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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Involvement in the Online Autistic Community, Identity, Community, and Well-Being, Colleen Anne Kidney
Relative Heart Ventricle Mass and Cardiac Performance in Amphibians, Gregory Joseph Kluthe
Supranationalism in the Fight Against Transnational Threats: A Comparative Study of ASEAN and EU Policy Responses to Human Trafficking, Nicholas M. Klynn
Measurement and modeling of passive surface mount devices on FR4 substrates, Rahulkumar Sadanand Koche
Euthanasia, the Ethics of Patient Care and the Language of Propaganda, Elizabeth Maria Krapf
Memristor-based Reservoir Computing, Manjari S. Kulkarni
Alternative Fuel Economic Analyses for Freight Trucks, Arvind Kumar, Justin Thompson, Thanaporn Ngarmnil, Mahsa Eshghi, Mehdi Toobaei, and Timothy Calderwood
Multiple Program Resource Forecasting with Variation in Award Date, Duration, and Effort, Daniel LaValley
Sustainability Education as a Framework for Enhancing Environmental Stewardship in Young Leaders: An Intervention at Tryon Creek Nature Day Camp, Andrea Nicole Lawrence
The Influence of Parental Gender on the Type of Communication between Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, Sarah Renee Lazzari
Pig (Sus scrofa) Exploitation at Hallan Çemi, Southeastern Anatolia: Proposing an Alternative Model, Ximena Lemoine
Identifying the Major Barriers to Renewable Distributed Generation: A review and survey, Anthony Michael Levenda
Forecast of Wireless Communication Technology: A Comparative Study of Regression and TFDEA Model, Dong-Joon Lim
Nine Months, Esther Lim
Fluorescent Indicators for Disease Biomarkers, Soojin Lim
Connecting Habitat Across Roads: Field Testing Mitigation Strategies for Reducing Road Mortality of an Imperiled Butterfly, Rebecca Jalene Littlejohn
Team Process Report: Team 3, Jonathan Lui, Ritu Chaturvedi, Greg Wease, Jejung Ha, and Jon McAnnis
Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Technology Strategies, Minh Lu
Conscientiousness as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Work Autonomy and Job Satisfaction, Kyle Garret Mack
Application of Reference Models in Technology Management, Farshad Madani
Managing Knowledge-based Projects, Farshad Madani
Case Study: The Optimization of Information Flow & Organization in Software Development, Farshad Madani, Bing Wang, Xiaowen Wang, Corey White, and Liying Wang
Life Is Not Short Enough, Michael Magnes
Site Fidelity, Associations and Long-Term Bonds of Short-Finned Pilot Whales off the Island of Hawai`i, Sabre D. Mahaffy