Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2015
Relationships Between Water Developments and Select Mammals on the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Bryan M. Kluever
Economic Assessment of Organic, Eco-Friendly, and Conventional Peach Production Methods in Northern Utah, Trevor D. Knudsen
Biogeography, Population Genetics, and Community Structure of North American Bumble Bees, Jonathan Berenguer Koch
Risk Characterization from Multipathway Exposure Associated with Land Applying Biosolids by Accounting for Multimedia Mass Loss, Karthik Kumarasamy
Experimental Validation Data for CFD of Steady and Transient Mixed Convection on a Vertical Flat Plate, Blake W. Lance
Factors Contributing to the Conservation of Phacelia submutica (Boraginaceae), a Threatened Species in Western Colorado: Reproductive Biology and Seed Ecology, Alicia M. Langton
Who Cares? Developing a Pedagogy of Caring in Higher Education, Andrew Shayne Larsen
A Painted Void, Kevin Larsen
Effective Properties of Randomly Oriented Kenaf Short Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite, Dayakar Naik L.
Dreams End: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy with Critical Introduction, Elizabeth Leavitt
Implementation of Online Tutoring Program to Increase University Student Information Retention, April Litchford
The Role of Thermospheric Neutral Winds in the Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Evening Anomalies, Levan Lomidze
Adoption, Adaptation, and Abandonment: Appropriation of Science Education Professional Development Learning, Max L. Longhurst
Mechanical Properties of Kenaf Composites Using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Thomas A. Loveless
Microhabitat Selection by Greater Sage-Grouse Hens in Southern Wyoming, Scott T. Mabray
Identifying Factors Common Among Students Who Do Not Fit the Typical Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Achievement Correlation, Jodi H. Mantilla
To Belong as Citizens: Race and Marriage in Utah, 1880-1920, Scott D. Marianno
Parameterized Least-Squares Attitude History Estimation and Magnetic Field Observations of the Auroral Spatial Structures Probe, Ryan J. Martineau
Qualitative Case Study on Cell Phone Appropriation for Language Learning Purposes in a Dominican Context, Gisela Martiz
Effects of Plant Stress on Facultative Apomixis in Boechera (Brassicaceae), Mayelyn Mateo de Arias
Concentrated Use Areas: Characteristics and Management Strategies on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Zachary F. Maughan
Microbial-Derived Oils and Value-Added Products: Biosynthesis and Applications for Biofuel Production, Alex T. McCurdy
Site-Based and Nonsite Archaeological Survey: A Comparison of Two Survey Methods in the City of Rocks, Idaho, Patrick Reed McDonald
Groundwater and Surface Water Contributions to Metals Loading in Bayhorse Creek at the Abandoned Ramshorn Mine Site Near Bayhorse, Idaho, Hannah L. McDonough
Persistence of Engineering Undergraduates at a Public Research University, Matthew Meyer
Cultural Entropy: A Grounded Theory Study of Early Childhood Experiences in Nature in the Arroyo Grande Creek Watershed, Nathaniel Miles Millard
Algorithmic Information Theory Applications in Bright Field Microscopy and Epithelial Pattern Formation, Hamid Mohamadlou
Using Video Prompting on an iPod Touch to Teach Multiple-Step Recipes to Transition-Age Students With Moderate to Severe Cognitive Disabilities, Kjerstin Mourra
Gorongosa: A History of an African Landscape, 1921-2014, Domingos João Muala
Exploiting Application Behaviors for Resilient Static Random Access Memory Arrays in the Near-Threshold Computing Regime, Dieudonne Manzi Mugisha
Detecting Experts on Quora: By their Activity, Quality of Answers, Linguistic Characteristics and Temporal Behaviors, Sumanth Kumar Reddy Nagarur Patil
Three Essays in Trade and International Development, Nii Amon Neequaye
Postharvest Degradation of Microalgae: Effect of Temperature and Water Activity, Jacob A. Nelson
Representations of US Acts of Extra-Territoriality as Illustrated in Pakistani-English Political Cartoons, Aina S. Niaz
Negative Reinforcement Through Contingent Easy-Task Presentation, Cicely Irene Nickerson
Non-Catalytic Co-Gasification of Sub-Bituminous Coal and Biomass, Guevara Che Nyendu
Water Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Augustina Yaa Oye Odame
Contribution of a Novel Obligatory Heterofermentative Nonstarter Lactobacillus Species to Late Gassy Defect in Cheddar Cheese, Fatih Ortakci
"We Want to Get Down to the Nitty-Gritty": The Modern Hardboiled Detective in the Novella Form, Kendall G. Pack
The Impact of Academic and Teaching Self-Efficacy on Student Engagement and Academic Outcomes, Lesther A. Papa
A Feminist Examination of How Girls and Women Engage with a Female Protagonist in Dystopian Young Adult Literature, Robin A. Parent
Winter Ecology of Common Ravens in Southern Wyoming and the Effects of Raven Removal on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations, Luke W. Peebles
Population and Community Dynamics of Freshwater Decapods in Response to Ecological and Anthropogenic Factors in Subtropical Streams in the Caribbean, Omar Perez-Reyes
Spatial Temperature Variation in Refrigerated Road Transport, Joseph D. Phoenix
Beef Average Daily Gain and Enteric Methane Emissions on Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cicer Milkvetch and Meadow Brome Pastures, Lance R. Pitcher
Ecology and Behavior of Coyotes in Urban Environments at Varying Spatial Scales, Sharon A. Poessel
The Relationship of Trait Mindfulness and Positive Mental and Physical Health Among College Students, Sarah A. Potts
Teacher- and Student-Developed Summaries of Performance: Perceptions of Teachers and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, Heidi S. Preece
Sources of Authority for Leadership and Instructional Technology Coaches' Diffusion of High Access Teaching and Learning, Gregory M. Proffit
Fake and Spam Messages: Detecting Misinformation During Natural Disasters on Social Media, Meet Rajdev
Development of Genetic Goat and Hamster Models of Atrial Fibrillation and Long QT Syndrome; and Genetic Hamster Models of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Dane A. Rasmussen
The Assessment of Articulation and Phonological Skills in Preschool Cleft Palate Children, Michelle G. Rasmussen
Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Their Novice Year of Teaching, Rebecca Bingham Rees
An Evaluation of an iPad-Based Activity Schedule, Kassidy Stuart Reinert
An Investigatory Study of Relationships among Selected Theoretical Components of Letter-Writing Fluency, Pamela C. Reutzel
Lifestyle Intervention in Emerging Adulthood: A Brief Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention with Young Adults, Spencer M. Richards
Relations among Teachers' Implicit Theories of Intelligence, Standardized Achievement Testing, and Classroom Goals, Sydnie W. Ringle
Students' Task Interpretation and Conceptual Understanding in Electronics Laboratory Work, Presentacion Rivera-Reyes
Classification of Five-Dimensional Lie Algebras with One-Dimensional Subalgebras Acting as Subalgebras of the Lorentz Algebra, Jordan Rozum
Novel Techniques to Determine Soil Evaporation Rates: Heat Pulse Probe and Automated Microlysimeter, Kashifa Rumana
Stormwater Bioretention: Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Metal Removal by Plants, Malgorzata Rycewicz-Borecki
Modeling Transportation Planning Applications via Path Flow Estimator, Seungkyu Ryu
Relationship of Nutritional Factors to Cognitive Decline in the Progression of Dementia: The Cache County Dementia Progression Study, Chelsea Sanders
Growth Performance, Ruminal Fermentation Characteristics, and Economic Returns of Growing Beef Steers Fed Brown Midrib, Corn, Silage-Based Diet, Christopher Scott Saunders
Analysis of Quality of Two Different Varieties of Peaches with Respect to Organic and Conventional Cultivation Techniques, Shruti D. Sawant
A Neural Network Approach to Fault Detection in Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control Systems, John N. Schreiner
Explicit Construction of First Integrals for the Toda Flow on a Classical Simple Lie Algebra, Patrick Seegmiller
Improving the Scalability and Usability of the Public Information Officer Monitoring Application, Rohan D. Shah
Linking Marital and Parenting Quality in Parents of Early Adolescents, Megan L. Sheldon
Western Duck Sickness: Avian Botulism and Conservation in the Bear River Marsh, 1910-1933, Andrew J. Simek
Understanding Westerners' Relationship with Public Lands and Federal Land Managers Through Attachment to Public Lands, Chris Sisneros
Continuous Unbonded Post-Tensioned Members: Quantifying Strand Stress Increase, Philip D. Six
Effects of Differential Rates of Alternative Reinforcement on Resurgence of Human Behavior: A Translational Model of Relapse in the Anxiety Disorders, Brooke M. Smith
Indicator 13 Training for Transition Teachers: Comparison of Pre-And Post Test Scores on Writing of Goals, Christina B. Smith
Learning from the Teaching Practices of Successful Teachers of Latina and Latino Students, Glori H. Smith
Potential of Forage Kochia and Other Plant Materials in Reclamation of Gardner Saltbush Ecosystems Invaded by Halogeton, Rob C. Smith
Arsenic Release from Dechlorination Remediation Processes of Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation, Suzy Smith
Effects of Blue and Green Light on Plant Growth and Development at Low and High Photosynthetic Photon Flux, Michael Chase Snowden
Dementia Caregiver Personality Traits and Coping Strategies: Association with Care Recipient Outcomes, Christine M. Snyder
Transportation Economics and Energy, Ali Soltani Sobh
Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Algal Biomass and a Supplemental Carbon Source Material to Produce Methane, Yousef Soboh
Electrokinetic Flow in a Nanochannel with an Overlapped Electrical Double Layer, Zhuorui Song
Effect of Manufacturing Processes on the Loss Factor and Other Mechanical Properties of Kenaf Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Brian P. Spackman
Validation of a Noninvasive Technique for the Assessment of Physiological Stress in Coyotes (Canis latrans), Erika T. Stevenson
Effectiveness, Facilitator Characteristics, and Predictors of the Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge (PICK) Program, J. Wade Stewart
Mitigation of Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) Through Grazing and Revegetation on the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington, Clinton A. Stonecipher
Matching Watershed and Otolith Chemistry to Establish Natal Origin of an Endangered Desert Lake Sucker, Deanna Strohm
Microscopic Modeling of Crowds Involving Individuals with Physical Disability: Exploring Social Force Interaction, Daniel S. Stuart
Techno-Economic Feasibility and Life Cycle Assessment of Dairy Effluent to Biofuel via Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Hailey M. Summers
Statistical Dependence in Imputed High-Dimensional Data for a Colorectal Cancer Study, Anvar Suyundikov
Bio-Inspired Materials and Micro/Nanostructures Enabled by Peptides and Proteins, Swathi Swaminathan
Evaluation of Tracking Regimes for, and Security of, PLI Systems, Shayan Taheri