Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

Characterizing Subsurface Textural Properties Using Electromagnetic Induction Mapping and Geostatistics, Hiruy Abdu

Individual endorsement of remarriage beliefs, consistency of cognitions between spouses, and outcomes in remarriage, Lyndy Sue Agee

A Longitudinal Exploration of Factors that Influence Acculturation and Enculturation Patterns of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women, Dennis Aaron Ahern

Social Cognitive Predictors of College Students' Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Denice C. Ahlstrom

Detecting Organic Molecules on the Surface of Inorganic Dust Particles Using Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, Sileola B. Akinsiku

Water Allocation for Agricultural Ue Considering Treated Wastewater, Public Health Risk, and Economic Issues, Ahmed E. Al-juaidi

A novel role for non-heme iron in myoglobin oxidation: An examination of the antioxidant effects of iron chelating compounds in meat and myoglobin model systems, Karin Allen

Exploring the Use of the Student Readiness Inventory to Develop a Retention Plan for Incoming Freshmen in the College of Agriculture at Utah State University, Lisa B. Allen

Combining Comprehension Reading Instruction with Video Anchors with Middle Level Learners, Heidi Andreasen

Surface wave propagation in a dielectric waveguide loaded with an anisotropic, conductive, and spatially dispersive substrate, Tushar Andriyas

Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, Franklin B. Angomas

An Assessment of Utah Resident Incentives and Disincentives for Use of OpenCourseWare (OCW, Anne Arendt

New Beginnings: A Phenomenology of the Lived Experiences of Novice Secondary Teachers Who Have Completed the Induction and Mentorship Requirements of Utah's Early Years Enhancement (Eye) Program, Philip D. Armstrong

Geometry and Electronic Structure of Doped Clusters via the Coalescence Kick Method, Boris Averkiev

Making Healthy Choices: Adolescent Preference Ratings, Nicholas Glover Baird

The Regulation of Epithelial Sodium Channels in Mammalian Taste Receptor Cells, Arian F. Baquero Gonzalez

Dynamically Reconfigurable Systolic Array Accelerators: A Case Study with Extended Kalman Filter and Discrete Wavelet Transform Algorithms, Robert Collier Barnes

Are delay discounting, probability discounting, time perception, and time perspective related? A cross-cultural study among Latino and White American students, Ana Amelia L. Baumann Neves

Anti-Semitic Folklore Motif Index, Sita Bell

The Bioactive Properties of Syringomycin E-Rhamnolipid Mixtures and Syringopeptins, Mekki F. Bensaci

Disordered: A Tale of the Body, Elizabeth M. Benson

An evaluation of referral patterns and therapy outcomes at a university counseling center: Analysis of a dialectical behavior skills training group, Eri Suzuki Bentley

The Effects of Script-Fading Procedures and Extinction Procedures on the Variability of Mand Frames Used by Young Children with Autism, Alison M. Betz

Optimal Fractional Order Proportional And Integral Controller For Processes With Random Time Delays, Varsha Bhambhani

Comparison of Data Collection and Methods For the Approximation of Streambed Thermal Properties, Jonathan D. Bingham

Design and Evaluation of Oligonucleotide Microarrays for the Detection of Bovine Pathogens, Ryan Weldon Black

Inducing a Normal Phenotype in Breast Epithelial Cells Using a Three-Dimensional Basement Membrane Extract Culture System: a Study on the Reversion of Cancer, Ross H. Booth

An Investigation of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation and Phenotypic Divergence in the Bark Beetle Dendroctonus Ponderosae, Ryan R. Bracewell

The Effects of Online Homework on Achievement and Self-efficacy of College Algebra Students, David Shane Brewer

Synchronization and Media Exchange in Large-Scale Caenorhabditis elegans Cultures, Jason Daniels Brown

Alternative Sampling and Analysis Methods for Digital Soil Mapping in Southwestern Utah, Colby W. Brungard

Gifted First Graders in a Multi-ability Classroom: An Interpretive Case Study, Cari Buckner

Consistency of Cognitions in Remarriage: A Test of the Consistency Tenet of the Multidimensional Cognitive-Developmental Model, JaNae Elise Campbell

A model for doctoral students' perception and attitudes toward written feedback for academic writing, Gulfidan Can

A Methodology to Design Pipelined Simulated Annealing Kernel Accelerators in Space-borne Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, Jeffrey Michael Carver

Evaluating the Relationship between Women's Sexual Desire and Satisfaction from a Biopsychosocial Perspective, Katherine J. Chartier

Empirically Examining Prostitution Through A Feminist Perspective, Shyann Child

Terrain-Relative and Beacon-Relative Navigation for Lunar Powered Descent and Landing, Daniel Porter Christensen

An epistemological checkup: the explication, application, and evolution of an integrated theory of couples therapy, McKenzie Leigh Christensen

A Comparative Analysis of Elementary Education Preservice and Novice Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness and Teacher Efficacy, Sarah K. Clark

Factors Affecting the Longevity of the Department of Industrial Technology and Education at Utah State University 1985-2005: A Case Study, Jerry Cloward

The Effects of a Short-Term Teacher Abroad Program on Teachers' Perceptions of Themselves and their Responsibilities as Global Educators, Raquel Cook

Use of brief experimental assessment for selecting interventions to increase positive social interaction, Michelle S. Cox

Maladaptive Schemas as a Predictor of Residential Treatment Outcomes in Females with Eating Disorders, Jodi Leigh Cullum

The Religious Experience of Sexual Minority Youth: Identity, Integration and Minority Stress, Angie L. Dahl

Predicting the growth potential of a shallow, warm-water sport fishery: A spatially explicit bioenergetics approach, Samuel Kirk Dahle

Greater Sage-grouse Ecology, Chick Survival, and Population Dynamics, Parker Mountain, Utah, David K. Dahlgren

An Empirical Investigation of the Adaptive Nature of Shame, Elizabeth Jacqueline Dansie

The Effects of a Four Week Single-leg Balance Training Program On Balance Error Scoring System Scores of the Trained and Untrailed Leg, Roger J. Davies

Defining and Meeting the Demand For Agricultural Machinery in China: A Case Study of John Deere, Garrett W. Davis

Cognitive Inference and Resulting Behaviors in Response to Ambiguous Threat in the Coyote, Canis Latrans, Sarah Shawnee Dawson

A River Transformed: Historic Geomorphic Changes of the Lower Rio Grande in the Big Bend Region of Texas, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, David James Dean

Investigation of joining micro-foil materials with selective laser sintering and laser powder deposition, Andrew Isaac Deceuster

Controlling Nonspecific Adsorption of Proteins at Bio-Interfaces for Biosensor and Biomedical Applications, Harshil D. Dhruv

Effects of targeted grazing and prescribed burning on fire behavior and community dynamics of a cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) dominated landscape, Joel M. Diamond

Boldfaced Terms and Their Effects on Student Learning, Michael J. Drysdale

Production Performance and Profiles of Milk Fatty Acids of Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Whole Safflower Seed Containing High Fat and Low Fiber, Christopher M. Dschaak

Patterns of Learning Object Reuse in the Connexions Repository, S. M. Duncan

A Pipeline Analog-To-Digital Converter for a Plasma Impedance Probe, Mohamad A. El Hamoui

Speciation, Species Concepts, and Biogeography Illustrated by a Buckwheat Complex (Eriogonum corymbosum), Mark W. Ellis

Optimal Compost Rates for Organic Crop Production Based on a Decay Series, Jeffrey B. Endelman

Disparities in Birth Weight Between Non-Hispanic Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites: The Effect of Rural Residency, Theresa Marie Fedor

The Effects of Quality and Magnitude of Reinforcement on Choice Responding, Jessica Erin Frieder

Evolution Of The Lower Cretaceous Chifeng Half-Graben Basins, Inner Mongolia, China, Scott Joshua Friedman

Perceptions of Agriculture Teachers Toward Including Students with Disabilities, Monica D. Giffing

Predicting RNA Secondary Structures By Folding Simulation: Software and Experiments, Joel Omni Gillespie

The Interpersonal Lives Of Young Adult Women: A Study of Passionate Friendship, Jenna Ann Glover

Grandparents as Adult Mentors on Reported Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors, Thane R. Goodrich

Sediment Transport Impacts Upon Culvert Hydraulics, Wade H. Goodridge

Rapid Prototyping in Design Education: A Comparative Study of Rapid Prototyping and Traditional Model Construction, Scott D. Greenhalgh

Seed Banks of Sagebrush Communities Seeded with Crested Wheatgrass, Kevin L. Gunnell

A Qualitative Exploration of the School Experiences of Middle-School Students in the Era of No Child Left Behind, Charles H. Hamilton

The Utility of Mathematics Curriculum-Based Measurement to Predict Student Risk Status on Standardized Academic Achievement Measures, Kyle Max Hancock

On the Applicability of Genetic Algorithms to Fast Solar Spectropolarimetric Inversions for Vector Magnetography, Brian J. Harker

River Network Structure: A Template for Understanding Predator-Prey Dynamics and Potential Anthropogenic Impacts, Catherine L. Hein

Measurement and Modeling of Reduced-Gravity Fluid Distribution and Transport in Unsaturated Porous Plant-Growth Media, Robert Heinse

The Analysis of an Integrated Model of Therapy Using Structural and Gottman Method Approaches: A Case Study, Taylor Cameron Herrin

Mentoring in Marriage and Family Therapy Programs: Graduate's Perspectives, Allison Brenn Hicken

Patch-scale effects of an invasive ecosystem engineer on the structure and function of a eutrophic stream, Samuel J. Hochhalter

Determining the Knowledge & Attitudes of 18-to 26- Year Old Women Regarding Cervical Cancer, Human Papillomavirus, and The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, Ashlee Cooper Holguin

The Ideal Mormon Woman: An Analysis of Ensign Articles and Comparison to LDS Women's Perceptions of Gender Role Expectations, Julie Hollist

Consequences of vegetation change on the dynamics of labile organic matter and soil nitrogen cycing in a semiarid ecosystem, Toby D. Hooker

Mechanisms of Induced Cell Death in Bluetongue Virus Challenged Human Cell Lines, Justin Darrel Hoopes

Hydrologic Information Systems: Advancing Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories, Jeffery S. Horsburgh

Developmental Students' Perceptions of Unsuccessful and Successful Mathematics Learning, Laurel Howard

Prediction of Protein Function and Functional Sites From Protein Sequences, Jing Hu

Patterns of Psychosocial Functioning and Mental Health Service Utilization in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions or Physical Disabilities, Sara M. Hunt

Who Knew? An Autoethnography of a First-Year Assistant Principal, Gerald R. Jackman

Seasonal Outlook: An Examination of How the Foundations of Attachment to Community Differ between Seasonal and Year-Round Residents in High Amenity Areas, Brain M. Jennings

Isolation and Characterization of Different Aggregates of Lipid from Bovine Milk, Ankur Jhanwar

Consumer-driven Nutrient Recycling in Arctic Alaskan Lakes: Controls, Importance for Primary Productivity, and Influence on Nutirient Limitation, Cody R. Johnson

Taste Sensitivity to 6-N-Propylthiouracil (PROP) as a Biological Marker for Vulnerability to Stress in Mothers and Children, DeAnn Jones

Finite Element Modeling of Full Depth Precast Concrete Transverse Bridge Deck Connections, Jacob Logan Julander

Rayleigh-Lidar Observations of Mesospheric Gravity Wave Activity above Logan, Utah, Durga N. Kafle

Sustaining the Allideghi Grassland of Ethiopia: Influence of Pastoralism and Vegetation Change, Almaz Tadesse Kebede

Validation of Peer-Teaching-Peer Paraprofessional Model in Teen Parenting Nutrition Education, Sylvia D. Keller

Combining Information to Answer Questions about Names and Categories, Ginger L. Kelso

Probing the Mechanics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Theory, Jeremy Lynn Kidd

Novel Growth of Ingaas/Gaas Nanostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Dong Jun Kim

Brief Application of Contingent Reversals: Treatment Utility in Increasing Appropriate Classroom Behaviors, Jaclyn King Knapp