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.Theses from 2009
Henry Steel Olcott : from Civil War veteran to Sinalese Buddhist nationalist, a case study in international religious activism, Jennifer Proch
The application of vinylogous iminium salt derivatives to the efficient syntheses of Ningalin B, Rigidin C, and bioactive analogs, Elizabeth A. Rieck
Motivation to lead : investigating the power of the MTL equation, Elizabeth Robinson
Treating animals right : introducing a new fairness approach, Xenia Corali Schneider
Forecasting utility of UK consumer sentiment indexes in real time : do consumer sentiment surveys improve consumption forecasts in real time?, Bradford M. Smith
The effects of market sentiment on crude oil futures markets, Nathan Somayaji
Power and the rejection of the competent attitudinal deviant, William Stanton
Portfolio of compositions, Heather Stebbins
Lines of nation, lines of flight : retroping immigration policy, Jessica Thaller
Molecular modeling of para-benzyne and a series of push-pull [14]-pyridoannulenes, Evan B. Wang
Adrenergic receptor expression on RAW264.7 macrophages, Lindsay Ward
The courts as policy-makers : a medical malpractice case study, Jennifer A. Williams
Detecting chaos in the cash-in-advance model using the two-pass-fold method, Kristóf-Zsigmond Zétényi
Theses from 2008
The effect of racial salience and anxiety on career indecision and career decision-making self-efficacy in college students, Leah M. Adams
The influence of auditory stimuli on judgements of word valence, Chris E. Chandler
Construction of a reagentless glucose biosensor using molecular exciton luminescence, Bryan S. Der and Jonathan D. Dattelbaum
Forest fires in southern Europe : an econometric investigation of the existence of economic incentives for fire arson, Radoslava Dogandjieva
Ethics and Aesthetics: Addressing Issues of Viewership in the Work of Alfredo Jaar, Elizabeth Rose Donato
Modulation of fast-inactivating potassium channels by accessory subunits and fatty acids : a role for calcium?, Michelle M. Drzewiecki
Fostering leaders for social justice : ally identity development and efficacy, Allison M. DuVal
The interaction of nuclear fiction and leadership studies, Kathryn Elberson
Self-righteous beneficence : American diplomats and missionary perceptions of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1914, Ella M. Frantantuono
Examining the role of RNAi in developmental pathways in C. elegans, Geoffrey E. Hespe
Early diversification of the T-box gene family in the poriferan lineage, Kay Holstien
Redesigning computer architecture to optimize performance on data mining applications, Ivan Jibaja
Exploring applications of engineered tryptophan flourescence to further elucidate glyoxysomal malate dehydrogenase structure and function, Adam P. Johnson
Identification of novel protein-protein interactions required for the regulation of Kinesin-1, Beccy Josowitz
Narses and the birth of Byzantine Egypt : Imperial policy in the age of Justinian, Marion W. Kruse III
Characterization of Sox family members in sponge stem cells and during development, Karen E. Leeds
Exploring the role of iscSUA and suf operon in Shigella flexneri invasion and resistance to oxidative stress, Benjamin R. Lloyd
Crisis rhetoric : a theory of communication in times of crisis, Eric D. Loepp
Nuclear vs. coal in Bulgaria, Peter B. Manchev
Use of phylogenetic stains to determine the feeding preferences of microbivorous soil nematodes, E. Harlan Michelle
The death of the virtuous heroine as social criticism in Clarissa and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Carmel Rosanna Nunan
"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
Social perceptions of underdog job applicants, Maggie Place
Market efficiency : testing price discovery in the bond and credit derivative markets, Justin M. Polselli
The impact of the common agricultural policy on agricultural productivity, Flemming Schneider Rhode
The untraditional Brontë̈ heroine, Amanda L. Rosenthal
Examining the regulation of suf by Fur and IscR in the human pathogen Shigella flexneri, Matthew J. Sagransky
The ownership of cultural objects : means, mechanics and masteries, Anne Marie Salloum
Deporting "Red Emma" : the political and legal battles for citizenship, 1917-1921, Kara D. Schultz
Textbook bundling : is it really worth the sum of its parts, Kati Simmons
Sensory perception and predatory behavior in female rats, Maxwell Richard Sirkin
Imagining Anti-Semitism : artistic representations of the Dreyfus Affair, Alexa Stemmler
Implicit theories of relationships : prediction of dating strategies and relationship initiation, Heather Stone
Constructing [0,1]k in the inverse limit on [0,1], Desmond Torkornoo
Maternal experience and Alzheimer's disease : degenerative differences in the female rat, Lindsay W. Victoria
Democracy in the workplace : leadership in cooperative business, Jordan Wade
The exploration of novel symbiotic bacteria that may have influential roles in sponge life history, Brittany E. West
Securing distributed volunteer computations : investigating techniques for effective and efficient task assignment, Andrew M. White
An analysis of tuition and enrollment in higher education : measuring price elasticity, Adam C. Wright
Theses from 2007
Word Oper Findan : Seamus Heaney and the translation of Beowulf, Jack Harding Bell
Refiguring history : the works of Faith Ringgold and Kara Walker, Amy Bradshaw
Exploring the sponge-symbiont relationship through stability and localization, Nicole Buell
Synthesis of 9-Deaza-2'-deoxyguanosine, an analogue of 8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine, Jennifer Carman
The opium war in contemporary Chinese historiography, Robert William Cole
The expression of the maternal brain : a qRT-PCR neurogenic analysis, Robert W. Contino
Proteomics and molecular chaperones : modeling spinocerebellar ataxia type III in a Drosophila model system, John M. Daniel
The effect of RNAi on Hsp-27 and MMP-2 secretion in U87glioma cells, Ryan Gabriel
Figuring the refugee, Genevieve Goulding
Scientific advice to the House : who has the Congressional ear?, Kristen Greenholt
A critical comparison of the church-state jurisprudence of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Christy Harrison
She what?! : the legitimacy of the female in the public sphere, Lauren M. Henry
Constructing Muammar Al-Gaddafi, Kristin Kushlan
The rise and fall of America's education president : George W. Bush's political leadership and the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, Ethan L. McWilliams
Modulation of CREB binding protein in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joseph-Disease, Joe Nagraj
Crossover property of the nonperiodic autocorrelation of quaternary sequences, Michael Pohl
A conformational analysis of trimeric cross-linking reagents for HIV-1 gp4 1 inhibitors, Sarah Marie Remmert
Deficit reduction in the U.S. Senate : the search for moral leadership in the budget process, David Kendall Roberts
A combination strategy for the preparation of pyrrolomycin type alkaloids, Morgan Ruszczyk
The effects of stereotype activation on women's reactions to leadership situations, or, How reading Cosmo might prevent you from becoming CEO, Stefanie L. Simon
The war on inequality : subtleties in the perceptions of women leaders, Adrienne Supino
The dwarfing of men in Victorian fairy-tale literature, Heather Victoria Vermeulen
Eye genes before the eye? : Characterization of the ancestral Six1/2 animal eye development gene, Lisa R. Warner
The art of war : deconstructing the monolith of the World War II poster, Sean Williams
Theses from 2006
Phylogeny of Breviceps based on the Rhodopsin 1 gene, Paige Barlow
Floristic treatment of acalypha found in the Yucatan Peninsula /, Nina Bhattacharyya
The effects of epidermal growth factor and the green tea flavanoid, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, on MMP-2 activation in human glioma cell lines U87 and T98, Catherine Boucher
Co-rumination and depression in college students, Maurita M. Burns
The cinematic effect of love addiction on metaphorical preferences, Taylor Ann Daniel
Predictors of sexual attitudes in college students, Andrew Davisson
Stress and health behavior among college students, Lindsey Dorflinger
Interface mutants of glyoxysomal malate dehydrogenase, Elizabeth Dunham
Boundary behavior of Laplace transforms, Timothy Ferguson
Development of proliferation assays to explore the role of calcium activated potassium channels in cell proliferation, Sean Foster
On Conway's generalization of the 3x + 1 problem, Robin M. Givens
How should physicians be motivated to fulfill social obligations?, Jackie Knupp
The effect of TGF-B and EGF on MMP-2 activation and MT1-MMP phosphorylation in U87MG and T98G human glioma cells, Jacquelyn B. Knupp
The effects of p53 status and EGF on TIMP-2 and other proteins related to migration in human glioblastoma cell cultures, Lisa M. Lint
Courting disaster : women, romance, and novels in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain, Beth J. Massie
Courting disaster : women, romance, and novels in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain, Beth J. Massie
The presence, prevalence and antibiotic resistance of microbes in the Pamunkey River Basin, Christina McDowell
Articulating silence in the postcolonial Indian novel, Kaelin O'Connell
Political differentiation in consumer preferences for underdog businesses : does everybody love a winner?, Kelly O'Connor