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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 2017 2017

All the Things We Never Talked About: Memoir of a Pastor's Daughter, Katharine Grace Nakaue

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Control of Integrative Processes in Neural Systems, Anirban Nandi

Mechanobiology of Epithelial Clusters in ECMs of Diverse Mechanical Properties, Samila Nasrollahi

What Makes a Happy Relationship? Distinguishing the Associations Between Partner Similarity (Personality Similarity and Value Similarity) and Relationship Quality, Phuong Linh Nguyen

PET/MR imaging of hypoxic atherosclerotic plaque using 64Cu-ATSM, Xingyu Nie

Mass Spectrometry-based Structural Proteomics: Methodology and Application of Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins (FPOP), Ben Niu

The Development and Characterization of New Models of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection, Valerie Phoebe O'brien

Novel Insights into Yersiniabactin Biosynthesis in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Shannon Ileen Ohlemacher

Coexistence of Confamilial, Folivorous Indriids, Propithecus diadema and Indri indri, at Betampona Strict Nature Reserve, Madagascar, Lana Kerker Oliver

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

Coupling of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions of Chromium, Iron and Manganese: Implications for the Fate and Mobility of Chromium in Aquatic Environments, Chao Pan

Topics in QCD at Nonzero Temperature and Density, Kamal Pangeni

Sorption of Metals onto Natural Sediments and Engineered Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Zezhen Pan

Connectivity Bounds and S-Partitions for Triangulated Manifolds, Alexandru Ilarian Papiu

DNA Replication Challenges: Telomeres and R loops, Shankar Parajuli

Somatosensory Map Following Stimulation of Rat Sciatic Nerve Using Polyimide Microfabricated Sieve Electrodes, Juan Sebastian Pardo

Temporal and Causal Dynamics between the Economy and Presidents, Taeyong Park

Multi-Scale Studies to Develop a Holistic Understanding of Solid Fuel Combustion at Residential Scale, Sameer Patel

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

Development and Validation for a Mobile Speech-in-Noise Audiometric Task, Tommy Peng

Flesh and Blood, Clayton Petras

The Last Unkillable Thing, Emily Pittinos

Bacterial Targets of Gut Mucosal Immunoglobulin A Responses in Healthy and Undernourished Children, and in Gnotobiotic Mice Colonized with Human Gut Microbiota, Joseph Planer

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

Underwater Celestial Navigation Using the Polarization of Light Fields, Samuel Bear Powell

Transitional Care for Older Adults with Dementia: Variation Across Patients and Providers, Patricia Prusaczyk

Between Political Tendentiousness and Mass Media: Popularizing Propaganda under Party Politics (1927-1937) ---A Case Study of Shenbao Free Talk, Lei Qin

Agricultural Intensification and Environmental Changes in the Central Plain of China (5500 B.P.—2000 B.P.): A Case Study at Sanyangzhuang and Anshang, Henan Province, Zhen Qin

Metabolic regulation of CD8 T cell functions in the tumor microenvironment, Jing Qiu

Teleterrestrial: The Universe of Technological and Natural Scenes, Nat Rainer

Reconstruction Algorithms for Novel Joint Imaging Techniques in PET, Homayoon Ranjbar

Characterization of the high frequency alternating current block in the rat sciatic nerve using cuff electrodes and macro-sieve electrodes, Soumyajit Ray

Structured Illumination Diffuse Optical Tomography for Mouse Brain Imaging, Matthew Reisman

Troubling Truth in the Auchinleck Manuscript, Amy Elizabeth Reynolds

Meaning in Perception: Metaphor in Figurative Sculpture, Tommy Riefe

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

Binding Affinity and Specificity of SH2 Domain Interactions in Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Networks, Tom Ronan

DoDo Rose: The Radiant Twin, Edo Rosenblith

Adaptive Strategies in a Slow-Motion Apocalypse, Allana Ross

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

Two-component Hydrogel as Biomimetic Vitreous Substitutes, Sruthi Santhanam

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