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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Achievement of Elementary School Students and Attendance in Preschool Programs in Johnson County, Tennessee, Emogene C. South Mrs.
The Commission on Religion in Appalachia and the Twentieth-Century Emphasis on Rural Identity, Joseph K. Spiker
The Effects of Working Memory on Brain-Computer Interface Performance, Samantha A. Sprague
The Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Kids Eat Right RD Parent Empowerment Program at Johnson City Head Start Centers, Emily M. Stern
Teacher Attitudes and Practices that Support Student Learning, Charles T. Sutton Mr.
Hand Function Evaluation for Dental Hygiene Students, Sara Taft
Analyses of 2002-2013 China’s Stock Market Using the Shared Frailty Model, Chao Tang
Comparison of Different Methods for Estimating Log-normal Means, Qi Tang
Exploring the Role of Religiosity on Suicidal Ideation: A Study Among a Population-Based Sample of Adolescents in the United States, Grace E. Tettey
Regulation of C-reactive Protein Gene Expression and Function, Avinash N. Thirumalai
Queering the ABCs: LGBTQ Characters in Children’s Books, Lindsay A. Toman
Telling Tales as Oral Performance: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Storytelling in Ireland, Scotland and Southern Appalachia, Annalee Tull
The Impact of World Bank’s Conditionality-Ownership Hybrid on Forest Management in Cameroon: Policy Hybridity in International Dependence Development, Asongayi Venard
Adaptive Strategies for Foraging and Their Implications for Flower Constancy, or: Do Honey Bees Multitask?, Ashley E. Wagner
An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behavior in a Low-Income, Underserved Primary Care Sample, Kristin L. Walker
Examining the Influence of Farmers' Market Motivations on Access to Healthful Foods and Business Opportunities for Farms, Rachel K. Ward
Diel Patterns of Foraging Aggression and Antipredator Behavior in the Trashline Orb-weaving Spider, Cyclosa turbinata, James C. Watts
The Evolution of Mountain Warfare in Southern Appalachia, Lucas Wilder
Assessing the Relationship Between Problem Eating Behavior and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in a College Sample, Brittany V. Williams
Assessing Health Department Readiness for Public Health Accreditation through Quality Improvement, Christian L. Williams
Addressing Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in College Students via Web-Based Self-Compassionate Journaling, Jessica Rose Williamson
HIF-1α in the Heart: Provision of Ischemic Cardioprotection and Remodeling of Nucleotide Metabolism, Joe Wu
An Agent-Based Model of Ant Colony Energy and Population Dynamics: Effects of Temperature and Food Fluctuation, Guo Xiaohui
Paleozoic Seed Bank and Their Ecological Significance, Petra Seka Yehnjong
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Response to Intervention Framework and Progress Monitoring Process: K-3 Regular Education Teachers’ Perceptions, Jarrod G. Adams
Learner Satisfaction in Online Learning: An Analysis of the Perceived Impact of Learner-Social Media and Learner-Instructor Interaction, Jeffery C. Andersen
Julian Assange: A Content Analysis of Media Framing in Newspapers around the World, Meylin K. Menjivar Andrade
A Problem of Perception An Analysis of the Formation, Reception, and Implementation of National Socialist Ideology in Germany, 1919 to 1939, Derrick Angermeier
Human Response during the September 29, 2009, South Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami in American Samoa, Emma J. I. Apatu
Summer School: Perceptions of Summer School Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School District, Kari Arnold
Synthesis and Characterization of Three New Tetrakis(N-phenylacetamidato) Dirhodium(II) Nitrile Complexes, Nkongho Atem-Tambe
An Investigation of the Impact of Requirements Engineering Skills on Project Success, Cynthia Atkins
The Effect of Political Advertising on Perceived Bias and Credibility of Online News Stories, Salma M. Ayad
Preventing Skin Cancer in Adolescent Girls Through Intervention with Their Mothers, Mary K. Baker
Mentor Principals’ Perceptions About a Mentoring Program for Aspiring Principals, Steven Nicholas Barnett
Race, Social Disorganization and Delinquency, Alina Bazyler
Efficacy of Partial ROM Squat in Maximal Strength Training, Caleb Bazyler
An Examination of the Inhibitory Effects of Antibiotic Combinations on Ribosome Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus, Justin Beach
Unpacking the Temperament Weight Relationship: The Mediating Role of Food Preferences, Sarah A. Berry
Examining Stage at Diagnosis and Survival in Three Cancers with Definitive Screening Guidelines for Average-risk Adults: The Role of Marital Status, David J. Blackley
Health Service Utilization and Stigma among HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia, Roger L. Blackwell Jr
Teacher Evaluation and Classroom Practice: Teacher Perceptions in Northeast Tennessee, Christopher D. Bogart
To Conform or Not to Conform: An Examination of the Effects of Mock Jury Deliberation on Individual Jurors, Ashley S. Bowser
Immobilization of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Soils and Sludge Using Organoclay, Loren C. Brown
Perceptions of Tennessee School Principals About the Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM), Carmen Belcher Bryant
Contemporary Perceptions of the Solidarity Movement Held by Polish Nationals, Nathan P. Buhr
Genetic Imbalances in Endometriosis Detected by Oligonucleotide-Array Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization, Natalie Burke
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow of the Morrell Cave Spring Shed, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Taylor G. Burnham