Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Improving Nursing Intake and Output Documentation Utilizing Chart Audits and Staff Education: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Cayla Marie Barretto
Sub-Canopy Path Planning for Snow Depth Remote Sensing Using Autonomous Multi-UAVs, Debarpan Bhowmick
Gli3 Is Required for M2 Macrophage Polarization and M2-Mediated Waldenström Macroglobulinemia Growth and Survival, Ava J. Boutilier
Dynamic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Under Extreme Operational Conditions, Ailish Bozzo
Using Imagery Collected by an Unmanned Aerial System to Monitor Cyanobacteria in New Hampshire, USA, Lakes, Christine Bunyon
TRACKING GREEN CRABS: QUANTIFYING METER-SCALE MOVEMENTS OF AN INVASIVE SPECIES WITH ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY IN A GULF OF MAINE ESTUARY, Emily Alana Burke
VAGUE LANGUAGE USAGE IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Julia Kerr Bushell
Giving Effective and Timely Hospice Education to Lessen Participant Stress (GET HELPS), Caroline Rose Carter
Streamlining the Postpartum Educational Process for Safe and Equitable Patient Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Shea N. Cook
Unions as Gendered Institutions: The Effects of Union Membership and Occupational Gender Composition on Parental Leave Access, Meghan Cormier-O'Leary
TRASH MAMMAL, Sebs Corrigan
Enhancing Education to Mitigate Workplace Violence to Increase Staff Safety In a High Acuity Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Michelle Crowley
Access to Nature in New Hampshire: Equity and Quality of Life, Cody G. Crytzer
ACCESS TO NATURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, Cody Garrott Crytzer
Towards Automation of Volunteered and Authoritative Bathymetric Data Comparisons, Patrick Debroisse
The Intersection of Gentrification, Race, and Historical Sociology: Utilizing the Construction of a Racial Gentrification Index to Measure Racialized Versus Economic Changes Across Massachusetts from 2000 to 2020, Paige Elizabeth DePasquale
Assessing and Improving Pediatric Nurses' Documentation of Childhood Immunization Status Using the Electronic Health Record, Katherine Engalichev
An Analysis of River Channel Change Over Time in New England Rivers, Trevor Fenoff
Placing the Peices of Silence, Lena Neris Gemmer
Improving Initial Pain Assessments Upon Arrival to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit by Implementing the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, Molly Jacques MS, RN
PHOTOCATALYTIC CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION USING COBALT CATALYSTS ON SURFACES, Tianqi Jin
Reshaping Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Hourly Rounding to Increase Patient Safety and Instill Values-based Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Jacqueline Juhn
INVESTIGATION INTO ITADORI KNOTWEED AS A CONTROL OF BANK EROSION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE RIVERS, Lauren Kaehler
AUTOMATIC BANKFULL WIDTH EXTRACTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT RIVERS, Desmond Kager
Right Neural Substrates of Language and Music Processing Left Out: Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) and Meta-Analytic Connectivity Modelling (MACM), Lauren C. Keith
Shallow Geothermal Energy Systems in the Northeastern United States: System Distancing and Policy Considerations, Aeowyn Kendall
Quantifying and Modeling the Effects of Internal Waves on Synthetic Aperture Sonar, Nicholas Anthony La Manna
Using Education to Promote Waste Segregation and Waste Reduction in the Operating Room: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Sarah E. Landgraf
Using Education to Improve Timeliness and Efficiency of Medication Administration in an Inpatient Hospital Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Kevin Christopher Lane
Reducing CLABSI Rates Through Education on Maintaining CVC Dressing Integrity: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Hanna I. Lentine
MESOSCALE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL FOR OIL MOVEMENT UNDER SEA ICE, Jessica Manning
Moment-to-Moment Fluctuations in Sustained Attention in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly Claire Marinick
Reducing Instances of Staff Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in the PACU, Christina McAuliffe
Reducing Violence in the Workplace: A Quality Improvement Project, Molly McQueeney
Improving Accuracy of I&O Documentation for Patients on a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Corinna Moskal
Heparin vs. Saline: Evaluating Evidence-Based Best Practice for Maintaining Patency of Implanted Ports, Shannon D. Murdock
Evaluating the Equivalency and Ecological Validity of TPITOS and ITERS-3 Ratings of Quality in New Hampshire’s Quality Recognition and Improvement System, Eileen Elizabeth Murphy
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through Staff Education: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Kirsten M. Mutuberria
Changing Winters and the Vernal Window in Northwestern Wyoming, Julia Olson
THE EFFECTS OF HATCHERY STRESSORS ON GROWTH, AGGRESSION, AND CANNIBALISM OF JUVENILE LUMPFISH, Shelby Perry
Legacy effects of land cover and land use on painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) populations over a 20-year period in southeastern New Hampshire, Benjamin Phillips
Handsome, Johnathan J. Riley
Establishing a Protocol to Address Workplace Violence and Increase the Perceptions of Safety Among Emergency Department Nurses: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Devan M. Robidoux
CULTIVATING COMMITMENT: HOW CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AFFECT VISITOR LOYALTY IN PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS, Thomas James Robinson
Hard Feelings: Essays On Being Close to People, Claire Sasko
Sextually Active Youth: A Nationally Representative Study of Youth Sexting and Peer Influence in the United States, Tori Sciara
Machine Vision Based Speed Control and its application in Autonomous UAV Snow Depth Remote Sensing, Jacob Matthew Shaker
Investigation of Motor Programming in Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Madison Smith
The impact of thiamin (B1) and its precursors on microzooplankton-phytoplankton interactions, Sara Smith
Implementation of a Multipronged Approach to Improve Pre-Operative Efficiency and First Case on Time Start Performance, Melyssa A. Stokes
Advancing a Design for Trusted Community Bathymetry, Daniel Tauriello
THE IMPACT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLUE MUSSEL MYTILUS EDULIS, Bryson Yerik Torgovitsky
PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTROTHERMAL MODEL OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING SYSTEM, Jeremiah Vardaman
Multi-Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Optical Communication System Design, Igor Vladimirov
Using Variable-Resolution Grids to Model Precipitation from Atmospheric Rivers around the Greenland Ice Sheet, Annelise Nicole Waling
A Pilgrim's Portent, Elise Wallace
Alexandrium spp. and Pseudo-nitzschia spp. Cohabitation in the Gulf of Maine, Tiffany Winter
Remote Sensing of Riparian Areas and Invasive Species, Molly E. Yanchuck
The effect of hypoxia on GLI expression and their downstream effect in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia, Estefania Yzar-Garcia
CHARACTERIZATION OF ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE THEM, Christopher Ziadeh
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
UNDERSTANDING THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN WASTEWATER SYSTEMS: A NEW ENGLAND PERSPECTIVE, Sydney Kathleen Adams
A GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION APPROACH FOR SATELLITE-DERIVED BATHYMETRY, JULIANE JUSSARA AFFONSO
Implementing a reference backscatter calibration technique on a multi-sector multibeam echosounder, Rui Miguel Aleixo Miguel Cândido
ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING FOR NECKING IN SHEET METAL FORMING, Ali Al Jewad
Enhanced late Miocene organic carbon preservation and sulfur sequestration beneath the oxygen deficient zone in the eastern Arabian Sea, Sophie Lee Alpert
The Biochemistry of Ursolic Acid: A Potential Therapeutic for Neuro-Inflammation, Emma Jane Arsenault
Resource Availability Drives Patterns of Productivity Rather than Biodiversity for Local-Scale Temperate Forests, Kaitlyn Ann Baillargeon
The Influence of Permafrost Soil Structure on Microbial Community Diversity and Abundance, nathan D. blais
Analysis of Turbulence in the Near-Shore Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer Using Sonic Anemometer Data, Alberto Javier Bodoque Garcia
Fungal Fruiting and Dispersal Following Timber Harvest, Benjamin William Borgmann-Winter
Effects of sediment addition on macroinvertebrate communities in New England salt marshes, Chloe Brownlie
Whether They Return: Modeling Outdoor Recreation Behaviors, Decision-making, and Intention-to-return in Congressionally Designated Wilderness, Alexander Robert Caraynoff
Effects of 3D Printing on Clay Permeability, Morghan Carr
Investigation of Multiple Cyanotoxins in Toxic Lake Aerosols, Hailey Carter
Physiology and Biochemistry of Cold-hardy Table Grapevines, Annasamy S. Chandrakala
SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS, SOURCES, AND TRANSPORT PATHWAYS OF HIGHLY ENGINEERED, PARAGLACIAL BEACHES: NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, Nathan Corcoran
Improving Health Literacy Among Veterans Through an Educational Campaign on Urgent and Emergent Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily DiMarino