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2013

Studies in Income, Investment, and Stock Returns: The Permanent Income Hypothesis and the Overinvestment Puzzle, Insun Yang

I. Stereochemical Control of Chiral Assembly and Liquid Crystal Phase Formation of Nonamphiphilic Molecules in Water II. Control Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Quorum Sensing-mediated Activities Using Small Unnatural Molecules, Sijie Yang

Multicellular Phenotypic Studies of Single Gene Variants in Myxococcus xanthus, Jinyuan Yan

Transparent and Precise Malware Analysis Using Virtualization: From Theory to Practice, Lok Kwong Yan

Essays on Health and Medical Care, Yin-Fang Yen

THE INFLUENCE OF GAME DESIGN ON THE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS: A CROSS-CASE STUDY OF MULTI-PLAYER COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY ANALYSIS, Nilay Yildirim

Polysaccharide-Based Nanocarriers for Improved Drug Delivery, Nan Zhang

Filter-based multiscale entropy analysis of complex physiological time series, Liang Zhao

Retrieval of Free Space Radiation Patterns through Measured Data in a Non-Anechoic Environment, Weixin Zhao

Tuning Quantum Dot Interfaces for Biofunctionalization with expressed Haptocorrin and Fluorescent Proteins: Applications in Targeted Delivery, Cellular Imaging, Self-Assembly, and Energy Transfer, Joshua Zylstra

2012

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Thermal Environment in Air-cooled Data Centers, Waleed Abdelmaksoud

Hands in the Pockets of Mercurial Donors: How Three Theories Explain Ngo Responses to Shifting Funding Priorities, Khaldoun Abouassi

Alignment, Clustering and Extraction of Structured Motifs in DNA Promoter Sequences, Faisal Abdulmalek Alobaid

Price of Islam, Hessah Hamad ALOjayan

Learning through Games: Essential Features of an Educational Game, Kannan Amr

Social Comparison Theory in the Context of Chronic Illness: Predictors and Consequences of Target Selection among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes, Danielle Arigo

A Tale of Three Cities: An Evaluation of Urban World Heritage Management in Mexico, Claudia Ruth Asch

The Impact of Standards-Based Reform on Special Education: An Exploration of Westvale Elementary School, Jessica Kim Bacon

Synthesis and Structural Studies of Calcium and Magnesium Phosphinate and Phosphonate Compounds, Victoria Naa Kwale Bampoh

Nucleophilic Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of 2-Methylenetetrahydropyrans, Laura Jean Bateman

Functional and Behavioral Product Information Representation and Consistency Validation for Collaboration in Product Lifecycle Activities, Mehmet Murat Baysal

Moral Luck, Patrick A. Beach

Exploring the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN's) National Program Development in Biodiversity Conservation: A Comparative Study of India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, Medani Prasad Bhandari

Impact of Physical Activity on Postprandial Lipidemia and Glycemic Control after Chronic Fructose Ingestion, Amy J. Bidwell

Competing Sovereignties: Corporate Social Responsibility, Oil Extraction, and Indigenous Subjectivity in Ecuador, Emily Billo

Three Essays on the Property Value Impact of Neighborhood Disamenities, Alexander Nicholas Bogin

Using Emerging Methods to Investigate Stream and Groundwater Interaction at Multiple Spatial Scales, Martin Ashley Briggs

Kant, Derivative Influence, and the Metaphysics of Causality, Joel Nathan Brown

Racing Discourses: Constructions and Negotiations Students Make About Race, Paul M. Buckley

Models of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Jodi Canfield

Classical and Quantum Correlated Percolation, Liang Cao

Identification and Characterization of Pathogen Defense Genes of Arabidopsis thaliana, Julie Caruana

Becoming Artifacts: Medieval Seals, Passports and the Future of Digital Identity, Mawaki Chango

Can You Hear Us Now? Investigating the Effects of a Wireless Grid Social Radio Station on Collaboration and Communication in Fragile Populations, Sarah Anna Chauncey

How Much Does This Tick You Off? Online Rejection and Criticism Lead to Negative Affect and Retaliatory Aggression, Gina Masullo Chen

An Investigation of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Teacher Candidates' Strengths Awareness and Utilization, Hui Chen

VLSI Timing and Power Analysis at Transistor-Level, Xi Chen

Diversity, Networks and Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the United States, Yujin Choi

Education Finance Reform, School Choice, and Residential Sorting, Ilhwan Chung

Methodology for Standby Leakage Power Reduction in Nanometer-Scale CMOS Circuits, Jae Woong Chun

The Maritime Archaeology of West Africa in the Atlantic World: Investigations at Elmina, Ghana, Gregory David Cook

Unlocking Students' Perspectives of Leadership, Jonathan Damiani

Hydrothermal Chemistry of the M(I,II)/PAHA/Anion System, Kari Ann Darling

Lightning in a Bottle: A History of the Syracuse Writing Program, 1986-1996, Laura J. Davies

Paper Towns: Sense of Place in Industrial, Small-Town New England, 1869-1927, David William Deacon

Whole-School Inclusive Reform: "It's What's Best for Kids”, Nicole M. DeClouette

Microstrip Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices for Quantum Information Science, Michael Paul DeFeo

Spaces of Socio-Ecological Distress: Fossil Fuels, Solar Salt, and Fishing Communities in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, Elvin E. Delgado

Thermally Aware, Energy-Based Techniques for Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency, Dustin W. Demetriou

The Role of Fluorescence and Human Factors in Quantitative Transdermal Blood and Tissue Analysis Using NIR Raman Spectroscopy, Bin Deng

Child Care Center Directors' Perceptions of Continuity of Care: A Qualitative Investigation, Desalyn De-Souza

An Essay on the Ontology of Reasons, Jeremy Anon Dickinson

The Eventual Vanishing of Self-Extensions, Kosmas Diveris

Meaningful Experiences: An Essay on Experiences of Understanding, Jordan Dodd

Evaluation of a Web-based Intervention for College Marijuana Use, Jennifer Christine Elliott

"Women With No One": Community and Christianity in a Secular South Indian Homeless Shelter, Connie Etter

Oral Delivery of the Appetite Suppressing Neuropeptide PYY(3-36) through the Vitamin B12 Dietary Uptake Pathway, Christopher H. Fazen

Design, Modeling and Analysis of Non-classical Field Effect Transistors, Peijie Feng

Champs-Multizone and Virtual Building for Integrated Building Systems Design and Performance Evaluation, Wei Feng

Ideology, Truthmaking and Fundamentality, Anthony Robert James Fisher

The Essays on Unintended Consequences of Public Policy, Andrew Ira Friedson

Three Essays on the Quality of Marriage, Jose V. Gallegos

Dynamic Thermal Management for Microprocessors, Yang Ge

Political Emotions: Toward a Fresh Perspective on Collective Emotion in Composition Work, Ingrid Jonna GIlfus

Mechanisms of Transfer: Modeling Motivational and Self-Regulatory Processes that Promote Transfer of Learning, John A. Gonzalez

Arbitrarily Oriented Biaxially Anisotropic Media: Wave Behavior and Microstrip Antennas, Jennifer Warzala Graham

Multiblock Thermoplastic Polyurethanes For Biomedical and Shape Memory Applications, Xinzhu Gu

Voltage Effects on Cells Cultured On Metallic Biomedical Implants, Seyed Morteza Haerihosseini

Experiencing Zion: Contemporary Pilgrimage in the Latter-day Saint Tradition, Airen Hall

Brand-Extension or Self-Extension? Using Avatars to Study the Effects of Self-Image Congruence on Brand-Extension Evaluation, Mitchell Hamilton

Does Corporate Governance Influence Misstatement Disclosure Timeliness?, Rapheal Joseph Hamilton

Investigating Novel Hydrothermal Synthesis Methods and Surface Chemistry Approaches in order to Better Integrate Quantum Dots into Applications in Biomimetic Self-Assembly and Energy Transfer, Hyunjoo Han

The Clar Structure of Fullerenes, Elizabeth Jane Hartung

From Practice to Theory: An Exploratory Research Study of the Relevance of Museum Studies Curriculum to Museum Professionals, Redell Renetta Hearn

Message from the State: Uncovering Effects of Public Policy on Women's Movements in Chile and the Czech Republic, Petra Hejnova

Learning Disabilities and the Virtual College Campus: A Grounded Theory of Accessibility, Nancy Lee Hollins

Court Of Public Opinion: How the Convicted Perceive Mass Media Have Affected Their Criminal Trials and Personal Lives, Marti Cecilia Howell-Collins

Small Audit Firms and Earnings Manipulations, Huichi Huang

"Roadblocks, Stop Signs": Health Literacy, Education and Communication at a Free Medical Clinic, Sally Jane Huntington

"Evo in the News": A Pedagogical Tool to Enhance Students' Perceptions of the Relevance of Evolutionary Biology, Lynn M. Infanti

The Path to an Orally Administered Protein Therapeutic for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, Susan Clardy James

The Effect of Design Teams on Preservice Teachers' Technology Integration, Laurene Johnson

Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neonatal Oocyte Survival and Primordial Follicle Formation in the Mouse Ovary, Robin L. Jones

Design and Synthesis of Solid State Materials Constructed from Polyoxomolybdate Clusters, Stephanie Jones

Effects of Advertising on Advance Selling and Online Search, Mingyu Joo

Exploring Policies of Spirituality among College Students, Afton N. Kapuscinski

Double Engagements: the Transnational Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrants in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area, Kassahun Haile Kebede

Investigating Elementary Principals' Science Beliefs and Knowledge and its Relationship to Students' Science Outcomes, Uzma Zafar Khan

Output Interference and Strength Based Mirror Effect in Recognition Memory, Asli Kilic

Exploring Distinct Aspects of Shame and Guilt: Can Startle Reflex Modification Differentiate Shame from Guilt?, Sangmoon Kim

Terahertz spectroscopy and solid-state modeling of molecular crystals, Matthew D. King

A Search for WIMP Dark Matter using an Optimized Chi-square Technique on the Final Data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment (CDMS II)., Manungu Joseph Kiveni

The Body Machinic: Technology, Labor, and Mechanized Bodies in Victorian Culture, Jessica Kuskey

Efficacy of an Expectancy Challenge to Reduce Non-Prescribed Use of Stimulant Medications among College Students, Allison Kathryn Labbe

Self Similar Optical Fiber, Zheng-Xuan Lai

The Gospels As Ritualized Sites Of Memory In Late Ancient Imperial Culture, Jason T. Larson

Victim, Aggressor, and Leader: Hierarchy, War Memory, and Foreign Policy of Postwar Japan, Jooyoun Lee

Returning the Commons: Resource Access and Environmental Governance in San Luis, Colorado, Keith Lindner

Chinese American Women, Identity and Education: A Qualitative Study, Qing Li

Community Interest as An Indicator for Ranking, Xiaozhong Liu