Dissertations from 2008
Calculations of Diffusion in FCC Binary Alloys Using On-the-fly Kinetic Monte Carlo, Erdi Bleda
PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISING IN SOUTH CAROLINA'S TWO-YEAR TECHNICAL COLLEGES, John Boyd
Employment-Based Health Insurance and the Minimum Wage, Laura Bucila
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROMOLECULAR LAYERS GRAFTED TO POLYMER SURFACES, Oleksandr Burtovyy
Development and characterization of moisture- and heat- activated oxygen scavenging nanoparticle, Youngjae Byun
REVENUE AND ORDER MANAGEMENT UNDER DEMAND UNCERTAINTY, Kiran Chahar
Health and nutritional need assessment of Hispanics in South Carolina, America Chavez-martinez
MULTIPLE COMPARISONS ON NEAR NEUTRAL CALIBRATION PROCESS AMONG DIFFERENT PRINTING PROCESSES, Li-wen Chen
Numerical analysis of a fractional step theta-method for fluid flow problems, John Chrispell
The Effects of Singing and Chanting on the Reading Achievement and Attitudes of First-Graders, Kathy Cochran
JUDICIAL CHECKS ON CORRUPTION, Adriana Cordis
HUMAN MICROVASCULATURE FABRICATION USING THERMAL INKJET PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, Xiaofeng Cui
Analysis, Instrumentation, and Visualization of Embedded Network Systems: A Testbed-Based Approach, Andrew Dalton
LABORATORY EVALUATION of CHLORINATED ETHENE TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES in FRACTURED SANDSTONE, Ramona Darlington
Optimal Fleet Size of an Integrated Production and Distribution Scheduling Problem for a Single Perishable Product, Priyantha Devapriya
A Grounded Theory of the Dynamic Nature of Constraints to Leisure and Successful Coping Process, Harriet Dixon
PHYSICS-BASED SHAPE MORPHING AND PACKING FOR LAYOUT DESIGN, Hong Dong
NOVEL XANTHINE AND OXANINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE ACTIVITIES IN YEAST AND MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS, Liang Dong
Two Categories of Refutation Decision Procedures for Classical and Intuitionistic Propositional Logic, Edward Doyle
Benchmarking Regional Competitiveness: The Role of a Region's Economic Legacy in Determining Competitiveness, Rebekka Dudensing
SYNTHESIS, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENES AND OTHER ENDOHEDRAL CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES, Bevan Elliott
3-D Calculation of Atom-Surface Collisions with Direct Scattering, Trapping and Desorption, Guoqing Fan
INFESTATION OF TSUGA CANADENSIS AND TSUGA CAROLINIANA TO HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID AND POSSIBLE INSECTICIDAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Mark Faulkenberry
Impacts of Root Invigoration and its Individual Components on the Performance of red maple (Acer rubrum), Kelby Fite
FRAMEWORK FOR PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF RECURRENT LANDSLIDES: A CASE STUDY OF EL BERRINCHE, Raul Flores
INSIGHT INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE RUMEX ACETOSA SEX CHROMOSOMES AND MECHANISMS CAUSING DIMORPHISM, Samuel Forrest
EFFECTS OF WARM ASPHALT ADDITIVES ON ASPHALT BINDER AND MIXTURE PROPERTIES, Tejash Gandhi
Changes in Brain Biochemistry and Feeding Behavior in Hybrid Striped Bass Exposed to Environmental Contaminants, Kristen Gaworecki
THE DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A CLOSED SYSTEM OF VITRIFICATION FOR MAMMALIAN EMBRYOS, Jennifer Graves-herring
PROXIMAL AND LONGITUDINAL OUTCOMES OF PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT: A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH, Tiffany Greene-shortridge
FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Lingrong Gu
REAL-TIME RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION DURING SINGLE-LAYER AND MULTI-LAYER BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION, Giriprasath Gururajan
Topographic Analysis and Predictive Modeling using Geographic Information Systems, Steven Hall
Novel Lactide Derived Polymers; Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Dahlia Haynes
STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGHLY RIGID IONOMERS, Lilin He
CHARACTERIZATION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MECHANICAL AND FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, Jason Hemmer
ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE AND 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE IN THE PRESENCE OF FUEL HYDROCARBONS, James Henderson
Agritourism as a Viable Strategy for Economic Diversification: A Case Study Analysis of Policy Options for The Bahamas, Erecia Hepburn
A Comprehensive Multiphysics, Multiscale Modeling Framework for Carbon Nanotube Fabrication Process by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Mahmoud reza Hosseini
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER BRUSHES FOR CONTROLLED ADSORPTION OF PROTEINS, Olha Hoy
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF Ag NANOSTRUCTURES, Stephen Hudson
Essays on Wage Inequality and Economic Growth, Jin-tae Hwang
SEMIFLUORINATED POLYMERS VIA CYCLOADDITION AND NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION REACTIONS OF AROMATIC TRIFLUOROVINYLETHERS, Scott Iacono
The development of hyaluronic acid biomaterials for vascular tissue engineering, Samir Ibrahim
Biology and Ecology of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), Prashant Jha
STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLY (PARA-PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE)S IN SOLUTIONS AND THIN FILMS, Yunfei Jiang
Portfolio Selection Under Various Risk Measures, Hariharan Kandasamy
Vision-based Detection, Tracking and Classification of Vehicles using Stable Features with Automatic Camera Calibration, Neeraj Kanhere
INFLUENCE OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL EXPERIENCES ON THE WORLDVIEWS OF U.S. BACKPACKERS, Mark Kanning
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HEXOKINASE-LIKE 1 (HKL1) FROM ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Abhijit Karve
Incorporation of Polydiacetylene Sensors into Commercial Polymers, Jennifer Kauffman
Aperture Coupling and Penetration in Various Configurations, Jason Keen
CAPS: Concurrent Automatic Programming System, Ken Kennedy
Fabrication and Optical Properties of Noble Metal Nanostructures, Mark Kinnan
CUES FOR CELLULAR ASSEMBLY OF VASCULAR ELASTIN NETWORKS, Chandrasekhar Kothapalli
THE INFLUENCE OFATTRIBUTE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, EMOTION AND TIME ON THE SATISFACTION RESPONSE OF GOLF TRAVELERS, Brian Krohn
VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING: THE CREATION OF LIVING, NON-THROMBOGENIC, FUNCTIONAL BLOOD VESSELS BASED ON ELASTIN SCAFFOLDS, Aditee Kurane
Engineered Micro-Environments and Vibrational Culture Systems for Vocal Fold Tissue Engineering, Jaishankar Kutty
EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES FOR OPTIMIZING FLOCCULANT-AIDED SEDIMENT RETENTION PONDS, Byung joon Lee
Student Perspectives of Political Bias in the College Classroom, Darren Linvill
FORMATION OF ACTIVE CATALYTIC SITES IN HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS AND REACTION, Nattaporn Lohitharn
MODELING OF THE EFFECT OF TOOL WEAR ON CUTTING FORCES IN TURNING, Yu Long
Homomorphisms of Graphs, Samuel Lyle
The Effects of Traditional and Instructional Models of Sustained Silent Reading on the Reading Achievement and Motivation of Third and Fourth Grade Students, Jacquelynn Malloy
Institutional Culture, Performance, and Learning in a Two-year Technical/Community College, Vicky Maloney
Fast Fourier Transform Algorithms with Applications, Todd Mateer
Instructional Proxemics: Creating a place for space in instructional communication discourse, John Mcarthur
Three Essays on Environmental Economics and International Trade, Patrick Mclaughlin
DNA DEAMINATION REPAIR ENZYMES IN BACTERIAL AND HUMAN SYSTEMS, Rongjuan Mi
CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SIMULATOR SICKNESS, Jason Moss
Perfluorocyclobutyl Aryl Ether Polymers: A Modular Approach to Tailored Emission, Andrew Neilson
Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies in Microstructured Media, Jamie Norton
ORGANIZATIONAL AND FAMILY RESOURCES AS PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING,FAMILY FUNCTIONING, AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Heather Odle-dusseau
Hybrid Bond-Order Potential for Silicon, Suleiman Oloriegbe
EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOL COMPOUNDS ON IRON-AND COPPER-MEDIATED DNA DAMAGE: MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELS, Nathan Perron
ESTIMATION OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNINSURED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Anusha Pokuri
High Temperature Wetting and Multilayer Adsorption in Oxide Systems, Haijun Qian
CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING, Yongzhi Qiu
ECM STABILIZATION STRATEGIES FOR BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES FOR IMPROVED DURABILITY, Devanathan Raghavan
SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF OXY-ANION BASED MAGNETIC SOLIDS CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Kulugammana gedera Ranmohotti
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROPOROUS ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOASSAYS, Ashwin Rao
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A HEDONIC PRICING MODEL: EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM WHOLESALE AUTOMOBILE AUCTIONS, Jeffrey Roach
TEACHER GROWTH: ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPMENT FROM A NOVICE TO VETERAN TEACHER, Jean Rollins
Protocols For Dynamic Spectrum Access, Thomas Royster
EFFECTIVE VR: INTERPLAY OF PRESENCE, PERCEPTION, FIDELITY AND TRANSFER EFFECTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSPECTION TRAINING SIMULATORS, Sajay Sadasivan
Vibration Analysis of Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensors, Amin Salehi-khojin
PERFORMANCE BASED DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND RISK, Sundeep Samson
Design and Validation of a Multimethod Assessment of Metacognition and Study of the Effectiveness of Metacognitive Interventions, Guillermo Sandi-urena