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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Examining the craniofacial biomechanics of Paranthropus boisei, Amanda L. Smith
Ten klicks south of whiskey : a play in three acts, Ryan Jeffrey Smithson
Eighth grade girls' knowledge building with narrative texts, Julie Smit
Three essays on higher education, Fang Song
The great migration and health of the left-behind elderly in rural China, Qian Song
A genetic epidemiologic investigation of breast cancer susceptibility, Cristy Ellen Stagnar
Evolution of viral host recognition through multiple pathways, Sara Stark
Interpolation and sampling on the Fock space, Daniel F. Stevenson
Racial conflict and bias crimes across US cities : an analysis of the social threat perspective, Suzanne M. Strong
Extreme hydrometeorological events in the Peruvian Central Andes during austral summer and their relationship with the large-scale circulation, Juan Carlos Sulca
Discourses of disaster, recovery, and recovery actors in post-earthquake Haiti : a critical discourse analysis, Juliana Svistova
Grid-based fourier transform phase contrast imaging, Sajjad Tahir
The biomechanical and behavioral significance of the Neanderthal femur, Kelli Hamm Tamvada
Untreated depression in persons living with HIV in Kazakhstan, Dina Terloyeva
RNA aptamer mediated manipulation of the 70 kilodalton Heat shock protein chaperone machinery, Deepak Thirunavukarasu
Transnational higher education in the Anglophone Caribbean : analyzing Barbados' regulatory approaches to quality, Kay Diana Thompson
Bioengineering in vitro human trabecular meshwork models for glaucoma therapeutic screening, Karen Yud Torrejon
Quality assurance in private higher education : the case of Ghana, Linda Tsevi
Performance management, evaluation capacity, and organizational learning : a study of nonprofit organizations, Shahid Umar
Brown adipogenesis of mouse embryonic stem cells in alginate microstrands, Andrea Mannarino Unser
Effects of criteria-referenced formative assessment on achievement in music, Christopher Valle
An analysis of high-impact, low-predictive skill severe weather events in the northeast U.S, Matthew Thomas Vaughan
The trends study : examining the relationship between executive function, temperament, quality of life, and BMI in young adults, Renata Vaysman
Fluorinated hypervalent sulfur compounds in synthesis, Cortney Von Hahmann
Topic analysis and application using nonnegative matrix factorizations (NMF), Xin Wang
Preserve or perish : the Orange County Food Preservation Battalion and food conservation efforts in New York State during the Great War, 1917-1919, Sarah Elizabeth Wassberg
A transnational postmodernism : North Africa as a locus for postmodern fiction, Steven Weber
Duplex : a novel, Brian Phillip Whalen
What we can learn from small units of analysis, Andrew Palmer Wheeler
Altered states : challenges to narratives of state unity in 19th century American fiction, Aaron Minar Wittman
Lorentz group of submodules in H²(D²), Yue Wu
High frequency signal transmission in through silicon via based 3D integrated circuit, Min Xu
On numerical invariants of submodules in H²(D²), Yixin Yang
Ion implantation in ZnO : defect interaction and impurity diffusion, Faisal Yaqoob
Three essays on scientists, engineers, and industrial R & D, Sifan Zhou
Collaborative supervision : a cross-validation assessment of the collaborative supervisor behavior scale, Michael Zlatev
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
What is a writer? : historicizing constructions of the writing life in composition and creative writing, Janelle M. Adsit
El cuerpo femenino ante la violencia en la literatura sobre los feminicidios en Ciudad Juarez, Diana Aldrete
The blackness of black (w)holes, Eric M. Anderson
Examining the relations between disgust, fear, and eating disorder symptomatology, Lisa Marie Anderson
Impact of study circles on attitudes toward racial and ethnic equity among adolescent student participants, William Anders
Investigating protein folding through EPR spectroscopy, Anneliese Antonucci
Corticosteroid use, emotional health and work/regular daily activities : ethnic differences in women with systemic lupus erythematosus, Dorcey Lanier Applyrs
An explanation for states' adherence to noncombatant immunity in aerial bombardment post-World War II, Jonathan D. Arnett
Initiation and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy among colorectal cancer patients, Ashar Ata
A climatology of lower-stratospheric fronts over North America, Hannah Elizabeth Attard
Todavía bailamos la cueca sola : from local protest practice against Chile's dictatorship to (trans)national memory icon, Karolina Sonja Babic
Towards a fundamental understanding of inhomogeneous interfaces utilizing ballistic electron emission microscopy, Robert John Balsano
Psychiatric disorders and their impact on labor market outcomes : a latent variable approach using multiple clinical indicators, Souvik Banerjee
What you see is what you forget : alcohol cue exposure, affect, and the misinformation effect, Camille Crocken Barnes
The effects of harsh parenting and interparental aggression experienced in youth on the sympathetic nervous system, Samantha Aldea Barry
The lipogenic phenotype of HER2/neu-positive breast cancer cells, Jan Martin Baumann
Information structure, agreement and disagreement in English and French asynchronous online discussion, Patrick Rodrigue Belibi Enama
Upper-tropospheric precursors associated with subtropical cyclone formation in the North Atlantic basin, Alicia Marie Bentley
Working mothers' work and family satisfaction : the influence of time demands and time-based conflict, Lauren Berger
The academic life of part-time professors in Chile, Paulina Berrios
Predictors of emergency room and hospital utilization among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in New York City, Meghan G. Blaskowitz
Symbiotic associations between vibrio cholerae and copepods and their potential public health impact, Gretchen Boria Pérez
Investigation of HfOx/Cu resistive memory for advanced encryption applications, Benjamin David Briggs
Genetic diversity and population structure of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a remote Adirondack watershed, Spencer A. Bruce
Gender balanced or gender biased? : an examination of news coverage of male and female governors, Lauren H. Bryant
A national study comparing charter and traditional public schools using propensity score analysis, Jason M. Bryer
Desideratum, Laurie Buckley
The effects of trust and perceived supervisor and organizational support on employees' attitudes and behavior, Rebecca Lauren Burnheimer
Military contamination and persistent organochlorine pesticide exposure among Alaska natives, Samuel Byrne
Oxide defect engineering methods for valence change (VCM) resistive random access memories, Jihan Ocampo Capulong
Fordism & modernist forms : the transformation of work and style, William Jeffrey Casto
A structural and functional comparison of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein (NCp7) and other retroviral nucleocapsid proteins, Christopher Richard Cavender
Performance = ability x motivation : exploring untested moderators of a popular model, Christopher Patrick Cerasoli
The geometry of the projective joint spectrum and the commutativity of self-adjoint operators, Isaak Chagouel
Preservation or progression : Indo-Trinidadian cultural fluidity as seen through the works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo, Mohua Chakraborti
Mental health service utilization among people with mental Illness : an examination of predictors and the influence of substance abuse and HIV, Man-Chun Chang
Molecular actions of the novel histone deacetylase inhibitor CG-1521 in models of inflammatory breast cancer, Namita Chatterjee
Community forests : a study of New Hampshire's town-owned forests, Anna Christie-Carnicella
The kernel group of elementary 2-groups over quadratic imaginary extensions, Michael D. Coleman
Radiation effects in gate-all-around silicon nanowire MOSFETs and carbon nanotube p-n diodes, Everett Steven Comfort
The predictive value of reading frequencies in digital and print formats on eighth grade English language arts outcomes, Victoria Carol Coyle
Motives, reasons, and morality : the Humean theory of motivation, reasons internalism, and the problem of objective morality, Elliot Cross
Genomic and physical analysis of Rnr1-containing autophagosomes during environmental stress, Tamir Danon
Novel partner notification approaches in New York State, and antibiotic resistance in the management of Chlamydia trachomatis infections, Christopher Frank Davis
Does the supervisory working alliance moderate psychotherapy trainee's personal distress empathy and trait arousability as predictors of vicarious traumatization, Jill Eileen Deltosta
The sex ratio, gender equality, and women's victimization : a cross-national analysis, Laura M. Demarco
The cradle of globalization : the Iroquois, Eisenhower, and conflicts over New York State infrastructure development during the 1950s, Kwinn H. Doran
Refining aquatic macroinvertebrate community metrics for the assessment of headwater streams in New York State, Brian T. Duffy
On the island : marginalized residents of a single room occupancy motel, Christopher Philip Dum
Study of protective role of Cytochrome P450s in inflammatory bowel disease using Cprlow mouse model, Xiaoyu Fan
Morale for principals : does mentoring make a difference?, Stacia Patterson Felicello
Essays on health insurance reform, Brian James Fischer