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Theses and Dissertations

An ETD is an electronic thesis or dissertation document. The document is similar to its paper predecessor, but differs in that ETDs may incorporate multimedia elements, enabling graduate students to more effectively and creatively present their research. ETDs consume virtually no library shelf space, never collect dust, and are available to anyone browsing the World Wide Web. Students were required to submit an electronic version of their paper beginning in September 2009.

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Seismic Response of Stiffening Elastic Systems, Andrew Scott Morgan

Relationship of Demographic Characteristics and BMI with Health Literacy in Pacific Islander Care-Giving Adults, Sharla E. Morgan

Who Participates in Ethnic Organizations: Immigrant Children in Los Angeles, Beatrice Uilani Tiptida Morlan

De-Centering the Dictator: Trujillo Narratives and Articulating Resistance in Angie Cruz's Let It Rain Coffee and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Kelsy Ann Mortensen

A Parametric Investigation of Pattern Separation Processes in the Medial Temporal Lobe, Sarah E. Motley

Elicited Imitation Testing as a Measure of Oral Language Proficiency at the Missionary Training Center, Sara E. Moulton

Indicators of Fertility Change in a Developing Nation: Examining the Impact of Motorcycles as a Distance Demolishing Technology on Fertility Change in Rural Indonesia, Jonathan A. Muir

Algorithmically Flexible Style Composition Through Multi-Objective Fitness Functions, Skyler James Murray

Force Optimization and Flow Field Characterization from a Flapping Wing Mechanism, Nathaniel Stephen Naegle

Diagonal Entry Restrictions in Minimum Rank Matrices, and the Inverse Inertia and Eigenvalue Problems for Graphs, Curtis G. Nelson

mTOR Pathway Activation Following Sciatic Stimulation in Wild-Type and Desmin Knockout Mice, Daniel S. Nelson

Frontier, Displacement, and Mobility in Joss Whedon's Firefly, Emma Leigh Boone Nelson

Functionalization of In-plane Photonic Microcantilever Arrays for Biosensing Applications, Stanley J. Ness

Characterizing the Role of HspB2 in Cardiac Metabolism and Muscle Structure Using Yeast and Mammalian Systems, Jonathan Paul Neubert

Microfluidic Devices with Integrated Sample Preparation for Improved Analysis of Protein Biomarkers, Pamela Nsang Nge

Weak Cayley Table Isomorphisms, Long Pham Bao Nguyen

School Integration and College Outcomes: Does Attending a Racially Diverse High School Positively Influence College Attendance and College Prestige?, Leila Jussara Nielsen

Three Dimensional Characterization of Vocal Fold Fluid Structure Interactions, Joseph R. Nielson

Approaching a Sociology of Aesthetics: Searching for Method in Georg Simmel's Rembrandt, Michelle Marie Nixon

Explicitly Teaching Multiple Modes of Representation in Science Discourse: The Impact on Middle School Science Student Learning, Ryan Nixon

Electric Field Sensing in a Railgun Using Slab Coupled Optical Fiber Sensors, Jonathan Robert Noren

Evaluating Climate Change Effects in Two Contrasting Reservoirs Using Two-Dimensional Water Quality and Hydrodynamic Models, Oliver Obregon

Resolving Disulfide Bond Patterns in SNAP25B Cysteine-Rich Region using LC Mass Spectrometry, Nozomi Ogawa

Automatic Content-Based Temporal Alignment of Image Sequences with Varying Spatio-Temporal Resolution, Samuel R. Ogden

An Applied Investigation of Gaussian Markov Random Fields, Jessica Lyn Olsen