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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Genetic Polymorphisms and Antifolate Drug Treatment Can Alter Folate/Homocysteine Metabolism and Inflammatory Protein Profile, Andrea L. Hammons
Measurement of Inclusive Isolated Prompt Photon Production at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector, Michael Hance
Return to Work after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Mediating Role of Illness Perception, Catherine C. Harris
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
Investigation of the Role of Histone Acetylation in Hippocampus-Dependent Memory Formation, Joshua Davis Hawk
Lipid and Protein Sorting by, and Generation of, Membrane Curvature in Model Systems, Michael C. Heinrich
Statistical Methods in Mapping Complex Diseases, Jing He
Microbial Regulation of Allergic Inflammation, David A. Hill
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
Sacred Biography, Translation, and Conversion ; The Nabīvaṃśa of Saiyad Sultān and the Making of Bengali Islam, 1600-Present, Ayesha A. Irani
Sacred Biography, Translation, and Conversion: The Nabivamsa of Saiyad Sultan and the Making of Bengali Islam, 1600-present, Ayesha A. Irani
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
The Classification of Automorphism Groups of Rational Elliptic Surfaces With Section, Tolga Karayayla
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
Understanding Molecular Chemistry of Nanocrystals and Nanostructures: Precursor, Ligand, and Surface Chemistry, Weon-kyu Koh
The Multiplexed Squid Tes Array at Ninety Gigahertz (Mustang), Phillip M. Korngut
Nuts, Bolts and a Bit of Mettle: How Parents Prepare Their Boys and Girls for the STEM Pipeline, Rashmi Kumar
The Guidance of Olfactory Sensory Axons to Identifiable Protoglomeruli in the Larval Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb, Vanisha Lakhina
The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tamandarin B Analogs, Kenneth Lassen
Leaves that Sway: Gold Xianbei Cap Ornaments from Northeast China, Sarah Laursen
Regulation of TGF-Β1-Induced Apoptosis and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Matrix Rigidity, Jennifer L. Leight
Physical Planning Strategies of National High-Technology Industrial Development Zones in China, Sisi Liang
Subcellular Localization in Bacteria: From EnvZ/OmpR to Transertion, Elizabeth Libby
The Impact of Medical Spending Growth on Guaranteed Renewable Health insurance, Robert D. Lieberthal
Roles of Protein Factors in Regulation of Imprinted Gene Expression, Shu Lin
Transnational Modernisms: The United States, Mexico, and the Idea of America, Edward Lybeer
Dynamic Vertical Climbing: Bioinspiration, Design, and Analysis, Goran Lynch
Functional Characterization of the OPRM1 A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Mice, Stephen D. Mague
Regional Lysosomal Malfunction Underlies the Selectivity of α-Synuclein Neurodegeneration, Kristen A. Malkus
The Role of EPAC Signaling in Memory Consolidation and Sleep Deprivation, Nan Ma
Extracellular Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein Let-4 is Required to Organize the Extracellular Matrix and Maintain Junctions in C. Elegans Epithelia, Vincent Pasquale Mancuso
Choosing to Serve: Understanding the Military Participation Decision, David R. Mann
Acquisition, Storage, and Retrieval in Digital and Biological Brains, Jeremy R. Manning
The Taming of the Screw: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Elliptic Functions, Elisabetta A. Matsumoto
Activation and Catalytic Bond Forming Reactions at Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds of η6-Tricarbonylchromium-Coordinated Benzylic Arenes, Genette I. McGrew
The Mouse Who Would be King: Innovating Tradition in the State of Chamba, Mandavi Mehta
Equivariant Tensors on Polar Manifolds, Ricardo Augusto E. Mendes
The Role of AMPK in Viral Infection, Theresa S. Moser
Viral Diversity by Deep Sequencing: Approaches to Analyzing Effects of Anti-HIV Treatments, Rithun Mukherjee
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
The Fibronectin EIIIA Splice Variant Promotes Hepatic Stellate Cell Motility and Liver Fibrosis via α9β1 Integrin, Abby L. Olsen
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
Controlling the Morphology and Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials: From Inorganic Nanoparticles to Conjugated Polymers, Sang-Jae Park
A Role for Late Meristem Identity2 in the Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis, Jennifer J. Pastore
Functional Plasticity of Hippocampal Glutamatergic Synapses in Development and Disease, Xiaoyu Peng
Inhaled Oxygen as a Quantitative Intravascular MRI Contrast Agent, David T. Pilkinton
Mechanism of Cyclin D1-Dependent Genomic Instability and Neoplastic Transformation, Laura Pontano Vaites
Perspectives on Firm Decision Making During Risky Technology Acquisitions, Adam C. Powell
Mind, Body, and the Moral Imagination in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World, Yaroslav Prykhodko
Microfluidic Pumping With Surface Tension Force and Magnetohydrodynamic Drive, Mian Qin
NIR-Emissive Polymersomal Markers for Molecular-Level Detection of Metastasis, Wei Qi
Behavior and Socioendocrinology of Adult Male Rhesus Macaques of Cayo Santiago, Mariya Rakhovskaya
American Paratexts: Experimentation and Anxiety in the Early United States, Joshua Kopperman Ratner
Oil Prices and Long-Run Risk, ROBERT READY
Transcriptional Integration of Wnt and Nodal Signals in the Establishment of the Spemann Organizer, Christine D. Reid
The Generation of Fully Functional β-Cells by Proliferation: Lessons From Pregnancy and HNF4α, Sebastian Rieck
Forecasting: Expectations, Intentions, and Confidence, David Michael Rothschild
The Functional Biology of IL-25, Steven A. Saenz
Physiological Bases of Plant Shrinkage and Its Demographic Implications, Roberto Salguero-Gomez
Role and Regulation of Myosin IIA in Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity, Keri Sanborn
Creating a Recommendation Framework for Positive Psychology Exercises: The Netflix Model of Positive Psychology, Stephen Schueller
The Role of Stress, Glucocorticoids & β-Adrenergic Signaling in Aversive, Hippocampus-Dependent Memory Retrieval, Keith B. Schutsky
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 an 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
Interleukin-22 Regulates Immunity, Inflammation and Tissue Homeostasis at Mucosal Sites, Gregory Field Sonnenberg
Soft Lattices, Anton Souslov
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
The Effects of Methotrexate and Genetic Polymorphisms on the Folate/Homocysteine Pathway, Carolyn Summers