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Dissertations can be accessed from the Library digital repository (CTDA).
Submissions From 2017
System-level Identification and Analysis of Gear Dynamics, Shengli Zhang
Gel Electrolyte Optimization and Color Tuning Neutrality for Electronic Applications, Xiaozheng Zhang
Structure Learning and Break Detection in High-Frequency Data, Yaohua Zhang
Three Essays on International Macroeconomics, Chao Zheng
Three Essays on the Efficiency of Carbon Emission Trading Programs, Yishu Zhou
Submissions From 2016
Evaluation of Near-Infrared Contrast Agents for Cancer Detection using Optical Imaging Techniques, Akram Abuteen
Ventriculomegaly in Aging, Injury and Disease, Rebecca Acabchuk PhD
Rehydration on Subsequent Performance and Recovery Following Exercise-Induced Dehydration: Ad Libitum Versus Prescribed Fluid Replacement, William M. Adams
Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Land Use in West Africa and Its Implication on Regional Climate Projection, Kazi F. Ahmed
The Influence of Word Form on the Acquisition of Meaning: An Adult Visual Word Learning Study, Karen A. Aicher
Human-centric Design of Smartphone-based Dynamic Security Questions for Fallback Authentication, Yusuf Albayram
The Bichromatic Force in Multi-Level Systems, Leland Aldridge
Deployment Strategies for Underwater Sensing and Processing Networks, Hesham Alhumyani
A Novel Tree Structure for Pattern Matching in Biological Sequences, Anas Al-okaily
Transport and Magnetic Properties of Ultrathin Magnetite Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Shoroog Wassel Alraddadi
High Performance Embedded Systems, Ahmed Abdullah Alsheikhy
Physical Interaction-Process driven Investigation of Quantum Mechanics, Michael Ambroselli
Money Within a Direct Search Framework, Ping Mum Ang
Americans and the Mezzogiorno: United States Relations with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Thomas Jefferson to Herman Melville, 1783-1861, Anthony Antonucci
Sorption and Metabolism of Explosives in Sediment of Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Thivanka S. Ariyarathna
Liouville-Type Theorems for Higher Order Elliptic Systems, Frank Arthur
Hypoelliptic Heat Kernel on Nilpotent Lie Groups, Malva Asaad
Mechanical Integrity and Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/Copper-based Through Silicon Via, Ibrahim E. Awad
Automated, Efficient, and Practical Extreme Value Analysis with Environmental Applications, Brian Bader
The Role of N-Methyl D-Aspartate Receptors in the Development of the Human Cerebral Cortex, Inseyah Bagasrawala
Modulation of Homosynaptic and Heterosynaptic Plasticity by Adenosine in Layer 2/3 Pyramidal Neurons of the Rat Visual Cortex in Vitro., Nicholas M. Bannon
From Wilde to Obergefell: Gay Legal Theatre, 1895-2015, Todd Barry
Self-Care Behaviors of Women Living with Heart Failure: A Mixed Methods Study, Susan Bartos
Iron Addiction In Tumor Initiating Cells: A Novel Therapeutic Target In Ovarian Cancer, Debargha Basuli
Ad Hoc Groups Engaged in Emergency Decision Making: A Mixed-Methods Study to Improve Successful Self-Escape from Underground Coal Fires, Timothy J. Bauerle
The Lived Experience of Brazilian Immigrants in Connecticut and Crimmigration, Walter John Belsito Jr.
A Changing Climate in the Public Mind: How Do Economic Risk and Political Partisanship Affect How We Think About Climate Change?, Salil D. Benegal
Synthesis and Modification of Pristine Graphene Composites, Jennifer Bento
Mesoporous Manganese Oxide Materials for Aerobic Oxidation Reactions, Sourav Biswas
Social Dynamics of Leadership: Is There Value in Considering Multi-source Feedback Ratings from a Social Relations Model Perspective?, Andrea M. Bizarro
Effect of Enhanced Patient Education on Patient Satisfaction and 30-Day Readmission Rates after Cardiac Arrhythmia Ablation, Kristin A. Bott
Surface Chemistry with Machine Learning and Quantum Mechanics, Venkatesh Botu
An Efficient Solution Methodology for Mixed-Integer Programming Problems Arising in Power Systems, Mikhail Bragin
Use of M-CHAT-R/F-A to Screen for ASD in Albania, Laura A. Brennan
Claiming the State: The Impact of Human Rights Education and Legal Mobilization on Ghanaian Political Subjectivity, Catherine F. Buerger
Robert Ward’s The Crucible: Politics and Personal Relationships in an Operatic Adaptation, Ryan F. Burns
The Role of Prospective and Retrospective Cognition in Adolescent Mental Health, Gabriel F. Byer-Alcorace
Implementation Planning as a Proactive Approach to Treatment Integrity Maintenance of an Academic Intervention, Justin Byron
An Experimental Investigation of the Factors Supporting the Emergence of Spatial Agreement in Nicaraguan Sign Language, Emily Carrigan
A Difference That Makes a Difference: The Role of the United States in World Society, Jason F. Charrette
Extension of L1 Adaptive Control with Applications, jiaxing che
Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms of Centromeric CENP-A Assembly, CHIN-CHI CHEN
Design of Energy Efficient Embedded Systems Exploiting Domain-specific Information, Junlin Chen
Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disorders Involving Genomic Imprinting at Human Chromosome 15q11-q13 Using iPSC and CRISPR/Cas9 Technology, Pin-Fang Chen
Health Behaviors Changes from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Multilevel Modeling Perspective, Dalnim Cho
Intermetallic Compounds and Their Effects on the Mechanical Performance of Micro Scale Solder Bonds, Soud F. Choudhury
Lay Theories of Morality in the Lives of Moral Exemplars, Atilla Cidam
The Level, Slope, and Curve Factor Model for Stocks: Evidence, Theory, and Explanation, Charles Clarke
The Impact of Infant Sleep on Maternal Health Behaviors, Megan M. Clarke
Three-Dimensional Imaging Methods and Analytical Transport Network Theory to Guide the Characterization and Design of Energy Materials, Alex P. Cocco
Fraternal Force: A Cultural Intervention to Alter the Way Fraternities Communicate and Conceptualize Sexual Violence, Richard S. Colon Jr
Investigating the Host Range Adaptability of Aeromonas veronii Using Comparative Genomics and Mutational Analysis, Sophie M. Colston
Finite Element Methods of Dirichlet Boundary Optimal Control Problems With Weakly Imposed Boundary Conditions, Cagnur Corekli
Continuous Processing of Liposomes to Control and Predict Physical Properties, Antonio P. Costa
Impact of Project RED Discharge Checklist on Readmissions and Adherence to Initial Follow-Up Appointment, Julie D. Culmone Mrs
Teacher Effects on Kindergarten Students’ Vocabulary Learning, Maritherese Cuticelli
Melting and Crystallization of Si and Ge2Sb2Te5 Nanostructures, Adam D. Cywar
The Essential Elements of Adolescent-Friendly Care in School-Based Health Centers: A Mixed Methods Study of the Perspectives of Nurse Practitioners and Adolescents, Alison Moriarty Daley
Effects of Multicultural Advertising Strategies on Consumer Attitudes and Purchase Intentions, Linda Dam
Health in Hartford: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project Identifying Solutions to Health Inequities, Karen A. D'Angelo
Detecting Conceptual Change with Latent Transition Analysis, Glen Davenport
Population and Trophic Dynamics of Striped Bass and Blueback Herring in the Connecticut River, Justin P. Davis
The Hyperplasticity Hypothesis: Speech Encoding and Plasticity in Typical and Dyslexic Readers, Stephanie N. Del Tufo
Absence of CD13 Attenuates Acute Allograft Rejection, Jiyeon Kim Denninger
Evaluation of the Therapeutic Management of Childhood Diarrhea, Ana Francisca Diallo
Short Branch Attraction, the Fundamental Bipartition in Cellular Life, and Eukaryogenesis, Amanda A. Dick PhD
Predictive Modeling of a Two-stage Gearbox towards Fault Detection, Edward J. Diehl
Charged Expressions: On the Power of Slurring Words and Derogatory Gestures, Ralph DiFranco
Osmoregulatory Physiology and its Evolution in the Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), Jeffrey N. Divino
The Influence of Cognitive Interference and Anxiety on Working Memory and Performance Validity Tests, Caitlin V. Dombrowski
The Role of Phenology in Invasive Plant Species Success in Temperate Forest Understories, Lindsay M. Dreiss
Repatriating Foreign Earnings to Meet Analysts’ Forecasts, Andrew Duxbury
Investigating the Success of Students With Learning Disabilities During the Transition to 9th Grade, Elizabeth Eagan
Nonnative Phonetic Learning in Adults with and without Language Impairment, Frances S. Earle
A Multilevel Examination of Career Intentions in Athletic Training: Individual, Organizational and Sociocultural Factors, Christianne M. Eason
Embodying Inequality: The Criminalization of Women for Abortion in Chile, Michele Eggers
Occurrence, Fate and Distribution Behaviors of Organic Contaminants, Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids and Phthalic Acid Esters, in Wastewater Effluent and the Housatonic River Estuary., Joanne A. Elmonznino
Design of Nanomaterial Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications, Abdelhamid El-Sawy
Ecological Effects of Development on American Black Bear, Michael J. Evans
Examining Racial Differences among Predictors of Home and Community-Based Service Use and Choice and Control in Older Adults in the Money Follows the Person Program in Connecticut, Chanee Darnell Fabius
Investigating the Antiproliferative Activity of Synthetic Troponoids, Eric R. Falcone
Modeling Human Behavior using Machine Learning Algorithms, Asma Ahmad Farhan
Simulation and Analysis of Gradient Frequency Neural Networks, AmirAli Farokhniaee
A Threatened Ecosystem in a Human-Dominated Landscape: Tidal Marsh Conservation in the Face of Sea-Level Rise, Christopher R. Field
Development of a Brief Motivational Interview to Promote Help Seeking Among Individuals with Symptoms of Blood, Injection, Injury Phobia, David J. Finitsis
Videogames and the Brain: An Investigation into Psychopathy and Empathy, Joshua Fishlock 3740769