Theses/Dissertations from 2014
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
Dynamic Responses at the Barrier Epithelium, Katherine Beebe
Axonal Damage in Repetitive Concussive Traumatic Brain Injury: Characterization and Contributing Factors, Rachel Bennett
Oxygen Polarography in the Awake Macaque: Bridging BOLD fMRI and Electrophysiology, William Joseph Bentley
Political Infertility: Treatment as Resistance in Israel/Palestine, Elizabeth Berk
Metabolic Engineering of Cyanobacteria for Photosynthetic Production of Drop-In Liquid Fuels, Bertram Michael Berla
Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Storage in Enhanced Gas Recovery and Enhanced Geothermal Systems, James H. Biagi
Government Dependency Theory: Public Services, Banking Crisis, and the Likelihood of Protests, Titus Bickel
The Choral Embodiment of Oedipus: Sacramental Performance in Oedipus at Colonus and Gospel at Colonus, Thomas William Biegler
The Role of Oxysterol-Membrane Effects on Cholesterol Activity and Homeostasis, Agata Agnieszka Bielska
So That All Shall Know: Memory Activism & Epistemic Authority in Guatemala, Doc McAlister Billingsley
Essays on Self-Referential Games, Juan Ignacio Block
Quantum Nanophotonics: Creating Strong Photon-photon Interaction and Quantum Interference with Applications in Physics and Engineering, Matthew Bradford
A Computational Study of Excitation Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes, William Bricker
Transcriptional Analysis of Reciprocal Tumor-Microenvironment Interactions in Glioblastoma, Michael Brooks
Genomic Analysis of Human Spinal Deformity and Characterization of a Zebrafish Disease Model, Jillian Gwen Buchan
As the Sun as the Moon, Jennifer Ellen Burris
An Exported Malaria Protein Regulates Glucose Uptake During Intraerythrocytic Infection, Tamira K. Butler
Silence and Slow Time, Steve W. G. Byrnes
Estimating the Prevalence and Correlates of Psychiatric Disorders and Mental Health Problems among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants using the National Latino and Asian American Study, Elián P. Cabrera-Nguyen
Characterization of the Role of R7-RGS Proteins in Mammalian Retina and Vision, Matthew D. Cain
Structural Elucidation of [RNQ+] prions Transmissible Infectivity, Donell Carey
Kinetic Analysis and Inhibition Studies of Iron-Dependent Histone Demethylases, Barbara Gordon Cascella
Voting for Corruption: How Poverty and Inequality Undermine Democratic Accountability in Latin America, Peter Colum Casey
Essays in Heterogeneity, Irreversibility and Aggregate Fluctuations, Julieta Caunedo
Murine Cytomegalovirus Encodes Proteins that Regulate Viral Late Transcription, Travis Chapa
The New Tenderness, Andrew Chen
Elucidation of Emergent Regional Mechanisms of Heart Muscle Dysfunction in the Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Ya-Jian Cheng
Catalytic Conversion of Carbon-Containing Compounds into Valuable Chemicals and Fuels, Zhuo Cheng
Zinc and Copper Isotopic Fractionation during Planetary Differentiation, Heng Chen
Mechanisms Regulating the Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Nephron Progenitors, Shuang Chen
Essays on the Economics of Human Capital, Wei-Cheng Chen
Optimization of Wind Turbine Airfoils/Blades and Wind Farm Layouts, Xiaomin Chen
Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Dual-Energy X-Ray CT Imaging and Information Optimization, Yaqi Chen