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2010

Metabolic and genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of nonulosonic acid sugars, Benjamin Robert Lundgren

Thermally responsive polymer systems for self-healing, reversible adhesion and shape memory applications, Xiaofan Luo

Family ties: Patterns of connectedness in one American family, Douglas S. MacDonald

Non-invasive breast biopsy method using GD-DTPA contrast enhanced MRI series and F-18-FDG PET/CT dynamic image series, Alphonso William Magri

An Exploratory Study of Management Reform Diffusion in the U.S. Federal Government, Frederick Joseph Marc-Aurele Jr.

'Life along the line': Places of memory among the Mohawks of Akwesasne, Kallen M. Martin

Comparison of gross anatomy test scores using traditional specimens vs. QuickTime Virtual Reality animated specimens, Paul Sadiri Maza

Personality, gender, and experience a study of conflict practitioners, Kathryn K. McGovern

Community detection in complex networks as equilibria, Patrick J. McSweeney

Healing and justice through truth-telling: Local perceptions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone, Gearoid Millar

Political theory after the "return of religion:" Radical democracy as religious affirmation, Daniel D. Miller

A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (Dibels) As a Predictor of Third Grade Reading Comprehension, Kristen A. Munger

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Grasslands of Yellowstone National Park: A Role for Plant-Fungal Mutualism in Grassland Sustainability, Tanya R. Murray

An examination of teachers' perceptions: Ohio's early childhood teacher preparation programs, Melissa N. Neal

Interface problems in vascular mechanics and the mechanics of layered systems, Chien M. Nguyen

Raising her daughter: A phenomenological study of the African American stepfather's perception of his relationship with his stepdaughter, Akwete Cleveland Noble

Shifting landscapes: Community supported agriculture's next season, Daniel Emrys O'Leary

Solid-state density functional theory analyses of high-resolution waveguide terahertz spectra, Keith C. Oppenheim

Political fever: The democratic societies and the crisis of republican governance in 1790s America, Michelle Orihel

Language-learning experiences as a source of personal practical knowledge for general classroom teachers of English language learners, Joanne E. O'Toole

Three essays on international trade, development and the Chinese economy, Puman Ouyang

Trajectories of children's health inequalities and the role of parental resources, Wendy M. Parker

For want of provisions: An archaeological and historical investigation of the British soldier at Fort Haldimand (1778--1784), Douglas James Pippin

Application Level Fault Recovery in Distributed Real Time Systems Based On an Autonomic Computing Concept, Jamshidur Rahman

An Exploratory Study of the Relationships between Educational, Clinical, and Personal Exposure to Suicide, And Suicide Intervention Skill, James D. Raper

Archiving Transgender: Affects, Logics, and the Power of Queer History, Kelly Jacob Rawson

High school athletic directors: An examination of the role, realities and career progressions, Tamela J. Ray

Gender at work on the force, Kristenne Marie Robison

Listening across the curriculum: TA preparation in the teaching of writing, Tanya Kristina Rodrigue

Mujeres, myths, and margins: Afro-Dominican women within a capitalist world-economy, Griselda Rodriguez

Factors influencing Asian Indian American children's academic performance, Toral Sanghavi

Geochemical characterization of groundwater flow processes in a large patterned peatland, Soumitri Sarkar Dasgupta

Characterization of the glial scar using Raman spectroscopy, microindentation, and immunohistochemistry, Tarun Saxena

Avatars in a virtual Diaspora: Developing a theory of cultural ties and identity in Second Life, Daniel Schackman

Time-course, mechanisms and mathematical model of autonomic dysreflexia in humans, Eric Anthony Schepis

The role of race, ethnicity, and gender on Latina/o educational attainment, Jenna Lyne Aurand Scott

Apatite trace element tephrochronology, Bryan Keith Sell

Structure of national image in the age of networks: An empirical analysis of online social relations and information use, Hyunjin Seo

Activists, Immigrants, Citizens: Grounding Rhetorical Conceptions of Literacy, Patricia Colleen Serviss

Efficient and selective multifunctional nanoporous and heterogeneous catalysts: Novel synthetic methods, characterizations and applications, Krishna Kant Sharma

Sophisticated regulation of histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation accumulation during meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans, Xingyu She

The body of love: Conceiving perfection in the Oneida Community, Christa Marie Shusko

Indoor air chemistry and cleaning: Visible light photocatalyst development and characterization and linalool ozone chemistry, Meera A. Sidheswaran

Legitimacy in a post-national context: Efficiency and democracy in the European Union, Everita Silina

Agency within constraints: How the agency of people labeled with developmental disabilities is constructed in supported living schemes, Jitka Sinecka

The suspension of (dis)belief: Novel and Bible in Victorian society, Jonathan David Singleton

"Only connect": A mixed methods study of how first-year students create residential academic and social networks, Rachel Anne Smith

Understanding Public Services in Tamil Nadu An Institutional Perspective, Vivek Srinivasan

Three essays in public economics, Ryan S. Sullivan

International trade, domestic institutions and development, Asha Sundaram

Detection and location estimation of a random signal source using sensor networks, Ashok Sundaresan

The Voyager Problem: The effect of a science laboratory course focused on clinical teaching experiences, John Reed Taylor

Tectonic history of the East Gobi Fault Zone, southeastern Mongolia: An integrated study using structural geology, geochronology, and thermochronology, Joshua P. Taylor

Evaluating the Structure Determining Factors of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Amides, Ana Torvisco

An Event Level Study of the Impact of Alcohol Use on Unwanted Sexual Activity among College Aged Women, Joseph Paul Voglewede Jr.

Evaluating government Web site with a citizen-centric approach, Lili Wang

Characterizing structure and function of thioesterase from polyketide synthase, Meng Wang

Prelude to prison: Student perspectives on school suspension, Marsha Weissman

In defense of the new working class? Labor union embeddedness, labor migration and immigrant integration, Erika Adrienne Wilkens

Three essays on voluntary HIV testing and the HIV epidemic, Coady Wing

Information theoretic measure applied on learning classifier systems for speaker identification problems, WonKyung Wok

Examining the role of performance uncertainty on consumers' valuations of product attributes, Omar P. Woodham

Alcohol, Gender, Power, and Condom Use Among African American Adults, Sarah E. Woolf-King

An Information Theoretic Approach to Provably Secure Communications, Jin Xu

Perceptions of paternal involvement with preschoolers in Korean families: Relationships to teachers' assessments of children's social skills, Huyn Jung Yang

The Educational Needs of Newly Diagnosed Stroke Patients, Sari-Ann Yonaty

Vortex dynamics in nanostructured superconducting weak-pinning channels, Kang Yu

Why U.S.-based nonprofit organizations have a stake in the U.S. standing: A case study in public diplomacy, Olga Zatepilina

The stress process and the growth trajectories of depressive symptoms: Is there a racial difference?, Na Zhao

Image Segmentation: Structural Similarity, Belief Propagation and Radial Basis Functions for Level Set Based Methods, Yingxuan Zhu

A Generic Privacy Quantification Framework for Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing, Zutao Zhu

2009

South Korean transnational mothers: Familism, cultural criticism and education project, Kyung Ju Ahn

Dislocations in a vortex lattice and complexity of chlamydomonas ciliary beating, Sitichoke Amnuanpol

Intelligent modeling of individual thermal comfort and energy optimization, Seckin Ari

Molybdophosphonate clusters as building blocks in the oxomolybdate-organodiphosphonate/M(II)-organoamine system: Structural influences of secondary metal, organoamine, and diphosphonate tether length (M=copper, nickel, cobalt), Nathan Gabriel Armatas

Breaking the silence: The impact of political violence in Sikh diaspora, Kiran Shahreen Kaur Arora

A method of moments analysis of microstructured optical fibers, Serhend Arvas

Ecology of the Trans-Himalayan grazing ecosystem, Sumanta Bagchi

Parenting economically disadvantaged adolescent children through pervasive loss in the inner city, Timothy Ronald Baima

Indian IT workers in the U.S.: Race, gender, and state in the making of immigrant labor, Payal Banerjee

The foundations of linguistics: Two theses, Edison Barrios

Generative grandfathering, commitment, and contact: How grandfathers nurture relationships with grandchildren and the relational and mental health benefits for aging men, James Smith Bates

Writing holiness, writing violence suffering and the construction of female sanctity, John Marcus Beard

Guru love: On the tropes of eroticism in the spiritual relationship between master and disciple, Gerard Frederick Beritela

Knocking down barriers: Changing the conversation between health providers and patients, Heather L. Black

Adjustment and persistence of students from an urban environment to a rural community college, Paula Brown-Weinstock

Methods for direction of arrival estimation using a single snapshot of the data, Santana Burintramart

Chemical gradients and bioactive hydrogels for mechanistic studies of protein binding and cell adhesion, Erik Alvan Burton

Interference networks with cognition and cooperation, Yi Cao

Synthetic studies on maoecrystal V and studies on the rhodium catalyzed 1,2-addition of alkynes to activated ketones and aldehydes, Patrick Carberry

Civilian protection and humanitarian organisations: Rationality or culture?, Sreeram Chaulia

Issue obtrusiveness in the agenda-setting process of national network television news, Xueyi Chen

Modeling and analysis of timing behavior for CMOS circuits, Ting-Wei Chiang

Forests of power and memory: An archaeology of sacred groves in the Eguafo polity, Southern Ghana (c. 500-1900 A.D.), Gerard Chouin

The experiences of marriage and family therapists of Asian descent and their perception of the practice and profession, Liang-Ying Chou

"In some places a few drops and other places a plentiful shower": The religious impact of revivalism on early nineteenth-century New York women, Rachel Cope

The relationship among elementary teachers' knowledge of nature of science, content background, and attitudes toward science, Dana Allard Corcoran

Borders and bodies: Rhetoric(s) on the threshold of transnational (re)production, Gale P. Coskan-Johnson

Institutional practices, natural resource management and livelihood strategies in Muhur, southwest Ethiopia, Mengistu Dessalegn Debela

Structural direction of hybrid organic-inorganic materials: Synthesis of vanadium oxyfluoride, copper vanadate, and copper molybdate solid state materials through solvuthermal and solution methods, Paul DeBurgomaster