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Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Conversation Goals, Communication Satisfaction, and Relational Dynamics While Navigating Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pre- and Post-Diagnosis Dyadic Examination of Family Communication, Elizabeth A. Spencer

What Do You and I Have to Lose? Influence of Relationship Factors on Couple Help Seeking, Douglas Allen Spiker II

INVESTIGATING WHETHER ECOLOGICAL MODELS OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED VARIABLES IMPROVE PREDICTION OF CHILDHOOD RESILIENCE OVER A SET OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLES SUCH AS IMPULSE CONTROL, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, RELATIONAL MOTIVATION, AND SELF-RELIANCE, Vinod Kumar Srivastava

Sexual Health Education in Kentucky's Public High Schools, Marjorie Stanek

RESIDENTIAL RADON EXPOSURE, ITS CONTRIBUTION TO LUNG CANCER, AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF RADON TESTING, Stacy Stanifer

Host-Parasite Interaction in Horses: Mucosal Responses to Naturally Acquired Cyathostomin Infections and Anthelmintic Treatment, Ashley Elaine Steuer

CHARACTERIZATION AND ENZYME ENGINEERING OF LACCASES TOWARDS LIGNIN VALORIZATION IN AQUEOUS IONIC LIQUIDS, Joseph Stevens

THE EFFECTS OF THREE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS ON VOCABULARY LEARNING BY SECOND-GRADE CHILDREN, Laura Stone

MAST CELLS AS NOVEL EFFECTOR CELLS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE, Ethan Strattan

THE INFLUENCE OF CRYOGENIC MACHINING ON SURFACE INTEGRITY AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF TITANIUM ALLOYS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, Ying Sun

TWILIGHT OF NEWHAVEN: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN ANCIENT FISHING VILLAGE INTO A MODERN NEIGHBORHOOD, Asa James Swan

Restructuring Work “The Chattanooga Way”: Urban Revitalization, Contingent Labor, and Trying to Get By in Tennessee, Mauri Systo

POPULATION PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING AND GENETIC ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS IN INFANTS WITH NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME RECEIVING MORPHINE OR CLONIDINE, Fei Tang

Judicial Elections, Public Opinion, and their Impact on State Criminal Justice Policy, Travis N. Taylor

UNCOVERING STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS VIA TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, Melonie Thomas

An Exploratory Case Study: Using Web-based Micro Videos as a Parent Involvement Tool to Support Families with Preschool Age Children in Early Numeracy Development, Jamie Thompson

ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF AN AUTHENTIC PROJECT-BASED INTERVENTION ON SECONDARY STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD AND INTERESTS IN STEM, Kenneth Rolland Thompson

REGULATORY NETWORKS DURING SEED DEVELOPMENT, Ran Tian

Deep Neural Architectures for End-to-End Relation Extraction, Tung Tran

Geometry of Linear Subspace Arrangements with Connections to Matroid Theory, William Trok

Why Weak States Balance: National Mobilization and the Security Strategies of Post-Soviet States, Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass

Mapping the Tutoring Referral Network: Exploring the Student-To-Tutoring Connection, G. Mason Tudor

Street Musicians, Soundscapes and Hearing the State in Urban Public Spaces of Istanbul, Lacin Tutalar

DESIGNING METAL-HALIDE PEROVSKITES WITH ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND STABILITY USING SURFACE LIGANDS, Md Aslam Uddin

Characterization of Rare Earth Elements in the Illinois Basin Coals, Alireza Valian