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Dissertations from 2009 2009

Some New Problems in Changepoint Analysis, Jonathan Woody

CHARACTERIZATION OF GULF STURGEON DIEL AND SEASONAL ACTIVITY IN THE PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM, FLORIDA, Beth Wrege

Metal Oxide and Mercuric Sulfide Nanoparticles Synthesis and Characterization, Xin Xu

INTER-TUBE BONDING AND DEFECTS IN CARBON NANOTUBES AND THE IMPACT ON THE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND MICRO-MORPHOLOGY, Keqin Yang

An Investigation on the Use and Flexibility of Genetic Algorithms for Logistic Regression, Sara Yoder

RECOVERY OF FATHEAD MINNOWS (PIMEPHALES PROMELAS) FOLLOWING EPISODIC COPPER EXPOSURE: A BIOCHEMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, INDIVIDUAL, AND POPULATION PERSPECTIVE, Holly Zahner

MEASURING AND DETECTING POLITICAL FORCES, Ann Zerkle

Modeling HIV Drug Resistance, Mingfu Zhu

Dissertations from 2008 2008

EFFECT OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT MECHANICAL FORCES ON SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL RESPONSE IN MODEL OF BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY, Kara Acampora

EVALUATION OF WARM ASPHALT ADDITIVES ON PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES OF CRM BINDERS AND MIXTURES, Chandra Akisetty

KINETICS OF PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION AND EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES OF INTERFACIAL LAYERS FORMED FROM POLYMER CHAINS THAT TETHER BY MULTIPLE ENDS, Jose Alonzo calderon

SIMILARITY METRICS APPLIED TO GRAPH BASED DESIGN MODEL AUTHORING, Srinivasan Anandan

COMPUTIONAL MODELING OF PRECISION MOLDING OF ASPHERIC GLASS OPTICS, Balajee Ananthasayanam

POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE COTTON APHID, APHIS GOSSYPII GLOVER (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE), AND ITS FUNGAL PATHOGEN, NEOZYGITES FRESENII (NOWAKOSKI) BATKO (ENTOMOPTHORALES: NEOZYGITACEAE) IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Ruly Anwar

STRATEGIES FOR EXPANDING THE HALOGEN BONDING PERIODIC TABLE AND DESIGINING COMPLEMENTARY HALOGEN/HYDROGEN BONDING SYNTHONS, Hadi Arman

The Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth in an Online Travel Community on Travel Decisions: A Case Study, Irem Arsal

THE EFFECTS OF INDIRUBIN DERIVITIVES ON GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR FUNCTIONS IN THE MURINE MACROPHAGE, Abigail Babcock

VARIABLE APPROACHES INVESTIGATING LIGHT QUALITY AND QUANTITY IMPACTS ON WARM- AND COOL-SEASON TURFGRASSES, Christian Baldwin

SOME PROBLEMS IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS WITH APPLICATIONS TO MATERIALS SCIENCE, Ethan Ballard

THE SPACEFLIGHT ENVIRONMENT AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM, Eric Bandstra

Essays on International Trade, Volha Baranava

Modeling and Control of Piezoactive Micro and Nano Systems, Saeid Bashash

THE ROLE OF METAL COORDNATION IN THE INHIBITION OF IRON(II)- AND COPPER(I)-MEDIATED DNA DAMAGE BY ORGANOSELENIUM AND ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS, Erin Battin

EXPLORATORY SYNTHESIS OF NEW OPEN-FRAMEWORK IRON (II,III)-CONTAINING POLYANION SYSTEMS TARGETED FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY APPLICATIONS, Gregory Becht

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

Utilizing Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification to Detect Novel X-linked Microduplications Which Cause Intellectual Disability, Dianne Cohn

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

Electrochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers from Bis(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Thiophenes (BEDOT-Ts) and Bis(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Benzenes (BEDOT-Bs) as Optoelectronic Materials, Kalya Eaiprasertsak

Social dominance orientation and reactions to affirmative action policies and beneficiaries: A test of the mediating effects of perceptions of race-based inequities and attitudes toward diversity, Ashanti Edwards

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

OPTIMIZATION OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL AND WASTE VEGETABLE OIL:CONVENTIONAL AND ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION METHODS, Xiaohu 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 EXPERIENCES OF CHIEF STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS IN ADDRESSING INCIDENTS OF RACIAL INSENSITIVITY ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, Idella Glenn

DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL FOULING DETERRENCE STRATEGY BY UNDERSTANDING THE EFECT OF NORADRENALINE ON THE CELLS OF EASTERN OYSTER, Crassostrea virginica AND CYPRIS LARVE OF THE STRIPED BARNACLE Balanus amphitrite, Neeraj Gohad

The Effects of Nanoparticle Inclusions upon the Microstructure and Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Bismuth Telluride-Based Composites, Nick Gothard

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

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: COMPARISONS OF CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY ACROSS CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL VARIANTS OF MEASUREMENT, Moira Hanna

Novel Lactide Derived Polymers; Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Dahlia Haynes

Investigating risks, effects, and a potential management strategy for avian vacuolar myelinopathy on Southeastern reservoirs using an eco-epidemiological approach, Rebecca Haynie

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

CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLUBLE MATRIX FROM MOLLUSCAN SHELL WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TWO MAJOR PHOSPHOPROTEINS FROM THE EASTERN OYSTER, Crassostrea virginica, Mary Johnstone

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

INFERRING MECHANICAL RESONANCES IN MICRO - AND NANOCANTILEVERS USING THE HARMONIC DETECTION OF RESONANCE (HDR) METHOD TO DEVELOP A NOVEL SENSING PLATFORM, Gayatri Keskar

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