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2024

Synthesis and Design of High-Silica Pd-Containing Zeolites for the Catalytic Combustion of Methane, Jingzhi Liu

THERMODYNAMICS AND SHEAR FLOW DYNAMICS OF BLOCK COPOLYMER MORPHOLOGIES IN SOLUTION, Senyuan Liu

Urban Scale Vehicle-To-Building-To-Grid Integration Leveraging Human Mobility Modeling, YAPAN LIU

Studies on the Synthesis, Reactivity, and Stability of Au Nanoparticles in TS-1 Zeolites for Propylene Epoxidation within H2/O2 Mixtures, Weixin Li

Emotional Perception of Presidential Candidate Debate Statements: An Examination of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates, Peta-Ann Cherie Long

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Density Prediction and Multi-Agent Task Allocation, Chen Luo

ON THE USE OF INTROSPECTION IN THE STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS, Yaojun Lu

Novel Renewable Energy Forecasting Methods and their Application on Power Systems, Cheng Lyu

AUDITORY BRAINSTEM NEURAL VARIABILITY, AUTISTIC TRAITS, AND SENSORY SENSITIVITIES IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, Devon Pacheco Major

Homomeric tight junction strand assembly of claudin proteins, Patrick Matthew Marsch

Anti-Chinese Violence in the United States, 1850-1910, Nicholas W. Mason

Neurophysiological Indicators of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: Examining Discrimination and Habituation Among Children Born Preterm, Erin Stephanie Misato Matsuba

Supporting Science Identity Development with Course-Based Interventions: Strategies to Improve Undergraduate Student Persistence in STEM, Mariah Maxwell

Past and future predictions of climate change and urbanization effects on the carbon, nitrogen, and water dynamics in Northeastern Forest ecosystems, Linghui meng

The Functoriality of Odd Khovanov Homology up to Sign and Applications, Jacob Migdail-Smith

An Examination of School Counselor Leadership Practices Related to Burnout, Training Experience, and Caseload, Alan Miller

ESSAYS ON THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER HETEROGENEITY ON MARKETING MIX MANAGEMENT, Saman Modiri

Development and application of small-molecule probes targeting ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Jacob Moose

Mediating Roles to Develop Literacy Skills: A Formative Research Project Exploring Planning Tools Which Support Co-practice for English Language Learners, Deborah Ann Moriarty

Flexural Investigation and Retrofit of AASHTO Type III Prestressed Girder-deck System with Strand Bond Damage, Haoran Ni

EFFECTS OF PEER FEEDBACK AND SELF-FEEDBACK ON STUDENT LEARNING IN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSIONS, Zhijuan Niu

Synthetic Studies on SHIP Activators and New Oxidative Methods utilizing DDQ and Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts, Christos Nixarlidis

Investigating the cellular localization, trafficking, and biological function of ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Sadie Xiao Hua Novak

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROCESSES OF TEACHERS' DECISIONS TO CHOOSE AND SEQUENCE EXAMPLES IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS, Emmanuel Nsadha

Pained Subjects: Self-harm, Sexual Health, and US Citizenship, Alex O'Connell

Fabrication and Characterization of 2D and 3D Shape-Memory Actuated Silk Wrinkled Surface Topographies for Biomedical Applications, Elizabeth Oguntade

Studies Towards the Synthesis of a Simplified Forskolin Core and Phomactin A, Fortune Ononiwu

The Even Harder Cases: how conceptual art as a paradigm affirms the viability of a theory of art, William Galloway Osborne III

A Case Study: Exploring Covid-19 Pandemic Influence on Videoconferencing Groupware Implementation in U.S. Signal Brigades., Jeremiah Strickland Owoh

Synthetic Studies on SHIP Modulators, HIF-2α Antagonists, and New Rhodium Carboxylate Catalysts, Angela Pacherille

Prompt Learning for Video Understanding, Chenbin Pan

Between Visits: Hindu Domestic Religiosity, Home Shrines, and Thirdspace in the Diaspora, Aarti Patel

Relations between epistemic curiosity and deep learning in asynchronous online discussions, Yuri Pavlov

Social Determinants of Aging Service Use and Home and Community-Based Service Availability: Do Childhood Disadvantage and Local Characteristics Matter?, Claire Pendergrast

The effects of perceived support, cultural humility, and self-compassion on psychological well-being mediated by ethnic identity among Asian international students in counseling programs, Yu-Hsun Peng

PULLING UP THE TANGLED ROOTS OF RURAL NOSTALGIA: A RHETORICAL STUDY OF STORY AND SPACE, NATURE AND NATION, Emily Pifer

THE PHENOMENON OF THE SINGLETON EDUCATOR: EXPLORING ART TEACHERS EXPERIENCES AS SINGLETON TEACHERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Mary Arlene Podsiedlik

RECOVERY OF CYBER MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS FROM FALSE DATA INJECTION ATTACKS ON SENSORS BY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Romesh Prasad

Fate, Composition and Formation of Unknown N-Nitrosamines in Wastewater and Wastewater-Impacted Waters, Changcheng Pu

On Energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Networks in the Presence of Byzantines, chen quan

The interplay of professional identity development, theoretical orientation development, and mentorship: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of classical Adlerian practitioners, Xiaoxuan Qu

Exploring Students’ Emotions and Mathematics Learning in Social Justice Mathematics, Waleed Ashraf Raja

Gauge-Invariant Correlators In Quantum Gravity, Kenneth Ratliff

Evil We Desire: Akrasia and the Ethics of Conspiracy Rhetoric, Andrew Ridgeway

The Incretin Response to Lifestyle Interventions in Young Adults and Youth with Obesity, Jared Rosenberg

Thermal history of rocks along the Totschunda and Denali faults with implications for exhumation, fault reactivation, and fault system evolution., Jacob Leo Rosenthal

How Disruptions in Indirect Procurement Impact an Organization’s Adoption of Technology, Rachel Rutkoski

Factors Influencing Award-Winning Faculty's Instructional Decisions, Zeenar Salim

A TrustZone-based Framework to Secure Mobile Financial Transactions and Provide End-to-End Protection for QR-code Payments and Credit Card Information, Ammar Salman Salman

Open Quantum Systems in High Energy Physics, Bharath Sambasivam

Examining the MTSS framework implementation at the elementary level, Michelle Santiago

Nehiyaw Two Spirit Creation Stories: Re-mapping home, desire, and Indigenous education through the body, Ionah M. Elaine Scully

The Process Becomes Part of You: A Methodology for Analyzing Institutional Mediation and Programmatic Possibilities in Community Writing, Chad Seader

Dimensional Attention Shift During Human Semi-Supervised Category Learning, Osung Seo

Design, Construction and Installation of the Upgrade Tracker(UT) in the LHCb experiment, Joseph D. Shupperd

Bullying Involvement and Depression Among Youth with ADHD: Is Positive Parenting Protective?, Jessica A. Simmons

Domestic Exertions: Soldier-Servants, Military Elites, and Securitized Labor in India, Taveeshi Singh

INVESTIGATIONS OF SORTING AND NON-WAGE MARKET CLEARING: THREE ESSAYS IN LABOR ECONOMICS, Andrew Smith

Exploring the Roles of Food Parenting Practices, Dietary Self-Efficacy, and Food Insecurity on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among College Students, Caitlin S. Smith

Liberalism and Feminist Political Thought In U.S. Women's Suffrage Fiction, 1856-1891, Rachel Snyder

Urban Latinx Community Engagement in Activism and Advocacy: Community Members Interrogating Educational Systems, Policies, & Practices, Jermaine Soto

Development of Stochastic and Time-Dependent Quantum Chemical Methods for Accurate Description of Light-Matter Interactions with Applications in Photoionization and Inverse Photoemission in Nanomaterials, Nicole Spanedda

Women's Wings in Rebel Groups, Heidi Marie Stallman

Community Organizing and Complex Social Issues: Wildfire Management in California, Devin Stein

Preference for Online Psychotherapy: A Comparison Study of Stigma, Attitudes, and Intentions, Travis Stewart

African Hydroclimate in the Quaternary: Diatom Paleoecology and Geochronology, Laura Caitlin Streib

Path Planning and Cyber-Physical System Integration in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wireless Communication, MOHAMAD HANI SULIEMAN

Exploring the equilibrium competition binding assay and ligand-induced current noise at the single-molecule level, Jiaxin Sun

Geometric-Templated Cardiac Organoids for Drug Developmental Toxicity Screening, Shiyang Sun

EXPLAINING GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY: THE ROLES OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, INDUSTRY STRUCTURES, AND STATE POLICIES, Yue Sun

Vimentin inside and outside the cell: from cell spreading to nuclear mechanics to COVID-19, Maxx Swoger

Dancing in Chains: Policy Influence of Social Organizations in China, Honggang Tan

PRIVACY PROTECTION IN MACHINE LEARNING VIA EXPLOITATION OF CONSTRAINED ADVERSARIAL EVASION, Brian Testa

Investigating Holography using Classical and Quantum Simulations, Goksu Can Toga

SCIENCE POLICY IN KAZAKHSTAN: EXPLORING EXPERTS’ PARTICIPATION IN AGENDA SETTING AND POLICY FORMULATION PROCESSES, Zulfiya Torebekova

On Multi-sensor Adaptive Birth Theory for Labeled Random Finite Sets Tracking, Anthony Trezza

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN: EFFECTS OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON TARGETED FIRMS, Jorge Arturo Valdebenito

Studies Towards Improved Gravitational Wave Detector Thermodynamics, Daniel Vander-Hyde

Subcultural Textuality: Skateboarding and the Politics of Subcultural Media, Simon Vangel

Modeling and Algorithms to Simplify Complex Multi-Clock/Edge Timing Constraints in High Performance Synchronous Digital Circuits, Nagbhushan Veerapaneni

DISABILITY AND TRANSFORMATION: EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, Hester (Hetsie) Petronella Veitch

DISABILITIES STUDIES IN NURSING EDUCATION – “WALKING THE WALK” OF DISABILITY IN HEALTHCARE AND NURSING, Clara Vesterman-Starr

Twice as good: A constructivist grounded theory study on the socialization process of black middle-class families and how this shapes the parent-child relationship, Dominique Nicole Walker

Transcriptional and Environmental Regulation of a Putative Xylan Biosynthesis Gene, PtrPARVUS2 in poplar, Dan Wang

COGNITIVE LOAD CLASSIFICATION FROM FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY DATA, Jiyang Wang

Construct Validation of a Learning Resources Rubric [LRR]: A Modified Delphi Study, Lei Wang

INFRINGING ON DEMOCRACY: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING, Kari Waters

Autism Diagnosis Effects on the Relationship Between Communication Skills and Nonverbal Intelligence: A Moderation Analysis, Emily Watts

Making Sense of Learning in VR, Jason M. Webb

ACE INVISIBILITIES: ASEXUAL SOCIAL IDENTITY THROUGH PODCASTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA, Kyle Kreye Webster

Me, Myself, and High: Momentary Precipitants and Consequences of Solitary Cannabis Use Among Emerging Adults, Amelia Wedel

Containment: Logistics, Environmental Conflict, and the Legal Geography of Inland Ports, Jared Charles Whear

Elementary Science Instruction: A Document Analysis of Teacher Messaging Across Two Sets of Curriculum Materials, Jessica Mary Whisher-Hehl

Comparing Equivalent Face-To-Face [F2F] and Online [OL] Delivery Formats: Observations of Learner Interactions to Determine Instructional Quality, Garmondyu D. Whorway

Who are we? What do we do? How do we engage with others? U.S.-based Private Philanthropic Foundations and Their Stakeholder Relationships Through the Lens of Identity, Wendy Leasure Wicker

Caring for Creation: Catholics, Justice, and Socio-Ecologies in Appalachia, Dominic Wilkins

Sociocultural Behaviors That Affect How Haitian Americans Seek Financial Information, Rebecca Charles Williams

EFFECTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY (SDT)-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON LEARNER ENGAGEMENT IN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSIONS (AODS), Qi Wu

The Naturalness and Structure of Relations, Thiago Xavier de Melo

THREE ESSAYS ON THE POLICY PROCESS OF SUBNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICYMAKING IN CHINA, Shiyang Xiao