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Azarbal, Atousa (2015) MARGINAL FIT COMPARISON OF CAD/CAM CROWNS MILLED FROM TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Alsayed, Nahed (2015) TESTING A MODEL OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ante, Vanessa M. (2015) LeuO regulation of adaptive responses in Vibrio cholerae. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Alanazi, Abdullah (2015) A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL TO EXPLAINING USERS’ ACCEPTANCE AND INTENTION TO USE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS(EHR)IN REHABILITATION FACILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ahuja, Vasudha (2015) Health disparities between Whites and Japanese in measures of diabetes and subclinical atherosclerosis in an international population-based study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Abbott, Beth (2015) The Relationship Between Two Tasks of Dynamic Postural Stability. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Altawalbeh, Shoroq (2015) ADDITION OF LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS VERSUS LONG ACTING BETA AGONISTS TO INHALED CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY FOR ASTHMA TREATMENT IN OLDER ADULTS: A RETROSPECTIVE DATA ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS, SAFETY AND COST. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Allen, Robert A. (2015) Development of a Bio-Inductive Vascular Graft by Compositing a Fast-Resorbing Elastomer with a Slow-Resorbing Polymer. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Abolghasem, Sepideh (2015) Engineering of Surface Microstructure Transformations Using High Rate Severe Plastic Deformation in Machining. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

alomair, abdullah (2015) Loss Prevention Systems Effectiveness and Incidents Forecasting Using Statistical Tools. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Aldhafeeri, Raed (2015) Stress Analysis for Scleral Buckling of the Eye. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Appler, Vivian (2015) Embodied Astronomies: Performances of Telescopes and Other Detection Devices. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Alshabi, Ali (2015) REGULATION OF PHASE I, II, AND III PATHWAYS BY PREGNANCY RELATED HORMONES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin (2015) Unhealthy lifestyle practices in the Mexican population: national surveys of coverage of the integrated health programs(ENCOPREVENIMSS)of the Mexican Institute of the Social Security (IMSS) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 AND 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Anisimova, Irina (2015) Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Argüello García, Pedro María (2015) SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY AND CHIEFDOM EMERGENCE IN THE MUISCA AREA. A STUDY OF THE VALLE DE TENA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Aelmore, Matthew D (2015) Harmonic Centricity in Philip Glass’ “The Grid” and “Cowboy Rock’n’Roll USA,” an original composition. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Abliz, Mehmud (2015) A Novel Puzzle-Based Framework for Mitigating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Internet Applications. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Abate, Stephen (2015) Distribution System Modeling for Assessing Impact of Smart Inverter Capabilities. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Al Nifay, Bader A (2015) Study of Oscillating Liquid Flow as a Thermal Management Solution. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Abdrakhimova, Dinara (2015) Solubilities and Mass Transfer Coefficients of Gases in Silicone Oil and Polyalphaolefin. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Alvarez, Travis (2015) Phonological Recoding and Orthographic Learning: Testing the Self-Teaching Hypothesis in Adults. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

ALOTHMAN, LOULWAH (2015) STUDY OF CHROMOSOME 11q22.2q22.3 FOR LINKAGE TO CLASS III MALOCCLUSION IN SOUTH AMERICANS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Almehizia, Abdulrahman (2015) DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL SELECTIVE CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 2 (CB2) LIGANDS WITH THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Arumemi, Fortuna (2015) Characterization of a novel host cellular factor involved in HIV-1 neuropathogenesis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Buehler, Sean (2015) Associations of sex work in a sample of black men who have sex with men. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bixler, Felicia (2015) Evaluation of an integrated risk reduction intervention's effects on substance use spectrum measures in patients with bipolar I disorder. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Braganza, Andrea (2015) UBE3B is a mitochondria-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase whose activity is modulated by its interaction with Calmodulin to respond to oxidative stress. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Barone, William, R (2015) Mechanical Characterization of Synthetic Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bagheri, Abdollah (2015) On the Processing of Highly Nonlinear Solitarywaves and Guided Ultrasonic Waves for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Byrd, Amy, L. (2015) REWARD AND PUNISHMENT PROCESSING IN SUBGROUPS OF YOUTH WITH CONDUCT PROBLEMS: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEURAL RESPONSE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bursten, Julia (2015) Surfaces, Scales, and Synthesis: Scientific Reasoning at the Nanoscale. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Barcelo, Neal (2015) The Complexity of Speed-Scaling. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Brown, Benjamin (2015) Developing and Assessing Research-Based Tools for Teaching Quantum Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Brennan, Lauretta (2015) The Development of Aggression from Ages 2 to 9.5 in a High Risk Sample of Males and Females: Similarities and Differences in Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bailey, Emily Jean (2015) Mother Knows Best: Methodism, Seventh-day Adventism, and Dietary Morality in Victorian America. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Blais, Emilie (2015) The Uploading of National Policies in the European Union. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bagley, Sarah C. (2015) Writing from Finitude: Love, Desire, and the Nostalgias of Modernism. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Berne, Alexander M (2015) A Formal Vinyl Sulfonyl Nazarov Cyclization Accesses 9-(tosylmethyl)-2,3,4,4a-tetrahydro-1H-fluorenes. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bishop-Fitzpatrick, Lauren (2015) SOCIAL FUNCTIONING IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL STRESS RESPONSE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bose, Eliezer (2015) TIME SERIES ANALYSIS AND CLUSTERING TO CHARACTERIZE CARDIORESPIRATORY INSTABILITY PATTERNS IN STEP-DOWN UNIT PATIENTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Brilli Skvarca, Lauren (2015) Acute kidney injury in zebrafish larvae as a regeneration model for drug discovery. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Breski, Megan (2015) Allele specific approach to study histone demethylation using engineered KDM4A- (2)-Ketoglutarate pairs. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Berendam, Stella J (2015) Innate immune potential of primary lymphatic endothelial cells. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Beadling, Randall (2015) Restoring spermatogenesis: Lentiviral gene therapy for male infertility in mice. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Benadof, Dafna (2015) Tooth brushing habit formation in children of Mexican immigrant families in Pennsylvania, U.S.: a qualitative study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bertonazzi, Joanne (2015) Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of β-Amino Acid Precursors and Their Use in an Iterative Method Towards β-Peptide Synthesis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bisaha, David (2015) Developing the Modern Scene Design Process: Cognition and the New Stagecraft. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bi, Feng (2015) Scanning probe microscopy investigation of complex-oxide heterostructures. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bendis, Randall (2015) WETLAND DEFENSE: INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE IN NON-TARGET ORGANISMS AND ITS COMMUNITY-WIDE IMPLICATIONS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Barrientos, Mónica (2015) "El reclamo de la herida". Textualidades Corporales en la Obra de Diamela Eltit. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Beach, Brian (2015) Government and Economic Outcomes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bayliss, Nichole K. (2015) WHERE YOU LIVE DOES MATTER: THE IMPACT OF RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION ON RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY IN NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN U.S. COUNTIES, 2005-2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Baumgartel, Kelley (2015) THE IMPACT OF PROMOTER POLYMORPHISMS ON CYTOKINE CONCENTRATION IN PRETERM BREAST MILK AND SUBSEQUENT INFANT OUTCOMES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Barker, Jeffrey (2015) Estimation of Cerebral Physiology and Hemodynamics via Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bickta, Janelle (2015) Characterization of Oxygen-Independent Functions of Myoglobin in Mitochondrial Regulation. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bajaj, Amoha (2015) Social Relationships, Daily Social Interactions, and Inflammation. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bruni, Pietra T (2015) Re-examining the Kuleshov effect. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Brown, Simon Patrick (2015) The politics of pedantry: English university education and the rhetoric of reform, 1642-1660. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bahorik, Amber (2015) The Longitudinal Impact of Intrinsic Motivation on Substance Use Severity in Schizophrenia and its Patterns in Men and Women. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Buela, Kristine-Ann (2015) The role of dendritic cells in the cornea in the adaptive immune response following Herpes Simplex Virus-1 ocular infection. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Barchowsky, Ansel (2015) Design and Testing of High Frequency Converters for Photovoltaic System Integration. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bow, Lindsay (2015) Differential All-Cause Excess Mortality of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the U.S. Registration Area. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Beheshti, Behdad (2015) EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A BILEVEL HIERARCHY WITH KNAPSACK AND ASSIGNMENT LOWER-LEVEL PROBLEMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Basu, Saurabh (2015) Effect of Length Scales on Microstructure Evolution During Severe Plastic Deformation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Bai, Yicheng (2015) A Wearable Indoor Navigation System for Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Baker, Kelsey (2015) An analysis of survey data to determine significant risk factors associated with adolescent marijuana use through utilization of sample weighting methods. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Berbert, Laura (2015) An examination of computerized neurocognitive test scores as predictors of risk of concussion in collegiate athletes. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Budavich, Owen W (2015) Development of Novel Fluorous Tagging Reagents and Progress Towards (4S,8S,12S)-4,8,12-Trimethylnonadecanol. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Cross, Allyson (2015) The viability of Islamic microfinance: financial sustainability and outreach capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Castle, Melissa Heatly (2015) RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: MEDIATING AND INTERACTIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH PARENTS & TEACHERS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chan, Eric W (2015) Promotion, Relative Performance Information, and the Peter Principle. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

CHEN, WEI (2015) THREE BUSINESS ANALYTICS ESSAYS ON TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Coulthart, Stephen (2015) Improving the Analysis of Foreign Affairs: Evaluating Structured Analytic Techniques. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chung, Cheng-Shiu (2015) DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS USER INTERFACES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Childs, Joshua (2015) Getting Students to "Be There" in School: The Be There Campaign and a Network Approach to Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in Pittsburgh. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chalhoub, Didier (2015) Osteoporosis and sarcopenia in older adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chakraborty, Priam (2015) An analysis of current topics related to HPV vaccination using twitter as a public health tool. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cormack Patton, Sarah J. (2015) Citizens, Residents, and Guest Workers: A Transatlantic Analysis of Immigrant Rights and Political Cleavages. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Clark, Treva A. (2015) COMMONALITIES IN BASIC BUSINESS EDUCATION DELIVERED THROUGH MICROFINANCE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cunningham, Heather B. (2015) Developing Intercultural Competence among Pre-Service Teachers through International Student Teaching. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cunningham, Timothy F. (2015) Spin Labeling Methodologies for Measuring Precise Protein Distance Constraints. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Xiaotian (2015) Association Analysis of Successive Events and Diagnostic Accuracy Analysis for Competing Risks Data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chopra, Shauhrat S. (2015) Graph Theoretic Approaches to Understand Resilience of Complex Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chacón, Luis Enrique (2015) JUAN GARCÍA PONCE "EL MÍSTICO SIN FE":HACIA UNA REINTERPRETACIÓN DE SU ITINERARIO INTELECTUAL. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Campbell, Trisha (2015) Public History and Social Archives: Toward a New Materialist Rhetoric of Murder. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cagliuso, Dannielle Marie (2015) Progressive reactionary: the life and works of John Caius, MD. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cui, Liu (2015) RISK AND DECISION ANALYSIS OF SPECTRUM USAGE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Yuzhe (2015) A 3D SPHEROID MODEL AS A PLATFORM TO STUDY NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chidi, Alexis (2015) Evaluating Treatment of Chronic Liver Disease & Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cobanoglu, Murat Can (2015) PROBABILISTIC LATENT FACTOR MODELS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE DRUG DISCOVERY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Colella, Brian (2015) Searching For Unity: Achieving Coordinated and Effective Management of Large-Scale Disruptive Events. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Carpenter, Joshua (2015) A Connection Between Primary Lymphedema And Cystic Hygromas? Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Clinard, Kristin (2015) Research participation in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community: parent perceived barriers and their impact on families. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cambal, Leah K (2015) An appraisal of NOx passive sampling. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Xialing (2015) OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS: EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chapman, Amanda (2015) Self-consciousness and Childhood in the Long Nineteenth Century. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chang, Li-Yun (2015) VISUAL ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND LEARNING TO READ ACROSS WRITING SYSTEMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Campion, Nicole (2015) Advancing Life Cycle Assessment: Perspectives from the Building and Healthcare Industries. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cremer, Augustin (2015) An Analysis of 380 V DC Topologies for Mobile Telecom Applications. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cheng, Cheng (2015) Energy-based approach for rapid stimulation of interacting hydraulic fractures. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Case, Benjamin S (2015) Bridging the Chasms: Contemporary Anarchists in the U.S. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cheng, I-Ling (2015) Factors Affecting the Usability of Educational Portals and their Influence on the Information Practices of Pre-Collegiate Educators. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Yi-Chung (2015) Emerging Run-Time Reconfigurable FPGA and CAD Tools. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Carr Shmool, Jessie L (2015) Exposure assessment methods for examining the role of non-chemical stressors in environmental health disparities. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Rui (2015) Meta-analysis framework for peak calling by combining multiple ChIP-seq algorithms and gene clustering by combining multiple transcriptomic studies. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cirinelli, Lacey Anne (2015) Network Level Manipulation of Neuronal Populations via Microtechnology: Epilepsy on a Chip. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Clifford, Corey (2015) Optimizing Natural Convection from a Heat Generating Cylinder for Dry Cask Storage Applications. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Chen, Chieh-Li (2015) Signal Normalization among Multiple Optical Coherence Tomography Devices. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Coblentz, Jessica (2015) LOSS OF TRPML1 ALTERS CELLULAR FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE LYSOSOME: DISSECTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYSOSOMAL AND MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH IN MLIV. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Creasap, Kimberly (2015) Sweden Ends Here?: Social Movement Scenes and the Right to the City. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cui, Yubo (2015) Synthesis of Neopeltolide and Analogs, Sulfur-Containing Heterocycles and Enantioenriched Allylated Chromenes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Cerbus, Rory (2015) Information Perspective on Turbulence. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Clark, Julia (2015) Modeling Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Pastoral Adaptations in Northern Mongolia's Darkhad Depression. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Carreras, Miguel (2015) OUTSIDER PRESIDENTS, INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE, AND GOVERNABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Dabass, Arvind (2015) Fine particulate matter ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dermody, Sarah Siodmok (2015) The Impact of Smoking Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes on Alcohol Use. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

de St. Maurice, Gregory (2015) The Kyoto Brand: Protecting Agricultural and Culinary Heritage. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dillard, Maria K (2015) Measuring the Social-Ecological Resilience of Coastal and Small Island Communities to Inform Policy, Planning, and Practice. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Deible, Michael (2015) Theory and Applications of Quantum Monte Carlo. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dunbar, Michael S. (2015) Workplace Smoking Bans and Daily Smoking Patterns: Implications for Nicotine Maintenance and Determinants of Smoking in Restricted Environments. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dehghanian, Amin (2015) Integer Programming Approaches to Stochastic Games Arising in Paired Kidney Exchange and Industrial Organization. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dumortier, Antoine (2015) Classifying Smoking Urges Via Machine Learning. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Doyle, Casey (2015) Four Essays on Self-Knowledge. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Du, Yu (2015) Mitigating Limited PCM Write Bandwidth and Endurance in Hybrid Memory Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dhingra, Shonali (2015) Quadratic coupling between a classical nanomechanical oscillator and a single spin. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Desai, Anita (2015) The Importance of Keratinized Gingiva Surrounding Dental Implants. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Doll, Brian (2015) Optimization of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Reduce Muscle Fatigue during Isometric Contractions. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dieterich, Matthew F (2015) PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF SYNTHETIC HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID ON CORE SAMPLES OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN MARCELLUS SHALE AND UNDERLYING HUNTERSVILLE CHERT, GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dauer, Kristin (2015) Dyanamic And Static Characterization Of The Planimetry Of The Ucayali River, Peru. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dufalla, Nicole (2015) Guidelines for the Use of Waste Concrete Fines. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dolce, Frank (2015) "Radical" Thinking about Character Perception: Specifying Pre-lexical and Sub-lexical Processes of Chinese Reading. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Darnell, Matthew (2015) Effect of Carbohydrate-electrolyte Feedings on Knee Biomechanics and Postural Stability During Intermittent High-Intensity Exercise to Fatigue. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Doyal, Mark F. (2015) Promoter-targeted anti-nociceptive HSV-1 vectors have differential effects on pain based on the neuronal population targeted. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Degenhart, Alan D (2015) Evaluation and Advancement of Electrocorticographic Brain-Machine Interfaces for Individuals with Upper-Limb Paralysis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dillon, PJ (2015) Enabling Tetherless Care with Context-Awareness and Opportunistic Communication. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

DeVore, Seth (2015) USING THE TUTORIAL APPROACH TO IMPROVE PHYSICS LEARNING FROM INTRODUCTORY TO GRADUATE LEVEL. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Dimoff, John D (2015) Why Does Drinking Alcohol Affect Risk-Seeking Behavior? A Test of the Need for Cognitive Closure Hypothesis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Edmunds, Lia (2015) Regulation of metabolism by the oncoprotein c-Myc. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Elliott, Leanne (2015) Parents’ Educational Beliefs and Children’s Early Academic Skills: Examining How Beliefs Operate across the SES Continuum. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ewing, Christopher (2015) Towards Atomistic Understanding of Catalytic Nanoparticles on Amorphous Supports. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ellies, Shawn (2015) EVALUATING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER CURRICULUM FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Elsegeiny, Waleed A (2015) THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-CD20 THERAPY ON SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTION AND THE CD4+ T-CELL SIGNALS THAT MEDIATE CLEARANCE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Edmonds, Alexandra Corral (2015) The 15-M memeplex. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Eaglehouse, Yvonne (2015) Change in physical activity levels and predictors of success in DPP-based community lifestyle intervention efforts. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Emery, Rebecca (2015) Predictors of Compensatory Changes in Energy Balance following Exercise among Overweight and Obese, Sedentary Women. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Escher, Allison (2015) CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WRITING: AN ANALYSIS OF WRITING TASKS IN ELEVENTH GRADE ELA TEXTBOOKS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Epur, Rigved (2015) Fundamental Study of Engineered Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Silicon Based High Capacity, Reversible and Stable Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Edwards, Clare (2015) Clinical and demographic characteristics of adult ventilator-associated pneumonia patients at a tertiary care hospital system. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Egan, James E. (2015) Gays in the neighborhood: How neighborhood and context impact HIV and substance use risks and resiliencies of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in New York City. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ernecoff, Natalie C. (2015) Health behavior change in advance care planning: An agent-based model. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Edington, Collin (2015) Manipulation of Cell and Particle Trajectory in Microfluidic Devices. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Evans, Adam (2015) Multiplexing Techniques in Quantitative Proteomics to Study Disease. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Eckstrom, Stephanie (2015) Emotional Cultures of Anti-Vaccine Websites: The Proliferation of an Unpopular Movement. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Frey, Reed (2015) Cor ad cor loquitur: the philosophical personalism of John Henry Newman. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Farraro, Kathryn (2015) Regeneration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Using Resorbable Metallic and Extracellular Matrix Bioscaffolds. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Frank, Michele (2015) Why Auditors are Unable to See Their Own Behaviors as Others Do: Understanding a Potential Blind Spot. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Fast, Paul S. (2015) Developing a pilot study of evidence-based PTSD treatment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Field, Jessica (2015) Factors associated with longitudinal bone mineral density loss in a tobacco-exposed cohort. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Flanagan, Kevin M. (2015) The British War Film, 1939-1980: Culture, History, and Genre. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Finkenbinder, Matthew (2015) LAKE SEDIMENT RECORDS OF LATE QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE FROM ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLAND DEVELOPED USING SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Fairbairn, Catharine (2015) PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES IN SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL: A DYNAMIC EXAMINATION OF THE PATHWAYS EXPLAINING ALCOHOL-RELATED REWARD. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Freil, Robert (2015) RELATIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITHIN A CONNECTED CULTURE: ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FIT IN TEACHER SELECTION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Forlow, Racheal (2015) Erotic Poetics: Love and the Function of US Literature from Melville to Modernism. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Frisch, Miriam (2015) Dengue in Buenos Aires: an analysis of the factors contributing to increased incidence of dengue fever in urban environments. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Freedman, Isaac Gilbert (2015) Modeling epidemics on networks of connected communities. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Free, Kristin (2015) Traumatic brain injury and gender: implications for rehabilitation. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Flanders, Steven (2015) Investigating flexibility, reversibility, and multiple representations in a calculus environment. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Farnan, Nicholas L (2015) Efficient, Locally-Enforceable Querier Privacy for Distributed Database Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Fan, Jieyu (2015) ON MARKOV AND HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS WITH APPLICATIONS TO TRAJECTORIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Frasso, Michael (2015) Synthesis of (R)-Roscovitine Analogs as Potential Treatments for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Gong, Tiantian (2015) VAGINAL DELIVERY OF A HYDROPHOBIC ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG CSIC FOR HIV PREVENTION: NOVEL FORMULATION STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED DRUG SOLUBILIZATION AND LYMPHATIC TARGETING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gao, Xiaotian (2015) Analysis of kidney volume and functional outcomes using survival and classification tree models. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gu, Yuan (2015) Relationship of clinical factors with adiponectin and leptin in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Grady, Daniel (2015) Massey products in differential cohomology. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gibson, Carolyn (2015) VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS AND NEGATIVE AFFECT: AN AMBULATORY ASSESSMENT OF MIDLIFE WOMEN. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Garrido Escobar, Francisco Javier (2015) MINING AND THE INCA ROAD IN THE PREHISTORIC ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gatouillat, Arthur (2015) Study of the Motor Cognitive Interaction During Walking Using Transcranial Doppler. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gogick, Kristy (2015) DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANIDE-BASED NEAR-INFRARED DENDRIMER COMPLEXES AND METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR NOVEL MODALITIES IN OPTICAL BIOLOGICAL IMAGING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gandenberger, Gregory (2015) Two Principles of Evidence and Their Implications for the Philosophy of Scientific Method. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gomez, Daniel (2015) A COUNTEREXAMPLE TO THE SIMPLE LOOP CONJECTURE FOR THE PUNCTURED KLEIN BOTTLE IN PGL(2,R). Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gujral, Swathi (2015) Neural Predictors of Exercise Adherence. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Guan, Wei (2015) Study on the Conformation of Comb-Like Polymers (CLPs) Confined to a Solid Surface. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

GAO, SHANG (2015) THE MEASUREMENT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY IN INDONESIA THROUGH THE EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION MODEL AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

GROVER, PRERNA (2015) UNDERSTANDING ACTIVE ABL KINASE CONFORMATIONS: APPLICATION TO DISCOVERY OF SMALL MOLECULE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Goldberg, Emily (2015) Assessing the American Sign Language version of the Computerized Revised Token Test. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gandhi, Pooja (2015) Elements related to attrition of women faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine: A Case Study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Geng, Ming (2015) Marginal structural Cox proportional hazards model for data with measurement errors. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Guo, Ben (2015) On the effect of improperness of binormal ROC curves for estimating full area under the curve. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gentile, Susan K. (2015) From Listening to Empowering: A Study of High School Principals' Perceptions of Student Voice in Classroom Instruction. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gupta, Tushar (2015) Cellular Transformation by Polyomavirus Oncoproteins. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gittinger, George (2015) The Drama of Bioterror: Paranoia and the Rhetoric of Defense. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gadgil, Soniya (2015) UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Guttman, Jeremy (2015) CAN COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BE EVALUATED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE? Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Harun, Rashed (2015) A FRAMEWORK FOR CHARACTERIZING REGIONAL ALTERATIONS IN DOPAMINE NEUROTRANSMISSION IN THE CONTEXT OF DRUGS AND DISEASE USING FAST-SCAN CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Horn, Jennifer (2015) 2f2-f1 DPOAE Sources in Contradiction to the Two-Source/Two-Mechanism Model? Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hillman, Aubrey (2015) Lake Sediment Records Examining the Spatial and Temporal Connections of Human Activity and Climate Change in Southwestern China. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

HOCHMAN, NADAV (2015) THE SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE: MODES OF VISUAL ORDERING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hemphill, James B (2015) Applications of Optical Control of Oligonucleotide and Protein Function. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Herckis, Lauren R. (2015) Cultural Variation in the Maya City of Palenque. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hawk, Brandi (2015) The Effect of Pre-Institutional Family vs. No Family and Different Institutional Experiences on the Development of Residential Infants and Toddlers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Huang, Shimeng (2015) Coordinated Control of VSC Based Multi-Terminal DC (VSC-MTDC) Power Grid. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hamschin, Brandon Michael (2015) A Sequential Method for Passive Detection, Characterization, and Localization of Multiple Low Probability of Intercept LFMCW Signals. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hemphill, Matthew (2015) LABOR-ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION BUILDING IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Harkness, Justine (2015) Cell Type Dependent Effects on HSV Transcription. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hagan, Teresa L. (2015) Development of a Measure of Self-advocacy Among Female Cancer Survivors. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hedberg, Matthew (2015) Leveraging Next Generation Sequencing to Elucidate the Spectrum of Genetic Alterations Underlying Head and Neck Cancer and Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Huang, Ruiqi (2015) Investigation and implementation Gene signature development using microarray data – A case study on early stage non-small cell lung cancer. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Harms, Victoria E. (2015) Destined or Doomed? Hungarian Dissidents and Their Western Friends, 1973-1998. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hoffmann, Paula B (2015) EXPLORATION OF SURFACE POTENTIAL IN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS: STATIC BEHAVIOR, KINETICS, AND MORPHOLOGY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Heckel, Christopher (2015) THE INFLUENCE OF INDIRECT EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON THE LIFE HISTORY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF UNPALATABLE FOREST HERB SPECIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

HOUZE, Martin (2015) Joint regression modeling of two cumulative incidence functions under an additivity constraint and statistical analyses of pill-monitoring data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Holland, Jonathan (2015) On Causal Geometries. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hancox, Joshua (2015) Thinking about Action. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hofer, Heidi R. (2015) Traumatized Muscle-Derived Multipotent Progenitor Cells: Pro-Angiogenic Activity, Promotion of Nerve Growth, and Osteogenic Differentiation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hasanzoi, Marwa (2015) Capacity and Driveability of 50 KSI H-Piles. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Horowitz, Deena (2015) Victims, Martyrs and Heroes: The Formation and Manipulation of Historical Memory in China. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hong, Eun-Kyoung (2015) IMPROVING THE COMFORT OF MANUAL WHEELCHAIR BACK SUPPORTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Harris, Katharine G (2015) Manipulation of host cell death and innate immune signaling pathways by Coxsackievirus B3. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hertsenberg, Andrew J (2015) Stem Cells for the Treatment of Corneal Fibrosis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Heymann, Perrine (2015) The development of joint attention and vocalization in infants at heightened risk for autism spectrum disorder. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hobson, Christopher (2015) Tracheal Tissue Engineering. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Haggerty, Agnes E (2015) Acidic Laminin: Molecular Mechanisms and Potential for Nervous Tissue Repair. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Holtzman, Mark (2015) Analysis of Traditional Principals’ Perception of Alternative Education Programs and the Impact they have on Public High Schools in Western PA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Harris, Matthew J. (2015) The Challenges of Implementing Project-based Learning in Middle Schools. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hill, Virginia (2015) High School African American Males and Academic Success. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hou, Chenxi (2015) POD Reduced-Order Modeling for Inverse Material Characterization from Transient Dynamic Tests. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Haney, Jamie (2015) The Role of Relaxin in Left Ventricular Fibrosis: Endogenous Expression and Therapeutic Potential. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

HO, Thang (2015) A model-based clinically-relevant chemotherapy scheduling algorithm for anticancer agents. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Haney, Conor (2015) Development of Dynamic, Bioorthogonal Peptide Cross-Linking Methods. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Harmansah, Rabia (2015) Performing Social Forgetting in a Post-Conflict Landscape: The Case of Cyprus. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Hauschild, Kathryn M. (2015) DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL ATTENTION WHEN COMPARING PAIRED FACES IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING INFANTS AND INFANTS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING AUTISM. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Ittiamornkul, Kuljira (2015) BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF EARLY ENZYME PATHWAYS IN HAPALINDOLE-TYPE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Izmirlioglu, Ahmet (2015) CLASHES OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY: COMMERCIAL TRIBUNALS IN THE OTTOMAN PROVINCES AND ISTANBUL, 1847-1880. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Isaac, Jessica Ann (2015) Compliant Circulation: Children's Writing, American Periodicals, and Public Culture, 1839-1882. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

IKEHARA TSUKAYAMA, HUGO C. (2015) LEADERSHIP, CRISIS AND POLITICAL CHANGE: THE END OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD IN THE NEPEÑA VALLEY, PERU. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Irani, Afifa (2015) Investigation of the common MELAS mutation in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Amish community: mutation frequency and effectiveness of an educational intervention. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Iyer, Usha (2015) FILM DANCE, FEMALE STARDOM, AND THE PRODUCTION OF GENDER IN POPULAR HINDI CINEMA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Jiang, Yingda (2015) Gene-based association testing of dichotomous traits using generalized functional linear mixed models for family data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jiang, Jianfei (2015) Group-based trajectory modeling for longitudinal data of healthcare financial charges in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Julian, Megan M (2015) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN ADOPTED FOLLOWING A SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INTERVENTION IN AN INSTITUTION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jeon, Kiyoung (2015) Essays in International Economics. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jeffries, Elizabeth Paladin (2015) HsMCM8 and HsMCM9: Essential for Double-Strand Break Repair and Normal Ovarian Function. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jhunjhunwala, Kunal (2015) Design and Evaluation of a Topical Rectal Specific Microbicide for HIV prevention. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jeong, Kwonho (2015) Method for assessing correlation coefficients among multiple repeatedly measured biomarkers. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jiang, Yun (2015) FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH SELF-MONITORING AND DECISION SUPPORT IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jia, Jia (2015) Association analysis between binary traits and common or rare genetic variants on family-based data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jacob, Mini E. (2015) Factors influencing end-of-life morbidity: an epidemiological evaluation of population aging theories. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jenner, Elliot (2015) MULTISCALE STRUCTURED SURFACES AND THEIR EFFECT ON DRAG & FLUID FLOW. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Johnson, Noah Ray (2015) Controlled Delivery of Bioactive Factors for Tissue Regeneration. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jeffries, Eric M. (2015) Biomimetic Micropatterning of Electrospun Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jampani Hanumantha, Prashanth (2015) Fundamental Study of the Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoparticulate Transition Metal Oxide and Nitride Based Supercapacitor Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jiang, Lei (2015) Architectural Techniques for Multi-Level Cell Phase Change Memory Based Main Memory. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jallah, Zegbeh (2015) The Role of Vaginal Smooth Muscle in the Pathogenesis of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Johnson, James (2015) COMMUNITY MATTERS? INVESTIGATING SOCIAL COMPLEXITY THROUGH CENTRALIZATION AND DIFFERENTIATION IN BRONZE AGE PASTORAL SOCIETIES OF THE SOUTHERN URALS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 2100 – 900 BC. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jiang, Nan (2015) Fast Calculation of Flow Ensembles. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Jakubowski, Karen Patricia (2015) Relationship Between Daytime Napping and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Healthy Black and White Adolescents. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Koch, Griffin E. (2015) Translation ambiguity and individual differences in L2 vocabulary learning between mono- and bilinguals. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Khalil, Heba (2015) OPRM1 and COMT Gene-Gene Interaction Effects on the Inter-individual Variability in Postoperative Pain and Response to Opioids. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kim, Hayeon (2015) COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES OF RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

KABUKCUOGLU, ZEYNEP SEFIKA (2015) ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ECONOMICS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Koski, Matthew (2015) The Evolutionary Ecology of Ultraviolet Floral Pigmentation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kreisler, Alison (2015) HINDBRAIN NEURAL TRACKING AND CONTROL OF FOOD INTAKE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kang, Jae W. (2015) Three Essays on Information Economics. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kamolpun, Somkiat (2015) The Impact of ASEAN Economic Integration on the Thai Higher Education Policy and Plan. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kounev, Velin (2015) SECURE REAL-TIME SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS: A MICROGRID PERSPECTIVE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kim, Sung-Min (2015) TOWARDS ORGANIZING AND RETRIEVING CLASSICAL MUSIC BASED ON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS (FRBR). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kittenbrink, Rachel (2015) THE EFFECTS OF PEER TO PEER MAND TRAINING ON UNPROMPTED MAND FREQUENCY FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL/ DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kane-Mainier, Stephanie (2015) HOW THE GENRE AND WORK OF POETRY ARE REPRESENTED BY TENTH GRADE LITERATURE ANTHOLOGIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kessler, Aaron (2015) PRESERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ CAPACITY TO PLAN USING TECHNOLOGY IN AN INTEGRATED TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kelly, Neil J (2015) Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kirkwood, Caitlin (2015) THE ROLE OF NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR PROTEIN VILIP-1 IN Aβ-INDUCED NEURONAL DEATH IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kuntz, Jessica B. (2015) Samaritans and Patrons: The long road to civil society in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kassem, Ahmed (2015) Anxiety symptoms, anxiolytic medications and cognitive impairment in older adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kinsky, Suzanne M. (2015) Exploring lesbian health disparities: social and structural predictors of adiposity and the metabolic syndrome. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kim, SungHwan (2015) Statistical learning methods for multi-omics data integration in dimension reduction, supervised and unsupervised machine learning. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kalynchuk, Eve (2015) Understanding parental opinions on whole exome sequencing in the prenatal setting. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kim, Dongha (2015) The use of confidence regions to determine objective criteria for analysis of single parameter histograms of mean fluorescence intensity. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kang, Jonghee (2015) MULTI-LAYERED CONSTRUCTION OF ELLIOTT CARTER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO, FIRST MOVEMENT, AND IMMERSED IN AN ETHEREAL BLUE LIGHT FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Karski, Melissa R and Leslie, Elizabeth and Neiswanger, Katherine and Kalra, Varun and Weinberg, Seth M (2015) THE INFLUENCE OF FGFR1 VARIANTS ON NORMAL HUMAN CRANIOFACIAL SHAPE. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kuo, Szu Yu Susan (2015) Community Functioning and Cognitive Performance in Schizophrenia: The Nature of the Relationship. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kwak, Daniel H (2015) MS Thesis (ETD) Dan Kwak. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kanemoto, Ray (2015) Incorporating Space and Play in the Study of Contemporary Contentious Politics: The Case of the Critical Mass Movement RK. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kalajainen, Amy (2015) Comparison of the Balance Error Scoring System and the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in healthy, physically active adults. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

KELLY, LINDSEY (2015) Identification and functional characterization of STRN-ALK fusions as a therapeutic target in aggressive forms of thyroid cancer. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kramzer, Lindsay (2015) PREFORMULATION AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR THE INTRAVAGINAL DELIVERY OF GRIFFITHSIN FOR HIV PREVENTION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Khalbuss, Sarah (2015) Grassroots transnationalism: regional human rights organizing during the Egyptian revolution. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Killian, Katrina (2015) The effect of perceptual weighting of binaural cues on perceived location. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kulig, Shannon (2015) What were the elites doing? understanding Late Classic elite practices at Lower Dover, Belize. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kondo, Chiharu (2015) Early childhood development (ECD) programs as protective environments for children in emergencies: A case of daycare centers in Iwate, Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Korytowski, Matthew James (2015) Effects of the Phase Locked Loop on the Stability of a Voltage Source Converter in a Weak Grid Environment. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kelly, Susan (2015) Evaluation methods used in simulation: A survey of faculty and student perceptions in an undergraduate nursing program. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kocer Yumer, Bilge (2015) Experimental Study of Ionic Polymer Transducers: Characterization of Transient Response in Sensing. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kocsis, Laura S (2015) A Dehydrogenative Dehydro-Diels-Alder Reaction and its Application to Fluorescent Tools and Natural Product Synthesis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Korzeniewski, A.J. (2015) Killing Turnus: A Reading of Aeneas, Man of Action. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Lynch, Gavin (2015) Theta activity during REM and NREM sleep and predicting fear learning outcomes. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lopez Pineda, Arturo (2015) BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS FOR PARSIMONIOUS MODELING OF MOLECULAR CANCER DATA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lin, Hao-Li (2015) Vanua as Environment: Conservation, Farming, and Development in Waitabu, Fiji. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Labilloy, Anatália (2015) Signaling pathways in cell models of Fabry disease nephropathy. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lawrence, Chad (2015) ATM copy number loss as a biomarker for radioresistance in urothelial bladder cancer cell lines. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lin, Hui-Min (2015) Behavior of statistics for genetic association in a genome-wide scan context. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Xuan (2015) Statistical analysis of infectious disease data on networks. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Liu, Zhen (2015) BEYOND STANDARD MODEL PHYSICS AT CURRENT AND FUTURE COLLIDERS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Loepp, Eric (2015) CONFLICTING CUES: THE ROLE OF RACE, GENDER, AND POLICY INFORMATION IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Liu, Lifeng (2015) Two Nonlinear Lattice Problems in Materials. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Landes, David Benjamin (2015) THE ATTENTION SITUATION: A RHETORICAL THEORY OF ATTENTION FOR MEDIATED COMMUNICATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LEATHERS, MARVIN L (2015) REPRESENTATION OF VALUE AND SALIENCE IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LI, ZICHANG (2015) Development of Wellbore Simulator for Better Understanding Oil Well Cement Behavior and Gas Migration during Early Gelation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lash, Melissa (2015) Non-Brownian Particle Self-Assembly for Hierarchical Materials Development. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lavin, Sarah M. (2015) ESTIMATING THE LIMITS OF INFILTRATION IN THE URBAN APPALCHIAN PLATEAU. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lim, Crystal (2015) A Proposed Ethical Framework for the Psychosocial Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Londono, Ricardo (2015) Mechanisms of Biomaterial-Mediated Cardiac and Esophageal Repair. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lambore, Rohan (2015) Ethnic conflict and the journey to peace: a comparative analysis of Macedonia (FYROM) and Kashmir. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Liang, Zhan (2015) Effect of Music Intervention during Weaning Trials in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital – A 6 Day Prospective Randomized Crossover Trial. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Zhen (2015) Deriving an insulin resistance syndrome score in youth with Type I Diabetes Mellitus based on clinical risk factors. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lange-Maia, Brittney (2015) Peripheral nervous system function, physical activity and physical fitness in older adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lipschultz, Michael (2015) Adapting the scheduling of illustrations and graphs to learners in conceptual physics tutoring. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Bihui (2015) MOVING BEYOND “THEORY T”: THE CASE OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

liu, guoqing (2015) On the steady states of thin film equations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lutz., Bradley (2015) Determination of the Initiation and Propagation Mechanism of Fireside Corrosion. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LI, QIUYAN (2015) CNT-Polyimide Nanocomposite Piezoresistive Thin Film Devices for Strain and Pressure Measurement. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LYMAN, DANIELLE (2015) FEMALE BODY TYPES CLASSIFED BY WAIST-TO-HIP AND REGIONAL FAT DISTRIBUTION RATIOS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LAZAR, HILLARY (2015) AT THE HEART OF THE REVOLUTION: POLITICAL LOVE AS PARADIGM SHIFT. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Leins Dvorchak, Jesse (2015) INCREASING SECONDARY TEACHERS’ USE OF PRAISE WITH VIDEO PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Livengood, Heather (2015) Exploring Participation in Individuals with Glaucoma. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Loretto, Adam (2015) How Sponsors Influence Students' Writing Practices in an Eighth Grade English Language Arts Classroom. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ludwig, Elizabeth (2015) THE EFFECT OF STUDENTS’ GENDER ON PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ MATHEMATIC INTERACTIONS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Jie (2015) THE INFLUENCE OF MISSPECIFICATION OF BETWEEN-SUBJECT AND WITHIN-SUBJECT COVARIANCE STRUCTURES IN HIERARCHICAL GROWTH MODELS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lea, Dawn E. (2015) MEDICATION DISCREPANCIES ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES MELLITUS IN COMMUNITY DWELLING PRIMARY CARE OLDER ADULTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lee, Pei-Ju (2015) EFFICIENT INFORMATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM FOR TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DATA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Long, Xuelian (2015) Location-Based Social Networks: Latent Topics Mining and Hybrid Trust-Based Recommendation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Laemmle, Lillian (2015) POLYCISTRONIC HSV VECTORS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TOWARD A CARDIAC LINEAGE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Langhans, Mark (2015) Wdpcp Affects Skeletogenesis via the Hedgehog Pathway. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lewis, Patrick (2015) Modular Multilevel Converter Based High Voltage DC Protection. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Shuang (2015) Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Vulnerability and Resilience to Noise-Induced Tinnitus. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LI, JUNYI (2015) Effect of Ovariectomy, Estrogen and Cholinergic Input on Aromatase in Different Brain Regions. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Liu, Qing (2015) Dynamic prediction models for data with competing risks. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lopa, Samia (2015) Inference on quantile residual life for length-biased survival data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LI, ZHUOQUN (2015) Investigation of the Minor-Element Effects on the Oxidation Behavior of γ-NI + γ’-NI3AL Alloys. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Liang, Rongjie (2015) Piezoelectric Pressure Sensors Based On Flexible PZT Thick-Film Composite Device. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Xiaoxue (2015) Time varying coefficient model for gap times in ecological momentary assessment data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Li, Mingshan (2015) Ultrafast Optical Devices for Photonic Integrated Circuit Applications. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lim , Crystal (2015) The Influence of Illness Burden and Social Support on the Completion of Kidney Transplant Evaluation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

LeCroy, Kathryn A. (2015) FLORAL COLOR ASSEMBLY OF SERPENTINE SEEP COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lopresti, Courtney (2015) INVOLVMENT OF THE CEREBELLUM IN VERABL WORKING MEMORY AND PHONOLOGICAL JUDGMENT: EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE IN PREDICTIVE PHONOLOGICAL CODING. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Lariviere, Andrew (2015) LEAF SALICYLIC ACID CONCENTRATION AND INSECT HERBIVORY. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Leininger, Michele A (2015) From Librarian to Proficient Manager: The Journey of Public Library Front-Line Managers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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McGrath, Erin C. (2015) Dynamics of Constitutionalism Between Democracy and Authoritarianism as a Complex Adaptive System. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mrachko, Alicia A (2015) Teaching Paraprofessionals to Implement a Social Communication Intervention for Young Children with ASD. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moitra, Modhurima (2015) Patterns of mental health symptoms, violence exposure, and health service utilization among adolescents: results from the healthy Allegheny teens survey. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moraiti, Marina (2015) COUPLED SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER FLOWS: QUASISTATIC LIMIT AND A SECOND-ORDER, UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE, PARTITIONED METHOD. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Maddah, Rakan (2015) A DATA AWARE APPROACH TO SALVAGE THE ENDURANCE OF PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Milburn, Joseph (2015) Generics, Epistemic Luck, and Knowledge. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Marshman, Emily (2015) Improving the Quantum Mechanics Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Physics Graduate Students. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Miller, Howard Ray (2015) The Lasting Impact of Early Life Inequalities. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Merling, Everett (2015) Synthesis and Reactions of Heterosubstituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Boranes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moe, Peter (2015) Toward a Rhetoric of Syntactic Delivery. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moore, Debra White (2015) Unidimensional Vertical Scaling of Mixed Format Tests in the Presence of Item Format Effect. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

McIlvried, Lisa (2015) IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE INITIATION OF MIGRAINE: THE IMPACT OF SEX-, STRESS-, AND SYMPATHETIC-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN THE DURA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Monin Aldama, Leticia (2015) T cell plasticity and co-infections in mycobacterial diseases. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Martinez, Alicia (2015) Evaluation of genetic counseling services offered in a Huntington disease clinic. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Musgrove, Lauren E (2015) Transition together: a study of pediatric patients with sickle cell disease as they transition to adult health care. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Matute Castro, Arturo (2015) Idas de escritura: exilio y diáspora literaria cubana (1980 – 2010). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Martin, Katherine I. (2015) L1 Impacts on L2 Component Reading Skills, Word Skills, and Overall Reading Achievement. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mockler, Kerry B. (2015) Neighborhoods of Make-Believe: Place, Play, and Possibility in Disneyland, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and The Magic City. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moeng, Michael (2015) SIMULATION OF MANYCORE ARCHITECTURES ON MULTICORE HOSTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

McIntosh, Briana (2015) An evaluation study of a breast health program for incarcerated women. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mannava, Rashee G (2015) The Relationship Between Periodontal Disease and Obesity: A 5 Year Review. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Minteer, Danielle (2015) Adipogenesis within a Hollow Fiber-Based, Three-Dimensional Dynamic Perfusion Bioreactor. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Makaremi, Meysam (2015) Atomistic Simulations and Computations of Clay Minerals at Geologic Carbon Sequestration Conditions. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Martiny, Theodore (2015) The 3n+1 Problem: Scope, History and Results. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Muhei-aldin, Othman (2015) A Study of Brain Networks Associated With Motor Sequence Learning Foot Tapping Tasks. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mace, Zachary S. (2015) THE PERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE IN LIGHT OF THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TREATMENT. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mahoney, Maria (2015) FAMILY BACKGROUND, TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS, AND ACHIEVEMENT GROWTH IN PRESCHOOL, EVIDENCE FROM THE 2001-2003 NCEDL DATA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Moore, Julie Ann (2015) PRINCIPALS' PERSPECTIVES ON MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY PROGRAMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

McCormick, Joseph (2015) SECONDARY TO POSTSECONDARY NEXUS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ON POSTSECONDARY RESULTS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE FOR COLLEGE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Morse, Robyn (2015) The politics of the Shi'a-Sunni divide in the Persian Gulf: power and group identification in Bahrain. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mitkish, Mary (2015) Effects of syntactic cues on eye movements during sentence comprehension in young adults. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Malinowski, Daniel (2015) “You sing, you / who also / wants:” Charles Olson, Harryette Mullen, and the representation of political communities in 20th century avant-garde American poetry. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ma, Shifan (2015) Chemogenomics Knowledgebase and Targethunter for Polypharmacology Analysis of A Traditional Chinese Herbal Formula, "Sini Decoction". Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Meehan, Terence (2015) COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW REFORM IN PENNSYLVANIA: REDEFINING COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Marron, Megan (2015) Cross-validation in group-based latent trajectory modeling when assuming a censored normal model. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Marshall, Lynne (2015) Environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Marshall, Brandon (2015) Evaluation of an Electronic Pressure Sensor for Tibio-Femoral Contact Pressure Measurement. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Michanowicz, Andrew R. (2015) Hybrid Dispersion/ Land Use Regression Modeling for Improving Air Pollutant Concentration Estimates. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Meyers, Joseph (2015) The Schwinger-Dyson Equations and Gluon Bound States of QCD. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Miller, Portia (2015) Urbanicity, Income, and Academic and Behavioral Functioning Across Childhood: Longitudinal Associations and Mediating Mechanisms. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Meier, Inga (2015) Deconstructing "The Abyss of the Future:" Theatre, Performance, and Holes in the Discourse of 9/11. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Meindl, George (2015) ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF PLANT GROWTH ON SERPENTINE SOIL: EFFECTS OF SOIL METALS ON PLANT MORPHOLOGY, METAL ACCUMULATION, PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS, AND POLLEN-PISTIL INTERACTIONS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mills, Brandon Michael (2015) Molecular Simulations of Alternate Frame Folding in Engineered Protein-Based Switches. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mandell, Darcy (2015) SOMATIC AWARENESS IN ANXIOUS YOUTH: RELATING TRAIT AND SITUATIONAL SYMPTOMS TO NEURAL MECHANISMS OF THREAT-PROCESSING. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Nuschke, Austin David (2015) IMPROVING THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS THROUGH ENHANCING CELL SURVIVAL: ENGINEERED AND CELLULAR APPROACHES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Niemsiri, Vipavee (2015) Genetic influence of sequence variants in SCARB1 and ABCA1 genes on major lipid traits: a candidate gene association study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Negri Malbrán, Juan J (2015) Bureaucratic Appointments in Argentina. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nugent, Michael (2015) Energy-Efficient Circuit Design. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nieswandt, Katharina (2015) Moral Rights and Social Conventions. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Núñez, Daniel (2015) Violence and the State in Postwar Guatemala. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nguyen, Ngoc N (2015) FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA USE: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY, SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS, PARENTAL INFLUENCE, AND PEER INFLUENCE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Navratil, Judith L. (2015) One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Showing Adolescents the Respect They Deserve as Research Participants. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nunziato-Virga, Stephanie (2015) Contribution of the candidate genes for primary lymphedema to secondary lymphedema and chronic pain in post-mastectomy patients. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Neumann, Peter Alaric (2015) COCAINE-BASED SIGNALING CHANGES IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS, LATERAL HABENULA, AND THALAMUS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nunez, Albert (Tyke) (2015) Kant's formal idealism, the synthetic a priori, and the constitution of objects of experience. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nesbitt, Kathryn M (2015) Retrodialysis of Pharmacological Agents Mitigates Tissue Damage during Brain Microdialysis and Preserves Dopamine Activity in Surrounding Tissue. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Neuf, Megan (2015) Pre-K for all? Understanding the perceptions of expanded pre-K policy in Pennsylvania. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Narzikul, Kara M. (2015) Investigating second language learning and musical ability: an ERP study. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nemati Proon, Sepehr (2015) IMPROVING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY: LIVER HEALTH UPDATING AND SURGICAL PATIENT ROUTING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ngo, Kevin (2015) Characterization of senescent intervertebral disc cells and their role in perturbation of matrix homeostasis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Notghi, Bahram (2015) Computational Approaches to Efficiently Maximize Solution Capabilities and Quantify Uncertainty for Inverse Problems in Mechanics. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ncube, Collette N (2015) Transgenerational risk for low birth weight and preterm birth: The role of biology and neighborhood factors in racial disparities. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Niemczyk, Nancy A. (2015) Vascular remodeling associated with pregnancy. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nioradze, Nikoloz (2015) NANOGAP-ENABLED STUDY OF ELECTRODE REACTIONS BY SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Nunez, Gabriela (2015) Reading Jose Maria Arguedas' letters. Building communication bridges in mid-twentieth century Peruvian society. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Osei-Hwedieh, David (2015) THE EFFECT OF SICKLE HEMOGLOBIN MUTATION ON RED BLOOD CELL STORAGE INTEGRITY AND POST TRANSFUSION VIABILITY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oh, Hyunjung (2015) THE ROLE OF DENDRITIC BDNF TRANSCRIPTS ON ALTERED INHIBITORY CIRCUITRY IN AGING AND DEPRESSION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Orlova, Ekaterina (2015) G,WAS going on? Putative regulatory function of GWAS-identified markers of susceptibility to acute appendicitis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

O'Neill, Elizabeth (2015) The Epistemological Implications of the Causes of Moral Beliefs. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oh, Bonnie (2015) Multiple Functional Roles of the Bacteriophage HK97 Delta Domain in Capsid Assembly. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oczypok, Elizabeth A (2015) Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts mediates allergic airway inflammation via group 2 innate lymphoid cells. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Otaka, Mami (2015) Characterization of GABAergic projection from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens: Effects of dopamine and cocaine. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

O'Loughlin, Liam (2015) Cosmopolitan Disasters: from Bhopal to the Tsunami in South Asian Anglophone Literature. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Osmani, Vjosa (2015) Treaty Application in Kosovo through Rules of Succession and as Domestic Law: The Example of the CISG. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oberlin, Lauren (2015) The relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness, white matter integrity, and cognitive function in older adulthood. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oberg, Andrew (2015) ACTIVE LEARNING MANIFESTED WITHIN A SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE CLASSROOM. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oh , Yejin (2015) KOREAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ACCOUNTABLITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Oldfield, Lauren (2015) Gene expression in mycobacteriophage BPs. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ochoa, Pablo (2015) Geometrical problems in the mathematical study of prestrained materials. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Orsborn, Nicholas (2015) Deposition and Structural Features of the Basal Morgantown Sandstone of the Casselman Formation (Pennsylvanian) of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Phillips, Chereese (2015) ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL STRESSORS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CHILD NEGLECT AMONG AT-RISK MOTHERS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Phillips, Chereese (2015) Assessing the Impact of Maternal Stressors on the Occurrence of Child Neglect Among At-Risk Mothers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pugh, Sarah (2015) Maternal obesity, gestational weight gain, and child cognition, behavior, and academic achievement. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pena, Karina (2015) COPPER-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EB AND ITS DUAL EFFECT ON LYSOSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pitt, Steven (2015) City upon the Atlantic Tides: Merchants, Pirates, and the Seafaring Community of Boston. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Perez, Rachel (2015) Efforts towards the Macrocyclic Core of Marineosin A and Development of Pyrrolidine-Based Scaffolds for Diversity-Oriented Synthesis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Prokup, Alexander (2015) Engineering DNA Computation with Unnatural Nucleotides and Protein Function with Unnatural Amino Acids. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Parker, Matthew (2015) Examination of “Primary”, “Secondary”, and “Tertiary” Structural Elements of Bis-Amino Acids: Progress toward “Fauxteins”. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pfeiffer, Loring (2015) The Politics of Desire: English Women Playwrights, Partisanship, and the Staging of Female Sexuality, 1660-1737. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pfister, Lindsay L (2015) Emotional Display Rules For Clerical Workers, Teachers, Custodians, And Cafeteria Workers In Pennsylvania K-12 Public School Organizations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Parbat, Sarwesh N (2015) Advanced Impingement Cooling with Novel Surface Features. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Peirce, Gina M. (2015) Representational and processing constraints on the acquisition of case and gender by L1 English learners of Russian: a corpus study. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pasquinelli, Michael (2015) TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF CONSIDERING STUDENT VOICE AS PART OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATIONS AND/OR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLANS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Patel, Akhil (2015) Carbon Nanotube Functionalization and Scaffold Topography Guide Differentiation of Myoblasts. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Progovac, Ana (2015) The relationship between psychological attitudes, health behaviors, and health care utilization in older women. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pompeani, David (2015) Human impacts on the environment over the Holocene in Michigan and Illinois using lake sediment geochemistry. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Peyser, Noah D (2015) PTPRT/D MUTATION OR PROMOTER METHYLATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR STAT3 INHIBITION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Papperman, Sarah (2015) Exploring informal support networks of "In service of seniors: Pittsburgh" program participants. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Parikh, Anjani (2015) The association between lung function and cumulative exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) and traffic related exposures. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pfister, S. (2015) Geochemical and lithium isotope characterization of Ogallala aquifer and Permian Basin carbonate reservoir waters at an enhanced oil recovery site, northwest Texas, USA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Polglase, Hannah (2015) Validation of the relationship between MRCI polymorphisms with dengue disease in a Brazilian population. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Peiffer, Gary (2015) The Effect of Self-efficacy on Parental Involvement at the Secondary School Level. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Prins, Philip (2015) THE EFFECT OF ENERGY DRINK INGESTION ON 5-KM RUNNING PERFORMANCE IN RECREATIONAL ENDURANCE RUNNERS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Peck, Andrea (2015) Middle School Transition: Building a Foundation of Educational Success. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Policicchio, Shauna (2015) Bulk Analysis of Malicious PDF Documents. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Polakowski, Emily (2015) Systematic review of musculoskeletal taping methods. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Pelkowski, Tracy (2015) CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES: CASE STUDIES OF TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF THIER PRACTICES AND HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Powell, Robert (2015) EXPLORING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DIABETES EDUCATOR’S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COUNSELING DURING DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Palazzolo, Michael (2015) Classifying Neural Signals Related to Action Perception. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Poole, Zsolt (2015) REFRACTIVE INDEX ENGINEERING BY 3D SUB-WAVELENGTH NANOSTRUCTURING FOR APPLICATIONS IN OPTICS AND OPTICAL SENSING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Qian, Ying (2015) Analysis of an immune focused targeted genetic association study in intermediate-risk Melanoma. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Quinn, Aleta (2015) Biological Systematics and Evolutionary Theory. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Quinn, Tyler (2015) DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND WORKPLACE FACTORS TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USE IN THE UNITED STATES: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF 2009 NHTS DATA. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Quick, Kristin M (2015) Investigation of Methods for Assessing Sensorimotor Performance in Humans and Monkeys. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Qi, Wenjing (2015) HIGH DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE SELECTION VIA PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD FOR GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Raundhal, Mahesh (2015) Characterization of Immune Response in Corticosteroid-refractory Severe Asthma in Humans and Mice. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Romagnoli, Katrina (2015) User-centered design and evaluation of a pharmacogenomics information portal to support clinical decision-making. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Raghavan, Venkatesan (2015) Shear stress stimulated apical endocytosis in renal proximal tubule epithelia. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ruiz, Richard (2015) HADRON COLLIDER TESTS OF NEUTRINO MASS-GENERATING MECHANISMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Richey, J. Elizabeth (2015) IMPACT OF SELF-EXPLANATION AND ANALOGICAL COMPARISON SUPPORT ON LEARNING PROCESSES, MOTIVATION, METACOGNITION, AND TRANSFER. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rencewicz, Margaret J. (2015) “Pray, Pay and Disobey”: Conflict and Schism in Catholic America, 1870-1939. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rak, Adam (2015) GEOMETRY, KINEMATICS, EXHUMATION, AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE NORTHERN BOLIVIAN FOLD-THRUST-BELT-FORELAND BASIN SYSTEM. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rocco, Brad (2015) QUANTIFICATION OF GAD67 PROTEIN LEVELS IN AXONAL BOUTONS FROM DISTINCT SUBTYPES OF GABA NEURONS: REDEFINING CIRCUIT LEVEL ALTERATIONS IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Riley, Noah (2015) "We already been purged": violence against black transgender women in Allegheny County. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rao, Lakshmi Subrmanya (2015) Redesigning treatment strategies in type 2 diabetes by treatment intensification and patient education. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rubright, Ryan Tyler (2015) Assessing ambient fine particulate matter exposure and associations with coronary artery calcification. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rubus, Jacob P (2015) Exploring the biochemical roles of TbeIF4E-3 AND TbeIF4E-5 in T. brucei cell cycle. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ren, Yanjie (2015) Interim monitoring and conditional power in clinical trials. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ren, Yi (2015) Proportional subdistribution hazards regression with interval-censored competing risks data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rochon, Elizabeth (2015) ALK1 SIGNALING IS REQUIRED FOR DIRECTED ENDOTHELIAL CELL MIGRATION IN THE PREVENTION OF ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rong, Yongsen (2015) Acoustic Emission Evaluation and Mechanical Property Characterization of Stainless Steel Specimens Manufactured by Powder Based 3-D Printer. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rao, Parthib (2015) KINETICALLY CONSISTENT THERMAL LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Revanna Shivaprabhu, Vikas (2015) Ultrasound imaging system combined with multi-modality image analysis algorithms to monitor changes in anatomical structures. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Reiman, Andrew P. (2015) An Analysis of Distributed Photovoltaics on Single-Phase Laterals of Distribution Systems. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rosenmund, William D (2015) EVOLVING FANTASIA: LISTENING FOR FUN AND EDUCATION IN WALT DISNEY'S DYNAMIC COMMODITY. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Riordan, Brian (2015) LANIAKEA FOR PIPA, HORN IN F, DOUBLE BASS, PIANO, AND LAPTOP: SOME CONSIDERATIONS AND ANALYSIS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rozzo, John T (2015) Grouping practices in award-winning middle schools: A study of Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn Schools to Watch middle schools. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rosas, Johana M. (2015) Social-Emotional Adjustment of Post-Institutionalized Children from 12 to 36 Months of Age. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rosenberger, Emily M and DeVito Dabbs, Annette J and DiMartini, Andrea F and Landsittel, Douglas P and Switzer, Galen E and Dew, Mary Amanda (2015) PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND MOBILE HEALTH INTERVENTION: IMPACT ON LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Rothenberger, Scott D. (2015) Analysis of Functional Correlations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Reed, Nicholas (2015) Synthesis of Retigabine Analogues for the Treatment of Tinnitus and Progress Towards a Concise Route to XJB-5-131. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Shelton, Micah (2015) Loss of Microtubule Associated Protein 2 Immunoreactivity Linked to Dendritic Spine Loss in Schizophrenia. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sekar, John (2015) Rule-based Modeling of Cell Signaling: Advances in Model Construction, Visualization and Simulation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Song, Timothy (2015) CHARACTERIZING INTRA-HOST DIVERSITY OF INFLUENZA VIRUS AND MODELING TRANSMISSION NETWORKS DURING NATURAL EPIDEMICS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sturm, Joshua (2015) Development and Plasticity of Intrinsic Connectivity in the Central Nucleus of the Mouse Inferior Colliculus. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Spieser, David (2015) The Politics of Aesthetics: Nation, Region and Immigration in Contemporary "French" Culture. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Shohfi, Thomas (2015) Default Risk, Credit Market Liquidity, and Corporate Events. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sechrist, Sarina and McCue, Michael and Schutte, Jamie and Costantini, Patricia and Seelman, Kate D. (2015) A Conceptual Harmonization between the SSA Disability Determination Process and ICF and DOT Frameworks: A Guide to Assessing the Mental Residual Functional Capacity of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Steren, Karina E. (2015) DanSa, a dance curriculum to increase physical activity in a newly emerging Latino community. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sankapal, Soni Ramachandra (2015) Studies on the cellular factors and hormones controlling HIV-1 transmission in an organ culture model. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Stovall, Preston (2015) Chemicals, Organisms and Persons: Modal Expressivism and a Descriptive Metaphysics of Kinds. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Shelleby, Elizabeth Coleman (2015) EFFECTS OF THE FAMILY CHECK-UP INTERVENTION ON REDUCING GROWTH IN CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN TODDLERHOOD THORUGH SCHOOL AGE: MODERATORS AND MODERATED MEDIATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Smith, Tracy T. (2015) Increasing Nicotine Cost and Decreasing Nicotine Dose are not Equivalent Manipulations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sery, Joseph (2015) Models of Judgment: Rhetoric and the Public Philosophies of Law. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Spaulding, Richard (2015) A Quantitative Assessment of Atmospherically generated Foam Cements: Insights, Impacts, and Implications of Wellbore Integrity and Stability. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

SHEHU, AMINA I (2015) THE ROLE OF PREGNANE X RECEPTOR IN RITONAVIR-INDUCED LIVER INJURY. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Scherer, Shelley C. (2015) GRANT EVALUATION: WHAT PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS DO AND WHY THEY DO IT: An Examination of Grant Assessment Motivations and Practices. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Siordia, Carlos (2015) Association between gait speed and residential environment amongst older adults. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Singh, Ashima (2015) Cost-effectiveness analysis approaches to compare clinical strategies. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Stacy, Shaina L. (2015) Epidemiological investigation of infant health and environmental exposures. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Shelton, Celeste (2015) Hereditary pancreatitis: outcomes and risks. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sileanu, Florentina Elena (2015) Towards unbiased estimation of the optimal time for renal replacement therapy. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Shech, Elay (2015) ASSUME A SPHERICAL COW: STUDIES ON REPRESENTATION AND IDEALIZATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

SONG, YANG (2015) ESSAYS IN THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Silva, K. Ishara (2015) Probing Molecular Interactions in Metal-Aβ Complexes and Supramolecular Coiled Coil Assemblies Using Electron Spin Resonance. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Saindon, Brent (2015) Reconfiguring Absence: Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Rhetorical Negotiation of Cultural Display. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

SUL, SOOKYUNG (2015) SYMMETRIES AND ASYMMETRIES IN SOFIA GUBAIDULINA’S QUASI HOQUETUS AND ODE TO BROKEN THINGS FOR CLARINET, CELLO AND PIANO. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Salim, Muhammad (2015) Contamination and Wettability: Rare Earth Oxides. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Steider, Katie J. (2015) Reported animal exposures and rabies testing in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 2013-2014. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Samuelsson, Laura B. (2015) Snoring and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Midlife Women: A Mechanistic Model of Snoring-Related Atherogenesis and Associations with C-Reactive Protein. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sivek, Amanda D (2015) Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Blood Damage Relevant to the Operation of Circulatory-Assist Devices. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Solomon, Luke (2015) A Transformerless PCB Based Medium-Voltage Multilevel Power Converter with A DC Capacitor Balancing Circuit and Algorithm. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sohn, Jihee (2015) The Role of Non-Myogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skeletal Muscle of Dystrophin/Utrophin Double Knockout Mice. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Shilpaa Mukundan, FNU (2015) NANOFIBROUS COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS OF POLY (ESTER AMIDES) WITH TUNABLE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND DEGRADATION PROPERTIES. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Soyka, Heather (2015) RECORDS AS FORCE MULTIPLIER: UNDERSTANDING THE RECORDS CONTINUUM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING THE ROLE OF RECORDS IN A COMMUNITY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Savol, Andrej J (2015) Spectral approaches for identifying kinetic features in molecular dynamics simulations of globular proteins. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sanchez Ortiz, Alvaro (2015) Mortality and costs from acute care surgical emergencies. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Simmonds, Daniel and Luna, Beatriz (2015) Protracted development of brain systems underlying working memory in adolescence: a longitudinal study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Stevens, Erica (2015) Characterization of microstructure, defects, and mechanical properties of additive manufactured nickel-base superalloys. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Stein, Chad (2015) The role of hnRNP H in the splicing response to genotoxic stress. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sullivan, Brooke (2015) STUDIES IN THE IMMUNE CONTROL OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 (HSV-1) LATENCY: THE ROLE OF CD4+ T CELLS AND IL-10 IN HSV-1 LATENCY. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Straney, Patrick J (2015) Sustainable Bottom-Up Synthesis of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Stokes, Paige (2015) Kindergarten in Pennsylvania: Decision Making in School Districts and the Effects of Current State Policies. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Singh, Satish (2015) Fundamental Study of Cationic Doped Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds and Coatings for Bone Tissue Engineering. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Smagula, Stephen (2015) Determinants of depressive symptom trajectories among older adults in community and treatment settings. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sundermann, Alexander (2015) Development of protocol for reduction in central line associated blood stream infections. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Satram, Archana (2015) Influence of behavioral exposures on microRNA regulation in HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sadtler, Patrick (2015) Investigating the neural basis of learning using brain-computer interfaces. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sciandra, Michael (2015) Communication Breakdown? Essays Examining Attention and Distraction in Technology Mediated Consumer Communications. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sperle, Lisa (2015) The Relationship between Attentional Processes and Social Referencing in Infants at High and Low Genetic Risk for Autism. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Treat, Anny (2015) THE ROLE OF NHERF1/EBP50 IN WNT SIGNALING IN THE EPITHELIUM. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tang, Yinuo (2015) THE VALUE OF PRODUCTIVITY IN EMERGING MARKET FIRMS’ CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITIONS OF DEVELOPED MARKET FIRMS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Talisa, Victor (2015) Effects of Medicare Part D plan switching on prescription drug expenditures: a longitudinal analysis using mixture models. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tabb, Kathryn (2015) Mad Errors: Associated Ideas, Enthusiasm, and Personal Identity in Locke. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Thomas, Meryl (2015) Syntheses and applications of small molecule inhibitors of miRNAs miR-21 and miR-122. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Townsend, Madeline (2015) Peru post-internal conflict: an analysis of visual representations of memory. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Thrane, Susan E (2015) Acceptability and Feasibility of Reiki for Symptom Management in Children Receiving Palliative Care. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tafaleng, Edgar N. (2015) Modeling the personalized variations in liver disease due to α1-antitrypsin deficiency using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tang, Yan (2015) Health care system, provider and patient predictors of prescribing quality and efficiency. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Talzhanov, Yerkebulan (2015) A new workflow of fetal DNA prediction from cell-free DNA in maternal plasma. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Taren, Adrienne A. (2015) Prefrontal Regulatory Mechanisms of Mindfulness and Stress Reduction and Links to Markers of Health. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Twinam, Tate (2015) The economics of zoning. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Thurheimer, Jennifer (2015) Examining Short- And Long-Term Effects Of Preconception Counseling Delivered During Adolescence on Risk-taking Behaviors, Condom use, and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Females with Type 1 Diabetes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Taborski, Sophia K. (2015) Not just for the birds: augury and archaic attic vase paintings. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tubito, Elizabeth (2015) Identity as a barrier to social services: stigmatization and resistance of the Irish Travellers. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Towheed, Atif (2015) Allotopic RNA expression strategy to rescue an endogenous mitochondrial ATP6[1] mutation in Drosophila. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Tchao, Jason (2015) Engineered Human Cardiac Tissue from Muscle Derived Stem Cells. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Udofa, Imaobong A (2015) Automatic Identification of the Scapular Border to Increase the Efficiency of Data Processing for the Freehand Three-Dimensional Ultrasound System. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Villanueva, Valerie (2015) Characterization of an unusual repressor encoded by mycobacteriophage BPs. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Velazquez, Enrique Israel (2015) Alternatives to relational databases in precision medicine: comparison of NOSQL approaches for big data storage using supercomputers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Vaidyanathan, Anusha (2015) Correlation between barriers to adherence and treatment satisfaction of hydroxyurea in individuals with sickle cell disease. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Varnell, Michelle (2015) THE EVALUATION OF SCAPULAR KINEMATICS AND MUSCULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCAPULAR STABILIZERS IN OVERHEAD ATHLETES PRESENTING WITH SCAPULAR DYSKINESIS COMPARED TO HEALTHY CONTROLS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Veres, Madalina Valeria (2015) Constructing Imperial Spaces: Habsburg Cartography in the Age of Enlightenment. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Vuletić, Miloš (2015) Ways of Appearing: Experience and its Phenomenology. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Vishnu, Abhishek (2015) Biomarkers and risk factors of atherosclerosis among middle-aged men in an international population-based study. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

VoPham, Trang (2015) Using GIS to link SEER-Medicare and California pesticide data: a population-based case-control study of pesticide exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma risk. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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WALSH, DUSTIN R (2015) DRUG TRANSPORTERS AND NHERF PDZ PROTEINS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wright, David J. (2015) THE PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION IN LIVE PERFORMANCE INTERACTION DESIGN: ALIGNING FLOWS OF INTENTIONALITY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wilson, Candice (2015) Unseen Femininity: Women in Japanese New Wave Cinema. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Tianxiu (2015) Competing risks regression under random signs censoring using pseudo-values. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wu, Yu-Kuang (2015) DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A SMARTPHONE VIRTUAL SEATING COACH APPLICATION TO FACILITATE POWERED SEAT FUNCTION USAGE FOR POWERED WHEELCHAIR USERS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Jing (2015) Development and Evaluation of an Assistive Prompting System for People with Traumatic Brain Injury. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Waller, Jennifer (2015) Peer Victimization and Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: The Role of Daily Emotional Functioning with Peers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Ping (2015) Phonological Prominence and Its Interaction with Tone in Chinese Dialects. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Whiston, Michael M. (2015) Development and Analysis of a Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Microturbine System. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wen, Wujie (2015) Error Characterization and Correction Techniques for Reliable STT-RAM Designs. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wong, Hei Ting (2015) Chinked-Out: Leehom Wang and Music of the Huaren Diaspora. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weaverling, G. Casey (2015) FAILURE TO LAUNCH: ATTACHMENT STYLES CAN PROMOTE SELF-REGULATORY ORIENTATIONS THAT RESULT IN PROCRASTINATION. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wongchokprasitti, Chirayu (2015) USING EXTERNAL SOURCES TO IMPROVE RESEARCH TALK RECOMMENDATION IN SMALL COMMUNITIES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

White, Jessica R. (2015) Depression and HIV infection: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wright, Jarrell (2015) Dancing before the Lord: Renaissance Ludics and Incarnational Discourse. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wu, Hong (2015) Essays in Experimental Economics and Corporate Finance. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wells, Martina (2015) "Schreiben was hier war" Beyond the Holocaust-Paradigm: (Re)Positionings of Jewish Self-Identity in German-Jewish Narratives Past and Present. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wood, Jesse (2015) Ventral Tegmental Area Neuronal Ensembles Accurately Encode Action Number. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wier, Gregory M. (2015) A new method for the orthogonal labeling and purification of Toxoplasma gondii proteins while inside of the host cell. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weinstein, Andrea (2015) Frontal-Striatal Functioning in Aging and Parkinson's Disease: The Role of Physical Activity. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Williams, Jessica K (2015) How could an effective podcast about alcohol use be designed and evaluated? A review of the literature. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Williams, Kelly (2015) Males as mentors: a qualitative assessment of volunteer recruitment. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wei, Yiwen (2015) The Influence of Calcium Infiltration on the Sintering Behavior and Dissolution of Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Rujia (2015) Constructing Reliable Super Dense Phase Change Memory under Write Disturbance. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Sen (2015) Numerical Simulation of the Tatara Bridge and its Aerodynamic Stability Optimization. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Williams-Candek, Maryellen (2015) Productive Disciplinary Engagement: Framework for Design. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wu, Zhaohong (2015) Processing relative clauses in context: what kind of priming from the preceding context is most effective? Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Waly, Salma (2015) Planting the Seeds of Change: Examining the Role of a Civic Organization in Teaching Youth about citizenship in Post-Revolutionary Egypt. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Dan (2015) TLR4-mediated calvarial bone repair: investigating its role and potential use for regenerative medicine. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wisnosky, Marc (2015) CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weber, Megan M (2015) SEQUENCING OF ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR BETA (ESRRB) AND ITS ROLE IN DENTAL CARIES EXPERIENCE. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Welter, Michele (2015) A CASE STUDY OF STATE TEACHER PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS SUPPORTING WORK WITH CHILDREN WITH CONDUCT DISORDER. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wagner, Shannon (2015) HOW PRINCIPALS OPERATIONALIZE THEIR BELIEFS IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wu, xiaodan (2015) High-Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Alloys in Gaseous Environments with Low-Oxygen and High-Sulfur Potentials. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Mengyu (2015) Computational Inverse Solution Strategies for Characterization of Localized Variations of Material Properties in Solids and Structures. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Shuang (2015) Computational Methods for Design of Smart Material Morphing Structures with Localized Activation and Actuation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weaver, Matthew, D. (2015) Fatigue, shift work characteristics, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Jiangwei (2015) In Situ Tem Study on the Nanomechanical Behaviors of Metallic Nanowires. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weng, Yu-Ting (2015) Statistical methods for fitting dengue disease models, and related issues. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wentworth Fournier, Chelsea (2015) Feasting and Food Security: Negotiating Infant and Child Feeding in Urban and Peri-Urban Vanuatu. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Walsh, Katharine (2015) Parturition and Print in Seventeenth-Century London. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wier, Adam D. (2015) Structural and functional characterization of Rtf1 and insight into its role in transcriptional regulation. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wuenschell, Jeffrey K. (2015) Trapping and Transport of Indirect Excitons in Coupled Quantum Wells. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wigginton, Rebecca (2015) Twilight States: Sleepwalking, Liminal Consciousness, and Sensational Selfhood in Victorian Literature and Culture. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Wang, Xin (2015) Radio Resource Virtualization in Cellular Networks. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Xue, Huichao (2015) Computational Models of Problems with Writing of English as a Second Language Learners. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Shushen (2015) Correlation coefficients between longitudinally measured markers in pediatric liver transplant candidates with biliary atresia. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Jia (2015) Low birthweight delivery and long term maternal cardiovascular health. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Haifeng (2015) A Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Network and Distributed Computing Engine for Commodity and Future Palmtop Computers. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Jieni (2015) PREPARATION OF PEG-DERIVATIZED PPMP AS A DUAL-FUNCTIONAL CARRIER FOR ANTICANCER DRUGS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

XUE, TAO (2015) Spatiotemporal modeling of air pollutants and their health effects in the Pittsburgh region. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xie, Qiaoyun and Wosu, Sylvanus N (2015) CHARACTERIZATION of HIGH STRAIN RATE BEHAVIOR of TAC/CNTs/SIC CMCs PREPARED by SPARK PLASMA SINTERING. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xin, Wei (2015) Determining the Environmental Benefits of Adaptive Signal Control Systems using Simulation Models. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Xiaomeng (2015) Chemogenomics Knowledgebase and Systems Pharmacology for Hallucinogen Target Identification -Salvinorin A as a Case Study. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xu, Lina (2015) A Novel Moving Boundary Condition Based on Chapman-Enskog Expansion with the Lattice Boltzmann Method. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xie, Jiafeng (2015) Novel Single and Hybrid Finite Field Multipliers over GF(2m) for Emerging Cryptographic Systems. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xiao, Jianan (2015) OPTICAL SCATTERING AND SENSITIZATION OF TIO2 NANOWIRES COATED WITH PBS SHELL. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xie, Li (2015) Chemotaxis in marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xiong, Wenting (2015) Helpfulness Guided Review Summarization. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Xing, Yin (2015) Theoretical and Experimental Explorations of Charge Transfer in Small Molecules and Peptide Nucleic Acids. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Yabroudi, Mohammad Abdulla (2015) RETURN TO SPORTS ACTIVITY AND PARTICIPATION AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) RECONSTRUCTION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

YEO, JUNGWON (2015) COLLECTIVE ACTION SYSTEMS IN IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM POLICY AND PRACTICE: COMPLEXITY AND DYNAMICS OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Yuan, Junqi (2015) Mini-/Micro-Scale Free Surface Propulsion. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Yahui, Yang (2015) Preferential Oxidation of H2 - CH4 Mixtures on Nickel-Silica Based Core-Shell Catalysts. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Yang, Xiaole (2015) CRC Platform: A Colorectal Cancer Domain-specific Chemogenomics Knowledgebase for Polypharmacology and Target Identification Research. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ye, Lei (2015) Semiparametric estimation procedures using local polynomial smoothing for inconsistently measured longitudinal data. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Youwei, Xie (2015) Exploring the Synthetic Application of Allylic Alcohol Isomerization. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Yu, Daihua (2015) AN INVESTIGATION OF USER INTERFACE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MOBILE HEALTH SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEXTERITY IMPAIRMENTS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Zegarra, Emilio (2015) IMPROVING PEER LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN STEM COURSES VIA PATTERN BASED GRAPH VISUALIZATION. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhou, Miao (2015) Shared Resource Management for Non-Volatile Asymmetric Memory. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zeng, Zhen (2015) A pipeline for classifying close family relationships with dense SNP data and putative pedigree information. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Peng (2015) RATIONAL DESIGN OF NANOCARRIERS WITH ENHANCED CARRIER-DRUG INTERACTION FOR IMPROVED CANCER THERAPY. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhen , Chen (2015) Impact of Ride-Sourcing Services on Travel Habits and Transportation Planning. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhu, Yaqun (2015) Quantum Chemistry Modeling of Homogeneous First-Row Transition Metal Catalysis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Jie (2015) A Unified Viscoelasto-Plastic Damage Model for Long-Term Performance of Prestressed Concrete Box Girders. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Hongfei (2015) POSACONAZOLE PHARMACOKINETICS IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECEIPIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CYSTIC FIBROSIS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zheng, Yaguang (2015) ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED SELF-WEIGHING IN BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT FOR WEIGHT LOSS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zamboni, Beth A (2015) TWISTed survival: identifying surrogate endpoints for mortality using QTWIST and conditional disease free survival. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zaccard, Colleen R. (2015) Tunneling nanotube networks in dendritic cell communication and HIV-1 trans-infection. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Xi (2015) The Effect of Internal Migration on Regional Inequality in China: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Chen (2015) PEPTIDE-BASED METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AND CONTROLLING THE MORPHOLOGIES, METRICS, AND PROPERTIES OF GOLD NANOPARTICLE SUPERSTRUCTURES. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zweiacker, Kai (2015) In-situ TEM Investigation of Rapid Solidification of Aluminum and Aluminum Copper Alloys. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Xuande (2015) A Line-Focus Transducer System for Property Characterization of Materials Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Tieyuan (2015) Origin and Fate of Radium in Flowback and Produced Water from Marcellus Shale Gas Exploration. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhao, Yujuan (2015) Radio Frequency Antenna Designs and Methodologies for Human Brain Computer Interface and Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zamani, Payam (2015) Comparing 3D & 2D Facial Photography to Clinical Facial Form Analysis for Orthodontic Diagnosis. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhang, Minmin (2015) Multi-Sensor Inertial Measurement System for Analysis of Sports Motion. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zhai, Zu Wei (2015) THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT TO PARENTS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Zwier, Karen (2015) Interventionist Causation in Physical Science. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)