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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Environmentalism and the Music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Karen Olson
The Nets of Style: Shaping Modernist Literary Narrative, Kelly Lynn Oman
The Role of Histidine Rich Protein II in Cerebral Malaria, Priya Pal
Topics in QCD at Nonzero Temperature and Density, Kamal Pangeni
Connectivity Bounds and S-Partitions for Triangulated Manifolds, Alexandru Ilarian Papiu
DNA Replication Challenges: Telomeres and R loops, Shankar Parajuli
Temporal and Causal Dynamics between the Economy and Presidents, Taeyong Park
Mechanisms and Regulation of Resection in DNA Damage Response, Sharad C. Paudyal
Sins of the Father: An Investigation into Judgments and Processes Involved in Within-family Tainting, Stephanie Allison Peak
The Last Unkillable Thing, Emily Pittinos
Identification and Characterization of an Interferon Stimulated Gene That Restricts Alphavirus Infection and Pathogenesis, Subhajit Poddar
Model and World: Generalizing the Ontic Conception of Scientific Explanation, Mark Povich
Transitional Care for Older Adults with Dementia: Variation Across Patients and Providers, Patricia Prusaczyk
Metabolic regulation of CD8 T cell functions in the tumor microenvironment, Jing Qiu
Structured Illumination Diffuse Optical Tomography for Mouse Brain Imaging, Matthew Reisman
Troubling Truth in the Auchinleck Manuscript, Amy Elizabeth Reynolds
Antiviral Nucleoside Inhibitors of Leishmania RNA Virus 1: Discovery and Mechanism, John Isaac Robinson
Identification of Novel Variants Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Using Quantitative Traits, Yuetiva Karenina Robles
A Generalized Biophysical Model of Transcription Factor Binding Specificity and Its Application on High-Throughput SELEX Data, Shuxiang Ruan
Determining the Molecular Mechanisms of Huntington’s Disease through Multi-Scale Modeling, Kiersten Ruff
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Mononuclear Palladium Complexes Bearing Nitrogen and Carbon-Donor Ligands, Nicholas Patrick Ruhs
Biophysical studies of the intracellular domains of the EGFR family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, Kwabena A N Sarpong
Modeling Complex Patterns of Differential DNA Methylation That Associate with Expression Change, Christopher E. Schlosberg
Understanding the paradox of genetic diversity in uropathogenic E. coli: the uncommon evolution of a common pathogen, Henry Louis Schreiber
The Basque Seroras: Local Religion, Gender, and Power in Northern Iberia, 1550-1800, Amanda Lynn Scott
The Effects of the Gut Microbiota on the Host Chromatin Landscape, Nicholas Semenkovich
The Chemistry and Biology of Iron-Scavenging Natural Products from Pathogenic Acinetobacter baumannii, Justin Shapiro
Bridging the translational gap between rodent and human pain research, Tayler Diane Sheahan
Investigation of the Contribution of Type 1 Pili in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (ETEC) Pathogen-Host Interactions, Alaullah Sheikh
Afterlives, Joel Sherman
Investigating the Role of GH3 Acyl Acid Amido Synthetases in Plant Hormone Homeostasis, Ashley Marie Sherp
Regulating Reproduction: Abortion Reform and Reproductive Governance in Mexico, Elyse Ona Singer
Robust Algorithms for Detecting Hidden Structure in Biological Data, Roman Sloutsky
Motion Onset Really Does Capture Attention, Kendra C. Smith
The Effect of Incentives on Pupil Dilation During Recognition Memory: An Attentional Saliency Account of the Pupil Old/New Effect, Lisa A. Solinger
Type 1 and F17-like Pili Promote the Establishment of the Uropathogenic E. coli Intestinal Reservoir, Caitlin Nicole Spaulding
Bloodroots, Bailey Olivia Spencer
Essays in Empirical Finance, Kandarp Srinivasan
Interior View: Night, Eric Stiefel
The Maternity Ward as Mirror: Maternal Death, Biobureaucracy, and Institutional Care in the Tanzanian Health Sector, Adrienne Elizabeth Strong
Physics-inspired Replica Approaches to Computer Science Problems, Bo Sun
This Is Chinatown: Stories, Paul Sung
Longitudinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease: Movement Toward the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Staging of Disease, Courtney Sutphen
Weak Measurement and Quantum Smoothing of a Superconducting Qubit, Dian Tan
Essays on Human Capital, Inequality and Development, Rongsheng Tang
Exploring Mindfulness Training Effects on Cognition and Psychological Wellbeing in Young and Older Adults, Rongxiang Tang
Do Learners Have Insight into the Levels of Processing Effect? Exploring Unresolved Levels of Processing Phenomena with Judgments of Learning, Elif Eylul Tekin