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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Essays On Automation, Inequality, And Macroeconomic Performance, Omer Faruk Koru
Establishing The Foundations For Biophysical Studies Of Allostery In Parkin E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Sravya Kotaru
Rheology Of Marine Sponges And Magnetoviscoelastic Solids, Emile Angelo Kraus
Essays In Urban And Public Economics, Jacob Allen Krimmel
Towards A Practically Useful Text Simplification System, Reno Joseph Kriz
Interactions Between Host Cells And Merkel Cell Polyomavirus In The Context Of Infection And In Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Nathan A. Krump
Compartment-Specific Regulation Of Autophagy In Neurons, Vineet Vinay Kulkarni
The Experience Of Early Designed Landscape In South Asia: Sigiriya, Sri Lanka & Mamallapuram, India Ca. Seventh-Eighth Centuries Ce, Divya Kumar-Dumas
Colonizing Time: Caste, Colonial Rule, And The Exact Sciences In India, 1783–1874, Siva Prashant Kumar
Centromere Drive And Suppression By Parallel Pathways For Recruiting Microtubule Destabilizers, Tomohiro Kumon
The Benefits And Burdens Of Work Moralization, Timothy G. Kundro
Biophysical Dynamics Of Rgs-Lov Proteins As Systems For Light-Induced Membrane Recruitment, Ivan Kuznetsov
The Online Adjustment Of Speaker-Specific Phonetic Beliefs In Multi-Speaker Speech Perception, Wei Lai
Scalable Machine Learning Methods For The Analysis Of Single-Cell Transcriptomics And Multiomics Data, Justin Lakkis
Essays On Empirical Market Design In Higher Education, Tomas Larroucau
Image Processing Methods For Dual-Energy Contrast-Enhanced X-Ray Breast Imaging, Kristen Lau
The Ecophysiological Significance Of Vegetative Phase Change, Erica H. Lawrence
Mapping Spaces, Signatures, And Data, Darrick Lee
Insights Into Functional Noncoding Rna Elements Through The Analysis Of Human Genetic Variation, David Sheng Ming Lee
Where The Two Trusts Meet: How Social Trust Influences Political Trust In The New Media Environment, Do Eon Lee
Essays On Local Governance In India, Hae Nim (sunny) Nim Lee
Essays On Heterogeneity In Macroeconomics, Hanbaek Lee
Topics In Higgs Bundles And Modules Over Even Clifford Algebra, Jia-Choon Lee
Continuation Amidst Constraint: Factors Influencing Retention And Well-Being For Players Of Augmented Reality Games, Matthew David Lee
Understanding The Heart Failure Symptom Perception Process, Solim Lee
Topics In Mirror Symmetry For Fano Varieties And Meromorphic Ddp Correspondence, Sukjoo Lee
Confronting The System: How Local Cross-Sector Education Collaborations Address Barriers To Postsecondary Access & Attainment, Elaine W. Leigh
Empirical Investigations Into The Impact Of Step-Down Unit Admission And Health Information Technology On Patient Outcomes, Suparerk Lekwijit
Serotonergic Modulation Of The Central Glp-1 System, Rosa Leon
Immune Modulation At The Maternal-Fetal Interface Regulates Perinatal Outcomes, Emma L. Lewis
On The Interaction And Motion Of Inclusions In Lipid Membranes, Xinyu Liao
Brd4 As A Regulator Of Tissue-Specific Gene Program And As An Orchestrator Of Genome Folding, Ricardo Linares Saldana
Investigation Of High-Surface-Area Titanate (atio3) Thin Films Prepared By Atomic Layer Deposition, Chao Lin
Essays On Housing Markets And Mortgage Finance, Desen Lin
Modeling Light-Matter Interactions: From Fundamental Processes To Polariton Chemistry, Tao Li
Modular Robots Morphology Transformation And Task Execution, Chao Liu
Liquid Crystallinity In Responsive Soft Materials: Embedding Intelligence Via Anisotropy, Jiaqi Liu
F-Theory Realizations Of Exact Mssm Matter Spectra, Muyang Liu
Blast-Tng And A Study Of Molecular Clouds, Ian Nicholas Lowe
Roles Of Ctcf In Nascent Transcription And Chromatin Architecture, Jing Luan
Novel Design Strategies For Engineering Biliverdin-Binding Fluorescent Proteins, Michael Salvatore Magaraci
The Rational Design Of Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Composites: Leveraging Fundamental Thermodynamic And Kinetic Insights, Shawn Michael Maguire
Euler Calculus, Euler Integral Transforms, And Combinatorial Species, Huy Quang Mai
Methods For Bias Reduction In Evidence-Based Medicine, Arielle Kimberly Marks-Anglin
Exploring The Molecular Origins Of Icephilicity Using Specialized Molecular Simulations, Sean Michael Marks
Problems In High-Dimensional Statistics And Applications In Genomics, Metabolomics And Microbiomics, Rong Ma
Essays On Methods Of Demand And Production Function Estimation, Ruizhi Ma
Process Development And Modeling For The Advancement Of Direct Air Capture Technologies, Noah Mcqueen
Investigating The Effect Of Individual-Level And Neighborhood-Level Exposures On Delivery Outcomes, Jessica Rose Meeker
Investigating The Structural And Physiochemical Properties Of Collagen Mimetic Peptides With Modified Backbones, Samuel Douglas Melton
T Cell Responses In Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis: A Unique Window Into Early Disease, Ina Mexhitaj
Uncertain Presents, Unstable Pasts: Rethinking History During The British Civil Wars, 1638 – 1660, Philip Hart Mogen
Apocalyptic Authoritarianism In The United States: Power, Media, And Climate Crisis, Hanna Elizabeth Morris
Reading And Writing A Garden, Materials Of A Garden Made In Germantown, Pennsylvania (1683–1719), Miranda Elizabeth Mote
The Genome And The Biome: Cystic Fibrosis @ Six Feet Apart, Rebecca Mueller
Limit Theorems For Dependent Combinatorial Data, With Applications In Statistical Inference, Somabha Mukherjee
Loss Of Tbx3 Enhances Pancreatic Progenitor Generation From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Somdutta Mukherjee
Mathematical Modeling Of Cell Migration, Maria Jesus Munoz Lopez
Comprehensive Fuel Metabolism Of The Human Heart And The Role For Enhancing Branched Chain Amino Acid Catabolism In Protection Against Heart Failure, Danielle Murashige
Engineering Novel High-Resolution Bioelectronic Interfaces From Mxene Nanomaterials, Brendan Boyce Murphy
Speculative Black Girl Ethics: Reading Practices, Visual Culture, And The Urgency Of The Present, Kiana Murphy
Choosing The Right Path: Analysis Of Axon Guidance In Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Patricia Leigh Murphy
Apc And Gsk-3 Regulate Hippo Signaling Through Ajuba, Rebecca Lynne Myers
Enhanced Nonlinearity Enabled Via Doped Enz Metastructures: Theory & Potential Applications, Ehsan Nahvi
Classical Reception And The Problem Of The Color Line In Early Modern English Literature, 1519-1804, Divya Nair
Identifying Epigenetic Regulators Of Tumor Dormancy And Recurrence, Takashi Nakamura
Investigating Human Cell Type-Specific Inflammasome Responses To Salmonella Infection, Nawar Naseer
Studies In The Political Economy Of Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, Karen Nershi
Selective Oxidative Methods For Dehydrogenative Coupling And Hydrogen Peroxide Generation, William Clark Neuhaus
Imagining Un Futuro Digno: Indigenous Youth Striving For Non-Migration In Guatemala, Briana Nichols
Breath-Controlled Instrument Design for Ecological Crises, Andrew Niess
Recruitment And Functions Of Myeloid Cells At The Intersection Of Inflammation & Remodeling, Mailyn Nishiguchi
Cellular Plasticity And Heterogeneity: Implications In Tumor Cell Invasion And Metastasis, Robert Joseph Norgard
Censored, Commodified, And Surveilled: How Facebook's Self-Regulatory Governance Harms Marginalized Communities, Chloé Lynn Nurik
Becoming American: The Social And Political Incorporation Of Latinos, Angie Nathaly Ocampo
Bayesian Nonparametric Models For Causal Inference And Clustering Under Dirichlet Process Priors, Arman Oganisian
Accelerated Risk Assessment And Domain Adaptation For Autonomous Vehicles, Matthew O'kelly
Urban Geochemistry In A Pb-Contaminated Environment: Analysis Of Roadside Hazards In Philadelphia, Pa, Michael Joseph O'shea
Socio-Culutural Factors Influencing Self-Care Among African Immigrants Living With Chronic Illness In The United States, Onome Henry Osokpo
A Contingent Theory Of Governance For The Global Project Organization: The Effect Of Uncertainty And Diversity On Order And Conflict, Rachel Pacheco
Identifying And Targeting Mechanisms Of Immune Cell Activation In Imcd-Tafro, Ruth-Anne Langan Pai
Life On The Border: Constructing The México/u.s. Borderlands, 1961-1971., German Pallares
The Interplay Between Anions And Radicals In Synthesis, Spectroscopy, And Catalysis, Grace Banks Panetti
Exploring Relationships Between Structure, Dynamics And The Effects Of Local Perturbations In Networks, Lia Papadopoulos
Experimentos De Politización. La Vanguardia Y El Devenir Del Populismo En Argentina, Uruguay Y Brasil, María Pape
Interconnected Aggregates In Precise Single-Ion Conducting Polymers As Pathways For Ion And Proton Transport, Benjamin Paren
Early Experience And The Development Of Dopaminergic Circuitry, Anne Theresa Park
Uncertainty Estimation Toward Safe Ai, Sangdon Park
Complex Disclosures And Investor Divergence At Earnings Announcements, Stella Park
Contribution Of The Tumor Microenvironment To The Efficacy Of Cancer Therapy, Joshua Parris
Development Of A Mouse Model To Study E-Cigarettes And The Role Of A Fruit Flavorant On Adolescent Nicotine Reward, Theresa Patten