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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

APPLICATION OF GENETIC TECHNIQUES TO INVESTIGATE CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS TYPE III SECRETION EFFECTOR BIOLOGY, Gabrielle Keb

MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES, Zachary Kelley

Finance and Economic Performance Across Countries, Monika Islam Khan

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF RESILIENCE, Byung Jin Kim

An Analysis of Kingdom of the Heart's Content, Op. 11 by Joseph Baber, Sanghee Kim

Factors Associated with Lifestyle Modification for Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management and Prevention, Leigh Anne Koonmen

Myelin, cPLA2, and Azithromycin: Modulation of Macrophage Activation in Spinal Cord Injury Inflammation, Timothy J. Kopper

FABRICATION OF NANOPOROUS MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Maria Kosmidou

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