Graduate Studies, UNL

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

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2024

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Imaging Photoinduced Dynamics in Gas-Phase Molecules Using Ultrafast Electron and X-Ray Diffraction, Sri Bhavya Muvva

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Beyond the Looking Glass: Dreams and Somnial States and Spaces in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Anne N. Nagel

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Performance Fatigability and Neuromuscular Responses During and after One Set of Forearm Flexion Muscle Actions to Failure At 30% Versus 70% One-repetition Maximum in Men and Women, Tyler Joseph Neltner

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Understanding the Role of the Microbiome in Infectious Disease, Developing Surveillance Tools, and Engineering Direct Fed Microbials to Improve Animal Health, Alison Clare (Bartenslager) Neujahr

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Genetically Modified Bovine Milk-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles In Drug Delivery, Alice Kah Hui Ngu

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Weakly Supervised Attention-based Recognition under Spectral, Turbulence, and Resource Variations, Kshitij Naresh Nikhal

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Computational Studies of Charge-transfer Mechanisms in Electrochemical Materials, Mohammadreza Reza Nouri

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Investigating Associations between Activity and Performance Traits across Three Breeds of Swine Using Nutrack, Dalton R. Obermier

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Role of the Malate Dehydrogenase-Citrate Synthase Metabolon in Metabolic Flux Regulation, Joy John Omini

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The Impact of Tier 1 PBIS Implementation Fidelity on Education Outcomes for Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Rebecca Anne (Wright) Overfield

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“Kematz'ib' Para Gritar” Innovative Technologies in Revitalizing the Mayan Languages: Empowering Youth through Poetry - A Narrative Study, Héctor de Jesús Palala Martínez

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The Value of Knowledge and its Problems, Kevin Patton

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Local Rural Knowledge and Early Childhood Informal Science Education in Rural Nebraska, Sarah Michelle Paulos

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Mining Work Items to Streamline Software Maintenance Tasks, Salomé Perez-Rosero

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Vibratory Noise Impacts the Sensory Ecology of a Funnel-Weaving Spider, Brandi June Pessman

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Development of a Durable and Low-dose Universal Vaccine Against Swine Influenza A Virus, Erika Petro-Turnquist

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Iraqi Education Past and Present: The Role of Policymakers and Their Ideological Background, Hadi T. Pir

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A Collaborative Campus Community Policing Model: A Case Study in Fostering Collective Efficacy Among Students, Faculty and Staff, Hassan Ramzah

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Novel Insights into the Autoimmune Mechanisms in Coxsackievirus B Infections and Their Prevention by Vaccination, Mahima Theresa Rasquinha

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Sacrificial Lambs: The Perils of Childhood in Shakespeare, Benjamin Sidney Reed

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Heat Stress Changes the Bovine Methylome and Transcriptome and Investigation of Two Novel Genetic Defects in Cattle, Rachel Renae Reith

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Examining Theoretically Derived Mechanisms Underlying the Relationships Between Sexual Arousal, Alcohol Use History, and Sexual Aggression, Kailey Ann Richner

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based High-Throughput Phenotyping for Maize Improvement, Eric T. Rodene

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Measuring Jury Perception of Explainable Machine Learning and Demonstrative Evidence, Rachel Edie Sparks Rogers

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An Annotated Bibliography of 45 Select 21st-Century Electroacoustic Pieces for B-Flat Clarinet Suitable for the Undergraduate Clarinetist, Emily Jean Rose

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Mathematical and Computational Analysis of Certain Regularizations for the 3D Navier-Stokes Equations and Nonlocal Peridynamic Conservation Laws, Isabel Safarik

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Vitalidad Etnolingüística del Español en Lincoln, Nebraska: Actitudes y Creencias Lingüísticas de un Grupo de Hispanohablantes, Josefa M. Samper Suárez

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The Good White Guise: Rhetorical (Re)Constructions of White Allies on U.S. Television, Dakota J. Sandras

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The Experiences of Multiracial Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: A Phenomenological Study, Hali J. Santiago

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Nitrogen Limitation in Soybean: Physiology and Diagnosis, Luzviminda Ann Ramos Sazon

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Further Developing Drought Early Warning Information Systems Using Mixed-Methods and Multiple Streams of Data, Caily Claire Schwartz

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Voltage-Controlled Spintronics and Fundamentals of Magnetoelectricity in Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnetic Chromia, Syed Qamar Abbas Shah

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Development of Feature Extraction Models to Improve Image Analysis Applications in Cancer, Yu Shi

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Ecological Dynamics of Cenozoic North American Mammals, Alexandria Brandis Shupinski

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Perceptions of School Climate, Scott Siegel

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Healing in the Workplace: School Counselors, Trauma, and Growth, Judith L. Sigler

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Argument Schema of Undergraduate Engineering Students, Anu Singh

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On-farm Nitrogen and Irrigation Management Strategies to Protect Groundwater Quality in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area, Arshdeep Singh

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Leaders’ Experiences of An Organizational Journey to inclusive Leadership, John Allan Slieter

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Elementary Science Teacher Self-Efficacy in the Context of NGSS-aligned Curriculum Enactment: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Wesley P. Sliger

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Examining the Use of Problem Transformation Methods in Multi-target Regression, Bradley Ryan Smith

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The Effects of Anchor Scheme on the Central and Peripheral Contributions to Performance Fatigability, Perceived Responses and Sensations, and Psychological Factors Following Sustained, Isometric Forearm Flexion Tasks to Failure, Robert Walker Smith

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A Study on the Vanishing of Ext, Andrew J. Soto Levins

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Aggregate Games: Computations and Applications, Jared Soundy

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Exploring Gen Z’s Identity Formation and Its Influence on Consumption of Pop Culture and Entertainment Merchandise, Melisa Annette Spilinek

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The Influence of Student-Teacher Relationship Quality on Educational Outcomes for Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Cassidy Ann Spradlin

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Study of Graduate Student instructors’ Attempts to Incorporate and Reflect on Using Discourse Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics Courses, Katie Johnson Sprague

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Novel Mouse Models to Study the Role of T Cells in Cardiac Autoimmunity, Meghna Sur

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Navigating Mental Health During COVID-19: Considerations of Childhood Adversity, Pandemic Stress, and Loneliness, Linnea Rose Swanson

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"I Will Write Mad Stories": The Hysterical "I" in the Diaries of George Eliot, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Virginia Woolf, and Sylvia Plath, Jaclyn Marie Swiderski

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Perspectives through the Lens of Educators and Students: Teaching Flood Mitigation and Other Controversial Food, Energy, Water Nexus Issues in the Classroom, Sumaiya Tabassum

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A Measurement of the Differential Drell-Yan Cross Section as a Function of Invariant Mass in Proton–Proton Collisions at √ S = 13 Tev, William Robert Tabb

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Virtual Unknotting Numbers for Families of Virtual Torus Knots, Kaitlin R. Tademy

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Long Term Ultrasonic Monitoring and Machine Learning Investigation of Micro-Crack Damaged Concrete, Yalei Tang

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Stories of Motivation and Values of Small-Scale Farmers in Jamaica and the United States, Raquel Taylor

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"It's Profound to be Understood": Negotiations of Household Labor in Trans Families, Eliza Thor

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Groundwater Modeling of the Ogallala Aquifer: Use of Machine Learning for Model Parameterization and Sustainability Assessment, Tewodros Aboret Tilahun

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Evaluation of Essential Oils and Their Major Components for Disease Resistance, Serkan Tokgöz

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Improving Visual Inspection Skills in Special Education Teachers, George G. Toman

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Constructing Refugee Identity: A Heuristic Inquiry into Experiences of Ukrainian Refugees, Deana Tsabak

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Cultivating Academic Achievement: An Updated Social Psychological Explanation, Maika Malualelagi Tuala

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The Use of Two-Dimensional Detectors for Snapshot and High Accuracy Imaging Ellipsometry, Jeremy A. VanDerslice

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Nonlocal Frameworks for Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Advection-Diffusion Processes, Anh Thuong Vo

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Sun, Thunder, Daugava: Accessible Choral Music from the Latvian Choral Tradition, Paul M. von Kampen

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Optimizing Scalability for Formal Analysis with Evolutionary Algorithm, Jianghao Wang

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Psychosocial Well-being Facilitation of Leader Identity Transitions for Retirees, Brooke Wells

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Interacting Effects of Nutrient Availability and Environmental Change on Grassland Plant Communities, George Robert Wheeler

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Teacher Roles in Correction: Understanding Disciplinary Alternative School Programs in Nebraska, Philip Thomas White III

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Development of A Multidimensional Measure of Wellbeing for Emerging Adults Utilizing a Convergent Parallel Mixed Method Design, Kelley Marie Wick

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Growth and Simulation of Dielectric-Metal Nanoheterostructured Thin Films by Ballistic Deposition, Shawn Wimer

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Laser Surface Processing for Enhanced Adhesion between Diamond Coatings and Metallic Substrates, Zhipeng Wu

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Martin Bresnick's “Bitter Suite” Duo for Violin and Piano, Xun Xu

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Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model in Top Quark Production with Additional Leptons in the Context of Effective Field Theory, Furong Yan

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Parenting Identity and Parental Mental Health in Chinese Parents in Mainland China, Zhenqiao Yang

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Investigating the Impact of an Elaborative Conversation Strategies (ECS) Intervention on Parent-Child interactions and Preschool Children's Science Learning Using a Single-Case Experimental Design, Yao Yao

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A Collection of Short Stories, Tryphena Lizzert Yeboah

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Native American Choral Music: Strategies for Celebrating and Incorporating Music of Indigenous People, Mary Ruth Young

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence on Drought Impact Monitoring and Assessment, Beichen Zhang

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Development of an Egg-Specific Mass Spectrometry Targeted Method for Processed Food Matrices, Liyun Zhang

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Perturbations of Representations of Cartan Inclusions, Catherine Zimmitti

2023

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Economic and Environmental Performance of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems: Resilience to Uncertainties and an Opportunity for Sustainable Intensification, Maroua Afi

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Structural Performance and Resiliency of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Columns, Multi-column Piers, and Bridge Systems Subjected to Multiple Hazards – Fire, Collision, and Air Blast, Qusai Abdulkarim Alomari

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K-12 Teachers' Perspectives on Mobile Technology Integration: A Qualitative Study, Steven Justin Bingham

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Characterization of Adipocyte Mechanical Properties and Stretch Control of Mechanosignaling in Adipocytes, Tasneem Bouzid

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Factors Affecting Forage Quality and the Subsequent Response in Production and Energy Metabolism in Lactating Jersey Cows, Kassidy Kate Buse

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Game-Theoretic Approaches to Optimal Resource Allocation and Defense Strategies in Herbaceous Plants, Molly R. Creagar

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Music of the Divine: Interweaving Threads Connecting Contemporary Chant-Based Piano Repertoire, Jeremy DeWayne Duck

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Queer Perspectives on Mentorship in Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study, Anthony T. Fucci

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Ecuadorian English Teachers’ Perspectives on Their Professional Development, Consuelo Marisol Gallardo

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A Study of the Behavior of Light and Matter Using Computer Simulations and Experimental Techniques, Bret Alan Gergely

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Tame the Flame: Inflammation Is a Targetable Physiological Mechanism Underlying Poor Outcomes of Heat Stress in Finishing Sheep, Pablo C. Grijalva

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The Development and Evolution of the Soil Health Nutrient Tool (aka Haney Test) after Ten Years of Implementation in a Commercial Agricultural Laboratory, Lance Michael Gunderson

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Two Essays in Agriculture Trade and Food Security: 1. Decomposing the Impact of GMO Regulation on Bilateral Trade: An Application to Corn Trade; 2. Can Food-Security Policies in Tunisia be Better Targeted?, Mohamed Amine Hedoui

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Management of Atrazine, Glyphosate, and ALS-Inhibiting Herbicide-Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) in Herbicide-Resistant and Food Grade White Field Corn, Ramandeep Kaur

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Formal Concept Analysis for Image Classification and Machine Learning Models for Anti-CRISPR Protein Discovery in Bioinformatics, Minal Khatri

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Preparing Students for Careers in Agriculture: An Analysis of Secondary and Postsecondary Approaches to Work-Based Learning in the United States and Rwanda, Matthew Sterling Kreifels

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Amorphous Boron Carbide-Amorphous Silicon Heterojunction Devices, Vojislav Medic

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Biomimetic Approach to Elucidate the Role of Microenvironment in Regulating Cell Communications in Liver Diseases, Youra Moeun

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Convolutional Neural Network-Based Gene Prediction Using Buffalograss as a Model System, Michael Morikone

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Bridging Domain Gaps for Cross-Spectrum and Long-Range Face Recognition Using Domain Adaptive Machine Learning, Cedric Armel Nimpa Fondje