Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2013
The Effect of Daily Released-Time Religious Education on Academic Achievement, Trace W. Hansen
The Influence of Widowhood and Sociodemographic Moderators on Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Risk, Daniel Joseph Hatch
Two Scenes from Utah's Stratigraphic Record: Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth, Before and After, Dawn Schmidli Hayes
Diet-induced obesity decreases liver iron stores in mice fed iron deficient, adequate, or excessive diets, Brett J. Healy
Resilience and Resistance in Academically Successful Latino/a Students, Dennis Heaton
The Psychological and Physiological Effects of Using a Therapy Dog in Mindfulness Training, Courtney L. Henry
Shear and Flexural Capacity of High Strength Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, Arek Tilmann Higgs
Modeling USA Stream Temperatures for Stream Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessments, Ryan A. Hill
Using QUAL2Kw as a Decision Support Tool: Considerations for Data Collection, Calibration, and Numeric Nutrient Criteria, Andrew J. Hobson
Strategic Approaches To Develop Optimal Feeding Program of Brown Midrib Corn Silage to Lactating Dairy Cows in the Intermountain West, Michael Shane Holt
The Chain-Link Fence Model: A Framework for Creating Security Procedures, Robert F. Houghton
Transcending the Material Self: Reading Ghosts in Samuel Richardson's Novel Clarissa, Jeffrey G. Howard
Hybrid Photothermal Technique for Microscale Thermal Conductivity Measurement, Zilong Hua
Bahavior and Analysis of an Integral Abutment Bridge, Conner D. Huffaker
A Middle to Late Holocene Record of Arroyo Cut-Fill Events in Kitchen Corral Wash, Southern Utah, William M. Huff
Evaluating Eriogonum Corymbosum Tolerance to Frequent Irrigation and Evaluating Its Significant Morphological Variations for Potential Cultivars, Graham C. Hunter
Evidence of Agrarian Urbanism: Land Use Preferences of Residents Living on Small Acreage Farms or Large Lots with Animal Rights in Cache Valley, Utah, Laurie B. Hurst
Computational Fluid Dynamics Validation of Buoyant Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer, Jared M. Iverson
Safety Aware Platooning of Automated Electric Transport Vehicles, Spencer Scott Jackson
A Quantitative Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Redundancy of Freight Transportation Networks, Sarawut Jansuwan
Examining Relationships Among Student Interim Proficiency, School Environment, and Student End-of-Year Proficiency, Kathy Janzen
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Corresponding Adaptation Strategies of the Nam Ngum River Basin, Laos, Dumindu Lasitha Jayasekera
Formation, Deformation, and Incision of Colorado River Terraces Upstream of Moab, Utah, Andrew P. Jochems
Attentional Factors in Temporal Distortion: The Effects of Food Availability on Responses within the Interval Bisection Task, Robert N. Johnson
A Method to Quantify Road Safety Audit Data and Results, Joshua Reid Jones
Maintaining Spanish in an English-Speaking World, Audrey Constance Juhasz
Determination of Ionospheric Current Systems by Measuring the Phase Shift on Amateur Satellite Frequencies, Prajwal M. Kasturi
Cognitive Vehicle Platooning in the Era of Automated Electric Transportation, Pooja Kavathekar
The Effects of Simultaneous Script-Training and Fading Procedures on the Mand Variability of Children with Autism, Kristen N. Kelley
The Calibration and Uncertainty Evaluation of Spatially Distributed Hydrological, JongKwan Kim
Perceptions by High School Teachers of Mathematical Readiness of Students with Disabilities Transitioning to College, Adam Dwight King
Overcoming Misconceptions in Religious Education: The Effects of Text Structure and Topic Interest on Conceptual Change, Seth J. King
Modeling Overlapping and Heterogeneous Perception Variance in Stochastic User Equilibrium Problem with Weibit Route Choice Model, Songyot Kitthamkesorn
Facebooking for Social Support: An Experimental Test of Relational Regulation Theory, Odessia Knowles
Peach Fruit Quality Analysis in Relation to Organic and Conventional Cultivation Techniques, Varun Chandra Koneru
Kisspeptins - Expression, Purification, and Biological Assays, Mathew Puthayathu Kurian
Eyes-Free Vision-Based Scanning of Aligned Barcodes and Information Extraction from Aligned Nutrition Tables, Aliasgar Kutiyanawala
Structural and Functional Characterization of the LDP3 (VHZ) Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Vyacheslav I. Kuznetsov
Jack London: Landscape, Love, and Place, Kristin Yoshiko Ladd
A Multiday Record-Assisted Fruit, Vegetable, and Snack Questionnaire to Assess Intake Among Fourth and Fifth Grade Students, Anne B. Lambert
Sensitivity of Human Choice to Manipulations of Parameters of Positive and Negative Sound Reinforcement, Joseph Michael Lambert
Chinese People's Perceptions of and Preparedness for Democracy, Xiangyun Lan
Evaluation of the TGF-ß Inhibitor RepSox on the Expression of Pluripotency Pathways in Murine and Bovine Cells, Davin M. Larsen
Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Manipulations in Weighted Voting Games, Ramoni Olaoluwa Lasisi
Roads and the Reproductive Ecology of Hesperidanthus suffrutescens, an Endangered Shrub, Matthew B. Lewis
Statistical Algorithms for Optimal Experimental Design with Correlated Observations, Chang Li
A Multimedia Intervention to Increase the Likelihood That University Students in Need Will Utilize Counseling Services, Todd W. Lindsley
Constraints on Patterns of Abundance and Aggregation in Biological Systems, Kenneth J. Locey
Mothers' and Fathers' Attachment Relationships with Children who Have Disabilities, Sheila Lopez
Risk and Climate at High Elevation: A Z-score Model Case Study for Prehistoric Human Occupation of Wyoming's Wind River Range, Ashley K. Losey
Characteristics of 4-H Participants and Their Psychosocial Development, Lauralee Lyons
An Ecofeminist Perspective on the Influences That Promote and Restrict Three Early Childhood Educators' Inclusion of Open-Ended Outdoor Learning, Anne K. Mackiewicz
Study of Inkjet Printing as an Ultra-Low-Cost Antenna Prototyping Method and Its Application to Conformal Wraparound Antennas for Sounding Rocket Sub-Payload, Maimaitirebike Maimaiti
Preventative Behavioral Parent Training in a Primary Care Context: Initial Evaluation of a Universal Prevention Program for Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Jessica L. Malmberg
Mechanisms of Vegetation-Induced Channel Narrowing on an Unregulated Canyon-Bound River, Rebecca Blanche Manners
Importance of Grass-Legume Choices on Cattle Grazing Behavior and Performance, Brody Todd Maughan
Optimizing Systems for Cold-Climate Strawberry Production, Tiffany L. Maughan
Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Paraffin Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Hybrid Rocket Motors, Jonathan M. McCulley
Identifying Perceptions that Contribute to the Development of Successful Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Programs in Utah, Keith McMullin
Effect of Deposition from Static Test Fires on Corn and Alfalfa, Scout Mendenhall
Perceptions of Interethnic Dating among College Students, Elisaida Méndez
Democratic Inclusive Educators, Amy Baird Miner
Cougar Predation Behavior in North-Central Utah, Dustin L. Mitchell
The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Eating Disorders in a Residential Treatment Sample, Phillip Ryan Mitchell
An Algorithm to Recognize Multi-Stable Behavior from an Ensemble of Stochastic Simulation Runs, Eduardo Monzon
Forest Recovery, Nutrient Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in a Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest, Patrick T. Moore
Exploring Three Fifth-Grade Teachers' Understanding of Historical Thinking: A Case Study, Deanne Rigby Murray
Small Burnet (Sanguisorba minor Scop.) Response to Herbicides Applied Postemergence, Ryan Lee Nelson
Spin Stability of Sounding Rocket Secondary Payloads Following High Velocity Ejections, Weston McClain Nelson
Investigation of the Oxidation/Reduction of PRMT1, Substrate Interaction with PRMT1, and the Role of Arginine Methylation in RNA Surveillance, Damon V. Nitzel
Growth Performance and Nutrient Metabolism of Pasture-Finished Beef Steers and In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Pasture Forages in Continuous Cultures, Cuk Tri Noviandi
Characterization of the Hydrogen Peroxide Stress Responses of Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, Taylor S. Oberg
Fatty Acid Induced Insulin Resistance in the Brain, Hyoung Il Oh
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Habitat Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change, Kate H. Olsen
Hazard Classification and Hydraulic Remediation Options for Flat-Topped and Ogee-Crested Low-Head Dams, Riley J. Olsen
The Evolution of History: Changing Narratives of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah's Public School Curricula, Casey W. Olson
Assessing Vehicle-Related Mortality of Mule Deer in Utah, Daniel D. Olson
A Longitudinal Study of English Narrative Discourse Development in Young Spanish-English Bilinguals, Abbie Olszewski
Effect of Predator Removal on Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Ecology in the Bighorn Basin Conservation Area of Wyoming, Elizabeth Kari Orning
Determination of the Expression Patterns of Bovine Non-Classical Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class I Proteins, Parveen Parasar
Enhancement of Random Forests Using Trees with Oblique Splits, Andrejus Parfionovas
The Contribution of Magnetospheric Currents to Ground Magnetic Perturbation during Geomagnetic Storms, Swadesh Patra
Feasibility and Co-Benefits of Biomass Co-Firing: Case in Utah, Bibek Paudel
Late Prehistoric Technology, Quartzite Procurement, and Land Use in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado: View from Site 5GN1.2, Jonathan Mitchell Peart
The Micronutrient Profile of the Typical American Diet Enhances Colorectal Carcinogenesis, Stephany del Carmen Perez Monsanto
Legacy Effects of Habitat Degradation by Lesser Snow Geese on Ground-Nesting Savannah Sparrows along the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Stephen L. Peterson
Modern Technology and an Aging Population: Can the Use of the Wii Fit Gaming System Improve Functional Balance in Community Dwelling Seniors?, Curtis N. Phillips
Alternative Steel Reinforcement in Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls, Daniel T. Pond
Interspecific Interactions between Penstemon palmeri and Shrubs in the Arid Shrublands of the Spring Mountains, Nevada, Jesse M. Poulos
Longitudinal Analysis of Resource Competitiveness and Homelessness Among Young Adults, Mathew F. Prante
Earthquake Petrology: Linking Fault-Related Deformation to the Earthquake Cycle, Mitchell R. Prante
Emotional Intelligence in Medical Laboratory Science, Travis Miles Price
An Investigation of Clinically Significant Change Among Clients of a Doctoral Psychology Training Clinic, Kerry Kathleen Prout
Selected Neuropharmacology of Resurgence, Adam D. Pyszczynski
Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms for Nonlinear Systems, Ashish Raj
Extracting Atmospheric Profiles from Hyperspectral Data Using Particle Filters, Dustin Rawlings
Evaluating the Smart Steps For Stepfamilies: Embrace the Journey Program, a Hierarchical Examination, Katie L. Reck