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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Surface air temperature biases and other associated biases in GFDL AM4.0 Model, Yilin Lu
The education of Thomas Sweeny : a case study of education for the poor in New York City, 1828-1845, Josie Madison
Exploring kindergartners' understandings of gender : responding to picture book read alouds with a focus on fairy tales, Karen Marie Maher
Development of Cs-free ultraviolet III-nitride photocathodes, Jonathan Marini
Field evaluation of portable air quality monitors and evaluation of short-lived plume events of atmospheric pollutants, Joseph Peter Marto
Answering democracy's call : U.S. citizen enlistees in the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force, June A. Mastan
Novel methods for the crystallization of thin film silicon, Shane Mcmahon
The Kantian principle of treating humanity as an end, Erjus Mezini
Perceptions of justice : views of jailed defendants on procedural and distributive justice, Kirstin Anne Morgan
An exploration of caregiver engagement in residential treatment for youth, Raquel Moriarty Derrick
(i), Julian Dante Mostachetti
Growth of epitaxial graphene on single crystal copper surfaces by chemical vapor deposition, Tyler Rutley Mowll
Examining the efficacy of reflection via eportfolios for learning and assessment in study abroad, Kristyn Muller
Correlates of Hepatitis C positivity among people who inject drugs in Ukraine, Serhii Myroshnychenko
Three methodological innovations in race and ethnicity research, Jeffrey Napierala
Essays on money, banking, and finance, Duong Ngo
Intraethnic discrimination and psychological distress : the moderating role of collective self-esteem among black young adults, Abigail Ingrid Nicolas
Essays on public policy analysis using macroeconomic models, Akihiro Nomura
"Remarks on a march" : a female perspective on gender, rank, and imperial identities during the French and Indian War, Erica Ingrid Nuckles
An exploration of care coordination and management for the Medicaid HIV population within Upstate New York health homes, Esemikelu Oghenejobo
Race, ethnicity, and the great recession : a national evaluation of mortgages and subprime lending, 2004-2010, Meghan M. O'Neil
Photonic grating coupler designs for optical benching, Eng Wen Ong
Cravings and gestational weight gain : predictors of weight-related health in pregnancy and the postpartum, Natalia Christine Orloff
Finding the foundation : exploring a historic Stockade property in Schenectady, New York, Hanna Marie Pageau
"I think that's really what it comes down to, is intimacy": LGBTQ+ polyamory and the queering of intimacy, Emily Pain
Patronage as a system of insiders and outsiders : lessons from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Elizabeth H. Perez-Chiques
Too late : reconceptualizing despair for an overdetermined future, Hunter Peters
Nutrition transition, trace elements in nails, and blood pressure along the Interoceanic Highway, Madre de Dios, Peru, Stacy M. Pettigrew
Ways of thanking in American-English, Chinese-Mandarin, South Korean, and Thai : an intercultural and cross-linguistic approach, Pilaiporn Phetcherdchin
Development and simulation of germanium p-i-n infrared detectors, Caitlin Rouse Philippi
Stargazin and gamma-4 slow the rate of channel opening and closing of GluA4 AMPA receptors, Vincen David Pierce
Asymmetric unification and disunification, Veena Ravishankar
Exploring the relationship between innovation in nursing education and clinical practice, Francia Ianthia Reed
US-Born Caribbean Black adolescents : psychosocial factors and the prevalence of initiation of sexual intercourse, Kaydian Simone Reid
Chemically and biologically responsive nanoparticle systems for biomarker detection and combination cancer therapy, Neil M. Robertson
ZnO nanowires for advanced x-ray source applications, Vance Scott Robinson
Factors associated with Candida albicans dissemination via the intestinal mucosa, Emily Rochac Argueta
Evaluating the effects of vitamin D and hyaluronic acid on the radiation response of normal mammary epithelial cells and breast cancer cells, Lauren Rose-Boehnlein
Examining types of motivation for exercise in relation to pathological exercise in eating disorders, Christina Scharmer
Feasibility and acceptability of a novel tool for the study of interpersonal processes in psychotherapy, Carly Max Schwartzman
Genetically engineered polypeptides as biomimetic light harvesting optical antenna, Jason P. Seeley
What affects the phase speed of Madden-Julian oscillation convection, Robert Setzenfand
Examining publicly accessible data resources and applications in healthcare, Sarah Siddiqui
The N=1 singlet vertex superalgebra SM(1), Scott Richey Sidoli
The criminological implications of moral foundations, Jasmine Renee Silver
Psychological reactance theory and marijuana craving, Melissa Nicole Slavin
Aerosol direct radiative and cloud adjustment effects on surface climate over the eastern China : analyses of WRF model simulations, Yangyang Song
The differentiated impact of early entry into Head Start on social competence and literacy : an applied propensity score analysis, Kimberly Speerschneider
The independent and joint effects of prenatal depression and mercury exposure on infant birth size outcomes : a preliminary analysis, Meredith Spivak
Crossing the post-racial color line : a 'novel' approach to exploring whiteness, blackness, and passing in 21st century America, Alissa Ssendawula
Dynamics on categories and applications, Anastasios Stefanou
I am a branch in a dark room, Samuel Stenard
Influence of lightning-producing convection on tropical cyclone intensity change, Stephanie Stevenson
The influence of leader behaviors and individual cultural values on interpersonal and informational justice perceptions, David Swiderski
Polychlorinated biphenyls, thyroid hormones, and neuropsychological function among older adults from Upstate New York, Eva M. Tanner
Clinical information extraction from unstructured free-texts, Mingzhe Tao
The influence of self-control on creative cognition, Christa Larai Taylor
An intervention for school refusal behavior : an evaluation of an alternative high school program, Kelly Ann Teufel
Black hole microstates & integrable deformation in string theory, Jia Tian
Beyond litigation : the behavior of cause lawyering organizations in the LGBTQ Movement, David Lawrence Trowbridge
Synthesis and base pairing studies of 5-cyanomethyl uridine (cnm⁵U) and 5-cyano uridine (cn⁵U) in RNA duplex, Hsu-Chun Tsai
Chromatin-signaling axis orchestrates the formation of germline stem cell differentiation niche in drosophila, Maitreyi Upadhyay
Chemical reduction of polycyclic aromatic ligands with heavy group 2 metals, Andrew Robert Uresk
Spatio-temporal frequency separation with application of Kolmogorov-Zurbenko filters to the multivariate analysis of melanoma prevalence, Edward Valachovic
Social control, family structure, and juvenile delinquency in fragile families, Alison Van Glad
The inferential design of entropy and its application to quantum measurements, Kevin Vanslette
The republican race : identity, persecution, and resistance in Jewish correspondence from the concentration camps of occupied France, 1933-1945, Stacy Renee Veeder
Expanding our vision : an empirical examination of security sector reform, Andrew Vitek
The promotion of teacher agency in New York State's teacher evaluation policies : a critical discourse analysis, Lawrence Tyler Waite
Synthesis and characterization of MPIMs : metallopolymers of intrinsic microporosity, Kelly Walter
Asymmetric loss, informatics and forecast uncertainty, Wuwei Wang
Functional modulation of AMPA receptors by R/G editing and auxiliary subunits, Wei Wen
An investigation of implicit and explicit memory in the survival memory paradigm, Allison M. Wilck
Segregation, turnover, and neighborhood connections : assessing the role of family structure, Colleen Elizabeth Wynn
Public program evaluation in health economics : an empirical study, Linna Xu
Climate change on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Central Andes, and its relationship with the large-scale circulation, Christian Pedro Yarleque Galvez
Language socialization of Mainland Chinese adolescents in U.S. science classrooms, Fang Yu
Carrier scattering and localization in nm-thick Al/Ru, Al/Co and Al/Mo superlattices, Yanli Zhang
Socioeconomic achievements of Asian Americans in the 21st century, Bo Zhou
The big-fish-little-pond effect in gifted youth in China, Yehan Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Wheezing & food allergies in infants delivered via cesarean section : the Upstate KIDS study, Temilayo Elizabeth Adeyeye
Assessing factors influencing employees' voice behavior in organizations, Nikita Agnihotri
Computationally efficient multiple imputation routines in clustered data, Tugba Akkaya-Hocagil
Elucidation and optimization of resistive random access memory switching behavior for advanced computing applications, Zahiruddin Alamgir
LncRNA AK001796 is essential for the survival of aggressive breast cancer cells, Sumayya Adib Al-Chalabi
Mass spectrometric analysis and machine learning enable microorganism classification based on RNA posttranscriptional modifications, Colin Christopher Aldrich
Torsion freeness of symmetric powers, exterior powers, and Schur functors, Muberra Allahverdi
Mystical oil : mapping the oil narrative in fiction, Sara Alotaibi
The collateral effects of representation : three essays evaluating representative bureaucracy in practice, Ashley Miller Alteri
La problématique du dictionnaire Éwé-langue(s) indo-européenne(s) : étude métalexicographique et état des lieux, Komla Amegashie
Does what you think you feel, impact what you actually eat? : an examination of alexithymia, interoceptive awareness, and loss of control eating in young women, Lisa Marie Anderson