Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Creative Voice--Dialogue Between Writer and Editor: A Portfolio, Valerie M. Mathews
Students’ Experience of Flow in a Critical Literacy Unit in a 6th Grade English/Language Arts Classroom, Barbara E. McClure
Synthesis of α, β-Substituted Alkenylphosphonates from α-Phosphonovinyl Triflates: I) Palladium Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling with Aryl Boronic Acids II) Palladium Catalyzed Reduction, Ronald laryea Mensah
Transcriptional Regulation of kal-1 in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, Zachery E. Mielko
The Impact of Parental Involvement on Student Success: School and Family Partnership From the Perspective of Parents and Teachers, Audric Newchurch
Sustaining Independence: an architectural proposal for fostered youth, karlla oliveira
CLASSIFICATION OF IMAGES BASED ON PIXELS THAT REPRESENT A SMALL PART OF THE SCENE. A CASE APPLIED TO MICROANEURYSMS IN FUNDUS RETINA IMAGES, Pablo F. Ordonez and Pablo F. Ordonez
The Effects of Instructional Leadership on Teacher Efficacy, Michelle L. Pearce
Doorway to the Deep: Memoirs of Enduring Endometriosis and Embracing Life After Loss, Carma Peña
CODA - Determining the sounding chamber, Michael Phaff
Salesperson Perceptions - An Examination of Sales Manager Leadership and Salesperson Engagement, Marleen Pope
Patient Zero, Crystal Ramos
Supporting Novice Teachers: Peer Coaching and Collaborative Inquiry as Support, Rotonya Rhodes
Have We Overlooked the Benefits of NAS, James C. Rich
Population Genetics and Host Specificity of a Rare Parasitic Plant, Cuscuta harperi, Brandy N. Rogers
The "Wizards" Guide and Chapters, Jessica D. Sager Ms.
Evidence of Language Prerequisites in Pan: Orofacial-Motor and Breath Control in Chimpanzees and Bonobos, Natalie Schwob
The Collective Object: Realizing Collective Space in an Era of Bigness, Laura M. Sherman
Crowdsourcing Cognitive Presence: A Quantitative Content Analysis of a K12 Educator MOOC Discussion Forum, Kathryn Dawson Shields
The Adaptive Value of Complex Socio-Communicative Behavior, Sara A. Skiba
Bachelorette Sanctuary, Amanda Smith
Nociception and the Experience of Pain Signaling Due to Nerve Damage, Crystal J. Smith
General Counsel Characteristics and Financial Reporting Quality, John R. Sparger
Conceptualizing and Measuring Design of Retail Environments, Julie C. Steen
FEES, GOING CONCERN OPINIONS AND AUDITOR DISMISSALS: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT, Frances Ann Stott
Creating Effective Style Documents: A Practicum in Trade Publication, Kristen Tardio
A Case Study: Leadership for Parent Involvement, Polly Tennies
Implementation of Range Autofocus for SAR Radar Imaging, Nicholas J. Testin and Philip Davis
Supporting Equine-Assisted Therapy: A Grant Proposal Writing Project for Healing Hands Youth Ranch, Nancy Tompkins
Jeep Nation: Wilderness Ideology and the American Icon, Kristy Ventre
Between the Rural and Suburban: The Social, Political, and Economic Dynamics of Policing Forsyth County, GA, Alexandra Vuich
Revolutionary Every Day: A Dramatic Exploration of Women and Their Agency in The Black Panther Party., Kristen Michelle Walker
Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying, Betsy N. Ward and Elizabeth Nora Ward
Optimizing the B.O.B., Valerie N. Washington and Douglas Starzec
Perceptions of Justice and Motivations for Becoming a Police Officer: Differences Across Recruits and Law Enforcement Officers, Erika J. Waterman-Smith
From Simplest Recursion to the Recursion of Generalizations of Cross Polytope Numbers, Yutong Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Paradox of Social Media Security: A Study of IT Students’ Perceptions versus Behavior on Using Facebook, Zahra Y. Alqubaiti
Internet of Things-Based Smart Classroom Environment, Amir R. Atabekov
Enterprise Risk Management: The Transformation of Board-level Engagement as Evidenced by Disclosure, Timothy L. Baker
Induced Phytoextraction of Lead from Contaminated Soils by Panicum virgatum, Enhanced with EDTA, Citric Acid, Benomyl, Propiconazole and Nitric Oxide, Adrianna E. Beavers
Paradiplomacy and Protodiplomacy in World Practice: A Comparative Case Study of Conflict and International Development in Quebec, Catalonia and Kurdistan, Haluk Baran Bingol
SWAMP BANDIT: The Legend of John Ashley and Florida's Notorious Ashley Gang, Constance M. B. Briggs
A Framework for Hybrid Intrusion Detection Systems, Robert N. Bronte
A New 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole-Fused N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Its Metal Complexes, Ossie J. Buckner
The Effects of Amphetamine Exposure on Neurodevelopment and Behavior in Early Life Stages of Danio Rerio, Jennifer D. Bullard
Improving the Prediction Accuracy of Text Data and Attribute Data Mining with Data Preprocessing, PRIYANGA CHANDRASEKAR