Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2010
Attitudes Toward Immediate Annuities, Devon K. Robb
Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Micro-Interconnects in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits: Modeling and Simulation, Omar Rodriguez
Student Self-Assessment and Student Ratings of Teacher Rapport in Secondary Student Course Ratings, John Wilford Roe
Effects of Underwater Treadmill Exercise on Mobility of People with Knee Osteoarthritis, Jaimie Roper
Data Analysis of Utah's I-80 and I-215 Bridges - For the Use in the Development of Accelerated Bridge Construction Standards, Erik S. Rosvall
Season Extension of Strawberry and Raspberry Production Using High Tunnels, Daniel R. Rowley
Identifying Motivations to Encourage Women to Adopt Positive Financial Behaviors, Megan E. Rowley
Maternal Effects in Transmission of Self-Medicative Behavior from Mother to Offspring in Sheep, Udita Sanga
A Finite Domain Constraint Approach for Placement and Routing of Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures, Rohit Saraswat
Evaluation of Semiochemical Strategies for the Protection of Whitebark Pine Stands Against Mountain Pine Beetle Attack Within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Greta Katherine Schen-Langenheim
Analysis of Square-Root Kalman Filters for Angles-Only Orbital Navigation and the Effects of Sensor Accuracy on State Observability, Jason Knudsen Schmidt
Intercomparison of PRISM and Daymet Temperature Interpolation from 1980 to 2003, Rebecca A. Scully
Natural Caregiving Practices and Mothers' Decisions, Shannon L. Searle
Constraint Programming Techniques for Generating Efficient Hardware Architectures for Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Atul Kumar Shah
Black-White Differences in Wealth Accumulation Among Americans Nearing Retirement, Eun Hyei Shin
Investigating Small-Scale Dynamical Features in the Mesopause Region, Deepak B. Simkhada
Editorial Pages and the Marketplace of Ideas: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Three Metropolitan Newspapers, Jacob Smith
Latino Entrepreneurs in Nontraditional Destinations: The Case of Northern Utah, Rebecca A. Smith
The Effect of Static Stretching and Order of Warm-Up on the Isokinetic Peak Torque of the Knee Extensors, Eric J. Sobolewski
Comparative Studies on Oxygen Mass Transfer for the Design and Development of a Single-Use Fermentor, Kristan L. Sorenson
Facilitator Assessment Following a Stepfamily Education Course, Heather Sparks
Effect of Mica Content on Surface Infiltration of Soils in Northwestern Kern County, California, Steven Keyes Stakland
Increased Functionality of Floodplain Mapping Automation: Utah Inundation Mapping System (UTIMS), Brian K. Stevens
An Analysis of Reverse Mortgage Clients at the Utah State University Family Life Center Housing and Financial Counseling Services, Cindy R. Stokes
Language Brokering in Latino Families: Direct Observations of Brokering Patterns, Parent-Child Interactions, and Relationship Quality, Kee J. E. Straits
A Multi-Component School-Based Intervention Aimed at Increasing Vegetable Preference and Intake among Elementary-Aged Children, Elizabeth Strasser
Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Sagebrush Reduction Treatments in Rich County, Utah, Roger Blair Stringham
Random Forests Applied as a Soil Spatial Predictive Model in Arid Utah, Alexander Knell Stum
Analysis of Field Programmable Gate Array-Based Kalman Filter Architectures, Arvind Sudarsanam
Estimating and Verifying Household Potential to Conserve Water, Francisco J. Suero
Development of Novel Methods and Their Utilization in the Analysis of the Effect of the N-Terminus of Human Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 Variant 1 on Enzymatic Activity, Protein-Protein Interactions, and Substrate Specificity, Brenda Bienka Suh-Lailam
Clarifying the Relationship between Emotion Regulation, Gender, and Depression, Emi Sumida
Pullout and Tensile Behavior of Crimped Steel Reinforcement for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls, Oscar Ernesto Suncar
Support Materials Development and Integration for Ultrasonic Consolidation, Matthew L. Swank
High-Resolution Holocene Alluvial Chronostratigraphy at Archaeological Sites in Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona, Erin Margaret Tainer
An Evolutionary Approach to Optimization of Compound Stock Trading Indicators Used to Confirm Buy Signals, Allan W. Teeples
Design of an Adaptable Run-Time Reconfigurable Software-Defined Radio Processing Architecture, Joshua R. Templin
Distributed Hydrological Modeling Using Soil Depth Estimated Based on Landscape Variables from Enhanced Terrain Analysis, Teklu K. Tesfa
Greater Sage-Grouse Seasonal Ecology and Responses to Habitat Manipulations in Northern, Utah, Eric T. Thacker
The Evolution and Implementation of an Integrated Approach to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Heather Thompson
What Impact Do Culturally Competent Teachers Have on the Social Inclusiveness of Their Students?, Jacqueline Thompson
Dynamic Testing, Finite Element Modeling, and Long-Term Instrumentation of a Box Girder Post-Tensioned Bridge for the Long-Term Bridge Performance Program, Timothy Paul Thurgood
Multivariate Bayesian Machine Learning Regression for Operation and Management of Multiple Reservoir, Irrigation Canal, and River Systems, Andres M. Ticlavilca
Our Mountain Home: The Oscar and Emma Swett Ranch, Carolyn Toone
Relationship Between Cognitive Reserve and Rate of Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Population Study, Katherine Treiber
Optimal Sensing and Actuation Policies for Networked Mobile Agents in a Class of Cyber-Physical Systems, Christophe Tricaud
Static Versus Dynamic Stretching Effect on Agility Performance, Patrick Troumbley
Finding, Nurturing, and Instilling Hope in Family Therapy, Joseph Daniel Tschudy
Sustainable Energy Crops: An Analysis of Ethanol Production from Cassava in Thailand, Aerwadee Ubolsook
Transportation Network Resiliency: A Fuzzy Systems Approach, Nayel Urena Serulle
Integrating Digital Technologies in the German Language Classroom: A Critical Study of the Technology-Integration Experiences of Three Secondary German Teachers, Stephen Van Orden
Correlation of Age-Specific Phenylalanine Levels on Intellectual Outcome in Patients with Phenylketonuria, Krista S. Viau
Nutrient Utilization from Anaerobic Digester Effluent Through Algae Cultivation, Shantanu Wahal
Family-Owned Businesses: Determinants of Business Success and Profitability, Jeffrey S. Wallace
Reproductive Ecology of Astragalus filipes, a Great Basin Restoration Legume, Kristal M. Watrous
The Effects of Pedagogical Agents on Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Learning, Quan Wei
Object-Based Segmentation and Classification of One Meter Imagery for Use in Forest Management Plans, W. Kevin Wells
Water Allocation Challenges in Rural River Basins: A Case Study from the Walawe River Basin, Sri Lanka, D. K. Neelanga Weragala
Assessment of College Students' Understanding of the Equals Relation: Development and Validation of an Instrument, Gregory D. Wheeler
Applying Information Visualization to Computer Security Applications, Robert Bruce Whitaker
Effects of Submergence in Montana Flumes, Ryan P. Willeitner
Assessment of Ruminal Fermentation Characteristics of Condensed Tannin-Containing Forages Using Continuous Cultures, Christina Marie Williams
Historical Biogeography of Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in the North American Deserts and Arid Lands, Joseph S. Wilson
Identifying and Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Bobcat and Coyote Behavior, Ryan Radford Wilson
A Multi-Scale Evaluation of Pygmy Rabbit Space Use in a Managed Landscape, Tammy L. Wilson
Interclonal Variation of Primary and Secondary Chemistry in Western Quaking Aspen and Its Influence on Ungulate Selection, Damon A. Winter
The Evolution and Application of an Integrated Theoretical Approach to Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Mathew C. Withers
Effects of Static Stretching on Foot Velocity During the Instep Soccer Kick, Craig D. Workman
The Essential Structure of Compulsive Buying: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Letty Workman
Kindergarten Teachers' Developmentally Appropriate Beliefs and Practices and Their Perceptions of Children's Kindergarten Readiness: Comparing the Beginning and the End of the School Year, Rachelle Ernest Wright
Comparative Ecology of Narrowly Sympatric Horned Lizards Under Variable Climatic Conditions, Kevin V. Young
Targeting Fatty Acid-Activated Pathways in the Somatosensory System, Tian Yu
Drivers of Plant Population Dynamics in Three Arid to Subhumid Ecosystems, Luke J. Zachmann
Remotely Sensed Data Assimilation Technique to Develop Machine Learning Models for Use in Water Management, Bushra Zaman
Mathematical Modeling of Light Utilization and the Effects of Temperature Cycles on Productivity in a Steady-State Algal Photobioreactor, Peter Edwin Zemke
Library Synthesis of Anticancer and Antibacterial Agents via Azide Chemistry, Jianjun Zhang
Novel Approaches to Image Segmentation Based on Neutrosophic Logic, Ming Zhang
2009
Characterizing Subsurface Textural Properties Using Electromagnetic Induction Mapping and Geostatistics, Hiruy Abdu
Individual Endorsement of Remarriage beliefs, Consistency of Cognitions between Spouses, and Outcomes in Remarriage, Lyndy Sue Agee
A Longitudinal Exploration of Factors that Influence Acculturation and Enculturation Patterns of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women, Dennis Aaron Ahern
Social Cognitive Predictors of College Students' Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Denice C. Ahlstrom
Detecting Organic Molecules on the Surface of Inorganic Dust Particles Using Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, Sileola B. Akinsiku
Water Allocation for Agricultural Use Considering Treated Wastewater, Public Health Risk, and Economic Issues, Ahmed E. Al-Juaidi
Combining Comprehension Reading Instruction with Video Anchors with Middle-Level Learners, Heidi Andreasen
Surface Wave Propagation in a Dielectric Waveguide Loaded with an Anisotropic, Conductive, and Spatially Dispersive Substrate, Tushar Andriyas
Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders, Franklin B. Angomas
An Assessment of Utah Resident Incentives and Disincentives for Use of OpenCourseWare (OCW), Anne Arendt
Geometry and Electronic Structure of Doped Clusters via the Coalescence Kick Method, Boris Averkiev