Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Rosa: Interactive Active Graphic Narrative as a Tool for Teaching about Human Trafficking, Jennifer Jackson
KNN Optimization for Multi-Dimensional Data, Arialdis Japa
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSITION PLANNING THAT SUPPORT THEIR PURSUIT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, Nancy Johal Singh
A Woman Surrounded: Exploring the Reintegration of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors in Nigeria, nicole junker
Teaching the Sun as Simile: Bringing Nature into Language Arts Middle School Classrooms, Stormy Kage
Recovering Grace: How One Man's Religious Movement Turned into a Homeschool Cult, Kathryn Knight Harper
Document Layout Analysis and Recognition Systems, Sai Kosaraju
DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIOTEMPORAL CONGESTION PATTERN OBSERVATION MODEL USING HISTORICAL AND NEAR REAL TIME DATA, Betty Kretlow
An Architecture for Blockchain-based Collaborative Signature-based Intrusion Detection System, Daniel Laufenberg
Finding a Viable Neural Network Architecture for Use with Upper Limb Prosthetics, Maxwell Lavin
Thinking outside the Toolbox: A Teaching Resource for Vocational Writing, Dustin Ledford
Deep Embedding Kernel, Linh Le
Welcome Guide: Onboarding Guidebook for Hannah Michelle Photography, Hannah Lozano
Without Them, Maryann Lozano
The Informed Human Firewall: The Impact of Knowledge Dimensions on Employees' Secure Behavior, Ashraf Mady
Simultaneous Delivery of CRISPR/Cas Complexes and Donor DNA Using Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Adaptors, Maria Mugure Mbugua
Dee: A Feature Length Drama, Laura Angelyn McCarter
The Developmental and Behavioral Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on a Spastic Mutant, Victoria Mendiola
EXPLORING FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF NURSE FATIGUE IN NURSES WHO WORK ON-CALL SHIFTS, Erin MItchell
THE EFFECTS OF SUCCESSOR CEO’S ORIGIN ON AUDITORS’ CLIENT RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUANCE DECISIONS FOLLOWING A CORPORATE SCANDAL, Nelson Mlotshwa
MAKING GOOD DECISIONS: AN ATTRIBUTION MODEL OF DECISION QUALITY IN DECISION TASKS, Bethany Niese
Characterization of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Serine-600 Phosphorylation, Kevin Patel
Ballot Readability and Plain Language, Roger Poole
Health and social disparities influence opioid misuse among adult females living in rural areas, Tequila Porter
Protest Movements of the 1960s - 1970s in Latin America and the United States, jean potter
Exploring My Unique Literacy Experiences as a Ukrainian American Emerging Scholar through Autoethnography, Diana Prokopiev
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, PERCEIVED STRESS AND COPING MECHANISMS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENT, Marissa Rebello
The Talus, Carol Roddenberry
Taxonomy and the History of Science: A Critical Analysis of Four Historic Publications, Christopher M. Rogers
The Divine Double Voice: How Female Christian Rhetors Found Rhetorical Agency through the Voice of God, Cara Ryfun
K-12 Community of Inquiry: A Case Study of K-12 Online Social Studies Teacher Practice in a Virtual School, Kyle Sanders
Does Aid Really Help? The Nexus Between Development Aid and State-Society Resilience in Fragile Situations, Cyrel San Gabriel
UNDERSTANDING HOW MAP KINASES INFLUENCE ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY, Xzaviar Solone
Millennial Perceptions of Leadership as an Influential Factor in Nursing Retention: A Phenomenological Study, M'Lyn Spinks
LUNG PATTERN CLASSIFICATION VIA DCNN, Zhuoqi Sun
Less-Than-Lethal Self Defense Device with an Acoustic Element, Anthony Taibi
Mezze A Collection of Short Stories, Leata Thomas
Mezze: A Short Story Collection-in-Progress, Leata Thomas
Texture-based Deep Neural Network for Histopathology Cancer Whole Slide Image (WSI) Classification, NELSON Zange TSAKU
NOVEL ETHYLENE-BRIDGED HEXADENTATE BIS(AMIDINES), BIS(AMIDINATES), AND MULTINUCLEAR COINAGE METAL BIS(AMIDINE) COMPLEXES, Omar Ugarte Trejo
Ordinal HyperPlane Loss, Bob Vanderheyden
DESIGNING VISUALLY INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODULES TO PROMOTE STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING IN MATHEMATICS, Linda Vu and Ying Xie
Post-Conflict Justice and Legal Traditions: A New Conceptual Framework, Maureen E. Wilson
Entrepreneur-Venture Fit and Burnout: Moderating Effects of Entrepreneurial Passion, David Witt