Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2015
Systems Optimization Models to Improve Water Management and Environmental Decision Making, Omar Alminagorta Cabezas
Improving Reuse of Distributed Transaction Software with Transaction-Aware Aspects, Anas Ahmad AlSobeh
Design of Reliable and Secure Network-On-Chip Architectures, Dean Michael B Ancajas
Image Blur Detection with Two-Dimensional Haar Wavelet Transform, Sarat Kiran Andhavarapu
Organizational Adaptation in Local Stormwater Governance, Andrea Armstrong
An Online Wear State Monitoring Methodology for Off-the-Shelf Embedded Processors, Srinath Arunachalam
Geochemical Characterization of the Mountain Home Geothermal System, Trevor Alex Atkinson
Understanding Myth and Myth as Understanding: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mytho-Logic Narration, Sandra Bartlett Atwood
Late Taino Occupation of Jamaica: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Faunal Materials from the Bluefields Bay Site, Diana M. Azevedo
Factors Related to Successful Completion of Developmental Mathematics Courses, Jason Bagley
The Effects of Social Norms Feedback on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Skin Carotenoids Among College Students, Troy A. Bailey
Binding Interactions of (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropyl-CoM Dehydrogenases and the Zinc Knuckle Proteins Air1 and Air2, Jeremy W. Bakelar
Computational Modeling to Study Disease Development: Applications to Breast Cancer and an in vitro Model of Macular Degeneration, Qanita Bani Baker
Annotation Tools for Multivariate Gene Set Testing of Non-Model Organisms, Russell K. Banks
The Effect of a Class-Wide Training on Prosocial Bystander Behaviors, Charity Deanne Barnes
The Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Conventional and Engineered On-Site Wastewater Drain Fields, James Beardall
Claiming the Best of Both Worlds: Mixed Heritage Children of the Pacific Northwest Fur Trade and the Formation of Identity, Alanna Cameron Beason
Using Network Models to Predict Steelhead Abundance, Middle Fork John Day, OR, Monica R. Blanchard
Factors Influencing Farmers' Utilization of Auto-Guidance Technology in Northern Utah, Thomas A. Bleazard
An Evaluation of Demand Functions for Attention and Food in Children with Autism, Bistra K. Bogoev
A Translational Investigation of Positive and Negative Behavioral Contrast, Megan A. Boyle
"We Are Entitled To, and We Must Have, Medical Care": San Juan County's Farm Security Administration Medical Plan, 1938-1946, John Howard Brumbaough Jr.
The Colorado Plateau as a Virtual Laboratory for Mobile Games for Geoscience Education and Relations Between Rock Strength and River Metrics, Natalie Bursztyn
Factors Influencing the Ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse Inhabiting the Bear Lake Plateau and Valley, Idaho and Utah, Casey J. Cardinal
Fascism and Culture in Sicily: The Centennial of Vincenzo Bellini's Death, Olga A. Casaretti
Effects of Beef Finishing Diets and Muscle Type on Meat Quality, Fatty Acids and Volatile Compounds, Arkopriya Chail
Cultural, Demographic, and Environmental Influences on Risk Perception and Mitigation in the Wildland-Urban Interface, Voravee Saengawut Chakreeyarat
Influencing Acceptability of Parent Training Interventions Through Treatment Rationales, Trisha Chase
Couple Leisure Time: Building Bonds Early in Marriage Through Leisure, Joy Lynne Chavez
Negotiated Settlement and the Durability of Peace: Agreement Design, Implementation, and Mediated Civil Wars, Chong Chen
Improvement of Nutrient Utilization Efficiency, Ruminal Fermentation and Lactational Performance of Dairy Cows by Feeding Birdsfoot Trefoil, Rachael G. Christensen
The Underground Gang: Cyclist Group Identity as Expressed Through Folk Art, Folk Events, Narratives, and Community Spaces, Anna P. Christiansen
Long-Term Study of Crowdfunding Platform: Predicting Project Success and Fundraising Amount, Jinwook Chung
Assessing Preference for Home Language or English Praise in English Language Learners with Disabilities, Casey James Clay
The Effect of Deposition from Static Rocket Tests on Immature Corn, Alfalfa, and Winter Wheat, Eric Curry
Analytical Comparison of Bovine Parentage Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Joshua Jeffrey Dallin
Modeling the Ecological Consequences of Visitor Behavior in Off-Trail Areas of Dispersed Recreation Use, Ashley L. D'Antonio
Introducing Two New Weed Control Tools: A "Smart" Spray Wand and a Wildland Weed Treatment Time Model, Bryan E. Dayton
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Identity Conflict, and Psychosocial Health Amongst Same-Sex Attracted Mormons, John P. Dehlin
Price Slides Within Cattle Markets Over Time and Space, Justin Edward Dickamore
Microfabrication of Bio-Analytical Devices: Microelectrode Array and Traveling-Wave Electrophoresis, Neil Draper
Young Widows' Grief: A Descriptive Study of Personal and Contextual Factors Associated with Conjugal Loss, C. Ryan Dunn
Attacker-Induced Traffic Flow Instability in a Stream of Automated Vehicles, Daniel D. Dunn
Effects of Environmental Water Transfers on Stream Temperatures, Logan Elmore
Face Recognition Under Varying Illuminations, Mohammadreza Faraji
Ecology, Behavior and Taxonomy of Anurans from Brazil's Atlantic Forest, Rodrigio Barbosa Ferreira
DNA Methylation in Lung Tissues of Mouse Offspring Exposed In utero to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Trevor J. Fish
Digital Soil Mapping Using Landscape Stratification for Arid Rangelands in the Eastern Great Basin, Central Utah, Brook B. Fonnesbeck
A Century of Geomorphic Change of the San Rafael River and Implications for River Rehabilitation, Stephen T. Fortney
Fire Environment Analysis at Army Garrison Camp Williams in Relation to Fire Behavior Potential for Gauging Fuel Modification Needs, Scott M. Frost
An Analysis of Sensitivity in Economic Forecasting for Pavement Management Systems, Antonio Fuentes
African American Female Engineering Students' Persistence in Stereotype-Threatening Environments: A Critical Race Theory Perspective, Stacie LeSure Gregory
The Use of Feedback in Group Counseling in a State Vocational Rehabilitation Setting: A Pilot Study, Saara Grizzell
Teaching Bystander Skills Through Fluency Training, Emilee Hagloch
Propaganda Powers Social Reform: The Visual Rhetoric of Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and Norman Rockwell, Shelly Stock Halling
How Arizona Community College Teachers Go About Learning to Teach, Carolyn J. Hamblin
School-Based Mental Health Practices in Utah: A Descriptive Study, Dina Hargrave
Comparison of Neurological Activation Patterns of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders When Verbally Responding to a Pragmatic Task, Daphne U. Hartzheim
Optimization and Control of Lumped Transmitting Coil-Based In-Motion Wireless Power Transfer Systems, Nazmul Hasan
High Resolution Multi-Spectral Imagery and Learning Machines in Precision Irrigation Water Management, Leila Hassan-Esfahani
Investigation of Sugar/Polyols as Weakly Interacting Cosolvents and Their Influence on Hardening of High-Protein Nutrition Bars, Sami Kadhim Hassan
Self-Learning, DVD-Based Education Versus Traditional Education Approaches to Improve the Safety of Warfarin Use Among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, Jessica Oliver Hatch
Expert Rural Elementary School Teachers' Planning for Effective Instruction, Lance T. Hatch
Methods of Processing Kenaf Chopped Strand Mats for Manufacturing Test Specimens and Composite Structures, Joshua W. Heil
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: 2014 Farm Bill Insect and Disease Restoration Provision -- True Gift or False Hope?, Jamilee E. Holmstead
Grass-Shrub Spatial Associations Over Precipitation and Grazing Gradients in the Great Basin, USA, Maike F. Holthuijzen
Salt and the Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa): Evolutionary Investigations of Local Adaptation to an Anthropogenic and Natural Stressor, Gareth Rowland Hopkins
Altitudinal Variability of Quiet-Time Plasma Drifts in the Equatorial Ionosphere, Debrup Hui
Analysis of Portfolio Diversification and Risk Management of Livestock Assets in the Borana Pastoral System of Southern Ethiopia, Medhat Ibrahim
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Biomarker Detection for B-Cell Malignancies, Nathan Israelsen
Computational Prediction and Rational Design of Novel Clusters, Nanoparticles, and Solid State Materials, Alexander S. Ivanov
Ego-Identity and Long-Term Moratoria: Associations with College Attendance and Religious Volunteerism, Mark A. Jackson
The Role of Diet, Erythrocyte Membrane Fatty Acid Composition, and Alzheimer's-Related Genes in Systemic Inflammation in the Cache County Memory Study, Rola Adnan Jalloun
Runtime Detection of a Bandwidth Denial Attack from a Rogue Network-on-Chip, Rajesh JayashankaraShridevi
A Study of the Dayside High-Latitude Ionospheric Electrodynamics During Extended Solar Minimum, Janelle V. Jenniges
Sequence Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments and Geochemistry of the Middle Cambrian Bloomington Formation in Northern Utah, Christopher Ryan Jensen
Testing of Rainflow Histograms of Strain for Implementation as a Bridge Weigh-in-Motion Technique, Nephi R. Johnson
The Mystical Union of Infant Baptism: How Baptists Contributed to the Idea of Race by Their Rejection of Infant Baptism, Isaiah E. Jones
Aqueous Solvation Method for Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins, Justin A. Jones
Systems Modeling and Economic Analysis of Photovoltaic (PV) Powered Water Pumping Brackish Water Desalination for Agriculture, Michael A. Jones
Direct Electrical Arc Ignition of Hybrid Rocket Motors, Michael I. Judson Jr.
Linking Form and Process in Braided Rivers Using Physical and Numerical Models, Alan Kasprak
Scalable Bio-Production of High Value Products in Bacteria, Yukie Kawasaki
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Oscillating Wings and Comparison to Lifting-Line Theory, Megan Keddington
Laboratory Study on the Effects of Exit Face Inclination of Critical Gradients, Richard Allen Keizer Jr.
Characterization and Performance of Algal Biofilms for Wastewater Treatment and Industrial Applications, Maureen Kesaano
Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Whole Field Pennycress Biomass, Yonas Afewerki Kidane
Agricultural Water Management in the Sevier River Basin, Utah: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Daeha Kim
Religious Outsiders and the Catholic Critique of Protestantism in America, Bradley Kime
Virulence Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Social and Solitary Bees with an Emphasis on Multiple Infections, Ellen G. Klinger