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Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

FLUORINATED ARENE, IMIDE AND UNSATURATED PYRROLIDINONE BASED DONOR ACCEPTOR CONJUGATED POLYMERS: SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE-PROPERTY AND DEVICE STUDIES, Arawwawala Don T. Liyanage

THE IMPACT OF RACIAL IDENTITY, MASCULINITY, AND ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Howard Lloyd

TWO ESSAYS ON HOUSING: USING HEDONIC AND QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN (DIS)AMENITY VALUATION WITH HOUSING DATA: THE CASE OF COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS, AND THE VALUE OF BRAND NAME FRANCHISES COMPARED TO LOCAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRMS, Stephen L. Locke

THE HEART OF SOCIAL NETWORKS: THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL ABILITIES IN RELATIONAL WELL-BEING, Virginie Lopez-Kidwell

MANAGING SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES WITH ORGANIC AMENDMENTS TO PROMOTE SOIL AGGREGATE FORMATION AND PLANT HEALTH, Shawn T. Lucas

CHINA’S MUSICAL REVOLUTION: FROM BEIJING OPERA TO YANGBANXI, Yawen Ludden

STUDIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SPREADING OVER HIGH ENERGY SURFACES, Lingbo Lu

THE ROLE OF POLYADENYLATION IN SEED GERMINATION, Liuyin Ma

Funding Defined Benefit State Pension Plans: An Empirical Evaluation, Cezar Brian C. Mamaril

Description and Service Innovation in Adolescent Transition within Kentucky State Agency Education Programs, Amy C. Marshall

A CHILDREN’S GEOGRAPHY OF OCCUPATION: IMAGINARY, EMOTIONAL, AND EVERYDAY SPACES OF PALESTINIAN CHILDHOOD, David J. Marshall

MICROGLIA ACTIVATION IN A RODENT MODEL OF AN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER: THE IMPORTANCE OF PHENOTYPE, INITIATION, AND DURATION OF ACTIVATION, Simon A. Marshall

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF INTERACTIVE APPLETS ON STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF PARAMETER CHANGES TO PARENT FUNCTIONS: AN EXPLANATORY MIXED METHODS STUDY, Robin R. McClaran

LOCAL WOMEN: THE PUBLIC LIVES OF BLACK MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN IN KENTUCKY BEFORE THE “MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT", Karen Cotton McDaniel

EDUCATION POLICIES AND MIGRATION REALITIES: UTILIZING A STATE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF MIGRATION CHOICES FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES FROM APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY, Charles E. McGrew

A Novel Selective Lipid Uptake Pathway Contributing to LDL-Induced Macrophage Foam Cell Formation, Jason M. Meyer

The Health Consequences and Healthcare-Seeking Strategies for South American Immigrant Careworkers in Genoa, Italy, Patti A. Meyer

REDOX-REGULATED RELB-AR AXIS MEDIATES PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN EXPRESSION: INSIGHT IN PROSTATE CANCER RESPONSE TO RADIATION THERAPY, Lu Miao

EFFECT OF ESTRADIOL SUPPLEMENTATION ON BLOOD ESTRADIOL AND METABOLITE LEVELS, AND HEPATIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION, IN GROWING, MATURE, AND SENESCENT BEEF CATTLE, Edwena D. Miles

Sodium hydroxide pretreatment of corn stover and subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis: An investigation of yields, kinetic modeling and glucose recovery, Alicia Modenbach

The Critical Role of Mechanism-Based Models for Understanding and Predicting Liposomal Drug Loading, Binding and Release Kinetics, Sweta Modi

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN K ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND BONE HEALTH IN SWINE, James S. Monegue

RAMPAGE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF MEDIA AND SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTS OF PERPETRATION FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHENOMENON, Philip Mongan

A CONDUCTOR’S GUIDE TO DAVID DEL TREDICI’S IN WARTIME, Joe David Moore

Predictors of Outcome Following Standardized Rehabilitation for Patients with Shoulder Pain, Stephanie D. Moore