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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 2015 2015

Probing Mechanical Forces in Flagella by Manipulation of Media Viscosity and Axonemal Structure, Kate Wilson

Paradigmatic Self-Deception, David Stephen Winchell

Application-Specific Memory Subsystems, Joseph George Wingbermuehle

Art, Labor, & the Absent Worker., Austin R. Wolf

Retinoids and Mitochondrial Effects on Enteric Nervous System Development, Structure, and Function, Elizabeth Copeland Wright-Jin

Copper and Zinc Oxide Composite Nanostructures for Solar Energy Harvesting, Fei Wu

Factors Contributing to Yeast Prion Generation and Propagation, Siyao Xing

The Mechanism and Regulation of Mammalian Photoreceptor Dark Adaptation, Yunlu Xue

Directed Differentiation and Characterization of Spinal V3 Interneurons from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Hao Xu

A Review of Microalgal Strain Selection for Biodiesel Production and Recombinant Expression of Peridinin–Chl a-Protein (PCP) from Symbiodinium, Wenxin Xu

Solid-State NMR Study of the Tertiary Structure of the Peptidoglycan of Enterococcus faecalis and the Structures of Phorbol Diacetate and Bryostatin Bound to Protein Kinase Cδ C1b Domain, Hao Yang

Diamond Coated Wire Cutting of Solar Si Ingots: New Insights Using Raman Microspectroscopy, Junting Yang

Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Biomolecular Structure Analysis: Steroid Metabolites Structures and Protein-Protein Interactions, Yuetian Yan

Humans Integrate Monetary and Liquid Incentives to Motivate Cognitive Task Performance, Debbie Yee

Polarization Sensor Design for Biomedical Applications, Timothy York

Development of 13C Fingerprint Tool and Its Application for Exploring Carbon and Energy Metabolism in Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Le You

Data Structures and Algorithms for Scalable NDN Forwarding, Haowei Yuan

Genetic and Cellular Studies of The Podocyte in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Haiyang Yu

Essays on Macroeconomics, Emircan Yurdagul

Investigating the Complexity of Impact Crater Ejecta, Michael Raymond Zanetti

Two Essays on Management of Multiple Delivery Channels in the Digital Era, Fan Zhang

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Protein Interaction with Host Cell Coreceptor C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4, Jie Zhang

Clinical Application of Electrocardiographic Imaging in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Early Repolarization Syndrome and Brugada Syndrome, Junjie Zhang

System Level and Reactor Level Simulations of Chemical Looping Combustion and Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling, Xiao Zhang

Thermally Evolved & Separated Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols: Development and Application of Advanced Data Analysis Techniques for a Thermal Desorption Aerosol Gas Chromatograph (TAG), Yaping Zhang

Development and Application of Mass Spectrometry-Based Biophysical Approaches, Ying Zhang

Transcriptional Gene Regulation in Microbes: A Game of Positioning and Induction, Zheng Zuo

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Geometry and Photometry of Outdoor Webcams, Austin Abrams

Evidential Modern Political Authority, Nathan Adams

Novel Role of CHK2 in the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway, Anurag Agarwal

Herederos de la libertad: criminalización, liderazgo y escritura de afro-descendientes en Colombia, Brasil y Cuba, Maria Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles

Representations of Memory in Texts by Turkish-German Authors, Jocelyn Maree Aksin

The Role of GRA7, a Component in the ROP18 Protein Complex, in Toxoplasma gondii, Aditi Alaganan

Will Theory in Arabian Countries' Modern Civil Codes and Its Influence on Contemporary Islamic Jurisprudence : a Critical Analysis with an Emphasis on Contractual Liability and Negligent Tort Rules, Abdullah Alkholy

Spatial Navigation in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease, Samantha Lynn Allison

Contribution of the Microenvironment in Bone Resident Cancer: the Role of Thrombospondin-1 in Bone and Risk Loci Contributing to Multiple Myeloma, Sarah R. Amend

Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Transcription in the Divergent Eukaryote Leishmania major, Britta Anderson

Failsafe Mechanisms Coordinate Cell Division and the Initiation of DNA Replication in Bacteria, Heidi Ann Arjes

Making Sense of Unexpected Preferences, Gordon Alexander Arsenoff

Essays on Endogenous Property Rights, Jan Auerbach

Turbulent Bodies: Disruptive Materiality in American Painting, 1880-1940, Matthew Karl Bailey

Art that Demonstrates: Action and Contemplation, David J. Baker

A "Living Political Dialect": The Science of Language and the Victorian Epic Impulse, Barbara Ann Barrow

Genetic Architecture of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Ruteja A. Barve

Modulating Amyloid Beta Clearance by Altering Cellular and Whole Brain Apolipoprotein E Metabolism, Jacob Martin Basak

Hanafi Legal Theory and Hadith: A Study of the Deobandi Attempts at "Rectifying" the Image of the Hanafi School, Aamir Bashir

We Were Alway United, Except When We Were Not: Bivocal Memory and Georgia's Geopolitical Dilemma, Nino Batiashvili

Defining the Peripheral and Thymic Niche of Regulatory T Cells, Jhoanne Lynne Bautista

PUMA and BIM Are Required for Oncogene Inactivation-Induced Apoptosis and Anoikis, Gregory Bean

Round the Corner: Pawnbroking in the Victorian Novel, Jennifer Tate Becker