This collection includes theses and dissertations from the University of Louisville. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Scheduling procedures for a family practice doctor's office., Gabriel Barron

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Partial vs. full support of the heart with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device : implications for myocardial recovery., Carlo Renato G. Bartoli

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Profile of systemic treatment with the antiviral lectin Griffithsin in guinea pigs., Christopher Lynn Barton 1976-

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Unsupervised and semi-supervised clustering with learnable cluster dependent kernels., Ouiem Bchir 1978-

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Identifying predictors of social functioning in college students : a meta-analysis., Jennifer Blair Beard

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Examining the mismatch between the training and assessment of band and orchestra conductors in Michigan., Eric A. Becher

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Functionalized nanoparticles for AMF-induced gene and drug delivery., Souvik Biswas

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The relationship between staff nurse perception of nurse manager leadership behavior and staff nurse job satisfaction in a hospital applying for magnet recognition status., Lorraine B. Bormann

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Mechanistic insights into copper-induced regression of heart hypertrophy., Katherine Bourcy

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Motor observation, motor performance, and motor imagery : an ERP study., Eric Brian

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Identification and biochemical characterization of the CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS type III secretion chaperone, SLC1, and its role in the translocation of the invasion-associated effector TARP., Amanda J. Brinkworth

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Hydrolysis of concentrated dilute base pretreated biomass slurries., Gregory A. Brockmann 1987-

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Delinquency : a trajectory analysis of African-American males., Wyatt Brown 1985-

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The barriers and enabling factors to public health advocacy skills in Kentucky local health departments., Joan Buchar

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The impact of using technology on student achievement : teaching functions with the TI-Nspire to 9th grade algebra students., Barbara Renee Buckner 1973-

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Neutral magnesium as a probe of high column density QSO absorbers., Joseph N. Burchett

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Analyzing common algebra-related misconceptions and errors of middle school students., Sarah B. Bush

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Generational differences in perceived lip protrusion esthetics., David Butler 1979-

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Turning the key to success : an examination of the mathematics attitudes of African American elementary students., Dericka Denise Canada

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Prevention and treatment of lung cancer by green tea polyphenols., Pengxiao Cao

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Examining teachers' perceptions of psychological gender and leadership behavior of principals in public elementary schools., Brittany D. Carpenter

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Application of microfabrication in electrochemical sensing., Susan Carroll

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Addressing identity/redressing the museum., Sarah Guadalupe Cassidy

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Demography of the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) in the central region of Thailand., Apinya Chaitae 1977-

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Fluid dynamic analysis of flow in orbiting dishes and the effects of flow on shear stress and endothelial cellular responses., Amlan Chakraborty 1976-

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Adenovirus-induced cyclin E activates CDK2 for virus replication., Pei-Hsin Cheng 1983-

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Numerical simulation of the aerodynamic performance of an H-rotor., Yan Chen

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Tumor-targeting aptamers for the treatment of prostate cancer., Enid W. Choi

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Interproximal reducation in conjunction with plastic aligner therapy : a retrospective pilot study., Adam Chorak

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An investigation of a middle-high school system as a learning organization during the implementation of a grade eight to grade nine transition program., Carol Jean Christian

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Age-associated periodontal bone loss in normal and TLR2- or MyD88-deficient mice., Paul A. Ciero 1986-

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The madness is catching : transsexuality and the Cartesian subject., Andrew Edward Clark 1986-

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Lieb-, Lied- und Weines Trunkenheit : interrelationships in Hugo Wolf's "Schenkenbuch" Lieder., Theresa Luebbers Cole

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The beta-2 adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and risk of breast cancer among hispanic and non-hispanic white women from the 4-corners breast cancer study : a population-based case-control examination., Avonne Elish Connor

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Expression pattern of CD2AP in the intact and collaterally sprouting nervous system., Sarah Elizabeth Claypool Couch 1987-

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Survey of pediatric residents regarding communication disorders and augmentative and alternative communication., Karen J. Coulter

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Increased production capabilities by job rotation through simulation., Scott Douglas Cramer

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Patient perspective post-orthognathic surgery., Jessica Tunstill Crews

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Three essays on the influence of formal institutions on entrepreneurship., Michael David Crum

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The development of deviant behavior in adolescents : the influence of student characteristics and school climate., Jessica Damron-Bell

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Electrochemically-fabricated metal nanostructures for sensing, resistive switching, Raman enhancement, and making contact to molecular junctions., Radhika Dasari

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The collective affiliation of community college, commuter and distance education students : developmental math and dropout., Jeffrey Cody Davidson

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Achievement motivation and self-evaluative emotions in preschool children from low-income families., Crystal A. Day

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A study of the behavior of veneer wall systems in medium rise buildings under seismic loads., Niranjan Desai 1979-

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Rational design of mesoporous gallium oxide and gallium-based mixed oxide catalysts., Chinmay A. Deshmane

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How collaborative the collaboration? : assessing the collaboration of services for juvenile offenders., James G. Dickerson

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Histone deacetylase inhibition-mediated cytotoxicity of oligodendrocytes., Toros Ali Dincman 1982-

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Comparison of two orthodontic indirect bonding methods., Gary D. Dixon

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Design, characterization and testing of a thin-film microelectrode array and signal conditioning microchip for high spatial resolution surface laplacian measurement., Huihang Dong 1980-

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Gyorgy Kurtag's Kafka Fragments, OP. 24 : fragment as form., Kaitlin Doyle

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Pattern play : pieced works on paper., Gweneth A. Dunleavy 1954-

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Coronal loop detection from solar images and extraction of salient contour groups from cluttered images., Nurcan Durak

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Execution ritual : media representations of execution and the social construction of public opinion regarding the death penalty., Emilie Dyer 1987-

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Priest, prophet, pilgrim : types and distortions of spiritual vocation in the fiction of Wendell Berry and Cormac McCarthy., Todd Edmondson

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A multi-objective decision support system for worker-task assignments and workforce training., Brandon B. Elmes

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Reconciliation of IL-1ß loss with TRIF-biased TLR4 signaling by monophosphate lipid A., Chelsea A. Embry

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Quidam homo est asinus : the originality and influence of Peter Abelard upon Medieval thought., Timothy Ernst 1982-

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Age-associated changes in innate immunity and their impacts on inflammatory disease., Mehmet Akif Eskan

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Lessons from the journey : developing and applying an actor's process through embodying "Uncle Peck" in How I learned to drive., K. Obadiah Ewing-Roush

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Methods and software for nonparametric estimation in multistate models., Amanda Nicole Ferguson

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Quantification of vascular perfusion in the spinal cord after injury., Ruthie S. Fligor

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Social-emotional behaviors in African-American toddlers : the role of risk and protective factors., Paulette Flores 1970-

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Teenage pharmapocalypse? : an exploratory examination of prescription drug abuse., Lorin Brooke Friley

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Comparing engagement : predicting African American student success at predominately white institutions and historically black colleges and universities., Christian A. Gamm

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The effect of a communication protocol implementation on nurse/physician collaboration and communication., Jacqueline Carter Gerard 1948-

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The effect of trust in leader on job satisfaction and intent to leave present job in the context of the nursing profession., William David Gibson

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Root coverage comparing acellular dermal matrix to connective tissue graft using the coronally positioned tunnel technique., Marie-Eve Girouard

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Noir ontology : existing in the fragmented spaces of Los Angeles., Jacob Andrew Goessling

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Validation of an instructional observation instrument for teaching English as a foreign language in Spain., Maria Gómez-García

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Analysis of trauma symptomology, trauma-informed care, and student-teacher relationships in a residential treatment center for female adolescents., Amy Backert Gonshak

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Predictors of intent to stay for hourly employees in the fast food industry., Kathleen Gosser

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Leo Wrye Zimmerman : return to Main Street., McKenna Graham

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Louisville-Jefferson County police consolidation : officers' perception of organizational justice., Joseph Sterling Grant 1962-

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That terrifying center : poetry, language, and embodied subjectivities., Yalonda J. D. Green 1980-

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Effect of complement C5a in tumor progression and the local tumor microenvironment., Lacey Jo Gunn

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Sound image and organic form in Höller's "Regen-Kanon" (Sphären, IV)., Adriana Guzman 1977-

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Attaining the church universal : imagination, popular theology, and ecumenism in the ministry of S. Parkes Cadman, 1920-1936., James C. Hall 1986-

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Using simulation techniques to improve the client flow of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services., Russell Edward Harpring

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Clustering digital ink content to assist with the grading of student work., Jared Hatfield

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High dynamic range imaging for the detection of motion., Jeffrey Robert Hay

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Counter-Reformation agenda in the paintings of the Virgin Mary., Sharon Lynne Heaphy 1987-

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They are in silence : refugee women's narratives., Erin Elizabeth Herbert

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An examination of teacher instruction and student engagement involving adolescents with and without challenging behavior., Regina Gilkey Hirn

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Assistive technology use by Kentucky students with visual impairments., David Hume 1956-

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RPM and flow modulation for a continuous flow left ventricular assist device to increase vascular pulsatility : a computer simulation, mock circulation, and in-vivo animal study., Mickey S. Ising

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Image annotation and retrieval based on multi-modal feature clustering and similarity propagation., Mohamed Maher Ben Ismail 1979-

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The lived experience of mothering during incarceration., Barbara M. Jackson

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Embodied consciousness in non-fiction illness narratives : a phenomenological-sociological approach., Kathryn A. Jacobi

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Mixed-effects models for modeling cardiac functions and treatment effects., Hyejeong Jang

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Power in plaster : the installation of stuccowork during the late antique and early Byzantine periods., Kaelin Merritt Jewell

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Early detection and control of potential pandemics., Shengpeng Jin

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Avoiding, pretending, and querying : three combinatorial problems., Adam S. Jobson

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The regulatory function of social referencing in preschoolers with Down syndrome or Williams syndrome., Angela E. John

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Principals' leadership behaviors as perceived by teachers in at-risk middle schools., R. Anthony Johnson 1970-

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A variable duty cycle maximum power point tracking algorithm for wind energy conversion systems., George Joseph 1988-

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Aerobic and anaerobic performance changes following three training phases in men's soccer players., Tony Jouaux

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A forward dynamics simulation study of increasing load on the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee, for young women performing recreational drop jump activities., Julia Kar

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Using principal component analysis for early fault detection in Louisville water distribution system., Kevin M. Kastensmidt

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Worry in children : proposal and test of a cognitive model., Sarah Jane Kertz

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The nature of anisotropy in gain control pools., Yeon Jin Kim