Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.

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Super-Resolution Textured Digital Surface Map (DSM) Formation by Selecting the Texture From Multiple Perspective Texel Images Taken by a Low-Cost Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Bikalpa Khatiwada

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A Mixed-Methods Study Investigating How a Video Club Professional Development Relates to Teachers' Mindsets, Beliefs, and Reflections on Instructional Practices, Amy Lynn Kinder

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Finding Their "Why": Examining the Development of Sense of Purpose During the University Years and Its Role in Student Well-Being, Michael Q. King

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Using Computational Fluid Dynamics for Predicting Hydraulic Performance of Arced Labyrinth Weirs, Shelby J. Koldewyn

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The Relationship Between Career Choice and Indecision Within the Career and Technical Education Pathway Model, Zak A. Konakis

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A Fine-Scale Understanding of Sagebrush Islands to Improve Restoration Outcomes in the Intermountain West, Sofia Koutzoukis

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Adversarial Swarming: A Groundwork for Multi-Drone Independent Interception Exercises Through MA-POCA in Unity, Johnathan D. Kunz

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Communication‐less Synchronous Rectification for In Motion Wireless Charging, Joshua B. Larsen

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#BodyPositivity or #BodyPolitics?: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Body Positivity Myth Formed by Narratives of Political Myth, Sydney Berenyi Lasike

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Central American Saints: The Formation and Preservation of Latter-Day Saint Community and Identity in El Salvador and Guatemala, 1960–1992, Hovan T. Lawton

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A Questionnaire Survey of Student Engagement Among First-Generation College Students in Engineering, Abigail Lehto

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Teachers’ Learning of Fraction Division With Area Models, Michael Leitch

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A Classification of Tensors in ECSK Theory, Joshua James Leiter

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Development of the Digital Signal Processing for the Space Weather Probes Version 2 Sensor Using the MATLAB/Simulink Environment, Benjamin J. Lewis

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Board Certified Behavior Analysts in Public Schools: Challenges and Opportunities, Danielle Lyons

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Subduing the Wolf: Utah Pioneer Identity and the War on Wolves Between 1852 and 2020., Mason Lytle

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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Discrimination, & Adulthood Health Outcomes: Impacts of Protective and Compensatory Experiences in Childhood, Sallie A. Mack

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Thermal Tolerance, Physiology, and Microhabitat Use of Eleutherodactylus Coqui Across an Elevational Gradient in Hawai‘i, Jack Marchetti

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All Good Women Are Mothers: Exploring Gender Binaries in How I Met Your Mother, Jessica Marinho

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Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction to Increase Groundwater Availability, Saeid Masoudiashtiani

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Desert Body, Lauren McKinnon

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Big Fish and More of Them: Salmonid Habitat Availability, Quality, and Use Across Multiple Scales Within a River-Reservoir System, John S. McLaren V

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Teachers' Conceptions and Enactment of Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary Science Instruction: A Comparative Case Study, Melissa P. Mendenhall

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Transmigrant Motherhood Identities: Colombian Mothers in the United States, Claudia Méndez Wright

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Evapotranspiration and Energy Balance of Irrigated Urban Turfgrass, Matthew D. Miksch

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Examining Political Discourse on Online 8Kun and Reddit Forums, Braden Mindrum

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Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Common Raven Occurrence and Depredation of Artificial Nests Within Greater Sage‐Grouse Habitat in Southern Utah, Zoë S. Moffett

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Cislunar Navigation Techniques and Navigation Performance Optimization, Quinn P. Moon

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A Scalable, Cost-Oriented Approach for Computing Charge Plans for Electric Bus Fleets, Daniel T. Mortensen

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Young Children's Nutrition, Growth, and Cognitive Development in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Kristin N. Murphy

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Similarities and Differences in Correlates and Trends in Prescription Stimulant and Prescription Opioid Misuse Among College Students, Julie Murray

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Using Natural Language Processing to Quantify the Efficacy of Language Simplification as a Communication Strategy, Brian Nalley

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Modeling Framework for Dynamic Wireless Charging Lanes in Future Transportation Networks, Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

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The Longitudinal Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: In Search of Demographic Disparities, Cynthia M. Navarro Flores

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Evaluating Quaking Aspen's Influence on Fire Behavior, Kristin A. Nesbit

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Using Head Start Children's Language Development to Predict Social Information Processing Ability, Kendra Newman

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Identifying Common Resources Teachers Use to Address Problematic and Challenging Student Behvior, Joseph Clint Nicholes

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Teaching Contextually Appropriate Play Commenting Without the Use of Visual Cues, Beverly Nichols

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Black–White Disparities in Body Mass Index Trajectories From Adolescence to Adulthood: Assessing the Roles of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Exposures to Short Sleep Durations, Olusola Akintoye Omisakin

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An Evaluation of U.S. Horseback Riding Instruction Certifications: Availability, Acquisition, Barriers, and Industry Need, Makenna L. Osborne

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The Relation Between Racial Attitudes and Facets of Impulsivity, Diana M. Perez

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Habitat Selection by Desert Carnivores: How Water, Intraguild Predation, and Prey Impact Animal Space Use, Nadine A. Pershyn

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Telehealth Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents With Transdiagnostic Health-Related Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Julie M. Petersen

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Evaluating the Effects of a Teacher-Implemented Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Teacher Stress and Student Prosocial Behavior, Mary L. Phan

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Opportunities and Challenges for Cooperative Extension Becoming a Major Actor in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Dakoeta R. Pinto

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Ars, Virtus, Impetus: Gladiatorial Training and Roman Legionaries, Daniel Porter

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The Intersections of Payments for Ecosystem Services, Gender, and Conditionality in a Bolivian Case Study, Alicia Potter

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Producing Analytical Models of the SPORT Spacecraft for Science Data Processing, Jason L. Powell

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The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People, Lee R. Pradell

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Family Communication Patterns, Emotion Regulation, and Coping Behaviors in Young Adults, Caleb J. Price

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Social Factors Driving Grouping Dynamics in Bighorn Sheep Ewe, Toni Proescholdt

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Daytime Versus Nighttime Sprinkler Irrigation of Two Urban Crops in a Semi-Arid Climate at High-Elevation, Samikshya Pyakurel

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Architectural Design of Hybrid Battery Energy Storage Systems With Integrated Active Balancing and Reconditioning Control, Marium Rasheed

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Recreational Fishing Participation in Utah: Comparing Active and Non-Active Angler Constraint Perceptions With the Use of License Purchase Data, Will Rempel

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Exploring Versatile Glycosyltransferases From Microorganisms for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Jie Ren

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The Influence of Secondary Principals' Perceived Trust of Assistant Principals and Central Office Supervisors on Principal Self-Efficacy for Instructional Leadership, Cody J. Reutzel

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Status and Enhancement of Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) for Biological Control of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Northern Utah, Kate V. Richardson

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Laboratory Measurements at the Impact Point of a Falling Jet, Garrett Richins

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Consumption of a Western Diet Enhanced Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer and Dysbiosis of the Fecal Microbiome in Mice Notwithstanding Dietary Intervention or Fecal Microbiome Transfer, Daphne Michelle Rodriguez Jimenez

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How Preservice Teachers Develop Awareness and Beliefs About Design Features and Academic Language Features When Choosing and Evaluating Digital Math Games for English Language Learners, Allison L. Roxburgh

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Evaluating Beaver Translocation Methods for Desert River Restoration, Christine E. Sandbach

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Constrained Route Optimization With Fleet Considerations for Electrified Heavy-Duty Freight Vehicles, Zarin Subah Shamma

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A Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in an hACE2 Mouse Model, Ashley N. Y. Sheesley

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Fractally Sampling Diversity-Environment Relationships to Understand Plant Assemblage Health Across Spatial Scales, Elizabeth G. Simpson

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Overcoming Barriers to Aquatic Plant Restoration: Addressing Gaps in Species Identification and Planting Techniques in the Intermountain West, Kate A. Sinnott

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Critical Democratic Education: A Case Study on Controversy Deliberation and Its Effects Among Pre-Service Elementary Teachers, Shouqing Si

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Tacitus, Barditus, and Odin's Eleventh Spell, Marie Skinner

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A Cohesive Simulation and Testing Platform for Civil Autonomous Aerial Sensing and Operations, Stockton G. Slack

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Assessing Stream Ecosystem Structure and Function in an Urban Canal and Logan River in Logan, Utah, Ellie Smith-Eskridge

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The Effects of Recent Climate Change on Spring Phenology, With a Special Focus on Patterns of Bee Foraging, Michael Stemkovski

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County Characteristics and Opioid Mortality Rates in the United States, Baksun Sung

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Trial Spacing and the Conditioned Motivational Effects of a Food-Predictive Cue, Gabrielle M. Sutton

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Cross-Boundary Stewardship in Protected Area Centered Ecosystems: Perceptions of Success and Characteristics of Cooperative Engagement, Ryan D. Tarver

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Quantifying the Impacts and Assessing the Permeability of a Divided Four-Lane Highway on Migratory Mule Deer, Daniel P. Taylor

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Investigating Mitochondrial Influence on the Rate of Anaerobic Glycolysis in an in vitro Model, Mackenzie Jenna' Taylor

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Precipitation and Soil Properties Determine Long-Term Consequences of Disturbance and Invasion in Drylands, Tyson Terry

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Examining Model Complexity's Effects When Predicting Continuous Measures From Ordinal Labels, McKade S. Thomas

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A Statewide Evaluation of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness in Altering Wildfire Outcomes on Public Lands in Utah, Jamela Charmaine Thompson

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The Concept of Multicenter Bonds in Chemistry and Materials Science, Nikolay V. Tkachenko

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High Efficiency Angles-Only Space-Based Approaches for Geosynchronous Orbit Catalog Maintenance With Sparse Information, Louis M. Tonc

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Regeneration of Quaking Aspen and Understory Vegetation Change After Fire Risk Reduction Treatment, Allison M. Trudgeon

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Mormon Women's Peepstones: Divination, Revelation, Gender and Power in Utah, Millie Tullis

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Antimicrobial Peptides in Transgenic Silkworm Silk, David Jaden Turner

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Gesture and Language in Children Enrolled in Early Intervention, Makenzy S. Turner

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Comparing Commonly Used Aquatic Habitat Modeling Methods for Native Fishes, Eryn K. Turney

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Durability of Wireless Charging Systems Embedded Into Concrete Pavements for Electric Vehicles, Pilaiwan Vaikasi

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Temporally Weighted Averaging: The Effects of Test Delay on Spontaneous Recovery of Choice, Jack Van Allsburg

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Differing Mastery Criteria Effects on Maintenance of 1-Step Instruction Following in Children with Disabilities, Kyle Wagner

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Developing Firmware for Space Weather Probes 2 Using HDL Coder, Nicholas L. Wallace

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Simulation of Energy Management Algorithms for the Future Grid, Orion Watson

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Treatment of Yellow Fever Virus With the NS4B Inhibitor BDAA and Effects on RNA‐Sensing Innate Immune Pathways in Hamster and Mouse Models, Abbie E. Weight

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Connections Between Mathematics and Computational Thinking: Kindergarten Students' Demonstration of Mathematics Knowledge in a Computational Thinking Assessment, Lise E. Welch Bond

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Effects of Soil Amendments on Water Quality and Hydrologic Properties in Low Impact Development Systems, Lily Wetterlin

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Preservice Teacher Engineering Design Teaching Efficacy, Laura Wheeler

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From Flames to Forage: How Wildfire Affects Elk Behavior and Abundance, Megan M. Whetzel

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The Time-Dependent Ionospheric Model Using a TEC-Driven Servo: An Investigation of the Capabilities and Limitations, Jenny Rebecca Whiteley

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Decolonizing Memory: Erasure and Resurgence of Indigenous History in the Intermountain West, Chase Wilson

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Evaluating Methods for Pathogen Spillover Detection and Forecasting in Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Grete E. Wilson-Henjum

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Connectedness and Wellbeing: Investigating Community and Nature-Based Connection in the Context of Utah's Rapid Growth, Sarah E. Wilson

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Using Genome Analysis Methods to Screen Lactococcus Starter Cultures for Bitter‐Related Genes and Establish a Differentiation Method Using qPCR for Lactococcus lactis and Lactococcus cremoris Species in Cheddar Cheese, Brantzen R. Wood