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All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This collection compiles theses and dissertations from all schools and departments at Washington University in St. Louis. Public access policies vary by school.

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

CD4 T Cell Interaction with Intestinal Microbes under Homeostasis and Inflammation, Jiani Chai

The Mechanical Assessment of Skeletal Tissues using Reference Point Indentation, Andrew Chang

Integration of Local and Regional Regulatory Information in the Human Genome, Hemangi Govind Chaudhari

A Mouse Model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome reveals a potential link with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cheng Cheng

Index Theory for Invariant Elliptic Operators on Manifolds with Proper Cocompact Group Actions, Gong Cheng

Levels of processing and the parietal memory network, Hung-Yu Chen

Essays on Applied Economics with Machine Learning Approach, Tzai-Shuen Chen

Non-Hermitian Whispering Gallery Mode Optical Microresonators and Their Applications, Weijian Chen

Project Supply Chains and Applied Research, Xingxing Chen

Essays on Macroeconomic Development, Ting Yuen Terry Cheung

Tuning in and Tuning Out: Deliberative Citizenship and Democracy’s Epistemic Potential, Matthew Bryan Chick

Attachment Orientations and Relationship Maintenance in College Friendships, Samuel Chung

Correlated Variability and Adaptation in Orbitofrontal Cortex during Economic Choice, Katherine E. Conen

Host Determinants of Protection and Pathogenesis during Chikungunya Virus Infection, Lindsey Elaine Cook

Bio-Inspired Multi-Spectral Image Sensor and Augmented Reality Display for Near-Infrared Fluorescence Image-Guided Surgery, Nan Cui

Large-scale Multiple Hypothesis Testing with Complex Data Structure, Xiaoyu Dai

The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration, Intervention and Faith, Maxine Davis

A Reflection of Lingering in Nature, Xinyue Deng

Biological and behavioral mechanisms underlying childhood physical abuse and age-related disease: Borderline personality pathology and inflammation, Christina Rae Di Iorio

From the Inner Chamber to to the Marketplace: The Reception and Re-Creation of the Woman Writer Ye Xiaoluan, Tian Ding

Learning Culture: Cultural Relationship in Masked Lanterns, Yuxuan Ding

Intersecting Variables of Second and Foreign Language Reading: Self-Assessment and Comprehension with Adolescents and Adults Across Languages, Haley Dolosic

Essays on Empirical Analysis of Economic Policy in Electricity and Labor Markets, Xiaoxiao Dong

Ming China As A Gunpowder Empire: Military Technology, Politics, And Fiscal Administration, 1350-1620, Weicong Duan

Design and Preliminary Testing of an Improved Abdomen Testing Device for use in Hernia Repair Modeling, Alexandra Dunbar

Does Privatization Matter? An Exploration of Foster Care Permanency Outcomes, Allison Early Dunnigan

Hauntology and The Wizard Of Oz, Harley Eaves

Calm, Cool, but Distant: Why Hiding Your Emotions Might be a Double-Edged Sword, Lameese Eldesouky

Deuterium MAS NMR Studies of Mg-Ti Deuteride Formed During High Pressure Ball Milling, Samuel Emery

The Role of Membrane Excitability in Insulin Regulation, Christopher Howard Emfinger

Hemodynamic Effects on Embryonic Arterial Growth and Matrix Remodeling, Maria Gabriela Espinosa

Through the Ear, to the Brain: How Cognitive Aging Impacts Veridical and False Hearing in the Presence of Misleading Context, Eric Failes

Building on Nature: Spectroscopic Studies of Photosynthesis-Inspired Pigments, Fused Light Harvesting Proteins, and Bacterial Reaction Center Mutants, Kaitlyn Faries

Anodic Cyclization Reaction: Manipulation of Reaction Pathway and Efforts to Radical Cation and Radical Intermediate, Ruozhu Feng

Four Sights of the Patient (Ophelia), Cecily Ann Fergeson

Concurrency Platforms for Real-Time and Cyber-Physical Systems, David Ferry

Samuel Pepys, Honor, and Emergent Bureaucracy in Later Seventeenth Century England, Michael Fitzhugh

The Impact of Small Organic Acids on Iron and Manganese Mineral Transformations and the Fate of Trace Metals, Elaine Denise Flynn

Prospective Memory Impairment in Parkinson Disease without Dementia: Cognitive Mechanisms and Intervention, Erin R. Foster

Radiological Pathological Correlations in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Mihika Gangolli

Numerical Simulations and Studies on Round Jet Impingement, Twin Jet Impingement and Helicopter Rotor Blades Ground Effect, Han Gao

Tunable Electronic and Optical Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials, Shiyuan Gao

Lignin Conversion to Value-added Products via Heterogeneous Catalysts, Yu Gao

Nucleation and Growth of Atomic Layer Deposition: Effect of Substrate and Precursor Chemistry, Zhengning Gao

Mechanistic characterization of resistome and microbiome dynamics across diverse microbial habitats, Andrew John Gasparrini

Microbiota-Directed Therapeutic Foods for the Treatment of Childhood Undernutrition, Jeanette Lynn Gehrig

Violence Exposure and Pathways to HIV Risk Behaviors in Black and White Young Men who have Sex with Men, Donald Robert Gerke

New Insights into RAF Dimerization and Its Role in MAPK Signaling, Elizabeth Germino

Optimization of GPU-Accelerated Iterative CT Reconstruction Algorithm for Clinical Use, Tao Ge

The Mechanism of Hyper Daptomycin Resistance in Corynebacterium striatum and Daptomycinճ Mechanism of Action, Nicholas Kevork Goldner