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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Feasibility Testing of a Complex Intervention for Motor and Activity Limitations in Persons with Stroke, Anna Boone
Native Roots and Foreign Grafts: The Spiritual Quest of Uchimura Kanzō, Christopher Andrew Born
Mitochondrial damage accumulation in oocytes – a potential link between maternal obesity and increased cardiometabolic disease risk in offspring., Anna Louise Boudoures
The Role of RNA Interference in the Control of Leishmania RNA virus 1 Infection, Erin Acino Brettmann
Mitochondrial Dynamics Controls T Cell Fate Through Metabolic Programming, Michael Buck
Synthesis, characterization, and biological activity of spherical nucleic acid (SNA) constructs for cancer therapy and imaging, Colin Calabrese
Neurogenetics of the Externalizing Spectrum, Caitlin E. Carey
Quantitative profiling of cooperative transcription factors pairing on hundreds of sequences in parallel, Yiming Chang
Crossing Upstream, Rachel Chapman
Bringing Raised Fists to a Gun Fight: Exploring the Strategic Choice & Persistence of Violent Dissent over Civil Resistance, Ambreen Chaudhri
Essays on Development, Growth, and Human Capital, Wan-Jung Cheng
Regulation of Early Zebrafish Embryogenesis by Calcium Signaling and Dachsous1b Cadherin, Jiakun Chen
Exploring Host-Virus Interactions in Caenorhabditis Nematodes, Kevin Chen
Market Risk Management for Financial Institutions Based on GARCH Family Models, Qiandi Chen
Population Genomics of a Baboon Hybrid Zone in Zambia, Kenneth Lyu Chiou
Better Off Dead: Suicide in Plato's Philosophy, Anna Christensen
Folk Epistemology of Factual, Political, and Religious Beliefs, John Christner
Beyond the Chicago School: Literature, Gender, and Modernist Sociology in America, 1892-1930, Claire Marie Class
Effects of Regolith Properties on UV/VIS Spectra and Implications for Lunar Remote Sensing, Ecaterina Ioana Coman
Regulation of gene expression by RNA binding proteins and microRNAs, Kyle Cottrell
What is Opposition Good For?, Betul Demirkaya
Characterization of ZIP genes responsible for zinc homeostasis in C. elegans, Nicholas Dietrich
The Hierophant and The High Priestess, Sara Duff
Healthcare vs. Hawkishness: The Divergent Effects of Affect on Context-Driven Shifts in Attitudes, Fade Rimon Eadeh
Is There a Higher-Order Mechanism that Explains Performance Across Prediction Tasks?, Michelle Lisa Eisenberg
Hepatic Ketogenesis as a Novel Regulator of Liver Metabolism and Injury, Baris Can Ercal
Fatal Books: Dangerous Reading in Victorian England, 1850-1900, Amanda Sydel Farage
Electronic and Thermal Properties of Puckered Orthorhombic Materials, Ruixiang Fei
Characterization and Function of Islet Antigen Presenting Cells during NOD Diabetes, Stephen Thomas Ferris
Women in Ambiguity: Fictitious Monogamy in Genji monogatari, Anita Fike
Regulation of the Pro-Tumorigenic Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype, Kevin Flanagan
VRShape: A Virtual Reality Tool for Shaping Movement Compensation, Matthew Hale Foreman
Aqueous alteration of Endeavour and Gale Craters, Mars, using orbital remote sensing and rover-based measurements, Valerie Fox
Contrite Hearts: Lay Clergie in Late Medieval England, Sara Fredman
Roles of Peroxisomes and Peroxisome-Derived Products in Controlling Plant Growth and Stress Responses, Elizabeth May Frick
Redox Chemistry of Late Transition Metal Complexes, Kei Fuchigami
The Technological and Socio-Economic Organization of the Elmenteitan Early Herders in Southern Kenya (3000-1200 BP), Steven Thomas Goldstein
Risk Communication for Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Jonathan Gooblar
Recent Positive Selection of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex in Mammals, Primates, and Humans, Zane Alexander Goodwin
Flaviviruses: Innate Immune Restriction and Host Adaptation, Matthew Joseph Gorman
Exploring the Underlying Mechanisms of Structure Building, Reshma Gouravajhala
Gospel Writ in Steel: Puritan Genealogies in the Abolitionist Imagination, Kenyon Gradert
Exploring the Puzzle of Functional Homophily in New Venture Founding Teams, Steven Michael Gray
On the Ironic Effects of Being Empathic: Consequences for Attitude Polarization and Intergroup Conflict, Emily Hanson
Essays in Financial Economics, Jinji Hao
Disordered Proteins: Connecting Sequences to Emergent Properties, Tyler Scott Harmon
Dreams, Visions, and their Interpretation in Lucan’s Pharsalia, David Harris