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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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A Multimodal Approach to Materials Design for Next Generation Energy Storage Systems, Alyson Abraham

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Variational Principles in Statistical Mechanics and their Application in Biology and Evolution, Luca Agozzino

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Tool-Assisted Induction of Subregular Languages and Mappings, Alena Aksenova

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Detecting Smart Home Activity Through Network Traffic Signatures, Sayali Anil Alatkar

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Optimal Signature Searching, Abdulaziz Alqarni

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Physiological and Molecular Traits Associated with Resilience to Ocean Acidification in Crassostrea Virginica, Michelle Barbosa

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Multiscale Structural Shape and Topology Optimization via a Variational Parametric Level Set Framework, Long Jiang

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Neuregulin 1 Nuclear Signaling is Important for Postnatal Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Neuronal Development, Alice Jone

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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The Left Hand of Darkness: Perspectives of Truth, Vivien M Abraham

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The Positive Mass Theorem with Charge Outside Horizon(s), Robert Abramovic

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Differences in the Analysis of Privatization of Resources in Three Different Disciplines, Theresa Josephine Amendola

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Structural Investigations of Polymeric Nanomaterials, Deborah Ann Barkley

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Interactivity: Creating Shared Experiences, Jasna Boudard

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Revitalizing the Canon of Memory in English Language Arts Classrooms Through Memory-Based Learning, Lizabeth Calo

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Visual Analytics for Relation Discovery in Multivariate Data, Shenghui Cheng

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Investigation and Parameterization of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Using Cloud Parcel Model and Observations, Jingyi Chen

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Studies of Renormalization-Group Flows in Quantum Field Theories, Gongjun Choi

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Predictability of Snow Multi-Bands in the Cyclone Comma Head Using a 40-Member WRF Ensemble, Ryan Connelly

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Identifying Small Molecule Inhibitors of Sts-1HP for the Prevention of Systemic Candidiasis, Brian Michael Coyne

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Conflict and Compromise: An Interpretation of the Cultural Identity of Westernized Chinese in Western Concessions, Le Dai

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Dividing Sense from Sense: German Post-War Avant-Garde Music and the Politics of Listening, Benjamin Michael Downs

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Queering the Andean Mystics: Represiones, subversiones y deseos en las prácticas religiosas de la América colonial (Perú, siglos XVI-XVII), Pilar Espitia

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Coexist, Karine Falleni

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MicroRNA as Biomarkers and Therapeutics in Colon Cancer, Andrew Fesler

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A Closer Examination of Stress: Early Life, Genetics, and Physiology, Nia Fogelman

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Lagrangian correspondences and functors in wrapped Floer theory, Yuan Gao

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Advancing planetary exploration using infrared remote sensing and spectroscopy, from the fundamentals of light scattering models to geological field expeditions, Ito Gen

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The Diverse Roles of FGF signaling in Posterior Body Development, Hana Goto

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Interactive effects of estuarine stressors on early life-stage marine shellfish and finfish, Andrew Griffith

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Early History of Earth Science Education in New York State (1865-1910), Catherine M Hantz

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Adherence to the Strong Black Woman Archetype and Sexual Agency: An Intersectional Exploration of Sexual Assertiveness, towards deconstructing Black Women’s Sexual Health, Jalana Shereese Harris

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Recorded Objects: Time Based, Technologically Reproducible Art, 1954-1964, Gerald J. Hartnett

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World Society and Bilateral Foreign Aid: World Society’s Impact on Energy Sector Aid and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Kent E. Henderson

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Mobility-as-Occupation: Justice Manoeuvres and Negotiations in T&T, Sylette Thandi Adele Henry-Buckmire

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The Role of Krüppel-like Factor 5 in the Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Ping He

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Assessment of hydrodynamic changes in the Great South Bay after breaching during Hurricane Sandy, Claudia Hinrichs

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“I didn’t know my own ways”: Reconstructing Native American Individual and Communal Identity through Sense of Place, Nancy Hoang

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A Two-Step Markdown Pricing Model with the Presence of Multi-class Strategic Customers and an Extra Reservation Channel, Cheng Huang

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Ordered Membrane Domain-Forming Properties of the Lipids in Membranes of Pathogenic Bacteria, Zhen Huang

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Nothing Never Happens: Adventures in Narrativity, Daniel J. Irving

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“To Such a Tender Ball as th’Eye Confin’d”: Disability and the Instability of Authority in Milton’s Samson Agonistes, Ashley Lynn Johnson

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The Quark Gluon Plasma probed by Low Momentum Direct Photons in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62.4 GeV and $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 39 GeV beam energies, Vladimir Khachatryan

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Quantitative Understanding of NOx Adsorption on Concrete, Seunghee Kim

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Tempered Stable Credit Risk Models, Sung Ik Kim

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Information Geometry and Dimensionality Reduction, Chi Kong

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Tell Me What You Think: Leveraging Open-Ended Measures in Political Psychology, Patrick Willi Kraft

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Investigating the effect of habitat type on foraging efficiency, Rebecca Elise Kulp

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Location decisions, housing markets and the macroeconomy, Bo Li

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Synthesis of Precision Copolymers based on Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (AROMP), Guofang Li

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Cognitive Architecture for Circuit Design Innovation with Topological Feature Extraction and Causal Information Mining, Hao Li

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Surface Foliation and Graph Ricci Flow: Computational Methods and Applications, Yu-Yao Lin

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Mechanics of 3D Printed Architected Materials: Design, Modeling and Testing, Tiantian Li

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Mechanistic Understanding and Catalyst Optimization for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solution: A Density Functional Theory and Kinetic Monte Carlo Study, Shizhong Liu

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Low Voltage Clocking Methodologies for Nanoscale ICs, Weicheng Liu

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Finite Element Model for Brittle Fracture and Fragmentation, Wei Li

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Macrocycles as Hosts: A Strategy to Isolate and Deiodinate Poly(diiododiacetylene) to Form Carbyne, Daniel M. Lux

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Distribution Shifts Associated with Changing Environmental Parameters in Two Demersal Species: Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata), Emily Hannah Markowitz

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On the Arithmetic of low degree Weighted Complete Intersections, Cristian Minoccheri

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Renormalization of electronic properties of semiconductors from electron-phonon interaction, Juan Pablo Paul Nery

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Measurement of the High Energy Astrophysical Neutrino Flux Using Electron and Tau Neutrinos Observed in Four Years of IceCube Data, Hans Martin Niederhausen

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All Alone: A Study of Isolated Chemistry Teachers in New York State, Linda Padwa

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Expanding Application of Unmodified ?- and ?-cyclodextrin in Preparing Asymmetric Vesicles, Sunjae Park

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The Last Emancipation: Rio de Janeiro and the Atlantic History of Slavery and Abolition, 1880-1900, Sergio Pinto-Handler

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Discrete Ricci Curvature for the Analysis of Biological Networks, Maryam Pouryahya

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A Novel Semi-Synthetic-GlycosAminoglycan Ether (SAGE) attenuates local and systemic inflammation associated with Periodontitis and Diabetes, Veena Raja

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Dendritic Establishment in Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons: Role of Somatic Golgi Apparatus Positioning, Sneha Bharat Rao

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Transformative Memory, (Un)Truths, and the Politicization of Female Bodies in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy, Caterina Maria Reed

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Sin3b is not required for normal cell proliferation in D. Rerio, Ryan Salerno-Eichenholz

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Distinct requirements for extracellular and intracellular MMP12 in the development of the adult V-SVZ neural stem cell niche, Xiwei Shan

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Investigations into the Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Conjugated Polymers Prepared by ipso-Arylative Cross-coupling, Feng-Yang Shih

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The Effects of Particle Size and Albedo on Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for the Moon, Katherine Shirley

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The Production of Hypermobility: Digital Media and Science Fiction Television in the Long 1990s, Brent Martin Smith-Casanueva

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Sphingolipid Flux: a New Flow to Static Ideas, Justin Michael Snider

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The Evolutionary Life of Walt Whitman as Told Through Photography, Ryan Matthew Stears

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Layer Thickness-Dependent Transition in the Deformation Mechanism of Ni-W Amorphous-Crystalline Nanolaminates, Andrew Timothy Sullivan

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Computational Methods for Immersive Perception, Qi Sun

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Individual differences in reward sensitivity: Measurement, context-dependency, and decision making, Elizabeth Trimber

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Generating Temporal Action Proposals in Long Untrimmed Videos, Pratik Vaishnavi

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Characterization of Trophic Relationships of Upper and Mid-Trophic Level Grouper Species (F. Serranidae) on the Belize Barrier Reef and a Comparison of Regional Reserve Effects, Jasmine Renee Valentin-Albanese

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Teachers' Beliefs About the Purpose of Education in a High-Stakes Testing Environment, Kristina Marie Veselak

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Understanding Nitrogen Uptake in the Rhizosphere of a Mycorrhizal Fungus and Plant System, Tiffany Whitney Victor

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GaSb-based type-I quantum well tunable diode lasers for spectral range above 3 µm, Meng Wang

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Longitudinal Learning Dynamics and the Conceptual Restructuring of Evolutionary Understanding, XIAOYING WANG

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Adaptive Lagrangian Particle Algorithms for Partial Differential Equations and Applications, Xingyu Wang

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Los Ojos de Chavez: The Gaze and Venezuelan National Identity, Matthew Ward

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Universal Synchrony Music: Telematic Composition for Twelve Performers and Conductor, Sarah Rose Weaver

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On Being at Home in the Modern World: Hegel, Individuality, and Literature, Patrick Welsh

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Making the Most of the Margins: Research-Based Suggestions for Effective Teacher Commentary on Student Writing, Brooke Marie Wheeler

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A TFIID-SAGA perturbation that targets MYB and suppresses acute myeloid leukemia, Yali Xu

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Systemic Risk Indicators Based on Nonlinear Model, Xingxing Ye

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Organic Field Effect Transistor using Electrospun Nanofibers with Conjugated Blends, Yifan Yin

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The Analysis Of The Meniscus In The Rayleigh-Taylor Mixing, Hao Zhang

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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Modified Semiconductor Photocatalysts Prepared by Different Methods, Yan Zheng

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Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in a Warmer Climate, Xin For Zhou

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The Role of Age in Shear-Induced Platelet Activation: A Comparison of Neonatal Cord and Adult Platelets, Amanda Marie Zigomalas

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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Low-Income, First Generation Students’ Transition to and Perceptions of Community College, Matthew John Zisel

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Ephemeral Literature and Liberties: Early American Periodicals and the Development of American Identities, Scott Zukowski

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Learner Analytics Patterns of Online Students’ Interactions with Course Contents—Impacts on Student Outcomes, and Usefulness for Predictive Models to Optimize Student Outcomes in Online Courses in Blackboard Learn Learning Management System of Stony Brook University’s School of Professional Devt., Oluwakayode Chidebem Victor Adebowale

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Deep Learning in Attention Networks, Hossein Adeli Jelodar

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Characterization of the composition of Corexit Oil Spill Dispersants and Sorption of the anionic Surfactant dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DOSS) to marine Sediments, Benedette Adewale