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Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

INVESTIGATION OF TRANSITION-METAL IONS IN THE NICKEL-RICH LAYERED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, Shuang Gao

LANGUAGE DYSFUNCTION IN MOTOR NEURON DISEASE: COGNITIVE FEATURES AND SCREENING SENSITIVITY, Natasha E. Garcia-Willingham

OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTION FEEDER RECONFIGURATION WITH DISTRIBUTED GENERATION USING INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES, Ahmad Ghaweta

“I’VE KNOWN RIVERS:” REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, Catherine Gooch

LAS ISLAS EN LA LITERATURA CASTELLANA DE LA BAJA EDAD MEDIA, Martha Elena Granados Sáenz

THE FIELD TRIP PROJECT: USING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO BRIDGE SCIENCE LEARNING ACROSS FORMAL AND INFORMAL KINDERGARTEN SETTINGS, Meg Gravil

SOCIAL NETWORKS, IDENTITY, HEALTH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OLDER GAY AND LESBIAN INDIVIDUALS IN RURAL ENVIRONMENTS, Marc Aaron Guest

MECHANISMS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOLUTION-STATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HPMC AND SURFACTANTS ON MIXED ADSORPTION ONTO MODEL NANOPARTICLES, Salin Gupta Patel

DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS AS REUSABLE ADSORBENTS FOR CHLORINATED ORGANICS IN CONTAMINATED WATER, Angela Gutierrez

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ETHANOL BIOREFINERIES IN THE U.S. MIDWEST FROM 2001 TO 2015: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH, Scott W. Hall

THE FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES EMPLOYED IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY AND POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITE APPLICATIONS, Matthew Logan Hancock

CONFPROFITT: A CONFIGURATION-AWARE PERFORMANCE PROFILING, TESTING, AND TUNING FRAMEWORK, Xue Han

END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING IN PATIENTS WITH A CARDIAC DEVICE, Jessica Harman Thompson

THE EFFECTS OF THE USDA SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM ON RURAL ADOLESCENTS’ NUTRITION ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS AND NUTRITION BEHAVIORS, Mary Rachel Harrington

FINDING THE “TECH” IN TECHNIQUE: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH TO ELECTROACOUSTIC CONCERT PERCUSSION PERFORMANCE PRACTICE, William Brady Harrison II

VITAL RATES AND HABITAT SELECTION OF BULL ELK (CERVUS CANADENSIS NELSONI) IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, John Tyler Hast

BELIEVING IN ACHIEVING: EXAMINING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S DOCTORAL ATTAINMENT, ReShanta Camea Hazelbaker

THE ROLE OF CD8 T CELL IMMUNODOMINANCE AND REGULATORY T CELLS IN NEONATAL IMMUNITY TO INFLUENZA VIRUS, Luke Heil

ASSOCIATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO IMMOBILITY AFTER MAJOR INJURY, Jacob T. Higgins

Veterans' Treatment Courts in Kentucky: Examining How Personal Characteristics and During-Program Occurrences Influence Program Completion and Criminal Recidivism, Monica Lynn Himes

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DYNAMIC CATEGORIZATION AND AUGMENTED UTILIZATION OF THE GENE ONTOLOGY, Eugene Waverly Hinderer III

FAULT EVOLUTION IN THE NORTHWEST LITTLE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: A REFLECTION OF TECTONIC LINKAGE BETWEEN THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT AND THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE, Ann Hislop

FATHERS AND SONS IN MODERN BRITISH, IRISH, AND POSTCOLONIAL FICTION, Alison Hitch

“STANDING ON THE FRONT LINES AND DOWN IN THE TRENCHES WITH HER”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE DIALECTICAL TENSIONS AND COMPETING GOALS OF ADULT CHILDREN OF MENTALLY ILL PARENTS, Kelley Hodgson

VISUALIZING BARRIER DUNE TOPOGRAPHIC STATE SPACE AND INFERENCE OF RESILIENCE PROPERTIES, Li-Chih Hsu