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Dissertations from 2008 2008

ROLE OF THE REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PEROXYNITRITE IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Ying Deng

THE INFLUENCE OF Ca2+ REGULATION IN SYNAPTIC FACILITATION OF MOTOR NERVE TERMINALS IN CRAYFISH AND DROSOPHILA AS WELL AS IN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL REGULATION OF LARVAL DROSOPHILA HEART, Mohati Desai-Shah

OPTIMIZING LEARNING THROUGH TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS: A TEST OF THE CAUSAL PROCESS STUDENT UNDERSTANDING MODEL, Nicole Denise Dobransky

MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRANS EXCISION-SPLICING AND TRANS INSERTION-SPLICING REACTION, Perry Patrick Dotson II

A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THERMODYNAMIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF LAYERED Ca_n+1(Ru_1-xCr_x)_nO_3n+1, Vinobalan Durairaj

STUDIES OF LOW-LYING STATES IN 94ZR EXCITED WITH THE INELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING REACTION, Esmat Elhami

CLINICAL FUNCTIONAL TESTING IN PEOPLE 30-60 YEARS OLD. EXPECTED PERFORMANCE VALUES AND CORRELATIONS TO MUSCLE FITNESS AND ACTIVITY LEVEL, Robert A. (Tony) English

TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF "KENTUCKY FOOD" IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: FOOD LOCALISM AND COMMODIFICATION OF PLACE IDENTITY UNDER POST-TOBACCO AGRICULTURAL RESTRUCTURING, 1990-2006., Taro Futamura

CHARGE DENSITY WAVE POLARIZATION DYNAMICS, Luis Alejandro Ladino Gaspar

CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION AND SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF THE N (NUCLEOCAPSID) AND P (PHOSPHOPROTEIN) PROTEIN OF THE SYDV (POTATO YELLOW DWARF VIRUS SANGUINOLENTA STRAIN), Debasish Ghosh

A WHOLE CELL BASED BIOSENSOR FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL TOXINS AND EARLY SCREENING OF CANCER, Gargi Ghosh

NEW SILKS ROADS: PROMISES AND PERILS OF THE INTERNET IN THE THAI SILK INDUSTRY, Mark Graham

TARGETING THE METAL CHELATOR D-PENICILLAMINE TO EXPLOIT THE ELEVATED COPPER AND OXIDATIVE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, Anshul Gupte

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A SERIES OF NOVEL, GUANIDINE AND AMIDINE-CONTAINING NEONICOTINOID-LIKE ANALOGS OF NICOTINE: SUBTYPE-SELECTIVE INTERACTIONS AT NEURONAL NICOTINIC-ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR., Aaron Joseph Haubner

A PRECISION INSTRUMENT FOR RESEARCH INTO NANOLITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES USING FIELD-EMITTED ELECTRON BEAMS, King-Fu Hii

THE ROLE OF SPIDERS IN THE DETRITAL FOOD WEB OF AN EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST, Erin Elizabeth Hladilek

THE EMOTIONS OF PUBLIC HOUSING POLICY A CRITICAL HUMANIST EXPLORATION OF HOPE VI, Ellen Hostetter

A NOVEL CLASS OF IMMUNOPROTEASOME CATALYTIC SUBUNIT LMP2 INHIBITOR AND ITS THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS IN CANCER, Yik Khuan (Abby) Ho

INVESTORS REACTIONS TO COMPETITIVE ACTIONS AMONG RIVALS: A STEP TOWARD STRATEGIC ASSET PRICING THEORY, Margaret Vardell Hughes

COMORBIDITY OF PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES: THE ROLE OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, Debra B. Huss

EXPLORING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF VICTIMIZATION AND EATING DISTURBANCES FOR COLLEGE WOMEN, Malinda Martin Sudduth Isaacs

COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF SEED DORMANCY-BREAK AND GERMINATION IN CONVOLVULACEAE (ASTERIDS, SOLANALES), Kariyawasam Marthinna Gamage Gehan Jayasuriya

SECOND-ORDER DEVOLUTION, BUREAUCRATIC DISCRETION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM, Byungkyu Kim

PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF THE NEUTRON ELECTRIC FORM FACTOR AT HIGH MOMENTUM TRANSFERS, Ameya Suresh Kolarkar

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS: THE ROLES OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, PREPARATION, AND TURNOVER, Sharon Kukla-Acevedo