Dissertations from 2008
A multilevel discrete - time hazard model of retention data in higher education, Christopher W. Guillory
Molecular diversity and coat protein expression of Sweet potato leaf curl virus, Dina Lida Gutierrez Reynoso
Species boundaries, biogeography, and intra-archipelago genetic variation within the Emoia samoensis species group in the Vanuatu Archipelago and Oceania, Alison Madeline Hamilton
Searching for gravitational waves from binary systems in non-stationary data, Chad Hanna
The rhetorical myth of the athlete as a moral hero: the implications of steroids in sport and the threatened myth, Karen L. Hartman
The construct validity of the clinical assessment of working memory ability, Benjamin David Hill
Apocalypse South: Judgment, Cataclysm, and Resistance in the Regional Imaginary, Anthony Hoefer
Swamp ecology in a dynamic coastal landscape: an investigation through field study and simulation modeling, Susanne Sigrid Hoeppner
A longitudinal study of married women's probability of being housewives in reforming urban China, Chiung-Yin Hu
Neglecting parameter changes in GARCH option pricing models and VAR, Burak Hurmeydan
Novel Oncolytic Herpesviruses for Breast Cancer Treatment, Anna Israyelyan
Phylogenetics and New Approaches to Vaccine Development for West Nile, Arun Venkatesh Iyer
Genetic and mechanistic analysis of heterochromatin spreading in the yeast S.cerevisiae, Nithya Jambunathan
Rational approximation schemes for solutions of abstract Cauchy problems and evolution equations, Patricio Gabriel Jara
The songs of black (women) folk: music, politics, and everyday living, Rasheedah Quiett Jenkins
Fabrication and Evaluation of Specialty Nonwoven Materials, Nan Jiang
Trophic control of saltmarsh invertebrates, David Samuel Johnson
The effects of cross-age mentoring in an online collaborative environment, Gail Lorraine Johnson
The second coming of Paisley: militant fundamentalism and Ulster politics in a transatlantic context, Richard Lawrence Jordan
A Genetic Bayesian Approach for Texture-Aided Urban Land-Use/Land-Cover Classification, Wenxue Ju
Reservoir characterization using seismic inversion data, Subhash Kalla
A pedagogical analysis of selected pieces from Preludes, Op. 38, by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Sayaka Kanno
Investigation of superconductivity and physical properties of intermetallic compounds: MoN, Mo₃Sb₇, MgCNi₃ and transition metal diborides, Amar Bahadur Karki
Isolation and Characterization of Two siamese Phenotypic Modifiers and Their Role in Endoreplication and Trichome Development, Remmy Wekesa Kasili
Neuropsychological performance and dementia symptoms in a HIV positive population, Kathleen E. Kendra
From the mountains to the podium: the rhetoric of Fidel Castro, Brent C. Kice
Off-line MALDI mass spectrometry of bioaerosols, Jae-Kuk Kim
Wax extraction and characterization from full-fat and defatted rice bran, Junghong Kim
Enzymatic Production and Biological Activities of Cellobio-oligosaccharides from Lignocellulose, Misook Kim
Performing photographs: memory, history, and display, Melanie A. Kitchens
A 5000-year history of Caribbean environmental change and hurricane activity reconstructed from coastal lake sediments of the West Indies, Jason Thomas Knowles
Isang Yun and his selected cello works, Jee Yeoun Ko
Assessing the effectiveness of the response to instruction model for english language learners by utilizing a non-language-based intervention, Chisato Komatsu
Legislative participation in the American states: determinants and consequences, Mileah Kay Kromer
New media in new democracies: perceptions of good governance among traditional and Internet-based media users in Kyrgyzstan, Svetlana Viktorovna Kulikova
Differential geometry in cartesian closed categories of smooth spaces, Martin Laubinger
Retrotransposon mediated genomic variation in the human and chimpanzee lineages, Jungnam Lee
Functional studies on the extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II, Haijun Liu
Mercury transport through a capped sediment, Jianrong Liu
Optimal robust fault detection, Nike Liu
Bayesian model averaging on hydraulic conductivity estimation and groundwater head prediction, Xiaobao Li
Continuous reservoir model updating by ensemble Kalman filter on Grid computing architectures, Xin Li
The perils and empowerments of mountain literacies: reading loss and shifting identities in Appalachian memoirs and novels, Erica Abrams Locklear
Retro Models of the Cisplatin-DNA Cross-link with Carrier Ligands Having sp2 N-donor Triazine Rings, Vidhi Maheshwari
The effect of contamination, sediment source and salinity on the uptake, distribution, and excretion of metals by Spartina alterniflora, Sarahfaye Mahon
The effect of consistency of price promotion cues on retailer credibility, product quality, value of a deal and purchase intentions, Igor Makienko
The influence of peripheral neuropathy on walking kinematics and physical function, Bradley Manor
Avian diversification in the afrotropics, Ben D. Marks
Current transport modeling of carbon nanotube field effect transistors for analysis and design of integrated circuits, Jose Mauricio Marulanda Prado
Novel methods for the control of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), Thomas Michael Mascari
Optimization of treatment of chlorinated volatile organic compound mixtures in constructed wetlands: vegetation and substrate effects, Stephen Emmanuel Mbuligwe
Phonemic awareness and sight word reading in toddlers, Alicia Tonya McInnis
A novel modulatory role for nitric oxide in retinal amacrine cells, Emily Ann McMains
The anomaly of racial variance in female perpetrated spousal killing: a structural explanation, Mark Melder
Stochastic and copula models for credit derivatives, Chao Meng
The Impact of Blogs on State Politics, Emily Metzgar
Development and validation of the adolescent routines questionnaire: parent and self-report, Kara Meyer
Replication of viruses responsible for Sweet potato virus disease in resistant and susceptible sweepotato genotypes and identification of molecular markers linked to resistance, Douglas Watuku Miano
A comparison of fall-related psychological measures in a community-based setting, Delilah Susanne Moore
Learning styles and student's perception of teachers' attitudes and its relation to truancy among African Americans students in secondary education, Kenyetta Quenishia Nelson-Smith
Designing surface chemistries for in situ AFM investigations of biomolecular reactions with proteins at the nanoscale, Johnpeter Ndiangui Ngunjiri
Biotransformation of organic wood preservatives by micro-organisms, Diana Nasirumbi Obanda
Speaking the language of integration: a case study of South Boulevard Foreign Language Academic Immersion Magnet, Heather Kathleen Olson Beal
Generally covariant quantum information, Stephan Jay Olson
Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Supercritical Pyrolysis Products of Synthetic Jet Fuel S-8 and Methylcyclohexane, Jorge Oswaldo Ona Ruales
Limit on the muon neutrino magnetic moment and a measurement of the CCPIP to CCQE cross section ratio, Serge Arisitde Ouedraogo
Laplace Transform Inversion and Time-Discretization Methods for Evolution Equations, Koray Ozer
Systematically increasing contextual interference is beneficial for learning novel motor skills, Jared Marak Porter
Processes and/of performance: difference, memory, and experimentation, Benjamin Daniel Powell
Evaluation of aflatoxin-related products from ozonated corn, Alfredo Domingo Prudente, Jr.
Assessment of oxygen sources and sinks in the northern Gulf of Mexico using stable oxygen isotopes, Zoraida Jazmin Quinones-Rivera
Stochastic demand forecast and inventory management of a seasonal product a supply chain system, Mohammad Anwar Ashek Rahman
Numerical Simulations of Flow and Mass Transport in Micro-Fluidic Components for Modular Bio-Analytic Chip Applications, Sudheer D. Rani
Three papers on the behavior modeling of the shrimp fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico, Tao Ran
Solution Conformations and Structural Thermodynamics of Type I DNA Polymerases from Escherichia coli and Thermus aquaticus, Allison Joubert Richard
Bile salts as olfactory and gustatory stimuli in the channel catfish, Shane Howell Rolen
The effects of in utero environmental tobacco smoke exposure on immune responses to allergen in adult offspring, Rodney Lamar Rouse
Latino representation in U.S. legislatures: interests, behavior, and influence, Stella M. Rouse
Technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth, Subaran Roy
Genetic Analysis of the Boundary Element Associated Factors-BEAF32A and BEAF-32B, Swarnava Roy
Flexibility of knowledge as a function of practice and explicit instruction, Bill Sallas
The GREAT Reading Project (Gifted Readers Enhance Academic Talent): a gifted-on-gifted, cross-age tutoring and mentoring intervention, Douglas Scott Samson
Mr. Kerry goes to Washington: Lord Lothian and the genesis of the Anglo-American alliance, 1939-1940, Craig Edward Saucier
The principal as technology leader: the skills e-learners consider essential to the creation of a technology-rich school community, Tammy Sue Seneca
Growth and properties of metal-on-metal nanostructures: Ag on Cu(110) and Co on Ag(110), Indrajith Chandima Senevirathne
Retrotransposon-mediated instability in the human genome, Shurjo Kumar Sen
Lattice Boltzmann modeling for mass transport equations in porous media, Borja Servan Camas
The role of attentional focus in event-based prospective memory, Jill Shelton
Toward an effective and humane counterinsurgency, Adam Patrick Shilling
A critical item analysis of the QABF: development of a short form assessment instrument, Ashvind Nand Singh
Revolutionizing genomic analyses: mutation analyses using novel enzyme-based assays with laser-induced fluorescence and polymeric microfluidic devices as electrophoretic platforms, Rondedrick DeShaun Sinville