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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Marketing in Higher Education: The Effects on the College Choice Experience of First-Generation Latinx Students, David Cortez
Mutagenetic Analysis Of The Minor Capsid Protein VP3 Of The Archaeal Fusellovirus SSV1, Laura Costal Lagarde
An Examination of the Impact of Court-Appointed Fines and Fees: How Governmental Reliance on These Expenses is Harming Vulnerable Communities, Rachel Elizabeth Couche
Anthropogenic Resistance on Occupancy of Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and Coyote (Canis latrans), Clarissa E. Cressotti
Ceremonial Sexual Sacrifice to Commercial Prostitution: The History of Prostitution and the Social, Economic, and Religious Progress That Revolved Around the Profession, Katelyn E. Crowell
Describing Shen & Shen Ming Via a Hybrid Quantum Computational Model, Alex M. Cullen and Johnny Lemau
Manga in Bookstores, Claire Curry
Manga In Bookstores, Claire L. Curry
The Nuanced Relationship Between Mindfulness, Racial Prejudice, and Policy Support, Jared Michael Cutler
Computationally Assisted Mechanistic Analysis of the Protonolysis of a Pt–Me Bond, Clement DaSilva
Zombies From Cultural Origin to Contemporary Uses, Conor Davenport
Plasma Ion Source, Nathan K. Davis
Method Validation of Metals in Environmental Soil Samples, Sofia DeAngelis and Nana Nguyen
The Not-Vampire, Everett Thomas DeBeauchamp
Cabrita::Curandera, Alex Roselio De La Cruz
Immigration, Machismo, and Cultural Stigmatization: Causes of Lack of Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Mexican Men in the U.S., Cynthia M. De La Torre-Lopez
Single-Stage Three-Phase Buck-Boost DC/AC Converter Design, Analysis, and Validation, Daisy Delgado-Zaragoza
Power to the Pedal: Assessing Barriers to Adoption of Closed-Access Bike Share in Low-Income Communities, Jordan Del Valle Tonoian
Neutron Time of Flight Spectrometry as a Diagnostic Tool for Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Plasmas, Andrew H. Dempsey and Erik J. Sanchez
Risk Analysis in Financial Statements, a Comparative Study of AI vs Human Risk Assessment, Andre Denegri
Performance-Based Risk Assessment For Large-Scale Transportation Networks, Anteneh Deriba and David Y. Yang
Commercial Property Vacancies in American Cities, Emily Dinh
(un, made, Dumitru Michael Dobre
Perceptions of Educators on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom, Abigail Donde