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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Encyclopedia of My Body, Alice Hastings
Exploring Preservice Teacher Agency Influencing Power Relationships with Teacher Educators: A Multiple Case Study, Steve Hayden
Torrente and Manjón: The Visionary-Producers of the Latin Fire Follies, Olivia Hernando
Uncovering New Mechanisms of Cdc34 and Cullin-Ring Activity, Spencer Hill
Numerical Analysis and Fluid Flow Modeling of Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations, Tahj Hill
Riding My Bike in Paradise with Margaret Fuller: A Phenomenological Study, Nanette Rasband Hilton
High-Pressure High-Temperature Exploration of Phase Boundaries Using Raman Spectroscopy, Jasmine Kashmir Hinton
Optimizing Back Squat Performance, Arthur Hockwald
Illuminating Unsung Americans Sung as a Musical Staple within American Culture, Richard Leon Hodges
Governance Practices of a Private Non-Profit System of Higher Education, Taylor Hough
“On the Altar of Sectarianism”: Orson Murray’s Anti-Biblical Thought and the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833-1863, James Carson Howard
International Faculty’s Lived Experience of Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of Taiwanese Professors in the United States, Ching Hsu Kim
Florence B. Price's Compositional Style to Song Settings of Paul Laurence Dunbar's Dialect Poetry: A Performance Guide, Daniel Joseph Hunter Jr
Weighted Composition Operators on a Bergman-type Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space, Ming Huo
Factors Influencing Community College Students' Persistence in Completing an Associate of Applied Science Degree, Amy Hutchinson
An Alternative Reading of Feminist Criticism on S. Weir Mitchell, Erika Hylton
Effects of Ecological Restoration Techniques in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Simone Ka-Voka Jackson
Physiotherapy is Associated with Improvements in Gait and Balance in Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Analysis, Steven Jackson, Elbert Chen, and Jason Phan
K-Tuple Sampling From Partially Rank-Ordered Sets, Marvin Javier
The Impact of Virtual Presence on Willingness to Book: The Moderating Role of Self-Construal and Gender, Sung Jun Joe
Consequences of Math Anxiety and Stereotype Threat: An Intersectional Perspective, Jennifer E. John Buck
Literal Dope, Frank Johnson
The Moderation Effect of BDNF Genotype and Self-Reported Lifetime Physical Activity Habits on Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease, Samantha Johnson and Tyler Ormsby
Coarse-Grained, Fine-Grained, and Lock-Free Concurrency Approaches for Self-Balancing B-Tree, Edward R. Jorgensen II
Healthcare Access and Utilization by Transgender Populations: A United States Transgender Survey Study, Axenya Kachen
An Introduction to the Exposition on Soundness, Completeness, and Decidability in Quantum Logic and Quantum Computation, Pushkin Kachroo
Batching Problems with Constraints, Shradha Kapoor
Health Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minorities, Jennifer Keeley
Patellar Tendon Morphology in Trans-Tibial Amputees Utilizing a Prosthesis with a Patellar-Tendon-Bearing Feature, Jessica Kellogg, Kelly Teter, and Michelle Evers
Workload Position Evaluation to Determine Efficient Training Load for Optimal Competition Performance of Female Collegiate Soccer Players, Michaela Kelsey
Policing Protests: An Exploratory Analysis of Crowd Management Policies, Logan P. Kennedy
Examining the Role of Business Intelligence and Analytics in Hospitality Revenue Management, Anna I. Kharitonova
Approximation Algorithms for Illuminating 1.5D Terrain, Jiwan Khatiwada
Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Mortars Containing Natural Pozzolan, Arash Kian
Reconsolidation: Unique Cognitive Process or State Dependent Learning?, Chris Kiley
Mental Accounting and Unplanned Purchases in Online Booking: The Role of Discount, Impulse Buying, and Thinking Style, Esther L. Kim
The Historical and Cultural Influences of Gagok 가곡 (Korean Art Song): A Musical Guide, Sarah Kim
Prevalence of Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium Nucleatum among Clinical Orthodontic Saliva Samples, Jason Robert Klingler
Petrogenesis of the El Rechuelos Rhyolite, Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field, New Mexico, USA, Kelsy Jo Konkright
Exploring the Pristine Inner Experience of Individuals in Psychotherapy, Alek Emily Krumm
Attitudes toward Marijuana Legalization: Temporal and Thematic Trends, Daniel James Krystosek
The Effects of Problems Attributed to Culture on the Mental Health of Athletes, Corey Rae Kuhn
Modeling Driver-Pedestrian-Infrastructure Interactions at Signalized Midblock Crosswalks, Boniphace Kutela
Police Use of Force and Officer Injury: A Closer Examination of the Impact of Taser Deployment and Contextual Factors, Jason Kuzik
A Video Game as a Pedagogical Tool for Pre-Service Teachers to Learn About Bullying Prevention and Intervention in School Contexts, Jeffrey Robert Laferriere
Private Group Communication in Blockchain Based on Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Zachary Steven Laney
Lifting The Veil: Do Health Care Price Transparency Laws Actually Lower Costs?, Nora Michelle Irene Langendorf
Multimethod Investigation of Pristine Inner Experience, Leiszle Rae Lapping-Carr
Health Literacy Intervention for Low Income Uninsured Population, Laura Larson
Generalized and Higher Dimensional Apollonian Packings, Daniel Lautzenheiser
A Binding Sisterhood of Transnational Feminism: A Close Look at Iran and Argentina, Bernadette Mary Lazar
Visual Attention and Emotion Regulation in Schizophrenia, Bern Lee
A Guide for a Shared Governance Program, Lydia Joan Lefchuck
Cultural Competence of Athletic Training Clinical Preceptors and Their Preparedness to Address those Concepts with Students, Elizabeth Leon
Queering Utopia: ACT UP and the Disruption of Heteronormativity, Nicholas Lepp
Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of a Ballet-Based Dance Technique Screening Instrument, Jessie Lesar, Zachary Shaver, and Ivetta Lassey
States, Satellites, and International Crisis Behavior, Roman Lewis
Discovering Motor Phenotypes in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Approach, Daniel Edwin Lidstone
Specific Heat, Magnetic Susceptibility, and the Effect of Pressure on Structural Properties and Valence Of EuMn2Si2, EuCo2Si2, and Eu5In2Sb6, Brian Edward Light
Stone Bouquets, Angelo Santino Ligori
Beyond Right or Wrong: The Influences of Thinking Disposition And Item Difficulty on Student Behavior During High-Stakes Testing, Kristina Lindquist
Adolescent Pregnancy: A Clinical Guideline for School Nurses in New Mexico, Karin Ludi
Moisture Dynamics of a Near-Surface Desert Soil, Yuan Luo
ACR Accreditation for Utah Valley Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Center, Remy Manigold
Motivation and Online Information Literacy Instruction: A Self-Determination Theory Approach, Francesca Marineo
Improving Community College Students' Interest, Utility-Value, and Performance: How Does Future Time Persective Influence a Utility-Value Intervention?, Elsa Maria Mason
On Algebraic Structures and Automaton for Optimal Computer Network Design and Performance Study, Xiangrong Ma
Exploring Mathematics Anxiety of Students At-Risk for Mathematics Difficulties, Sarah Mccarthy
Utility of Bench Scale Sand Tank Experiments at Assessing Permeable Reactive Barrier Design, Brandon Meier
From Deviant Symbol to Cultural Icon? Understanding Pit Bull Stigma, Genevieve Minter
Utilization of Remote Sensing Data for Estimation of the Groundwater Storage Variation, Gaurang Mistry
Nonstate Actors and International Law: Just War Theory or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?, Jason Lee Mitchell
Multi-Polygenic Risk Score Prediction Model for Bipolar Disorder, Travis Mize
Stop Running in LAPs: Evaluating the Lethality Assessment Program's Effectiveness in Reducing Repeat Intimate Partner Violence, Dory A. Mizrachi
Is Easier, Better? A Reevaluation of the Use of Non-Remodeled Bone as a Histological Predictor of Age-at-Death From the Femoral Midshaft Using GIS Software, Mariah Elaine Moe
Validating Empathy as Captured by the Meanness in Psychopathy-Self Report, Stephanie Marie Molina
How to Break Your Own Heart, Ryan Molloy
Wearable Technology Devices: Heart Rate and Step Count Analysis, Jeffrey Montes
Implementing a Heart Failure Education Program for Bedside Nurses in the Acute Care Setting, David L. Morrow
Design of Efficient Carbon-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Water Contaminants, Sayedeh Soroosh Mortazavian Dehkordi
Development of Natural Perlite Based Concrete for Sustainable Construction, Seyedmahmoud Motaharikarein
A Highly-Sensitive Global-Shutter CMOS Image Sensor with On-Chip Memory For Hundreds of Kilo-Frames Per Second Scientific Experiments, Konstantinos Moutafis
The Effects of Background, Classroom Assessment Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Perceived Assessment Skills on Classroom Assessment Practices of Teachers in India, Manognya Murukutla
Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention Outcomes: Evaluating the Link Between Infection Prevention Practices in Healthcare Facilities and their Health Care-Associated Infection Rates, Chidinma Veronica Njoku
The Post-Soviet Voter: Evidence From The Caucasus, Rafael Oganesyan
Sizing a New Bike Sharing System for the University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nesley Orochena
The Bioarchaeology of Instability: Violence and Environmental Stress During the Late Fort Ancient (AD 1425 - 1635) Occupations of Hardin Village, Amber Elaine Osterholt
Irredenta, Oscar Oswald
Words as Weapons and Wisdom, Barbara Paige
Opportunities and Challenges of Modular Construction in a Hospitality Centric Environment, Shreyansh Paliwal
Effect of Common Oxidative Water Treatments on Acanthamoeba Internalized Legionella, James Park
On Action Quality Assessment, Paritosh Parmar
Delineation of Events in Centripetal Migration During Drosophila Oogenesis, Travis Tait Parsons