Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2024
Production of Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos as a Model for Endangered Species Rescue, Laura Adams
Assessing Impact of Food Structure on Oral Tribology and In-Vitro Digestion of Dairy Products, Lamis Ali
Inferring a Hierarchical Input Type for an SQL Query, Santosh Aryal
A Content Analysis on Emotions Presented in Preschool Children's Television, Sarah Austin
Online Deception: The Impact of Language in Text-Based Deception Detection, Stephanie Dayle Avila
Comparison of Private and Public Lab Fertilizer Recommendation Impacts on Field Crop Production and Soil Test Results, Megan Baker
Variations on Leitmotif: Firebird Rises, Virginia Beikmann
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Multi-Materials Fabricated Through a Combination of LPBF and DED Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Christopher J. Bettencourt
Pedestrian Pathing Prediction Using Complex Contextual Behavioral Data in High Foot Traffic Settings, Laurel Bingham
Sustainable Fertilizer Management Practices for Container Nursery Production, Saroj Burlakoti
Exploring Optimal Design of Experiments for Random Effects Models, Ryan C. Bushman
Understanding Timing Error Characteristics From Overclocked Systolic Multiply-Accumulate Arrays in FPGAs, Andrew S. Chamberlin
The Effects of Aboveground Herbivory on Root Traits and Root Decomposition, Emily A. Chavez
Reinforcements of a Greater Sage-Grouse Population in Utah: Applications for Range-Wide and Local Conservation Translocation Efforts, Melissa S. Chelak
Development and Testing of an 8-Bit Digitally Throttled Hybrid Rocket Motor, Trevor W. Coombs
Advancing Near Surface Soil Moisture Measurements Using Robotics, Automation, and Remote Sensing, Hemanth Narayan Dakshinamurthy
On the Existence of Periodic Traveling-Wave Solutions to Certain Systems of Nonlinear, Dispersive Wave Equations, Jacob Daniels
A Comprehensive Uncertainty Quantification Methodology for Metrology Calibration and Method Comparison Problems Via Numeric Solutions to Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Parametric Bootstrapping, Aloka B. S. N. Dayarathne
Field Flow Measurements for Pipe Installations With Non-Ideal Conditions, Jake Douglas
Understanding Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Engineering Education, Jack C. Elliott
The Influence of Individual Strategies on Cougar Ecology: Insights From Predation, Space Use, and Reproduction, Kristin Nicole Engebretsen
The Effect of Seed Mix Density and Composition on Wetland Plant Community Assembly in the Great Salt Lake Watershed, Elana Feldman
Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture: A Survey of Theory, Culture, and Practice, Phillip J. Fernberg
Across the Snake River Plain: Terminal Pleistocene, Early Holocene, and Early Middle Holocene Land-Use in Southeast Idaho, Jennifer Finn
Oxider to Fuel Ratio Shift Compensation Via Vortex Strength Control in Hybrid Rocket Motors, Max W. Francom
Vectors and Vector Borne Disease: Models for the Spread of Curly Top Disease and Culex Mosquito Abundance, Rachel M. (Frantz) Georges
Generative AI in Education From the Perspective of Students, Educators, and Administrators, Aashish Ghimire
ADHD Knowledge: Support for Current Measures and Connections to Stigma and Intervention, Megan E. Golson
Do Physical Activity, Diet and Sex Modify the Association Between Neurotrophin Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insomnia?, Hector Leonardo Gonzalez
Teaching Function-Based Assessment and Intervention Skills to Behavior Support Staff Using an Interactive Computer Training, Megan E. Graul
Assessing Extant Methods for Generating G-Optimal Designs and a Novel Methodology to Compute the G-Score of a Candidate Design, Hyrum John Hansen
Techniques to Overcome Energy Storage Limitations in Electric Vehicles, Matthew J. Hansen
Divergence-Free Tensor Densities in Two Dimensions, Tyler Hansen
Exploring Application of the Coordinate Exchange to Generate Optimal Designs Robust to Data Loss, Asher Hanson
Achieving Responsible Anomaly Detection, Xiao Han
Analyzing Student Behaviors in CS1 Through Programming Process Data, Kaden F. Hart
Developing a Methodology for Evaluating the Sensitivity of Rock Imagery Sites to Vandalism in Washington County, UT, Erin C. Haycock
Resilience of Birds to Habitat Change: Identification of Interspecific Variation in Avian Resilience and its Possible Mechanisms, Amanda L. Hayes-Puttfarcken
Conflict Within Wildlife Management on Western Landscapes Home on the Range, Trisha A. Hedin
The Effects of Ammonia on the Functionality of Bovine Granulosa Cells, Micah Henrie
Nutrient Management of Cannabis in Controlled Environments, Julie A. Hershkowitz
Quantifying the Role of Karst Groundwater on Mountain River Discharge, Devon Hill
Role of Proneurotrophin-p75NTR Signaling in a Mouse Model of Depression, Kirsten Hodgson
Systematic Review of the Use of Multiperson Activity Schedules for Individuals With Disabilities, Caili A. Johnson
Evaluating Aspen Seedling Outplanting Success Following High Severity Wildfire in the Southwest, Sarah M. Kapel
Nonreligious Parents' Perceptions of the Role Religious Differences and Religious Disaffiliation Play in Family Relationships, Heather H. Kelley
Exploring Farmers' Willingness to Accept Payment for Agricultural Conservation in Utah, Asif Ahmed Khan
Decentralized Unknown Building Exploration by Frontier Incentivization and Voronoi Segmentation in a Communication Restricted Domain, Huzeyfe M. Kocabas
Wellbeing, Mental Health, and Natural Resource Dependency in Rural Utah, Kristen Rene Koci
Tracking Perfluoroalkyl Substances From Wastewater Influent to its Accumulation in Vegetables and Forage Grass, Simon Kozik
An Investigation of the Essential Nature of Advanced Placement Students' Psychological Safety and Participation in Mathematics Class Discourse, Vicki A. Lyons
Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Effects on Predator-Prey Interactions in Aquatic Communities, Catherine Mary McClure
Hunting for Agriculture: Unraveling Ecological Motivations in the Transition to Farming by the Fremont Cultural Complex, Ryan McGrath
Collective Teacher Efficacy and Effective Title I Eligible Schools: A Mixed Methods Approach, Donald R. Mendenhall
Experimental Nonnative Wood Addition Enhances Instream Habitat for Native Fishes and Investigating Dryland River Alterations, Benjamin J. Miller
Contrasting Nitrogen Sources Impact Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Soil Health Under Silage Corn Production in a Semi-Arid Environment, Phearen Kit Miller
The Relationship Between Blame, Maladaptive Guilt/ Shame, Couple Communication, and Relationship Satisfaction in Pornography Users, Joshua K. Otani
Morphological and Physio-Biochemical Responses and Gene Expression Analyses of Landscape Plants Under Salinity Stress, Asmita Paudel
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease: Social and Environmental Drivers of Movement, Connectivity, and Disease Transmission in Bighorn Sheep, Lauren E. Ricci
IANOVA: Multi-Sample Means Comparisons for Imprecise Interval Data, Zachary Rios
Program Evaluation of Online and Face-to-Face College and Career Readiness and its Effect on Degree Utilization in Community College Graduates, Tyson M. Riskas
UV-A Light: A Novel Method for Food Dehydration, McKade S. Roberts
Evaluating an Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math/Computational Thinking Professional Development Program for Elementary Level Paraprofessional Educators, Aubrey A. Rogowski
A Dyadic Analysis of Fat Talk and Body Esteem Amongst Romantic Couples, Marissa J. Sáez
Dionysus the Barbarian, Deven Salisbury
Spatial Ecology of Mule Deer Migrations From Grand Teton National Park and the Teton Range, Justin K. Schwabedissen
Building and Using a Hydrology Experiment for Place-Based Learning With Native American Students, Michaela Shallue
Exploring the Role of Near Channel Geospatial Attributes to Predict Suspended Sediment Concentration Patterns Across the CONUS Region, Aaron J. Sigman
Water Data Science: Data Driven Techniques, Training, and Tools for Improved Management of High Frequency Water Resources Data, Amber Spackman Jones
A Review of Student Attitudes Towards Keystroke Logging and Plagiarism Detection in Introductory Computer Science Courses, Caleb Syndergaard
Special Study: Vulnerability, Jacob Taylor
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Immunomodulation During Bovine Pregnancy, Amber E. Thornton
Effects of Design Thinking Instructional Strategies on Design Skill Acquisition: A Meta-Analysis, Sarah M. Urquhart
A Framework That Explores the Cognitive Load of CS1 Assignments Using Pausing Behavior, Joshua O. Urry
Channel Response to Flow Augmentation: Diamond Fork River, UT, Diane E. Wagner
Do Poor Countries Catch Up to Rich Countries? Structural Change in the World-Economy, 1816-1916, Jared Walker
Place-Based Fiction: Tourist Town Stories, Keegan Waller
Hearing Race in the Social Studies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Pedagogies, Karen H. Washburn
Radical Antiracism and Anti-Queerphobia in Politicised Education Environments Through Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory, Mina Aubrey Weeks
Investigating the Impact of Pre-Professional Organization Participation on Undergraduate Technology and Engineering Education Student Retention and Interest in Teaching, Emily Yoshikawa-Ruesch
2023
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Cellulose and D-Glucose Using Formulated Red Mud, Sand, and HZSM-5, Hamza Abdellaoui
Developing Empirical Predictive Models to Support Conservation Planning for Threatened Frogs, Toads, and Turtles in South-Coastal California, Umarfarooq Adavudi Abdulwahab
Student Reliance on Simulations: The Extent That Engineering Students Rely on the Outcomes of Their Simulations, Jonathan Anderson
Controls on Sediment Connectivity in Fluvial Networks Impacted by Wildfire Across Utah, Alec Arditti
Subjective Wellbeing of Undergraduate Engineering Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Muhammad Asghar
Collaborative Task Completion for Simulated Hexapod Robots Using Reinforcement Learning, Tayler Don Baker
Processes of Couple Co-Regulation in Bereavement: A Longitudinal Study, Jessica Barboza
Reducing Inputs and Adding Value to Turfgrass Systems Through Clover Inclusion and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Applications, Paige E. Boyle
Edaphic and Climatic Regulation of Microbial Carbon-Use Efficiency in Managed Semi-Arid Systems, Kirsten R. Butcher
Estimated Aerodynamic Forces and Moments and Optimal Orientation of the V-Bat Airframe During Vertical Landing in Gusty Conditions, Parker C. Carter
The Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita meconis) and a Primary Plant Host, the Las Vegas Bear Poppy (Arctomecon californica): Status and Interactions, Sarit Chanprame
Movement Patterns of a Federally Endangered Minnow in a Fragmented Desert River, Martinique J. Chavez
Deep Learning With Effective Hierarchical Attention Mechanisms in Perception of Autonomous Vehicles, Qiuxiao Chen
Investigating Relationships Among Measures of English and Chinese Handwriting Fluency in Early-Elementary Chinese Dual Language Immersion Students, Petra Mei Wah Sin Chou