Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Defeating Authoritarian State Structures in Semi-Democratic Countries: Lessons from Turkey's Justice and Development Party, Gulcan Saglam
Accuracy of Emergency Department Nurse Triage Level Designation and Delay in Care of Patients with Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Susan S. Sammons
Exploring the Influence of Functional Status on Older Adults' Social Relationships in Assisted Living Communities, Navtej K. Sandhu
Agency Problems in Target-Date Funds, Vallapuzha Sandhya
Glial Cell Activity within the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray of Male and Female Rats, Jean-Marc A. Sauzier and Lori N. Eidson
The Lactating Body on Display: Collective Rhetoric and Resistant Discourse in Breastfeeding Activism, Amy M. Saxon
New Ways of Seeing: Examining Musuem Accessibility for Visitors with Vision Impairments, Wendy M. Sbarra
Using Empirically Validated Reading Strategies to Improve Middle School Students' Reading Fluency of classroom Textbooks, Amy C. Scarborough
Mass Media and Representation: a Critical Comparison of the CCTV and NBC Presentations of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games, James R. Schiffman
Association Between Vitamin D Intake and Obesity During Pre- and Early Adolescence, Lori A. Scholle
Undone, Emily Schulten
Latino Acculturation and Parent-Teen Sex Communication, Kelsey Schwarz
The Relationships between Perfectionism, Stress, Coping Resources, and Burnout among Sign Language Interpreters, Tomina J. Schwenke
A Renegotiation of the Role of the Artist in the 1950s Era of Mechanical Reproduction: The Early Careers of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Rebekah S. Scoggins
A Multi-Factor Probit Analysis of Non-Performing Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security Loans, Philip Seagraves
J Psi Measurement in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt (sNN) = 39 and 62.4 GeV, Abhisek Sen
Creating an Opportunity for Self-Empowerment of Immigrant Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Leadership Intervention, Josephine V. Serrata
Design and Development of a Mineral Exploration Ontology, Hilal Sevindik Mentes
"Doing it For The Dudes": A Comparative Ethnographic Study of Performative Masculinity in Heavy Metal and Hardcore Subcultures, John Ike Sewell Jr.
The Effects Of Early Corticosterone Treatment On The Development Of The Avian Song Control System, Mahin Shahbazi
The Role of Stress in Racial Disparities of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Births in Georgia, Saida R. Sharapova
Negotiations for Spooky Spaces during the Halloween Season: Trunk-or-Treats in the Bible Belt South, Michael D. Sharbaugh
Two-site DNA Minor Groove Binding Compounds, Shelby Diane Sheldon Deuser
Shadow Price Guided Genetic Algorithms, Gang Shen
Teaching Speculative Fiction in College: A Pedagogy for Making English Studies Relevant, James H. Shimkus
Slothrop's Sublime: Perversion and Paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow, Christopher Simony
Sociocultural Barriers to Breast Feeding in African American Women with Focused Intervention to Increased Prevalence, Alicia C. Simpson
Determination of Oxidized Lipids in Commonly Consumed Foods and Their Binding Affinity for PPARγ, Joanna P. Skinner
Examining the validity and reliability of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale-6 (ABC-6) in a diverse group of older adults, Antonius D. Skipper
The Pernicious Influence of the Ideal/Nonideal Distinction in Political Philosophy, Shanna K. Slank
The Impact of Nurses' Adherence to Sedation Vacations on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention, Soraya N. Smith
Who Cycles Into Our Valley, Benjamin M. Solomon
Creativity Beliefs of Elementary Students: Self-efficacy, Self-esteem and Beliefs in Between, Mollie E. Spardello
Students' Perception of Engagement in a Third-Grade Writing Classroom, James D. Spinks Jr.
Modulation and Recognition of Nucleic Acid Structures, Alexander M. Spring
"White, Black, and Dusky": Girl Guiding in Malaya, Nigeria, India, and Australia from 1909-1960, Sally K. Stanhope
Changes in Sexual Risk Perception and Risk Taking Among Urban African American Adolescents, Rosa M. Steen
Resisting Diaspora and Transnational Definitions in Monique Truong's the Book of Salt, Peter Bacho's Cebu, and Other Fiction, Debora Stefani
A Test of Prinz's Air Theory: Is Attention Sufficient for Conscious Emotion?, Anais F. Stenson
Organizational change factors for increasing online learning within a southeastern state university system, David E. Stone
Islamic Parochial Education in the United States: A Study of Two Atlanta-Area Schools, Sacha M. St-Onge Ahmad
Suboptimal Nutrient Intake in HIV-Infected Youth and Associations with Serum Lipid Profiles and HIV-Related Factors, Lindsey A. Stricker
Training Mothers Recovering from Substance Abuse to Identify and Treat Their Children’s Illnesses, Lela E.A. Strong
Contemplating Convivencia: Cosmopolitanism, Exclusivism and Religious Identity in Iberia, John F. Sullivan II
Exploring Novice Teachers' Cognitive Processes Using Digital Video Technology: A Qualitative Case Study, Yuelu Sun-Ongerth
Negotiating Beauty Ideals: Perceptions of Beauty Among Black Female University Students, Fiana O. Swain
Adult Neurogenesis in the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus: Molecular, Cellular, and Physiological Changes of Olfactory Receptor Neurons, Tizeta Tadesse
Performance on a Face Discrimination Task by Orangutans Reflects a Possible Interaction between Familiarity and Novelty, Catherine F. Talbot
Rational Design and Application of Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Reporters in Cellular Physiology, Shen Tang
The Examination of Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Delay Among Older Adults Diagnosed with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Deonna Tanner
Political Theatre in Public Spaces: Manifesting Identity in Venice, Italy, Ivey R. Tapp
Substance Use Severity Predicts Suicidal Ideation in Early Adult Emergency Department Patients: The Role of Family Support, Nicholas Tarantino
Needs Assessment for the Development of a Community Clinic: A Tool Kit for Untrained Community Workers in Renacimiento, Mexico, Katherine Tatnall-Arias
A School-Based Intervention for Third Grade Students Experiencing Test Anxiety, Laura S. Tenenbaum
Friend Request Accepted: A Case Study of Facebook's Expansionary Network Strategies in India, Devna Thapliyal
Punitive Warfare: Measuring The Effects of a Punitive Disposition On Public Support For War, Paul I. Thomas Mr.
What Informs Practice and What is Valued in Corporate Instructional Design? A Mixed Methods Study, Ingrid N. Thompson-Sellers
The Bogota Ciclovia-Recreativa and Cicloruta Programs: Promising Interventions to Promote Physical Activity, and Social Capital in the City of Bogota, Andrea D. Torres
Synthesis of Coupling Substrates for Use in a Highly Enantioselective Conjugated Triene Cyclization Enabled by a Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene, Christopher A. Toth
Circumstellar Disks Around Rapidly Rotating Be-Type Stars, Yamina Touhami
Beyond Libertarianism: Interpretations of Mill's Harm Principle and the Economic Implications Therein, Matthew A. Towery
Racial Formation in a "Post" Racial Society: How Are College Students being Prepared for Tomorrow?, Kinyatta N. Trice
Evaluation and Determination of the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Treponema Pallidum Dried Blood Spot Method for Serologic Diagnosis of Syphilis, David K. Turgeon
DI-SEC: Distributed Security Framework for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, Marco Valero
On Coming Home, James D. Vanderpool
Self-Reported Medical Conditions and Demographic, Behavioral and Dietary Factors Associated with Serum 25(OH)-Vitamin D Concentration in the US Adult Population, William E. Van Fleit III
A New Approach to Estimate the Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax, Harold A. Vasquez-Ruiz
Utility, Character, and Mill's Argument for Representative Government, Paul Vickery
Remember, Anthony C. Vines
Survival and Inactivation of Bacteriophage ?6 on N95 Respirator Material, Betelhem Waka
Moral Responsibility "Expressivism," Luck, and Revision, Kyle Walker
The Experiences of Professional Counselors Who Exhibit Exceptional Practice with Children and Adolescents in Nonschool Settings, Maggie E. Walsh
On Yonder Mountain, Christopher D. Walter
Statistical Evaluation of Continuous-Scale Diagnostic Tests with Missing Data, Binhuan Wang
Deadly Viper Character Assassins: Cyber Discourse on Asian American Marginalization and Identity, Eileen Wang
Effect of Risk and Prognosis Factors on Breast Cancer Survival: Study of a Large Dataset with a Long Term Follow-up, Hongwei Wang
Resource Management in Survivable Multi-Granular Optical Networks, yang wang
Chronic Conditions of US-Bound Cuban Refugees: October 2008-September 2011, Sarah Ward
Subject To Change, Christina Price Washington
Writing Space, Righting Place: Language as a Heterotopic Space in Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative, Lelania Ottoboni Watkins
The Relationships Among Childhood Sexual Abuse, Self-Objectification, and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Undergraduate Women, Laurel B. Watson
Minority Party Strategy in the House of Representatives: Cross-Pressuring and the Motion to Recommit, Brian M. Webb
Impact of Insurance Status on Childhood Immunization Uptake, Lindsey M. Webb
The Impact of Sickle Cell Disease on the Family: An Examination of the Illness Intrusiveness Framework, Josie S. Welkom
Professional Counselors' Conceptualizations of the Relationship between Suicide and Self-Injury, Julia L. Whisenhunt
Artistic Frames: An Arts-Based Study of Teachers? Experiences with Arts-Integrated English Language Arts for Students with Dis/abilities, Alisha M. White
BL Cotton Caligula Aii, Manuscript Context, The Theme of Obedience, and a Diplomatic Transcription Edition, Denise C. White
"Little Holes to Hide In": Civil Defense and the Public Backlash Against Home Fallout Shelters, 1957-1963, John R. Whitehurst
Describing the Motor Skills of Young Children with Developmental Delays Before and After Participating in an Augmented or Non-Augmented Language Intervention, Ani S. Whitfield
Synthesis of Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors and Key Intermediates for Catalytic Enantioselective Cyclizations of Conjugated Trienes, Phillip D. Wilkerson
Local Labor Market Scale, Search Duration, and Re-Employment Match Quality for U.S. Displaced Workers, Kelly R. Wilkin
Black Public Creative Figures in the Neo-Racial Moment: An Analysis of Tyra Banks, Tyler Perry and Shonda Rhimes, 2005-2010, Danielle E. Williams
Vertical Firm Boundaries: Supplier-Customer Contracts and Vertical Integration, Ryan M. Williams