Brien
Family Impact on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Sexual Minority Hispanic Adolescents, Manuel Ocasio
It’s Not Quorum Without You: Bacterial Quorum Sensing in Disease States and Infection, Gregory OConnor
Novel Methods for Improving Resolution in Liquid and Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Lauren Fae ODonnell
InSAR Applications for Environmental and Hazard Monitoring, Talib Oliver Cabrera
Regional Climate Variability in an Ocean Eddy Resolving Global Coupled Model: Implications on Coastal Flooding, Diane Palko
Effects of Temperature, Ultraviolet Radiation and Crude Oil Exposure on Early-Life Staged Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Christina Pasparakis
The Social Context of Women's Sustained Participation in Activism, Susan Paterson
Testing an Evolutionary-Psychological Model of Incest, Carlton J. Patrick
Idiosyncratic Spatial and Temporal Modifications of Seismic Waveforms, Nicholas Peters
An Examination of Historical, Pedagogical, and Performance Aspects of the Cimbasso in Standard and Modern Literature, Jens Mikel Peterson
Collective Time- Exploring Interaction in Music That Swings, Nicholas Petumenos
Perceptions of Cheating at a Small, Private Ecuadorian Institution, L. Enrique Ponce
Effects of a Multidirectional Walking Program on Physical Function and Quality of Life in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients, Melanie Potiaumpai
Sexual Decision-Making among Men who Identify as Bears, a Gay Subculture, Narciso Quidley-Rodriguez
Developing Popular Music Programs in Higher Education: Exploring Possibilities, Kat Reinhert
Non-Cognitive Factors that Contribute to the Black Gender Gap in Community College Persistence, Simeon Richardson
The Role of General Psychological Processes in the Association Between Parental Rejection and LGB Youth Internalizing Problems, Brian Edmund Richter