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Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Damping in Transient Pressurized Flows, Sahad Salim Elyass Khilqa

“WE NEED DAWGS!”: Narrative Construction of Athletic Identity Among Black High School Football Players, Victor Dion Kidd

Investigating the Relationship of COPD, Lung Cancer, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Ambient Air Pollution, Daniel John Kilpatrick

Finding Resolutions of Mononomial Ideals, Hannah Melissa Kimbrell

Judicial Legitimacy and the Dearth of State Supreme Court Knowledge, TJ Kimel

Correlates of Attitudes Toward Violence and Dating Violence Perpetration Among U.S. College Students, Jeongsuk Kim

Determining Support Needed for Implementation of the Balanced Literacy Framework in High School English Classrooms, Emily Kimpton

Investigations on Multiple Interval Estimators, Taeho Kim

Women in the Governor's Mansion: Breaking the Barrier to Competition, Helen Adair King

Exclusive Dining: Immigration and Restaurants in Chicago during the Era of Chinese Exclusion, 1893-1933, Samuel C. King

Assessing the Impact of South Carolina’s Medicaid Adult Dental Policy on Dental Emergency Department Visits, Victor Kirksey

Semiconductor Nanowire Doping: Controlling Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Colloidal Nanowares, Preecha Kittikhunnatham

A Non-Contacting System for Rail Neutral Temperature and Stress Measurements, Katelyn Knopf

Assessing the Competitive Advantage of Carbonic Anhydrase in Estuarine Microalgae Through Removed Enzymatic Activity, Eilea R. Knotts

Green Forest Businesses as a Method to Improve Communities in Unesco’s East Usambara Biosphere Reserve in Tanzania, Myoung Su Ko

Family Engagement in Secondary Transition: Importance, Frequency, and Preparedness Identified by Transition Professionals, Gerda Kumpiene

Nanoscale Control of Metal Oxideand Carbonaceous Functional Materials, Benjamin W. Lamm

Macromolecular Engineering of Biomass Polymers and Stimuli-Responsive Materials Towards Enhanced Thermomechanical Properties, Meghan E. Lamm

Multiple Concurrent Framing Effects: Evidence from a Risky Tax Decision, Ethan Gregory LaMothe

Experimental Methods and Techniques for Improved Biomechanical Characterization of Diverse Murine Aortopathies, Brooks Alexander Lane

Kinetically Controlled Block Polymer Micelles: Cavitation Induced Exchange and Templates for Nanomaterials, Kayla Alice Lantz

Education for Sustainability: The Effectiveness of a Place Based Environmental Education Unit in Food Waste Reduction on the Environmental Awareness of Fourth Grade Students, Bree Lauffer

The Impact of Mindfulness Practices on the Dispositions of Eight Third-Grade Elementary Students at an Elementary School in the Southeast Region of the United States, Jakob Lauffer

Longitudinal Effects of Social Norms, Social Support for Physical Activity, Neighborhood Satisfaction, and Self-Efficacy on Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in African American Adults, Lauren Huffman Law

Causes and Consequences of Police Militarization, Edward Eugene Lawson, Jr.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Ohio's Certificate of Relief, Peter Leasure

The Warped One: Nationalist Adaptations of the Cuchulain Myth, Martha J. Lee

The Interaction of Individual Working Memory Capacity with Cognitive Linguistics-Based and Translation-Based Instructional Treatments During the Acquisition of Polysemous L2 Spanish Spatial Prepositions, Joseph F. LeTexier

Population and Kin Structure of Hawksbill Turtles: Insights on Natal Homing Precision, Time to Maturity and the Male Component of the Breeding Population, Kathryn Erin Levasseur

The Effectiveness of Video Modeling with Video Feedback on a Given Piece for Mid-To-Late Elementary Piano Students, Huiyun Liang

Cluster Analysis of Mixed-Mode Data, Yawei Liang

Investigation of Energy-Related Wastewater Impacts on Disinfection By-Product Formation in Drinking Water, Hannah K. Liberatore

Douze PréLudes- Poèmes, Op. 58 by Charles Tournemire: A Stylistic Analysis, Mengdi Li

Tool Migration: A Framework to Study the Cross-disciplinary Use of Mathematical Constructs in Science, Chia-Hua Lin

Wireless RF Induced Energy Absorption and Heating of Lanthanum-Nickel Alloy in the Near-Field, Michael Dillon Lindsay

Dynamic Environments and Judicial Power, Monica Lineberger

Regression for Pooled Testing Data with Biomedical Applications, Juexin Lin

Glacial-Interglacial Changes in the Thermocline Structure of the Makassar Strait: Implications for Changes in the Indonesian Throughflow, Michael Lis

The Impact of Student-Centered Coaching on the Implementation of Project-Based Learning: An Action Research Study, Wanda Nicole Littlejohn

Coaching by Scaffolding: Increasing Teacher Questioning Through Structured Modeling and Feedback, Sarah J. Little

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Precipitation and Flood Data from South Carolina, Haigang Liu

Numerical Methods for a Class of Reaction-Diffusion Equations With Free Boundaries, Shuang Liu

Experimental Study of Free-Solution Separation Under Pulsed Electrophoresis in Microchip, Xin Liu

Fractional Order and Virtual Variable Sampling Design of Repetitive Control for Power Converters, Zhichao Liu

Three Essays on Banking, Xinming Li

Fighting for the Users: Using Action Research to Examine the Impact of Sustained Dialogue Through Effective Instructor Feedback on Student Satisfaction in an Online Undergraduate Course: A Dissertation in Practice, Timothy Paul Lombardo

Associations Among Parenting Style and Parental Feeding Practices on Adolescent Self-Efficacy for Diet and Obesity in African American Adolescents, Haylee Loncar

Work Ethic Skills and a Liberal Arts Education: Using Work-Integrated Learning in a Liberal Arts Course to Enhance Students' Work Ethic Skills and Demonstrate the Practicality of a Liberal Arts Education., Jennifer M. Lopes

The Impact of Self-Regulated Learning Tutoring and Mentoring Program on Black Males in Eighth-Grade Science, Julie Liddle Lott

Randomization Analysis Driven Software, Steph-Yves Louis

Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing(FSAM) of 2050 Al-Cu-Li Alloy, Ilana Lu

Non-local Spin Valve Interferometer: Experimental Observation of Superconducting Spin Current and Spin Aharonov-Bohm Effect, Ning Lu

The Effect of Patient Financial Liability on Physical Therapy Utilization and Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients With Low Back Pain: An Instrumental Variable Analysis, Adam D. Lutz

Sound-Evoked Activations of Visual Cortex and the Principles of Multisensory Integration, Spencer Lawrence Mac Adams

Longitudinal Prediction of Delinquent Behavior in Early Adolescence, Kathleen Watson MacDonell

Divine Absence, Divine Presence: The Theological Arguments of Elizabeth Singer Rowe’s the History of Joseph, Laura MacGowan

Model PT-RE and PT-SN Surfaces for Heterogeneous Catalysis, Thathsara Deshani Maddumapatabandi

The Effect of Spectral Shaping on Perceptual, Acoustic, and Listening Effort Measurements in Young Normal Hearing Adults, Rachel Madorskiy

Collaboration within Special Education Transition: Perceptions of Barriers, Strategies, and Effects of Collaboration, Elizabeth Magee

Studies of CH Activation in Unsaturated Amides and Esters by Trinuclear Metal Carbonyl Clusters of Osmium, Morteza Maleki

Women’s Writing and the Poetics of Scientific Knowledge, 1620-1740, Rachel Mann

High School Social Studies Teachers' Perceptions and Practices Using Workshop Model: A Qualitative Action Research Case Study, Joseph Marangell

Nanoparticles with Tunable Fluorophobic Effect Towards Multimodal Coassembly with Block Copolymers, Zachary Michael Marsh

Coming Together and Falling Apart: Producing and Contesting Place on the Atlanta Beltline, Jessica Martinez

The Judgement of Southern Motherhood in Works by Doris Betts, Gail Godwin, Dorothy Allison, and Kaye Gibbons, Jennifer Martin

Opening Eyes to What They Don't Know: Talking about Race with White Pre-Service Teachers, Stacy Payne Martin

Trends in the Prevalence of Arrest for Intimate Partner Violence Using the National Crime Victimization Survey, Tara E. Martin

The Effects of Autism Symptom Severity and Social Anxiety on Pragmatic Language in Young Adult Males with Fragile X Syndrome, Sara McGrath Matherly

Building Worlds Out of Inadequate Materials: Infrastucture and Affect in John Dos Passos’ Manhattan Transfer and John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath, David Scott Mathews

Expanding Immediate Postpartum Contraceptive Options: South Carolina’s Medicaid Policy, Amy Mattison-Faye

Individual- and Community- Level Associations With Healthcare Utilization Among a Health System, Emergency Department Population, Carlene A. Mayfield

Mentoring for Women on the Road to the High School Principalship, Audrey Rose McClary

Mechanical Characterization and Non-Destructive Evaluation of SiC_f/SiC_m Composites for Nuclear Applications, Donald J. McCleeary

Impact of Glutathione Transporters on Subcellular Glutathione Pools and Cell Survival in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Crystal Conaway McGee

Teacher Attunement to Bullies and Victims: Effects on Percpetion of Bullying, Social-Emotional Well-Being and Academic Outcomes, Lauren Elaine McGuire

Complicating the Narrative: Using Jim's Story to Interpret Enslavement, Leasing, and Resistance at Duke Homestead, Jennifer Melton

Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Sleep, Joshua Mercadel

The Association of Rural Hospital Closures with In-Hospital and 30-Day Post Hospital Discharge Mortality from Emergency Care Sensitive Conditions, Melinda A. Merrell

Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Inspection of Composite and Metallic Structures, Asaad Qasim Migot

Reading Between the Lines: An Intersectional Media Analysis of Female Sex Offenders in Florida Newspapers, Toniqua C. Mikell

Student Engagement with Video Instruction—How to Engage 7th-Grade Social Studies Students and Diverse Academic Abilities with Video in the Classroom, Andrew Miller

Salt Marsh Health and Biomass Responses to a Changing Environment, Gwen Joelle Miller

Role of Epigenome and Microbiome in Endocannabinoid-Mediated Regulation of Inflammation During Diet-Induced Obesity, Kathryn Miranda

Acoustoelastic Metamaterial with Simultaneous Noise Filtering and Energy Harvesting Capability from Ambient Vibrations, Fariha Mir

BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carrier Perspectives on Direct-To- Consumer Genetic Testing for Brca Mutations, Caitlyn E. Mitchell

Epigenetic and Purinergic Regulation of Mast Cells Mediator Release, Zahraa Abdulmohsin Mohammed

Between Holy Russia and a Monkey: Darwin's Russian Literary and Philosophical Critics, Brendan G. Mooney

Exploring Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Cyberbullying Experiences Survey, Kendall Moore

The Impact of a Global Education Program on the Critical Global Awareness Level of Eighth Grade Students in a Rural School in South Carolina, Marina Mosneaguta

A Novel and Inexpensive Solution to Build Autonomous Surface Vehicles Capable of Negotiating Highly Disturbed Environments, Jason Moulton

Estimation Problems for Pooled Data, Xichen Mou

Curbside Antenna to Vehicle Path Loss Measurements and Modeling in Three Frequency Bands, Patrick Murphy

Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Women with Physical Disabilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study in South Carolina, Iffat Nahar

Surrogate Formulation Based on Chemical Functional Group Analysis, Stuart Nates

Effect of TCDD, an Environmental Contaminant, on Activation of AHR Leading to Induction of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCS) and the Ability of Resveratrol, a Botanical, to Neutralize this Effect, Wurood Hantoosh Neamah

Parenting and Child Self-Regulation as Mechanisms for the Relationship of Household Food Insecurity with Child Dietary Behavior, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen

Vietnamese Family Caregivers’ Adjustment Process to Their Caregiving Roles for Family Members with Dementia, Trang Nguyen

Essays on Asymmetric Contests and Urbanization in India, Pulkit K. Nigam

Prototyping a Social Media Flooding Photo Screening System Based on Deep Learning and Crowdsourcing, Huan Ning

Elaborative Rehearsal: An Examination of Usage, Perceptions of Utility, and Differences in Metacognition and Test Performance, Tori Kim Norris