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2007

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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

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A Formal Approach to Specifying and Verifying Spacecraft Behavior, Allan I.S. McInnes

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Kindergarten Teachers' Developmentally Appropriate Beliefs and Practices and Perceived Problems of Kindergarten Transition, K. Marie Sorenson Mecham

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Preparation for Remarriage: Utilization of Different Forms and Their Rated Helpfulness, Julie J. Miller

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Pushing the Car of Progress Forward: The Salt Lake Tribune's Quest to Change Utah for Statehood, 1871-1896, Robert Patrick Mills

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Relationship between Dietary Calcium Intake and Weight Gain Among College Freshmen at Utah State University, Cara A. Moncur

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Hydroacoustic Substrate Classification Accuracy and Faunal Assemblage Variation Between Artificial and Natural Rock Regions: Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho, Mike Moon

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The Carbon Cycle of a Semi-Arid Grass System, Bromus tectorum, May Christin Myklebust

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Parenting Stress and Child Attachment: Child Age of 10 and 36 Months/Father and Mother, Jeng Hyun Ok

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Psychosocial Variables and Their Relationship to Diabetic Outcome Among the Strong Heart Study Cohort, Brian D. O'Leary

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Discharge Monitoring, Chemical Characterization, and Source Identification of Springs Along the East Side of Southern Cache Valley, Utah, Aric Alan Olsen

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A Classification of Real Indecomposable Solvable Lie Algebras of Small Dimension with Codimension One Nilradicals, Alan R. Parry

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Use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for the Classification and Identification of Bacteria of Importance to the Food Industry, Sarah Pegram

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Father Involvement, Nurturant Fathering, and the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adult Daughters, Camille C. Peterson

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Texture Profile Analysis and Melting in Relation to Proteolysis as Influenced by Aging Temperature and Cultures in Cheddar Cheese, Taylor Rasmussen

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A Comparison of Cognitive Autonomy in Adolescents from a Residential Treatment Center and a Traditional Public High School, Matthew Laurence Reiser

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Characteristics of Helping Relationships For Emotional Distress: Older Adults' Perceptions, Alison L. Rencher

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Development, Evaluation, and Efficacy of a Heart Healthy Curriculum in Two Different Education Settings; Emphasizing Food Portioning and Cooking Skills, Increased Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains, Low-Fat Dairy, and Exercise, Rachel Richins

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Factors Influencing Epiphytic Lichen Communities in Aspen-Associated Forests of the Bear River Range, Idaho and Utah, Paul C. Rogers

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Structural Evolution of Fern Chloroplast Genomes, Jessie M. Roper

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An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Dual-Earner Couples in Great Marriages: The View from the Empty Nest, Reva C. Rosenband

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Emersonian Perfectionism: A Man is a God in Ruins, Brad James Rowe

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Dynamics of Spatial Pattern Formation: Cases of Spikes and Droplets, Yuya Sasaki

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Analysis of the Day Side Equatorial Anomaly, Jayaprabha Shankar

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The Effect of Exopolysaccharide-producing Streptococcus thermophilus MR1C on Functionality in High Moisture Cheddar-type Cheese, Tyler J. Singleton

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Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Marjum Formation: Response of Sedimentary Facies and Biota to Sea-Level Changes, Douglas D. Smith

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Sleep Problems in Young Children With and Without Behavior Problems, Penny L. Sneddon

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The Pollination Ecology of Hedysarum boreale Nutt. (Fabaceae) and Evaluation of its Pollinating Bees for Restoration Seed Production, Katharine A. Swoboda

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Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat Containing Levulinate, Lactate, or Lactate and Diacetate, Rebecca L. Thompson

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An Examination of the Structure of Affect in a Sample of Inpatient Adolescents, Marietta A. Veeder

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Tropospheric Spectrum Estimations Comparing Maximum Likelihood with Expectation Maximization Solutions and Fast Fourier Transforms, Stanley James Wellard

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Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Weight Loss in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Kathy Wickersham

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Exploring Predictors of Parent Involvement for Rural Head Start Children, Benjamin E. Wynn

2006

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On the Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Biogeochemistry of Stream-Lake Interactions in the Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho, USA, Christopher D. Arp

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Towards a More Comprehensive View of the Use of Power Between Couple Members in Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Charles George Bentley

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Juvenile Drug Courts: Using Participant Characteristics to Predict Outcome, Sara M. Boghosian

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Therapeutic Processes in a Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Depressed Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Meredith Brent

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An Outcome Study of Spinal Cord Stimulation Implants in a Retrospective Cohort of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Patients, Anthony Davis Browning

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Movement Behavior and Habitat Selection of the Endangered June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) in Utah Lake, Utah, Kris A. Buelow

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Type 2 Diabetes and the Risk of Osteoporotic Hip Fracture in Utah Men and Women, Megan Bunch

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Mycobacterium-Plant Interactions in Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Compounds, Robert D. Child

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Microbial Ecology of an Animal Waste-Fueled Induced Blanket Reactor, Steven C. Curtis

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Types of and Negotiation of Connection Rituals in Newlywed Couples, Rachel N. Davis

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Antimicrobial Properties of Syringopeptin 25A and Rhamnolipids, Prerak T. Desai

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Predicting Child Outcomes from Parenting Styles of Spanish-Speaking Families, Melissa Renee Donovick

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Exploring the Role of Sac9 in Arabidopsis thaliana Stress Response and Phosphoinositide Signaling, Elizabeth J. Drake

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Burnout in Marriage and Family Therapists, Cory A. Eddington

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Telepresence-Enabled Cognitive Apprenticeship Model of Teacher Professional Development, R. Shawn Edmondson

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Defining Predatory Mortgage Lending in Utah: A Professional's Perspective, Luke V. Erickson

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The Role of Multifamily Real Estate Investments in Retirement Planning, Miguel A. Fernandez

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Evolutionary Consequences of an Introduced Predator: Adaptive Change in Daphnia melanica in Response to Exotic Salmonids in the Sierra Nevada, Debra L. Fisk

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Utilization of Ultrasonic Consolidation in Fabricating Satellite Decking, Joshua L. George

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Identity Development, Identity Disclosure, and Identity Exploration Among Adolescent Sexual Minorities, Jenna A. Glover

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An Analysis of Mortgage Default Clients and Mortgage Default Counseling at the Utah State University Family Life Center, Leslie E. Green

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Social Interactions and Bullying in Withdrawn Children: An Evaluation of Generalization Strategies Within a Social Skills Training Intervention, Kyle Max Hancock

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Fundamentals of Mountain Resort Base Village Design: A Critical Review of Existing Resort Developments with Recommendations for Future Development Practices, Bryan P. Harding

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Marital Quality, Context, and Interaction: A Comparison of Individuals Across Various Income Levels, Victor W. Harris

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Environmental, Chemical, and Genetic Reduction of Ethylene Sensitivity in Crop Plants, Timothy J. Hudelson

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Expressive Writing and Breast Cancer: Outcomes and Linguistic Analyses, Kelly N. Hughes

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Creating Mechanistic Ion Channel Models Using Genetic Algorithms, Jonathan Neal Hurst

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The Integration of the Nutrition Screening Tool with the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care Form, Beth Hyatt

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Wavelet Techniques in Time Series Analysis with an Application to Space Physics, Agnieszka Jach

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Predicting School Placement Outcomes of Children with Disabilities Who Was Once Enrolled in Early Intervention, Mark Stanley Jesinoski

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Assessing Cognitive Abilities in a Sample of Sioux Children Utilizing Traditional and Nonverbal Measures of Intelligence, Norman C. Johnson

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Trusting the Dating Partner in the Face of Relationship Problems and Uncertainty: The Moderating Role of Parents and Friends, Rebecca Johnson

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Lower Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy, Deposystems and Paleogeography of Northwestern Ordos Basin, North China, Benjamin J. Kessel

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Secondary Electron Production and Transport Mechanisms By Measurement of Angle-Energy Resolved Cross Sections of Secondary and Backscattered Electron Emission from Gold, Jason T. Kite

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Adult Romantic Attachment Style, Global Self-Esteem, and Specific Self-Views as Predictors of Feedback Preference in Potential Romantic Relationships, Crystal Chi-Sheng Lin

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The Relative Effects of Education and Cognitive Complexity of Employment Experience on the Rate of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Women, Janet M. Lundahl

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Vascular Plant Species Richness and Distribution in a Heterogeneous Landscape, Kelly J. McCloskey

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A Survey of the Bees of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Southern Utah: Incidence, Abundance, and Community Dynamics, Olivia Messinger

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Minimal Nodal Domains for Strictly Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Homogeneous Boundary Conditions, Charles E. Miller

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Turning Points and Protective Processes: A Qualitative Study on Resilient Youth Through Their Perspective as Resilient Adults, Michael E. Monson

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Couples in Great Marriages with a Traditional Structure and Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill

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Smoking, Anemia, and Risk of Oral Clefts in Utah, Melinda Michelle Moss

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Historical Biogeography of North American Nightsnakes and Their Relationships Among the Dipsadines: Evidence For Vicariance Associated With Miocene Formations of Northwestern Mexico, Daniel G. Mulcahy

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Remapping the Cliff Chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis) Distribution and Creating a Habitat Association Model in Southern Idaho, Masako Niwa

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Uncovering the Key of Success In The Utah Medicaid Work Incentive Program: A Grounded Theory Study, Renee H. Nolan

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Tapirs and Rhinoceroses in Captivity: An Examination of the North American Captive Populations and Their Husbandry, Lisa A. Nordstrom

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History of the Logan Bluff Landslide Zone, Seth P. Olsen

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Predictors of Recidivism in an Adolescent Substance Abusing Population, Christine Pacetti

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Model-Centered Instruction: A Design Research Study to Investigate an Alternative Approach to Patient Education, Mary Ann Parlin

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Fathers' Perceptions of Relationships With Young Adolescent Children: Implications for Family Therapy, Tyler D. Patrick

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Assessing the Cognitive Development of a Sample of Infants in Paraguay, Shannon Peairson

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Mortgage Default and Neighborhoods: A Case Study of Weber County, Utah, Camille J. Pedersen

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Catalase Activity Mediates the Inhibitory Actions of 24,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D3, Sven L. Peery

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Systematics of the Sympetrine Dragonflies With Emphasis on the Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of the Genus Sympetrum (Odonata: Libellulidae), Erik M. Pilgrim

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The Relationship Between the Outcome Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale in Marital Assessment, Adam Malan Poll

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Genetic and Phenotypic Variability of Metarhizium anisoplae for Virulence and Tolerance to UV-B Radiation and Heat, Drauzio E. N. Rangel

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The Effect of Social Network Disapproval on Partners' Dating Relationship: The Romeo and Juliet Effect Revisited, Rebecca Rawlins

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Highway Effects on Small Mammal Communities and Effectiveness of a Deer-Vehicle Collision Mitigation Strategy, Silvia A. S. Rosa

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Cultural Analysis of the Indian Women's Festival of Karvachauth, Puja Sahney

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Anurans of the Solomon Islands, Gerald W. Scoville

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Culture, Gender, Identity, and Adolescents' Niche-Building Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Archana Singh

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Milk Intake in Early and Late Adulthood and Risk of Osteoporotic Hip Fractures in Utah, Melanie Jean Slavens

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The Evolution from Late Miocene West Salton Detachment Faulting to Cross-Cutting Pleistocene Oblique Strike-Slip Faults in the SW Salton Trough, Southern California, Alexander N. Steely

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New Perspectives on the Relationship Between Emotion Decoding and Social Acceptance in School-Age Children, Eri Suzuki

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Cognitive Autonomy in Adolescence, Ruth A. Thompson

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Effects of the Diagnostic Label "ADHD " on Peer Judgment, Jared Toone

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The Labour of Her Own Hands: Nineteenth Century Gardening Discourses and the Work of Jane Webb Loudon, Kelli Lee Towers