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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

EVALUATING THE INCIDENCE OF MELANOMA AND LUNG CANCER OF CURRENT AND FORMER ACTIVE-DUTY U.S. MILITARY WHO WERE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Brian Kovacic

MEETING THEIR EXPECTATIONS: STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INSTRUCTOR CLARITY, CREDIBILITY, RAPPORT, AND CLIMATE IN ONLINE COURSES, Nikki Kowalski

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP EXPERIENCES OF BISEXUAL-IDENTIFYING ASIAN MEN WITH SAME AND DIFFERENT GENDER PARTNERS, Cheryl Kwok

Energy Harvesting and Sensor Based Hardware Security Primitives for Cyber-Physical Systems, Carson Labrado

SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION AMONG RURAL MAYA HOUSEHOLDS IN CHUNHUAYUM, YUCATAN, MEXICO, DURING THE LATE PRECLASSIC THROUGH THE EARLY CLASSIC (300 B.C. – A.D. 600), Céline Lamb

Hospital Nurses' Moral Distress and Coping during COVID-19: A Pilot Study, Abigail Latimer

Electric Power Systems and Components for Electric Aircraft, Damien Lawhorn

ESSAYS ON THE ROLE OF POLICIES IN MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, Anh Le

Weight Distributions, Automorphisms, and Isometries of Cyclic Orbit Codes, Hunter Lehmann

Race Youth in Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture, Claire E. Lenviel

MECHANISMS OF CADMIUM-INDUCED AND EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR MUTATION-DRIVEN LUNG TUMORIGENESIS, Hsuan-Pei Lin

Mobile Technology Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Yi Lin

NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR CANCER GENOMICS DATA ANALYSIS, Jinpeng Liu

HUMAN REGULATORY T CELLS CONTROL INFLAMMATION FROM EFFECTOR T CELLS IN PREDIABETES, Rui Liu

Topics in Quantum Quench and Entanglement, Sinong Liu

CHANGING THE PERSPECTIVE IN MANAGEMENT OF A PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER: DEVELOPING INTERVENTIONS TO TARGET MULTIFACTORIAL COMPONENTS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE WITH EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING CLINICAL MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES, Jordana Christine Lockwich

I Need to See Me on TV: Parasocial Affirmations of Sexual and Gender Identity Development of LGBTQ+ Mass Media Consumers, Donald I. Lowe

Communication Strategies to Intervene in Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Adult Couples, Kaylee Marie Lukacena

SCIENCE-BASED REGULATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES IN COMPETITION HORSES, Jacob Machin

Effects of Season and Nutrition on Insulinemic Responses in Insulin Dysregulated Horses, Erica Lyn Macon

KINETICS OF ELEMENTARY REACTIONS IN GRAPHENE OXIDATION AND KINETICS OF OH* IN HYDROGEN FLAMES, Siamak Mahmoudi

ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF SECOND-CLASS CURRENTS ON NEUTRON BETA DECAY OBSERVABLES AND THE EFFECT OF THOMAS ROTATION ON THE RELATIVISTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, Lakshya Malhotra

Death, Discipline, and the Dead: Biopolitical Rhetoric in Early Modern English Texts, Leslie Raybuck Malland

Multiscale Finite Element Modeling of Active Contraction in Striated Muscle, Charles Kurtis Mann

“HOW SWEET THAT I AM THE ONE TO WHISPER THESE THINGS”: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF ACTIVE LATIN TEACHING AND LEARNING, Laura Ann Manning