Dissertations from 2012
Spider Mediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Transport and Transformation Across Riparian Ecotones, Diana Delach
ANALYZING NURSE-PHYSICIAN DISCURSIVE PRACTICES IN ACUTE PATIENT CARE, John Dinolfo
Hybrid Query Expansion on Ontology Graph in Biomedical Information Retrieval, Liang Dong
Villager Participation in the Relocation of El Gourna, Egypt, Paul Duggan
Geographic Information Systems for Real-Time Environmental Sensing at Multiple Scales, Samuel Esswein
ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF OVULATION AND COORDINATION OF FETAL AND UTERINE INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN DAIRY CATTLE, Jillian Fain
Phoneme Weighting and Energy-Based Weighting for Speaker Recognition, Eric Fang
Analysis and Evaluation of Existing and Novel Turbulent Dynamic Pressure Based Methods for Measuring Bridge Pier and Abutment Scour, Murray Fisher
Intersecting Identities of Female College Student Intramural Sports Officials: A Grounded Theory, April Flint
On Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Non-Premixed Reacting Shear Flames at Low and High Pressure, Justin Foster
NANOPILLAR BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR FOR MONITORING MICROFLUIDIC BASED CELL CULTURE, Rajan Gangadharan
Sensitivity Analysis in Magnetic Resonance Elastography and a Local Wavelength Reconstruction based on Wave Direction, Christopher Gillam
REGULATION OF THE LIPID RAFT LOCALIZATION OF THE GAL/GALNAC LECTIN, AN ADHESIN ON THE SURFACE OF THE HUMAN PROTOZOAN PARASITE, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA, Amanda Goldston
A PROCESS ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING AND ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, Sarah Grigg
Development and Application of Novel Detection Methods For Aqueous Radioactive Iodine, Kelly Grogan
Photo-thermal Processing of Semiconductor Fibers and Thin Films, Nishant Gupta
A NEW CIVICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CONNECTING ONLINE AND OFFLINE ACTIVISM IN LITHUANIA, Liepa Gust
Sorption and Enantiomerization of Current Use Chiral Pesticides, April Hall
ESSAYS ON SOURCING DECISIONS: A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE, David Hall
THE LAST THING WE HAVE LEFT: A SINGLE-CASE STUDY OF A SMALL, RURAL, MILL-TOWN SCHOOL CLOSING, Amy Hallenbeck
PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN LIGHT-FRAME WOOD BUILDINGS, Seyed masood Hassanzadehshirazi
Algebraic Approaches to Stochastic Optimization, Katherine Hastings
Resource Allocation Framework: Validation of Numerical Models of Complex Engineering Systems against Physical Experiments, Joshua Hegenderfer
Updated Force Model for Milling Nickel-based Superalloys, Andrew Henderson
EFFECTS OF RED RASPBERRY ON DOXORUBICIN CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY, Ran He
Managing Elective and Non-elective Case Assignments for an Operating Room Suite, Narges Hosseini
TRANSNATIONAL LEISURE AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE OF SECOND-GENERATION CHINESE-AMERICANS, Wei-jue Huang
CUPRATE MEDIATED ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTIONS ON VINYLEPOXIDES AND CONJUGATE ADDITIONS ON 2-PYRIDONES, Yaxin Huang
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE GAME AND GOLF'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT, David Hueber
Measurement Error and the Black-White Wage Differential, Jared Huff
Horizontal Subcontracting in Procurement Auctions, Nancy Huff
A COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS OF OFF-DUTY MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, Rebecca Iden
Mass Latex Balloon Releases and the Potential Effects on Wildlife, Stephan Irwin
A Collection of Problems in Combinatorics, Janine Janoski
Fast and Efficient Classification, Tracking, and Simulation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Hao Jiang
Essays on Product Recall Strategies and Effectiveness in the FDA-Regulated Food Sector, Tracy Johnson-hall
An Investigation of Trypanosoma brucei Hexokinases: Localization, Oligomerization, and Inhibition, April Joice
Flow Behavior Modeling and Process Control of Electrically-Assisted Forming (EAF) for Sheet Metals in Uniaxial Tension, Joshua Jones
ESSAYS ON PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION AND BEHAVIOR OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRICES, Liudmila Kashcheeva
Working 5 to 9, What a Way to Make a Livin'! An Investigation into the Relationship between Shift and Turnover, Christie Kelley
New Algorithms for High-Throughput Decoding with Low-Density Parity-Check Codes using Fixed-Point SIMD Processors, Jawone Kennedy
Developing silvicultural protocols for longleaf pine (Pinuspalustris) restoration in loblolly pine (P. taeda ) stands, Benjamin Knapp
BIOENGINEERING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TMJ PATHOBIOLOGY, Jonathan Kuo
Prediction of the Wear & Evolution of Cutting Tools in a Carbide / Ti-6Al-4V Machining Tribosystem by Volumetric Tool Wear Characterization & Modeling, Mathew Kuttolamadom
SERIOUS TOURISM AND CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CERTIFICATIONS, Richard Lacher
MODELING ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHALLOW WATER FLOWS WITH DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD, Wencong Lai
Highly charged ion interactions with ultrathin dielectric films, Russell Lake
Navigating the World of Academia as a Mother and Contingent Faculty Member: A Narrative Inquiry, Kathryn Ledford
A COMPUTATIONAL PIPELINE FOR MCI DETECTION FROM HETEROGENEOUS BRAIN IMAGES, Lin Li
SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURE FOR BUNDLING, EDGE STATES AND IMPURITIES IN 1D AND 0D MATERIALS, Kiran kumar Lingam
Planet Formation in Transition Disks: Modeling, Spectroscopy, and Theory, Joseph Liskowsky
Assembly and Disassembly of Myofibrils in Dissociated Cardiomyocytes, Honghai Liu
LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF CONTAMINANT MASS TRANSFER, Xiaoling Liu
Integrated Production and Distribution Problem with Single Perishable Product, Wennian Li
Towards Trustworthy, Efficient and Scalable Distributed Wireless Systems, Ze Li
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT IN DEVELOPING THE OPTIMAL FORMULATIONS FOR NEW TABLET DRUGS, Zhe Li
Network Traffic Analysis Using Stochastic Grammars, Chen Lu
SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN: RISK-AVERSE VS. RISK-NEUTRAL DECISION MAKING, Alireza Madadi
Exploring Group Cohesion in a Higher Education Field Experience, Brian Malcarne
Coaching Equestrian Vaulting: The Motivation Behind Volunteer Coaching, Amy Mccune
A Dynamic Network Analysis of Innovation and Leadership in Two-Year Colleges, Melissa Mcfarland
The Racial Rhetoric of Cuteness as Decorative Decorum, Nicole Mcfarlane
APPLYING VISUAL ATTENTION THEORY TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY RESEARCH AND DESIGN: EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE AUTOMOBILE REAR LIGHTING SYSTEMS, Scott Mcintyre
FOLIAR APPLIED UREA NITROGEN METABOLISM IN WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS UNDER SALINITY STRESS, Nicholas Menchyk
Understanding the Relative Attentional Demands of the Dimensions of Interface Consistency, Jeremy Mendel
GRAIN BOUNDARIES STRUCTURES AND WETTING IN DOPED SILICON, NICKEL AND COPPER, Kaveh Meshinchi asl
SENSOR BASED IRRIGATION EFFECTS ON ROOT DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF GRAFTED AND NON-GRAFTED WATERMELONS, Gilbert Miller
Application of Carbon Dioxide Towards the Development of Smart Materials, Green Reaction Schemes and Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis, Fiaz Mohammed
ELASTO-CAPILLARITY IN FIBROUS MATERIALS, Daria Monaenkova
Computational Representation And Reasoning Support For Requirements Change Management In Complex System Design, Beshoy Morkos
Polyhedral Approximations of Quadratic Semi-Assignment Problems, Disjunctive Programs, and Base-2 Expansions of Integer Variables, Frank Muldoon
THE BEHAVIOR AND TOXICITY OF METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, Phenny Mwaanga
Ambiguous Science and the Visual Representation of the Real, Curtis Newbold
Investigating the Role of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Urothelial Cell Pressure Mechanotransduction, Shawn Olsen
Essays on Effects of Illness and Supplemental Security Income on Employment, Sarmistha Pal
THE NUTRITIONAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EQUOL-ENRICHED TABLE EGG PRODUCED IN A FREE-RANGE OR CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM, Michelle Parisi
ASSESSING THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT: A FRAMEWORK AND EVIDENCE FROM THAILAND, Maleena Parkey
The Effects of Drought on the Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, in the ACE Basin NERR in South Carolina, Kirk Parmenter
An Optimization Approach to a Geometric Packing Problem, Bradley Paynter
SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER (C-CP) FIBERS FOR APPLICATIONS IN HIGHLY SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS, Jennifer Pittman
Essays in Public Economics, Kathleen Player
Preventing Misuse and Disuse of Automated Systems: Effects of System Confidence Display on Trust and Decision Performance, Margaux Price
EXTENDING ORIGAMI TECHNIQUE TO FOLD FORMING OF SHEET METAL PRODUCTS, Ala Qattawi
SELF-ASSEMBLED AND FLOW INDUCED NANO-STRUCTURES IN POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, Dilru Ratnaweera
FACTORS THAT PREDICT HISPANIC/LATINO ENTREPRENEURS' INTENTIONS TO USE THIRTEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIORS, Rosanna Saladin-subero
Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of the Electrically-Assisted Manufacturing (EAM) Technique During Open Die Forging, Wesley Salandro
Analysis of Genotype, Phenotype, and Age Progression in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, Sara Sarasua
The Influence of Land Use on Fish Health and Fish Communities in Wadeable Steams in South Carolina, Andrew Sayer