Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

MASKS: Maintaining Anonymity by Sequestering Key Statistics, James Michael Alexander

Single-Molecule Biophysical Assays With Electrokinetics, Mark Arsenault

Aspects of Experiences: The Role of Novelty in Retrospective Summary Assessments, Rajesh Prakash Bhargave

STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS OF PROTEINS FROM SINGLE MOLECULES TO CELLS, Andre E. Brown

Essays on Macroeconomics and Labor Markets: Understanding Idiosyncratic and Aggregate Shocks, Se Kyu Choi

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS FOR CARTILAGE REGENERATION, Cindy Chung

Shortest Geometric Paths Analysis In Structural Biology, Ryan G. Coleman

Sensorimotor Integration in a Small Motor Circuit, Nicholas D. DeLong

EXPRESSION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN LIVER Δ4-3-KETOSTEROID 5β-REDUCTASE (AKR1D1) AND ITS DISEASE-RELATED MUTANT P133R., Jason E. Drury

Optimization of Multidimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, for Resolution and Sensitivity, through Application of Radial Sampling, John M. Gledhill

Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Reveals Distinct Mechanisms of Astrocyte Protein Secretion, Todd M. Greco

Organizational Form and Niche Overlap: The Dynamics of Surgery Center Entry and Exit, Michael G. Housman

MECHANISMS OF SYNAPSE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE: INSIGHTS FROM THE DEVELOPING AND DISEASED NERVOUS SYSTEM, Ethan G. Hughes

Probing the Structure and Function of Biopolymer-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids with Molecular Dynamics, Robert R. Johnson

Energy Landscapes: Coal Canals, Oil Pipelines, Electricity Transmission Wires in the Mid-Atlantic, 1820-1930, Christopher F. Jones

Structural studies of large integral membrane proteins in reverse micelles by solution nuclear magnetic resonance, Joseph Kielec

Positive Affect and Project Team Development and Effectiveness, Andrew P. Knight

Permuted Inclusion Criterion: A Variable Selection Technique, Shaun Lysen

Structural Characterization of the Integrin αIIbβ3 Transmembrane and Cytosolic Domains, Douglas G. Metcalf

Power Politics in the Xiongnu Empire, Bryan K. Miller

THE EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF LIFE HISTORY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Annalise B. Paaby

RS REARRANGEMENT: OBSERVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM A NOVEL ASSAY OF B CELL TOLERANCE, Anil Kumar Panigrahi

USING EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS TO ELUCIDATE PARASITE BIOLOGY AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS, Lucia Peixoto

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CELLULAR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, Jeremy E. Purvis

MULTISCALE MODELING OF ELECTROCATALYSIS, Liang Qi

DEFINING A T CELL-INTRINSIC ROLE FOR MYD88 DURING LCMV INFECTION, Adeeb H. Rahman

Language Shift and the Speech Community: Sociolinguistic Change in a Garifuna Community in Belize, Maya Ravindranath

Changes in Oxygen Tension Rapidly and Reversibly Regulate Macrophage Nitric Oxide Production, Mary A. Robinson

The Synthesis and Characterization of Glycol Nucleic Acids, Mark K. Schlegel

Global Pop / Vigilante: Reflexivity, Value, and the Production of Reality in Indonesia, Aaron M. Shapiro

Regulation of CD8 T cell dysfunction during a chronic viral infection, Haina Shin

ENERGY BALANCE EFFECTS OF CENTRAL MELANOCORTIN, COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE RELATED TRANSCRIPT AND LEPTIN: MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC BOX., Karolina P. Skibicka

MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL EFFECTS IN ADHESION OF THIN SHELL STRUCTURES WITH APPLICATIONS IN WAFER BONDING AND ADHESION OF LIVING CELLS, Richard M. Springman

GROWING UP WITH DEPRESSED PARENTS: SOCIAL PATHWAYS TO DISADVANTAGED OUTCOMES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, Kristin Turney

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

MYO1C Binds to PIP2 With High Affinity Through A Putative PH Domain, David Hokanson