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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Thesis: Singing in the Key of Life, Georgia Braun McBride Agerton

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Dissertation: THE EFFECTS OF GONOODLE ENGAGEMENT ON MATHEMATICS SKILLS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS WITH AUTISM, Cheryl D. Barrett

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Thesis: REMOTE AMBIENT AEROSOLS FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL BEHAVIOR AND AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION, Daniel J. Bonanno

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Thesis: An Evaluation of Prompting to Teach Children to Ask for Help in a Virtual Classroom, Katherine Griffith Brock

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Dissertation: A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXAMINING THE LITERACY EXPERIENCES OF MALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, Ari Raymond Colondres

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Thesis: THE EFFECT OF A MUSIC THERAPY VIDEO IN-SERVICE ON STAFFS' BELIEFS ABOUT MUSIC THERAPY IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, Jesus Javier Garcia

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Thesis: We're Listening: A Study of Music Preference in Modern Society, Michael B. Glover

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Dissertation: Development of Multivalent DNA-Peptide Nucleosome Mimetics and Multi-Domain Protein Inhibitors That Directly or Indirectly Target the E3 Ligase UHRF1, Li Gu

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Dissertation: Representation Counts: Intern Teachers of Color and Their Perspectives of Teaching in a California County, Girlie M. Hale

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Dissertation: The Space in Between: An Exploration of the Transition From Military Service to Life as a Homeless Female Veteran, Dana M. Howard

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Thesis: Fall Risk Among Older Adults: Major Risk Factors, Primary Assessment Tools, and the Influence of Medications, Marie Roseann Jensen

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Direito, Saneamento e Sustentabilidade: Uma Análise Comparativa entre Municípios do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, e da Província de Ontário, Canadá à Luz dos Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável 6 e 11, Claudio Antonio Klaus Junior

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Thesis: A New Era of Policing: Uncovering Ways Officers Believe Community Relations can be Restored, Bradi Kai Kooyman

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Thesis: The Cyclotron an Animated Motion Picture, Oliver A. Livoni

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Thesis: Exercise Behavior and Recreational Sports Participation Predicts Academic Success in University Students, Natalie Matian

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Dissertation: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE FINANCIAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG BLACK MEN, Sue M. May

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Thesis: Four Fundamental Factors in the Instability of the American Home, Harold Joseph Miller

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Dissertation: Resilience of the Black Woman: Thriving Through Storytelling, Kimberly R. Miller

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Dissertation: Lifting as We Climb: Effective Mentoring Methods for Black Women Who Aspire to Senior Leadership Roles in Higher Education, Janine Mixon

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Thesis: MOLECULAR AND ENZYMATIC RESISTANCE OF CULEX TARSALIS TO PYRETHROID AND ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES, William Mortola

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Thesis: Making Sense of Big (Kinematic) Data: A Comprehensive Analysis of Movement Parameters in a Diverse Population, Naomi Wilma Nunis

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Dissertation: Continuation Teachers' Perceptions of Grading Practices, Tobi W. Page

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Dissertation: Social Media: Are You Addicted? Examining the Role of Social Media Platforms on Life Satisfaction, Personality and Generation, Alexzander Ponce

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Dissertation: ROLE OF CYSTEINE REDOX STATE IN ALTERING THE EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION IN LUNG CANCER, Md Anisur Rahman

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Dissertation: THE DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL POTENT 5-SUBSTITUTED 3, 3’, 4’, 7-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONOID DNA TRIPLEX SPECIFIC BINDING LIGANDS, Vanessa Marie Rangel

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Dissertation: Relationships Between K-12 In-Service Teachers’ Personal Environmental Education Teacher Efficacy, Environmental Identity, and Concern for Implementation of California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts, Dean Matthew Reese

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Dissertation: Evaluation of Human Stem Cell-Derived Neurons in 2D and 3D Cultures for Neurodevelopmental Studies, Epilepsy Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery, Hamed Salmanzadeh-Dozdabi

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Thesis: HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN FOR STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL SHIFTS IN COMPLEX TIMES, Kristen Laviano Snow

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Dissertation: Targeting ribonucleotide reductase for breast cancer treatment, Nahid Sultana

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Dissertation/Thesis: MEDIATING EFFECTS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE ON PARENTAL WARMTH, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION WITH 8-YEAR-OLD FEMALES WITH HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM, Angela M. Swenson

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Dissertation: Examining Attention to Leadership When Hiring School Administrators in a High Poverty, Ethnically Diverse School District: A Case Study, Veronica A. Tigert

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Thesis: Investigating bZip Recognition of DNA Sequences Through a Knob-Socket Perspective, Aaron Tran

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Dissertation: Exploring Academic Capital Formation of Hmong American Undergraduate College Students, Lou Vang

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Dissertation: WRITING AS TRANSFORMATION: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CURRICULUM, Nena L. Weinsteiger Guzman

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Dissertation: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF UNDERSTANDING FEMALE NAVY VETERANS’ EXPERIENCES WITH REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE U.S. MILITARY, Antwanisha K. Williamson

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Dissertation: Identifying Success Strategies for Hmong American Students in Higher Education, Jason Xiong

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Dissertation: An Annotated Translation of the WU LIANG I CHING (The Sutra of the Immeasurable meaning), Charles H. Yick and Frederick H. Hong

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Postgraduate Endodontic Programs in the United States, Bianca Aboubakare, James Chen, and Johnah C. Galicia

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Thesis: CONSTRUCTING A VALIDITY ARGUMENT FOR ASSESSMENTS OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE IN PREDOCTORAL DENTAL EDUCATION: A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION, Fatema Alkazemi

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Dissertation: INCORPORATING GLUTAMIC ACID-VALINE-CITRULLINE LINKER IN TRIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES TARGETING PSMA ENSURES ENHANCED STABILITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY IN MOUSE MODEL OF PROSTATE CANCER, Toufiq Ul Amin

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Dissertation: THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LEADERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION SAFETY CULTURE, Zenebe Asfir

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Thesis: BEYOND CORTISOL: INDICATORS OF STRESS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN PLASMA AND BLUBBER OF MARINE MAMMALS, Jessica Avalos

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Dissertation: Hostile Takeover: The Effects of Work Stress, Monica D. Barletta

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Thesis: DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY OF STRESS TOLERANCE AND LIFE-HISTORY STRATEGY TO ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT, Alyssa M. Bonfoey

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Dissertation: Implementation and Sustainability of Trauma-Informed Care Via Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Aisha Larie Elloie Brice

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Dissertation: POPULARITY AND INTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS: THE POSSIBLE MEDIATIONAL ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP QUALITY, Jocelyn Camargo

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Dissertation: SELF-AUTHORSHIP AND THE EFFECTS OF REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK IN POST-STUDY ABROAD U.S. COLLEGE STUDENTS: STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND, Tarianne G. Cotton

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EFFICACY OF CARIES DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION USING NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ITERO ELEMENT 5D INTRAORAL SCANNER IN COMPARISON TO CLINICAL-REFERENCE STANDARD BITEWING RADIOGRAPHS IN A PEDIATRIC POPULATION, Kyle Cuenin and James Chen

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Thesis: The Vagabond Flourine Atom Revisited: Dissociative Photoionization of Tri- and Pentafluoropropene, Jessica K. De La Cruz

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Thesis: Evaluating a Nondirective Health Coaching Package and a Directive Coaching Package for Increasing Physical Activity, Hailey E. Donohue

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Thesis: MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS: BIOFILM INHIBITION & ALGAE ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, Michelle V. Fong

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Dissertation: Student Loan Debt and First-Generation Community College Students, Sandra A. Fuentes

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Dissertation: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON PEER INFLUENCE AND BELONGINGNESS ON ADOLESCENT EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, Thavy Van Garst

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Dissertation: Spouses of First Responders: A Narrative Inquiry of Survival, Recovery and Healing, Jennifer D. Geiger

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Thesis: EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF CLIENT-SET VERSUS COACH-SET GOALS IN THE CONTEXT OF A HEALTH-COACHING INTERVENTION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, J. Logan Gibson

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Thesis: REGULATION OF PPP1R15A (GADD34) AND PPP1R15B (CREP) MRNA EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION IN THE UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE, Krithika Giresh

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Thesis: Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm by Variovorax paradoxus, Esther Gomez

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Thesis: THE ROLE OF RAD51 IN TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, Dominique Hall

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Thesis: THE BGS 13 MUTANT OF PICHIA PASTORIS AND ITS EFFECT ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE REPORTER PROTEIN B-LACTOGOLBULIN, Bushra Irshad

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Dissertation: All IN PIX YPAR: A YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH STUDY OF STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL, Jessica L. Jennings

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Thesis: Optimization of the structure of TTR Ligands for Half-life Extension (TLHE), Guanming Jiang

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Dissertation: EFFECTS OF PEER RELATIONSHIPS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT AND ROMANTIC INTIMACY AMONG ADOLESCENTS, Selina Johnson

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Thesis: IMPACTS OF PLASTIC POLLUTION ON A PELAGIC MARINE MAMMAL, THE NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL, Lauren M. Kashiwabara

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Thesis: GC/MS AND LC/MS APPROACHES TO CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN PLANTS AND MARINE CYANOBACTERIA, Carolyn Keim

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Thesis: AAC CAMP AS A PRE- AND POST- SERVICE TRAINING MODEL, Joanne Kim

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Dissertation: Utilization of Virtual Reality for General Education Purposes, Amit Lal

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Dissertation: Continuous Improvement in Practice: One K–12 District’s Leadership Journey, Orquidea Largo

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EARLY PREDICTION OF THE NEED FOR ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE USING SKELETAL AND SOFT TISSUE CEPHALOMETRIC LANDMARKS, Bianca Amy Lau; James Chen; and Marie M. Tolarová MD, PhD, DrSc

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Dissertation: A Cultural Perspective of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System with Latino Youth, Erika J. Leacox

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CLASS III CORRECTION USING CLEAR ALIGNER THERAPY IN ADULT PATIENTS, Kyra Lee, Kimberly Mahood, and Heesoo Oh

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EXTERNAL APICAL ROOT RESORPTION OF MAXILLARY INCISORS FOLLOWING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SHORT ROOT ANOMALY: A CBCT STUDY, Eric Le, Jonas Bianchi, and Heesoo Oh

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Dissertation: DISAPPEARING ACTS: THE DECLINING NUMBERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTINGS, Catherine F. Lewis-Brownfield

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Dissertation: PERIPHERALLY RESTRICTED DELIVERY SYSTEM PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON THE ROLE OF CNS IN PRECIPITATING OPIOID-INDUCED CONSTIPATION, Dengpan Liang

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Thesis: Investigation of CDK8 inhibitor Q-12 effects on CDK8 and CDK8 substrates in triple negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-468, Shengxi Li

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Thesis: THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREATMENT, ETHNICITY, AND STRUCTURED EXERCISE IN CLINICAL POPULATIONS, Amanda M. F. Lopez

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Dissertation: CON ILUSIÓN Y GANAS: ADVANCING THE TRANSFER RATES OF LATINO MALE SCHOLARS, Abraham Madrigal Barajas

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Relationship Between Diabetic Status and Levels of Salivary Statherin, Nikhil Malhan, David Ojcius, and Scott Davis

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Dissertation: PEPTOID FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS BY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY STUDIES, Yadwinder Singh Mann

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SKELETAL CHANGES AND STABILITY IN FIXED ORTHODONTICS VS. INVISALIGN THERAPY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY FIRST APPROACH, Mojan Mirnia, Hyeon-Shik Hwang, and Jonas Bianchi

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Dissertation: THERMODYNAMIC MECHANISMS OF HELIX STABILIZATION IN A MODEL PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN, Ryan Murray

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Thesis: LAND-USE AND ANT BIODIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY, Laura L. Navarro

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Dissertation: THE COMBINATORY EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC OBESITY AND ONTOGENY ON MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION IN TISSUES OF DRUG DISPOSITION, Michael Ng

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Thesis: SOCIAL MOVEMENT SPLINTERING: AN EXAMINATION OF STOCKTON STANDS WITH MINNEAPOLIS AND NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATION, Kevin Ozomaro

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Thesis: HOW DO THEY DO IT? USING OMICS APPROACHES TO EXPLORE METABOLIC RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOXIA AND EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN THE DEEPEST DIVING PINNIPED, Elizabeth R. Piotrowski

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Thesis: Optimizing the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (hAHR) expression in Pichia pastoris, junyu qian

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Thesis: Depression and Anxiety Amongst College D1 Athletes, Jessica Radford

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Dissertation: Empowerment by Design: Classroom Innovation and Inquiry Through Design Thinking and Action Research, Cory Rayala

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Dissertation: Intrinsic motivation is not enough: Exploring the decision to pursue promotion to full professor, Margaret Roberts

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Thesis: The Relationship Between The Educational Experiences Of Senior Dental Students And Their Attitudes Towards Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Alya Sarkhouah

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Thesis: SELF-CARE PRACTICES AND BURNOUT EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC THERAPISTS IN A METROPOLITAN CITY, Sylvester Sroka

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Dissertation: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, EXPERIENCE, & SUPPORT AMONG PRE-PHARMACY STUDENTS, James J. Stack

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The outcome and stability of anterior open bite treatment with clear aligners in adults, Heeyeon Suh, Kimberly Mahood, and Heesoo Oh

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Dissertation: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND THE CALIFORNIA BASIC SKILLS REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHING, Willie C. Thomas II

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An In Vitro Evaluation of the Kontrolflex Accufile Hand File, Mia Tittle

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Dissertation: PERIPHERALLY RESTRICTED OPIOID CONJUGATES AND ITS USE AS PHARMACOLOGICAL PROBES AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS, Md Tariqul Haque Tuhin

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Assessment of skeletal changes and mandibular plane in growing patients treated with miniscrew assisted (MARPE) and conventional rapid palatal expansion using CBCT images, Daniel Voorhees, Jonas Bianchi, and Heesoo Oh

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Searching for association of GSK3β rs13314595, MSX1 rs3821949, TGFβ3 rs3917201, and BMP4 rs17563 with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, Gabrielle Wainwright; Marie M. Tolarová MD, PhD, DrSc; and Mirek Tolar

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Dissertation: COMPARISON OF FIRST-TIME NEUROCOGNITIVE BASELINE COGNIGRAM ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRAZILIAN PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING ATHLETES, Peter Wang

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Thesis: EXPRESSION OF MOUSE FULL-LENGTH ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AND HUMAN ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN IN PICHIA PASTORIS, Yiyuan Wang

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Dissertation: Where are all the African-American Women Superintendents in California, Oregon, and Washington State?, Toniesha D. Webb