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Dissertations from 2014 2014

Using Self-Concept Theory to Understand Event Volunteer Motivation, Satisfaction and Intent, Jarrett Bachman

Can Very Rapid Adaptation Arise Without Ancestral Variation? Insight from the Molecular Evolution of Herbicide Resistance in Genus Amaranthus, Kristin Elizabeth Beard

Investigation of Concurrent Energy Harvesting from Ambient Vibrations and Wind, Amin Bibo

Public School Credits for Devotional Courses in Religion: The Evangelical Reconceptualization of Released Time, Benjamin James Bindewald

Homomorphic Encryption and the Approximate GCD Problem, Nathanael Black

South Carolina Public High Schools: Leadership, Network Dynamics and Innovation, Brandon Blackwell

On Numerical Algorithms for Fluid Flow Regularization Models, Abigail Bowers

Battery Second Use: A Framework for Evaluating the Combination of Two Value Chains, Melissa Bowler

Effect of Silicone Finishes on the Burning Behavior of Polyester, Julien Boyon

Optically Active and Stimuli-Responsive Macromolecules: Photophysics, Morphology and Sensor Applications, Ashley A. Buelt

Building Chemistry One Atom at a Time: An Investigation of the Effects of Two Curricula in Students' Understanding of Covalent Bonding and Atomic Size, Barbara Bull

A Comparison of the Source, Media Format, and Sentiment in Generating Source Credibility, Information Credibility, Corporate Brand Reputation, Purchase Intention, and Social Media Engagement in a Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Presented Via Social Media, Kristie Byrum

Convergence of a Reinforcement Learning Algorithm in Continuous Domains, Stephen Carden

Comparison of the Design-Bid-Build and Construction Manager at Risk Project Delivery Methods Utilized for the Construction of Public Schools, Noel Carpenter

High-Productivity Membrane Adsorbers: Polymer Surface-Modification Studies for Ion-Exchange and Affinity Bioseparations, Heather Chenette

Towards Efficient File Sharing and Packet Routing in Mobile Opportunistic Networks, Kang Chen

Investigating the Effects of Biochemical and Biophysical Signals on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation, Ruikai Chen

Development and Application of a Nostalgia Scale for Sport Tourism: A Multilevel Approach, Heetae Cho

Cardiovascular Tissue Engineered Constructs for Patients With Diabetes, James Chow

Steps Toward a Net-Zero Campus with Renewable Energy Resources, Andrew Clarke

Processes Utilized by High School Students Reading Scientific Text, Alicia Clinger

The Contagion of Sharing: Rhetorics of Community in an Age of Digital Media, Jared Colton

Reading Graphically: Examining the Effects of Graphic Novels on the Reading Comprehension of High School Students, Michael Cook

Stem Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Education Pathway in Georgia: Perceptions of Georgia Engineering and Technology Education High School Teachers and CTAE Administrators as Measured by the Characteristics of Engineering and Technology Education Survey, Mark VanBuren Crenshaw

Range Limits, Range Shifts, and Lower Thermal Tolerance in the Tropical Barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma, Samuel Crickenberger

Ecological, Physiological, and Molecular Characterization of Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua L.) Herbicide Resistance and Its Control on Golf Courses, Robert Cross

Examining the Effects of School-Level Variables on Elementary School Students' Academic Achievement: the Use of Structural Equation Modeling, Matthew Robert Della Sala

Minimizing Bridge and Pavement Deterioration from Large Trucks: A Policy Analysis for Damage Recovery, Kakan Dey

New Synthetic Methodologies for Chemo-, Stereo-, and Regioselective 1,4-Conjugate Additions of Organometallic Reagents to Michael and Extended Michael Substrates and Alkene Halofunctionalization Reactions, Ramesh Dhakal

Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems Using Self-Stabilization, Yihua Ding

Essays in International Economics, EYUP DOGAN

Hybrid Spaces: Users' Perceptions of Digitally Mediated Public Space, Melanie Duffey

Majorana Fermions in Chiral Topological Superconductors, Eugen Florin Dumitrescu

Effects of Transportation Hazards on Package Performance and Food Product Shelf Life, Kyle Dunno

Experimental Evidence for Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Plutonium, Hilary Emerson

GEORGIA'S WATER POLICYMAKING PROCESS AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A WATER PLANNING PROCESS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, Anna Eskridge

Toward Understanding the Thermodynamics and Mechanisms of Actinide Sorption Reactions, Shanna Estes

THE CONTEXT OF SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION OF GENDERED NORMS IN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE RECREATION: THE CASE OF PROFESSIONAL FEMALE ADVENTURE ATHLETES, Katherine Evans

Understanding Facilitation: A Study of Knowledge, Skills and Behaviors in Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation, Leasa Evinger

Chiasmic Rhetoric: Alan Turing Between Bodies and Words, Patricia Fancher

Perceived Health Status, Health Values and Health Goals as Influences on Individual Pursuit of DTC Genome Testing: Implications for Healthcare of Ill & Healthy, Carolyn Marie Dachs Farrell

Serious Toys: Teaching Computer Science Concepts to Pre-Collegiate Students, Yvon Feaster

THE AVIAN THROMBOCYTE IS A SPECIALIZED IMMUNE CELL, Farzana Ferdous

Autonomous Control and Automotive Simulator Based Driver Training Methodologies for Vehicle Run-Off-Road and Recovery Events, Paul Freeman

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSCALE POLYMER FILMS GRAFTED TO METAL SURFACES, Yuriy Galabura

Fourth Moment Approximation of Instrinsic Mode Lifetimes in Solids, Yang Gao

Translating Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorders to Action Through Tool Development and Exploration, Rebecca A. Garcia

A Biophysical Understanding of the Applications and Implications of Nanomaterials, Nicholas Geitner

Allosteric Regulation of Bacterial and Fungal Xylulose 5-phosphate/ Fructose 6-phosphate Phosphoketolases (Xfps), Katie Glenn

Understanding Female Engineering Enrollment: Explaining Choice with Critical Engineering Agency, Allison F. Godwin

Grobner Bases: Degree Bounds and Generic Ideals, Juliane Golubinski Capaverde

ROBUST DESIGN OF SHIELD TUNNELS ‒ CONSIDERING THE LONGITUDINAL VARIATION OF INPUT PARAMETERS, Wenping Gong

Heterotrophic Culture of Microalgae Using Biodiesel Derived Glycerol, Karthik Gopalakrishnan

Building Envelope Failure Assessment of Residential Developments Subjected to Hurricane Wind Hazards, James Grayson

A verification of steady state discontinuous solutions using the method of manufactured solutions for finite volume computational fluid dynamic codes, Benjamin Grier

Composite Films with Magnetic Nanorods: Fundamentals, Processing and Applications, Yu Gu

Understanding Public Perceptions About Beach Nesting Shorebirds And Habitat Management On Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Marla Hamilton

Essays on the Political Geography of The United States of America, Wesley Harris

Synthesis, Design, and Environmental Fate of Metallic Nanoparticles, Ashley E. Hart

Socioeconomic Indicators of Family Forest Owner Use Of Federal Income Tax Provisions, John Hatcher

Isolated and Ephemeral Wetlands of Southern Appalachia: Biotic Communities and Environmental Drivers Across Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales, Joanna Hawley

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF VEHICLE HANDLING DYNAMICS, Mandar Hazare

MONTE CARLO MODELING BASED PATIENT DOSE OPTIMIZATION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, Wenjun He

Novel Light Emissive Yttrium-Based Nanoparticles and Composites, Laura Hill

BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF THE BED BUG CIMEX LECTULARIUS L., Kevin Hinson

UNUSUALLY LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN THE ARGYRODITE Ag8GeTe6 ATTRIBUTED TO STRONG ANHARMONICITY, Dale Hitchcock

Spatial distribution and genetic variability of reniform and lance nematodes in cotton agroecosystems, Claudia Holguin

Elastically Mismatched Interfaces as Related to Glass-to-Metal Seals, William Horton

ESTIMATING FIELD AT-REST LATERAL STRESS COEFFICIENT AND LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE OF AGED SANDS, MD Hossian

Optical Forces in Nanophotonic Structures, Chenguang Huang

EFFECTS OF TEACHER TRAINING ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES, Sloan Smith Huckabee

The Development and Characterization of Tannic Acid Cross-linked Collagen Scaffolds for the Prevention of Breast Cancer Recurrence in Lumpectomy Patients, Beau Inskeep

Pretreatment Development of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks for the Production of Bioproducts, Arpan Jain

An Approximation Algorithm for the Stable Marriagae Problem with Ties and Incomplete Lists, Rommel Jalasutram

The Emotional Impact of Teaching in a High Poverty School on First-Year, Early Childhood Teachers in Rural South Carolina: A Photo Elicitation Study, Kimberly Jedlicka

Nonequilibrium transport of ionic liquids in electrified nanosystems, Xikai Jiang

Workability-Integrated Mixture Proportioning Method for Pervious Concrete, Betiglu Eshete Jimma

Involutive Translation Surfaces and Panov Planes, Charles Johnson

Representative Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, Pesticides, and Metals in South Carolina Streams: A Catchment Based Approach to Identify Potential Sources, Impacts and Fate, Alan Jones

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SCALABLE TWO-DIMENSIONAL HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR AROMATIC SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHYTOCHEMICALS FROM OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS, Gregory Jones

Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of Glass and its effect on Predictions of Stress State, Birefringence and Fracture in Precision Glass Molded Lenses, Dhananjay Joshi

Integrating Visual Mnemonics and Input Feedback with Passphrases to Improve the Usability and Security of Digital Authentication, Kevin Juang

EVALUATION OF A MYCORRHIZAL-LIKE FUNGUS, PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA, ON FLORICULTURE CROPS, Allison Justice

PASSIVATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES WITH HEAD GROUP MODIFIED PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PROTEINS, Prakash Kandel

Evaluation of the functional capabilities of fins and limbs for moving on land: insights into the invasion of land by tetrapods, Sandy Kawano

Level stripping of genus 2 Siegel modular forms, Rodney Keaton

Thermally Responsive Polymer Electrolytes for Inherently Safe Electrochemical Energy Storage, Jesse Kelly

Demonstrating Reflection: A Content Analysis of Reflection that English Teacher Candidates Demonstrate in Writing, William Kerns

Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for Flexible and Transparent Electronics, Do Yeob Kim

The Influences of Engineering Student Motivation on Short-Term Tasks and Long-Term Goals, Adam N. Kirn

Understanding and Improving Pedagogical Aspects of a General Education EPortfolio, Nathan D. Klein

Functional Characterization of ZBTB20 and the Role of ZBTB20-Dependent Transcription Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disability, Richa Koul

CNT Welding Through Ar Bombardment Using Airebo Potential and Optimization of an Extensionded Aireo Potential for F Atom to Simulate Hydrofluorocarbons, Mustafa Kucukkal

Rebuilding Social Organization in Low-income Neighborhoods: The Influence of Habitat for Humanity, John Lattimore

Contributions of the Human SSB Complex and MEI5-SWI5 Complex to Homologous Recombination, LeAnna L. Ledford

Applied Statistics in Environmental Monitoring: Case Studies and Analysis for the Michigan Bald Eagle Biosentinel Program, Katherine Leith

MECHANISMS AND REVERSAL OF ELASTIN SPECIFIC MEDIAL ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION, Yang Lei

ELECTROSTATIC AND ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT ANALYSIS OF NANOMATERIALS AND NUMERICAL METHODS DEVELOPMENT, Hua Li

Projections of Future US Design Wind Speeds Due to Climate Change for Estimating Hurricane Losses, Fangqian Liu

INVESTIGATION OF SUBGRID-SCALE MIXING IN TURBULENT PLANE JETS AND TURBULENT JET FLAMES, Shuaishuai Liu