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Dissertations from 2011 2011

ELECTROKINETIC TRANSPORT AND MANIPULATION OF PARTICLES IN CURVED MICROCHANNELS, Junjie Zhu

INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR: THE EFFECTS OF RELATIONALISM ON THE SELECTION OF INFORMATION SOURCES, Chris Zimmer

Dissertations from 2010 2010

A STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FOREST LANDOWNERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND ETHIC AND FOREST STEWARDSHIP, Keenan Adams

Inspiring Awe in the Outdoors: A Mechanistic and Functional Analysis, Joel Agate

Helping Families Play: Developing a Framework for Family Recreation Programming, Sarah Agate

DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE FOR STATES TRANSITIONING TO NEW SAFETY ANALYSIS TOOLS, Priyanka Alluri

The Effects of Participating in a Service-Learning Experience on the Development of Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning of Third Graders in an Urban Elementary School in Southeastern United States, Nancy Arrington

Maintaining the faith: Factors that promote a Muslim religious identity, Majdouline Aziz

THE ACCURACY OF OBSERVERS' ESTIMATES OF THE EFFECT OF GLARE ON NIGHTTIME VISION: DO WE EXAGGERATE THE DISABLING EFFECTS OF GLARE?, Stacy Balk

Self-Determination Theory and Therapeutic Recreation: The Relevance of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness to Participant Intrinsic Motivation, Gena Bell

A Meta-Analysis of Human Factors Analysis and Classification System Causal Factors: Establishing Benchmarking Standards and Human Error Latent Failure Pathway Associations in Various Domains, Katherine Berry

DESIGN OF ADVANCED ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR DOWNSTREAM CHROMATOGRAPHIC BIOSEPARATIONS, Bharatkumar Bhut

Essays in Contemporary Tax Law Changes, Arpita Biswas

Vehicle Steering Systems - Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator, Driving Preferences, and Vehicle Intervention, Jesse Black

Protocols for dynamic spectrum access in cognitive radio networks, Steven Boyd

Successional Vegetation in the Jocassee Gorges, South Carolina, Maxwell Boyle

Prediction of Liquid Crystalline Content and Molecular Structures Present in Carbonaceous Pitches, Ward Burgess

Investigation of subgrid-scale mixing and turbulence-chemistry interaction in turbulent partially premixed flames using experimental data, Jian Cai

EFFECTS OF IMPERVIOUSNESS ON FAMILY BIOTIC INDEX VALUES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HEADWATERS AND RESULTING EXTENSION EDUCATION, Jon Calabria

A SOLUTION-BASED APPROACH TO THE FABRICATION OF NOVEL CHALCOGENIDE GLASS MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, Nathan Carlie

Black and White and Read in Profile: The Silhouette as Race Manirhetoric in Flannery O'Connor and Kara Walker, Michelle dacus Carr

Improved Accuracy for Fluid Flow Problems Via Enhanced Physics, Michael Case

DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE ENGINEERED TEST SYSTEMS TO STUDY MAMMARY CELL INTERACTIONS IN VITRO, Cheryl Cass

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BOTANICAL PRODUCTS: COMPREHENSIVE SPECIATION BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY PARTICLE BEAM MASS SPECTROMETRY, Joaudimir Castro georgi

Isolating Petroleum Pitch Oligomers via Multistage Supercritical Extraction, Eduardo Cervo

Characterization of anti-proteolytic and anti-proliferative activities of pentagalloylglucose; its potential application as a therapeutic agent in vascular diseases, Chaitra Cheluvaraju

LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY OF {NANOCLAY-(SOL-GEL OXIDE)}N AND {NANOCLAY-(OXIDE NANOPARTICLE)}N MULTILAYERS: SYNTHESIS AND GROWTH MECHANISMS, Hao Chen

Assessment of Destination Brand Associations: An Application of Associative Network Theory and Network Analysis Methods, Xu Chen

Prioritizing Patients for Emergency Evacuation From a Healthcare Facility, Ashley Childers

SIMULATING AND ASSESSING THE SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE SPOT GROWTH ON MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS USING GIS-BASED MODEL AND 3-D LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION, Chiao-ying Chou

EXAMINING THE BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS AS VIRTUAL TOURISTS IN THE CONTEXT OF A SECOND LIFE DESTINATION, Dorinda Christian

NOVEL VASCULAR GRAFTS BASED ON POLYPHENOL-STABILIZED ACELLULAR TISSUE SCAFFOLDS, Ting-hsien Chuang

The Regulatory Roots of the 2007 Financial Crisis, Jane Coetsee

Essays in Public Economics, Ancuta Cojoc

Functional Communication Training to Increase Communication Skills for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Terri Collins

ARE DISTRACTED DRIVERS AWARE THAT THEY ARE DISTRACTED?: EXPLORING AWARENESS, SELF-REGULATION, AND PERFORMANCE IN DRIVERS PERFORMING SECONDARY TASKS, Matthew Crisler

Identification and Characterization of MicroRNAs in Porcine Gametes and Pre-Implantation Embryos, Erin Curry

Batch Testing, Adaptive Algorithms, and Heuristic Applications for Stable Marriage Problems, John Dabney

POLY (ACRYLONITRILE-CO-1-VINYLIMIDAZOLE): A NEW MELT PROCESSABLE CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR, Wenjin Deng

PSLR(1): Pseudo-Scannerless Minimal LR(1) for the Deterministic Parsing of Composite Languages, Joel Denny

SIMULATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-WIDE EVACUATION DECISIONS FOR MULTIPLE POPULATION GROUPS, Jun Duanmu

BIODEGRADATION AND BIOREMEDIATION OF HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE ISOMERS, CHLORINATED ETHENES, CHLORINATED BENZENES AND BENZENE, Vijaikrishnah Elango

Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with chilling requirement and bloom date in peach, Shenghua Fan

MOLECULAR PHYSICS OF ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS, Guang Feng

The Relationship Between Energy Balance Understanding and Measures of Wellness, Stephanie Fishel-brown

Robust Analysis of Electromagnetic Responses of Resonant Structures using Early-time and Low-Frequency Data, James Frye, jr.

CELL-MEDIATED ELASTIC MATRIX REGENERATION TOWARD REGRESSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS, Carmen Gacchina

SPIDROIN N-TERMINAL DOMAIN: A PH SENSOR IN THE SPIDER SILK ASSEMBLY PROCESS, William Gaines

DEVELOPMENT OF A NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HISPANIC WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA BASED ON NUTRITION AND COOKING CLASSES USING THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND THE SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY, Marta Gamboa acuna

CATALYSIS OF ETHANOL SYNTHESIS FROM SYNGAS, Jia Gao

College Football Players: The New Nontraditional Student, Michael Godfrey

SPATIAL PERCEPTION AND ROBOT OPERATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL SPATIAL ABILITY AND PERFORMANCE UNDER DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT AND TELEOPERATION, Joshua Gomer

Evaluation of Factors that Modulate Cellular Adipogenesis for Breast Tissue Engineering Strategies, Cheryl Gomillion

Effects of Peer-Mediated Vocabulary Intervention on Science Achievement of Seventh Grade Students With and Without Learning Disabilities, Julie Green

Event-driven Similarity and Classification of Scanpaths, Thomas Grindinger

ORDER PICKING AND STORAGE USING STACKABLE PALLETS IN A WAREHOUSE, Ahmed Hassan aly

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Silver Nanostructures, John Heckel

Rhiz|comics: The Structure, Sign, and Play of Image and Text, Jason Helms

ENERGY AND NUTRIENT RECOVERY FROM ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF ORGANIC WASTES, Christian-dominik Henrich

PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHONIC AND PHOSPHINIC ACID ELECTROLYTES FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS, Mahesha Herath

NOVEL π-CONJUGATED MATERIALS PLUS THEIR CHARACTERIZATIONS AND APPLICATIONS, Xiuxian He

Screen/Writing: Time & Cinematics in an Age of Rhetorical Memory, Joshua Hilst

Self-Assembly of Architecturally Complex Block Copolymers, Juan Hinestrosa

EFFECT OF IMPURITIES ON PERFORMANCE OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL COMPONENTS, Kitiya Hongsirikarn

Longitudinal Trend Analysis of Performance Indicators for South Carolina's Technical Colleges, Mohammad Hossain

THE GENETICS OF METAL UPTAKE IN CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS: CHARACTERIZATION OF REGULATORS AND IDENTIFICATION OF RECEPTORS, Leah Howell

Debugging Techniques for Locating Defects in Software Architectures, Kyungsoo Im

A Reasoning Framework for Dependability in Software Architectures, Tacksoo Im

A LYAPUNOV BASED APPROACH TO ENERGY MAXIMIZATION IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, Erhun Iyasere

CANDIDATE GENE STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Pamela Jackson

Source Optimization in Abstract Function Spaces for Maximizing Distinguishability: Applications to the Optical Tomography Inverse Problem, Bonnie Jacob

Modeling the Galactic 511 keV Positron Annihilation Emission, Production, and Propagation, Bethany Johns

Need-based Moderators of Relational and Resource Concerns and Their Relationship to Procedural Justice, Jonas Johnson

INTERNAL TRANSITIONS IN NUCLEI AND APPLICATIONS TO ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOCHEMISTRY, Joseph Johnson

A Framework for Virtual Device Driver Development and Virtual Device-Based Performance Modeling, Zachary Jones

OCCURRENCE AND FORMATION OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS IN INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS WATER, Amer Kanan

THE ROLE OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IN ENCOURAGING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES, Caren Kelley-hall

Modeling microbial and nutrient dynamics in zero-discharge aquaculture systems, Kendall Kirk

PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING EXPERIENCES VIEWED AS A CULTURAL ACTIVITY, Ronald Knorr

A study of the statistics of the air/water interfacial temperature field during mixed convection heat transfer, Jie Kou

Population Variability of Rotylenchulus reniformis in Cotton Agroecosystems, Megan Leach

RESISTANCE AND DNA REPAIR MECHANISMS UNDER NITROSATIVE STRESS IN MAMMALIAN AND MICROBIAL SYSTEMS, Hyun-wook Lee

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE QUALITY, TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC SATISFACTION, AND OVERALL SATISFACTION IN PREDICTING GOLFERS' REVISIT INTENTIONS, Joon choel Lee

UNCERTAINTY OF DIMENSIONAL MEASURMENTS OBTAINED FROM SELF-INITIALIZED INSTRUMENTS, Vincent Lee

CIRCUIT MODULES FOR BROADBAND CMOS SIX-PORT SYSTEMS, Chaojiang Li

Migration and Child Educational Production: Aggregated vs. Disaggregated Resource Modeling, Guo Li

Understanding the Biological and Environmental Implications of Nanomaterials, Sijie Lin

PULSED-LASER DIRECT WRITING OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, Yafu Lin

Sexual Minorities in the Workplace: An Examination of Individual Differences That Affect Responses to Workplace Heterosexism, Phillip Lipka

Evolutionary Strategies for Data Mining, Rose Lowe

Carnosine content and antioxidant activity from poultry co-products, protein meal and stressed poultry tissues, Paljinder Manhiani

The effects of a course on statistical literacy upon students' challenges to statistical claims made in the media, Rose Martinez-dawson

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL BASED BIPHASIC OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCT, Scott Maxson

COMPREHENSIVE THERMAL MODELING OF POWER SPLIT HYBRID POWER-TRAIN AND ELECTRONICS, Abdel Mayyas

Assortment Planning for Multiple Quality Levels Using Locational Choice, Mark Mcelreath

PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES OF SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, Kevin Mckenzie

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOOD, EMOTIONAL LABOR, EGO DEPLETION, AND CUSTOMER OUTCOMES OVER TIME, Eric Mckibben

DEPLOYED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD POLICY COMPLIANCE: AN INTRA-DEPARTMENT PRINCIPAL-AGENT PERSPECTIVE, Mark Mellott

INVESTIGATION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENZYMOLOGY OF ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE, Yu Meng

Sequencing and functional analysis of a multi-component dioxygenase from PAH-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505, Renuka Miller