Jacoba S. Incollingo Journalism Studies User Engagement with the Mobile News Content of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News
Alan W. Leslie Entomology Diversity of Burrowing Benthic Invertebrates and Their Impact on Phosphorus Dynamics in Agricultural Drainage Ditches
Douglas S. Ishii American Studies Dissembling Diversities: On “Middled” Asian-Pacific American Activism and the Racialization of Sophistication
M.D. Leveridge Civil Engineering Managing Risk Assessment Stakeholder Engagement Processes: A Case Study
Zheng Jia Mechanical Engineering Failure Mechanics of Functional Nanostructures in Advanced Technologies
Taylor H. Lewis Survey Methodology Testing for Phase Capacity in Surveys with Multiple Waves of Non-respondent Follow-Up
Luke A. Johnson Physics Interaction of Intense Laser Pulses with Gas for Two-Color THz Generation and Remote Magnetometry Cathodes
Meng Li Food Science Combined Effects of Sunlight and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Dietary Antioxidants and Food Colors
Chandria D. Jones Behavioral and Community Health Exploring Childhood Obesity Through Multiple Levels of Influence: An Examination of the Social and Environmental Context for Healthy Weight Among Minority Youth and Parents
Tongyun Li Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation Different Approaches to Covariate Inclusion in the Mixture Rasch Model
Rebecca S. Just Biological Sciences The Forensic Mitochondrial DNA Horizon: Laying the Foundation to Extend Typing Efforts to the Full Mitochondrial Genome Kanishka Kacker Agricultural Economics Pricing Arrangements in U.S. Coal Supply Contracts Tarandeep S. Kalra Aerospace Engineering CFD Modeling and Analysis of Rotor Wake in Hover Interacting with a Ground Plane
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Alexandra S. List Human Development Modeling Multiple Source Use: Using Learner Characteristics and Source Use Behaviors to Predict Response Quality Jiayu Liu Civil Engineering Field Evaluation of Enhanced Phosphorus and Nitrogen Removal in Stormwater Control Measures David M. Logan Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences Subtask Control in Human Locomotion
Argyro Kavvada Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Atlantic Multidecadel Variability: Surface and Subsurface Thermocline Structure and Hydroclimate Impacts
Marjorie D. Lope International Education Policy Perceptions of Global Mindedness in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme: The Relationship to Student Academic Performance and Teacher Characteristics
Ashwin K. Kayyoor Computer Science Minimizing Resource Consumption Through Workload Consolidation in Large- Scale Distributed Data Platforms
Amanda C. Mahle Biochemistry Utilization of Functionalized Catanionic Surfactant Vesicles to Investigate ProteinGlycan Interactions
Yakov Kronrod Linguistics Bayesian Model of Categorical Effects in L1, L2 Speech Perception
Ioannis Markou Mathematics A Fokker-Planck Study Motivated by a Problem in Fluid-Particle Interactions
Wai L. Ku Physics Large Systems of Many Interconnected Dynamics Units: Gene Network Inference, Epigenetic Heritability and Emergent Behavior in Oscillator Systems
Mauri Matsuda Criminology and Criminal Justice Exploring the Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Children’s Development of Problem Behaviors through a Dynamic Lens
Yen-Ming M. Lai Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation Optimal Space-Time-Frequency Design of Microphone Networks
William F. McConville Physics Investigating the Origin of Gamma-Ray Emission in Non-Glazar AGN with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Dong-Yoon Lee Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences The Effects of Oxygen Transition on Community Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling in a Seasonally Stratified Anoxic Estuary
Richard J. Medellin Higher Education Predictors of Bachelor’s Degree Completion and the Returns to College Student Employment: An Application of Propensity Score Matching
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Kimberly C. Mitchell Behavioral and Community Health Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Toward West Nile Virus Prevention Among Adults > 60 Years Old in Maryland: An Application of the Health Belief Model Sunil Mittal Electrical Engineering Topological Edge States in Silicon Photonics Ronald L. Mower Kinesiology Fitness Philanthropy, Failed States and Physical Cultural Fissures: The Problem of Addressing “Urban” Youth in Baltimore Charles W. Mueller Biochemistry Biological Characterization of Two DNA Metabolism Enzymes in Deinococus Radiodurans Sharmishtha Musalgaonkar Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Ribosome in the Balance: Structural Equilibrium Ensures Translation Fidelity and Proper Gene Expression Kanna Nakamura Mathematics Evolution of Faceted Crystal Surfaces: Modeling and Analysis Eduardo A. Nakasone Agricultural Economics The Role of Price Information in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from Rural Peru Paris N. Nero Engineering Materials In Situ Manipulation of Magnetization via Direct Mechanical Interaction in Magnetostrictive Thin Films Alexander P. Otruba Government and Politics A Tale of Two Modernities: A Liberal Alternative from Vico to Havel Yali Pan International Education Policy Transcendence of Time and Space: The Lived Experience of Chinese International Graduate Students in the United States Kevin J. Pedro Physics Search for Pair Production of ThirdGeneration Scalar Leptoquarks and R-Parity Violating Top Squarks in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s)=8 TeV Hongtao Qiao Mechanical Engineering Transient Modeling of Two-Stage and Variable Refrigerant Flow Vapor Compression Systems with Frosting and Defrosting Scott Racek Government and Politics Public Option and the Roberts Court Brock R. Russell Physics X-Ray Astrophysics: Thermal Conductivity in Intracluster Gas in Clusters of Galaxies and Placing Limits on Progenitor Systems of Type Ia Supernovae