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Dissertations from 2016

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HELPING OTHERS OR HELPING ONESELF? NGO COORDINATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, Vladislava Andonova Petrova

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Testing and Security Related Considerations in Embedded Software, Luke Pierce

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The Relationship Between Multicultural Competency Training and Self-Efficacy in School Counselors-in-Training: Understanding of Social Class and Classism Competency Training, Zachary Pietrantoni

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LOTS OF AWFUL THINGS: INTERSECTIONS OF QUEERNESS AND CANCER THROUGH AUTOETHNOGRAPHY, Joshua Loren Potter

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Afterimages of Kincaid Mounds, Corin Clayton O'Brien Pursell

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On the numerical solution of continuous coupled algebraic Riccati equations, Prasanthan Rajasingam

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Clinical-Scale Hyperpolarization of 129Xe and 131Xe via Stopped-Flow Spin Exchange Optical Pumping, Kaili Ranta

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ACCELERATING THE NOTICING SKILLS OF NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS USING STAGED VIDEO SIMULATION, Abby Razer

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ALTERNATIVE LIPIDS IN NUTRITION OF MARINE FINFISH, Artur Nishioka Rombenso

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CHANGES IN HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR DURING THE BUSINESS CYCLE, Mohammad Sediq Sameem

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A NOVEL DESIGN OF AN ALL-OPTICAL BISTABLE DEVICE USING A SINGLE ACTIVE ELEMENT, Hossein Sarafraz Yazdi

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REAL-TIME CLASSIFIER BASED ON ADAPTIVE COMPETITIVE SELF-ORGANIZING ALGORITHM, Zahra Sarafraz Yazdi

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AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER’S ROLE IN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT DISPUTES: THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL AUDITOR ATTACHMENT ON AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER’S ASC 360 ADJUSTMENT DECISIONS., Emily Renee Seay

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Women's Work: Stitching New Identity Narratives in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings, Arielle Semmel

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REGULATION OF EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION AND ASSOCIATED DNA REPAIR, Rwik Sen

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HUMAN CLCA2 MODULATES THE CONDUCTANCE OF CALCIUM-ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNELS BY REGULATION OF INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM, Aarushi Sharma

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EFFECTS OF SCALE AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT ON GRASSLAND BIRD RESPONSE IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM FIELDS IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, Justin J. Shew

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VOICE AND SILENCE AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.- AMERICAN CLASSROOM: TOWARDS A DIALOGIC AND INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO VOICE, SILENCE, AND ACTIVE LISTENING, Jana Simonis

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AN INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CHEMOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS OF DIETARY FLAXSEED IN THE LAYING HEN MODEL OF OVARIAN CANCER, Sheree Collette Speckman

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USING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING TO PROMOTE OPTIMAL BLACKJACK STRATEGIES, Ryan Christopher Speelman

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Karol Wojtyła’s Interpersonalist Ethics: A Critical Sartrean Appraisal and Confucian Adaptation, Steven Andrew Stegeman

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African American Mortality: A Biocultural Study of Missouri Cemetery Records, Dawn Christine Stricklin

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REGULATION OF CIRCADIAN CLOCKS AND METABOLISM BY SYNTHETIC AHR AGONIST BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE IN MICE, Mingwei Sun

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MODELING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ON WATERSHED OUTPUTS IN MIDWESTERN USA, Awoke Dagnew Teshager

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EFL PROFESSORS’ BELIEFS OF ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN AN EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN COLOMBIA, Cristian Jesus Tovar Klinger

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Skilled Migration and Remittances: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses, Dambar Uprety Uprety

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AN EXPLORATORY EXAMINATION OF THE ETHICAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEAHAVIOR LENS: A POLICY-CAPTURING APPROACH, Jacob Andrew Voegel

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DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CHIRAL MONOLITHIC CAPILLARY COLUMN AND A FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF A SELECTIVE OFF-ON PET SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF ZINC IONS, Xiaoli Wang

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Analysis and Mitigation of Multiple Radiation Induced Errors in Modern Circuits, Adam Watkins

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Using a Two-Factor Framework to Optimize Online Students’ Satisfaction While Minimizing Their Dissatisfaction, Firm Faith Saint Annie Watson

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DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON EXCITATION AND TRANSFER OF ORGANIC DYES FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY, SOLAR CELLS, AND FLUORESCENCE SENSOR APPLICATIONS, Krishanthi Chandima Weerasinghe

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Kant and the Nonspatiality of Things in Themselves, John Matthew Weyls

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The Use of the Expanded Health Belief Model (EHBM) To Evaluate Osteoporosis Attitudes, Knowledge, Beliefs and Self Efficacy of Nez Perce Tribal and Non Nez Perce Tribal Members in Nez Perce County, ID, Victor Nollen White

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The Effects of Biopsychosocial Explanations of Social Anxiety Disorder on Stigma, Prognostic Pessimism, and Perceptions of Mental Health Treatments, Randy L. Whittles

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Attentional Bias Modification: An Examination of Novel Training Contingencies and Stimulus Pairs, Kristin Alyse Wiggs

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Women's Textile Graffiti: An Aesthetic Staging of Public/Private Dichotomies, Diana Christine Woodhouse

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SYNTHESIS OF PERFLUOROHETEROAROMATIC POLYMERS FOR ION-CONDUCTING MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS VIA FREE RADICAL-BASED REACTIONS AND SYNTHESIS OF DI-CATIONIC IONIC LIQUIDS AS EFFICIENT SO2 ABSORBENTS, Shaoyi Xu

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Acenaphthylene Based CP-PAH Materials for Organic Semiconductors, Bingxin Yuan

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NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF CABLE GALLOPING VIA A TWO-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR, BO YU

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Doing Spontaneity, Nicolas J. Zaunbrecher

Dissertations from 2015

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THE EFFECT OF THE ANCILLA VERIFICATION ON THE QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION, Ali Abu-Nada

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PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN A HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, Anthony Agbeh

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AN EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP EQUIVALENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, Angelica A. Aguirre

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PERFORMANCE OF COUNTING RULES FOR PRIMARY USER DETECTION, Babak Ahsant

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INEQUALITY, GROWTH AND CONGESTED EXTERNALITIES: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, BABATUNDE AIYEMO

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FROM "INDEXING" OFFICIALS TO "INDEXING" THE PUBLIC: KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AGENDA BUILDING, NEWS INDEXING AND TWITTER USE IN KARAMAT WATAN PROTESTS, 2012, Fawaz M. Alajmi

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THE USE OF FACEBOOK IN THE EGYPTIAN JANUARY 25TH REVOLUTION: THE SPIRAL OF VOICE PROCESS, Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Emad

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Social Media Use and Acceptance Among Health Educators in Saudi Arabia, Anwar M. Alhashem

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SAUDI FACULTY MEMBERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CAEP STANDARDS, Riyadh Tuwayrish Almatrafi

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ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF DUST IMAGES, Madallah Mukammi Alruwaili

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THE ROLE OF THE PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM IN REGULATION OF THE CHLAMYDIAL DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE, Aamal Ghazi Al-Saadi

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USING CRITICAL THEORY APPROACHES TO IMPROVE REFLECTIVE WRITING, SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT OF 10TH GRADE FEMALE STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Abeer Alsalem

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MODELING QUANTUM AND COULOMB EFFECTS IN NANOSCALE ENHANCEMENT-MODE TRI-GATE III-V MOSFETs, Sameer Ali Alsibiani

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REDUCIBILITY OF PARABOLICALLY INDUCED REPRESENTATIONS, Wahidah Ali G Alsibiani

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The Impact of Role Identity Transitions and Coping Functions on Customer Citizenship Behavior, Tyson Ang

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HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING FOR ADVANCED DETECTION OF EARLY BLIGHT (ALTERNARIA SOLANI) DISEASE IN POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM) PLANTS, Daniel Lee Atherton

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Evaluating the Impacts of Connected Vehicle Technology on Evacuation Efficiency, Karzan Bahaaldin

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Archiving and Advocating for Performance Festivals as Sites of Disciplinary Action, Andrea Michea Baldwin

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Do parents talk to their children about race? An exploration of Black parents and White parents, Rashida Shani Barner

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Examining Alcohol Use, Perceptions and Attitudes Among African American College Students, Alicia Lynette Battle

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CARE COORDINATION PRACTICES AMONG ILLINOIS PEDIATRICIANS AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICE COORDINATORS, Marissa Elizabeth Baxter

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THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CLIENT-COUNSELOR ETHNIC MATCH, CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS, COUNSELOR CHARACTERISTICS, AND COUNSELING OUTCOMES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER CLIENTS, Brittany Nicole Beasley

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EFFECTS OF FLOW REGIME ON FISHES AND FISHERIES: FROM LIFE HISTORIES TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, Micah Bennett

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The impact of centrality on well-being: Development and examination of a modified centrality measure, Jared Bernard

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Making Muslim Identities: Contested Meaning, Identities, and Racialization of Islam in Saint Louis, Missouri, Bethany Beyyette

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THE MECHANISMS OF ISW1A, ISW1B AND ISW2 CHROMATIN REMODELERS, Saurabh Kant Bhardwaj

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The balancing act: Negotiating home and school for the father doctoral student, Tyler Don Billman

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Synthesis and Characterization of Siloles, Silole-Containing Polymers and Photoswitchable Polymer Brush, Milind Dhaniram Bisen

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VENI, VIDI, VIDS: TRANSFORMING CULTURAL NARRATIVES THROUGH THE ART OF AUDIOVISUAL STORYTELLING, Kristi Brownfield

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Counseling Supervisors’ Experiences in Working with Counselors Who Are Seeing Transgender Clients, Dennis A. Bunton

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Demonstrating the Validity of the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R), Frank Daniel Buono

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PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR PRODUCT INNOVATING R&D IN A GAME-THEORETIC SETTING, Pavlo Buryi

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ENHANCING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE OF FRACTIONS THROUGH THE MODEL METHOD, Miran Byun

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PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDY OF PRESSURE DEPENDENT PERMEABILITY FOR INDONESIAN COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS, Sudipta Chanda

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Adaptive Scheduling in a Distributed Cyber-Physical System: A case study on Future Power Grids, Ashish Choudhari

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THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER COMPETENCE ABOUT REPORTING VIOLENCE ON WOMEN WITH DISABILITY SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION, Dalia Chowdhury

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Predicting Multi-trophic Consequences of an Emerging Disease, Adam D. Chupp

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IMAGINING SPACE: DEVELOPING A CRITICAL GEO-LITERACY WITH MAPS AS PRIMARY SOURCES IN HISTORY EDUCATION, Serina A. Cinnamon

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"Establishing Online and Mobile Based Agriculture and Natural Resource Education Modules: A New Model for Design and Delivery to Impact Student and Faculty Success", Christopher Alan Clemons

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USING AUDIO SCREENCAST FOR FEEDBACK ON SHORT WRITTEN ESSAYS, Marcelene Allecia Cunningham

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IMAGE-BASED MODELING AND PREDICTION OF NON-STATIONARY GROUND MOTIONS, YILDIZ DAK HAZIRBABA

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Design of High Performance Threshold Logic Gates, Chandra Babu Dara

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USING MINDFULNESS TO INCREASE DIRECTED ATTENTION, SELF-CONTROL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY IN CHILDREN, Mary Rachel Enoch

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Response to Intervention (RtI) Stakeholder Perceptions in the Schools of Southern Illinois, Sarah Ruth Epplin

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OUR FATHERS, OUR BROTHERS, OURSELVES: ILLUSORY PATTERN PERCEPTION AND THE PROGRESSION OF TRAUMA THEORY, Christopher Field

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HISTORICAL INTIMACY: CONTEMPORARY RECLAMATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE DRAMA, POETRY, AND FICTION OF SUZAN-LORI PARKS, NATASHA TRETHEWAY, AND COLSON WHITEHEAD, Benjamin Thomas Foster

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D-METHIONINE (D-MET) MECHANISMS UNDERLYING OTOPROTECTION FROM NOISE- AND AMINOGLYCOSIDE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS, Daniel Fox

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Investigation of the upper mantle as a source for contribution to magnetic anomalies, Sarah Alyson Friedman

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"Strands of Student Talk": Exploring Reflection in Writing-Intensive Courses Across the Curriculum, Anthony Tate Fulton

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An examination of privacy in the socio-technological context of Big Data and the socio-cultural context of China, Tao Fu

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Nonlinear Analysis of Plane Frames Subjected to Temperature Changes, Juan Jose Garcilazo

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ANALYSIS OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ICP0 FUNCTION AND THE ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO A LIVE HSV-2 ICP0- MUTANT VACCINE, Joshua Joseph Geltz

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Efficiencies of Mass Encapsulation in Alginate of Vegetative Explants, Laurie J. George

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Defining Fatherhood for Non-Residential African American Men: A Phenomenological Approach, Jessica Denise Goodman

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THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE PERSEVERATIVE THINKING QUESTIONNAIRE, Laura M. Graves O'Haver

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INVESTIGATIONS OF HYPERVALENT IODINE COMPOUNDS IN ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS, Ras Kumari Gurung

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COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL POLICIES AND NOMADIC PASTORALISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE BORANA OF NORTHERN KENYA, 1890-1990, Fatuma Boru Guyo

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RESISTANCE TO MANDATED HEALTHCARE CHANGE: USING PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENT, Michael Graham Hamel

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AN AUTOMATIC BIO-INSPIRED KEY POINT DETECTION AND EXTRACTION STRATEGY FOR CLASSIFICATION OF 2-D AND 3-D IMAGES, Neda Hantehzadeh

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' EARTHQUAKE CONTENT AND PREPAREDNESS KNOWLEDGE - A MIXED METHOD STUDY, Harvey Henson