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1. A Bitter Truth: Astringent Persimmon as a Bio-alternative to Standard Wood Preservation Techniques

Gardner, Kathryn
2015
Theses
WoodPersimmonHistoric preservationSustainabilityWood preservatives

2. A Bright Room Called Day: Adaptation and Performance

Ebersold, Scott
2015
Theses
Theater

3. Absolute Alliances: Extended Deterrence in International Politics

Rapp-Hooper, Mira
2015
Theses
Nuclear weapons (International law)AlliancesNuclear weaponsPolitical science

4. A Cable-Driven Pelvic Robot: Human Gait Adaptation and Rehabilitation Studies

Vashista, Vineet
2015
Theses
RoboticsMechanical engineeringBiomechanics

5. Accommodating Airbnb: Managing the Presence of Peer-to-Peer Accommodations Companies in New York City

Fiorini, Alexandria
2015
Theses
City planningRecreationPublic policy (Law)

6. Accretion and Subduction of Oceanic Lithosphere: 2D and 3D Seismic Studies of Off-Axis Magma Lenses at East Pacific Rise 9°37-40'N Area...

Han, Shuoshuo
2015
Theses
GeophysicsSubmarine geology

7. A Choice of Illusions: Belief, Relativism, and Modern Literature

Morrison, Alastair
2015
Theses
Art, VictorianModernism (Literature)Religion in literatureBritish literatureIrish literatureLiterature, ModernReligionHistory

8. A Cognitive Compass for a Social World: The Effects of Lay Theories on Networking Engagement

Hildebrand, Claudius Alexander
2015
Theses
Social psychologySociology

9. A Comparative Study of Korean Abacus Users’ Perceptions and Explanations of Use: Including a Perspective on Stigler’s Mental Abacus

Kim, Soomi
2015
Theses
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Continuing education)Abacus--Study and teachingMathematics--Study and teachingEducationEducation, Higher

10. A Competition Mechanism for a Homeotic Neuron Identity Transformation in Caenorhabditis Elegans

Gordon, Patricia Marie
2015
Theses
Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans--GeneticsCell divisionCell differentiationHomeobox genes

11. A Contradiction in Terms: New York City's No-Style Buildings

Engelbert, Corinne Frances
2015
Theses
ArchitectureArchitecture--TerminologyArchitecture--PreservationNew York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission

12. Active Enchantments: Form, Nature, and Politics in American Literature

Kuiken, Vesna
2015
Theses
American literaturePolitics and literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literatureEmerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850James, Henry, 1843-1916James, William, 1842-1910

13. Adaptive Quantification and Subtyping of Pulmonary Emphysema on Computed Tomography

Häme, Yrjö
2015
Theses
Diagnostic imagingInformation scienceEmphysema, PulmonaryEmphysema, Pulmonary--DiagnosisTomographyImage analysisMedicine

14. A desire for a new challenge? Developing and testing a model of headship transitions in international schools

Barbaro, Justin Daniel
2015
Theses
Educational leadershipSchool management and organizationOrganizational sociology

15. A Discourse on Drawings: Amateurs and Connoisseurs and the graphic arts in early eighteenth-century Paris

Jones, Jennifer E.
2015
Theses
Art

16. Advanced Analysis Algorithms for Microscopy Images

He, Siheng
2015
Theses
Image analysisBiomedical engineeringMicroscopes--TechniqueImage processingMicroscopyBiophysics

17. Advanced Transducers

Hurst, Adam
2015
Theses
Mechanical engineeringElectrical engineering

18. A Family of Latent Variable Convex Relaxations for IBM Model 2

Simion, Andrei
2015
Theses
Translating machinesOperations researchMachine translatingComputer scienceArtificial intelligence

19. A Graphon-based Framework for Modeling Large Networks

He, Ran
2015
Theses
StatisticsAlgorithmsNetwork analysis (Planning)--Mathematical models

20. Agrarian Reform, Oil Expropriation, and the Making of National Property in Postrevolutionary Mexico

del Palacio Langer, Ana Julia
2015
Theses
History

21. A Historical Analysis of the Mathematics Major Requirements at Six Colleges in the United States from 1905 to 2005

Huntington, Heather Lee
2015
Theses
Mathematics--Study and teachingEducationHistoryEducation, Higher

22. Alexander and the Persian Cosmopolis, 1000-1500

Cornwall, Owen Timothy
2015
Theses
Epic literature, PersianRomances, PersianCivilization, Ancient, in literatureComparative literatureHistoryLiteratureRomance literatureAlexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.Alexander the Great (Romances, etc.)

23. Alienation@work: Creativity and Commerce in Late Capitalism

Gerard, Nathan
2015
Theses
Organizational behaviorPhilosophySociology

24. A Life Course Study of Early Childhood Height Growth and Adult Working Memory and Depression Outcomes

Kilty, Mary Claire
2015
Theses
Epidemiology

25. A Little Bit Gay: The Near Representation of Queerness in American Sitcoms

Caputo, Sarah M.
2015
Theses
Situation comedies (Television programs)Queer theoryGay and lesbian studies

26. All Together Now: The Impact of Team-Based Problem-Solving on Teacher Learning and Effectiveness

Shand, Robert Douglas
2015
Theses
Teachers--Training ofTeacher effectivenessTeachers--Social conditionsTeachers--Professional relationshipsTeams in the workplaceGroup problem solvingTeachersEducation and stateSchool management and organizationLabor economicsEducation

27. A Materiality of Sound: Musical Practices of the Moche of Peru

Scullin, Dianne Mackenzie
2015
Theses
ArchaeologyMusicEthnologyMochica IndiansCulturePerforming arts

28. American Opera, Jazz, and Historical Consciousness, 1924-1994

Gutkin, David
2015
Theses
MusicOperaJazzCritical theoryMusic and raceEllington, Duke, 1899-1974Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

29. A Minkowski-Type Inequality for Hypersurfaces in the Reissner-Nordstrom-Anti-deSitter Manifold

Wang, Zhuhai
2015
Theses
Mathematics

30. A Mixed Methods Study of Health Information Exchange Consent for Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Ramos-Park, Silvia Raquel
2015
Theses
HIV-positive personsHIV infections--NursingNursing informaticsMedical informaticsNursingInformation technology

31. A Molecular Epidemiologic Approach to Understanding the Spread of Disease: Modeling Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Maximum-Security Prisons

Herzig, Carolyn
2015
Theses
Staphylococcus aureusPrisoners--Health and hygieneCommunicable diseases--TransmissionEpidemiology

32. A Mother’s Sacrifice: The contribution of asymmetric cell division to lifespan regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Higuchi-Sanabria, Ryo
2015
Theses
Cytology

33. Analysis of strain in the human left ventricle using real-time 3D echocardiography and optical flow

Gamarnik, Viktor
2015
Theses
Cardiovascular system--DiseasesHeart--AbnormalitiesCoronary heart diseaseEchocardiographyHeart--Left ventricleBiomedical engineeringDiagnostic imaging

34. Analysis of Ureteric Bud Morphogenesis by Reassociation of Fetal Kidney Cells

Leclerc, Kevin
2015
Theses
KidneysMetalloproteinasesExtracellular matrixMorphogenesis--Molecular aspectsGeneticsMolecular biology

35. Analytical Models in Entertainment and Media

Kim, Yena Stephanie
2015
Theses

36. Analyzing Hierarchical Data with the DINA-HC Approach

Zhang, Jianzhou
2015
Theses
Educational tests and measurementsStatistics

37. An Assortment of Unsupervised and Supervised Applications to Large Data

Agne, Michael Robert
2015
Theses
StatisticsBiometry

38. An Empirical Analysis of Government-Sponsored Enterprise Policy

Hogan, Joseph Patrick
2015
Theses
Government-sponsored enterprisesHousing--FinanceGovernment-sponsored enterprises--Law and legislationGlobal Financial Crisis (2008-2009)EconomicsFinancePublic policy (Law)Federal National Mortgage AssociationFreddie Mac (Firm)

39. An Empirical Examination of Adjudications at the National Labor Relations Board

Semet, Amy E.
2015
Theses
Political scienceLaw

40. A Network Filter for Social Learning: Evidence from Equity Research

Uribe, Jose Nicolas
2015
Theses
Management

41. A New Era of Measurable Effects? Essays on Political Communication in the New Media Age

Guess, Andrew Markus
2015
Theses
Mass media and public opinionMass media--Political aspectsCommunication in politicsPublic opinionPolitical scienceMass mediaTwitter

42. A New Estimating Equation Based Approach for Secondary Trait Analyses in Genetic Case-control Studies

Song, Xiaoyu
2015
Theses
BiometryGeneticsCase-control methodGeneralized estimating equations

43. An investigation into problem benzodiazepine use among individuals with a prescription

Fenton, Miriam C
2015
Theses
EpidemiologyMental health

44. An Investigation of Core Values in American Not-For-Profit Theatre

Kelly, Megan Patricia
2015
Theses
Theater

45. Anisotropic inverse problems with internal measurements

Guo, Chenxi
2015
Theses
Mathematics

46. Antecedents and Consequences of the Revolving Door between U.S. Regulatory Agencies and Regulated Firms

Katic, Ivana V.
2015
Theses
Organizational sociology

47. Antibody loop modeling methods and applications

Murrett, Colleen
2015
Theses
HIV antibodiesHomology (Biology)Proteins--Structure--Mathematical modelsAlgorithmsChemistryBiophysics

48. Antonello da Messina and the Independent Portrait in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Perkins, Elizabeth A.
2015
Theses
PortraitsArt, ItalianArtAntonello, da Messina, 1430?-1479

49. A Pedagogic Information System (APIS) in a Web-Based Statistics Classroom

Boussios, Socrates Gregory
2015
Theses
Mathematics--Study and teachingStatistics--Study and teachingEducational technologyMathematics--Study and teaching--Technological innovationsWeb-based instruction

50. Apolipoprotein E and Mitochondria-associated Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Dysfunction

Tambini, Marc D.
2015
Theses
Alzheimer's disease--Genetic aspectsEndoplasmic reticulumMembrane disordersApolipoprotein EAlzheimer's disease--PathogenesisPresenilinsAlzheimer's disease--Molecular aspectsCytologyPathology

51. A potential combination therapy for traumatic brain injury: 17beta-estradiol and memantine

Lamprecht, Michael Robert
2015
Theses
EstradiolCell deathBrain--Wounds and injuriesBiomedical engineeringNeurosciences

52. A Proof of Looijenga's Conjecture via Integral-Affine Geometry

Engel, Philip
2015
Theses
Mathematics

53. Archaeologist of Morning: Poems

Diamond, Annie
2015
Theses
Literature

54. Architecture of Academic Innovation: Progressive Pedagogy, Modernist Design, and Perkins and Will's Heathcote Elementary in Post-War America

Ward, Hugh
2015
Theses
ArchitectureSchool buildingsArchitecture, ModernProgressive educationPerkins & Will

55. A Retaguarda da Vanguarda - Modernidades contestadas em três tempos: Bilac, Aranha e Lobato.

Diniz da Silva, Daniella Amaral
2015
Theses
Literature, ModernBrazilian literatureBrazilian literature--Social aspectsBrazilian literature--Political aspectsLatin AmericansLatin American literatureHistoryLobato, José Bento Monteiro, 1882-1948Aranha, Graça, 1868-1931Bilac, Olavo, 1865-1918

56. Artaud Artaud

Minnicino, Matthew I.
2015
Theses
Theater

57. “As a Citizen of this City” The Urban Reform of Radical Liberalism Bogotá 1848-1880

Castro Benavides, Constanza
2015
Theses
Urbanization--Political aspectsLiberalismMunicipal governmentUrbanizationHistory

58. A Sacred Paideia: The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Immigration, and Education in New York City, 1959-1979

Soumakis, Fevronia K.
2015
Theses
Education, GreekEducationHistoryGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America

59. Ascesis and Devotion: The Mount Yudono Cult in Early Modern Japan

Castiglioni, Andrea
2015
Theses
Religion

60. Assembly in Dynamic Nanoscale Systems

Lam, Amy Tsui-Chi
2015
Theses
Ultrastructure (Biology)MicrotubulesNanoscienceNanotechnologyBiophysicsBiomedical engineering

61. Asset Pricing Implications of the Volatility Term Structure

Xie, Chen
2015
Theses
CapitalismRisk--Economic aspectsStock exchangesStock price forecastingStocks--PricesAssets (Accounting)--PricesFinanceCommerce

62. Assistive Robotic Grasping

Weisz, Jonathan D.
2015
Theses
Robotics

63. Association of the Exposure to Residential Levels of NO2 and Asthma among New York City Head Start Children

Meyers, Andrea
2015
Theses
Asthma--Environmental aspectsAllergy in childrenIndoor air pollution--Health aspectsAtmospheric nitrogen dioxide--Physiological effectEpidemiologyEnvironmental health

64. A Stem Cell Model of the Motor Circuit Reveals Distinct Requirements for SMN in Motor Neuron Survival and Function

Janas, Anna
2015
Theses
Neural circuitryNervous system--DegenerationSpinal muscular atrophyMotor neuronsNeurosciences

65. A Structural and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronological Re-Evaluation of Low-Angle Normal Faults in Southeastern Idaho

Vankeuren, Marc Anthony
2015
Theses
SeismologyTephrochronologyGeology, StratigraphicGeology, StructuralGeological timeFaults (Geology)GeologyGeochemistryGeophysics

66. A Study of Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Methanation Leading to the Development of Dual Function Materials for Carbon Capture and Utilization

Duyar, Melis Seher
2015
Theses
Engineering

67. A Study of Mixed Income Housing Projects in New York City: The Effects of Inclusionary Housing Program on Residents Living in Affordable Units and Neighbors’ Interaction

Tan, Xin
2015
Theses
City planningPublic policy (Law)

68. A Study of Plato’s Use of Myths and its Relation to Philosophy and Moral Education

Nakazawa, Yoshiaki
2015
Theses
Mythology, GreekMoral educationMythology--PhilosophyEducation--PhilosophyPlato

69. A study of Pulsar Wind Nebulae and non-thermal filaments with the NuSTAR observatory

Nynka, Melania Christina
2015
Theses
PhysicsAstrophysics

70. A Syndemic Framework of Homelessness Risks Among Women Accessing Medical Services in an Emergency Department in New York City

Johnson, Karen A.
2015
Theses
Women's health servicesHomeless persons--Medical careHomeless persons--Mental healthPoor womenPoor--Mental healthInner citiesSocial servicePublic health

71. A Targetable GATA2-IGF2 Axis Confers Aggressiveness in Chemotherapy Resistant Prostate Cancer

Vidal, Samuel J.
2015
Theses
Molecular biologyOncology

72. Authenticating Sexuality: Sexual Ideology and HIV Science in South Africa

Fiereck, Kirk John
2015
Theses
IdeologyHIV infections--Social aspectsSexual minoritiesEthnologyGay and lesbian studiesGender identitySex role

73. A World Without Poverty: Negotiating the Global Development Agenda

Seyedsayamdost, Elham
2015
Theses
International relationsPolitical scienceEconomic history

74. Back to the City, the Kitchen and the Suburbs: Trends in Residential Settlement, Food Culture and Domestic Labour Practices since WWII

Thrakrar, Ushma
2015
Theses
City planning

75. Basal Dynamics and Internal Structure of Ice Sheets

Wolovick, Michael Joseph
2015
Theses
Formations (Geology)Geology, StratigraphicGlaciologyIce mechanicsIce--DynamicsIce sheetsGeophysicsEnvironmental sciencesGeology

76. Becoming Beur: Social Marginalization and the Emergence of a Collective Identity for Paris' Maghrebi Youth

Christensen, Morgan
2015
Theses
North AfricansHistory

77. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Urban Land Use Evolution: Did the 2008 Olympics Benefit Local Communities?

Xu, Chunxiao
2015
Theses
City planningRecreationRegional planning

78. Being and Believing in Buddhism and Islam

Stepien, Rafal
2015
Theses
Knowledge, Theory of (Buddhism)BuddhismIslamKnowledge, Theory of (Islam)Comparative literaturePhilosophy

79. Beneficiaries of New York City's 421-a Tax Exemption Program

Li, Serena
2015
Theses
City planningPublic policy (Law)Economics

80. Between Geopolitics and Geopoetics – “Mitteleuropa” as a Transnational Memory Discourse in Austrian and Yugoslav Postwar Literature

Zivkovic, Yvonne
2015
Theses
Comparative literatureGerman literatureSlavic literature

81. Between Imagination and Realization: Composers and Metaphysical Spaces

Onishi, Yoshiaki
2015
Theses
MusicPhilosophyComposition (Music)Music and philosophyAndre, Mark, 1964-

82. Between the Magic of Magic and the Magic of Money: the Changing Nature of Experience in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Ferro, Maria del Rosario
2015
Theses
Art objects, AncientPillageEthnologyIndians of South AmericaIndian artSocial sciences--Research

83. Beyond the Music: The Contemporary Operatic Scenography of Robert Wilson, Achim Freyer and Karl-Ernst Herrmann

Kara, Ewa
2015
Theses
Theaters--Stage-setting and sceneryOpera--Stage-setting and sceneryTheaterMusicWilson, Robert, 1941-Herrmann, Karl-Ernst, 1936-Freyer, Achim, 1934-

84. Bifurcation of localized eigenstates of perturbed periodic Schrödinger operators

Vukicevic, Iva
2015
Theses
Mathematics

85. Bifurcation of On-site and Off-site Solitary Waves of Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Type Equations

Jenkinson, Michael James
2015
Theses
MathematicsPhysics

86. Bioactive Hydrogel Scaffold for Guided Dental Pulp Regeneration

Prateepchinda, Sagaw
2015
Theses
Dental pulp cavityRoot canal therapyColloids in medicineBiomedical materialsEndodonticsDental pulpBiomedical engineeringDentistry

87. Biology and the Philosophy of History in Mid-Twentieth-Century France

Gabel, Isabel
2015
Theses
HistoryScience and civilizationGeneticsEvolution (Biology)Philosophy

88. Birth Control and the Good Life in America, 1900-1940

MacNamara, Lawrence Trenholme
2015
Theses
Manners and customsSocial movements--Political aspectsBirth controlHistoryDemography

89. Bisphenol A Exposure, Adipogenic Mechanism and Effect on Childhood Adiposity

Hoepner, Lori A.
2015
Theses
Bisphenol AAdipose tissuesObesity in childrenEnvironmental healthEpidemiology

90. Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Repair after Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury

Hue, Christopher Donald
2015
Theses
Blood-brain barrier disordersBrain--Wounds and injuriesBrain--Wounds and injuries--TreatmentBlast injuriesBlood-brain barrierBiomedical engineeringBiomechanicsNeurosciences

91. Bodies of Knowledge: Fuseli and Girodet at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

O'Rourke, Stephanie
2015
Theses
Physiognomy in artElectricity in artGuillotineArt and historyArtScienceHistoryGirodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825

92. Bodies of Wisdom: Philosophy as Medicine in Montaigne and Pascal

Magin, Johanna Catherine
2015
Theses
Medicine--PhilosophyHealth--PhilosophyRomance literaturePhilosophyMontaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662

93. Bone Quality Assessment Using High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT)

Zhou, Bin
2015
Theses
Bones--Mechanical propertiesMicrostructureOsteoporosisBiomechanicsBiomedical engineering

94. Boucher's Bijoux: Luxury Reproduction in the Age of Enlightenment

Wager, Susan Michele
2015
Theses
Art--ReproductionArtPompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764Boucher, François, 1703-1770

95. Bronzino, Politics and Portraiture in 1530s Florence

Siemon, Julia Alexandra
2015
Theses
PortraitsPortrait paintingArtPontormo, Jacopo da, 1494-1556Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572

96. Building Walls of Light: The Development of Glass Block and Its Influence on American Architecture in the 1930s

Fagan, Elizabeth
2015
Theses
Architecture, ModernGlass blocksBuilding materialsArchitecture, American

97. Camp David's Shadow: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinian Question, 1977-1993

Anziska, Seth
2015
Theses
Arab-Israeli conflictArab-Israeli conflict--PeaceInternational relationsCamp David Agreements (1978)History

98. Carbon Dioxide Reduction using Supported Catalysts and Metal-Modified Carbides

Porosoff, Marc
2015
Theses
Carbon sequestrationTransition metal carbidesCatalystsChemical engineering

99. Catalyst Design for the Ionic Hydrogenation of C=N Bonds

Hu, Yue
2015
Theses
Transition metal hydridesCatalystsHydrogenationChemistry

100. Cell Memory in the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway

Lyashenko, Eugenia
2015
Theses
Mitogen-activated protein kinasesWeber-Fechner lawCellular control mechanismsBioinformaticsBiology