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Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

PROTECTION FROM AORTIC ANEURYSM BY BMAL1 DELETION FROM SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, Jenny Lutshumba

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELECTIVE ATTENTION AND GLOBAL COHERENCE IN NARRATIVE DISCOURSE FOLLOWING RIGHT HEMISPHERE STROKE, Katherine McComas Maddy

INSULIN ACTIONS ON HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS, Shaniya Maimaiti

PROFILING THE ACTION OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER LARVAL MODEL: HEART, BEHAVIOR, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SENSORIMOTOR CIRCUITS, Cole A. Malloy

(B)ordering Texas: The Representation of Violence, Nationalism, and Masculine Archetypes in U.S.-Mexico Borderland Novels (1985-2012), Joshua D. Martin

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS SERVED BY KENTUCKY’S PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM, Karen Martin

A Theory of Veteran Identity, Travis L. Martin

CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL IMAGING USING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES, William E. Martin

THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ACCULTURATION ORIENTATION, PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING AND GENDER AMONG SOUTH ASIAN AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Dia Mason

“TO NURTURE SOMETHING THAT NURTURES YOU”: CARE, CREATIVITY, CLASS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS IN DEINDUSTRIAL MICHIGAN, Megan L. Maurer

THREE ESSAYS ON POPULATION DYNAMICS, TRADE AND GROWTH, Anna Maximova

Prediction of Acute and Recurrent Ankle Sprains in Athletes, Ryan S. McCann

NOVEL ROLE OF PROSTATE APOPTOSIS RESPONSE-4 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, Mary Kathryn McKenna

THE CELLO WORKS OF ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI, William Joseph Meyer

LIVING ON THE EDGE: SMALLHOLDER GROWERS’ RESPONSES TO A CHANGING TOBACCO ECONOMY IN MALAWI, Tony S. Milanzi

INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING AND ITS EFFECTS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF COACHING AND CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Jamie-Marie Miller

Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Outcomes Related to Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations, Jennifer L. Miller

REPRODUCING CHILDBIRTH: NEGOTIATED MATERNAL HEALTH PRACTICES IN RURAL YUCATAN, Veronica Miranda

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE MOSS BRYUM ARGENTEUM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEX RATIO BIAS, Jonathan David Moore III

METHODS FOR DETERMINING TIME TO RETURN TO PLAY AFTER RECREATIONAL INJURY IN FIELD AND COURT SPORT ATHLETES, Sarah N. Morris

DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE SPEAK7 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM, MiKeiya Y. Morrow

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SELF-COMPASSION AND SELF-CRITICISM ON IMPLICIT ASSOCIATIONS WITH NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY, Laura M. Nagy

PROTEOME BASIS OF MUSCLE‐SPECIFIC BEEF COLOR STABILITY, Mahesh Narayanan Nair

A FIRST EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON THE RELATIVE RATES OF MUON CAPTURE ON DEUTERIUM FROM THE QUARTET AND DOUBLET HYPERFINE SPIN STATES OF THE µd ATOM, Ray Kreswell Neely

GOD ON TRIAL: ARE OUR MORAL JUDGMENTS DIFFERENT BASED ON WHETHER WE ARE JUDGING GOD OR HUMANS?, Ben Kok Leong Ng