Theses/Dissertations from 2014
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
Novel Biofabrication Technologies to Recapitulate In Vivo Geometries in Collagen Hydrogels, Veronica Rodriguez-Rivera
Marine Population Connectivity: Range Boundaries and Climate Change, Rhiannon Leigh Rognstad
Alterations to Taste Preference in MC4R Haploinsufficiency Manifest Prior to Dietary Induced Obesity and Are Accompanied by Dendritic Spine Alterations to Medium Spiny Neurons of the Nucleus Accumbens in Adulthood, Robert Francis Roscoe Jr.
Quantifying Individual Losses in a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Jennifer Rae Ruffing
Document Image Analysis Techniques for Handwritten Text Segmentation, Document Image Rectification and Digital Collation, Dhaval Salvi
Comparison of Confidence Intervals of Intracluster Correlation Coefficient Estimates for Binary Variables, Ashok Varma Samantapudi
Use of In-Situ Tests to identify Soil Behavior Type and Liquefaction Susceptibility of SCCP Soils, Rajshekhar Sarkar
A Three-Dimensional-Engineered Matrix to Study the Microenvironment of Cancer Stem Cells, Samaneh Kamali Sarvestani
High-Performance Meta-Genomic Gene Identification, Ibrahim Savran
Defining and Supporting Organizational Readiness in the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementaion, Jonathan Peter Scaccia
INTEGRATING BIOMEDICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO STUDY PAIN IN PEDIATRIC SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Alyssa M. Schlenz
Utilizing Next Generation Sequencing to Generate Bacterial Genomic Sequences for Evolutionary Analysis, Derrick C. Scott
Science Fairs Before Sputnik: Adolescent Scientific Culture in Contemporary America, Sarah Michel Scripps
The Conscious Guitarist: Alexander Technique and Body Mapping for Guitarists, Alma Sehic
Analysis of Hurricane Preparedness Levels and Evacuation Intent for South Carolina Coastal Residents, Wesley Chad Seigler
Differentiating Self-Reported Imagery Abilities with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brian D. Seiler
A COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RISK INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES, Michael E. Senn
Potential Stormwater Runoff Reductions by Incorporating Low Impact Development: Rocky Branch Watershed, Columbia, SC, Brett Sexton
Compositional Traits in Sorghum Bicolor Characterized by Transcriptome, Ionome and Genome-wide Association Analysis, Nadia Shakoor
Three Essays on Consumer Product Returns, Guangzhi Shang
STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING USING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES, Yanfeng Shen
Benefits of Video Games in Multidisciplinary Scientific Research, Jeremiah Jeffrey Shepherd
Going Up the Country: A Comparison of Elite Ceramic Consumption Patterns in Charleston and the Carolina Frontier, Rebecca E. Shepherd
Influence of Defects in Epitaxial Graphene Towards Material Growth and Device Performances, Shamaita Shithi Shetu
DIETARY INFLAMMATORY INDEX AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INFLAMMATION, METABOLIC BIOMARKERS AND MORTALITY, Nitin Shivappa
Surface Modification of Nanoplatelets in Polymer Nanocomposites, Shailesh K. Shori
Genetic Background Influences Behavior and Responses to Epigenetic Changes Induced by a Methyl-Donor Diet, Kimberly R. Shorter
Association of Serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against Periodontal Bacteria in Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk factors, Deepika Shrestha
TUNABLE GRAPHENE CHEM-FET AND GRAPHENE/SI HETEROJUNCTION CHEMI-DIODE SENSORS, Amol Kumar Singh
FROM CAPTURE TO CARE: ATTENTION, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND THE FUTURE OF COMPOSITION, Christian D. Smith
Culturally Relevant Teaching: A Case Study on Teaching Statistics in the High School Setting, LaShaune Natae Smith
How Much Do Groups Still Matter to Politics? An Examination of Group Influences on Public Opinion, Lauren E. Smith
Costume Design: More Than Imagination, Sean Anthony Smith
ENHANCING PERIPHERAL OPIOID ANALGESIA: DEVELOPMENT OF VIRAL VECTOR AND SMALL PEPTIDE THERAPIES, Sherika Smith
ROLE OF APELIN AND ENDOTHELIN SYSTEMS IN THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Terika Smith
GALAXIES IN ABSORPTION: A STUDY OF CHEMICAL AND KINEMATIC PROPERTIES OF SUB-DAMPED LYMAN-ALPHA QUASAR ABSORBERS, Debopam Som
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF IR-BASED BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS, You Jung Song
Lewd Legacies: The Challenges of Preserving Bermuda's Queen of the East Brothel, Megan Elizabeth Southern
VIRTUAL AND HYBRID MEETINGS: A THREE GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Carole B. Sox
Data-Driven School Administrator Behaviors and State Report Card Results, James Alan Spencer
Political Perfectionism and Aesthetic Experience, Michael R. Spicher
PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION BATTERY FOR PEDIATRIC SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Melita T. Stancil
Volumes, Matthew Brooks Stark
USING COMPARATIVE METAGENOMICS TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) AS SENTINELS FOR HUMAN RESPIRATORY HEALTH, Sarah H. Stellick Seepaulsingh
Project SHINE: A Family-Based Intervention for Improving Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Diet in African American Adolescents, Sara M. St. George
Understanding the Evolutionary History of Biochemical Innovation, Madeline Opal St. Julien
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ESRI STORY MAPS AS EFFECTIVE TEACHING TOOLS, Caitlin Strachan
Microbes as Proton Exchange Membranes in Microbial Fuel Cells, Andrew Timothy Stroud
Principal Longevity, Leadership Behaviors, and Student Academic Achievement, Jennifer McLeod Swearingen
Piezotransistive III-V Nitride Microcantilever Based Mems/Nems Sensor for Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Chemicals, Abdul Hafiz Ibne Talukdar
Identification of microRNA Biomarkers in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, Hossam Tashkandi
Antibiotic Usage in Relation to Resistant Bacterial Infections and Liver and Kidney Cancer Outcomes in South Carolina, Prea Thathiah
Risk and Resilience in an Urban School: How a Psychosocial Intervention Promotes the Educational Resilience of Latino Youth, Kip Van Thompson
Playing at History: Resurrection Man and Historiographic Game Design, Jessica Ethel Tompkins
Food Insecurity and Physical Activity among U.S. populations, Quyen G. To
FLOW DYNAMICS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM ESTUARINE TIDAL TO FLUVIAL REGIME IN THE SANTEE RIVER, SC, USA, Legna M. Torres-Garcia
EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL PHENOTYPIC VARIATION ON PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS OF XANTHID CRABS IN NORTH INLET ESTUARY, SOUTH CAROLINA, Benjamin J. Toscano
EXPLORING THE VALIDITY OF ESTABLISHED LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL STAGE MODELS OF SEXUAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITY MEN., Omar Ali Shabaaz Troutman
Discovery and Characterization of Multi-Target Directed Ligands as Inhibitors of Amyloid-β Aggregation and Regulators of Alzheimer's Disease, Jui-Heng Tseng
"Newest Born of Nations": Southern Thought on European Nationalisms and the Creation of the Confederacy, 1820-186, Ann L. Tucker
Before the Corridor of Shame: The African American Fight for Equal Education After Jim Crow, Luci Vaden
Does Growth in Childhood ADHD and Depression Symptoms Predict Binge-Eating During Adolescence, Kathryn Van Eck
Surface Functionalization of Inorganic Substrates with Polymeric Ligands Using Raft Polymerization, Anand Viswanath
Synthesis and Reactivity of HY Zeolite-Supported Rhodium Complexes, Artem D. Vityuk
Effects of Sight Singing Using Moveable-DO Solmization on the Transposition Performance of Undergraduate Group Piano Students, Michelle Irene Wachter
Ghosts of the Horseshoe: A Mobilization of a Critical Interactive, Richard Lee Walker
Pattern Extraction From Spatial Data - Statistical and Modeling Approches, Hu Wang
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER NANOMATERIALS USING CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, Lei Wang
Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Bivariate Interval-Censored Data, Naichen Wang