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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

CHARACTERIZING THE PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF CONTACT DEPENDENT GROWTH INHIBITON SYSTEMS IN BURKHOLDERIA SPECIES, Alice Elizabeth Oates

Rational Design of Small Molecule Disruptors of Protein-Protein Interactions: PD-1/PD-L1; c-MYC, ARID4B, Samuel Ofori

Probing the Assembly, Functional Relevance, and Dynamics of AcrA in Multi Drug Efflux in Escherichia coli, Isoiza Ojo

UNBOXING THE JAPANESE SOJOURNING MOM’S PEDIATRIC-GOING EXPERIENCE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE HEALTH SERVICES, Carolyn Oldham

Novel Mammalian Models for Understanding and Treating Spinal Cord Injury, Michael B. Orr

THE ROLE OF ALEXITHYMIA AND AFFECTIVE LABILITY IN DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIORS, Anna Marie Lilia Ortiz

ENHANCING EVIDENCE-BASED TOBACCO TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CLIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES, Janet Otachi

INVESTIGATION OF THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE NUCLEOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC SPHAERIMICIN, Jonathan Overbay

DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF HELIOTHINE AND OTHER LEPIDOPTERAN NUDIVIRUSES, Emrah Ozel

Predicting Material Properties: Applications of Multi-Scale Multiphysics Numerical Modeling to Transport Problems in Biochemical Systems and Chemical Process Engineering, Tom Pace

Two Essays on Governments Devolving Fiscal Authority to Lower-Level Actors, Jinsol Park

The Plus-Minus Davenport Constant of Finite Abelian Groups, Darleen S. Perez-Lavin

STATELESSNESS AND CONTESTED SOVEREIGNTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE UNITED STATES, PALESTINIAN REFUGEES, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, SYRIAN ETHNIC MINORITIES, AND THE EARLY COLD WAR, 1945 – 1954, John Perry

HÍBRIDOS, MONSTRUOS, CÍBORGS Y POSTHUMANOS: LA HIBRIDEZ COMO HERRAMIENTA CIBERPUNK PARA RETOMAR EL CONTROL DE LOS CUERPOS, Naiara Porras Rentero

VIDAS PRECARIAS: CRISIS ECONÓMICA DE 2008 EN EL CINE Y LA LITERATURA ESPAÑOLAS, Abraham Prades-Mengibar

SEXUAL BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLINE PARTNER-SEEKING AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN FROM SMALL/MIDSIZED TOWNS OR RURAL AREAS IN KENTUCKY, Vira Pravosud

A MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM GRANT STILL'S SONGS OF SEPARATION: THE CHAMBER ARRANGEMENT, Michael Preacely

A TEST OF THE “TEACHABLE MOMENT” HEURISTIC’S RELEVANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING CANCER SURVIVORS’ HEALTH BEHAVIOR MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, Gabriella Puleo

Factors Influencing Mare Milk and Foal Gastrointestinal Health, Morgan Brewer Pyles

EVALUATION OF CORN AGRONOMIC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOLLOWING A RYE COVER CROP, Daniel John Quinn

THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF STATE ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: HOW VICTIMS AND NON-VICTIMS FORM OPINIONS ABOUT GOVERNMENT, Helen Rabello Kras

Weakly Supervised Learning for Multi-Image Synthesis, Muhammad Usman Rafique

Investigation of Multidrug Efflux Transporter AcrB in Escherichia coli: Assembly, Degradation and Dynamics, Prasangi Irosha Rajapaksha

Biomechanics of the Lower Back During Repetitive Deadlifts, with and without Body Armor, Vanessa J. Ramirez

WORKPLACE LACTATION SUPPORT AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES IN EMPLOYED MOTHERS, Robin Ray