Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2008
Development of a Microelectrode Array Sensing System for Water Quality Monitoring, Robert D. Gardner
Synthesis and Characterization of Lactose-Amines with Respect to Oil-in-Water Emulsion Stability, Nidhi Garg
Henry VIII: Supremacy, Religion, and the Anabaptists, Joel Martin Gillaspie
Framing Anti-War Theatre: Public Perceptions of Embedded, Jeremy Gordon
Soil Moisture Responses in Traditional and Drought Adapted Landscapes in the Intermountain West, James Gregory
Mountain Pine Beetle Fecundity and Offspring Size Differ Among Lodgepole Pine and Whitebark Pine Hosts, Donovan Gross
A Retrospective Look at a Sample of Juvenile Sex Offenders From Two Level Six Residential Treatment Centers in Utah: 1998-2007, Miriam Elizabeth Gunn
Integrating Surface and Sub Surface Flow Models of Different Spatial and Temporal Scales Using Potential Coupling Interfaces, Alphonce Chenjerayi Guzha
Identification of Chlorinated Solvent Sources in the Indoor Air of Private Residences around Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Andrew Jensen Hall
Doctoral Education Among Latter-Day Saint (LDS) Women: A Phenomenological Study of a Mother's Choice to Achieve, Jonathan Glade Hall
Hydrogen Production Using Geothermal Energy, Theodore Wayne Hand
New Fruit and Vegetable Offerings and Challenges Increased Lunch-Time Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Fourth-Graders, Cory Ann Hansen
Transportation and Quality Adjusted Basis: Does the Law of One Price Hold for Feeder Cattle?, Chad Harris
Rereading and Rewriting Women's History, Jacqueline Harris
Modeling, Designing, Fabricating, and Testing of Channel Panel Flat Plate Heat Pipes, James R. Harris
Factors That Influence the Association Between Adult Attachment and Marital Satisfaction, Daniel LeRoy Hatch
Understanding Unfolding Change and the Value of Strategic Unification in Recent USU Information Technology Functional Realignment, Eric S. Hawley
Student Teachers' Beliefs and Practices About Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Infants and Toddlers, Trisha Haws
Evaluation of Competition Between Turfgrass and Trees in the Landscape, Christopher A. Hendrickson
Marital Satisfaction and Parental Stress, Jill Hess
Mentoring in Marriage and Family Therapy Programs: Graduates' Perspectives, Allison Webber Hicken
Application of Resiliency Theory and Adaptive Cycles as a Framework for Evaluating Change in Amenity-Transition Communities, Scott L. Hoffmann
The Ideal Mormon Woman: An Analysis of Ensign Articles and Comparison to LDS Women's Perceptions of Gender Role Expectations, Julie Hollist
Developmental Students' Perceptions of Unsuccessful and Successful Mathematics Learning, Laurel Howard
Particle Characterization and Concentration Using Aerodynamic Vectoring, Zac Humes
Analysis of Effectiveness of Bridges with Partial Isolation, Wenying Hu
Transforming Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills: Lesson Study In Mathematics Instruction Sensitive For Diverse Learners at Middle Level, Vessela Ilieva
An Assessment of Housing Affordability in Cache County, Utah, Melanie Jewkes
Application of Quantitative Models of Choice to Alcohol-Maintained Behavior, Corina Jimenez-Gomez
The Effects of a Self-Monitoring Package Using a Tactile Cueing Device on Student On-Task Behavior in Special Education and General Education Settings, Elizabeth Johnson
A Qualitative Study of Seminary Principals for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Eric W. Johnson
Socio-Demographic and Financial Predictors of Discharged Chapter 12 Bankruptcies for Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, Jessica Johnson
Estimating Total Phosphorus and Total Suspended Solids Loads from High Frequency Data, Amber Spackman Jones
The Effects of Interactive Writing Instruction on Kindergarten Students' Acquisition of Early Reading Skills, Cindy D. Jones
Longitudinal and Reciprocal Effects of Ethnic Identity and Experiences of Discrimination on Psychosocial Adjustment of Navajo (Diné) Adolescents, Matthew D. Jones
Design of Tunable Edge-Coupled Microstrip Bandpass Filters, Srinidhi V. Kaveri
Aminoglycosides and Syringomycin E as Fungicides Against Fusarium graminearum in Head Blight Disease, Yukie Kawasaki
Time-Resolved PIV and Pressure Measurements of Oscillating and Pulsating Flow in a Diffuser, Cameron V. King
Self-Rated Health and Community/Social Relations, Rachel Kingsford
The Impact of Religious Schema on Critical Thinking Skills, Matthew Kirby
Bridge Instrumentation and the Development of Non-Destructive and Destructive Techniques Used to Estimate Residual Tendon Stress in Prestressed Girders, Brian Michael Kukay
Essays on Investment Fluctuation and Market Volatility, Chaoqun Lai
Student Achievement and Affective Traits in Electrical Engineering Laboratories Using Traditional and Computer-Based Instrumentation, Matthew D. Lammi
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Effects of Wildlife Water Developments in the Western United States, Randy T. Larsen
Family Involvement in Three Utah Adolescent Residential Treatment Centers, Wesley W. Larson
Rank-Data Distribution Method (R-D Method) for Daily Time-Series Bayesian Networks and Total Maximum Daily Load Estimation, Joon-Hee Lee
Monitoring of Indoor Relative Humidity Levels in Residential Dwellings: A Sensor Network Application, Lizabeth Lee
Racial and Ethnic Comparison of Migration Selectivity: Primary and Repeat Migration, Sang Lim Lee
Uptake and Release Kinetics of Sulfolane by Cattail Plants, Tiffany Leo
Three Essays on Stock Market Volatility, Qianru Li
Self-Medicative Behavior of Sheep Experiencing Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections and the Postingestive Effects of Tannin, Larry D. Lisonbee
Livestock Foraging Behavior in Response to Interactions among Alkaloids, Tannins, and Saponins, Tiffanny Lyman
Adolescent Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, and Premarital Predictors of Marital Quality and Stability, Stacey MacArthur
Measurement of Fine Spatial Scale Ecohydrologic Gradients in a Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystem, Matthew David Madsen
Algorithm Development of the Aglite-Lidar Instrument, Christian Marchant
Calculated Surface Velocity Coefficients for Prismatic Open Channels by Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling, Nat Marjang
Threat Perception as a Determinant of Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Public Involvement in Air Pollution Abatement in Cache Valley, Utah, Joshua D. Marquit
Online Education for Nontraditional Adult Students: Perceptions and Attitudes of Emergency Services Workers in Asynchronous Learning Environments, R. Jeffery Maxfield
Male Out-Migration and the Women Left Behind: A Case Study of a Small Farming Community in Southeastern Mexico, Jamie P. McEvoy
What We Do Best: Quality Collections Care Practices in Small Museums in Utah, Pamela Wilder Miller
Seepage Evaluations in Cache Valley Irrigation Canals, Katerine N. Molina
A Novel Authentication and Validation Mechanism for Analyzing Syslogs Forensically, Steena D.S. Monteiro
Automated Data Type Identification and Localization Using Statistical Analysis Data Identification, Sarah Jean Moody
Technologically Assisted Intervention (TAI): Are Clients Satisfied with Online Therapy?, Jennifer A. Morrow
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Organic Geochemistry of the Red Pine Shale, Uinta Mountains, Utah: A Prograding Deltaic System in a Mid-Neoproterozoic Interior Seaway, Caroline Amelia Myer
Discriminating between Biological and Hydrological Controls of Hyporheic Denitrification across a Land Use Gradient in Nine Western Wyoming Streams, Andrew Kenneth Myers
Movement Patterns and Multi-Scale Factors That Influence Exotic Brook Trout and Endemic Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Distribution and Abundance in the Mill Creek Drainage, Utah, Benjamin Keith Nadolski
Dietary Folate, Other B-Vitamins and Incident Alzheimer's Disease: The Cache County Memory, Health, and Aging Study, Chailyn Nelson
Enhancing the Proportions of Healthy Fatty Acids in Milk from Dairy Cows, Korie A.S. Nelson
Teaching Creativity in Technical Communication Curricula, Curtis Robert Newbold
Decadal-Scale Changes on Coral Reefs in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Thaddeus Allen Nicholls
Disturbance as Restoration in the Intermountain Sagebrush Steppe: Effects on Non Target Bird Species, Russell Edward Norvell
Retirement Savings and Types of Investment Assets Among Near-Retirees Aged 51-64: How do Women Invest Differently Than Men?, Katrina R. Nye
Utah Middle-Level School Community Councils: An Evaluation of Compliance, Processes, and Perceived Impact, Richard Jackson Nygaard
Origins Of The Y Genome In Elymus, Pungu Okito
Pathophysiology of Arbroviral Encephalitides in Laboratory Rodents, Aaron L. Olsen
Teaching Patterns: A Pattern Language for Improving the Quality of Instruction in Higher Education Settings, Daren Olson
Granivores and Restoration: Implications of Invasion and Considerations of Context-Dependent Seed Removal, Steven M. Ostoja
Air Demand in Free Flowing Gated Conduits, David Peter Oveson
Influence of Supplemental Legumes that Contain Tannins and Saponins on Intake and Diet Digestibility in Sheep Fed Grasses that Contain Alkaloids, Jacob Michael Owens
A Critical Analysis of the Cooperatives Working Together Program, Spencer N. Parkinson
Ecotypic Variation in Elymus Elymoides Subspecies Brevifolius Race C in the Northern Intermountain West, Matthew C. Parsons
Identification of Subsoil Compaction Using Electrical Conductivity and Spectral Data Across Varying Soil Moisture Regimes in Utah, Jay Murray Payne
Transforming Perspectives Through Service-Learning Participation: A Case Study of the College Counts Program, James O. Peacock
Use of Stimulus Management Techniques to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Overweight Children, Julie A. Pelletier
Conservation Implications of Winter-Feeding Policies for Mule Deer in Utah, Chris C. Peterson
A C to Register Transfer Level Algorithm Using Structured Circuit Templates: A Case Study with Simulated Annealing, Jonathan D. Phillips
Preference, Resistance to Change, and Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Christopher Aaron Podlesnik
A Causal-Comparative Model for the Examination of an Online Teacher Professional Development Program for an Elementary Agricultural Literacy Curriculum, Clay L. Rasmussen
Darboux Integrability of Wave Maps into 2-Dimensional Riemannian Manifolds, Robert Ream
Effective Practices of Project Lead the Way Partnership Teams, Cody J. Reutzel