Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Fine-Tuning Gene Expression: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Rett Syndrome, Yewon Rhee
Trajectories of self-management and independence in youth with spina bifida: Family-related predictors of growth, Monique Ridosh, William Howard Adams, Colleen F. Bechtel Driscoll, Fabiola Magana, Kathleen J. Sawin, and Grayson Holmbeck
Tuesday's Child: My Experience as a Behavioral Intervention Intern, Rosemary C. Roberts
CPSF6's Nuclear Localization Signal Mediates HIV-1 Intranuclear Events Following Nuclear Import, Nick Rohlfes
TAK1 Blockade Plus Azacitidine Induces Apoptosis, Augments Cytarabine, and Ablates Clonogenicity in MLL-AF9+ Human AML Cell Lines, Austin P. Runde, Cameron Lewis, Peter Breslin SJ, and Jiwang Zhang
Abriendo Caminos: A Case Study of an Online Bilingüe MSW Program, Celeste Natividad Sanchez
Betacat Portfolio Management, Arabella Sargent, Matthew Li, Lauren Devine, and Grant Carufel
Child-Parent Psychotherapy in Child Welfare, Michelle Saulnier
Teaching and Practice of the Stay SAFE Interruption Management Strategy in Simulated Contexts, Ginger Schroers
Impacts of Stormwater and Land Cover on the Abundance, Transport, and Composition of Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Watersheds, Bailey Austin Schwenk
A Computer Vision Solution to Cross-cultural Food Image Classification and Nutrition Logging, Rohan Sethi and George K. Thiruvathukal
Understanding the Mystery of R-Loops and Their Relationship to Nucleolar Stress, Kevin Shane
Validating the use of body mass index with computed tomography in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of patients admitted with SARS- CoV-2, Patricia Sheean, Paula O'Connor, Cara Joyce, Amy Wozniak, Vasilios Vasilopoulos, Jared Seigal, and Perry Formanek
Assessing the Role of Psychological Self-Sufficiency and Organizational Factors in Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Populations, Alanna Jeeyoung Shin
The Rise and Fall of Seven Arts Magazine, Mary Clare Sisk, Sara Houska, Colleen Kehoe, and Phoebe Ludwig
Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of How Leadership Relates to their Workplace Well-Being, Joanna Skourletos
Optimizing Education with Tech, Thomas Slomiany, Blanca Gonzalo, Cole Osiadacz, David Sagl, Carlos Argueta, Evan Ciolek, and Daphne Delgado
Enzymological Revisionism: Employing Transient State Approaches to Define the Catalytic Sequences of Poorly Understood Systems, Madison M. Smith
Morality and Power: The Influence of Individual Differences and Situational Factors on Ethical Decision Making, Mallory Rose Smith
Integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) into Undergraduate Nursing Education to Ensure Equity and Inclusion in Acute Care Nursing., Phyllis Ann Solari-Twadell, Lisa Burkhart, and Elizabeth Reynolds
Diet Quality and Resilience through Adulthood: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WELL for Life Study, Sparkle Springfield-Trice, Cara Joyce, Yi-Hsuan Wu, Ann W. Hsing, Kristen Cunanan, and Christopher Gardner
Evolutionary Patterns of Anolis Lizard Skulls: An Investigation in Geometric Morphometrics and an Educational Exploration of Structure and Function, Katherine Beyer Starr
Lactobacillus-Mediated Phage Induction and Inhibition of Growth of Escherichia coli, Natalie Stegman
A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in the NICU, Leesa Strickland and Lindsey Garfield Dr.
The Prevalence of Child Play in Natural Water Ways and How it Relates to Health, Sylvia Stypinski, Colleen Kordish PhD, and Barbara Velsor-Friedrich PhD
DLTSG Mutual Fund Invest Research Report, Katherine Sullenberger, Brendan DalCanton, Ambiya Shaikh, and Daphne Kritikakis
Neuroinflammation and Gut Barrier Function Post Traumatic Brain Injury, Anne Sullivan
The race-based stress reduction intervention (RiSE) study on African American women in NYC and Chicago: Design and methods for complex genomic analysis, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Alexandria Jones-Patten, Laura Prescott, Stephanie Potts-Thompson, Cara Joyce, Bamidele Tayo, and Karen Saban
Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning (AI &| ML), George K. Thiruvathukal
Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Measures for Identifying Patients Requiring High-Intensity Care, Daniel C. To, Tessa L. Steel, Kyle A. Carey, Cara Joyce, Elizabeth M. Salisbury-Afshar, Dana P. Edelson, Anoop Mayampurath, Matthew M. Churpek, and Majid Afshar
The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Exopolysaccharide from Bacillus Subtilis, Nikolay Todorov
The Meaning of Life’s Broken Fragments: A Constructive Theology of Fragmentation Grounded in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Ethics, Meghan Toomey
Implementing Evidence-based Fall Prevention Bundle in a Long-term Memory Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Lei Toquero and Audrey Klopp
An Automated Approach for Improving The Inference Latency and Energy Efficiency of Pretrained CNNs by Removing Irrelevant Pixels with Focused Convolutions, Caleb Tung, Nick Eliopoulos, Purvish Jajal, Gowri Ramshankar, Chen-Yun Yang, Nicholas Synovic, Xuecen Zhang, Vipin Chaudhary, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
“We got to stand up and speak”: Youth in high-poverty, high-crime urban communities of color reflect on their cross-age mentoring program, Katherine Tyson McCrea, Kaleigh Valencia Wilkins, Maryse Richards, Ogechi Onyeka, Kevin M. Miller, Cara Marie Diclemente, Amzie Moore II, Heather L. Watson, Kassie Gillis-Harry, Gabriel Jenkins, and Naquiria Williams
Investigating the Role of Diet in Modulating Neuroinflammation in Health and Disease, Rasa Valiauga
The Tragedy of Yemen - An Integrative Approach to Conflict Resolution to Solve the Humanitarian Crisis, Peter V. Van Volkinburg
Liberating Bioethics Through Agape: A Feminist Perspective from the Periphery, Kimberly Vargas Barreto
Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America, Mariana Vargas
Regulation of Sterile Inflammatory Responses By Mitochondria-Associated Proteins, Meghana Venkatesan
Novel Antivirals Unveiled Against Acute and Persistent Coxsackievirus B3 Infection via Rapid Screening, Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman
Novel Antivirals Unveiled Against Acute and Persistent Coxsackievirus B3 Infection Via Rapid Screening, Maria del Mar Villanueva Guzman
Experiences of School Climate Among Sexual Minority Students of Color, Brandon Westerman
Terry Riley's "In C" for Mobile Ensemble, David B. Wetzel, Griffin Moe, and George K. Thiruvathukal
Generations After US (Undergoing Stress): An Exploration of Interpersonal Violence and Loss on Psychosocial Functioning at the Parent, Child, and Family Level, Kaleigh Valencia Wilkins
Transcriptome-Wide Association Study of the Plasma Proteme Reveals Cis and Trans Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Complex Traits, Henry Wittich
The Role of Affect in Regulating the Influence of Belief Superiority on Open-Minded Cognition and Information Selection Bias, Whinda Yustisia
The Work of Creating a Digital Archive Database on Eating Disorders: An Intern’s Experience, Andrew MS Zero
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles and Their Cargo in Intercellular Communication, Chongyu Zhang
Submissions from 2023
Limits on Neutrino Emission from GRB 221009A from MeV to PeV Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, S. K. Agarwalla, N. Aggarwal, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, J. Becker Tjus, and J. Beise
Constraining High-energy Neutrino Emission from Supernovae with IceCube, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, S. K. Agarwalla, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, X. Bai, V. A. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, J. Becker Tjus, J. Beise, and C. Bellenghi
A Search for Coincident Neutrino Emission from Fast Radio Bursts with Seven Years of IceCube Cascade Events, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, S. K. Agarwalla, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, X. Bai, A. V. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, J. Becker Tjus, J. Beise, and C. Bellenghi
Constraints on Populations of Neutrino Sources from Searches in the Directions of IceCube Neutrino Alerts, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, N. Aggarwal, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, X. Bai, V. A. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
Searches for Neutrinos from Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory Ultra-high-energy γ-Ray Sources Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, N. Aggarwal, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, Y. Ashida, S. Athanasiadou, S. N. Axani, X. Bai, V. A. Balagopal, M. Baricevic, S. W. Barwick, V. Basu, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, and J. Becker Tjus
First High-Speed Video Camera Observations of a Lightning Flash Associated With a Downward Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash, R. U. Abbasi, M. M.F. Saba, J. W. Belz, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, N. Kieu, D. R. da Silva, M. A. Stanley, Dan Rodeheffer, J. Remington, J. Mazich, R. LeVon, K. Smout, A. Petrizze, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. Allen, R. Arimura, E. Barcikowski, D. R. Bergman, S. A. Blake, I. Buckland, B. G. Cheon, M. Chikawa, T. Fujii, K. Fujisue, K. Fujita, and R. Fujiwara
Deployment of Real-time Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning Clinical Decision Support in the Electronic Health Record: Pipeline Implementation for an Opioid Misuse Screener in Hospitalized Adults, Majid Afshar, Sabrina Adelaine, Felice Resnik, Marlon P. Mundt, John Long, Margaret Leaf, Theodore Ampian, Graham J. Wills, Benjamin Schnapp, Michael Chao, Randy Brown, Cara Joyce, Brihat Sharma, Dmitry Dligach, Elizabeth S. Burnside, Jane Mahoney, Matthew M. Churpek, Brian W. Patterson, and Frank Liao
10-Year Update on Energy Dependence of Cosmic Ray Anisotropy with IceTop, Gunwati Agrawal and Savannah Lehrman
Poster: Userland Containers for Mobile Systems, Isaac Ahlgren, Victor Rakotondranoro, Yasin N. Silva, Eric Chan-Tin, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Neil Klingensmith
SyncBleed: A Realistic Threat Model and Mitigation Strategy for Zero-Involvement Pairing and Authentication (ZIPA), Isaac Ahlgren, Jack West, Kyuin Lee, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Neil Klingensmith
Perspectives on Obstetrical Care During Ramadan: Identifying the Gaps, Sara Alattar and Rafia Ali
Parental Autonomy Support and Children’s Stem Engagement During an At-Home Tinkering Activity, Bianca Martins Aldrich
Identifying Factors Affecting Saudi Nurses’ Intentions to Report Medication Errors in Arar Hospitals, ohoud aldughmi
Analysis of the H178C Mutation on β-glucosidase (BglB) Protein, Nicholas Alejandro and Alexander Zacharuk
Relevance of Blood Coagulation Factors IX and X to Thrombin Generation Profile and Biomarkers of Thrombogenesis in Pulmonary Embolism Patients, Dilany Aliaga, Fakiha Siddiqui, Debra Hoppensteadt, Bulent Kantarcioglu, Jawed Fareed, and Amir Darki
Cross-Study Evaluation of the Relationship between the Human Gut Microbiome and Heart Disease, Anna Ali and Michael B. Burns
Observing Human Mobility Internationally During COVID-19, Shane Allcroft, Mohammed Metwaly, Zachery Berg, Isha Ghodgaonkar, Fischer Bordwell, XinXin Zhao, Xinglei Liu, Jiahao Xu, Subhankar Chakraborty, Vishnu Banna, Akhil Chinnakotla, Abhinav Goel, Caleb Tung, Gore Kao, Wei Zakharov, David A. Shoham, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Yung-Hsiang Lu
The Scope and Methodology of Economic and Financial Asymmetries, George Alogoskoufis, A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris, and Thanasis Stengos
Redesigning Transfer Set for Peritoneal Dialysis, Jaad ARafat, Sharf Abutaleb, Chris Castillo, and Peter Saba
Multivariate Adaptive Shrinkage Improves Cross-Population Transcriptome Prediction and Association Studies in Underrepresented Populations, Daniel Araujo, Chris Nguyen, Xiaowei Hu, Anna V. Mikhaylova, Christopher R. Gignoux, Kristin Ardlie, Kent D. Taylor, Peter Durda, Yongmei Liu, George Papanicolaou, Michael H. Cho, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, NHLBI TOPMed Consortium, Hae Kyung Im, Ani Manichaikul, and Heather Wheeler
Incorporating Sex Chromosomes in Transcriptome Prediction Models and Improving Cross-Population Prediction Performance, Daniel S. Araujo
Enshrining Memory: The Production of an American Catholic Past, Emily Arledge
An Ethnic Studies Introduction to Conscientizaçao: Latinx Studies and Its Impact on Latino College Students' Ethnic Identity, Carlos Octavio Ballinas
A Social Ontological Account of Alienation and Its Place in the History of Alienation Theory, Philip William Bauchan
Strong Versus Weak Consumer-Brand Relationships: Matching Psychological Sense of Brand Community and Type of Advertising Appeal, Brittney C. Bauer
Deciphering Consumer Commitment: Exploring the Dual Influence of Self-Brand and Self-Group Relationships, Brittney Bauer, Brad D. Carlson, and Mark J. Arnold
Deciphering Consumer Commitment: Exploring the Dual Influence of Self‐Brand and Self‐Group Relationships, Brittney C. Bauer, Brad D. Carlson, and Mark J. Arnold
How Do We Make Artificial Intelligence More Human-like?: Improving Object-Shape Sensitivity in DCNNs through Training with Non-Diagnostic Texture, Luke D. Baumel and Mikayla Cutler
Big Ideas in Sports Analytics and Statistical Tools For Their Investigation, Benjamin S. Baumer, Gregory J. Matthews, and Quang Nguyen
A Role for SIFa Receptor in the Regulation of Drosophila Circadian Feeding Rhythms, Andi Beaudouin and Anayatzi Velasquez
Investigating Smooth Muscle Myosin Dynamics and Assembly in Physiology and Pathology, Maggie Bennett
Paul H. Douglas (1892–1976), William Bergman
The Jewish Dancing Body: Body Image in Jewish Folk Dance, Alexa Berkowitz
Neutrino Self-Interactions: A White Paper, Jeffrey M. Berryman, Nikita Blinov, Vedran Brdar, Thejs Brinckmann, Mauricio Bustamante, Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Anirban Das, André de Gouvêa, Peter B. Denton, P.S. Bhupal Dev, Bhaskar Dutta, Ivan Esteban, Damiano Fiorillo, Martina Gerbino, Subhajit Ghosh, Tathagata Ghosh, Evan Grohs, Tao Han, Steen Hannestad, Matheus Hostert, Patrick Huber, Jeffrey Hyde, Kevin J. Kelly, Felix Kling, Zhen Liu, Massimiliano Lattanzi, Marilena Loverde, Sujata Pandey, Ninetta Saviano, Manibrata Sen, Ian M. Shoemaker, Walter Tangarife, Yongchao Zhang, and Yue Zhang
Investigating Structural and Biochemical Characteristics of a Peptidase Required for Staphylococcus Aureus Virulence, Sagar Bhusal
Caring for Your Students: Simple Strategies for Connection and Well-Being, Hank Bohanon
Unlocking the Power of Implementation Fidelity: How Pasta Sauce, Checklists, and Action Planning Drive Success, Hank Bohanon
The Doctor Knows Best: Take Your Schoolwide Temperature With Data, Hank Bohanon, Todd Winton, Sam Cusworth, and Sheryl Healy
A Preliminary Study Connecting School Improvement and MTSS With Student Outcomes, Hank Bohanon, Meng-Jia Wu, Ali Kushki, and Cheyne LeVesseur
Postpartum Depression Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Gabrielle Borkorm and Sandi Tenfelde
Human Saliency-Driven Patch-based Matching for Interpretable Post-mortem Iris Recognition, Aidan Boyd, Daniel Moreira, Andrey Kuehlkamp, Kevin Bowyer, and Adam Czajka
Father Grollig Legacy Collections Project, Sophea Brandley and Joanna Ruiz
No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence that Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, Madeline Brashear JD and Sarah Diaz JD, LLM
The Unhappy Specter: The Buried Remains of Self and Other, Kirt Henry Broesche
Irresponsible contagions: Propagating harmful behavior through imitation, Andrew Bryant, Jennifer J. Griffin, and Vanessa G. Perry
Σπλαγχνιζομαι and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus, Jonathan W. Bryant
Characteristic and Allowable Compressive Strengths of Dendrocalamus Sericeus Bamboo Culms With/Without Node Using Artificial Neural Networks, Chinnapat Buachart, Chayanon Hansapinyo, Piti Sukontasukkul, Hexin Zhang, Worathep Sae-Long, Panatchai Chetchotisak, and Timothy O'Brien
