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Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

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

A Progressive Guide to Commercial Trumpet Playing, Eric R. Murine

AN EXAMINATION OF EDUCATION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN RURAL AREAS, Melissa A. Murphy

Whiteness in Africa: Americo-Liberians and the Transformative Geographies of Race, Robert P. Murray

Copper Indium Diselenide Nanowire Arrays in Alumina Membranes Deposited on Molybdenum and Other Back Contact Substrates, Bhavananda R. Nadimpally

DIET-INDUCED OBESITY: DOPAMINERGIC AND BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS AS OUTCOMES AND PREDICTORS, Vidya Narayanaswami

MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM AND SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY AMONG YOUTH: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS, Alexander Nounopoulos

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND POLITICAL DECISION MAKING IN THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM(S), Jeremiah Olson

THE INFLUENCE OF WIDOWED STATUS AND TASK COMPLEXITY ON DECISION MAKING, Courtney L. Ortz

Peacekeeping and Peace Kept: Third Party Interventions and Recurrences of Civil War, Barrett J. Osborn

DETERMINATION OF FARM-SPECIFIC LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS SEROPREVALENCE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EQUINE PROLIFERATIVE ENTEROPATHY, Allen E. Page

Patterns in the Sacred Music Culture of the American South and West (1700-1820), Nikos A. Pappas