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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Analysis of factors affecting motorcycle-motor vehicle crash characteristics, Di Zhu
Predicting student engagement by disability type at four-year baccalaureate higher education institutions using self-reported data, Korrin M. Ziswiler
World wide study of the performance of a sodium guidestar, Steven M. Zuraski
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Automatic registration of optical aerial imagery to a LiDAR point cloud for generation of large scale city models, Bernard Olushola Abayowa
Effects of voids on delamination behavior under static and fatigue mode I and mode II, Nisrin Rizek Abdelal
Smart growing rod device for the treatment of early onset scoliosis, Osama Abohamiara Abolaeha
Computationally efficient basic unit rate control for H.264AVC, Tanner Ryan Adams
Mechanistic studies of inhibitors of DNA replication restart pathways in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Dasharatha Radha Krishna C. Aduri
Liquid holdup in vertical airwater multiphase flow with surfactant, Innocent Collins Akor
The face of God at the end of the road: the sacramentality of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, America, and Mexico, Louis T. Albarran
Graduate preparation of school psychologists in serving English language learners, Morgan J. Aldridge
Exploring the impact of the economic decline on the literacy of middle-class families in three regions of the United States, Rasheedah Shamsid-Deen Alexander
Characteristics of injury and fatality of run-off-road crashes on Ohio roadways, Omar Eid Almutairi
Static and dynamic thermal behavior of carbon based nanofluids, Omar Hashim Al Samarrai
Assessing the ecological implications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of the invasive shrub amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), Sarah Elizabeth Alverson
Effect of wall penetration depth on the behavior of sheet pile walls, Hetham A. Ramadan Amer
Perceived social support in adjustment to college: the role of the sibling, Adrienne Iva Anderson
Should they stay or should they go? How parents decide to enroll or withhold their late-birthday child from kindergarten, James Robert Ayers
Experimental investigation of octane requirement relaxation in a turbocharged spark-ignition engine, Jacob A. Baranski
Redefining choice: a rhetorical analysis of The feminist case against abortion" ", Katie Bentley
Development of a protective coating for TAGS-85 thermoelectric material, Brian Lee Berger
Factors associated with the health-related quality of life in pediatric stem cell transplant patients, Sarah Louise Bidwell
A 'Vast practical embarrassment': John W. Nevin, the Mercersburg theology, and the Church question, Andrew Donald Black
The effects of workload transitions in a multitasking environment, Margaret Anna Bowers
Mystical eroticism in Bataille, Miller, and Ikkyu, Luke Studebaker Bowman
Ladar: a mono-static system for sense and avoid applications, Cullen Philip Bradley
Analysis of joint effects of refraction and turbulence on laser beam propagation in the atmosphere, David A. Bricker
The source of desire: the mother in three twentieth century novels, Brennan Burks
Exploring best practices in developmental mathematics, Brian V. Cafarella
Synthesis and characterization of low dimensionality carbon nanostructures, Michael Hamilton Check
Optical vortex beams: generation, propagation and applications, Wen Cheng
Examination of power quality control within a cost-based microgrid architecture, Thanigasalam Narashimman Chettiyar
Honor and caritas: Bartolomé de las Casas, soldiers of fortune, and the conquest of the Americas, Damian Costello
Re-inscribing racial separation: a multimodal discourse analysis of the news media's representations of race during Hurricane Katrina, Joseph L. Craig
Engineered carbon-based scaffolds for hard and soft tissue repair, reconstruction or regeneration, Jarema S. Czarnecki
Phase noise analysis of 3D images from a two wavelength coherent imaging system, Benjamin Robert Dapore
Measuring rates of reading growth associated with gender using Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, Nicholas J. DeGrazia
Aggressive humor: not always aggressive, Haylee Kristen DeLuca
From painful prison to hopeful purification: changing images of purgatory in selected U.S. Catholic periodicals, 1909-1960, Timothy G. Dillon
Dense 3D point cloud representation of a scene using uncalibrated monocular vision, Yakov Diskin
Particle swarm optimization stability analysis, Ouboti Seydou Eyanaa Djaneye-Boundjou
Hierarchically structured carbon nanotubes for energy conversion and storage, Feng Du
The effects of counterfactual thinking on readiness to change smoking-related behaviors, Erika Renee Eavers
Sliding-mode control of the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), Abdelbaset Elhangari
Analysis of thin skinned cylindrical sandwich structures with weak orthotropic core under patch loading, Charles El Mir
The development of Marian doctrine as reflected in the commentaries on the wedding at Cana (John 2:1-5) by the Latin fathers and pastoral theologians of the Church from the fourth to the seventeenth century, Elizabeth Marie Farley
Parting of the waters: divergences in early theologies of baptismal anointing practices, Elizabeth H. Farnsworth
A comparison of primary and secondary psychopathy in the prediction of explicit and implicit measures of empathy, Margaret Kane Glaser
Design and structural analysis of a dual compression rotor, Nicolas David Grannan
Desert enlightenment: prophets and prophecy in American science fiction, Justice Hagan
Engineering of complex optical fields and its applications, Wei Han
The development of a correlation to predict the lean blowout of bluff body stabilized flames with a focus on relevant timescales and fuel characteristics, Bethany C. Huelskamp
Evanescent and plasmonic sensing using linear and radial polarization modes in tapered microfibers, Ighodalo Uchenna Idehenre
Delinquent peer relationships as a mediator of the differential effects of social withdrawal and behavioral inhibition on delinquency, Jeannette Marie Iskander
Integrated coarse to fine and shot break detection approach for fast and efficient registration of aerial image sequences, Kevin S. Jackovitz
Study of the effect of unidirectional carbon fiber in hybrid glass fibercarbon fiber sandwich box beams, Ninad Milind Joshi
The development of DNA-based bio-polymer hybrid thin films for capacitor applications, Donna Marie Joyce
Deposit formation of deoxygenated JP-8 fuel with added hydroperoxides, Kristen Rita Kerr
Resonate energy conversion: analysis of a lunar tide power plant using a variable area pipe, Emily M. Krehnovi
Implementation and validation of a modified non-equilibrium Wilcox k omega turbulence model in subsonic and transonic flow regimes, Thomas L. Kudla
Perfectionism: good, bad, or growth?, Elissa Ann Lauber
Experimental engine characterization for spring design of novel automotive starter, Jonathan W. Lauden
Improving techniques for center of mass estimation using statically equivalent serial chain modeling, Bingjue Li
Rotational double inverted pendulum, Bo Li
Study of metal-insulator-metal diodes for photodetection, Li Li
Using the singularity trace to understand linkage motion characteristics, Lin Li
ArtStreet assessment: measuring changes in community, creativity, and diversity in University of Dayton students, Kristen Lovins
Do autonomous individuals strive for self positivity?: a test of the universality of self-enhancement, Bridget Petersen Lynch
Program evaluation: Fast ForWord as an intervention to improve reading achievement in an Appalachian Ohio elementary school, Talitha C. Malone
Hardware acceleration of a neighborhood dependent component feature learning (NDCFL) super-resolution algorithm, Pagalavan Mathari Bakthavatsalam
Changing course: early childhood development faculty experiences transitioning from traditional to asynchronous online teaching, Jennifer Michelle McVay-Dyche
The effect of chloride and sulfate on the mineralogy and morphology of synthetically precipitated copper solids, Lisa Nicole Melton
The apparent heterogeneity of the national stem landscape: does it reflect reality or is it an illusion?, Kurtz K. Miller
Embodied spirits: comparing Sarah Coakley and John Paul II on issues of gender, Susan Mohall
The virtue of penance in the United States, 1955-1975, Maria C. Morrow
Effect of viscoelasticity on soil-geomembrane contact surfaces, Mohammad Mosawi
Aquaglyceroporin expression and regulation in erythrocytes from freeze tolerant Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, Venkateshwar Mutyam
Multiframe super resolution with JPEG2000 compressed images, Barath Narayanan Narayanan
Association between identified Perkins IV performance data and selected characteristics of Ohio joint vocational school districts, Harold Lee Niehaus
Drawdown of floating solids in liquid by means of mechanical agitation: effect of system geometry, Anand Kumar Pandit
Pyrolytic decomposition of synthetic paraffinic kerosene fuel compared to JP-7 and JP-8 aviation fuels, Grant Houston Parker
Flora Annie Steel: British memsahib or new woman?, Kavitha Pasala
Implementation of a single channel automatic identification system (AIS) on a field programmable gate array (FPGA), Pranav Ramesh Patel
Factors associated with stalking victimization, Jessica Lynn Penkal
An approach for the extraction of thermal facial signatures for evaluating threat and challenge emotional states, Nilesh Powar
Investigation of measurement distortion and application of finite element modeling to magnetic material characterization in a closed-circuit, Barry Kevin Pugh
Design of microwave band stop and band pass filters based on BST thin film varactor technology, Jaya Chandra Ramadugu
Extending contingency management to the treatment of homeless youth, Adam Charles Reichle
Search engine optimization: a new literacy practice, Katherine A. Robisch
De Concillo's Cathechism," catechists, and the history of the Baltimore Catechism ", Biff Rocha
Effect of compliant flooring on postural stability in an older adult population and in individuals with Parkinson's disease, Renee Lynn Sample
School-based training and consultation to improve concussion awareness, Jenna Marie Sandlund
Early modern women writers and humility as rhetoric: Aemilia Lanyer's table-turning use of modesty, Kathryn L. Sandy-Smith
Development of polychromatic laser beacon fiber coupling system based on photonic crystal fibers, Ramyaa Ramesh Sangam
Robust feature based reconstruction technique to remove rain from video, Varun Santhaseelan
Betrayal characteristics and self-forgiveness: the mediating and moderating roles of social-cognitive variables, Ashley A. Schantz
Kinematic synthesis of planar, shape-changing rigid body mechanisms for design profiles with significant differences in arc length, Shamsul Anuar Shamsudin
General education teachers' knowledge of Response to intervention, Ryan Sheets
Turkish students' attitudes towards science in early childhood education, Ahmet Simsar
Rate distortion optimization for interprediction in H.264AVC video coding, Jonathan Patrick Skeans
Teacher reported leadership characteristics affecting the organizational health of urban K-8 schools, Tracey R. Smith-Deagle
Effect of an acute Sensory Integration therapy on the postural stability and gaze patterns of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Senia I. Smoot
The stigma of homelessness as a function of mental illness comorbidity, Nyssa Lee Snow
Genetic mechanisms involved in axial patterning and neurodegeneration in Drosophila eye, Meghana Tare
Supramolecular chirality of charged water-soluble porphyrins on polyglutamate, Stephanie Lynn Thorpe
A comparison of a traditional ranking format to a drag-and-drop format with stacking, Jerry Parmilee Timbrook
Four-bar linkage synthesis for a combination of motion and path-point generation, Yuxuan Tong
Vibro-acoustic modulation as a baseline-free structural health monitoring technique, Keith A. Vehorn
The importance of response to ELL student writing: IEP instructors and teaching assistants, Emily Marie Walters
Ideal process design approach for hot metal working, Xifan Wang
An analysis of faculty development levels of use outcomes at one higher education institution, Katie Elizabeth Weber
Online risk behaviors, Jason E. Weisman
Efficient digital color image demosaicing directly to YCbCr 4:2:0, Daniel Christopher Whitehead
A dialogue on feminist Biblical hermeneutics: Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Musa Dube, and John Paul II on Mark 5 and John 4, Maureen Maeve Wood
Wavefront control with realistic spatial light modulator in a multi-aperture imager, Guimin Wu
Design and construction of 9-DOF hyper-redundant robotic arm, Xingsheng Xu
Numerical study on the characteristics of metal insulator metal diode integrated with spiral optical antenna, Zhijun Yang
Between the black and white spiders: Anatheism and The Marriage of heaven and hell, Henry Quentin Yukevich
Flow patterns in vertical airwater flow with and without surfactant, Jing Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Utilizing Facebook to articulate self and sustain community: experiences of undergraduate students on a midwestern campus, Karen Abney Korn
Local alignment of gradient features for face photo and face sketch recognition, Ann Theja Alex
Semi-active control of air-suspended tuned mass dampers, Fahad Abdulrahman Alhujaili
Position-adaptive direction finding for multi-platform RF emitter localization using extremum seeking control, Huthaifa Ahmad Al Issa
A Great mystery" the analogy of the sexes in the trinitarian Communio of Hans Urs Von Balthasar in light of a feminist perspective ", John Joseph Allen
Supercapacitors based on carbon nanotube fuzzy fabric structural composites, Bakheet Awad Alresheedi
Examination of acousto-optic chaos and application to RF signal encryption and recovery, Mohammed A. Al-saedi
Emotion recognition using spatiotemporal analysis of electroencephalographic signals, Theus H. Aspiras
Control of hypersonic high angle-of-attack re-entry flow using a semi-empirical plasma actuator model, Michael D. Atkinson
The rhetoric of organic food packaging, Eve Amber Baker
Modelling and the study of the memristor, Mohan Ujwal Bandaru
Suspension of solid mixtures by mechanical agitation, Tianxin Bao
Evolutionary covariance among DNA replication restart primosome genes, Linda Berg
Follow her lead: understanding the leadership behaviors of women executives, Lisa Mason Beutel
Assessment of childhood racial-ethnic identity, Tierra Nicole Blackwell
Doppler shift analysis for a holographic aperture ladar system, Ross Lee Bobb
Several non-destructive inspection methods applied to quantify fretting fatigue damage in simulated Ti-6Al-4V turbine engine dovetail components, Michael H. Bohun
Preparation and characterization of manganese fulleride, Peter Thomas Borton
Properties and use of graphene oxide in the mitigation of bacterial contamination in aviation fuel, Nicholas Andrew Brown
Mary and the acting person: an anthropology of participatory redemption in the personalism of Karol Wojtyla/ Pope John Paul II, Richard H. Bulzacchelli
Tracking the sequences of regulatory linkages and their evolution within a fruit fly gene regulatory network, John Butts
Semiconductor optical amplifier as a phase modulator for short-pulse synthetic aperture ladar and vibrometry, Jennifer Lynn Carns
Examining the relationship of ethnicity, gender and social cognitive factors with the academic achievement of first-year engineering students, Bruce Henry Carr
Tree regeneration ecology and herbaceous layer dynamics of an old-growth central Appalachian forest, Julia Irene Chapman
Optimization of vertical photobioreactors, Nilesh Chavada
Corrupted image quality assessment, Wu Cheng
How does Meskhetian Turk's culture affect academic achievement of high school students: what does help?, Mehmet Akif Cingi
Inductively loading a half width leaky wave antenna to control the main beam direction, Michael Thomas Corwin
Tales of the Jir the education of Esa Drumm, Keri J. Crist-Wagner
Signal to noise ratio effects on aperture synthesis for digital holographic ladar, Maureen Elizabeth Crotty
Don't call me professor" student perceptions of graduate instructor ethos", Sarah Nicole DelMar
Particle swarm optimization, SaiPrasanth Devarakonda
Safety involving brothers and sisters gender differences, Cassandra Marie Dodds
Nonlinear uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty propagation of a dynamic electrical circuit, Austin Phillip Doty
Processing-structure-property relationships of a polymer-templated cholesteric liquid crystal exhibiting dynamic selective reflection, Madeline Marie Duning
Assessment of Ohio music teachers challenges and implications, Melissa Anne Durst
Songs for waiters a lyrical play in two acts, Andrew Eberly
Learner-centered education: bridging the gap between ideal and actual practice, Beverly Jo Ervin
Sensor hardening through translation of the detector from the focal plane, Marc A. Finet
Effect of soil and bedrock conditions below retaining walls on wall behavior, Mohamad G. Mohamad Gabar
Fluorescence enhancement using one-dimensional photonic band gap multilayer structure, Jian Gao
Faithful to your sacraments and loyal in your service" the sacrament of reconciliation as a source of spirituality and collaboration in ministry", Ellen Christina Garmann
Wingwall aerodynamic interactions in free flying, maneuvering MAVs, Matthew Kenneth Geyman
Exploring consistency in dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills next oral reading fluency passages for educational decision making, Debra Joyce Gillespie
The Cyclops" and "Nestor" episodes in James Joyce's Ulysses a portrait of European society in 1904 ", Eric Gilliland
Photonically enhanced and controlled pool boiling heat transfer, Nicholas Robert Glavin
Dynamics and disturbance in an old-growth forest remnant in Western Ohio, Sean Michael Goins
Benthic community structure response to flow dynamics in tropical island and temperate continental streams, Kathleen R. Gorbach
Student newspaper governance on public university campuses in Ohio: higher education administrators vs. student journalists, Terry Lee Hapney
The effects of story mapping on the comprehension skills of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Jamie Herre
Processing algal biomass to renewable fuel oil extraction and hydrothermal liquefaction, Sally Louis Homsy
Scott Pilgrim's gaming reality an introduction to gamer realism, Tyler P. Howat
Peace and human rights in the nuclear age (the encyclical and the speech of 1963), Roger William Howell
The stigma of a mental illness label attitudes towards individuals with mental illness, Chinenye Oluchukwu Ikeme
Shear capacity of fiber-reinforced concrete under pure shear, Ahmad M. Ishtewi
Autonomous motion learning for near optimal control, Alan Lance Jennings
Low loss orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OPGaAs) waveguides for nonlinear infrared frequency conversion, Izaak Vincent Kemp
Impact of halogenated aliphatic and aromatic additives on soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons an ethylene-air laminar co-flow diffusion flame study, Rajiv Kondaveeti
Student success: the effects of a community college first-year course, Judy Kronenberger
Digital and analog signal encryption and decryption in mid rf range using hybrid acousto-optic chaos, Abhinay Kundur
A modified repeated reading intervention to help the adolescent struggling reader, Carolyn Renee Kyne
Curriculum based measures and students of diverse ethnicities, Autumn Nicole La Riche
Analysis of high angle of attack maneuvers to enhance understanding of the aerodynamics of perching, Zachary Michael Lego
The effect of thin-ideal media on body image an experiment using the Solomon four-group design, Sara Elizabeth Mason
Fade to black, Sylvia Renee Maye
Qualitative Analysis of Tier 3 Response to Intervention Implementation in Schools, Tracy Lynn Mayne
The body of Christ and Alzheimer's disease a theological account of the church's capability and responsibility to respond well to Alzheimer's disease, Nicholas S. Mayrand
Damping parameter study of a perforated plate with bias flow, Alireza Mazdeh
The effects of teacher candidate gender, principal gender, and degree type on the elementary teacher selection process, Lesley Anne McCue
Seeded, gain-switched chromium doped zinc selenide amplifier, Sean A. McDaniel
Design and implementation of an embedded NIOS II system for JPEG2000 tier II encoding, John M. McNichols
Assessing the compatibility of alternative jet propulsion and diesel fuels with selected fuel system elastomers, Weston Lee Merling
Further development of 3-D rotary-wing acoustic directivity using a spherical harmonic representation, Frank Spencer Mobley
The effect of the parent-adolescent emotional context on the link between positive parenting practices and adolescent behavioral adjustment, Joseph Molitor
Flexural analysis and composite behavior of precast concrete sandwich panel, Behnam Naji
Investigation of the behavior of the nickel catalyst in chemical vapor deposition synthesis of carbon nanopearls, Shanee Danyale Pacley
Teachers' understanding of chronic pain and its impact on students' functioning, Jason M. Parkins
A passive wireless platform for chemical-biological sensors, Mark Alan Patterson
Ancient voices the church fathers in ecumenical conversations, Brian R. E. Peterson
The utilization of nonlinear dynamics in the assessment of balance and gait kinematics in multiple sclerosis, Daniel James Petit
Identifying locations with high rates of alcohol related traffic crashes in Ohio, Sowjanya. Ponnada
Development of a Drosophila melanogaster model system for nanoparticle toxicity assessment, Ryan Todd Posgai
Automated growing rod for the treatment of juvenile scoliosis, Lewis Tyson Ross
Heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and autoxidation studies in the jet fuel thermal oxidation tester (JFTOT), Zachary Hugo Sander
Synthesis and characterization of reactive core-shell nanoparticles, Ryan Evan Schwarb
Gender role expectations of classroom teachers, Diane Schwendenman
Success of international students in higher education, Allison Renee Seaver
Muslim women on the Catholic campus: the search for identity, community, and understanding, Cynthia Trout Shafer
In vivo dynamics of the quorum sensing-related interplay during symbiotic interaction between the nitrogen fixing bacterium, Sinorhizobium meliloti, and its eukaryotic host, Medicago truncatula, Muhamad Ali Khalil Shakhatreh
Controlled synthesis of gold nanorods with varying aspect ratios and their biological applications, Bradley Michael Stacy
Traditional masculine ideologies as a mediator of the relationship between witnessing violence in childhood and intimate partner violence relationships, Laura Elise Stayton
Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder among victims of intimate partner violence the roles of perceived social support, self-esteem, and self-blame, Anne Louise Steel
Study of the mechanistic features of DNA replication restart in neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bharath Sunchu
An integer-based approach for back projection of wide area imagery, Paul O. Sundlie
Incorporation of computational fluid dynamics into flight vehicle preliminary design, Ernest D. Thompson
Cost analysis and evaluation of syngas synthesis through anaerobic digestion, Yun Tong
The effect of peers on marital beliefs and expectations, Kelsey Elise Ufholz
Bio-effects of gold nanorods as a function of aspect ratio and surface chemistry, Emily Ahlrichs Untener
Demonstrated resolution enhancement capability of a stripmap holographic aperture ladar system, Samuel Martin Venable
America singing loud shifting representations of American national identity in Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman, Eliza K. Waggoner
Laboratory analysis of sustainable nutrient treatment methods for agricultural runoff, Peter Randal Wamsley
Optical tweezers using cylindrical vector beams, Chenchen Wan
The effect of dwell loading on the small fatigue crack growth at notches in IN100, D'Anthony Allen Ward
The virtue of detachment in the Christian tradition: a study of St. John of the Cross and Thomas Merton, David C. Weickert
Color constancy for stereo imaging, Bo Wen
Propagation of Gaussian beams through a modified von Karman phase screen, Erica Marie Whitfield
The contextualized Noah: the deluge patriarch in Genesis, Jubilees, and Pseudo-Philo, James Culver Wykes
Formation of copper and nickel nanoparticles by through thin film ablation, Sheng Xu
Jesus, symbol of Christ the christology of Raimon Panikkar, Justin M. Yankech
Design and optimization of barium strontium titanate ferroelectric varactors, Hailing Yue
Design of a miniaturized x-band chebyshev band-pass filter based on BST thin film, Chenhao Zhang
Access control for cross organizational collaboration, Jian Zhu
Biocompatibility of carbon nanomaterials materials characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation, Lin Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Uncharted waters, Alanoud Badah AlAjmi
Microwave frequency thin BST film based tunable shunt and series interdigital capacitor device design, Andargachew Desta Alemayehu
Perceptions of executive functioning in young children following traumatic brain injury, Alison Elizabeth Armstrong-Betts
Design of an intelligent traffic management system, Amin Azimian
Investigation of ignition delay times of conventional (JP-8) and synthetic (S-8) jet fuels a shock tube study, Jayakishan Balagurunathan
Feature based image mosaicing using regions of interest for wide area surveillance camera arrays with known camera ordering, Brett S. Ballard
Invasive shrub (Lonicera maackii) effects on terrestrial-aquatic linkages in stream ecosystems organic matter processing and macroinvertebrate community colonization, Rachel Elizabeth Barker
Negotiating space exploring the rhetorical potential of open source software, Nora Ann Beerline
Stretch processing of simultaneous, segmented bandwidth linear frequency modulation in coherent ladar, Robert L. Brown
A romantic and a samurai a comparative look at mortality and society according to Miyamoto Musashi and John Keats, Christopher Alan Cerone
Catalytic destruction of lindane using a nano iron oxide catalyst, Saikumar Chalivendra
The Love Biscuit Lodged under a Log: (Re)Tellings of Captivity and Redemption in Mary Rowlandson's 'Captivity Narrative' and Louise Erdrich's 'Captivity', Alexandria Elizabeth Connor
Speckle statistics of articulating objects, Dallis Gale Conrad
Associations between institutional characteristics and credits-to-degree and time-to-degree in Ohio community colleges, Martha R. Crawmer
Moving beyond the corporation recovering an ontology of participation to envision new forms of business, Maura Stephanie Donahue
Traumatic brain injury school psychologist training, knowledge and skills, Dana Doran-Myers
Ion implantation study of Be in InSb for photodiode fabrication, Josh Duran
Synthesis of non-halogenated flame retardants for polyurethane foams, Sravanthi Durganala
(Dis)empowering agents of change a study of the Athens messenger's reporting on coal mining practices and their environmental impact from the 1960s to the 1990s, Jennifer Leigh England
The use of the wedding feast at Cana, John 2:1-11 by the Latin fathers in the development of Marian doctrine from the second to the eighth century, Elizabeth Marie Farley
Longwave-infrared optical parametric oscillator in orientation-patterned gallium arsenide, Ryan K. Feaver
Dead to you, Jamie D. Feltner
Traumatic brain injury teacher training programs and teacher candidate knowledge, Emily Ellen Fox
Locally tuned nonlinear manifold for person independent head pose estimation, Jacob D. Foytik
From past to present and beyond the Venerable Bede, figural exegesis, and historical theory, Timothy J. Furry
Raw, Curt Michael Greve
The performance and emissions characteristics of heavy fuels in a small, spark ignition engine, Jon-Russell J. Groenewegen
A discrete vortex method application to low Reynolds number aerodynamic flows, Patrick R. Hammer
Effects on iron nanoparticles on pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, Carl Edwin Haney
Effects of a brief yoga intervention on test anxiety in fifth grade students, Jessica A. Harrison
E.Y. Mullins, George W. Truett, and a Baptist theology of nature and grace, Derek Christopher Hatch
Development and characterization of a tunable resonant shielded loop wireless non-radiative power transfer system, Jason Daniel Heebl
Power consumption of turbine agitators in continuous operation, Mark Andrew Heimovitz
Relationship between attachment and depression mediating factors, Kate Clara Hibbard
Efficient software and hardware implementations of the H.264 entropy encoders, Marc P. Hoffman
An ordinary text with extraordinary affect how reading Twilight can change the world, Katie Hoskinson
The influence of Stanley Cavell on Fergus Kerr's Wittgensteinian theology, Justus Hamilton Hunter
Acceleration of a locally tuned sine non linear video enhancement algorithm on GPGPU, Julian Daniel John
Carbon foam infused with pentaglycerine for thermal energy storage applications, Douglas James Johnson
A comparison of a traditional ranking-task and a drag-and-drop ranking task, Stephen Thomas Karth
Super-resolution and nonlinear absorption with metallodielectric stacks, Nkorni Katte
Hardware implementation of post-compression rate-distortion optimization for EBCOT in JPEG2000, Andrew M. Kordik
Piston phase measurements to accelerate image reconstruction in multi-aperture systems, Jeffrey Read Kraczek
The Relationship between gratitude and burnout in mental health professionals, Michelle Elizabeth Lanham
Cross-cultural standards of femininity in the post-modern horror film a case study of Carrie and Shutter, Laura Marie Linneman
A morphological study of the canine zona pellucida a heterogeneous ultrastructure and barrier, Matthew O'Brien Lunn
Changed, set apart, and equal [electronic resource]: a study of ordination in the Baptist context, Jonathan Anthony Malone
A fully automated geometric lens distortion correction method, Sravanthi Mannuru
Swell pessures and retaining wall design in expansıve soils, Eman M.S. Mansour
The anxious aardvark sees the light divine masculinity in Dave Sim's Cerebus, Isaac John Mayeux
Online discussion boards foster critical views in students' research writing, Andrea Lynn McGuinness
A signal quality-based study of two compensation methods for nonlinear flash ADCs, Christopher D. McGuinness
Sonochemical synthesis and characterization of metal nanoparticle-decorated carbon supports, Nicholas D. McNamara
Carbon nanostructures as thermal interface materials processing and properties, Muhammad Omar Memon
Tradition adrift the history and development of the blessing of the fleet in Stonington, Connecticut, 1950-2007, Justin James Menno
Nondestructive determination of case depth in surface hardened steels by combination of electromagnetic test methods, Robert Meyendorf
A parametric study for panel buckling sensitivity of composite sandwich wind turbine blades, Shicong Miao
Quasi-transient calculation of surface temperatures on a reusable booster system with high angles of attack, Seth Henderson Morris
A comparison of the keyword and semantic-context method for forward and backward recall of vocabulary items, Fitore Musmurati
Determination of the relative activity of selected paint stripping components with epoxy and polyurethane aerospace coatings, Ebenezer Nyarko
Chemiluminescence and high speed imaging of reacting film cooling layers, Alanna Rose O'Neil
Ferroelectric barium strontium titanate thin-film varactor based reconfigurable antenna, Kuan-Chang Pan
Developing consolidation characteristics of Ohio soils using GIS, Mark Kenneth Papke
Dare to speak" This Land Is Home to Me from idea to promulgation (May 1973 - February 1975) and beyond ", Alyssa R. Pasternak Post
Synthesis techniques for coupler-driven planar and spherical single degree of freedom mechanisms, David Adam Perkins
John Hugo and an American Catholic theology of nature and grace, Benjamin T. Peters
A system for determining the statistical significance of the frequency of short DNA motif matches in a genome an analytical approach, Philip Edward Pfeiffer
Diode-pumped, 2-micron, q-switched tm:YAG microchip laser, Charles D. Phelps
Toxicity of silver nanoparticles in mouse embryonic stem cells and chemical based reprogramming of somatic cells to sphere cells, Pavan Rajanahalli Krishnamurthy
What am I eating? the use of health and environmental messages in predicting a sustainable diet, Julie Brady Ramaccia
Traumatic brain injury the efficacy of a half-day training for school psychologists, Ashlyn Michelle Ray
Analysis of atmospheric turbulence effects on laser beam propagation using multi-wavelength laser beacons, Joseph Lee Reierson
Restoring the classics teaching morality in Sophocles' Antigone through film, Leslie A. Reinhart
Video modeling for teaching social skills to students with Autism spectrum disorders, Barbara Ann Rhinehart
Landscape genetics of the small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum) in a fragmented habitat impacts of landscape change on breeding populations in Hardin County, Ohio forests, Elizabeth Anne Rhoads
Emotional dysregulation and borderline personality disorder explaining the Link between secondary psychopathy and alexithymia, Leigh Elizabeth Ridings
Implicit pitch memory in non-absolute pitch possessors, Stacey M. Rieck
Validation of the MiniSun IDEEA data recorder for the analysis of walking on uneven ground, Mark Tyler Rigsby
The vagina dialogues essentialist and constructionist views of female sexuality in contemporary feminist theology, Karen E. Ross
Personality trait preferences for best friends and romantic partners in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse, Michelle Ann Roth
The use of ammonium carbamate as a high specific thermal energy density material for thermal management of low grade heat, Joel Edward Schmidt
Kalon and the symphony of lament": the integration of cosmology and social ethics in Cappadocian thought ", Adam Sheridan
Single shot high dynamic range and multispectral imaging based on properties of color filter arrays, Paul M. Simon
RTI in the classroom how teachers meet the demands of a tiered system, Elizabeth Mary Sinclair-Lowry
The relation between self-compassion, depression, and forgiveness of others, Ashley Mae Skoda
Adsorption of Denatonium benzoate using activated carbon, Bartina Ciara Smith
Detection of bacteriophage infection using absorbance, bioluminescence, and fluorescence tests, Lindsey Marie Staley
Effects of sleep habits on children displaying behavioral problems in school, Brooke Leigh Stanley
A regularized extended finite element method for modeling the coupled cracking and delamination of composite materials, Michael James Swindeman
Corporate Japan goes to school case studies examining corporate involvement in public schools in Japan, Kaori Takano
Advanced color projector design based on human visual system, Mahesh Kumar Singh Thakur
Biomimetic composite t-joints, Vimal Kumar Thummalapalli
Multimodal recognition using simultaneous images of iris and face with opportunistic feature selection, R. Cortland Tompkins
The effects of age, sex, heat stress, and finish time on pacing in the marathon, Nicholas William Trubee
Concurrent enrollment at a faith-based liberal arts college student behavior and policy considerations, Scott Daniel Van Loo
Design of tunable band pass filter using barium strontium titanate (BST) thin films, Sreekanth Vemulapalli
An adornment of words precious gemstones and jewelry as part of relationships in William Shakespeare's comedies, Andrea F. Venn
System level thermal hydraulic performance of water-based and PAO-based alumina nanofluids, Aaron Richard Veydt
Generation and detection of coherent pulse trains in periodically poled Lithium niobate through optical parametric amplification, Dayen Voratovic
Paired reading intervention for limited English proficient students, Tuongvi N. Vo
Traumatic brain injury teacher knowledge and skills, Alexandra Elizabeth Walk
Talbot imaging in multi-mode optical fibers with periodic multiple sub-apertures, Long Wang
Optimum microarchitectures for neuromorphic algorithms, Shu Wang
Fabrication of micropolarizer and narrow band-pass pixel filters for focal plane array, Alex Watson
Knowledge of and attitudes toward graduation prayer in Ohio public schools, Nicholas Brandon Weldy
Studies of jet fuel autoxidation chemistry catalytic hydroperoxide decomposition & high heat flux effects, Zachary John West
Design, fabrication, and characterization of subwavelength metallic structures, Zhi Wu
Memristor devices, Chris Yakopcic
Theoretical and experimental study of terahertz wave generation in waveguides, Chen Ye
Hull convexity defect features for human action recognition, Menatoallah M. Youssef
Structurally integrated embedded system, David L. Zeppettella
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Jesus' prison a novel, Sarah Beth Acton
Experimental studies in hydrogen generation for fuel cell applications using aluminum powder, Faizan Ahmad
Aerodynamic analysis of natural flapping flight using a lift model based on spanwise flow, L. D. Alford
Engineered carbon foam for temperature control applications, Mohammad Rajab Almajali
High school principals in South West Ghana: profiles and perceptions regarding problems of practice, Michael Amakyi
A study on muon drift tube health monitoring with a concentration in temperature and gas composition, Eduardo Arroyo
Developing a GIS safety analysis system a case study, Aline Aylo
Wave propagation in negative index materials, Rola Aylo
Surface chemistry of metal catalyst under carbon nanotube growth conditions, Tyson Cody Back
Sparse frequency laser radar signal modeling and doppler processing, Eric Stanton Bailey
Reaction time and glance behavior of visually distracted drivers to an imminent forward collision as a function of auditory warning, forward collision warning system training, and gender, Deborah L. Bakowski
Cassie dates Melvin or, How two people struggle to save their town despite a few small obstacles such as killer philodendrons (an excerpt from Book two in a series), Lori Maria Tarkany Balster
Versatile chromium-doped zinc selenide infrared laser sources, Patrick A. Berry
The growth of columnar thin films and their characterization within the visible and near infrared spectral bands, Benjamin David Booso
A comparative analysis of single-sex schools in terms of achievement in reading and math and student attendance, Debra Ann Brathwaite
Ecclesiology in a secular age ecclesiological implications of the work of Charles Taylor and Bernard Lonergan, Robert J. Brodrick
Image restoration in the presence of bad pixels, Brandon J. Brys
The historical development and theological foundations of devotion to the immaculate heart of Mary in relation to the sacred heart of Jesus, Dwight P. Campbell
Investigation of acoustic emission and surface treatment to improve tool materials and metal forming process, Deming Cao
Mary, the communion of saints and the Chinese veneration of ancestors, Celia Chua
A study of surface motility and biofilm formation in pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy, Tracy Lynn Collins
Investigation of liquid crystal spatial light modulators to simulate speckle fields, Jared Michael Cordray
The statement of purpose in applications to PhD programs in rhetoric and composition an activity theory analysis, Amanda Jo Wright Cron
Design and analysis of a poled-polymer electro-optic modulator with a strip-loaded waveguide structure, Antonio Arthur Davis
Beam switching of an Nd:YAG laser using domain engineered prisms in magnesium oxide doped congruent lithium niobate, Jonathan W. Evans
Effect of electron beam radiation on the surface and bulk morphology of carbon nanofibers, Maria Cecília Évora
Beyond engaging and resisting reclaiming the city's moral vision and reimagining the church's politics, Jordan Rowan Fannin
Forgiveness, mood, and attachment style, Jennifer Ellen Farrell
Variables hypothesized to moderate the effects of thin-ideal media on body image: borderline personality tendencies, past abuse, and self-esteem, Susan Frances Folger
High resolution ultrasonic rayleigh wave interrogation of a thermally aged polymeric surface, Shaun L. Freed
Complementarity in health information media usage by college students: an application of media complementarity theory in the context of health information, Patrick Thomas Fries
Confirmation and being Catholic in the United States the development of the sacrament of confirmation in the twentieth century, Timothy R. Gabrielli
Development of high performance air-cathodes for solid state lithium-air cells, Vasisht Garlapati
The use of thermal mass and phase change material to reduce a building's thermal load, Robert B. Gilbert
Program evaluation with the Louisiana Autism Quality Indicators for schools, Amanda Marie Gilmore
Developing the capability to examine environmental effects on small fatigue crack growth, Brian Timothy Gockel
Love without a name: celibates and friendship, Eucharia P. Gomba
An examination of moderators of the relationship between similarity, complementarity, and relationship satisfaction, Brian Thomas Gray
Acceleration of spiking neural network on general purpose graphics processors, Bing Han
Eucharist: prayer, communion, unity, Jeremy A. Helmes
Transcending the "Malaise": Redemption, Grace, and Existentialism in Walker Percy's Fiction, Xiamara Elena Hohman
Laughing at death [electronic resource]: the forms and functions of humor in illness trauma narratives, Nicholas Thomas Iannarino
Identification of factors related to motorcycle fatal injuries in Ohio, Vamsi Krishna Indupuru
Prelude to a Saturday nighter, Angela F. Jacobs
Analogous uses of language, eucharistic identity, and the baptist vision, Aaron James
How Ohio's career technicalvocational high schools with teachers' unions fared in salaries and benefits when compared with Ohio's career technicalvocational high schools without unions, Michael J. Jernigan
Poisson approximation to image sensor noise, Xiaodan Jin
Development of biopolymer based resonant sensors, Erica Nicole Jones
Liturgical illuminations discovering received tradition in the Eastern Orthros for feasts of the Theotokos, Virginia M. Kimball
The impact of the mystery motivator and the get 'em on task intervention for off-task behavior, Elisabeth Elaine Kraemer
A knight in the trenches: Owen Francis Dudley and the Catholic battle against modernity, Owen D. Kubik
A comprehensive series for predicting bone dynamics: forecasting osseous tissue formation using the molecular structure of a biomaterial, Mary Elizabeth Kundrat
The future of Catholic school governance: a historical perspective, Lucianne M. Lilienthal
FPGA implementation of the JPEG2000 MQ decoder, David Joseph Lucking
The effect of treatment integrity on student achievement a quasi-experimental study, Karolyn Marie MacLennan
Venerable Pope Pius XII and the 1954 Marian year: a study of his writings within the context of the Marian devotion and Mariology in the 1950s, Matthew Rocco Mauriello
Adolescents' perceptions of helmet-wearing peers, Caroline Ivy McNicholas
Exploring factors contributing to injury severity at freeway merging and diverging areas, Worku Y. Mergia
The relationship between quest religious orientation, forgiveness, and mental health, Berhane Messay
Improving schools by improving parental involvement, Abraham Mewezino
English assimilation and invasion from outside the empire problems of the outsider in England in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jeffrey Salem Moore
Thermal conductivity of poly-alpha-olefin (PAO)-based nanofluids, Javier Artemio Narvaez Bazan
Through thin film ablation of iron-nickel pixel target, Xiaoxu Niu
Multi-objective optimization of a three cell morphing wing substructure, Brendan O'Grady
Investigation of the relationship between vehicle color and safety, Stephen O. Owusu-Ansah
Adolescent gender differences in perceived interpersonal mattering, Rachel Jo Paputsakis
The development and validation of the psychosocial adjustment to burn questionnaire for children age five and under, Terri Jacklyn Pelley
Microvascular heat transfer analysis in carbon fiber composite materials, Matthew Ryan Pierce
Do first-year composition courses benefit business students?, Marianne Fisher Raab
Wind tunnel blockage corrections: an application to vertical-axis wind turbines, Ian J. Ross
Uses & gratifications in college students' media use: a test of media complementarity theory, Carrie Lynn Scherer
The ecclesial vision of William T. Cavanaugh and post-conciliar American ecclesiology, Katherine G. Schmidt
Wave propagation through multi-layer metallo-dielectrics application to super-resolution, Jean Bosco Serushema
The effects of sibling relationships on romantic relationship expectations in high conflict homes, Ryan Thomas Sinclair
And a small one a nation, Charity Michelle Smalls
(Re)telling Ripper in Alan Moore's From hell: history and narrative in the graphic novel, Megan Alice Smida
Aluminum core-shell nanoparticles synthesis, properties, and applications, Marcus J. Smith
Jewish mystical traditions in the Syriac baptismal liturgy, Meghan Anne Sullivan
Comparative study of alternative fuel icing inhibitor additive properties & chemical analysis of metal speciation in aviation fuels, Kevin Brian Taylor
Building and testing a high spatial resolution nulling microellipsometer using rotational polarization symmetry, Alain Ngoy Tschimwang
The effects of age, years of experience, and type of experience in the teacher selection process, David Scott Vail
Sensation seeking, drinking motives, and perceived norms as mediators of the association between college major and drinking patterns, Emily Ann Voelkel
Synthesis and reactivity of D-[(2'-ethylazocarboxylato)-5-methyl]uridine analogues, Hui Wang
Diverse polarization extension to MUSIC applied to a circular array of h-plane horns, Jedidiah James Whelan
Carbon nanotubes on carbon fibers: synthesis, structures and properties, Qiuhong Zhang
Spatially non-uniform blur analysis based on wavelet transform, Yi Zhang
Development of high power fiber laser technologies, Renjie Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Alexithymia and deliberate self-harm behavior in adolescent females, Christine Marie Abbuhl
Athletic training education program director burnout: contributing factors, Bradley Keith Adams
Determination of fuel tank topcoat material compatibility with diethylene glycol monomethyl ether and triethylene glycol monomethyl ether, Ryan Kenton Adams
The effects of a class-wide group contingency to increase tootling, Amy Lynn Agosta
A novel tuned visco-elastic damper for floor vibration abatement, Wail Saad Al-Rumaih
Orientation models for summer education abroad programs and the development of intercultural competency, Amy Eileen Anderson
The effect of reverse stereotype presentation on performance under stereotype threat, Nicole Brook Arbuckle
Synthesis and cure mechanism characterization of phenylethynyl-terminated imide oligomers, Susanna Branion Back
Dynamics of plume formation with through thin film ablation, Kristin M. Bailey
Investigation of the flowfield surrounding small photodriven flapping wings, Ahmad H. Bani Younes
Effects of a repeated readings intervention on the reading fluency and comprehension of secondary students with learning disabilities, Catherine Sarah Barr
Francis and the feminine: a study of women and the Blessed Mother in the life of St. Francis, Edwin P. Beachum
Cultivating hope in adolescents participating in an academic summer outreach program, Brigitte Dawn Beale
Traditional bullying victimization and new cyberbullying behaviors, Lindsay Rae Berarducci
Catalytic carbon nanotube growth by through thin film ablation and infrared laser heating, Brandon M. Black
The effects of participation in college curricular and cocurricular programs on engineering alumni professional leadership practices, Patricia Yolanda Blyden
The effectiveness of the phonics dance on reading fluency, Mark Wayne Boertje
Do family and personality variables moderate the effects of thin-ideal media on body image?, Nicole Renee Bosse
St. John Chrysostom and St. Olympias, deaconess: a model for the collaboration of men and women in church ministry, Rachael Anne Boyer-Hunyor
Blackout, Christopher J. Burnside
A finite element study of sliding friction between rough surfaces, Chad Andrew Burton
Study of mercury transformation with chlorinated species under homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions, Bhargavi Busireddy
Propagation of vortex beams through a turbulent atmosphere, Wen Cheng
Focus engineering with spatially variant polarization for nanometer scale applications, Weibin Chen
Sparse frequency linearly frequency modulated laser radar signal generation, detection, and processing, Robert Vito Chimenti
Study of microchip power module materials with mini-channel heat exchanger, Andrew Nathan Cole
Theoretical and computational design of terahertz frequency quantum cascade lasers, Adam Todd Cooney
Multi-mode coherent ladar imaging via diverse periodic pseudo noise waveforms and code division multiple access apertures, Matthew Paul Dierking
Neisseria gonorrhoeae PriB: a probe to the mechanisms of bacterial DNA replication restart pathways, Jinlan Dong
Novel optical components for non-mechanical beam steering, Katherine Lisa Drain
Impact of molecular evolutionary footprints on phylogenetic accuracy a simulation study, Bhakti Dwivedi
I look for ghosts, Laura L. Edwards
Separating visual features from tracked objects, Justin Merrill Ericson
Metacognition and reflection: first year composition and knowledge transfer, Elizabeth M. Fogle-Young
Implementation of post-compression rate distortion optimization within EBCOT in JPEG2000, Benjamin T. Fortener
High speed radar signal collection and characterization on a custom reconfigurable platform, Francis D. Fradette
History, theology, and symbol: the mother of Jesus in the Cana narrative (John 2:1-12), 1950-2005, Robert C. Garafalo
Social stories: a behavior intervention for preschool children, Amy Lurana Gerard
Accurate determination of nonlinear optical parameters of semiconductors at infrared wavelengths, Leonel Pastor Gonzalez
Effects of multiple photon scattering in deciduous tree canopies, Michael A. Greiner
One dimensional model of thermo-capillary driven liquid jet break-up with drop merging [electronic resource], Michael Stephen Hanchak
Transmissive beam steering through electrowetting microprism arrays, Wei Han
Fatigue crack propagation in functionally graded materials, Brett Kenneth Hauber
The sister Karamazov Dorothy Day's encounter with Dostoevsky's novel, Michael H. Hebbeler
Decomposition of polyol ester lubricants containing tricresyl phosphate in the presence of transition metal carbides, John Eric Hils
Recovery from mental illness: developing a measure of underlying constructs, Theresa Marie Hintze
Gender differences in adolescent lying behavior based on type of lie, Lori Ann Hobrath
A parallel architecture of JPEG2000 Tier I encoding for FPGA implementation, Luke A. Hogrebe
Tribological behavior and film formation mechanisms of carbon nanopearls, Chad Nicholas Hunter
The effect of amplitude control and randomness on strongly coupled oscillator arrays, Hai Jiang
Mitochondrial distribution in mammalian cells, Lei Jiang
On-line robust approach and landing trajectory generation for reusable launch vehicles, Zhesheng Jiang
Globalization and militant Hindu nationalism: the new context for theology in India, Satish Antony Joseph
