Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2026
Characterizing Metabolic Flux of Plant Secondary Metabolites From Diverse Animal-Source Foods to Humans, Muhammad Ahsin
The Dark Side of Sport: Exploring Conceptualizations and Operationalizations of Authority Figure-Athlete Abuse, Katherine Nicole Alexander
Adversarial Heterogeneous Agent Learning for Robotic Systems: A Framework for Coordinated Competitive Behaviors, Christopher T. Allred
Post-Wildfire Erosion and Biogeochemistry: Integrating Aerial Imagery and Soil Testing to Assess Landscape Recovery, Justin A. Allred
Designing Workarounds for Justice: International Graduate Students' Experiences With Filing Income Taxes in the United States, Dorcas A. Anabire
The Impact of Parental Infidelity During Childhood on Emerging Adult Relationships, Rachel Anderson
Design of a Low-Power Magneto-Inductive Magnetometer, Rowan Antonuccio
Production of Hydrolyzed Lactose Syrup From the Acid Whey, Aubrey Jean Arbon
Counterfactual Explanations for Time Series Through Local Pattern Mining and Generative Models, Omar Bahri
Evaluation of Fertilizer Recommendation and Soil Amendment Impacts on Crop Production in the Intermountain West, Megan Baker
Analyzing the Influence of Stem Project-Based Learning on Students' Perceptions and Career Interest in STEM, Melissa S. Barker
Unpacking Science Achievement: Institutional Alignment and Mediating Conditions in a High-Performing Charter School, Brenda L. Bennett
Alfalfa Yield, Quality, And Nutrient Use Response to Pivot Sprinkler Technology, Deficit Irrigation, And Genetics, Dakota Boren
Great Power Competition in Africa: U.S. Aid Responses to Chinese Aid and Investment, Ebenezer Nana Botsio
Dyadic Agreement in and Task Correlates to a Measurement of Conversational Success, Samantha Budge
Exploring the Correlation Between Malnutrition and Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Heather Burr
Social and Institutional Factors Influencing Restoration Decisions in Sagebrush Plant Communities in the Great Basin, Carmen Calzado-Martínez
Extracting Wildfire Influence From Natural Streamflow Variability to Inform Post-Fire Peak Flow Predictions, Haley Anne Canham
Advancing Context-Aware Detection of Socially Harmful Discourse Using Transformer-Based Models, Santosh Chapagain
Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Infrastructures and Faculty Composition: Associations With Undergraduate Student Outcomes at R1 Universities 2011-2021, Niyonta Nahia Chowdhury
Enhanced Efficacy of Oseltamivir Combined With a Jak-Stat Inhibitor for Treatment of an Influenza Virus (Pandemic H1N1) Infection in Mice, Savannah S. Clegg
Sequential Products of Anaerobic Denitrification in Calcareous and Noncalcareous Soils by Use of the Gas Chromatograph, Grant S. Cooper
Decreasing Inappropriate Student Behavior Using Interdependent Group Contingency: Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Shelby Craig
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Physician Compassion in Consultations for Chronic Primary Pain, Sarah Daehler
Development of a Laboratory Apparatus for Evaluating Infiltration Performance of Filter Strips in Utah, Pranish Dahal
Solving the Satellite Orienteering Problem Via Hybrid Metaheuristic Intensification and Improved Target Scheduling Techniques, Dalton Dayhoff
Developing and Improving Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Techniques for Challenging Environments, Prasenjit Dewanjee
Effects of Subsurface-Drip-Irrigation on Alfalfa Evapotranspiration in the Intermountain West, Namuna Dhakal
Freshwater Mussel Reintroduction and Recolonization Habitat Modeling Using Hydraulic, Sediment and Geomorphic Parameters, Megan Elizabeth DiNicola
Cannabis: A Model Plant to Study Light-Mediated Reproductive Development, Madigan J.H. Eckels
Student Programming Behavior With and Without Phone Notification Suppression, Gavin T. Eddington
Examination of the Association Among Family Communication Patterns, Attitudes Toward Sex, And Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy, Brooklynn Edelmayer
Longing for Home, Ryker Eggenberger
Honorata Memoria Prosequar: The Lives of Republican and Augustan Women as Antecedents for Later Deifications, Megan Fairbanks
Parental Socialization Practices as Protective Factors of LGBTQ+ Youth Well-Being and Sexual Health, Melissa M. Ferguson
An Autohistoria-Teoría of a Pasifika Neptantlera, Belinda 'Ofakihevahanoa Fotu
Constraint-Aware Metaheuristic Optimization for Experimental Design, Benjamin N. Fuller
Development of a Mouse Model of Echovirus 11 and 30 Infection That Replicates Symptoms of Severe Disease, Scott A. Gibson
Reading Cache Valley Rhetorics: Towards a Composition Pedagogy of Place, Dax Gove
A Dyadic Mixed Methods Study of an Online Asynchronous Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for Individuals Diagnosed With Dementia and Their Caregivers, Gavin Brendan Green
Domestic Cow of Plenty: Gender and Womanhood in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Harshika Ajay Gupta
Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Teachers' Lived Experiences, Nicholas Ricks Harris
The Role of Response Time in Math Anxiety, Christine K. Hartmann
Reconfigurable Antennas Using Varactors on a Planar Parasitic Layer and Pin Diodes on a Dome Parasitic Layer, Andrew J. Hendricks
Relaxed Convex Approximation for Optimal Control in Cislunar Space, Jondavid K. Hertzel
Mechanisms Of Life History Trade-Offs in the Evolution of Eusociality, Frances Katherine Hunter
Effect of Agroecological Feeding Systems of Dairy Cattle on the Nutritional Composition of Milk, Sree Bhavya Immadi
ST-FMFormer: An Autoregressive Generation Framework for Scientific Ensemble Data Predictions, Md Robiul Islam
Leveraging the Iron Oxide Archive of Mineralization, Deformation, And Exhumation Across Geologic Time, Jordan L. Jensen
Housing Markets in the American West: A Dynamic Time Warping Analysis of Inter-City Relationships, Daniel Johnson
Projected Land-Use Change in Northern Utah: Its Implication on Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Carbon, Md Khan Shajidul Kabir
Visualizing Probabilistic Model Checking: An Interactive Framework for Exploring CTMC Models, Ishara Mawelle Kankanamge
Unraveling the Complexity of Host-Microbe Interactions Through Integrative Omics and Systems Biology Approaches, Raghav Kataria
An Analysis of the War on Terror in Textbooks, Kason Kendall
Large Language Models for Introductory Computer Science Education: Content Generation, Intelligent Tutoring, And Learner Modeling, Muhammad Fawad Akbar Khan
Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptability, And Preliminary Efficacy of an Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Program to Improve Dietary Quality in Highly Stressed Adults, Francesca M. Knudsen
In Silico Screening of Natural Compounds as Novel Drug Targets for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma, Rousselene B. Larson
Examining Middle School Girls' Self-Efficacy Changes During a Design-Based Engineering Unit, Emily Lehnardt
Weight-Loss Cutoff for Mortality in Mice Impacts the Results From Combination Drug Therapy for an Influenza A H1N1pdm Virus Infection, Sara A. Lemon
Effects of Tourist Feeding on the Gut Microbiome and Ecophysiology of Endangered Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana (Cyclura cychlura), Erin Lucy Lewis
Understanding the Equestrian Learner: A Sociomaterial Analysis of Equestrian Learners, Anna Lloyd
Effects of Training and Self-Monitoring on Paraeducators' Use of Behavior Specific Praise, Camille J. Lopez
Factors Affecting Mathematics Teachers’ Instructional Decision-Making: An Ecological Systems Theory Multiple-Case Study, Camille M. Lund
Comparing Strategies for Wetland Revegetation in an Uncertain Water Future, Hailey M. Machnikowski
Development of a Novel Method for Simultaneously Testing Multiple Specimens to Evaluate Tension-Tension Fatigue Life, Mehedi Hasan Mahfuz
Gradient Based Optimization Methods for Robust Learning and Biomedical Signal Modeling, Jarrod Mau
Faith and Doubt: Exploring How We Interpret the World, Amber McCuen
Food-Form Delivery of Spore-Forming Probiotics as an Alternative to Gavage in Animal Models, Aubreyona Faith Migliori Skalka
Effects of Serum and Commercial Serum-Free Media on Development of In Vitro Produced (IVP) Embryos in Cattle, Kyla Miller
Paucilactobacillus Wasatchensis Gas Production in Cheddar Cheese Through Symbiotic Amino Acid Metabolism With Lactococcus Lactis Starter Cultures, Niharika Mishra
Impact of Inhibiting Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake on Calcium Homeostasis and Postmortem Metabolism in Porcine Muscle, Fatema Rahaman Mishu
Cultural Adaptation of a Single Session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Guide for College Students in Uganda, Miriam Mukasa Kasozi
Developing Fragility Curves for Steel Special Moment-Resisting Frames in Utah, Olivia P. Murphy
Scalable Roof Polygon Extraction and Geometric Characterization From Remotely-Sensed Data for Snow Load Assessment, Jashon Newlun
Two Applications of Lifting-Line Theory for the Design of Efficient Aircraft, Amanda K. Olsen
Understanding Impact of Redox Potential on Microbial Community of Cheddar Cheese During Aging, Abrianna Y. Paez
Using Picturebooks in Elementary School to Support Discussion, Connection, And Community Action, Polly Parkinson
Evaluating Filociclovir's Activity Against Murine Cytomegalovirus In Vitro Using Fluorescent Imaging, Chanse Maximillion Paskins
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The Fourth Skill Revisited: A New-ish Approach to Latin Pedagogy, Tyler Perry
Effects of Cannabinoid Agonist WIN 55-212-2 on Latent Inhibition, Ashley Peterson
Catullus 63: The Evolution of Roman Society and Religion, Evyn Pitcher
Rainbow Dominating Sets of Graphs, Samuel L. Powell
A Survey on Digital Reading Materials and Personal Study of Christian Religious Texts, Teancum Price
Influence of Predation Risk on Elk Feeding Behavior in a Multi-Predator Environment, Rosemarie C. Pugh
Earth-Abundant Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nitrene-Mediated γ-C(sp3)–H Functionalization of Amide-Containing Compounds, Emmanuel Ramírez
Effects of Beaver Dams on Components of Riverscape Health and Biodiversity in the Great Basin, Cashe C. Rasmussen
How Novices Write Code: Discovering Best Practices, Matt Rau
Forage Responses to Biological Inoculant and Seed Rates in the Intermountain West, Roy Reid
A Mixed Methods Analysis on the Effect of Active Learning on Extraneous Cognitive Load Within Undergraduate Statistics Courses, Michelle Brady Rich
Online ACT Guide for Sub-Clinical and Clinical Insomnia Among College Students, Guadalupe "Gabe" San Miguel
The Rodent Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (RENDS): Effects of Age on Self-Administration of Inhaled Nicotine in Female Rats, Daniel Santos Da Silva
Spatial and Seasonal Concentrations of Atmospheric Halogens Around the Great Salt Lake (2023/2024), Himalaya Sapkota
An Alternative Representation for Temporal JSON, Bishal Sarkar