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University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Piecing Together Coalition War: Threat, Politics, and Coalition Structure, Stephen Joiner

ADVANCING THE MEASUREMENT OF TRAUMA-RELATED SHAME AMONG WOMEN WITH HISTORIES OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, Alyssa Jones

EFFECTS OF AN ANCHORED CAREER-FOCUSED CURRICULUM ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Megan E. Jones

BETTER DEVILS OF OUR NATURE: THE ROLE OF VIOLENCE-JUSTIFYING IDEOLOGIES IN OPINION FORMATION, Steven Kaiser

CHARACTERIZING AND PREDICTING THE ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF LIGNIN DERIVATIVES, Ryan Kalinoski

THE BALANCING ACT OF CYTOKININ IN ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS TOLERANCE, Sumudu Sandeepani Karunadasa

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS, GENES, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN AT-RISK ADULTS, Kaitlin Voigts Key

USE OF SURVEY DATA TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR INSTRUCTION FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, Jeffrey Taylor Kimble

AN EXPLORATION OF SMETANA’S Z DOMOVINY (FROM MY HOMELAND), TWO PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, JB 1:118, Yeseul Kim

Pneumovirus Infections: Understanding RSV and HMPV Entry, Replication, and Spread, Jonathan T. Kinder

What Does it Mean to be White: Investigating White Culture, White Privilege and Allyship Through the Lens of Aspiring White Allies, Brett Kirkpatrick

The Direct Scattering Map for the Intermediate Long Wave Equation, Joel Klipfel

Responding to Students Experiencing Emotional Distress: An Action Research Study of Professional Learning Experiences for Faculty and Staff, Christopher Taylor Lakes

IONIC BONDING CURRICULUM UNIT: AN ELECTROSTATIC FRAMEWORK, Mary Frank Lamar

Selective Electron Beam Etching of Materials Using Liquid Reactants, Sarah Lami

Terminal Youth: The Failure Narrative of the Dysfunctional Family as the Non-Viability of Capitalist Economic Liberalism in Contemporary Latin American Film, Sharrah Lane

KINSHIP CARE PROVIDERS: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHILD TEMPERMENT, COMBINED FACTORS OF PROVIDER’S RELATIONSHIP TO PRIMARY PARENT AND REASON FOR PLACEMENT, AND INTENSITY OF PARENTING TASKS TO PARENTING STRESS, Shelagh Larkin

Essays on Economic Development Policies, Hakyeon Lee

AN UNDERSTANDING OF STYLE OF BAROQUE ORNAMENTATION IN HANDEL’S OPERATIC ARIAS: A STUDY OF SELECTED RECORDINGS (1950s – 2010s), Junghyun Lee

COMPLEX ECOLOGIES AND UNRULY BODIES IN ROSA MONTERO’S SPECULATIVE FICTION, Kiersty Lemon-Rogers

Essays on Corporate Finance and Institutional Investors, Ang Li

Multi-Modal Medical Imaging Analysis with Modern Neural Networks, Gongbo Liang

HEART TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION BY LIGHT-CONTROLLED CELL ADHESION, PATTERNING AND ALIGNMENT ON DECELLULARIZED SCAFFOLDS, Cong Li

RESPONSES TO SYMPTOMS AMONG PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE, Chin-Yen Lin

RECONSIDERING MORAL PERCEPTION: THE DIALECTICAL EMERGENCE OF MORAL PERCEPTUAL CONTENTS DURING EXPERIENCE VIA COGNITIVE PENETRATION AND OPPRESSIVE SOCIALIZATION’S SUPPRESSION OF OUR ABILITY TO ‘SEE’ MORAL REASONS FOR HUMANIZATION AND LIBERATION, James William Lincoln