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Submissions From 2019

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Exploratory Studies of Microbiome Dysbiosis and Plasticity in Mice and Humans, Xin Zhou

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Characterization of Chromatin Interaction in Mammalian Cells, Jufen Zhu

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Three Essays About Chinese Social Security Reform, Fei Zou

Submissions From 2018

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Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Cooperative Relay Networks Based on Statistical Channel State Information, Sharief N. Abdel-Razeq

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The Role of the Microbiome in Regulating House Dust Mite-Induced Asthma, Alexander J. Adami

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High Temperature Characterization of Ge2Sb2Te5Thin Films for Phase Change Memory Applications, Lhacene Adnane

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Elucidating the Mechanisms of Apoptosis Induced by a Novel Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase Inhibitor in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Sherry Agabiti

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Resurgence and Large N: the Gross-Witten-Wadia and Gross-Neveu Models, Anees Ahmed

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Set Adrift: A Study of Characteristics, Sustainability, and the Lifelines Tethering Connecticut Forensic Social Workers in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems, Jennie Jerome Albert

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Aiming for Success: Evaluating Statistical and Machine Learning Methods to Predict High School Student Performance and Improve Early Warning Systems, David Alexandro

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Modulating Aged Macrophages and Osteoprogenitors with a Calcium Phosphate Drug Delivery System, Jumana Alhamdi

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Numerical Computation of Traveling Wave and Standing Pulse Solutions to FitzHugh-Nagumo Equations in 2D, Abdou Alzubaidi

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Using Video Self-Modeling to Increase Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bryndis K. Andrade

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Mimicking the Microbiome: TLR tolerance as a treatment for CNS autoimmunity, Emily Anstadt

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Developing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Based Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Enzymatic Surface Reactions and Biological Interactions, Murali Anuganti

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Imágenes distorsionadas: El olvido en la producción cultural chilena del siglo XXI, Aidali Aponte-Aviles

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The Place of Race in the Academy: Narrating the Failure of Multiculturalism in Higher Education, Christiana Ares-Christian

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Essays on Matching Markets: Course Allocation, Team Formation, and P2P Lending Markets, Hoda Atef Yekta

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The Evolution of Monsters in Contemporary American Children’s and Young Adult Culture, Sara Austin

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Adaptive Resource Management Algorithms with Applications in Energy Storage and Scheduling, Gopi Vinod Avvari

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Comprehensive Evaluation of the Anti-fibrogenic Effect of Astaxanthin in Hepatic Stellate Cells, Minkyung Bae

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A Framework for Secure and Interoperable Cloud Computing with RBAC, MAC, and DAC, Mohammed Shaya Baihan

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Coupling Transport Phenomena to Contamination and Durability in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Charles J. Banas

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Cross-talk Between Different DNA Sensors in the Cytosol, Ishita Banerjee

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Perceptions of Transition and Role Balancing for New Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Faculty Members, Jessica Barrett

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Computational Study on Ferroelectricity in Hafnia and Other Binary Oxides, Rohit Batra

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Special Education Dispute Resolution Procedures: A Study of the Factors Influencing the Decision-Making Practices of Special Education Administrators, Steven Bayne

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The Use of Next-Generation Sequencing to Identify the Origins of Bacterial Infections and Improve Genome Assemblies, Lidia Beka

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Modifiable Risk Factors Contributing to Neuromuscular Control in Adolescent Female Basketball Athletes, Eleanor M. Beltz

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The Politics of Voice in Twentieth-Century Verse Drama, Sarah Berry

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The Chemotactic Role of Metallothionein in the Extracellular Environment, Sadikshya Bhandari

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Uncertainty of Global Precipitation Datasets and its Propagation in Hydrological Simulations, Md ABUL EHSAN BHUIYAN

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Dysregulation of a Skeletal Muscle-Resident Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitor (FAP) Population Causes Musculoskeletal Disease, Arpita Biswas

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An Embodiment Constraint on Theories of Affect, Emma Bjorngard

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Male Zwischenfächer Voices and the Baritenor Conundrum, Thaddaeus Bourne

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M-CHAT-R/F Performance in a High-Risk Infant Sibling Population, Kathryn Bradbury

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Defining Neoepitopes that Contribute to Tumor Immunity, Cory Brennick

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Knowledge is Not Enough: Work Stress in Community Health Workers, Ashika Brinkley

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Contributions of Angular Momentum in Gyroscopes to Perception of Heaviness and Controllability, Thomas Brooks

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When What Happens at Work Impacts Behavior During the Commute: Understanding the Mechanisms that Link Workplace Attitudes and Experiences to Aggressive Driving Behaviors, Katrina A. Burch

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Lavender Security Threats: Understanding the Histories of Discrimination Against LGBT Persons in the American Military and Intelligence Communities, Timothy R. Bussey

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Unsettling the Exceptional Hero: Recognition and Vulnerability in Middle English Romance, Patrick Butler

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“Qui la chose saroit entendre”: Objects and Communication in French Medieval Romances and Contemporary French Fantasy Novels, Elisabeth Buzay

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The Effect of NaProTECHNOLOGY on Marital Interaction in Couples with Infertility, Anna Camacho

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Comprehension of Gesture and Speech Incongruence in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Allison Canfield

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Data Sampling and Reasoning: Harnessing Optimization and Machine Learning for Design and System Identification, Pei Cao

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Examining the Financial Payoffs to Prior Entrepreneurial Experience, Xian Cao

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The Effects of Probation Stipulations on Employment Outcomes and Feelings of Employability Among Probationers in Rhode Island, Jesse Capece

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Neural Mechanisms of Generalization for Language Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brian Castelluccio

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Greasing the Data Engine: Economic Impact and Legislative Success of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at Local and National Levels, Aindrila Chakraborty

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Migratory Bodies: Motifs of Trafficking in Chinese and Chinese American Cultural Productions, Anna Cheng

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Operationalizing Recovery from Substance Use Disorders among Adolescents in High School, Yiyun Chen

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Evaluating the Impact of Local Vegetable Messaging on Elementary School Students’ Vegetable Choice and Nutrition Behaviors, Jesse Chiero

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Bayesian Approaches to Test Score Measurement Errors in Student Growth Prediction Models, Pei-Hsuan Chiu

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Multizonal Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering, Drew Clearfield

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Three Essays on Wealth and Income Inequality, Aaron Cooke

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Conceptualizations and Impacts of Achievement: A Case Study Analysis of an Urban Northeastern School, Michael D. Corral

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Relationship of Counselor Trainees’ Gender Role Ideologies on Clinical Judgment with Male Clients, Bryce Crapser

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High-Ability Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders: An Exploration of Intelligence as a Protective Factor, Karen L. Cross PhD

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Polyethylene Oxide Hydration in Solutions, Nanoconfinement and Nanostructures, Udaya Dahal

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ICP8 Self Interactions are Essential for HSV-1 Replication Compartment Formation, Anthar Darwish

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Signaling Patterns and Genetic Regulation of Drosophila Follicle Rupture, Lylah Deady

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Plexin-B1 Signaling in Contact Inhibition of Locomotion Between Osteoclasts and Osteoblasts, Abhijit Deb Roy

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Our Holy Grail: States, Power, and Networks in the Stymied Global Quest to Define Terrorism, Erika Mae Lorenzana Del Villar

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National Review and White Racial Identity Politics in U.S. Conservatism, Stephen Del Visco

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The Relationship Between Spinal Mobility Measures and Shoulder and Elbow Injury in College Baseball Pitchers, Laurie Devaney

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When Friends Share about Brands: A Study of eWOM on Social Networking Sites, CHRISTINA DEVOSS

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Does Physiology Play a Role in Conflict?: Exploring the Associations Between Testosterone, Accommodation, and Relationship Variables, Anuraj Dhillon

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Revisiting Sites and Locations of Italian-ness: Migrant Authors and Twitteracy Trans-nationalize the National Italian Canon, Martina Di Florio

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Three Essays in Health and Labor Economics, Michael DiNardi

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Accelerating Synchronization on Futuristic 1000-cores Multicore Processor with Moving Compute to Data Model, Halit Dogan

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Best Constants, Extremal Functions and Stability for Geometric and Functional Inequalities, Mengxia Dong

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Dual Functional Metal Oxide Nano-materials Enabled Sensors for both Non-enzymatic Glucose and Solid-state pH Sensing, Qiuchen Dong

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Genomic Imprinting and X Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Domestic Ruminants, Jingyue Duan

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Use of Tamsulosin and the Risk of Psychiatric Disorders among Older Men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Medicare Data from 2006 to 2012, YINGHUI DUAN

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Investigating The Functions of Two Transcription Factors in Vascular Development and Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, Qian Du

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A Numerical Investigation of Multiple Traveling Pulse and Front Solutions, Faisal Duraihem

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In-situ Micromechanical Characterization of Materials with High Mechanical Potential Energy Absorption Capacity, Keith Dusoe

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The Development and Mechanistic Investigations of Various Catalytic Processes by Mesoporous Metal Oxides and Sulfides, Biswanath Dutta

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An Investigation of the Geochemical Properties and Treatment of Soda Ash Chromite Ore Processing Residue, Yaguang Du

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The Experiences of Recovered Anorexic Mothers Feeding their Children, Carrie Morgan Eaton

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Watershed Decisions: An Environmental History of Boston's Quabbin Reservoir, 1870-1988, Jeffrey Egan

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The Role of Jasmonate in The Shade Response of Perennial Ryegrass, Rania Eltanbouly

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Low-cost, High-contrast, and Miniature Optical Imaging Systems for Clinical Applications, Mohsen Erfanzadeh

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Synthesis and Modeling of Ferroelectric Nanocomposites, Yomery Espinal

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Investigating the Relationship Between Mathematics Education and Global Citizenship Education Through K-12 Mathematics Teacher Perspectives, Kyle Evans

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Impact of Protein Internal Dynamics, Process and Formulation Variables on Freeze-Dried Protein Quality Attributes, Rui Fang

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Topics in Stochastic Analysis and Riemannian Foliations, Qi Feng

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Teacher and Student Perceptions of Student Engagement in a 9th Grade Classroom, Kathryn Field

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Understanding Synaptic Pathophysiology and Hyperexcitability in Angelman and Chromosome 15q Duplication Syndromes Using Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, James Fink

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An Event-Level Structural Equation Model to Predict Alcohol Use Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women, Stephanie D. Finneran

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The G Protein-Coupled Receptor, GPR3, Promotes the Acquisition of Oocyte Meiotic Competence, Laura Firmani

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Air-Sea Momentum, Heat, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Shallow Coastal Ecosystems, Michelle Fogarty

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Development and Characterization of Inorganic Materials with Energy Sector Applications, Samuel J. Frueh

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Understanding of the Nucleation Induced Cooperative Behavior in Complex Macromolecular Systems, Hailin Fu

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Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and the Concept of Lineage in the Presence of Horizontal Gene Transfer, Matthew Fullmer

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Polychromatic Optical Forces in Diatomic Systems, Scott Edwin Galica

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Renewable Fuels Produced from Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, David Pierce Gamliel

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Derechos humanos y las políticas de la empatía en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XXI, Carlos A. Gardeazabal Bravo

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Judgments of Service Coordinator Practices and Transition-Related Outcomes for Children and Families, Anne George-Puskar