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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

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

Improving Nurse Awareness and Knowledge of Utilizing Effective Alternative Communication Methods with Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Christine McGee

LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF RAPID-SETTING CONCRETE USED FOR FIELD PLACED CONNECTIONS IN ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, Spencer William McKinnon

Reducing Violence in the Workplace: A Quality Improvement Project, Molly McQueeney

Homesteading in Maine: Motivations and Current Trends, Alexandrea Merchant

Implementing Education for Maternity Nurses to Improve Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Postpartum Depression: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Haley Merrill

Herenow, Thereafter, and All the Places in Between and Accompanying Short Stories, Daniel O'Leary Missroon

Multidisciplinary Workflow Implementation for ctDNA Kit Collection to Decrease Inefficiencies for Patients and Staff: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Ryan Montano

Mass Loading Model of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to New Hampshire's Great Bay with a Focus on Surface Waters, Gage Moran

Characterization of Fiber Intake, the Gut-Brain-Axis, and Glycemic Control in NH Bhutanese Refugees, Brandy Moser

Improving Accuracy of I&O Documentation for Patients on a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Corinna Moskal

IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CHANNELED WHELK (BUSYCOTYPUS CANALICULATUS) FISHERY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALTERNATIVE BAITS, FEEDING BEHAVIOR, AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, Mary Munley

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

Implementing Change: The use of Minocycline-Rifampin Impregnated Central Venous Catheters in Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection Prevention in Critically Ill Patients, Shawn B. Murray

Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through Staff Education: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Kirsten M. Mutuberria

Parental Bonds and Mental Health Treatment In Adolescence: An Analysis of Disparities by Race and Sex, Jonni Norman

Variable Light Penetration and Chlorophyll Concentrations from a Vertical Profiler in the Gulf of Maine, with Implications for Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modeling, Terence W. O'Brien

Changing Winters and the Vernal Window in Northwestern Wyoming, Julia Olson

Effects of Tag Type and Environment on Migratory Success of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Smolts Through a Counting Fence, Tyler Parent

Movement patterns, habitat use, and survival of anadromous rainbow smelt in Great Bay Estuary, NH, Chloe Pearson

THE EFFECTS OF HATCHERY STRESSORS ON GROWTH, AGGRESSION, AND CANNIBALISM OF JUVENILE LUMPFISH, Shelby Perry

Improving Communication between the Emergency Department and Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Through the use of a Secure Messaging Application: A Quality Improvement Project, Jacob G. Petlon

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

Spatially Revealing the Liver’s Genetics in the Dehydration Resistant Cactus Mouse, Sean Pierre-Louis

Impacts of Human Development on Mammalian Wildlife in an Exurban and Rural Landscape, Mairi Poisson

Just Do It: The Coming Out Story of a Closeted Athlete, Lilian Pudlo

EFFECTS OF FLAXSEED-BASED FEED SUPPLEMENT ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE, ENERGY UTILIZATION, MILK FATTY ACID PROFILE, AND ENTERIC METHANE EMISSIONS IN JERSEY COWS GRAZING MIXED GRASS-LEGUME PASTURE, Md Atikur Rahman

The Blueberry Gall Midge Complex and its Specialist Parasitoids, Monique Michele Raymond

The Estimation of Forest Inventory Biometrics Using UAS-Lidar, Sarah Ashley Reny

Handsome, Johnathan J. Riley

Evaluating growth patterns of beech bark disease fungal agents Neonectria faginata and Neonectria ditissima under different in vitro conditions, Santiago Rivera Reyes

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

Lifewater, Benjamin Scott Savard

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

Utilization of the Broset Violence Checklist for Early Identification of Aggressive and Violent Behavior to Improve Unit Safety: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Emily Sharretts

“AN ALARMING STATE OF EVIL AMONG OUR JUVENILES” A Case Study of Public Education in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1845-1915, Amy Cummings Sherr

Exploring forest structural complexity: scale effects and metric relationships in New England hardwood forests, Alex Jed Siebert

AN EXPLORATION OF CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING APPLIED TO A PHASE MEASURING SONAR, JOAO CELSO SILVA DE DEUS

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

Avian Functional Diversity Response to Changes in Forest Structure and Degradation in Northern New England, Michael Christopher Thompson

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 UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLE STRUCTURE FROM MOTION AND SNOWMODEL TO MAP SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WIND DEPOSITED SNOW IN MOUNT WASHINGTON, NH AVALANCHE TERRAIN, Cameron Wagner

Using Variable-Resolution Grids to Model Precipitation from Atmospheric Rivers around the Greenland Ice Sheet, Annelise Nicole Waling

A Pilgrim's Portent, Elise Wallace

Enhancing Nurses' Self-Efficacy in Smoking Cessation Counseling to Improve Patient- Centered Care at a Federally Funded Urgent Care Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Adam N. Waller II

CRYSTAL PLASTICITY FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF MAGNESIUM ALLOYS AND EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A TRIP HIGH ENTROPY ALLOY, Jacob Weiss

Alexandrium spp. and Pseudo-nitzschia spp. Cohabitation in the Gulf of Maine, Tiffany Winter

Mechanistic models of human decision-making and ecological dynamics in small-scale fisheries, Sophie Wulfing

GNSS-based Accurate One-way Latency Characterization of Transcontinental and Transoceanic Internet Paths, Lizhi Xu

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 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

Decreasing Delays Within the Perioperative Unit Caused by Cases of Hypoglycemia Through Nursing Continuing Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Jesse Bardis

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

Improving Disinfectant Cap Use on Central Lines in the ICU to Reduce Patient Risk for CLABSI: A Quality Improvement Project, Tali Cherim

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS TOWARDS BIFUNCTIONAL 89ZR AND 44SC CHELATORS FOR IMMUNO-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY, Noah Cote

CRYSTAL PLASTICITY MODELING FOR PREDICTING LOAD REVERSALS IN DUAL PHASE STEELS AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS: APPLICATIONS TO PREDICTING SPRINGBACK BEHAVIOR, Sowmya Daroju

Improving Health Literacy Among Veterans Through an Educational Campaign on Urgent and Emergent Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily DiMarino

The Grand Re-Opening of the American Summer Camp: Determinants of Camp Innovation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Leslie Anne Doone

PRETREATMENT OPTIMIZATION FOR CERAMIC MICROFILTRATION WITH OZONATION AND COAGULATION FOR THE REUSE OF WASTEWATER EFFLUENT, Nicola Elardo

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PALMITOYL ACYLTRANSFERASE 14 IN PREVENTING EARLY DEATH IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Robert Elliott

A NOVEL APPROACH TO DAMAGE DETECTION USING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DATA AND CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Dominic Emory

Transgender Health: Exploring Medicalization and the Interactions of Race/Ethnicity, Disability, and Education, Evan Thomas England

RNA-SEQ ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA WITH CONFERRED OVERPRODUCTION OF PUTRESCENE BY A MOUSE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE GENE, Eric English

Assessing beef producer's interest in cooperative business models to address processing capacity constraints in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, Elaina Enzien

Perceived Gender Discrimination in the United States Air Force, Linzi Gail Eppinger

Seasonal Variability of Phytoplankton Population Dynamics in Coastal New Hampshire, Molly Erickson

Combating Burnout and Building Resilience within ICU Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project Based on Mindfulness and Self Care, Emily Evans

Improving Breastfeeding Establishment by Reducing the Use of Bottles and Artificial Nipples with Medically Needed Supplementation in Full-Term Breastfed Infants: A Quality Improvement Project, Sara Fazzi Garcia

Enhancing Patient Safety by Promoting the Use of the Electronic Medication Administration Record During the Preparation of Injectable Medications: A Quality Improvement Project, Michael Ferrone

Water-soluble reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agents and their bioconjugation to dsDNA, Dylan F. Finneran

Reccurent Neural Network for the Detection of Odontocetes, Christopher Michael Foster

Improving Patient Engagement and Adherence Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Equipment: A Quality Improvement Project, Katelyn Fournier

Gli3 and p300: Modulating Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Monocytes, Storm Devin Gardner

Improving Patient Safety in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit by Identifying Nurses’ Perceived Barriers to the Implementation of Barcode Medication Administration, Colleen Gauvin

Do We Really Know What is In Our Food? The Connection Between Dietary Mycotoxin Exposure and Pediatric Crohn’s Disease, Susan L. Gonya