Dissertations from 2013
Light Hadron Properties From Lattice QCD, Parikshit M. Junnarkar
Extreme value theory: Applications to estimation of stochastic traffic capacity and statistical downscaling of precipitation extremes, Eric Matthew Laflamme
Investigating priming, inhibition, and individual differences in visual attention, Jennifer Lechak
Characterization of low-temperature properties of plant-produced rap mixtures in the Northeast, Marcelo S. Medeiros Junior.
Examining social climate and youth social goals on extended wilderness courses: A path toward improving participant experiences, Benjamin J. Mirkin
Peer mediation in Massachusetts public middle & high schools: Perceptions of educators, Eve I. Noss
Patterns of cytosine methylation in the genome of Caenorhabditis elegans, Kazufusa Okamoto
Everyday food practices among three low-income groups: Rural, homeless, and refugee, Amy L. Redman
Approaches to modeling pathogen and natural organic matter removals in slow-rate biofilters, Jeffrey Dale Senders
Enhancing memory access for less-skilled readers, Emily R. Smith
I The tandem chain extension-acylation reaction II Synthesis of papyracillic acid A: Application of the tandem homologation-acylation reaction III Synthesis of tetrahydrofuran-based peptidomimetics, Carley Meredith Spencer
Developing competence: A qualitative inquiry of college student leadership in university outdoor orientation programs, J David Starbuck
Currency risk and imperfect knowledge: Cointegrated VAR analyses with survey data, Josh R. Stillwagon
Essays on Current Use Property Taxation, Darshana Udayanganie
Mechanisms of nutrient limitation and nutrient acquisition in managed and unmanaged forest ecosystems, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur
A longitudinal analysis of the effect of disability type and emotional/behavior problems on different forms of maltreatment across childhood, Jennifer A. Vanderminden
Identification and stoichiometric analysis of the monosomal translational complex, Xin Wang
Intermittent swim stress effects on anxiety behavior, Timothy A. Warner
Writing assessment's "debilitating inheritance": Behaviorism's dismissal of experience, Maja Joiwind Wilson
Dissertations from 2012
Test model of a healthy lifestyle intervention program, Jorie C. Allen
Calcium homeostasis in Escherichia coli, Muhammad Arif
Student science achievement and the integration of indigenous knowledge in the classroom and on standardized tests, Juliann Benson
Development of bio-optical algorithms to estimate chlorophyll in the Great Salt Lake and New England lakes using in situ hyperspectral measurements, Shane Richard Bradt
Cusp Ion Structures and Their Relation to Magnetopause Processes, Hyun Ju Connor
Examining celestial polarization with the Gamma Ray Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE), Taylor Pyne Connor
Can we get there from here? Ecosystem based governance in the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine region, John R. Coon
Culture, place and identity in a mobile community, Genevieve Ramsey Cox
Violent socialization processes and criminal behavior: An international perspective on variations in social control during late adolescence and emerging adulthood, Aimee Delaney Lutz
The impact of multilayer periodicity on texture, morphology, chemical stability and machining performance of titanium aluminum nitride/chromium nitride thin films, Dale Andrew Delisle
Anxious lives: Tracing the life course of a medical diagnosis through illness narratives, Jennifer J. Esala
Watching children: A history of America's race to educate kids and the creation of the 'slow-learner' subject, Jeffrey C. Frenkiewich
The impact of seasonal movements by ovigerous American lobsters (Homarus americanus) on egg development and larval release, Jason Seth Goldstein
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
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