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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Stress And Neuropeptide Y: Hippocampal Crossroads, Mariana Andrea Cortes

Hyperphosphatemia Contributes To Functional Iron Deficiency And Skeletal Muscle Wasting, Brian Anthony Czaya

Examining the pathophysiology through which violence exposure varies with functional brain connectivity and the psychophysiological response to stress, Heather Elizabeth Dark

Quantum velocities for one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with periodic potential., Mohammed Darras

Targeting Oncogenic microRNA in Lung Cancer, Mackenzie Lauren Davenport

Evaluating the Regulation and Effect of Innate Immune Gene Expression on Melanocyte Biology, Alex D. Dawson

Motivating Factors Influencing the Decision to Create Worker Cooperative Businesses, Brandon Alexander DeBalsi

Use-Dependent, Post-Critical Period Structural Plasticity in Primary Visual Cortex Following Central Vision Loss, Matthew Defenderfer

The HOCl response of Escherichia coli., Rhea Marie Derke

The Impact of Blimp1 on eTreg Stability and the Tumor Microenvironment, Michael Dixon

The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Hospitals Allowance for Bad Debt, Tara B. Dixon

The Function Of Tgfβr3 (Betaglycan) In The Differentiation And Proliferation Of T Cells, Samuel Duesman

Regulation of Nitric Oxide Syntahse 3 By Histone Deacetylase, Luke S. Dunaway

Design, Construction, And Testing Of A Differential Resistance Elliptical Exercise Machine, John Easton

A Critical Discourse Analysis: The Ways in Which African American Male Administrators Talk About Race and Their Roles as Administrators in Public Schools in Alabama, Mathew Germayne Epps

Thermodynamics And Kinetics Of Sol-Gel Transition: Effects Of Nanoconfinement, Maria Alejandra Espinosa Dzib

Race, Feeding Practices and Infant Weight Gain During the First 6 Weeks of Life, Alysha Breanne Everett

Microstructural Characterization Of Ternary Eutectic And Near-Eutectic Al-Cu-Mg Alloys, Dominic Ikemefuna Ezemenaka

Towards a Resilient Community: Application of Advanced Computational Models and Big Data Analytics, Md Golam Rabbani Fahad

Does Interdisciplinary Care Team Care Management Improve Health Quality and Demonstrate Cost Effectiveness?, F Cardwell Feagin

Validation of 2-Methylethcathinone, 3-Methylethcathinone, and 4-Methylethcathinone, Tara Federico

Mothering Ourselves to Wholeness: Employing Black Feminist Criticism & Critical Narrative Methods to Trace Black Maternal Archetypes & Restory the Praxas of Socio-Politically Engaged Black Mothers in Rural, Suburban, & Urban Contexts, Martez D. Files

Experience-Dependent Plasticitiy of Functional Connectivity in Human Visual Cortex Following Central Vision Loss, Leland Lanelle Fleming

Cognitive progression and care patterns in all-cause dementia by prior cancer diagnosis, Mackenzie Elisha Fowler

“Her Feeling Had Come Too Late”: Emotion and Time in Virginia Woolf’s Modernism, Madison Frost

A Power Optimized Power Low-Noise High Linearity Rf Amplifier For Iot Applications, Shaoyu Fu

Diurnal Variation in Hippocampal Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, Allison R. Fusilier

Evaluating the turning point of cardiovascular health in children with sickle cell disease, Najibah Galadanci

Clinical, Radiographic, and Histomorphometric Outcomes Following Ridge Preservation Using Leukocyte- and Platelet-Rich Fibrin (L-PRF) and Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft (FDBA) Layered Technique: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial, Geisy Galviz

Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Blood of Marrow Transplant Survivors, Radhika Gangaraju

An Airway Analysis of Patients Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Compared to a Control Group, Matt Gibson

Mental Health And Chronic Disease Management: Examining The Association Between Depression And Multiple Sclerosis (Ms) Outcomes, Christina J. Glenn

The Effects of Pubertal Timing on Psychosocial Outcomes in Adulthood, Marlon Goering

Religion, Spirituality, Faith, Centeredness and Wellbeing: An Exploration of How These Elements Impact Individual Wellbeing, Carol Griggs

Upregulation Of Somatostatin Receptor 2 In Neuroendocrine Tumors Using Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Rachael Elizabeth Guenter

Investigating Saudi Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs Toward Emergent Literacy Skills And Practices: A Mixed Methods Study, Fatimah Hafiz

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Iron Selenide Heterostructures Guided by Laser-Plasma Simulations and Experiments, Sumner Bently Harris

The Role Of Visa Status And Acculturation In The Health Of Us Immigrants, Serra Sevde Hatipoglu

An Exploration Of The Manifestation Of Parentification Among Young Carers Of Persons With Huntington’S Disease, Bailey Hendricks

The Effects Of A Social Skills Intervention On Neural Processing In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abbey Jane Herringshaw

Identifying Novel Therapeutics And Therapeutic Entry Points For The Treatment Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Through Regulation Of Gene Expression, Rylie Maria Hightower

Stress, Inflammation, and Mood: A Role for Leptin?, Kathleen Hodgin

Studies on Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae Biofilm Persistence & Redox Homeostasis in Chronic Bacterial Diseases, Benjamin C. Hunt

Undergraduate Students’ Perspectives On Mental Health Services, Resources, And Supports During Covid-19: A Qualitative Dissertation, Amy Hutson Chatham

Effectiveness of Maxillary Molar Intrusion With the Invisalign System for Correction of anterior Open Bites, Logan Icenhour

Multidrug-Resistance, Antibiotic-Associated Acute Kidney Injury, and Poor Disease Prognosis in Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia, Adeniyi J. Idigo

Kinetic Mechanism Investigations of Nucleotide Addition Catalyzed by RNA Polymerase I and II, Zachariah M. Ingram

Predictors Of Subjective And Objective Everyday Functioning In Middle-Aged And Older Adults With Hiv, Alexandra Elaine Jacob

Local Priming Of Long-Lived Tcf1+ Memory Cd8+ T Cell Responses In The Spleen During Influenza Virus Infection By Lung Derived Migratory Dendritic Cells, Meagan Jenkins

How Trans Students Encounter Cisgenderism in Higher Education at the Intersection of Location and Region: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Trans Students' Experiences in Understudied Cities in the Southeast, Cortney Johnson

Man Enough: Exploring the Gendered Experiences of High-Achieving Black Men in Higher Education, Christopher E. Jones

Implications of Day-to-Day Oulsatility Index Change and Corticosteroid use in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Jeremy D. Jordan

On the Security and Usability of New Paradigms of Web Authentication, Mohammed Jubur

Viral Load is Not a Predictor For Hearing Loss in Children with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection, Nazia Kabani

Model Invariant Visual Tracking Using Deep Learning of Trajectories, Pravinkumar G. Kandhare

Laser Spectroscopy, Amplification, And Laser Properties Of Fe:Znse Mid-Ir Gain Media Under Er:Yag Laser Excitation, Krishna Karki

Rural And Urban Differences In Vegetable And Fruit Consumption Among Older Cancer Survivors In The Deep South: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study, Harleen Kaur

Policy in Education: Examining the Impact of the Alabama Literacy Act on Early Childhood Educators' Literacy Instruction, Faith Kelley

Service Profiles In Substance Use Disorder Treatment: The Role Of Institutional And Organizational Factors, Reena Joseph Kelly

Transcriptional Regulation and Islet Transplantation Advantages of Brown Adipose Tissue, Jessica D. Kepple

Understanding and Improving the Police Response to Suspected Cases of Human Trafficking, Lekendra Kidd

Dynamic Biomechanical Characteristics of the Optic Nerve Head by OCT Imaging, Jihee Kim

Association of Abdominal Obesity and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: Findings from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study, Joonseok Kim

A Lean Six Sigma Evaluation And Cost Analysis Of Alabama’S Oral Fluid Roadside Screening And Confirmation Testing Program, Minjee Kim

Identifying Factors to Inform the Development of Adaptive Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity Behavior Among People with Multiple Schlerosis, Yumi Kim

Analysing the Contribution of SNARE-Dependent Exocytosis From Astrocytes to Huntinton's Disease Pathogenesis Using the BACHD Mouse Model, Annesha C. King

Destiny in the Details: Jacopo Zucchi's Ages as Ferdinando I de' Medici's Astrological Natal Chart, Molly Claire Kinstler

From Deviance to Disease: How Congress Frames Opioid Use, 1994-2019, Stephanie Kirkland

Heads Or Tails? Structural Studies Of Host Interaction And Molecular Piracy In Bacteriophages, James Lewis Kizziah

Examining Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Distancing on Children and Their Play and Social Development, Jenni Koehler

Actual and perceived balance abilities while performing tasks that challenge balance in older adults and individuals with Parkinson's Disease., Jutaluk Kongsuk

Gait Adaptability With Healthy Aging And Parkinson’S Disease, Daniel Kuhman

Inducible T Cell Costimulator Stabilizes Regulatory T Cell Phenotype And Controls Host-Microbiota Interactions To Reduce Susceptibility To Intestinal Inflammation, Ashley Elizabeth Landuyt

The Association Between Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Disproportionate Share Payments And The Financial Performance Of Safety Net Hospitals, Jon Law

Mucus Matters: Mucociliary Physiology In Chronic Lung Diseases, Jacelyn Emily Peabody Lever

Chemical, Physical, and Antibacterial Properties of Contemporary Pulp Capping Materials, Yu-Yin Lin

Review of Inmate Litigation Challenging the Constitutionality of Solitary Confinement, Kaelyn Little

A randomized controlled trial to compare the histomorphometric and clinical outcomes of soft tissue augmentation at the time of lateral ridge augmentation procedures, Kenneth Liu

Japonisme and Modernity in Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower by Henri Riviere, Yen-Hua Liu

Japonisme and Modernity in Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower by Henri Riviere, Yen-Hua Liu

The Relationship of Debt Ratio and Financial Performance for Large NFP Health Systems, Mark Lombardi

Implications of Genetic Variation on Patient Disease and Therapeutic Options, Ashlee Long

The Role Of Race, Sex, And Place In The Association Of Diabetes And Cardiovascular Disease, Gargya Malla

Evaluation Of Flexural Strength, Modulus, Translucency, Stain Resistance, And Gloss Of Different 3D Printing Materials, Shantanu Mankar

The Role of PIM3 Kinase in Promoting Tumorigenesis, Tumor Metastasis, and Cancer Cell Stemness in Human Hepatoblastoma, Raoud Marayati

Investigating pathological features of TDP-43 in neurodegeneration, Joshua Mathew Marcus

An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Student Achievement And The Emotional Intelligence Quotient Of Secondary Principals In Alabama Schools, Dorothiann Martin

Understanding the Role of Biomechanics in Ovarian Cancer Biology, Alba Martinez Diaz

Intra-University Collaboration Between and English Language Center and a Disability Resource Office to Support International Students With Disabilities: A Bridge Towards Inclusive Excellence, Matthias Maunsell

Hurricanes and Heart Problems: Natural Disaster, Social Capital, and Cardiovascular Mortality, Zachary H. McCann

An Analysis of Preterm Birth Related to SARS-COV-2 Infection by Race, Madeleine B. McGwin

Delineation Of B Cell Follicle Associated Cd4+ T Cell Subsets, Ryan James McMonigle

Cutting the Lilies, Olivia A. McMurrey

Investigation into the Structure and Function of Streptococcal Antigen I/II Family of Proteins, Joshua L. Mieher

Omics Discovery For Cardiometabolic Traits In African Americans, Bre Ashanti Minniefield

Reducing Environmental Impacts of Natural Gas Compressor Stations and Applicability of the Current Regulatory Framework, Scotty Joel Moates

Value Analysis Of Electronic Health Records, Shikha Shah Modi

Fiber Prestressing in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Composites, Mahmoud Mohamed

Sites of Memory in Lao PDR: The Role of Tourism in Post-Conflict Reconciliation Processes, Angela Morgan

Neonatal Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection Disrupts Synapse Remodeling During Development, Jerome Moulden