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Submissions From 2015
Community Development and its Socioeconomic Impact on a Latino Enclave: A Case Study of the Frog Hollow Neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, Reinaldo Rojas
Embedding Elements of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in a Summer Program, Laura Ruberto
The Good Imperialists: Empire, National Identity, and Gender in British Theater, 1660-1790, Jennifer Ryer
"Le Babylon de la Mediterranee:" Nice and Its Casinos, 1815 - 1939, Eric M. Sacco
Motion and Noise Artifact Detection and Vital Signal Reconstruction in ECG/PPG based Wearable Devices, Seyed Mohamad Amin Salehizadeh
"As we was Kings": Britain's Empire and the Rise of the Anglo-American Historical Novel, Matthew Salyer
On the Use of the Linear Interaction Energy Method to Predict Affinities of Charged Aromatic Ammines to Naturally Occurring Clay Minerals, Milinda A. Samaraweera
Emergent Motor-Vocal Coordination in Pre-linguistic Infants, Sarah M. Sanborn
Machine Learning and Optimization Algorithms for Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Automotive Systems, Chaitanya Sankavaram
Structural Investigation of Electrically Conducting Polymer Composites for Organic Electronic Applications, Jose L. Santana
Experimental & Computational Approaches Towards Improving Mesoscale Understanding of Particle Interactions in Pharmaceutical Systems, Saurabh Sarkar
The Impact of Personal and Vicarious Experiences on Intentions to Attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Melanie R. Savelli
Pleonastic Merger, Tsuyoshi Sawada
The Use of a Video Self-Modeling Intervention to Decrease Disruptive Behaviors in Students with Intellectual Disability, David M. Sax
The Role of Cbl-PI3K in Osteogenesis and Dynamic Bone Remodeling, Vanessa Scanlon
TransGender Kinship: TransForming Family, Dianne M. Schindler
Essays on Decision Making under Risk in Decision Theory and Auction Theory, Mark Schneider
The Modulation of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Toxicity as a Function of the Interplay between Uptake and Efflux Transporters, Renato J. Scialis
Induced and Coinduced Modules over Cluster-Tilted Algebras, Khrystyna Serhiyenko
Dynamic Modeling of Multivariate Counts - Fitting, Diagnostics, and Applications, Volodymyr Serhiyenko
Design and Development of Photoacoustic Imaging Systems for Cancer Detection, Hassan Shahidi Salehi
Affect Variability at Work: Examining Pulse and Spin in a Stressor-Strain Framework, Jenna Shapiro
Developing a Valid and Reliable Dietary Quality Index from a Liking Survey: Data from Association and Evaluation Studies in Children and Adults, Mastaneh Sharafi
Investigation of Diesel Engine Emissions Oxidation and Sulfation Mechanisms, Hom Sharma
Exploring Syntax from the Interfaces, Yoshiyuki Shibata
Three Essays in Asset Bubbles, Banking and Macroeconomics, Lisi Shi
Narrating a Tradition: Socialist Women with a Feminist Consciousness in the German Bildungsroman, Julie Shoults
Ascending CNS Progression of EAE: Linkage of Events at the Choroid Plexus and Spinal Cord, Bandana Shrestha
Hormonal Control of Meiosis by Cyclic GMP and the Guanylyl Cyclase NPR2 in the Mouse Ovarian Follicle, Leia C. Shuhaibar
Modulation of Respiratory Tract Responses by Acetaminophen, Gregory J. Smith
Feature Mismatches: Consequences for Syntax, Morphology and Semantics, Peter W. Smith
UL12 and ICP0 Regulate DNA Repair Pathway Choice During HSV-1 Infection, Samantha Smith
Lagrangian Approach to Modeling the Biodynamics of the Upper Extremity: Applications to Collegiate Baseball Pitching, Matthew J. Solomito
mHealth Risk Screening in Urban Primary Care, Martha R. Staeheli
The Effectiveness of Video Self-Modeling on Increasing and Sustaining Teacher Use of Behavior-Specific Praise in the Alternative Classroom, Natalie R. Starling
Social Change in Social Dominance Theory: Ideological Norms and Violence Prevention in Gender Relations, Andrew L. Stewart
The Development and Psychometric Testing of the Nurse Practitioner Role Transition Scale, Sally N. Strange
An Examination of the Factors and Characteristics that Contribute to the Success of Putnam Fellows, Robert A. J. Stroud
On Lowness for Isomorphism as Restricted to Classes of Structures, Jacob D. Suggs
Examining Parents' Perceptions of the Individualized Education Program Meeting, Christine A. Sullivan
Machine Learning Approaches for Phenotype Refinement to Improve Genetic Association Analysis, Jiangwen Sun
Nanomaterials Based Fluorescent Sensors for Sensitive and Selective Nitro-explosives Detection, Xiangcheng Sun
Computation of Intrinsic Breakdown Based on Computational Quantum Mechanics, Ying Sun
"I Shall Live For Ever and Ever!": Ecological Perspectives on Immortality in Children's Fantasy, Pamela R. Swanigan
Syntactic Operations on Heads and their Theoretical Implications, Shigeki Taguchi
New Cryptographic Mechanisms for Enforcing Accountability, Qiang Tang
The Role of DYX1C1 in Motile Cilia and Axonemal Dynein Assembly, Aarti Tarkar
Phonetic Accommodation in Spanish-English and Korean-English Bilinguals: A Dynamical Account, Stephen J. Tobin
Tourist and Recreational Legacies of World's Fairs, Jose A. Torres
The Lifecycle of the Germinosome, a Bacillus subtilis Spore Germination Protein Complex, Anthony J. Troiano Jr
Mother-Daughter Sexual Communication and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors: Investigating Racial/Ethnic Differences and Family Factors, Viana Turcios-Cotto
Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion Among HIV-infected Women: A Theory-based Approach, Emily L. Tuthill
The Association between Dietary Antioxidants and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness, Terrence M. Vance
Oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octadienes as Building Blocks in the Synthesis of Natural Products, Michael D. VanHeyst
Relationships of Parent-Infant Contacts and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Preterm Infants in the NICU: A Mixed Methods Approach, Victoria Vazquez
Dynamic and Contact Analysis of a Special Percussive Drill for Planetary Subsurface Exploration, Luis J. Vila
Subalternità Siciliana Nella Scrittura di Luigi Capuana e Giovanni Verga, Anita Virga
Alive in the Hive: Exploring Teacher Roles and Human Capital Needs in Secondary Personalized Blended Learning Models, Michael L. Vose
Polymer Dielectrics Design Using First Principles Computations and Machine Learning, Chenchen Wang
Essays on Business Models and Empirical Analysis of the Online Daily Deal Industry, Gang Wang
Three Essays in Macroeconomics of Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Wei Wang
Designing Safer Sex Infographics: Framing Data with Emotional and Rational Appeals, Yi Wang
Three Essays on the Housing and Mortgage Markets, Yuan Wang
Assessment of Natural Hazards Impacts on Critical Infrastructure Systems, David W. Wanik
Mutagenesis and Genetic Control of Translesion Synthesis Across an Abasic Site, 8,5’-Cyclopurines and O2-Alkylthymidine DNA Lesions, Savithri Anurada Kumari Weerasooriya
An Embedded Planning Tool for Tier Three Reading Instruction, Yan Wei
Experiences of Slow Violence in Poor Kenyan Communities: Micro Disasters, Formalized Aid Responses, and Community Support through Social Networks, Jennifer L. Willett
Pioneers of Radical Political Economy: The Growth in Thinking of Immanuel Wallerstein and Perry Anderson, Gregory P. Williams
MyoD+ Progenitors are Required for Skeletal Myogenesis and Proper Rib Development, William Wood
Do IPOs Face Higher Accounting-Related Litigation Risk? Evidence from Restatements, Biyu Wu
The Influence of American Drama Series on Chinese Online Viewers, Yue Wu
Techniques for Improving Security and Trustworthiness of Integrated Circuits, Kan Xiao
Phonetic Adaptation to Foreign-Accented Speech, Xin Xie
Developing in the Era of Globalization: The Case of China, Zheng Xu
The Role of Maternal Input in Early Word Order Acquisition: The Case of Mandarin Chinese, Margaret Ya-Ching Yeh
Root-Synthesized Cytokinins Cause Programmed Cell Death of Tobacco Shoots Under Dark Conditions, Hao Yu
Direct Synthesis of Layered Intercalation Compounds and Single Layer Nanosheets and Their Applications, Jingfang Yu
Transnationalism, Mobility and Identity: the Making of Place in Flushing, New York City, Shaolu Yu
Scan Statistics for Detecting a Local Change in Variance for Normal Data, Bo Zhao
Portfolio Choice with Life Annuities under Probability Distortion, Wenyuan Zheng
Design, Characterization and Modeling of High Performance Pervious Concrete, Rui Zhong
Structural Dynamics with Uncertainty: Design and Identification Using Intelligent Inference, Kai Zhou
Three Essays on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Rong Zhou
Chemical-Looping Combustion (CLC) and Reforming (CLR): Closing the Gap between Simulation and Experimentation, Zhiquan Zhou
Color Tuning Neutrality and Gel Polymer Electrolyte Materials for Optoelectronic Application, Yumin Zhu
Repair of Corrosion Damaged Steel Bridge Girder Ends by Encasement in Ultra-High Strength Concrete, Kevin M. Zmetra
Submissions From 2014
Positive Hysteresis and Negative Hysteresis in Human Gait Transition, Mohammad Abdolvahab
But They Mean to Do Right: Stories on African American Male Teachers, K. Jahi Adisa
Dietary Manipulations Modulate Diet-induced Inflammation in Guinea Pigs and Low Grade Inflammation in Volunteers with Metabolic Syndrome, David Aguilar Alvarez
Adaptive Power Controlled Techniques for Routing and Sink Redeployment In Underwater Sensor Networks, Manal H. Al-Bzoor
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Mucosal Adjuvants to Enhance the Local and Systemic Immune Response to an Adenovirus Vectored Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine, Diana Marcela Alejo
Tales that Tell All: A Political Analysis of Folktales of Iran, Yass Alizadeh