Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Academic Performance: Student Engagement in the Classroom, Emily B. Mancil
A Phenomenological Study of Student Engagement in United States History Classrooms, Emily Louvette Manigault
Measurement of Polarization Observables Pz, Psz, and Pcz in Double-Pion Photoproduction Off the Proton, Yuqing Mao
Developing a Bioreactor for Biaxial Mechanical Testing and Conditioning of Vascular Tissue, Steve Marcous
Walker Percy, Heidegger, and Reentry, Jordan Alexander Markley
The Aesthetic Which is Not One: The Feminist (un)Aesthetic in the Works of Caryl Churchill and Suzan Lori-Parks, Kathren Martin
Lead Exposure and Crime, Tara Elaine Martin
Handcuffing Speech: Federal Fraud Statutes and the Criminalization of Advertising, Carmen Maye
Two Essays on Time Perceptions and Patience, Frank May
Approximate Quantum Trajectory Method for Modeling Chemical Reaction Dynamics: Application to Enzymatic Proton Transfer, James William Mazzuca
A Descriptive Study of PreK-3 Alignment in South Carolina: Implications for Primary School Education, Kimberly W. McAbee
MCP-1 In Colorectal Cancer: Benefits of Exercise, Jamie Lee McClellan
There Is an App for That: Uses of Print and Digital Materials in the Lives of Three Preschoolers, Rebecca Hickman McCraw
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) mediates immune suppression via modulation of microRNA expression in mice, Martine Menard
Toward the Combinatorial Development of Hydrophobic-Tagged Antifolate-Directed Degradation of Human Thymidylate Synthase, Daniel J. Menasco
STRUCTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN HEALTHCARE: A study of Assess and Treat programs in respiratory care, Ashley Y. Metcalf
GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN AND THE RISK OF OBESITY AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: IS THIS MEDIATED THROUGH BIRTH WEIGHT?, Nomathamsanqa Louise Mgutshini
EFFECTS OF HIV-1 TAT PROTEIN ON STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND TRAFFICKING OF THE DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER, Narasimha Murty Midde
Social Movements, Media, and Democratization in Georgia, Maia Mikashavidze
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: HAZING, HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY, AND VICTIMIZATION, Toniqua Charee Mikell
GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF EOLIAN FLUXES DURING THE TRANSITION FROM GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE CONDITIONS IN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC., Daniel Nicholas Miller
Impacts of Adolescents' Emotional and Behavioral Concerns and Social Skills on Parenting Stress, Marissa Miller
Teaching to Learn: Tapping the Rich Language Resources of Three African American Preschool Boys, Virginia Akright Miller
Quantitative Comparison of Time-Frequency Decomposed Gait EMG Signals, L. Patrick Mitchell
Thermal Analysis of High Pressure Micro Plasma Discharge, Mostafa Mobli
Best Practices in High Fidelity Patient Simulation to Enhance Higher Order Thinking Skills, Kathryn S. Mock
Intensive Dual Enrollment: Early Credits or Empty Promises, Brian J. Modarelli
Bio-Active Degradable Micellar Hydrogels for Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Seyedsina Moeinzadeh
Transient Stability Enhancement of Wind Farms Using Power Electronics and FACTS Controllers, Hossein A. Mohammadpour
Physical and Magnetic Properties of Magnetic Nanoparticle Arrays, Abdul Rahman Mohtasebzadeh
Thermal Ecology and Physiology of an Intertidal Predator-Prey System: Pisaster Ochraceus and Mytilus Californianus, Cristian J. Monaco
SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHITIC CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES AND USE AS ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION, Daniel A. Moniot
Which Student Characteristics Correlate with Discipline Referrals? A Case Study of a Diverse, High-Poverty Rural School District in the South, Jeannie Baltimore Monson
Virtual High Schools Versus Brick and Mortar High Schools: An Analysis of Graduation Rates for Low Socio-Economic Students in South Carolina, Alice Denise Montgomery
COSTUME DESIGN: A VISION FROM PAPER TO REALITY, Caitlin Joye Moraska
The Impact of Culture & Ethnicity on the Counseling Process: Perspectives of Genetic Counselors from Minority Ethnic Groups, Brittanie Morris
Best Practices in the Management of Pediatric Obesity in Primary Care Clinics, Lori Moseley
Secure and Reliable Wireless Communication through End-to-End-based Solution, Hossen Asiful Mustafa
VOCAB4ME: A TOOL THAT PROVIDES VOCABULARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLISHING LINKED DATA, Srikar Nadipally
Periodontal Microorganisms, Obesity, Chronic Inflammation, and Type 1 Diabetes, Georges Joseph Nahhas
ROLE OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION ON LIVER FUNCTION DURING CACHEXIA PROGRESSION IN THE APCMIN/+ MOUSE MODEL, Aditi Narsale
Universal Two-Electron Correlation Operator on Excited States, Bryan Thomas Nichols
The Definition of Youth, Jessta Noel
Fake Real Quadratic Orders, Richard Michael Oh
Am I in Danger? : Predictors and Behavioral Outcomes of Public Perception of Risk Associated with Food Hazards, Sang-Hwa Oh
Web Service Transaction Correctness, Aspen Olmsted
The Role of Interface Effects and Minority Carriers in the Metal-Semiconductor Schottky Junction, Sabih Uddin Omar
The Composition and Downward Vertical Transport of Particulate Phosphorus in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, Anne S. Opseth
The Delage-Sumter Family in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic World, Mitchell Oxford
Longitudinal Evaluations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity: Capturing the Full Spectrum of Duration and Intensity, Amanda E. Paluch
EL EXILIO EN LA POESÍA DE LEÓN FELIPE Y LA POESÍA DE LEÓN FELIPE EN EL EXILIO: TESTIMONIO PERSONAL Y LEGADO PARA FUTURAS GENERACIONES, Elizabeth Panagiotakopoulos-Ben Yahia
A Theory of Reward Stability, Justice Evaluations and Group Cooperation, Hyomin Park
Love and Marriage: Domestic Relations and Matrimonial Strategies Among the Enslaved in the Atlantic World, Tyler Dunsdon Parry
Investigation of Thermal Performance of Nanoparticle Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs) for Solar Collector Applications, Titan Chandra Paul
An Engineering Approach for the Design of Archaeological Reburial Systems, Angel Ari Perez Mejia
Characterization of the Hippocampal Acetylcholine System in a Rodent Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Amy Elizabeth Perkins
Receiver of Wreck: A Memoir, Brandi Lynn Perry
Comparison of Ground-to-Air Visibility Analysis Methods, Erica Pfister-Altschul
Climatic Controls on Organic Matter Decomposition in Boreal Peatlands, Michael J. Philben
Efficacy of Video Modeling for Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children, Danielle Newberry Phillips
An Analysis of Convertible Bond Issuance: Design Features, Market Conditions and Private Placement, Ashleigh Poindexter
Tectonic Studies of the Atlantic Margin in the Southeastern United States, Andrew C. Pollack
System Analysis with Improved Thermo-Mechanical Fuel Rod Models for Modeling Current and Advanced LWR Materials in Accident Scenarios, Ian Edward Porter
A MULTI-SITED EXAMINATION OF PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND WOMEN’S PERCEPTIONS OF CARE IN GHANA, Jessica M. Posega
Effects of cPLA-2 on the Migration and Proliferation of Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and the 2-D Migratory Patterns of Tropomyosin in Femoral and Abdominal Aorta Tissue, Jaimeson Thomas Powell
Design and Development of a Novel Class of Cell Cycle CDK Inhibitors Targeting the Cyclin Binding Groove Utilizing the Replace Strategy, Padmavathy Nandha Premnath
The Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Mitochondrial Biogenesis by gp130/STAT3 Signaling during Cancer Cachexia, Melissa Puppa
Young, Southern Women's Perceptions of Stem Careers: Examining Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics as a Gendered Construct, Jessica Elizabeth Quinton
Revisiting Gender Constraints and Benefits in Leisure Tourism: Man-Up, It’s Time to Travel Like a Woman, Holly L. Rabin
Non- and Semi-parametric Bayesian Inference with Recurrent Events and Coherent Systems Data, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman
Slow Wave Structures Integrated with Ferro-Magnetic and Ferro-Electric Thin Films for Smart RF Applications, B M Farid Rahman
Dielectric Properties of Composite Materials during Damage Accumulation and Fracture, Md. Rassel Raihan
The Role of MicroRNA in Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Inflammation and Acute Lung Injury, Roshni Rao
The Effects of Political Control and Institutional Structure on State Ethics Commissions, William Jonathan Rauh
The Culture and History Surrounding “Szomorú nόták” of Béla Bartόk’s Twenty Hungarian Folksongs and Its Influence on Bartók’s Settings, Mary Katherine Rawls
Methods for Identifying Regions of Brain Activation Using FMRI Meta-Data, Meredith A. Ray
Success with Social Responsibility Local Retailers' Perspectives, Danielle Marie Razalan
Do Americans’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Prejudice Impact Their Racial Policy Preferences? Investigating Meta-Stereotypes as a Potential Causal Mechanism, Alexandra Reckendorf
Toward a Theory of Safe Passage: Agentic Practices of Women Writers Who Teach, Lillian Gordon Reeves
PLANT-BIOMIMETIC HYDROGEL ACTUATORS: CREATING MOVEMENT IN HYDROGELS THROUGH THE STUDY OF PLANTS, Christen Rhodes
Diversity, Genetics, and Health Benefits of Sorghum Grain, Davina Rhodes
Mitochondrial Replication from Embryogenesis to Early Adulthood, in DUI Species, Mytilus Galloprovincialis, Ellen Blenn Richardson
A Legal Analysis of Court Cases and Administrative Investigations Related to Violations of the Clery Act: Getting Good from the Bad and the Ugly, Tiffany Nichole Richardson
Sex Radical: Victoria Woodhull and the Marriage Contract, 1870-1876, Peter Dottling Rich
Performance and Durability of Electrodes with Platinum Catalysts in Polymer Electrolyte Cells Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Deposition, William A. Rigdon
A Study of the Preparation and Retention of Work-Based Certified Career and Technical Education Teachers in South Carolina, Sherry Rivers
Early Screening and Identification of Preschool Children Affected by Serious Emotional Disorders, Cathy Renee Robey-Williams
ANTENATAL ANXIETY PREDICTING CHILD OUTCOMES IN FRAGILE X SYNDROME, Ashley Nicole Robinson
Mixture Cure Models: Simulation Comparisons of Methods in R and SAS, Myra Robinson