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- Darlene Florence, Soil Science
Agronomic Land Management Effects on Soil Fertility and Grain Crop Productivity in Western Kenya and Ohio
Advisor: Edward McCoy - Fang Zhang, Economics
Essays on Rational Inattention and Business Cycles
Advisor: Paul Evans - Susan Wolfinbarger, Geography
People Make the Pixels: Remote Sensing for Human Rights Litigation
Advisor: Kendra McSweeney - Stylianos Dosopoulos, Electrical and Computer Engine
Interior Penalty discontinuous Coalerkin Finite Element Method for the Time-Domain Maxwell's Equations
Advisor: Jin-Fa Lee - Pamela Ing, Psychology
An Investigation of the Whte Male Effect from a Psychometric Perspective
Advisor: Michael Edwards - Jiung Yoon, Music
Jan Radzynski's Canto (1981): An Introductory View of its Genre, Style, and Form, with Suggestions for Performance
Advisor: Steven Glaser - Jia Chen, Business Administration
Three Essays on International Finance
Advisor: Rene Stulz - Mei-Chun Lai, Education:Teaching & Learning
Nature of Science Knowledge and Scientific Argumentation Skills in Taiwanese College Biology Students
Advisor: Karen Irving - Hok Sum Fok, Geodetic Science
Ocean Tide Modeling Using Satellite Altimetry
Advisor: C.K. Shum - Derek Bronish, Computer Science & Engineering
Abstraction as the Key to Programming, with Issues for Verification of Functional Language
Advisor: Bruce Weide - Bin Zhu, Chemical Engineering
Layered-Silicate Based Polystyrene Nanocomposite Foam Using Carbox Dioxide as Blowing Agent
Advisor: L. James Lee - Mei-Fang Chiang, Family Resource Management
Retirement Consumption Behavior: Evidence from HRS-CAMS 2001-2009
Advisor: Catherine Montalto - May 17
- Abdulkerim Eroglu, OSU Biochemistry Program
Apocarotenoids Modulate Retinoid Receptors
Advisor: Earl Harrison - Greta Valenti, Psychology
How Psychological Distance Impacts the Framing of Choice Events
Advisor: Lisa Libby - Maiya Anderson, Education:Phy Act & Ed Srvc
The Leader Development of College Students Who Participate in Different Levels of Sport
Advisor: Packianathan Chelladurai - Matthew Sequin, Mathematics
Comparing Invariants of 3-Manifolds Derived from Hopf Algebras
Advisor: Thomas Kerler - Hui Wang, Economics
An Investigation of Strategic Behavior in Consumer Default
Advisor: Lucia Dunn - Jeffrey Holliday, Linguistics
The Emergence of L2 Phonological Contrast in Perception: The Case of Korean Sibilant Fricatives
Advisor: Mary Beckman - Christopher Roche, Theatre
Jesuitical Communal Mission and its Link to theatre
Advisor: Joy Reilly - Amitabh Dashottar, Allied Medicine
Posterior Shoulder Tightness Measurements: Differentiating Capsule, Muscle and Bone
Advisor: John Borstad - Amitabh Dashottar, Health and Rehabilitation Sci
Posterior Shoulder Tightness Measurements: Differentiating Capsule, Muscle and Bone
Advisor: John Borstad - Abir Chatterjee, Electrical and Computer Engine
Modeling and Control of Photovoltaic Generating Station
Advisor: Ali Keyhani - DeLeon Gray, Education:Policy & Leadership
A New Framework for School Belonging: The Importance of Fitting In and Standing Out
Advisor: Eric Anderman - Harrison Smith, Electrical and Computer Engine
The Language and Platform Independent Steering (LAPIS) System
Advisor: Ashok Krishnamurthy - Katryna Cisek, Biophysics
Rational Optimization of Small Molecules for Premortem Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Advisor: Jeffrey Kuret - Deepak Sridhar, Chemical Engineering
Oxygen Carrier Development and Integrated Process Demonstration for Chemical Looping Gasification Systems
Advisor: Liang-Shih Fan - Ye Hoon Lee, Education:Phy Act & Ed Srvc
Antecedents and Consequences of Emotional Labor in Head Coaches at NCAA Division I Program
Advisor: Packianathan Chelladurai - Dana Moore, Nursing
The Relationship Between Ethnicit, Ethnic Identity, and Tolerance of Infidelity Among College Women at Risk for HIV
Advisor: Victoria von Sadovszky - Sharon Schreiber, Biomedical Engineering
Magnetic Resonance Gradient Echo Phase Imaging as a Means of Detecting Alterations in the Tissue Microarchitecture of the Human Corpus Callosum
Advisor: Bradley Clymer - Anisha Ramesh, Electrical and Computer Engine
Tunneling Based Quantum Functional Devices and Circuits for Low Power VLSI Design
Advisor: Paul Berger - Christopher Jones, OSU Biochemistry Program
Primer tRNA Annealing by Human Immunodeficiency virus Type 1
Advisor: Karin Musier-Forsyth - Anna McCreery, Environmental Science
Urban Transportation Ecoefficiency: Social and Political Forces for Change in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Advisor: J. Craig Jenkins - Ryan Judkins, English
Noble Venery: Hunting and the Aristocratic Imagination in Late Medieval English Literature
Advisor: Richard Green - Megan Terp, Chemical Engineering
Improved Preparation and Delivery Technology for DOTAP and Oligonucleotide Based Lipoplexes
Advisor: L. James Lee - May 18
- Ruiyang Xiao, Civil Engineering
Sonochemical Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
Advisor: Linda Weavers - Heather Thompson-Gillis, English
Venturing More Than Others Have Dared: Representations of Class Mobility, Gender, and Alternative Communities in American Literature, 1840-1940
Advisor: Susan Williams - Shanshan He, Pharmacy
Neglected Tropical Disease Chemotherapy: Mechanistic Characterization of Antitrypanosomal Dihydroquinolines and Development of a High Throughput Antileishmanial Screening Assay
Advisor: Karl Werbovetz - Jamila Smith, Education:Teaching & Learning
Still Waiting to Exhale: An Intergenerational Narrative Analysis of Black Mothers and Daughters
Advisor: Elaine Richardson - Sean Noe, Human Devlp and Family Science
Effects of a Pre-Recorded Parent-Child Shared Reading Intervention on At-Risk Preschool Children's Phonological Awareness Skills
Advisor: Howard Goldstein - Yung-wei Sun, Music
A Performance Guide to Mandarian-Chinese Diction and Selected Art Songs of Yiu-kwong Chung
Advisor: John Rice - Xiaochuan Wang, Electrical and Computer Engine
A Domain Decomposition Method for Analysis of Three-Dimensional Large-Scale Electromagnetic Compatibility Problems
Advisor: Jin-Fa Lee - Laura Kearns, Environment & Natural Resour
Avian Responses to Predator communities in Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscapes
Advisor: Amanda Rodewald - Patrick Grierson, Integrated Biomedical Science
The BLM Helicase Facilitates RNA Polymerase I-mediated Ribosomal RNA Transcription
Advisor: Joanna Groden - Glene Mynhardt, Entomology
Phylogenetic Analysis and Evolution of Ant-Associated Behavior in Two Groups of Beetles (Coleoptera: Ptinidae, Scarabaeidae), Based on Morphological Evidence
Advisor: Johannes Klompen - Glene Mynhardt, Evolution Ecology & Org Bio
Phylogenetic Analysis and Evolution of Ant-Associated Behavior in Two Groups of Beetles (Coleoptera: Ptinidae, Scarabaeidae), Based on Morphological Evidence
Advisor: Johannes Klompen - Nadya Tanova, Education:Teaching & Learning
An Enquiry Into Language Use in Multilinguals' Writing: A Study of Third Language Learners
Advisor: Alan Hirvela - Ranajoy Ray Chaudhuri, Economics
Three Essays on Financial Intermediation and Growth
Advisor: Paul Evans - Levy Reyes, Integrated Biomedical Science
New Mechanisms in Nitric Oxide Synthase Related Endothelial Dysfunction in the Isolated Heart
Advisor: Jay Zweier - Raul Diego Rivera Hernandez, Spanish & Portuguese
Symbolic and Global Violence in Cintemporary Mexican and Spanish Crime Fiction
Advisor: Ileana Rodriguez - Karin Hooks, English
Literary Retrospectives: The 1890s and the Reconstruction of American Literary History
Advisor: Elizabeth Renker - Yi-En Wei, Education:Policy & Leadership
A Hierarchical Approach to Examine Personal and School Effect on Teacher Motivation
Advisor: Belinda Gimbert - Benjamin Coy, Music
Pitch Performance: A Rational approach to the Acquisition of Intonation Skills
Advisor: Joseph Duchi - Daniel Turner, Chemistry
Application of High-level Computational Methods in Supramolecular Systems: Determination of Conformational Preference for Dendriners and Molecular Baskets
Advisor: Christopher Hadad - Erin McCarthy, English
Print and Lyric Poetry
Advisor: Anthony Dutton - Corey Maggiano, Anthropology
Histomorphometry of Humeral Primary Bone: Evaluating the Endosteal Lamellar Pocket as an Indicator of Modeling Drift in Archeological and Modern Skeletal Samples
Advisor: Samuel Stout - Yoon Hae Oh, Economics
Essays on Spatial Competition and collusion in the Bank Deposit Market
Advisor: Lung-Fei Lee - May 21
- Nan Meng, East Asian Lang and Lit
Advisor: Galal Walker - David Hedgecoth, Music
Factors Influencing the Programming Practices of Conductors of Mid-Level Collegiate Ensembles
Advisor: Daryl Kinney - Krishna Swaminathan, Electrical and Computer Engine
Multi-Spectral Photodetectors on GAAS Substrates Using Metamorphic Epitaxy and Hybrid III-V Heterostructures
Advisor: Steven Ringel - Elizabeth Bell, Spanish & Portuguese
Pirates of Our Spirituality: Cultural Resistance and Contemporary Kaqchikel-Maya Spiritual Practices
Advisor: Ulises Zevallos-Aguilar - Denise Davila, Education:Teaching & Learning
In the Borderlands of Culture and Religion: Prospective Teachers' Discourse Around Latino Literature for Children
Advisor: Barbara Kiefer - Jeremy Keirsey, Integrated Biomedical Science
Phosphorylation Regulation of the Function, Localization, and Protein Interactions of the BLM Helicase
Advisor: Joanna Groden - Nicole Jackson, History
The Politics of Care: Black Community Activism in England and the United States, 1975-1985
Advisor: Leslie Alexander - Matthew Jones, Economics
Essays on Bounded Rationality in Applied Game Theory
Advisor: James Peck - Xin Jiang, Sociology
Extracurricular Activities and youthful Violence: Differences by Race/Ethnic Group and Immigrant Generation
Advisor: Ruth Peterson - Neha Singhal, Integrated Biomedical Science
Distinct Roles of Synaptic b-galNAC Transferases, Galgt 1 and Galgt 2, in Muscle Biology
Advisor: Paul Martin - Michael Torres, Music
Joseph Kreines and his Music for Alto Saxophone: A Biography, Analysis, and Performance Guide
Advisor: James Hill - Bernardo Rios, Anthropology
Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oazaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California
Advisor: Jeffrey Cohen - Darius Williams, Theatre
Beyond Black Fists: Readings of the Dramatic Repeaoire of the Negro Ensembles Company's Post-Nationalist Discourse from 1967-1978
Advisor: Stratos Constantinidis - Hang Joon Kim, Statistics
The Generalized Multiset Sampler: Theory and Its Application
Advisor: Steve MacEachern - Alex Ustian, Mathematics
Additive Polynomial Flows on Teri in Positive Characteristic
Advisor: Nimish Shah - Adrian Reynolds, Education:Teaching & Learning
Intersections of Contexts and Concepts in Learning to Teach: A Case Study of the Appropriation of Communicative Language Teaching Approach by Pre-service Teachers of Spanish in the U.S,
Advisor: Alan Hirvela - Christoph Roedig, Physics
Applications of Strong Field Physics Techniquest to Free Electron Laser Science
Advisor: Louis DiMauro - Na'im Tyson, Linguistics
Exploration of Acoustic Features for Automatic Vowel Discrimination in Conversational Speech
Advisor: Cynthia Clopper - John Elliott, Social Work
The Biopsychosocial Model and Quality of Life in Persons with Active Epilepsy
Advisor: Virginia Richardson - Wamae Muriuki, Comparative Studies
That I Should Dance on the Earth: Shinran's Revaluation of 'Karmic Afflictions'
Advisor: Thomas Kasulis - Erin Torres, Music
Flute Articulation Pedagogy: The Affect of Language-Specific Consonant Pronuciation on a Flutist's Articulation within the French and English Languages
Advisor: Katherine Jones - Onur Egriboz, Molecular Genetics
Genetic Regulation of the Galactose Metabolism in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Advisor: James Hopper - Xiaoyu Pu, Political Science
Limited Rebranding: Status Signaling, Multiple Audiences, and the Incoherence of China's Grand Strategy
Advisor: Randall Schweller - Kerria Tan, Economics
Essays on Strategic Behavior in the U.S. Airline Industry
Advisor: Matthew Lewis - Pamela Vincent, Human Devlp and Family Science
The State of Chaos
Advisor: Stephen Petrill - May 22
- Manisha Goel, Economics
Trade and Technological Change: Interplay and Impact on the Labor Market
Advisor: Bruce Weinberg - Wendy Klooster, Horticulture and Crop Science
Forest Responses to Emerald Ash Borer-Induced Ash Mortality
Advisor: John Cardina - Liang Niu, Biostatistics
Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Chromatin Interactions
Advisor: Shili Lin - Liang Niu, Biostatistics
Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Chromatin Interactions
Advisor: Akos Seress - Jennifer Moreland, Communication
Nursing the Identity: The Mediating Roles of Learned Helpessness and Interaction Involvement in Predicting Willingness to Confront Conflict and Anticipated Turnover
Advisor: David Ewoldsen - Adam Burley, Chemical Engineering
Toward a Fundamental Understanding of Bubble Nucleation in Polymer Foaming
Advisor: Isamu Kusaka - Heather Stephens, Agr, Env & Devp Econ
Three Essays in Regional Economics
Advisor: Mark Partridge - Kamala Kunchithapatham, Chemistry
Development of Calcium and Palladium Catalysts for the Formation of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds
Advisor: James Stambuli - Mary Gaebel, Education:Policy & Leadership
An Intersectionality Approach to Understanding Turkish Women's Educational Attainment in Germany
Advisor: Bryan Warnick - Rajakrishnan Rajkumar, Linguistics
Linguistically Motivated Features for CCG Realization Ranking
Advisor: Michael White - Asim Iqbal, Mechanical Engineering
Fundamentals of Knock
Advisor: Ahmet Selamet - Nripesh Dhungel, Molecular Genetics
tRNA Endonuclease: Novel and Essential Function Beyond tRNA Splicing and Subunit Interactions
Advisor: Anita Hopper - Ke Hu, Computer Science & Engineering
Speech Segregation in Background Noise and Competing Speech
Advisor: DeLiang Wang - Joshua Albrecht, Music
Affective Analysis of Surface Features of Music Using the Progressive Exposure Method
Advisor: David Huron - Susannah Van Horn, Art Education
Thomas E. Wolfe: Valuing the Life and Work of an Appalachian Regionalist Artist Within His Community
Advisor: James Sanders, III - Sandra Reed, Education:Policy & Leadership
A Study of the Validity of a Modified Ordinal Scale of HIV Transmission Risk Among Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men
Advisor: Ann O'Connell - Dong Du, Mathematics
Contributions to Persistence Theory
Advisor: Daniel Burghelea - David George, Industrial and Systems Eng
Stochastic Modeling and Decentralized Control Policies for Large-Scale Vehicle Sharing Systems via Closed Queueing Networks
Advisor: Honghui Xia - Kaylan Haizlip, Integrated Biomedical Science
Manipulations and Alterations of the Force Frequency Response in Isolated Cardiac Muscle
Advisor: Paul Janssen - Shu-Hao Hsu, Molecular Cellular and Dev Bio
The Biological Functions of miR-122 and its Therapeutic Application in Liver Cancer
Advisor: Samson Jacob - Adam Bevan, Integrated Biomedical Science
AAV-based Approaches to Model and Treat Spinal Muscular Atropy
Advisor: Brian Kaspar - James Hein, Sociology
Movement-Countermovement Dynamics in the Global Warming Policy Conflict
Advisor: J. Craig Jenkins - May 23
- Jill Smith, Education:Teaching & Learning
(Un)Working Binaries, (Un)Doing Privilege: Narratives of Teachers Who Make Safe Spaces for LGBTQ Students
Advisor: Caroline Clark - John Sedunov, Business Administration
Essays in Banking
Advisor: Rene Stulz - Grace Deyo, Nursing
The Relationship of Maternal Stress and Coping, Development Knowledge, and Infant Crying to Maternal Abuse Risk at 2 months
Advisor: Edna Menke - Heidi Steinkamp, Oral Biology
The Role of Macrophages and the Th1 Transcription Factors STAT 1 and STAT 4 During Visceral Leishmaniasis
Advisor: Abhay Satoskar - Jennifer Mathews, Comparativ&VetMed
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Advisor: Wondwossen Gebreyes - Jennifer Sustersic, Accounting and Management Info
Do Traded Credit Default Swaps Impact Lenders' Monitoring Activities? Evidence from Private Loan Agreements
Advisor: Anne Beatty - Takeki Sunakawa, Economics
Essays on Economic Dynamics and Policy Problems
Advisor: William Dupor - Sverre Aune, Biophysics
The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Post-ischemic Low Flow in the Myocardium
Advisor: Mark Angelos - Vignesh Trichy Ravi, Computer Science & Engineering
Runtime Systems and Scheduling Support for High-End CPU-GPU Architectures
Advisor: Gagan Agrawal - Richa Deshmukh, Speech and Hearing Science
Motor Speech Characteristics of Children with Autism
Advisor: Rebecca McCauley - Steven Brown, Philosophy
Realistic Virtue Ethics
Advisor: Edward D Arms - Sylvia Rodriguez Vargas, Education:Policy & Leadership
Women of Color Heads of Independent Schools: Toward a Framework of Culturally Relevant Leadership
Advisor: Helen Marks - Meghan-Tomasita Cosgriff-Hernandez, Anthropology
Histomorphometric Estimation of Age at Death Using the Femoral Cortex: A Modification of Established Methods
Advisor: Samuel Stout - Aaron Popp, Economics
Macroeconomic Implications of Frictions in Heterogeneous Agent Economics
Advisor: Aubhik Khan - Mustafa Kuloglu, Electrical and Computer Engine
Development of Novel Ultrawideband Electromagnatic Polarization Filters (UWB-EMPF) with Applications
Advisor: Chi-Chih Chen - Yadwinder Deol, Molecular Cellular and Dev Bio
Role of S100A7 (Psoriasin) in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancers
Advisor: Ramesh Ganju - Zhaogang Yang, Pharmacy
Adenosine Receptor Mediated Protein Kinase C Activation in the Heart
Advisor: Keli Hu - May 24
- Fengjun Yan, Mechanical Engineering
Diesel Engine Advanced Multi-Mode Combustion Control and Generalized Nonlinear Transient Trajectory Shaping Control Methods
Advisor: Junmin Wang - Robyn Litvay, Aero and Astronautical Eng
Development and Validation of a New Air Carrier Block Time PredictionModel and Methodology
Advisor: Meyer Benzakein - May 25
- Gursharan Reehal, Electrical and Computer Engine
Designing Low Power and High Performance Network-on-Chip Communication Architectures for Nanometer SoCs
Advisor: Mohammed ElNaggar - Renata Nave, Horticulture and Crop Science
Forage Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value Dynamics of a Mixed Cool-Season Grass Sward Across Seasons
Advisor: R. Mark Sulc - May 30
- Prashant Sondkar, Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Modeling of Double-Helical Planetary Gear Sets
Advisor: Ahmet Kahraman - Ryan Omizo, English
Facing Vernacular Video
Advisor: Wendy Hesford - Jiangye Yuan, Geodetic Science
Remote Sensing Image Segmentation and Object Extraction Based on Spectral and Texture Information
Advisor: Rongxing Li - May 31
- Xun Lan, Integrated Biomedical Science
Uncovering Transcription Factor Networks by Integrating One Dimensional Omics' and Three Dimensional Chromatin Structure
Advisor: Victor Jin
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