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Theses from 2010

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Especially in this economy : the effect of personal and situational factors on charitable intentions and attitudes toward the homeless, Eric M. VanEpps

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Adsorption and thermodynamic properties of azurin at monolayer-protected film assemblies : evidence for a more homogeneous adsorption interface, Morgan Lynn Vargo

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The role of NtrBC and Nac in Shigella virulence, T. Jordan Walter

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Characterization of the secondary structure of kinesin light chain tetraticopeptide repeats, Meredith Weck

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Selection of risk and effort levels among low-stakes players : a case study in online poker, Justin Weiss

Theses from 2009

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Measuring the effect of family income on undergraduate behavior, Lindsey Brewer

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Visual discrimination training for rats : developing a new methodology to explore laterality differences, Tiffany R. Brunelli

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The new military history : General Jonathan M. Wainwright and his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, John H. Chase

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Can the holistic processing of faces be improved in the normal population, Jessica Collins

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Developing a novel basal animal model for use in exploring the development of early sensory systems, Elizabeth Danka

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Phenotypic analysis of genetic regulatory response to oxidative stress in shigella flexneri, Aaron Daugherty

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Optical properties of multilayer-polyelectrolyte films with incorporated gold nanomaterials (solid nanoparticles and hollow nanoshells), Robert Watson Day

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Deliberative democracy at the local level, Tony DeRosa

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Catholic nationalism and feminism in twentieth-century Ireland, Jennifer M. Donohue

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On the record : the visibility of race, class, gender, and age in Richmond, Virginia's newspaper coverage of 1960's sitdown movement, Jill Eisenberg

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The politics of sectional servitude : the construction of American abolitionist discourse in black and white, 1837-1847, Christopher M. Florio

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Reducing the negative attidudes of religious fundamentalists toward homosexuals, John A. Frank

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Can she ever be "The Man"? : the effect of gender on implicit perceptions of leadership ability in an applied hiring task, Rebecca S. Frazier

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Appropriation in opera : modern performance practice of racially evocative works, Katelin French

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Polyelectrolyte-linked, multi-layer film assemblies of aqueous nanoparticles and nanoshells, Anne Galyean

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Relay total synthesis of lamellarin G trimethyl ether, Benjamin Giglio

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Cosmological vision(s) : history, modernism, and American renewal in Hart Crane's The bridge, Lauren Grewe

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The impact of social pressures on referee's sanctions in professional soccer : a case study of penalty kicks in the MLS, Mariano Harari

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Size of food packaging and cognitive performance, Shannon Henry

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Political socialization and the youth vote : a study of political engagement during the 2008 election, Meredith Hull

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Enslaved revolutionaries : constitutional rhetoric of eighteenth-century Irish and American patriots, Jacob Keith Johnson

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An in situ one-pot enol silane formation-Mukaiyama aldol-type reactions mediated by TMSOTf, Miles W. Johnson

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Optimization of a semi-permeable membrane device-fiber optic sensor for the sampling of hydrophobic pollutants in aquatic environments, Ncamiso Khanyile

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Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate-accelerated addition of catalytically generated zinc acetylides to aldehydes, Brian Mahoney

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Analysis of cp23S domain V to assess zooxanthellar diversity among clionaid sponges from Caribbean and Pacific reefs, Ashley McQuillin

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A gene encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase interacts with the HOX gen regulator pal-1, Leah Milazzo

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Can scouts and NFL general managers predict future quarterback performance at the time of the NFL draft?, Cain Montgomery

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Communicative violence in romantic relationships, Christina L. Moore

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The inheritance of lawless passion : an examination of interracial relationships through slave narratives, Genna K. Murray

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Empathy, group-level guilt and identification : measuring their relationship through past American-Cambodian relations, Laura Musser

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Determining archaeal species diversity in death valley soils, Archana Durga Narla

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A conversation among sisters : the "dangerous lover" in the texts of the Brontës, Jennifer K. Patchen

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Henry Steel Olcott : from Civil War veteran to Sinalese Buddhist nationalist, a case study in international religious activism, Jennifer Proch

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The application of vinylogous iminium salt derivatives to the efficient syntheses of Ningalin B, Rigidin C, and bioactive analogs, Elizabeth A. Rieck

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Motivation to lead : investigating the power of the MTL equation, Elizabeth Robinson

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Treating animals right : introducing a new fairness approach, Xenia Corali Schneider

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Forecasting utility of UK consumer sentiment indexes in real time : do consumer sentiment surveys improve consumption forecasts in real time?, Bradford M. Smith

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The effects of market sentiment on crude oil futures markets, Nathan Somayaji

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Power and the rejection of the competent attitudinal deviant, William Stanton

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Portfolio of compositions, Heather Stebbins

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Lines of nation, lines of flight : retroping immigration policy, Jessica Thaller

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Molecular modeling of para-benzyne and a series of push-pull [14]-pyridoannulenes, Evan B. Wang

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Adrenergic receptor expression on RAW264.7 macrophages, Lindsay Ward

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The courts as policy-makers : a medical malpractice case study, Jennifer A. Williams

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Detecting chaos in the cash-in-advance model using the two-pass-fold method, Kristóf-Zsigmond Zétényi

Theses from 2008

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The effect of racial salience and anxiety on career indecision and career decision-making self-efficacy in college students, Leah M. Adams

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The influence of auditory stimuli on judgements of word valence, Chris E. Chandler

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Construction of a reagentless glucose biosensor using molecular exciton luminescence, Bryan S. Der and Jonathan D. Dattelbaum

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Forest fires in southern Europe : an econometric investigation of the existence of economic incentives for fire arson, Radoslava Dogandjieva

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Ethics and Aesthetics: Addressing Issues of Viewership in the Work of Alfredo Jaar, Elizabeth Rose Donato

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Modulation of fast-inactivating potassium channels by accessory subunits and fatty acids : a role for calcium?, Michelle M. Drzewiecki

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Fostering leaders for social justice : ally identity development and efficacy, Allison M. DuVal

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The interaction of nuclear fiction and leadership studies, Kathryn Elberson

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Self-righteous beneficence : American diplomats and missionary perceptions of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1914, Ella M. Frantantuono

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Examining the role of RNAi in developmental pathways in C. elegans, Geoffrey E. Hespe

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Early diversification of the T-box gene family in the poriferan lineage, Kay Holstien

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Redesigning computer architecture to optimize performance on data mining applications, Ivan Jibaja

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Exploring applications of engineered tryptophan flourescence to further elucidate glyoxysomal malate dehydrogenase structure and function, Adam P. Johnson

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Identification of novel protein-protein interactions required for the regulation of Kinesin-1, Beccy Josowitz

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Narses and the birth of Byzantine Egypt : Imperial policy in the age of Justinian, Marion W. Kruse III

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Characterization of Sox family members in sponge stem cells and during development, Karen E. Leeds

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Exploring the role of iscSUA and suf operon in Shigella flexneri invasion and resistance to oxidative stress, Benjamin R. Lloyd

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Crisis rhetoric : a theory of communication in times of crisis, Eric D. Loepp

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Nuclear vs. coal in Bulgaria, Peter B. Manchev

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Use of phylogenetic stains to determine the feeding preferences of microbivorous soil nematodes, E. Harlan Michelle

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The death of the virtuous heroine as social criticism in Clarissa and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Carmel Rosanna Nunan

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"I don't think she's like the rest of us" : the freedom in disadvantage for orphan girls in early 20th century literature, Giavanna Palermo

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Social perceptions of underdog job applicants, Maggie Place

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Market efficiency : testing price discovery in the bond and credit derivative markets, Justin M. Polselli

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The impact of the common agricultural policy on agricultural productivity, Flemming Schneider Rhode

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The untraditional Brontë̈ heroine, Amanda L. Rosenthal

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Examining the regulation of suf by Fur and IscR in the human pathogen Shigella flexneri, Matthew J. Sagransky

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The ownership of cultural objects : means, mechanics and masteries, Anne Marie Salloum

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Deporting "Red Emma" : the political and legal battles for citizenship, 1917-1921, Kara D. Schultz

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Textbook bundling : is it really worth the sum of its parts, Kati Simmons

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Sensory perception and predatory behavior in female rats, Maxwell Richard Sirkin

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Integration of the stereotype content model and implicit theories : a dynamic understanding of stereotyping against obese individuals, Jenna Sorge

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Imagining Anti-Semitism : artistic representations of the Dreyfus Affair, Alexa Stemmler

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Implicit theories of relationships : prediction of dating strategies and relationship initiation, Heather Stone

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Constructing [0,1]k in the inverse limit on [0,1], Desmond Torkornoo

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Maternal experience and Alzheimer's disease : degenerative differences in the female rat, Lindsay W. Victoria

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Democracy in the workplace : leadership in cooperative business, Jordan Wade

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The exploration of novel symbiotic bacteria that may have influential roles in sponge life history, Brittany E. West

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Securing distributed volunteer computations : investigating techniques for effective and efficient task assignment, Andrew M. White

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An analysis of tuition and enrollment in higher education : measuring price elasticity, Adam C. Wright

Theses from 2007

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Word Oper Findan : Seamus Heaney and the translation of Beowulf, Jack Harding Bell

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Refiguring history : the works of Faith Ringgold and Kara Walker, Amy Bradshaw

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Exploring the sponge-symbiont relationship through stability and localization, Nicole Buell

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Synthesis of 9-Deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine, an analogue of 8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine, Jennifer Carman

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The opium war in contemporary Chinese historiography, Robert William Cole

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The expression of the maternal brain : a qRT-PCR neurogenic analysis, Robert W. Contino

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Proteomics and molecular chaperones : modeling spinocerebellar ataxia type III in a Drosophila model system, John M. Daniel

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The effect of RNAi on Hsp-27 and MMP-2 secretion in U87glioma cells, Ryan Gabriel

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Figuring the refugee, Genevieve Goulding

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Scientific advice to the House : who has the Congressional ear?, Kristen Greenholt