Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Observation of high iron charge states in solar energetic particle events, Zhangbo Guo
The use of multibeam and split-beam echo sounders for assessing biomass and distribution of spring-spawning Atlantic cod in the Gulf of Maine, Christopher William Damon Gurshin
Fairness in a data center, MIkkel Hagen
The role of red-backed salamanders in ecosystems, Daniel J. Hocking
1960s travel fiction and Englishness during the postimperial turn, Matthew J. Hurwitz
Effects of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic cyanobacteria on the microbial ecology of the coral, Montastraea cavernosa, Jessica K. Jarett
Morphological study of composite latex particles and water interaction with polymer chains, Bo Jiang
On the reproductive biology of the western Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, Jessica M. Knapp
Learning from feedback: How students read, interpret and use teacher written feedback in the composition classroom, Elisabeth A. Kramer-Simpson
Mechanism of SPS acceleration in a PEG containing copper plating bath, Ashleigh Kreider
The ecological role of feeding disturbances of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Wan-Jean Lee
Trace metal applications in atmospheric and watershed dynamics: Case studies of mercury deposition in New England and bedrock groundwater-surface water mixing, Melissa A. Lombard
A multi-temporal image analysis of habitat modification in the Coastal Watershed, NH, Meghan Graham MacLean
Provider-Controlled Bandwidth Management for HTTP-based Video Delivery, Kevin J. Ma
Producing science that gets used by coastal communities: What funders should do to link more science with decisions, Kalle Matso
Cross-correlation based performance measures for characterizing the influence of in-vehicle interfaces on driving and cognitive workload, Zeljko Medenica
Mean Force Structure and Scaling of Rough-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers, Faraz Mehdi
An empirical investigation: How small to mid-sized enterprises use innovation on the path toward ecological sustainability, Shelley F. Mitchell
Tracking environmental trends in the Great Bay Estuarine System: An examination of water quality and nuisance macroalgal blooms, Jeremy C. Nettleton
Educative encounters: An analysis of Dewey, Buber and Noddings to understand the role of encountering self, others and the world in teaching and learning in higher education, Carrie Maureen Nolan
Eating quality and variability in carotenoid content and profiles in winter squash and sweet potato, Jennifer Bonina Noseworthy
The historical fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea: A reconstruction of trawl gear, effort and trends in demersal fish stocks, Giacomo Chato Osio
Stuck in the middle: A case study of conflict experiences by a first-time community college president, Martha Parker-Magagna
Inventing George Whitefield: Celebrity and the making of a religious icon, Jessica M. Parr
Created in the image of: Mormonism and the rhetorical production of identity in privately-published family histories, Michael K. Peterson
Observational studies of scatterometer ocean vector winds in the presence of dynamic air-sea interactions, Amanda Michael Plagge
Wave-particle interactions in the solar wind and solar flares, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul
Interaction between the coastal ocean and the estuarine systems, Shivanesh Arvinda Rao
Shifting alliances and fairweather friends: Luso-American relations, 1941--1951, Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa. Rioux
Towards Colombian small-scale marine fisheries management: Hacia un manejo de la pesca marina artesanal en Colombia, Lina Maria Saavedra-Diaz
Liquefaction and ring shear device, Julian A. Sandoval
Essays on motor fuel taxation and price dynamics in the European Union, Aliya Sassi
Heuristic search under time and cost bounds, Jordan Tyler Thayer
Writing for numbers: The Cultural Production of Good Writers in the Time of High Stakes Writing Assessments, Barbara W. Tindall
An investigation of non-spatial cognitive abilities in an asocial corvid, the Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Jan K. Tornick
Nonideality in high concentration solutions, Ronald Toth
Testing the procedural justice model of legal socialization: Expanding beyond the legal world, Rick Trinkner
Transferring big data across the globe, Adam H. Villa
Ecological effects of ditching and ditch-plugging in New England salt marshes, Robert E. Vincent
Flatfish stock enhancement: Examining conditioning strategies to promote success, Michelle Lynn Walsh
Processes influencing visual awareness during motion-induced blindness, Erika T. Wells
Essays on the economics of municipal and household solid waste disposal and recycling, Christopher Wright
Perpendicular Ion Heating by Low-frequency Alfven-wave Turbulence, Qian Xia
On wavelet-based testing for serial correlation of unknown form using Fan's adaptive Neyman method, Shan Yao
Ratiometric copper(II) indicators based on poly(n-isoproprylacrylamide) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer, Shaojun Yao
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The origins of American history in the early modern English Atlantic world, Ian J. Aebel
In-situ early detection of metal corrosion via "turn-on" fluorescence in "smart" epoxy coatings, Anita Augustyniak
"I remember when you taught me that!" Developmental and gender differences in children's episodic memories of learning events during the early school years, Rhyannon H. Bemis
The Effects of Weak Collisions on Nonlinear Plasma Kinetics, Carrie E. Black
Decoding minority student retention: An investigation of student experiences and institutional characteristics, Stephanie S. Bramlett
Homotopy mapping spaces, Jeremy Brazas
Efficiency of the built environment: Interdependencies in transportation, development form and public health, Cynthia H. Carlson
Independently innovative: Teachers and change in successful schools, Mary Halpin Carter
Design of a low power switched-capacitor pipeline analog-to-digital converter, Gang Chen
Seasonal, biogeochemical, and microbial response of soils to simultaneous warming and nitrogen additions, Alexandra R. Contosta
A computational fluid dynamics study of two-phase flows in the presence of surfactants, Yuanyuan Cui
Marine atmospheric influences on trace gas observations and transport during the ICARTT 2004 campaign, Shannon R. Davis
Development of engineering tools to analyze and design flexible structures in open ocean environments, Judson Decew
Ocular dominance and temporal dynamics in the venetian blind effect, Joshua Jay Dobias
Character displacement in Burkholderia biofilm communities and the effect of adaptive history on the evolution of niche breadth, Crystal Nicole Ellis
Detection of Mortality in Tropical Forests Using Remote Sensing: From Treefall Gaps to Large Disturbances, Fernando Del Bon Espirito-Santo
Proof and reasoning in an inquiry-oriented class: The impact of classroom discourse, Susan D. Generazzo
Global Structure of the Nightside Proton Precipitation during Substorms using Simulations and Observations, Matthew L. Gilson
Satellite-derived fluorescence quantum yields as indicators of phytoplankton photophysiology, Deborah Goodwin
Analytical and numerical prediction of localized necking in sheet metal forming processes, Raed Zuhair Hasan
The role of reuniens and rhomboid thalamic nuclei in spatial memory, Jacqueline R. Hembrook
Assessing social-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity in the face of climate change: An examination of three communities in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, Bradley B. Johnson
Hydrogenation of nanostructured carbon, synthesis of organic semiconductors and progress towards synthesis of fullerenes and nanoribbons from polyaromatic hydrocarbons, Jeremy T. Kintigh
Linking goals to outcomes: Exploring students' achievement goals, strategy use, and standards of success for learning, Kirsten Nerissa Koritz
Evaluating mode of loading effect and laboratory fatigue performance of asphalt concrete using viscoelastic continuum damage mechanics, Aravind Krishna Swamy
Occurrence of major ozone episodes and their time-series trends over the past decade in New England, Tzu-Ling Lai
Statistical study of oxygen+ transport from the cusp to the plasmasheet, Jing Liao
Existing regulatory circuitries govern backbone and acquired host association factors in the human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Jennifer C. Mahoney
Polyamine metabolism in Arabidopsis: Transgenic manipulation and gene expression, Rajtilak Majumdar
"If we want an education, we want an education It's our choice": How four youth at risk of dropping out of high school experienced social capital, Joanne McFarland Malloy
The puzzle of long swings in equity markets: Which way forward?, Nicholas J. Mangee
Raping the raced body: Trauma in Asian North American women's literature, Amy Lillian Manning
Unraveling the mystery of leaf reddening in seagrasses, Alyssa B. Novak
Three elements of self-regulated learning: Metacognitive functioning, self-efficacy, and study behavior, Catherine E. Overson
From sweetwater to seawater: An environmental history of Narragansett Bay, 1636--1849, Christopher L. Pastore
Chemistry of acenes, [60]fullerenes, cyclacenes and carbon nanotubes, Chandrani Pramanik
Aspects of String Compactification, Guoqin Ren
Stories worth telling: How one school navigates tensions between innovation and standards, Alison Ann Rheingold
Examining the Relationship Between Social Capital and the Built Environment: A Case Study in Measuring Community Sustainability, Shannon H. Rogers
Preschool teachers' beliefs and practices: Emergent literacy in inclusive preschools, Leigh Rohde
Artifact-based reflective interviews for identifying pragmatic epistemological resources, Christopher Walden Shubert
"The alien within": Residual Catholicism and the emerging national identity of post-Reformation England, Melissa K. Siik (Femino)
The implications of socioeconomic status and a usual source of care for the health and health care experiences of elders with chronic illnesses, Michelle L. Stransky
Study of the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations, Way Sung
Wireless Sensor Integrated Tool for Characterization of Machining Dynamics in Milling, Christopher Adam Suprock
I Progress towards the synthesis of plakortether B through a zinc-mediated homologation II Synthesis of novel hydroxy-cyclopropyl peptides isosteres, Ian Scott Taschner
Wage employment, traditional subsistence, and aspirations among Inupiat and Yup'ik in the mixed economy of Northwest Alaska, Catherine Turcotte-Seabury
Competing visions: Women writers and male illustrators in the Golden Age of Illustration, Jason Richard Williams