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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Step by Step, Iuliia Khamidullina

Mechanism of Therapeutic Efficacy of New Drugs in Glioblastoma, Firas Hameed Khathayer

Exploration of Vase as an Extraction Method for Emerging Disinfection By-products and Acidic Methanol as a Safe and Effective Derivatization Method for Haloacids, Madison Leigh Kilpatrick

Removal of Selected Organic Contaminants by Various (Nano) Adsorbent-Ultrafiltration Hybrid Systems, Sewoon Kim

Health Communication Blindspot: A Case Study of Harmful Algal Blooms in the South (HABITS), Jaron Hoani King

Bank Liquidity Creation and Systemic Risk, Destan Kirimhan

Use and Analysis of 5E Inquiry Activities in Online General Chemistry Courses, John Ray Kiser

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Carbon and Nutrient Concentrations Within the North Inlet Estuary,SC, Heather Kish

The Effects of Affirming and Constructive Peer Editing Feedback On High School Student Perceptions and Essay Revisions, Lorin Koch

Prediction of Residual Stress and Distortion in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing, Bhanuprakash Sairam Kosaraju

Evaluation of a Trigonometric Grey Model for Estimating And Predicting Pavement Condition, Amara Kouyate

Taking the Pulse of Undergraduate Introductory Geographic Information Systems Courses, Christopher Krause

Towards Understanding Therapy Response in Chronic Aphasia, Sigfus Kristinsson

Rehabilitation of Timber Piles Using Fiber Reinforced Polymers Analyzed With Acoustic Emission, Rebekah Marie Krol

Primary Care Providers’ Comfort With Utilization of Genetics in Practice, Taylor Mackenzie Kupneski

Strengthening the Evidence-Base of Youth Nutrition Programs: A Three Part Approach, Rebecca Kyryliuk

Instrumentation and Experimentation Development for Robotic Systems, Tristan Kyzer

Bayesian Calibration of the ICRP Zirconium Biokinetic Model and Use of Canned Priors for the Evaluation of Bioassay, Thomas Raymond LaBone

Zooplankton Community Structure and Grazing within a Stormwater Detention Pond in Coastal South Carolina, Kristen Laccetti

Assessing Longitudinal Impacts of Mentor Role on Student Outcomes, Jody Lanza-Gregory

Transgressive Migrations: Gender Roles, Space, and Place In American Novels, 1900-1999, Selena Gail Larkin

Military Communities and Natural Hazards in the United States, Logan Lee

Task-Based, Learner-Centered Language Instruction: Educational Innovation in an Adult Foreign Language Program, Clayton D. Leishman

Operating Strategies and Disturbance Characterization for DC Microgrids, Miles Leonard-Albert

The Effect of Product Likes on Consumer Behavior in Online Shopping, Quynh Le

Satellite Observations and Spatiotemporal Assessment of Salt Marsh /Dieback Along Coastal South Carolina (1990-2019), Huixuan Li

The Impact of a Four-Station Blended Learning Model of Differentiating Instruction on Student Engagement in a Middle School Chinese I Class in a Southeastern State, Junlan Li

The Effects of Holistic Grief Counseling Training On Master’s Level Counseling Students’ Grief and Loss Counseling Competency, Kathryn Paige Linich

Language Interpreters’ Perspective of the Interpreter-Genetic Counselor Working Alliance, Dacia Lipkea

Fine Points for Broad Bumps: The Extension of Rietveld Refinement for Benchtop Powder XRD Analysis of Ultra-Small Supported Nanoparticles, Jeremiah W. Lipp

Cancion Y Danza, Fetes Lointaines, Paisajes By Federico Mompou: A Stylistic Analysis, Qiaoni Liu

Formation of a Professional Learning Community to Promote Metacognitive Teaching: An Action Research Study, Margaret Gregg Long

Accurate and Integrative Detection of Copy Number Variants With High-Throughput Data, Xizhi Luo

A Numerical Investigation of Fractional Models for Viscoelastic Materials With Applications on Concrete Subjected to Extreme Temperatures, Murray Macnamara

Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass Derived Sugar Alcohols To Platform Chemicals Using Heterogeneous Catalysts, Blake MacQueen

Enhanced Flow Boiling and Bubble Dynamics with HFE7100 & DI Water in Interconnected Microchannels, Jiaxuan Ma

Does the Tendency of Loss Aversion Depend On The Level of Competition? Evidence From Multilevel Esports Tournaments, Zeqing Mao

Enhancing Recruitment Efforts in School Mental Health: Pilot Assessment of a Certificate Training Program, Samantha Martinez

Helping High School Students Succeed Academically by Meeting Their More Basic Needs, Karen Eyler Martin

Characterizations of Dissolved Organic Carbon at Hydrothermal Systems of the MidCayman Rise, Aaron Mau

Bayesian Methods in Analyzing the Association of Random Variables, Zichen Ma

Impaired Metabolic Flexibility in a Mouse Model Of Leigh Syndrome, Richard Sterling McCain Jr

A Conceptual Analysis of the Mand and Its Relevance To Acquisition, Meka N. McCammon

Elementary School Counselors Experiences Working With Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Qualitative Dissertation, Esther Diane McCartney

An Action Research Mixed Methods Study for the Development Of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Programming For First-Year Students at a Historically Black University, Krystinq McCauley

Discovery and Investigation of Ammonia Decomposition Catalysts, Katherine McCullough

An Investigation of Strong Electrostatic Adsorption Using Formed Commercial Supports, Connor Brendan McDonough

Destabilizing the Ivory Tower: An Autoethnography, Chelsea McFadden

Investigating the Influence of Mentors With National Board Certification on Mentees’ Perceptions of Their Own Teaching Practice and Attitudes of Remaining a Teacher, Joshua Michael McGoun

Advancing Research Methodology and Educational Policy: An Application of Mixture Modeling Using School Climate, Kathleen V. McGrath

Evaluation and Implementation of the C-Pen on the Reading Level, Comprehension, and Oral Reading Fluency of Third-Grade Students With Learning Disabilities: An Action Research Study, Kawanna McKenzie

The Effect of Low Dose Penicillin on Tumor Development in Apc^Min/+ Mice, Kinsey Ann Sierra Meggett

Lake Water Inventory, Katarina Merlini

Efficacy of Telegenetics: A Diagnostic Yield Comparison Between In-Person and Telemedicine Pediatric Genetic Evaluations, Allie Merrihew

Los Milagros de Santiago Como Sustrato Ideológico en la Formación de una Identidad Protonacional Castellana, Francisco David Mesa Muñoz

Virtual Interactive Notebooking With Gifted Learners in an Inquiry-Based Social Studies Classroom: A Mixed-Methods Action Research Study on Higher-Order Thinking and Student Motivation, Brandy Cooper Meyers

Individualized E-book Experiences: Personalized Reading Plans’ Impact on First-Grade Students’ Reading Motivation And Engagement, Hannah Brunson Miles

Capable, Arianna Elise Miller

The Apprenticeship Structure and the Applied Pedagogical Methods Of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Trumpeters’ Guild During The 17^th and 18^th Centuries, Noa Miller

Real-Time Probabilistic Solvers for Digital Twins of Power Electronic Systems, Matthew Aaron Milton

Development of Acoustic Metamaterial Noise Barriers and Simultaneously Harvesting Energy Using Smart Materials, Fariha Mir

Exploring Neurocognitive Processes That Underlie Reading Performance in Children: A Foundational Study, Ayan Mitra

Ready or Not for K5: A Study on Early Childhood Interventions Within Special Education and General Education Setting, Paulette Mizzell

Defining the Pathophysiology of Gut Humoral Immunodeficiency, Ahmed Dawood Mohammed

Ultrawide Bandgap Algan-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors With High-K Gate Dielectrics, Md Abu Shahab Mollah

Evaluating the Health Impact of CenteringPregnancy Program Versus Traditional Prenatal Care in Midland Obstetric Clinics and Validating Selected Item On Birth Certificate, Oluwatosin A. Momodu

Three Studies Investigating Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program-Aligned Opportunities To Enhance Students’ Physical Education Learning, Jongho Moon

Development of a Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine To Characterize the Ignition Propensity of Multi-Component Liquid Fuels, Jonathan Joseph Morreale

Automating and Implementing Complex, Multistep Sample Preparation Processes to Generate Reproducible Proteomic and Phosphoproteomic Data, Brian Todd Mullis

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Synthesis and Applications Of Novel Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Membranes, Laura Ann Murdock

Deep Learning Based Sound Event Detection and Classification, Alireza Nasiri

Correcting for Measurement Error in the Outcome When Estimating the Distribution of Time to Pregnancy With the Current Duration Approach, Nicole Nasrallah

Politics of Belonging: Identity, Integration, and Spatial Practices of Algerian Immigrants and Their Descendants in Paris, France, Elizabeth Nelson

Animacy and Intransitivity in Sentence Processing, Peter Nelson

Degradative Processes of Commercial and Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery Materials, Benjamin Ng

Go with The Flow: Testing the Effects of Emotional Flow on Psychophysiological, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Changes, Chris R. Noland

Inquiry-Based Teaching in a Secondary English Classroom, Jennifer L. Norman

Land, Racial Formations, and Power: Exploring the Network of Power Relationships During Climate Change Planning in Coastal South Carolina, Teresa Norman

Neural Synchrony During Naturalistic Language Perception in Listeners with Aphasia, Lisa Johnson Norris

The Relationship Between Enabling District Structure And Principal Self-Efficacy in South Carolina, Justin Lee Nutter

Searching Extreme Mechanical Properties Using Active Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory, Joshua Ojih

Sampling and Robustness in Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion, Trevor Vincent Olsen

Survey of Four North American and Malaysian Theory Methods for Young Pianists, Wen Bin Ong

Effect of Crystal Size on the Failure Mechanics Of Polymer Bonded Explosives, Chizoba Onwuka

Hear My Voice: Qualitative Studies to Explore What Empowers Patients to Talk With Their Doctor and Participate in Making Health Care Decisions, Alicia Marie Oostdyk

Groundwater Discharge From Passive Continental Margins: Rethinking Marine Chemical Budgets, Andrew William Osborne

A Conductor’s Guide to J. N. Hummel’s Forgotten Oratorio: Der Durchzug Durchs Rote Meer, Rebecca J. Ostermann

Experimental Investigation of Single and Two-Phase Heat Transfer Performance in Microchannels with Surface Modifications and Multiple Inlet Restrictors, Saad Kadham Oudah

A Practical Approach for the Applied Voice Instructor Utilizing Limited Piano Skills in the Studio Setting, Lee Whittington Ousley

Physical Modeling of Backward Erosion Piping Phenomenon in a Geotechnical Centrifuge, William Fernando Ovalle Villamil

Evaluating Fit Indices in a Multilevel Latent Growth Model With Unbalanced Design: A Monte Carlo Study, Fan Pan

Structure and Stability of AG-IR Bimetallic Catalysts Prepared By Electroless Deposition and Synthesis and Performance of High Selectivity Movnbsbteox Mixed Oxides for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane, Mozhdeh Parizad

Applications and Mechanisms of Near Infrared Spectroscopy For Age Estimation in Otoliths of Red Snapper Lutjanus Campechanus, Michelle S. Passerotti

Temperature Dependence of Electroluminescence and Current-Voltage Characteristics of Arrays of Deep Ultraviolet Algan Micropixel Led, Dhruvinkumar Prakashchandra Patel

Separate Effects Tests for Studying Thermal Gradient Driven Cracking in UO₂ Pellets Undergoing Resistive Heating, Sobhan Patnaik

Social-Motivational Influences on Physical Activity Engagement For Adolescent Girls, Mariajosé Jhamira Paton

Carbonatite Metasomatism and Water Systematics of Peridotite Xenoliths From Lanzarote, Canaries, Sierra N. Patterson

A Culture of Control: Progressive Era Eugenics in South Carolina as a Continuation of Created White Supremacy, Hannah Nicole Patton

Innovation and Extended Producer Responsibility in Supply Chain Management, Yuqi Peng

Effects of Overmolding Process Parameters on Bondzone Quality, Vivek Varma Penumetsa