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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An analysis of school-based suicide postvention protocols, Emily Catherine Owens
Expanding applications of the Nano Intravital Device as a platform for exploring tumor microenvironments, Michael Padgen
Regulation of Ty1 retrovirus-like transposon RNA localization and translation, Ryan Joseph Palumbo
A climatology of Central American gyres, Philippe Pierre Papin
Energy dependence of deuteron induced nuclear reaction cross sections on Li, Be, B, C, N, O, and F, Mathew Parenti
Talking rights, talking politics : the development of abortion policy in New York and New Jersey, 1970-2010, Jonathan Parent
Democracy, political externalities & the labour-process, Nicholas Alan Partyka
Diffraction-based techniques for high contrast x-ray imaging, Lubna Naseem Peerzada
Sound environment programming the post-1945 moment : Charles Olson, Sun Ra, John Cage, and the way back in, Michael Peters
Mouse salivary gland development requires optimal substrate compliance, Sarah Beth Peters
Paternal occupational pesticide exposure and neural tube defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, Stacy Marie Pettigrew
Nanostructured TiOx as a catalyst support material for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Richard Phillips
"I'm not good enough for anyone" : legal status and the dating lives of undocumented young adults, Daniela Jan Torres Pila
Environmental associations of herpetofaunal communities in the pitch pine-scrub oak barrens of Albany County, NY, Lisa Pipino
Bayesian detection and characterization of extra-solar planets via photometric variations, Ben H. Placek
A multifoci model of workplace incivility and deviance : examining the moderating role of prosocial orientation, Wisanupong Potipiroon
Imperial consumption, cruise ship tourism and Cozumel, Mexico, Christine Preble
Stirpiculture : science-guided human propagation and the Oneida Community, Alexandra Leah Prince
On Rudin's pathological submodules over bidisk, Yueshi Qin
Proprioception and literacy in the digital realm, Paul Michael Rappoccio
Monitoring ligand-induced nucleic acid conformational changes using ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry, Bill Kenneth Redick
For the improvement of the breed of horse : thoroughbred racing and national security in the age of horsepower, 1776-1945, Elizabeth Redkey
We can work it out : the hidden role of the workplace in shaping urban crime control, Chris E. Rees
The peer environment, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating, Erin Elizabeth Reilly
Locke's theory of justified resistance : an explanation and defense, Peter E. Reinisch
Agents of democratic accountability? : professional culture of political journalism in the US and Germany, Matthias Revers
The impact of a cognitive defusion intervention on behavioral and psychological flexibility, Timothy Ritzert
Critique is not enough : the empirical imperatives of innovative American poetry, Christopher Rizzo
The influence of impurities and metallic capping layers on the microstructure of copper interconnects, Michael Rizzolo
The role of relational and item specific processing in the survival advantage across English and Spanish, Crystal J. Robinson
Two approaches to measuring the effect of the interactive strategies approach-extended on student reading motivation, Lindsey M. Rosecrans
The Tea Party Movement and the American political tradition, Lance Roxas
Raman spectroscopy of blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid and multivariate data analysis for Alzheimer's disease diagnostics, Elena Ryzhikova
Modeling the early, aging-related changes in human recombinant gammas-crystallin in vitro, Christiana Oluwaseun Salami
The role of glucose transporter 4 during cognitive enhancement by Angiotensin IV, Leslie Ann Sandusky
Generational conflict among second generation Iranians in California, Nasim Sarabandi
The platforms of stage horror : defining elements and cultural characteristics, Kimberly Saunders
Making parts instead of children : policy feedback and No Child Left Behind, Jody Maria Schmid
"I'm a home health aide, not a home health maid" : an analysis of how home health aides talk about and interpret their role, Muriel E. Scott
Graph mining and module detection in protein-protein interaction networks, Ru Shen
Exposure assessment and risk management of engineered nanoparticles : investigation in semiconductor wafer processing, Michele Shepard
The impact of trial evidence on juror decision-making, Jeremy Shifton
Perfluorinated compounds, thyroid function, and neuropsychological status in older residents of Upper Hudson River communities, Srishti Shrestha
Sleep duration and diabetes in an adult population of rural upstate New York, Tarak Shrestha
Regulation of immune response genes by vitamin D in mammary epithelial cells with an emphasis on CD14, Katrina Marie Simmons
Seasonal variations of wind farm impacts on land surface temperature and vegetation over northern Illinois, Lauren Slawsky
Maternal characteristics and factors associated with Hepatitis C (HCV) infection among HIV-positive pregnant women in Ukraine, 2010-2011, Liudmyla Slobodianyk
Lithic analysis of the Becker Site : continued reevaluation of the culture-historic approach, Christopher Joseph Sobik
Testing counselor trainees' self-efficacy for identifying behavioral indicators of the working alliance in family therapy : can self-efficacy be induced through feedback?, William H. Spears
Health promotion : a web-based motivational enhancement intervention to reduce risky behaviors among college women, Amy J. Starosta
Probing secondary and tertiary RNA folding using force and temperature, William Stephenson
Time will tell : temporal reasoning in clinical narratives and beyond, Weiyi Sun
Development of novel technologies to enhance performance and reliability of III-Nitride avalanche photodiodes, Puneet Harischandra Suvarna
The role of organizational politics, justice, and trust on work outcomes, David Swiderski
Self-effacement of the "author" to circulate texts : strategies to construct authorship in antebellum America, Rumi Takahashi
Reading after the end of the world, Christina Thyssen
Synergic concepts between English and Vietnamese, Ngoc Thi Bich Tran
Negotiated bodies : institution building and participatory policymaking in Mexico's public health sector, Katherine Truby
Power law models of stock indices, Mankit Tse
An analysis of Arctic climate, the intense Arctic cyclone of early August 2012, and middle to high latitude snowcover, Adam H. Turchioe
Museum representation : ethnostatic representations of culture, Brynna Elizabeth Tussey
Growth and characterization of graphene on CuNi substrates, Parul Tyagi
Coping with negative emotion in middle childhood : relationship to temperament and psychopathology, Kristen Uhl
Experimental and simulation studies of printability of buried EUV mask defects and study of EUV reflectivity loss mechanisms due to standard EUV mask cleaning processes, Mihirkant Upadhyaya
Toward explaining the gap : how a particular view of explanation underwrites the explanatory gap, Kimberly Van Orman
Who secedes and who succeeds? : disputing the uniqueness of 20th century Russian secessionism, Joseph Lepage Varuolo
Sex work and daily alcohol use may increase HIV risks of women who inject drugs in Ukraine, Tetyana Vasylyeva
Turrialba, una encrucijada : arqueología regional y rutas de comunicación en un valle del trópico húmedo de Costa Rica (11.000 a.C.-1600 d.C.), Ricardo Vazquez Leiva
Disparities among hispanic ethnicity and stage at diagnosis for invasive breast and colorectal cancer, Raquel Velazquez
"Crawling between earth and heaven" : Shakespeare and Elizabethan Aristotelianism, Matthew Fairchild Vivyan
Meaning making with an iPad : a case study of one child's engagement with iPad applications within her family activity system, Barbara Maria Vokatis
Geometric information of yield curve, unspanned stochastic volatility, and affine Heath-Jarrow-Morton models, Qingbin Wang
Crosstalk between vitamin D₃- and testosterone-mediated signaling in prostate cancer cells, Wei-Lin Winnie Wang
Effects of acute stress and gender on decision-making, Stephanie Elaine Wemm
Queer bodies and queer materials in post-WWII American texts, William Joseph Whalen
An implantable device for manipulation of the in vivo tumor microenvironment, James K. Williams
A latent profile analysis of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in adolescents, Shawn A. Wilson
Examining the risk and protective factors that influence falls among Native American older adults, Kelly Winjum
Instructional scientific humor in the secondary classroom, Francine Wizner
A Brownian dynamics approach to ESR line shape calculations, Matthew Wright
Roughened random forests for binary classification, Kuangnan Xiong
Forecasting binary outcomes : estimation, evaluation and combination, Liu Yang
The gendering of space in Colonial Burma : race, sex, and power on the road to Mandalay 1888-1948, Michael Zaborowski
Conservation solutions to shark finning : insights from past efforts, Jamie Zaccaria
Education and women mathematicians in the Middle East, Syeda Tooba Zahra
Breast cancer susceptibility : an education intervention and genetic epidemiology study, Nur Zeinomar
Toward an early start for Head Start children : evidence from an academic-enriched literacy initiative, Haiyan Zhang
Bus stop usage evaluation and BRT station selection strategy by machine learning methods, Tianchi Zhang
Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of archaeological faunal material from Dutchess Quarry Caves, NY, Jessica Zuhlke
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Influences on social workers' approach to informed consent regarding antidepressant medications, Janet Acker