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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Sensitivity of the CUPID Experiment to Bragg-Primakoff Conversion of Solar Axions and ALPs, Kevin P. Wilson

Meditations On Modern America: The Ambiguous Worldview of Transcendental Meditation, 1967-1979, Grant William Wong

Electric Freight Transportation System Planning and Truck Operation Optimizations, Xuanke Wu

Speckle Development and Application in UAV-Based Digital Image Correlation for Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring And Assessment, Taylor Wyatt

Prevalence, Disparities, and Health Outcomes in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Xiaomo Xiong

Learning Analytics Through Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, Bokai Yang

Rational Design of Complex Oxides by Understanding Structure-Property Relationships for Energy Applications, Gene Yang

Measuring School Bullying Experiences Among Chinese Middle School Students: The Structural and Predictive Validity of Bullyharm-China, Jingyi Yang

Machine-Learning Classification to Predict the Dimensionality of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites, Yatiwelle Koralalage Samuditha Sandaru Yatiwella

Southeastern Conference (SEC) International Student-Athlete (ISA) Career Transitions - A Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Perspective, Tsu-Lin Yeh

Patient Experiences and Disparities in Telehealth HIV Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Study Results From the Southern United States, Valerie Yelverton

The Effect of Model Size on the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA): The Nonnormal Case, Yunhang Yin

The Impact of Interactivity on Information Processing for Virtual Tourist Destinations, Hongxiao Yu

Volume Change Measurements of Cancer Cells in a Microfluidics Platform, Yukuan Yu

Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation Of CDC42, RHOA Molecular Mediators of Axonal Transport and Local Translation of and Calreticulin mRNAs and Their Implications for Axon Growth and Regeneration, Matthew Davis Zdradzinski

Sparse Partitioned Empirical Bayes ECM Algorithms for High-Dimensional Linear Mixed Effects and Heteroscedastic Regression, Anja Zgodic

Decoding Trustworthiness and Helpfulness of Online Reviews In Hospitality: A Reader-Centric Perspective, Xiaonan Zhang

Robustness of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis and Applications, Xin Zhang

Bayesian Fixed and Random Effects Selection with Correlated Predictors and Various Types of Outcomes, Yanan Zhang

Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer, Longgang Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

MIMO Antenna Systems for Wireless Handheld Devices, Ahmed H. Abdelgawwad

Elucidating the Interdependence of Motor-Cognitive Development and Performance, Thomas Cade Abrams

Search for Triple-Proton Decay Using Machine Learning With CUORE, Douglas Adams

Methyltransferase Mystery: Epigenetic Mechanisms Induced by Food Limitation in Daphnia Pule, Trenton C. Agrelius

Predicting Therapists’ Intentions to Use an Innovation: The Role of Innovation-Specific, Individual, and Organizational Factors, Jonathan Kuʻuhoaepilipono Ahuna

Applications of Laser Liftoff Technique for Wide Bandgap Power and Flexible Electronics, Md Didarul Alam

Food Insecurity Resilience of Refugee Families in the United States: A Qualitative Study, Maryam Suliman Alhabas

Molecular and Morphological Investigations of Grouper (Serranidae) Biodiversity in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Saeed Al Jazza Alqahtani

Comparative Assessment of the Fate and Toxicity Of Chemically and Biologically Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Toward Juvenile Clams, Mercenaria Mercenaria, Amar Yasser Al-Rshim

“The Time Has Not Been Wasted”: The Accounting Diaries of Marian Evans and Louisa May Alcott, Ashley A. Alvarado

Association of Prior Periodontal Disease With Cancer – Exploring Epidemiologic Evidence of Periodontal Exudate-Exposed Site Cancer Risk Versus Remote Gastrointestinal Sites, Asma Alzahrani

Implementing a Technology-Based Instructional Module in An Introduction to Engineering Course: The Impact on Student’s Vocabulary Retention and Attitudes Towards Learning, Robin T. Amick

"You Will Be Evaluated According to the Following": Language, Race, and International Students at a U.S. Predominantly White Institution, Anusha Anand

Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database – Thermochemical Development and Thermodynamic Assessment of Various Molten Salt Systems, Johnathon Chandler Ard

Non-intrusive Microwave Surface Wave Technique For Cable Damage and Aging Detection, Ahmed Shah Arman

Social Music Interactions and Vocal Music Improvisations in a Serve and Return Music Community, Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

“That Was Denied Thee on Earth”: An Intersectional Bioarchaeology of Institutionalized Euro-American Women Throughout 19^th and 20^th-Century America, Madeline Maria Atwell

Effectively Integrating Technology to Engage Students and Meet Learning Objectives in Language Arts Classrooms, Jessica L. Austin

Mechanistic Understanding of Catalytic Processes for Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Pooja J. Ayare

Crystal Growth of Inorganic Halides and Oxide-Halides for Scintillation Applications and Radiation Detection, Gyanendra B. Ayer

The Use of Social Justice Socioscientific Issues in Secondary Biology Classes: An Action Research, Stephanie Marilyn Bailey

Comfort Food for the Ears: Exploring Nostalgic Trends in Popular Music of the Twenty-First Century, April K. Balay

Interrogating Rosa Montero’s Transition to Consensus: The Literary Interview as Lieu de Mémoire, Adrienne D. Banko

Growing up Water, Dominique Barbee

Molecular Architecture of Cardiometabolic Responses to Regular Exercise, Jacob L. Barber

The Presbyterian Exception? The Illegal Education of Enslaved Blacks by South Carolina Presbyterian Churches, 1834-1865, Margaret Bates

The Effect of Explicit Vocabulary Instruction on Elementary Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension: An Action Research Study, Tonia Bauer

Sustainable Polymers: Upcycling Poly(vinyl chloride) and Mimicking Low Density Polyethylene, Ian Baxter

Afro-Diasporic Literatures of the United States and Brazil: Imaginaries, Counter-Narratives, and Black Feminism in the Americas, David E. S. Beek

Methodological Mutability: Shifting Research in the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, John Schuler Benson III

Longitudinal Relation of Dietary Quality and Hemoglobin A1C in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes, Hope Bercaw

Homestead Vegetable and Poultry Production and Related Practices: An Assessment in Nepal, Shiva Bhandari

A Holistic Approach to Culturally Relevant Education In Biology to Examine Student Engagement, Robyn Brooke Biery

A Descriptive Mixed-Methods Study Examining Teachers’ Needs and Preferences for Technology Integration Professional Development, Amber Birden

Pulse Width Modulation-Based Voltage Balancing and Circulating Current Control for Modular Multilevel Converters, Md Multan Biswas

Evaluation of the Perceived Benefit of a Psychiatric Resource for Parents of Children With 22Q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, Kayla Blankenship

That Strange Darkness, Matthew Boedy

The Optimization of Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers by Varying Catalyst Design and Changing Gas Inlet Composition, Jasmine D. Bohannon

The Effects of the Online Remediation of Phonological Processing Deficits on Functional Reading Abilities in Students With Dyslexia, Fletcher Bowden

“Why Do I Have to Learn This Anyway?”: A Qualitative Investigative Action Research Study Into the Tension Between the Rural, Working-Class Masculine Student and the Formal Educative Structure, Joshua Matthew Bowers

The Relation Between ADHD Symptoms and Alcohol and Marijuana Use Outcomes Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance, William Joshua Bradley

White Blindness: An Investigation Into Teacher Whiteness and Racial Ignorance, Mary Katharine Brasche

Unearthing an Emerging Neglected Bacterial Disease: Evidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in El Salvador, Kyndall Christian Braumuller

Poetic Self-Representation Among Russian and British Female Poets in the Late 18^th and Early 19^th Centuries, Ulyana Brewer

Using Multimedia Vocabulary Games to Improve Newcomer ESOL Students Motivation and Vocabulary Acquisition, Elizabeth E. Brittingham

Incremental, Spaced Repetition and StudyMate Flashcards: The Impact on College Student Memorization of Measurement Conversion Standards, Patricia A. Bromer

Pyridyl Bis-Urea Macrocycles as Supramolecular Synthons And the Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals Targeting LY6K, Devan D. Buchanan

Relationships Among Sleep, Physical Activity, and Weight Status in Children and Adolescents, Agnes Bucko

Self Reported Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women Veterans, Seth Byland

Role of Epigenome in Regulation of Inflammation By AHR Ligands 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin and 6-Formylindolo[3,2-B] Carbazole, Alkeiver Cannon

At-Risk Students’ Perception of the Effectiveness of Alternative Schools, Tara D. Cunningham Cantey

Roy Acuff, Democratic Candidate, Henry Luther Capps III

Materials Discovery by Flux Crystal Growth: Synthesis, Structure Determination, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of Complex Oxides, Oxychlorides, and Oxyfluorides, Darren Andrew Carone

Influencing the School Leadership Pipeline: The Attributes and Readiness of Principals to Mentor Their Assistant Principals, Megan C. Carrero

Discovery and Mechanistic Study of Novel PBD-Targeted Inhibitors of PLK1 for Prostate Cancer Treatment, Danda Pani Chapagai

The Comparative Neuroethology of Distributed Visual Systems: Visual Neuroanatomy and Visually-Mediated Behaviors of the Chiton Acanthopleura Granulata and the Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Daniel Ritter Chappell

High-Throughput Computation of Interfacial Thermal Management of Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors, Hao-Wen Chen

On the Influence of Afp-Induced Defects on Mechanical Behavior of Composite Laminates Under Fatigue Loading, Pierre Chevalier

“Zoom Degrees”: A Reflection on Education and Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic of the 2020s, Campbell Childers

A Performance Guide to “Four Piano Pieces, Opus 1” By Evgeny Kissin, Andrew Choi

The Effect of Emotional Intensity, Arousal, and Valence On Online Video Ad Sharing, Chang Won Choi

Innovative Data-Driven Demand Estimation Strategies in Revenue Management, Sanghoon Cho

Race, Racial Matching, and Cultural Understanding as Predictors of Treatment Engagement in Youth Mental Health Services, Wendy Chu

Sports Nutrition- and Strength and Conditioning-based Interventions to Bolster Health and Human Performance in Male and Female Tactical Personnel, Harry Paul Cintineo

Functional Facets of Intergenic Hairpin Structures in Genus Caulobacter, Geetha Saarunya Clarke

Qualitative Action Research Into the Planning Between the Classroom Teacher and Reading Interventionist, Russell Derrial Clark

Reconceptualizing Informal Learning in an Online Learning Environment, Silvia Clark

An Evaluation of the Impact of Academic Policies and Athletic Procedures for Student Athletes, Seanta Cleveland

Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Removal/Transformation of Emerging Contaminants for Safer Potable Wastewater Reuse, Kristin Cochran

Supervisory Allyship for University Custodial Staff, Daniel Colascione

Faculty Perspectives on Assessment and Placement: A Mixed Methods Study of the Social Validity of Placement Tests, Multiple Measures Placement, and Guided Self-Placement, Dawn R. Coleman

An Evaluation of a School Mental Health Program for Underserved Youth in Rural South Carolina, Tristan Collier

Too Feminine for Execution?: Gender Stereotypes and the Media’s Portrayal of Women Sentenced to Death, Kelsey M. Collins

The Development of a Monolithic Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Extreme Environments, Arelis Michelle Colόn

Where Are the Girls? Exploring Influences on Female Eighth Grade Public School Students’ Choices of Technology Classes in Texas: A Mixed Method Action Research Study, Shasta Colon

Nondestructive Material Characterization Using a Fully Noncontact Ultrasonic Lamb Wave System for Thin Metals, Nuclear Cladding, and Composite Materials, Elsa Z. Compton

Literature as a Monument: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Reflecting the Morality of a Nation, Shalane Parcenue Conrads

“When You Out in Open Spaces”: Copula Absence in Afro-Texan English and the Origins and Development Debate, Brandon Davis Cooper

Exploring the Impact of Social Emotional Learning to Support Motivation and Self-Efficacy in Text-Dependent Analysis Writing, Elizabeth N. Crocker

Mining for Progress: Copper, Conflict, and Corporate Social Responsibility, Fritz Culp