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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Skins We Have Shed and Where They Are Buried: a Collection, Molly Elizabeth Simas
The Role of Caregiver Disruption in the Development of Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Miranda Sitney
Adoption of an Internet of Things Framework for Distributed Energy Resource Coordination and Control, Tylor Slay
Assessment of Observational Uncertainty in Extreme Precipitation Over the Continental United States, Emily Anne Slinskey
Morphological Correlates and Behavioral Functions of Sound Production in Loricariid Catfish, with a Focus on Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855), Monique Renee Slusher
Selecting the Optimum Combination of Classes using a Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM), Buck Smith
"The Battling Ground": Memory, Violence, and Resistance in Greenwood, North Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1907-1980, Greta Katherine Smith
A Temperate and Wholesome Beverage: the Defense of the American Beer Industry, 1880-1920, Lyndsay Danielle Smith
Dynamic Capabilities related to Converging Software Markets, Mike Smith
Dynamic Capabilities related to Converging Software Markets, Mike Smith
Pedagogy of the Edges: Anarchism and the Implicate Order, Jenka Soderberg
SOSIEL: a Cognitive, Multi-Agent, and Knowledge-Based Platform for Modeling Boundedly-Rational Decision-Making, Garry Sotnik
Exploring the Relationship of Bikeshare and Transit in the United States of America, David Rafael Soto Padín
Survey of Security in Home Connected Internet of Things, Benjamin Spriggs
Framing Physical Activity: Weight Control Frames and Physical Activity Motivation, Kristin Spurkland
"Agglutinating" a Family: Friedrich Max Müller and the Development of the Turanian Language Family Theory in Nineteenth-Century European Linguistics and Other Human Sciences, Preetham Sridharan
Decision Model for selecting CRM software for an Organization, Raj Srinivasan
Exploring the Cultural and Infrastructural Impacts of Consumerism on the New Cuba, Grace Stainback
Optimization of Carbon Supported Palladium and Gold Nanoparticles for Hydrodechlorination, Candice Stauffer
Biomimetic Design and Construction of a Bipedal Walking Robot, Alexander Gabriel Steele
Discount Ceremony: a Collection of Short Stories, Tim Steele
The Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Field Service Operations, Jake Stevens