Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Indian Student Placement Service: A History, Lynette Riggs
Examining the Perceived Benefits for Engaging in Cybersex Behavior among College Students, Delores D. Rimington
Principals' Perspectives on Adolescent Literacy Implementation and Support in Secondary Schools: Views through a Sociocultural Lens, Jack A. Robinson
Sampling Frequencies Ratio Estimation and Symbol Timing Recovery for Baseband Binary Pulse Amplitude Modulation, Ana A. Paniagua Rodriguez
Ethylene Synthesis and Sensitivity in Crop Plants, Joseph F. Romagnano
Distributed Control for Robotic Swarms Using Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations, Shelley Rounds
Synthetic Complexes of Relevance to Ni(II)-Containing Enzymes, Katarzyna Rudzka
Phenotypic Plasticity and the Post-Modern Synthesis: Integrating Evo-Devo and Quantitative Genetics in Theoretical and Empirical Studies, Alison G. Scoville
Agroforestry Practice Adoption Among Solomon Island Women on the Island of Malaita, Etta K. Sechrest
Application of Structural Control for Civil Engineering Structures, Abdollah Shafieezadeh
Centering Pregnancy and Traditional Prenatal Care: A Comparison of Health Practices, Kaylynn Shakespear
Decision Analysis Considering Welfare Impacts in Water Resources Using the Benefit Transfer Approach, Ashraf Shaqadan
A Novel Technique of Network Auditability with Managers in the Loop, Rian Shelley
Reported Mental Health Issues and Marital Quality: A Statewide Survey, Joseph Ruben Smart
Two Highly Diverse Studies in Computing: A Vitruvian Framework for Distribution and a Search Approach to Cancer Therapies, Brian G. Smith
Utah Off-Highway Vehicle Owners' Specialization and Its Relationship to Environmental Attitudes and Motivations, Jordan W. Smith
The Risk of the Female Athlete Triad in Collegiate Athletes and Non-Athletes, Carla Southwick
An Investigation of the Effects of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior on Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities in a School Classroom, Katrina Spangenberg
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Knowledge and Practices: A Survey of Pediatricians and Family Practice Physicians, Kara L. Spielmans
Generalized Event Tree Algorithm and Software for Dam Safety Risk Analysis, Anurag Srivastava
A Field Programmable Gate Array Based Finite-Domain Constraint Solver, Prasad Subramanian
Sex Differences in the Use and Evaluated Helpfulness of Premarital Advice, Neal J. Sullivan
Gene Expression Analysis of Immobilized Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Ryan Michael Summers
Lessons in Humanity: A Memoir, Chelsi Joy Sutton-Linderman
Design and Implementation of Digital Signal Processing Hardware for a Software Radio Reciever, Jake Talbot
Variational Asymptotic Micromechanics Modeling of Composite Materials, Tian Tang
Design Guidelines for the Historic Downtown of the City of St. George, Utah, Bronson Ron Tatton
Treatment of Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.): Economics and Feasibility, Christopher L. Thompson
Hydrogen Production by Anaerobic Fermentation Using Agricultural and Food Processing Wastes Utilizing a Two-Stage Digestion System, Reese S. Thompson
Long-Term Effectiveness of Brief Multiple-Stimulus Without Replacement Preference Assessments on Individualized Education Plan Reading Progress of Students with Severe Disabilities, Heather C. Thornton
Effect of Processing and Formulation Conditions on Physicochemical Characteristics of Food Emulsions, Megan Tippetts
Premarital Preparation Activities and the Level of Complaints and Perceptual Accuracy in Marriage, Suzette Dalaine Regis Todd
School-Based Services for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Tonya M. Tree
Simulated Browsing Impacts on Aspen Suckers' Density, Growth, and Nutritional Responses, Koketso Tshireletso
Livestock Mortality at Beef Farms with Chronic Wolf (Canis lupus) Depredation in the Western Great Lakes Region (WGLR), Arion Vandergon
The Evaluation of Synchronous Online Tutoring for Students At-Risk of Reading Failure, Eleazar Vasquez III
Impact of Land-Applied Biosolids on Forage Quality and Water Movement During Rangeland Restoration Activities, Issaak R. Vasquez
Nutrient Mobility from Biosolids Land Application Sites, Mai Anh Vu Tran
Cause and Prevention of Liver Off-Flavor in Five Beef Chuck Muscles, Ranjeeta Wadhwani
Factors Relating to the Success or Failure of College Algebra Internet Students: A Grounded Theory Study, Christine Walker
Perceptions of Emotional Intelligence Preparation and Industry Expectations for Utah State University MBA Graduates, Arthur D. Waller
Complex Systems in Engineering and Technology Education: A Mixed Methods Study Investigating the Role Computer Simulations Serve in Student Learning, Douglas J. Walrath
Algorithm Development for Column Water Vapor Retrieval Using the Sun and Aureole Measurement (SAM) Sensor, Joshua Bruce Williams
Emerging Literacy and Family Rituals, Melanie Williamson
Volatilization of Trichloroethylene from Shallow Subsurface Environments: Trees and Soil, Rachel Melanie Winters
Angles-Only Navigation for Autonomous Orbital Rendezvous, David Charles Woffinden
Modeling the Electrodynamics of the Low-Latitude Ionosphere, Christian Stephen Wohlwend
Factors Affecting Landowner Participation in the Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Program, Kendra Womack
The Effects of Aligning Supplemental and Core Reading Instruction on Second-Grade Students' Reading Achievement, Carla V. Wonder-McDowell
Demographic Factors that Predict Breastfeeding in the Early Postpartum Period in Utah Women, Amyanne Wuthrich-Reggio
Fabrication of Long-Fiber-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites Using Ultrasonic Consolidation, Yanzhe Yang
Development of Modular Thermal Control Architecture for Modular Satellites, Quinn Eric Young
Dechlorinating and Iron Reducing Bacteria Distribution in a Trichloroethene Contaminated Aquifer, Carmen Lourdes Yupanqui Zaa
Perceived Crowding and Visitor Support for Use Rationing: A Reanalysis of Existing Data, Jascha M. Zeitlin
The Effect of Teacher Education Level, Teaching Experience, and Teaching Behaviors on Student Science Achievement, Danhui Zhang
Analysis of Chemical Bonding in Clusters by Means of the Adaptive Natural Density Partitioning, Dmitry Yu Zubarev
2007
Does the Southern Farmington Canyon Complex Record a Late Archean/Early Proterozoic Accretionary Complex?, Kyle C. Andreasen
Identification of Factors Affecting Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Efficiency and Characterization of Transcriptional Profiles of Nuclear Transfer Embryos and Cotyledons, Kenneth Ivan Aston
Effects of a Synthetic Cannabinoid on the Reinforcing Efficacy of Ethanol in Rats, Ericka M. Bailey
Structural Properties of Formal Polynomial Algebras in Noncommuting or Nonassociating Indeterminates, Serge C. Ballif
Langmuir Probe Measurements in the Ionosphere, Aroh Barjatya
Structural Characterization of Three Southeast Segments of the Clark Fault, Salton Trough California, Benjamin E. Belgarde
Premarital Preparation and Marital Satisfaction: What Utah Individuals are Doing to Prepare for Marriage and How Premarital Preparation Can Enhance Marital Satisfaction, Fay L. Belnap Foster
Student Teachers' Explicit and Implicit Perceptions of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Hollie K. Berglof
Culture, Community, and Class in the Bavarian Marriage Process, 1789-1849: Leonhard Büttner, Margaretha Weiss, and Their Illegitimate Children, F. Warren Bittner
Re-Evaluation of the Jesse Ewing Canyon Formation: Implications for Neoproterozoic Paleogeography and Tectonic Setting of Northeastern Utah, Andrew M. Brehm
Examining The Relationship Between Connection Rituals and Marital Satisfaction: A Correlational Study, Heather Holmgren Brown
Does Teaching Problem-Solving Skills Matter?: An Evaluation of Problem-Solving Skills Training for the Treatment of Social and Behavioral Problems in Children, Bryan B. Bushman
Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Amino Acid Metabolism in Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ 32, Jason K. Christiansen
Quaternary Evolution of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona, William Scott Cragun
The People of Bear Hunter Speak: Oral Histories of the Cache Valley Shoshones Regarding the Bear River Massacre, Aaron L. Crawford
Effects of Quaternary Climate Change on Tributary Sedimentation and Geomorphology in Eastern Grand Canyon, Benjamin D. DeJong
Bats and Mines: Evaluating Townsend's Big-Eared Bat Maternity Colony Response to Reclamation, Gabrielle F. Diamond
The Geologic History of Subsurface Arkosic Sedimentary Rocks in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) Borehole, Central California, Sarah D. Draper
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supplemental Labels in Museum Exhibits, Clint B. Eliason
Application of the Relevance Vector Machine to Canal Flow Prediction in the Sevier River Basin, John T. Flake
Inventorying Landscape Assets in Rural Utah Communities: A Sociocultural Approach, Jennifer F. Hale
The Red Top Model: A Landscape-Scale Integrodifference Equation Model of the Mountain Pine Beetle-Lodgepole Pine Forest Interaction, Justin Heavilin
Relationships Among Marital Satisfaction, Marital Conflict Dimensions, and Marital Conflict Strategies, Jennifer L. Hogge
Climatology of Middle and Low-Latitude F-Region Plasma Drifts from Satellite Measurements, John W. Jensen
Congruence of Perceptions of Motivation Between Adolescent Clients, Their Therapist, and Parent, Amberly R. Johnson
Depression, Coping Mechanisms, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and the Perceptions of Purpose in Life of Older Adults, Cheryl Jones
The Marriage of Eolian Rock Properties and Deformation of the Nugget Formation; Anschutz Ranch East Field: Northeast Utah and Southwest Wyoming, Dustin J. Keele
Vulnerability of Shallow Aquifers of the Conterminous United States to Nitrate: Assessment of Methodologies, Karthik Kumarasamy
Comparison of Water Dynamics in Aspen and Conifer: Implications for Ecology Water Yield Augmentation, Eric Martin LaMalfa
Design of a Low-Power Automatic Wireless Multi-Logger Networking Device, Kelly S. Lewis
Relationship Among Team Collective Efficacy, Cohesion, and Coaching Competency in Sports, Clayton T. Manning
The Temporal Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Psychological Symptoms in Native American Adolescents, Georgia Lee Matt
Breeding Behavior and Space Use of Male and Female Mule Deer: An Examination of Potential Risk Differences for Chronic Wasting Disease Infection, Leslie R. McFarlane
A Formal Approach to Specifying and Verifying Spacecraft Behavior, Allan I.S. McInnes
Kindergarten Teachers' Developmentally Appropriate Beliefs and Practices and Perceived Problems of Kindergarten Transition, K. Marie Sorenson Mecham
Preparation for Remarriage: Utilization of Different Forms and Their Rated Helpfulness, Julie J. Miller
Pushing the Car of Progress Forward: The Salt Lake Tribune's Quest to Change Utah for Statehood, 1871-1896, Robert Patrick Mills