Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Counting Number Fields by Discriminant, Harsh Mehta
Guided-Wave SHM and NDE of Composite Structures: Modeling and Experiments, Hanfei Mei
Assessing Social Media for Themes of Trisomy 18 and 13, Falecia Metcalf
Identifying and Characterizing Transgenic Lines That Drive Gene Expression in the Adult Fat Body of the Drosophila Melanogaster, Michael Edward Meyerink
Moving-Camera Video Content Analysis via Action Recognition and Homography Transformation, Yang Mi
Effect of Cannabinoid Treatment on Immune Cell Functions During Acute Lung Injury, Amira Kamil Mohammed
30 GHz Path Loss Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Noncoherent M-ary Frequency Shift Keying in the 30 GHz Band, Mohanad Razak Mohsen
Influences on Parents’ Food Shopping for Children’s Consumption in South Carolina, Nazratun Nayeem Monalisa
Thou Shalt Lie: Anticipatory Deflection Management, Victoria L. Money
Hecho en South Carolina: K-12 Latinx Educators Made in, and Remaking, El Sur Latinx, Timothy P. Monreal
Comprehensive School Reentry After a Disciplinary Alternative School Placement: A Phenomenological Study of Secondary School Counselors’ Perceptions and Experiences, Chanta Pressley Moore
Focal Dystonia Causes and Treatments: A Guide for Pianists, Juan Nicolás Morales Espitia
Concept to Rendering to Shop to Stage: A Process in Costumes, Molly A. Morgan
ADHD Symptoms and Alcohol Expectancies: The Moderating Roles of Parenting and School Climate, Melanie Morse
Narrative Language Among Mothers With the FMR1 Premutation and Mothers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sara Mousavi
The Development of Polymer Constructs for Adipose Tissue Engineering Applications, Kendall Murphy
Understanding the Intercultural Motivators That Encourage Adult Basic Education ESL Students to Pursue General Education Opportunities, Nelecia Renetha Murrell
Collegiate and Post-Undergraduate Experiences Among African American STEM Alumni at the University of South Carolina, Baindu Nallo
Celebrity Impact on Fashion Brand Choice Using Social Media, Jaclyn Newbert
Composing with Light and Color: Storytelling Through Art and Science, Allison A. Newcombe
African, Know Thyself: Hip-Hop Pedagogy, Epistemic Disobedience, and Youth Engagement in West Africa, Noella Binda Niati
Circulation Changes in the Arctic Ocean and Subarctic Seas and Their Connections to the Global Ocean and Climate, Rachel Elizabeth Nichols
Immigrant Belonging in Belgium: Laws, Localities, and Living Together, Samuel P. Nielson
Investigation of Oxidized Carbon Supported AU Catalysts Synthesized via Strong Electrostatic Adsorption of AU(en)2Cl3 for the Hydrochlorination of Acetylene to Vinyl Chloride Monomer, Sean Reginald Noble
The Impact of Financial Incentives on Urban-Rural Disparities in Dental Supply: Evidence From Thailand, Rakchanok Noochpoung
Cultivating Socially Just Concert Programming Perspectives through Preservice Music Teachers' Band Experiences: A Multiple Case Study, Christian Matthew Noon
Ready Coder One: Action Research Exploring the Effects of Collaborative Game Design-Based Learning on Gifted Fourth Graders' 21st Century Skills and Science Content Knowledge, Mary Kathleen O'Grady-Jones
Distance Related Graph Invariants in Triangulations and Quadrangulations of the Sphere, Trevor Vincent Olsen
Understanding the Influence of Changing Climate on Mycotoxin Contamination of Food and Indoor Fungi-Mediated Respiratory Illness, Mayomi Helen Omebeyinje
Lighting Design: An Assortment, Tyler Omundsen
Peer Intervention with Suicidal Disclosures on Social Media: Does the Bystander Effect Play a Role?, Carissa M. Orlando
The Clarinet Repertoire of Puerto Rico: An Annotated Bibliography of Compositions Written for the Clarinet During the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, María Ivelisse Ortiz-Laboy
Beneath the Dry Teeth of Mountains, Susan Doherty Osteen
Choline Supplementation and Dna Methylation in the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of Rats Exposed to Alcohol During Development, Nicha K. H. Otero
Development, Validation, and Application of a Novel Method to Separate and Quantify Silver Intracellular Uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mohammed A. Othman
Effectiveness and Experience of an Integrated Maternal Mental Healthcare Intervention in Private Clinics and Public Health Facilities in Pakistan, Syeda Somyyah Owais
Going Digital With Peer Review: Using Action Research to Explore the Effect of Digital Peer Review on Student Writing Composition and Student Attitude in a Rural Primary School, Kemberly Jean Owens
Synthetic Strategies for the Preparation of Novel Complex Actinide Oxides and Fluorides, Kristen A. Pace
Two Essays Examining Consumer Responses to Product and Service Failures, Sotires Pagiavlas
Three Essays on Optimization and Decision-Making Solutions in Grocery Retail Operations, Olga Pak
Helping College Mathematics Students Improve Their Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation Using MyMathLab, Allan C. Pangburn
Puruhá Fashion as Aesthetic Sovereignty: Identity Making and Indigenous Dress in Ecuador, Anaïs M. Parada
A Behavioral and Voltammetric Study of the Effects of Pb Exposure in Mice as a Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brenna Parke
Identifying the Unique Characteristics of First-Generation College Students Whose Parents Never Attended College, Reena Patel
Two Studies of Inclusive and Augmented Physical Education, Matthew Patey
Providing Predictable Performance during Network Contingencies, Phani Krishna Penumarthi
Becoming Independent Readers: A Toolbox of Close Reading Strategies for Young Minds, Kimberly Anne Petersen
Cosmic Metal Evolution During the First ∼1 Billion Years After the Big Bang Using Damped/Sub-Damped Lyman-Alpha Absorbers, Suraj Poudel
Time’s Up: How Opera Is Facing Its Own Me Too Reckoning, Craig Price
A Multi-Sensor Fusion-Based Underwater Slam System, Sharmin Rahman
The Literacies of Adolescents With International Experiences, Caitlin Hanzlick Rasmussen
Mechanistic Investigations of Isothiourea Catalyzed Silylations of Secondary Alcohols Using Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis, Brandon Kane Redden
Integrating Survivors of Stroke Into Cardiac Rehabilitation, Elizabeth Wherley Regan
Steady-State and Transient Study of Flow Boiling in Microchannels With Microgrooves/Micronozzles, Congcong Ren
Social Networks, the Local Food Environment, and Maternal Food Choice for Children Ages 1 to 5 Years Old in Rural Mexico, Ligia Ivette Reyes
The Utility of Whole Exome Sequencing in Patients With Intellectual Disability and Developmental Delay as a First-Tier Diagnostic Testing Strategy, Ellen Richardson
Helping Future Teachers Do History: The Effectiveness of the National Archives Docsteach Program on the Historical Thinking and Perception of History of Preservice Teachers, Jeremy Alan Rinder
Teaching Psychology in Secondary School: The Flipped Classroom Approach and the ARCS Motivational Model, Nicole Ritter
Gel Permeation Chromatography Purification and Surface Chemistry of Technologically Relevant Colloidal Quantum Dots, Adam Roberge
A Trumpet Player’s Performance Guide of Three Selected Works for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano, Justin Wayne Robinson
The Role of Chromatin Remodeling Protein and Transcriptional Repressor, Ing4, in Hematopoiesis Regulation, Melanie Rodriguez
Culture in the Classroom: A Study for Strategies for Bridging Classroom Divides, William Rolison
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions During Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Northern Indian Ocean, Heather Leigh Roman-Stork
Ego Sum, Victoria Romero
Math Workshop and Its Impact on Higher-level Thinking Skills, Elizabeth Ross
The Impact of a District Supported Mentoring Initiative on Reading Achievement of African American Male Students, Brooke Wray-Fisher Rowe
Lipoprotein Discordance: Associations With Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Response to Exercise, Jonathan Joseph Pulama Kupaianaha Ruiz-Ramie
Solid Materials Discovery for Thin Films, Oxide Catalysts, and Polymer Sealants, Benjamin Ruiz-Yi
Strain Components in Friction Stir Extrusion, Megan Ryan
Design of Bio-Inspired Multifrequency Acoustic Sensors and Metamaterial Energy Harvesting Smart Structures, Mohammadsadegh Saadatzi
Room Temperature Semiconductor Radiation Detectors Based on CdZnTe and CdZnTeSe, Mohsin Sajjad
Checkmate: Exploring Father-Son Communication Regarding Reproduction and Sexual Health in Males With Cystic Fibrosis, Dianna C. Sanderson
Strategies and Methods Used to Improve Engagement: Mixed Methods Action Research in an Online Computer Applications Course, Yvette Newton Sands
Multi-Scale Modeling for Transport Study Inside Porous Layers of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Using Direct Numerical Simulation, Pongsarun Satjaritanun
Antisaccade Performance as a Measure of Executive Dysfunction in Women With the FMR1 Premutation, Lyndsay Schmitt
Searching for Sputnik: Revealing Hidden Curriculum as Motivation for Teacher Growth, Jeffrey Allan Schneider
On Matters of Feedback: Supporting the Online Grading Feedback Process with Web-Based, Collaborative Comment Banks, Jennifer Schneider
Teacher Beliefs in Sex-Specific Neuromyths and Gender-Specific Instructional Strategies: Prevalence, Predictors, and Implications, Marriah Schwallier
Digital Distractions: Using Action Research to Explore Students’ Behaviors, Motivations, and Perceptions of Cyberslacking in a Suburban High School, Kristy Self Rykard
Optimal Pregnancy Outcomes and Subsequent Postnatal Development, Maria Sevoyan
Swept Away Before Learning to Swim: Social Studies Subject Area Literacy for High School Students, Aaron K. Shaw
New Approaches to Understanding Mjo Dynamics, Casey Shoup
Aging With HIV in the United States: Trends and Impact of Hospital Stays on Inpatient Resource Utilization, and Costs of Care, 2003-2015, Khairul Alam Siddiqi
Functional Motor Competence and Physical Military Readiness, Kyle Silvey
Finding Their Strengths, Dreams and Struggles: A Narrative Inquiry of High School Students Independent Reading Habits, Tori T. Simmons
Diameter of 3-Colorable Graphs and Some Remarks on the Midrange Crossing Constant, Inne Singgih
The Logic of Capital and the Possibility of Resistance in Chris Abani’s GraceLand, Caleb Smith
Volume Frequency Response Method for Determining Mass Transfer Mechanisms of O2 in Carbon Molecular Sieve 3K172, Olivia Smithson
Evaluation of Temporal Damage Progression in Concrete Structures Affected by ASR Using Data-driven Methods, Vafa Soltangharaei
The Use of Natural Anthraquinone Emodin as a Primary and Complementary Therapeutic in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer, Alexander-Jacques Theodore Sougiannis
Two Inquiries Related to the Digits of Prime Numbers, Jeremiah T. Southwick