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 2022

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Assessing citizen attitudes towards climate change, renewable energy, and solar development in Kentucky., Ryan Patrick Lloyd

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A mesonet-based analysis of severe convective winds in west Texas., Quint Long

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Translating particulate hexavalent chromium-induced chromosome instability from human lung cells to experimental animals, human lung tumors and whale cells., Haiyan Lu

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Effects of monovalent and divalent ions in factor xiii activation and crosslinking., Richard Laporca Lumata

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The combined benefits of dispositional mindfulness and trait self-compassion as potential buffers of the effects of perceived stress on sleep quality in college-aged young adults., Jackie Ma

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Additive manufacturing of aluminum alloy by metal fused filament fabrication (MF3)., Luke J. Malone

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Optimal scheduling of connected and autonomous vehicles at a reservation-based intersection., Muting Ma

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A computational model of the line-1 retrotransposon life cycle and visualization of metabolic networks in 3-dimensions., Michael D. Martin

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The effect of volatile organic compounds on endothelial function and atherogenesis., Samantha McFall

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The impact of sea-level rise in numerically modeled landfalling hurricanes: Katrina and the gulf coast., Serenity Nadirah Mercuri

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Pediatric oncology social work job analysis., Alyssa Ashlyn Middleton

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A modeling platform to predict cancer survival and therapy outcomes using tumor tissue derived metabolomics data., Hunter Allan Miller

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Re-engineering cardio-oncology testing using biomimetic heart slice cultures., Jessica Miller

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Effects of sizing agents on mechanical properties of carbon fiber–polymer composites via fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing., Benjamin D. Mitchell

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Machine learning analysis of acoustic attenuation measurements for cellular characterization., John T. Moore

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Development and novel applications of halogenating agents., Sagar Ravso Mudshinge

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Ideas in communities: a micro-perspective on entrepreneurial ecosystems., Malcolm Muhammad

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The role of generative adversarial networks in bioimage analysis and computational diagnostics., Ahmed Naglah

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Sustainable nanocatalysis in water for C–C and C–N Cross-Couplings., Tharique Ahammed Ansari Nalakath

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The water we were swimming in: transgender and gender nonconforming students' lived experiences in engineering., Natalie Saroff Oliner

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Understanding racial disparate treatment of juvenile interpersonal violent offenders in the juvenile justice system using focal concerns theory., Suzanne Overstreet

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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans exploits and modulates the immune response by human neutrophils for survival in the anaerobic environment., Hazel Ozuna

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Acoustofluidic delivery of gene editing compounds for improved immunotherapy processing., Riyakumari K. Patel

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Factors influencing American Indian adolescents' abstention and desistance from drug usage., Ruben Olegovich Pavlov

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"I am who I am": LGBTQ+ student experiences at a Baptist liberal arts University., Edwin Pavy

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Findings and understandings of 'home': an Ethnographic study of how homeless people and displaced persons negotiate the word 'home'., Abby F Perez

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Functional role of PPAL and potential for moss in industrial applications., Susana Perez Martinez

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Development and applications of a sensor for measurement of different modes of heat transfer on foods in a residential oven., Kervins Petit-Bois

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Increasing self-determination skill through behavioral skills training for individuals with extensive support needs to examine reversible contraceptive choices., Jennifer Pollard

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Authentically (un)real assessing VH!'s basketball wives and its violent & colorist portrayals of black women., Wilma Denae Powell

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Fluid structure interactions within a common rail diesel injector., Russell Prater

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Beyond a divide: reconceptualizing digital capital and links to academic proficiency., Ryan Price

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Development of porous solid acid catalysts for lignocellulose and plastic upcycling., Mohammad Shahinur Rahaman

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Voltage-gated potassium channel dependent mechanisms of cardiovascular adaptation to chronic exercise., Sean Raph

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Motivations of division I student-athletes to participate in strength and conditioning programs., Liza Reader

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Protest-related tear gas exposure and menstrual function, Emily Kathleen (Steinmetz) Reece

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Tobacco-derived aldehydes, platelets, and thrombogenicity: role of transient receptor potential ankyrin-1., Andre D. Richardson

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A new direction for public understanding of science: toward a participant-centered model of science engagement., Christopher Rickels

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Ecological differences in the associations between air pollution, greenness, and risk of stroke: The REGARDS study., Daniel W. Riggs

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Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on students' academic engagement, frequency of disruptive behavior, and overall mood states., Leah Riggs

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Forecasting hypotension by learning from multivariate mixed responses.., Jodie Ritter

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Barriers and opportunities to sustainable urban agriculture: the case of Louisville, Kentucky., Sait Sarr

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Progymnasmata and practicality: classical composition in the contemporary classroom., Chelsea Murray Schaper

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The role of obesity in macrophage-mediated mechanisms promoting early-onset colon cancer., Katharina Marietta Scheurlen

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Factors affecting quality of life and asthma control in older adults with asthma., Karen Schuckmann

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Plant-pollinator communities responsive to local and landscape level factors in grassland restorations., Aaron Sexton

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Definitions and depictions of rhetorical practice in medieval English Fürstenspiegel., Joseph Ethan Blaine Sharp

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Role of machine learning in early diagnosis of kidney diseases., Mohamed Nazih Mohamed Ibrahim Shehata

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As above, so below: magical poetics and queer alchemy & a planetary spell.., Robert Eric Shoemaker

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Porphyromonas gingivalis, ethanol, and chronic diseases., Nicholas Alan Short

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Induction of trained immunity by particulate β-glucan controls cancer metastasis through the sphingolipids-mediated mitochondrial fission pathway., Rejeena Shrestha

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Age-related differences in the relationship between activity familiarity and well-being., S. Kelly Shryock

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Determinants of caregiver burden among informal caregivers looking after older adults with Alzheimer's disease in Saudi Arabia., Sultan Ali Shubair

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Putting colorism on trial intraracial colorism and its impact on crime trajectory among African Americans., Shaderica Ta'shawn Sibley

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The role of organizational culture and relationship marketing in disability sport sponsorship: an exemplar case study., Nina Siegfried

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Kurt Vonnegut, modernity, and the self: a guide to the good life., Josh Simpson

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Language ideologies and racialization of language: multilingual learners' experiences in the first year in a community college., Yohimar Sivira Gonzalez

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Role of Galactose, Thiazolidinediones, and NEET proteins in Mitochondrial physiology and therapeutic development., Robert Anthony Skolik

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Cannabinoids and retinal fibrotic disorders., Lucy June Sloan

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Black ads matter: an analysis of black representation in advertising., Elyssa Quinn Smith

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on the subject of loneliness., Isaac Raymond Smith

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(De)Legitimizing genres: rhetoric and tactical institutional critique., Walker Smith

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Cadence and range of motion modulate pedal force in a rat model of motorized cycling after spinal cord injury., Gregory States

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Voices of the "served": community resident perspectives on international service-learning in Peru., Adam C. Stieglitz

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Person-centered decision-making and socio-cultural contexts influencing cesarean deliveries: a national analysis., Alice M. Story

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Alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehydes: the underrepresented markers of disease., Saurin Sutaria

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IoT in smart communities, technologies and applications., Muhammad Zaigham Abbas Shah Syed

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HGF-mediated c-met signaling in human corneal epithelial cells., Kate Tarvestad

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The impact of volatile organic compound exposure on subclinical biomarkers of cardiovascular injury., Breandon Taylor

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Statistical methods for personalized treatment selection and survival data analysis based on observational data with high-dimensional covariates., Don Ramesh Dinendra Sudaraka Tholkage

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The exploratory study of Jefferson County Public Schools' freshman academies of Louisville model on student promotion, attendance, and sense of belonging., Andrew Lewis Thomas

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Black women burdening: the process of "unburdening" realism in Dennis McIntyre's split second., Brandi L. Threatt

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A mixed methods assessment of menstrual hygiene management and school attendance among schoolgirls in Edo State, Nigeria., Madeline Tomlinson

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Molecular mechanisms of hexavalent chromium-induced centrosome amplification., Jennifer Haruka Toyoda

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Stromal vascular fraction restores vasodilatory function by reversing mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in aging-induced coronary microvascular disease., Evan Paul Tracy

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Mejorar La Raza: measuring the implicit anti-black racial bias of multiracial individuals., Katalina Traxler

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Effect of dorsal quadrant or ventral quadrant spinal cord injury on gait features during locomotion., Anya Nicole Trell

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An analysis of public comments on the implementation of the NGSS in Kentucky., Matthew David Trzaskus

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Characterization of microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae secreted effector proteins that manipulate its host plant, Silene latifolia., Ming-Chang Tsai

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Lysosomal evasion of legionella pneumophilia the effector., Bethany Vaughn

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Betwixt & between., Xuanyi Wang

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Dimension and Ramsey results in partially ordered sets., Sida Wan

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Rewriting writing as transmodal and translingual: Tranßcribing Japanese., Alex Way

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Design, evaluation, and control of nexus: a multiscale additive manufacturing platform with integrated 3D printing and robotic assembly., Danming Wei

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Defining the importance of the hnRNP I interaction to the Sindbis virus subgenomic viral RNA using an innovative tethering approach., Claire Westcott

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Stability analysis of ionically and electronically conductors in energy applications., Tanner D. Whatley

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The roles of PON2 in mitochondrial physiology, lung tumor cell proliferation, and lung tumorigenesis., Aaron Whitt

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Particulate hexavalent chromium inhibits homologous recombination repair by targeting RAD51 paralogs in human lung fibroblasts., Aggie R. Williams

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The role of accuracy in children’s judgments of experts’ knowledge., Allison J. Williams

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“…You can't unknow it, it's a new reality": a case study exploring a social justice public health intervention's impact on critical consciousness development in youth., Monique Williams

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Stigma described by attempt survivors with diverse gender and sexual identities in their suicide stories: a hermeneutic phenomenological dissertation., Sara Williams

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The glass coffin: gothic adaptations and the formation of sexual subjectivity., Colton T. Wilson

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The experience of scanxiety in survivors of pancreatic cancer: a phenomenological study., Susan Winebrenner

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Environmental noise exposure and its association with elementary standardized testing scores and adult mental ill-health in Louisville, Kentucky., Lindsey Adelle Wood

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Statistical methods for assessing drug interactions and identifying effect modifiers using observational data., Qian Xu

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Transformation., Jingshuo Yang

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Internalized racism mediating the effects of ethnic-racial socialization on self-esteem and psychological distress among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States., Tianhong "Jojo" Yao

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Learning the language of America: a descriptive phenomenolgical study of black American racial conscientization., Kyee A Young

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Discovering the pathways and GO terms associated with Mettl3 modified circular RNAs in the embryonic cerebral cortex of mice., Dunia Zedan

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Finding the silver lining: the role of affect and adversity in entrepreneurial venturing., Lauren A. Zettel