Publicly accessible Penn Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Splintered Divine: A Study of Ištar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East, Spencer L. Allen
Coordination of Multirobot Teams and Groups in Constrained Environments: Models, Abstractions, and Control Policies, Nora Ayanian
A STUDY OF RED./OX. THERMODYNAMIC AND CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF METAL OXIDE MATERIALS, Ivan S. Baldychev
LIVING LIMINALITY: MATERNAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF RAISING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Jennifer Kim Bateman
THE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF AIDS KNOWLEDGE IN MALAWI, Crystal Biruk
The Effects of Language and Geography-Defined Groups on Health Insurance Choice, Fredric E. Blavin
Cerebral hemodynamics in high-risk neonates probed by diffuse optical spectroscopies, Erin M. Buckley
Computer-Aided, Multi-Modal, and Compression Diffuse Optical Studies of Breast Tissue, David R. Busch Jr
Folding and Assembly of Cytoskeletal Proteins Under Force - From Single Molecule Studies of Dystrophin to Studies of Intact Cells, Christine Carag
Bargaining and Pricing in Networked Economic Systems, Tanmoy Chakraborty
THE EFFECT OF CAPABILITY-SEEKING INVESTMENTS ON COMPETITION IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INDUSTRY: COEVOLUTION OF CAPABILITIES AND CORPORATE SCOPE, Joydeep Chatterjee
Systems Biology of Blood Coagulation and Platelet Activation, Manash S. Chatterjee
Size-dependent metal-insulator transition in Pt-dispersed SiO2 thin film: a candidate for future non-volatile memory, Albert B. Chen
A New Dynamic Duration Model, Fei Chen
Nancy as a Center of Art Nouveau Architecture, 1895-1914, Peter Clericuzio
MECHANISMS OF ANTIBODY-MEDIATED PROTECTION FOR A PROTEIN-BASED SMALLPOX VACCINE, Matthew E. Cohen
PLASMON ENHANCED PHOTOCONDUCTION IN PORPHYRIN-GOLD NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES, David Conklin
THE VACCINIA VIRUS A56/VCP COMPLEX: MECHANISM OF FORMATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VIRULENCE, Brian C. DeHaven
Homological Projective Duality for Gr(3,6), Dragos Deliu
Algorithms for Bivariate Singularity Analysis, Timothy DeVries
Morpheme Boundaries and Structural Change: Affixes Running Amok, C EA Diertani
Contesting Community: Legalized Reconciliation Efforts in the Aftermath of Genocide in Rwanda, Kristin C. Doughty
Explorations in the Informational Component, Aviad Eilam
Optimization and Translation of MSC-Based Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Cartilage Repair, Isaac E. Erickson
Mediated Personhood and World of Warcraft: An Ethnographic and Linguistic Analysis, Elizabeth ErkenBrack
Investigating tRNA Release from the Bacterial Ribosome, Ian S. Farrell
COMMUNICATION FOR TEAMS OF NETWORKED ROBOTS, Jonathan Fink
Essays in Retirement Security, Hungyee Fong
The Costs of Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Sequential Decision Model, Nickolay M. Gantchev
NOT QUITE UP TO SCRATCH: AN EXAMINATION OF FAILURE, PERSISTENCE, AND ‘LIVING DEAD’ OUTCOMES FOR WIRELESS START-UPS, Anindya Ghosh
Cortisol, Testosterone, and Alpha-Amylase in Psychopathy, Andrea L. Glenn
Synthetic Studies Of (+)-Nodulisporic Acid A: Development Of An Efficient Route To Eastern Hemisphere Sub-Targets, Stephen S. Gonzales
MECHANISMS OF UNPLUGGED/MUSK-MEDIATED NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE FORMATION, Laura R. Gordon
Toxoplasma gondii -- Antigen Presentation and Interactions in the Intestinal Mucosa, Beth S. Gregg
THE NANOAQUARIUM: A NANOFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN LIQUID MEDIA, Joseph M. Grogan
The Echoes of Fitna: Developing Historiographical Interpretations of the Battle of Siffin, Aaron M. Hagler
WRESTLING WITH ISSUES IN SCALE DEVELOPMENT USING JOINT LATENT VARIABLE METHODS, Steffanie M. Halberstadt
Measurement of Inclusive Isolated Prompt Photon Production at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector, Michael Hance
MOBILITY AND VARIATION IN CHALCOLITHIC NORTH GUJARAT, INDIA (ca 3600 – 1800 BC), Suzanne Harris
High School Math Curriculum, Student's Course Selection and Education Outcomes, Eleanor L. Harvill
LIPID AND PROTEIN SORTING BY, AND GENERATION OF, MEMBRANE CURVATURE IN MODEL SYSTEMS, Michael C. Heinrich
Statistical Methods in Mapping Complex Diseases, Jing He
THE CYTOSKELETAL MECHANISMS OF CELL-CELL JUNCTION FORMATION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, Matthew K. Hoelzle
ESSAYS ON THE WESTERN LABOR MARKETS, Hans A. Holter
Heegaard Floer Invariants and Cabling, Jennifer Hom
PATTERNS OF WEIGHT CHANGE IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE FOLLOWING NEONATAL SURGERY: POTENTIAL PREDICTORS OF GROWTH FAILURE, Sharon Y. Irving
The Derived Category and the Singularity Category, Mehmet U. Isik
The Epoch of Reionization: Foregrounds and calibration with PAPER, Daniel C. Jacobs
Economics of Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks, Gaurav S. Kasbekar
A Macroeconomic Approach to a Firm's Capital Structure, Mitsuru Katagiri
Cryptophane Derivatives as Gas Sensors and Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Biosensors, Najat S. Khan
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF MOBILE MALWARE EPIDEMICS, MHR. Khouzani
Mind Economy: Dynamic Graph Analysis of Communications, Alexy Khrabrov
Energy Transport and Conversion in Semiconductor Nanocrystal Solids, Dong Kyun Ko
THE MULTIPLEXED SQUID TES ARRAY AT NINETY GIGAHERTZ (MUSTANG), Phillip M. Korngut
The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tamandarin B Analogs, Kenneth Lassen
Leaves that Sway: Gold Xianbei Cap Ornaments from Northeast China, Sarah Laursen
THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL SPENDING GROWTH ON GUARANTEED RENEWABLE HEALTH INSURANCE, Robert D. Lieberthal
DYNAMIC VERTICAL CLIMBING: BIOINSPIRATION, DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS, Goran Lynch
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OPRM1 A118G SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM IN MICE, Stephen D. Mague
Choosing to Serve: Understanding the Military Participation Decision, David R. Mann
The Taming of the Screw: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Elliptic Functions, Elisabetta A. Matsumoto
The Mouse Who Would be King: Innovating Tradition in the State of Chamba, Mandavi Mehta
Equivariant Tensors on Polar Manifolds, Ricardo Augusto E. Mendes
Flood of Memories:Narratives of Flood and Loss in Tamil South India, Aaron Patrick Mulvany
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN EMPIRICAL BAYES AND IN CAUSAL INFERENCE, Hui Nie
Modeling Memes: A Memetic View of Affordance Learning, Benjamin D. Nye
A Notch above bowl: Specification of niche cells in the Drosophila testis, Tishina C. Okegbe
INDIRECT DETECTION OF AXONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH Q-SPACE IMAGING, Henry H. Ong
Role Of Hippocampal Neurogenesis In The Etiology And Treatment Of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Jennifer L. Onksen
ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF INCOME INEQUALITY, Serdar Ozkan
Essays on Housing Supply and House Price Volatility, Andrew Paciorek
MODULI PROBLEMS IN DERIVED NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY, Pranav Pandit
EQUITY ISSUANCE AND RETURNS TO DISTRESSED FIRMS, James L. Park
FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY OF HIPPOCAMPAL GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSES IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE, Xiaoyu Peng
Inhaled Oxygen as a Quantitative Intravascular MRI Contrast Agent, David T. Pilkinton
Perspectives on Firm Decision Making During Risky Technology Acquisitions, Adam C. Powell
MICROFLUIDIC PUMPING WITH SURFACE TENSION FORCE AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DRIVE, Mian Qin
NIR-Emissive Polymersomal Markers for Molecular-Level Detection of Metastasis, Wei Qi
American Paratexts: Experimentation and Anxiety in the Early United States, Joshua Kopperman Ratner
Oil Prices and Long-Run Risk, ROBERT READY
FORECASTING: EXPECTATIONS, INTENTIONS, AND CONFIDENCE, David Michael Rothschild
Creating a Recommendation Framework for Positive Psychology Exercises: The Netflix Model of Positive Psychology, Stephen Schueller
Patterns of Science: Developing Knowledge for a World Community at Unesco, Perrin Selcer
ON THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF NETWORK SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES, Soumya Sen
Valproic Acid Disrupts Hematopoiesis in Xenopus laevis through the Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase 3., Rishita R. Shah
Enhancing Meniscus Repair through Biomaterial Design, Lara Ionescu Silverman
AN IN VITRO AND IN SILICO INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF NMDA RECEPTOR SUBTYPES FOLLOWING MECHANICAL INJURY, Pallab Singh
MECHANISMS OF SORTING AND TRAFFICKING FOR MELANOSOME BIOGENESIS AS REVEALED BY STUDIES OF THE HUMAN PIGMENT CELL PROTEIN OCA2, Anand Sitaram
The Higher Riemann-Hilbert Correspondence and Multiholomorphic Mappings, Aaron M. Smith
Graphitic Surface Attachment by Single-Stranded DNA and Metal Nanoparticles, Luke A. Somers
Holistic Shape-Based Object Recognition Using Bottom-Up Image Structures, Praveen Srinivasan
Structure and Properties of Bi-containing Mixed A-site Perovskites, David M. Stein
Essays in Quantitative Economics and International Finance, Serhiy Stepanchuk
Perceptually Driven Simulation, Ben Sunshine-Hill