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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Knowledge and use of cannabis edibles in a college sample, Stacey Farmer
A phenomenological study of undocumented Latina survivors of intimate partner violence, Sharon Gandarilla-Javier
Determining donor age through blood analysis using attenuated total reflection fourier transform-infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy for forensic purposes, Samantha Leigh Giuliano
Bioaffinity-based methods for forensic, biometric, and clinical purposes, Mindy Elizabeth Hair
Access to accommodating housing in an era of fair housing : disability status and housing outcomes, Kaya Hamer-Small
Displacement using fentanyl and bullet analysis using atomic absorption spectroscopy, Henry Hance
Molecular mechanisms shaping host range of a vector-borne pathogen, Thomas Macgregor Hart
Understanding the RAGE signaling pathway and Its contribution to diabetic complications, Leon Vegas Ho
Navigating the binary : gender presentation of non-binary individuals, Sharone Amalia Horowit-Hendler
Optimal excitation wavelength for raman spectroscopic analysis of organic gunshot residue evidence, Ashley Hull
Patrons of violence : drivers and dimensions of state support for rebel groups, Nakissa Jahanbani
Hidden resistance in rural education : a study of two school district consolidation attempts in New York State 2008-2014, Casey T. Jakubowski
What does "Caliban's woman" sound like? : a study of Indo-Guyanese women's emergent voice in the US, Caitlin Irene Janiszewski
The relationship between group identification and perceived control under stressful conditions, Fanshu Jin
Education's death row : the standardization network and a persistently lowest achieving school in the era of Common Core, Valarie J. Karas
Proletarian modernism : aesthetic intervention in naturalist epistemology in Steinbeck, Wright and McCullers, Kenji Kihara
Effect of exposure to L2 socio-cultural background on the L1-based conceptual system of Korean learners of English, Hyeyeon Kim
Three essays on health economics, Jihye Kim
An analysis of income and other associative demographics to charity donation and volunteerism, Christine Lynn Klotz
Random processes of the form X[subscript]N₊₁ = AX[subscript]N + B[subscript]N (mod p), Kseniya Klyachko
A reinvestigation of the source dilemma hypothesis, Douglas Allan Kowalewski
Empire State interrupted : Seneca sovereignty and settler debates over land, 1779-1889, Elana Krischer
The manifestation of stereotypic repetitive behaviors in students with autism spectrum disorder in school environments, Heather Anne Kurto
Three essays on model selection, Fangning Li
Crisis, legitimation and contention : China's environmental health and safety crises in global public spheres, Haoyue Cecilia Li
Tfap2e/Ap-2e is a transcriptional regulator controlling neuronal identity and circuitry formation in the mouse accessory olfactory system, Jennifer M. Lin
Detecting and protecting against AI-synthesized faces, Yuezun Li
Protective behavioral strategies for cannabis use : findings from a web-based Intervention, Rachel Rose Luba
Does common-sense communication and the interpersonal relationship predict oral health self-management?, Kieran J. Maestro
Examining the impact of synoptic-scale waves on stratospheric polar vortex variability from an ensemble forecast perspective, Michael E. Main
Knowing totality : capitalism across consciousness and community in Kim, Nostromo, Sons and lovers, and Ulysses, Jessica Manry
Novel substrate-free cholinesterase based sensing of organophosphorus compounds, Hailey J. Marini
Against Bloom: a defense of Smithian fellow-feeling, Damian Thomas Masterson
Launching the next generation : transcriptional regulation during oogenesis, Alicia K. Mccarthy
The dysregulation of circadian rhythms and its relation to hippocampal neurodegenerative disease, John Patrick Mccauley
Biochemical and chemical methods of key derivation for cryptographic ciphers, Leif K. Mcgoldrick
"It's a tug of war" : reflections and stories of Afrolatinx collegians and sense of belonging at a diverse public university, Alfredo Medina Jr
Regulation of gene expression through ribosome-associated proteins, Clare Margaret Miller
When life gives you diversity... : a history of racial diversity and conflict in four Philadelphia neighborhoods, 1960 - 2015, Jeaneé C. Miller
Modeling an open data ecosystem : the case of food service establishments Inspection in New York State, Mahdi Mirdamadi Najafabadi
Discriminative factorization models for student behavioral pattern detection and classification, Mehrdad Mirzaei
Identification and analysis of body fluid traces for forensic purposes using vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics, Ewelina M. Mistek-Morabito
The role of GABA signaling in GnRH neuron migration and function, Tyler Mitchell
Statistical methods to unravel cortical mechanism of perception and response to auditory stimuli, Ladan Moheimanian
Characterizing the function of the SigM regulon in mycobacterium smegmatis, Sarah Montgomery
The last step to whiteness : American Jews, civil rights, and assimilation, 1954-1988, Eric Morgenson
Maxwell's equations and Yang-Mills equations in complex variables : new perspectives, Sachin Munshi
Role of Smad4 dependent signaling in controlling the functioning and connectivity of basal vomeronasal sensory neurons, Ankana S. Naik
Leveraging big data : predicting traffic risk and providing early warning due to adverse weather conditions, Sreekumar E. Nampoothiri
Fast optimization algorithms for AUC maximization, Michael Natole, Jr.
The role of progesterone receptor in the postnatal development of the dentate gyrus and episodic-like memory, Andrew James Newell
Essays on the effects of public health insurance policies on health care utilization, expenditure, and well-being, Tu Thi Cam Nguyen
Ozone and reactive oxidized nitrogen chemistry in the Northeast U.S, Matthew Ninneman
Sins of our fathers : assessing parental incarceration as a "turning point" in the lives of young adults, Melissa Elizabeth Noel
The brain's large-scale electrophysiological signals : fundamental attributes and neurosurgical applications, Mohammad Amin N/A Nourmohammadi
Economy, exchange, and political power at Lomas Entierros, Central Pacific Costa Rica, Yajaira Maria Nunez-Cortes
A comparative spatial and climate analysis of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and human babesiosis in New York State (2013-2018), Collin J. O'Connor
The stromal response in salivary gland injury, Kevin O'Keefe
Lost in violence : forging memories from legacies of neglect in Spanish and Peruvian contemporary novels, Jonathan James Oliveri
Youth with ADHD : the impact of the clinical anxiety on neuropsychological functioning, Elisabeth Jeanne O'Rourke
Developing a clinician self-report fidelity measure for a transdiagnostic, evidence-based protocol at a residential eating disorders treatment center, Jennifer M. Oswald
The bourgeoisie and the divine : prophecy, utopias, and politics in the July monarchy, Sarah E. Pace
Dickinson at thirty, Philip Pardi
Asian American social inequalities in health, acohol use disorder, and chronic medical conditions, Daejun Park
The moderating role of personality on person-organization fit and turnover, Jane Park
Being careful : progressive era women and the movements for better reproductive health care, Sarah Patterson
Characters of affine coxeter groups, Thomas Dallas Peebles
Maximization in moderation : finding the optimal level of maximizing tendency, Shannon Pierce
And we run, Laura Ann Pierson
The method in the madwoman : functions of female madness and feminized liminality in Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and "The Yellow Wallpaper", Ivy Elizabeth Poitras
Single-domain alpaca antibodies that disrupt ricin toxin uptake and trafficking in mammalian cells, Amanda Yee Poon
Big, Black, and strong : does identification with the strong Black woman archetype strengthen the association between racism-related stress and emotional eating?, Shantel Lorraine Powell
Synaptic homeostasis at the drosophila neuromuscular junction, Andrew Powers
Factors influencing rainfall over the Congo, Ajay Raghavendra
Utilizing raman spectroscopy and chemometrics for novel medical diagnostic purposes, Nicole M. Ralbovsky
The A.J. diaries, Angelica Rose Reilly
Improving our understanding of the relationship between ocean heat uptake and climate sensitivity, Michael Cameron Rencurrel
Sociolingüística urbana, sociolingüística rural : el caso de la Región Del Cibao, República Dominicana, Juanita M. Reyes
Unpacking the untapped potential of first-line supervisors : sergeants' role in managing police discretion, Danielle Leigh Reynolds
A comparative study of leadership and management in rural schools achieving above predicted graduation outcomes, Brian David Rhode
Evaluating large-scale and storm-scale characteristics of rapidly intensifying and slowly intensifying tropical cyclones using an analog approach, Jannetta C. Richardson
Units of truncated group rings of Higman groups, Brian Rich
Elemental composition and arsenic speciation analysis of processed seafood products using atomic spectrometric techniques, Austin A. Roberts
The aftermath : perceptions of employment and livelihood among former crack cocaine dealers in Upstate New York, Charletta Latrice Robinson
Secondary school principals' orientations toward and uses of data for improvement, Lisa Cala Ruud
Improving query reformulation in voice search, Ning Sa
Allegories of neoliberalism : contemporary South Asian fictions, forms of appearance, and the critique of capitalism, Zayed Sarker Hasan Al
"She is finally free" : an analysis of women's pathologized oppression and reclamation of the abject in "The yellow wallpaper" and Midsommar, Diana Gem Schultz
An analysis of temperature trends in the Northeast United States : 1950-2019, Christopher Selca
Three essays on international economics, Rongzi Shan