Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Swim Bladder Morphology Influences the Responses of Nearshore Rockfishes to Barotrauma, Molly K. Alvino
Deciphering Speech through Vision: A Deep Learning Lip Reading System, Srujith Rao Ambati
The effect of corporate reputation on accounting conservatism, Kourosh Amirkhani, Jenny Brown, and Jeffrey Gramlich
Unintended Positive Consequences of an NSF-funded System-wide Collaboration, Feruza Amirkulova, Lalita G. Oka, Arezoo Sadrinezhad, Sue Rosser, Kimberly Stillmaker, Maryam Nazari, Jessica C. Bennett, Younghee Park, and Lizabeth L. Thompson
Critical minerals mining and Native American sovereignty: Comparing case studies of lithium, copper, antimony, nickel and graphite mining in the United States, Macdonald Amoah, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dustin Mulvaney, Morgan D. Bazilian, Richard Luarkie, and Daniel Cardenas
New tablet-based screening tool for assessment of cognitive decline in Nigeria, Sulekha Anand, Peter J. Bayley, James O. Clifford, and J. Wesson Ashford
Sport and Environmental Issues: NCAA Division I Student-Athletes’ Personal Experiences, Ivanna M. Anderson-Villela
Ethical considerations of generative AI-enabled human resource management, Pierre Andrieux, Richard D. Johnson, Jalal Sarabadani, and Craig Van Slyke
Frame Rate Enhancement using GANs: A Deep Learning Approach, Shanmukah Sri Harsha Anivilla
The micro-foundations of ambidexterity for corporate social performance: A study on sustainability managers’ response to conflicting goals, Maria Carmela Annosi, Elisa Mattarelli, Domenico Dentoni, and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
Enhancing Environmental Health and Safety: Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Domain-Specific Applications, Mohammad Adil Ansari
Exploring Fluctuations in Working Memory Load through Pupillometry using Gabor Image Deletion Tasks, Neenu Antony
Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Brenda Wong Aoki, Brenda Wong Aoki and Milina Jovanovic
Ten Years Forward: An Evaluation of California’s Active Transportation Program, Bruce Appleyard, Mario Carbajal, Madison Swayne, Nell Ahangarfabrik, and Megan Honey
Right Turn on Red: Energy-Saving Measure or Unsafe Maneuver?, Bruce Appleyard, Anurag Pande, Joseph Gibbons, Shams Tanvir, Megan Honey, Nell Ahangarfabrik, Mario Carbajal, and Madison Swayne
Renewable Energy Misinformation: A Literature Based Approach to Rebutting False Claims, Matthew Ard
Examining the influence of disequilibrium landscape on millennial-scale erosion rates in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA, Marina O. Argueta, Seulgi Moon, Kimberly Blisniuk, Nathan D. Brown, Lee B. Corbett, Paul R. Bierman, and Susan R.H. Zimmerman
Human Rights Praxis and the Struggle for Survival, William Armaline
Meteorology Associated with Fire Eruption during the California Canyon Fire Experiment, Maritza Arreola Amaya
Entangled social movements: extractivism and water justice in El Salvador, James Alejandro Artiga-Purcell
Relational resources: Moving from plural to entangled extractivisms, James Alejandro Artiga-Purcell
Cloud-Based IBM Platform's Role in Advancing Machine Learning Models for Early Heart Disease Detection, Advika Arva and Sohail Zaidi
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Enhanced Predictive Modeling in Healthcare, Advika Arya, Farwa Kazmi, and Sohail Zaidi
Listening to Mars, Sally Ashton
Understanding the Zonal Variability in Projections of Sahel Precipitation, E. O. Audu, R. D. Dixon, and I. Diallo
Reporting on human trafficking crimes: a national transportation survey, Marisa E. Auguste, Kezban Yagci Sokat, Christi Wigle, and Christine Baglin
The Effect of Surface-Bound FXIII-A Crosslinking on Fibrin Deposition, Structure and Mechanics, Myra S. Awan
Here's to you, Peter Salem!, Barbara A. Babb, Robert Emery, Janet Johnston, Marsha Kline Pruett, and Andrew Schepard
PIO and Handling Qualities Prediction Using the USAFTPS Bjorkman PIO Data Set, Ed Bachelder, Eileen Bjorkman, and Bimal Aponso
NFT Price Prediction using Machine Learning, Akhil Patil Bagili
Atlas of pacific sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) benthic habitat – Application of multibeam acoustics and directed sampling to identify viable subtidal substrates, Matthew R. Baker, H. Gary Greene, John Aschoff, Elisa Aitoro, Eileen Bates, Donovan Hesselroth, Katie Johnson, Benjamin Mather, and Nancy Sealover
Reproductive Justice, Adoption, and Foster Care, Tanya Bakhru
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, ADOPTION, AND FOSTER CARE, Tanya Saroj Bakhru and Krista L. Benson
Identifying Information Needs and Tools to Support Interactions between Upper Class E Traffic Management (ETM) Operations and the Air Traffic System (ATS), Deborah L. Bakowski, Paul U. Lee, Mark Evans, and Connie L. Brasil
Incorporating UAS Traffic Management into Wildland Firefighting Operations: Initial Findings of Subject Matter Expert Interviews, Deborah L. Bakowski, Lynne Martin, Gil Dustin, and Chris Mariano
Focusing the ecosystem lens on innovation studies, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Marcel L.A.M. Bogers, Rahul Kapoor, and Joel West
EFFECT OF COMPRESSIVE STRAIN ON BULK RESISTANCE AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF PEO-LITFSI SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES, Jericko Jay Baltazar
An unconditional Montgomery theorem for pair correlation of zeros of the Riemann zeta-function, Siegfred Alan C. Baluyot, Daniel Alan Goldston, Ade Irma Suriajaya, and Caroline L. Turnage-Butterbaugh
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ahmed Banafa
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ahmed Banafa
Transformative AI: Responsible, Transparent, and Trustworthy AI Systems, Ahmed Banafa
Review of Beethoven's French Piano: A Tale of Ambition and Frustration by Tom Beghin, Dorian Bandy
Pathways to parenthood among transgender men and gender diverse people assigned female or intersex at birth in the United States: analysis of a Cross-Sectional 2019 Survey, Shalmali Sunil Bane, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Sachiko Ragosta, Jen Hastings, Mitchell R. Lunn, Annesa Flentje, Matthew R. Capriotti, Micah E. Lubensky, Diana M. Tordoff, and Heidi Moseson
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder, Janet Y. Bang, Heidi M. Feldman, Kenneth L. Grizzle, and Karolyn Mirasola
Struggles and Successes of Pre-Service Teachers When Implementing a Student-Centered Curriculum in an After-School Program, Dominique Banville, Risto Marttinen, David Daum, and Kelly Johnston
Machine learning applications in forensic DNA profiling: A critical review, Mark Barash, Dennis McNevin, Vladimir Fedorenko, and Pavel Giverts
Long-term follow-up of acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy for trichotillomania, Kathryn E. Barber, Douglas W. Woods, Laura J. Ely, Stephen M. Saunders, Scott N. Compton, Angela Neal-Barnett, Martin E. Franklin, Matthew R. Capriotti, Christine A. Conelea, and Michael P. Twohig
The Role of Nature As a Protective Factor in Father-Child Relationships, Sarah J. Barker
A Qualitative Evaluation of Speech Sound Disorder Treatment Apps for Children, Rachel G. Barnett
A Qualitative Evaluation of Treatment App Features for Children With Speech Sound Disorders, Rachel G. Barnett and Paul W. Cascella
Impacts of Synoptic-Scale Dynamics on Clouds and Radiation in High Southern Latitudes, Tyler Barone, Minghui Diao, Yang Shi, Xi Zhao, Xiaohong Liu, and Israel Silber
Beyond ‘Manning Up’: The Impact Of Hegemonic Masculinity & Gender Norms On Mental Health Help-Seeking Among College Men, Joslyn Barragan
Oxygenation influences xylose fermentation and gene expression in the yeast genera Spathaspora and Scheffersomyces, Katharina O. Barros, Megan Mader, David J. Krause, Jasmyn Pangilinan, Bill Andreopoulos, Anna Lipzen, Stephen J. Mondo, Igor V. Grigoriev, Carlos A. Rosa, Trey K. Sato, and Chris Todd Hittinger
Emergency and disaster preparedness for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication: A pilot study on supported planning using a toolkit, Andrea Barton-Hulsey, Miriam C. Boesch, Yoosun Chung, Tina Caswell, Amy Miller Sonntag, and Wendy Quach
Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Leon Beauchman, Leon Beauchman and Milina Jovanovic
Mapping of Pavement Conditions Using Smartphone/Tablet LiDAR Case Study: Sensor Performance Comparison, Calvin Beavers, Chad Day, Austin Krietemeyer, Scott M. Peterson, Yushin Ahn, and Xiaojun Li
Legally Blond - Scenic Design, Andrea Bechert
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley - Scenic Design, Andrea Bechert
Research on gender and mathematics: exploring new and future directions, Joanne Rossi Becker and Jennifer Hall
Domestic Financial Intermediaries, Dictatorship, and Social Spending, Sergio Béjar and Bumba Mukherjee
Algorithmic Embeddedness and the ‘Gig’ Characteristics Model: Examining the Interplay between Technology and Work Design in Crowdwork, Francesca Bellesia, Elisa Mattarelli, Fabiola Bertolotti, and Maurizio Sobrero
Image Segmentation by Convolutional Neural Networks in Coral Resilience Research, Jennifer Benbow
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: a developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship, Diane Benish, Tucker Readdy, Matthew P. Bejar, and Johannes Raabe
Supporting & Protecting Repeat Missing Children from Different Residential Environments: A Scoping Review, Kirsty Bennett Dr, Petra Salisbury, Rebecca o'Keefe, Sharon Vincent, and Bethany McCarthy
Justice and moral economies in “Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized” (MAD) water systems, Melissa Beresford, Alexandra Brewis, Neetu Choudhary, Georgina Drew, Nataly Escobedo Garcia, Dustin Garrick, Mohammed Jobayer Hossain, Ernesto Lopez, Elisabeth Ilboudo Nébié, Raul Pacheco-Vega, Anaís Roque, and Amber Wutich
Triangle-degree and triangle-distinct graphs, Zhanar Berikkyzy, Beth Bjorkman, Heather Smith Blake, Sogol Jahanbekam, Lauren Keough, Kevin Moss, Danny Rorabaugh, and Songling Shan
Finite rigid sets in sphere complexes, Edgar A. Bering and Christopher J. Leininger
Topological models of abstract commensurators, Edgar A. Bering and Daniel Studenmund
Oculometric biomarkers of visuomotor deficits in clinically asymptomatic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus undergoing long-term hydroxychloroquine treatment, Andrew R. Berneshawi, Kimia Seyedmadani, Rahul Goel, Mark R. Anderson, Terence L. Tyson, Yasmin M. Akay, Metin Akay, Loh Shan B. Leung, and Leland S. Stone
Young Adult Library Services: Challenges and Opportunities, Anthony Bernier
Two Sources of Normativity in Enthusiastic Accounts of Kinds, Riana J. Betzler
Optimization of Inter-Satellite Routing using LSTM-based Path Prediction Model, Yash Bhamare
Robustness of Learning Models to Label Flipping Attacks, Sarvagya Bhargava
Synthetic Data and Deep Learning for Process Monitoring in Manufacturing, Sahib S. Bhatia
AI-Driven Credit Card Fraud Detection with Enhanced User Interaction, Toshi Bhat
Comparative Analysis of Physical Design Parameters for JPEG Encoder IP using OpenROAD, Purav Bhatt and Shrikant Jadhav
RTL to GDS Implementation and Verification of UART using UVM and OpenROAD, Purav Bhatt, Dharmik Joshi, and Shrikant Jadhav
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Based Restaurant Chatbot with AI Testability, Vani Bhat, Sree Divya Cheerla, Jinu Rose Mathew, Nupur Pathak, Guannan Liu, and Jerry Gao
ActivePCA: A Novel Framework Integrating PCA and Active Machine Learning for Efficient Dimension Reduction, Priyanka Bhyregowda, Mohammad Masum, Lohuwa Mamudu, Mohammed Chowdhurv, Sai Chandra Kosaraiu, and Hossain Shahriar
Board 427: Work in Progress: ADVANCE Strategic Partnership for Alignment of Community Engagement in STEM (SPACES), Angela R. Bielefeldt, Lupita D. Montoya, Andrea Ferro, Cesunica E. Ivey, Shakira Renee Hobbs, Maya A. Trotz, Cliff I. Davidson, Susan J. Masten, Sheryl H. Ehrman, and Chang Yu Wu
Unlocking ICU Barriers: Investigating The Challenges of Early Progressive Mobility, Leslie S. Bigler
Development and Implementation of a Game-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Refresher Training: Effect on Registered Nurse Knowledge, Skills, Motivation, Engagement, Renee M. Billner-Garcia and Arlene Spilker
Perturbation walking effects on prefrontal cortical activation and walking performance in older women with and without osteoarthritis: a FNIRS study, Alka Bishnoi, Yang Hu, and Manuel E. Hernandez
Lithium and water: Hydrosocial impacts across the life cycle of energy storage, James J.A. Blair, Noel Vineyard, Dustin Mulvaney, Alida Cantor, Ali Sharbat, Kate Berry, Elizabeth Bartholomew, and Ariana Firebaugh Ornelas
Experiences of Adult Play, Erna I. Blanche, Megan C. Chang, and L. Diane Parham
Analysis and Application of Adaptive ML Algorithms for Malware Classification, Rashmi Boddukuri
Response to intervention: The effects of tier 1 and tier 2 occupational therapy intervention on sensory processing for fifth-grade children, Courtney Boitano, Brooke Henry, Grace Jeng, Ariana Jimenez, Julie Powell, and Kiana Shibata
Response to Intervention: The Effect of Sensory Processing Tier 1 and Tier 2 Occupational Therapy Intervention, Workshops & Consultation on Kindergarten Students, Kieran Bolger, Cindy Zhang, Julia Dariychuk, Janine Yu, and Zuriel Chester
Children’s behavior at metaverses: Interactions, digital identities, and parent’s perceptions, Gema Bonales-Daimiel, Belén Moreno-Albarracín, and Ainhoa García-Rivero
Immersive Technology in Education, Isak de Villiers Bosman, Annique Elizabeth Smith, Yan Lau Wong, Kwan Sui Dave Ka, Daniel Alemneh, and Anthony Chow
Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Ryan Boun, Ryan Boun and Sukanya Chakrabarti
Addressing Equity Gaps in STEM: A Self-Study, Prabhjeet Kaur Brar
Targeted contrast agents for enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (JOINT W/ University of Redlands), David Brook
Spectroscopic and thermodynamic characterization of a cobalt-verdazyl valence tautomeric system. influence of crystal structure, solvent and counterion, David J.R. Brook, Jeffrey DaRos, Aamani Ponnekanti, Stefano Agrestini, and Eric Pellegrin
How Can We Do Better? Understanding Student Experiences and Support Needs During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic, Kevina M. Brown
Next steps for assessing ocean iron fertilization for marine carbon dioxide removal, Ken O. Buesseler, Daniele Bianchi, Fei Chai, Jay T. Cullen, Margaret Estapa, Nicholas Hawco, Seth John, Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Paul J. Morris, Sara Nawaz, Nishioka, Anh Pham, Kilaparti Ramakrishna, David A. Siegel, Sarah R. Smith, Deborah Steinberg, Kendra A. Turk-Kubo, Benjamin S. Twining, and Romany M. Webb
UNDISCIPLINING ACADEMIA THROUGH FEMINISTA TESTIMONIO WRITING, Rebeca Burciaga, Dolores Delgado Bernal, C. Alejandra Elenes, and Judith Flores Carmona
Examining the Impact of Registered Nurse Engagement in Medical Assistant Clinical Competency Development and Team Effectiveness in Ambulatory Care, Colleen Burckin
The Hand of Thought: A Cross-Tradition Examination of Kosho Uchiyama and Martin Heidegger, Gregory BURGIN