Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The influence of alcohol and drug use on one-night stands among adolescents, Lindsey Lee Aaron
Analyzing impacts on backorders and ending inventory in MRP due to changes in lead-time, demand variability and safety stock levels, James Duane Abbey
Healing the borders: Pueblo medicine and cultural hybrids in Frank Waters' The Man Who Killed the Deer and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Matthew Lorn Abbott
The tradition of Meskwaki ribbonwork: cultural meanings, continuity, and change, Brenda Papakee Ackerman
Alkaline dissolution of aluminum: surface chemistry and subsurface interfacial phenomena, Saikat Adhikari
High-resolution alternating evolution schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws and Hamilton-Jacobi equations, Haseena Ahmed
Identification, evaluation and quantification of VOCs as biosecure markers of swine carcass degradation, Neslihan Akdeniz
Ethnic-identity intensity as a moderator of the Technology Acceptance Model and its antecedents, Marcus Anthony Alexander
Concept relation extraction using natural language processing: the CRISP technique, Mohammed Abdelrahman Al Qady
Social and academic factors of success and retention for students of color at a predominantly white institution in agricultural and engineering based disciplines, LeQuetia Natasha Ancar
The effects of farmer attitudes and farm management practices on soil quality: a study in Cherokee County, Iowa, Amber D. Anderson Mba
Fault slip velocities inferred from the spectra of ground motion, Nergis Ani Anil-Bayrak
Person-environment and gender comparisons in the integration of interests, abilities, and skills, Sarah Fetter Anthoney
Applications of effective field theories within and beyond the Standard Model, Oleg Antipin
Middle class identification: the influence of interclass context on middle class evaluations of morality and success, Patrick Charles Archer
Leading change: the role of the principal leading school improvement through implementation of the Iowa Professional Development Model, Pamela Armstrong-Vogel
Global behavior of graph dynamics with applications to Markov chains, Jose Ayala-Hoffmann
Design patterns in level design: common practices in simulated environment construction, Denise Bacher
Understanding the concept of adoption: a qualitative analysis with adoptees and their parents, Diana L. Baltimore
Functional analysis of the C-terminal domain in the Drosophila JIL-1 histone H3 kinase, Xiaomin Bao
Ecology of elk parturition across winter feeding opportunities in the brucellosis endemic area of Wyoming, Andrea Ellen Barbknecht
"Our cherished ideals": rural women, activism, and identity in the Midwest, 1950-1990, Jenny Barker Devine
Predicting loads on ground engaging tillage tools using computational fluid dynamics, Mark Eugene Barker
Proteins affecting rod photoreceptor differentiation in the murine retina: a proteomics approach with emphasis on mTOR, Alison Elizabeth Barnhill
The right of access, the right to hear, and the right to speak: applying First Amendment theories to the network neutrality debate, Sarah Carpenter Barrow
Toward a humor-enhanced classroom, Joseph Patrick Bartolotta
Analysis of jointed plain concrete pavement systems with nondestructive test results using artificial neural networks, Mustafa Birkan Bayrak
Irradiance, total nitrogen, and nitrate-N: ammonium-N ratio requirements for optimal edible biomass production of basil, Angela Renee Beaman
Potential use of quasicrystalline materials as thermal barrier coatings for diesel engine components, M. Brad Beardsley
Second fiddle?: an interpretive study of followers of servant leaders, Shirley Ruth Oetjen Beaver
The effects of low pressure helium ion bombardment on hydrogenated amorphous silicon, Michael William Beckman
Identity preservation & traceability: the state of the art - from a grain perspective (status of agricultural quality systems / traceability / certification systems), Gregory Scott Bennet
Disappearances, luke t. bergeron
Dyadic spousal experiences of Alzheimer's disease: marital satisfaction, caregiver burden, and coping, Amber Joy Bergman
Situating digital tools through ubiquitous virtuality: confluences of art, architecture, and activity in HCI, Romeu Luiz de Castro Bessa
Guidance counselors' perceptions of high school Family and Consumer Sciences programs: a case study of eight guidance counselors in Eastern Iowa, Valarie L. Betz
Terwilliger algebras of wreath products of association schemes, Gargi Bhattacharyya
Gay men's experiences of Alaskan society in their coupled relationships, Markie Louise Christianson Blumer
The geochemistry of carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in the Lavrion District, Attica, Greece: fluid inclusion, stable isotope, and rare earth element studies, Todd Andrew Bonsall
The straight and narrow: a novella, Rebekah Bovenmyer
Transforming teacher education to support multicultural technology pedagogy: an assessment of preservice teachers' beliefs about multiculturalism and diversity, Audrey Denise Bowser
The role of life meaning in psychotherapy, Dawn M. Brandau
Intercept System to Edit, Control, and Analyze Packets (ISECAP), Grant Rogers Brinkmeyer
From working-class origins to academia: community college women who have crossed the great class divide, Lyn A. Brodersen
Dimensions of transformational leadership and relationship with employee performance in hotel front desk staff, Eric Adam Brown
Political culture's effect on voter turnout: the 2004 election and beyond, Narren J. Brown
Skip entry trajectory planning and guidance, Christopher William Brunner
Good seeing you: a collection of short stories, Brian Douglas Burmeister
Accumulation of BEL1-like transcripts in solanaceous species, Brian Anthony Campbell
An integrated approach to investigating the reintroduction of flax production in Iowa, Sarah Louise Carlson
Butterfly community temporal trends and responses to resource availability along a hydrologic gradient of montane meadows, Jennet C. Caruthers
Strategies used by secondary Spanish teachers in heritage language student classrooms, Tracie Korbitz Chandrasekaran
Framing China: how U.S. media reported eight U.S. state visits by top Chinese leaders, Yao Chang
Why Taiwanese students use Instant Messaging: a uses and gratifications approach, Ko-Jung Chen
Kinetic study of copper chemistry in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) by an in-situ real time measurement technique, Changhoon Choi
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the efficient utilization of plant sugar mixture, Madhuresh Kumar Choudhary
Post-Cold War Japan-ROK relations: a pluralist approach, Yong Ouk Cho
A hydrogeologic investigation of Ada Hayden Lake in Ames, Iowa, Evan Gary Christianson
A recommendation for improving the sense of orientation by enhancing visual communication on wayfinding systems: a case study of Minneapolis skyway system, Sohyun Kim Chung
On becoming a geometry teacher: a longitudinal case study of one teacher learning to teach proof, Michelle Cirillo
Purchasing practices, barriers, and industry support in Child Nutrition Programs needed to meet wellness policy requirements, Tami Jo Cline
The acceptance of domestic technology: TAM as applied to a proposed classification scheme, Helen Marie Colvin
Protein extraction from distiller's grain, Drew John Cookman
The role of information flow in engineering optimization, Steven Michael Corns
"Some friends and I started talking...": a participatory action research project to deconstruct white privilege among student affairs practitioners, Jeffrey Edward Cullen
Lie algebra decompositions with applications to quantum dynamics, Mehmet Daǧlı
Exploring host-pathogen relationships through computer simulations of intracellular infection, Garrett Marc Dancik
Postconflict and conflict behavior in all-male groups of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), Jackie Elizabeth Davenport
Neoclassical realism and the collapse of the 1994 Agreed Framework, Chase O. Davidson
The development and field test of the Education Technology Leadership Assessment survey, Greg Davis
Greenpeace cyberadvocacy: message strategies and the framing of the "say no to genetic engineering" campaign, Avril Adrianne B. de Guzman
Ecological processes responsible for species co-occurrence patterns in two species of Plethodon salamanders, Jennifer Deitloff
Application of evidence-based medicine to veterinary science and food safety, Thomas Nishantha Denagamage
Remodeling of higher order chromatin structure by the JIL-1 histone H3 kinase in Drosophila, Huai Deng
Load estimation in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, Aditya Vasudev Dhananjay
Genetic mapping and analysis of traits related to improvement of popcorn, Thanda Dhliwayo
Robust small area estimation, Lixia Diao
Epidemiological studies of shading effects on Asian soybean rust, Ana Paula da Silva Dias
Three Russian phrases, Tim Dicks
Faculty and student experiences with clickers: a qualitative exploration of engaging students in higher-level thinking, Jennifer Ann Diers
Nonsexual multiple role relationships, attachment style, and perception of the counseling situation and the counselor, Irina Vladimirovna Diyankova
The effects of individual attributes, health behaviors, and religion on adolescent obesity: a study of African American and Caucasian adolescents, Bernice Adabasu Dodor
"It's not fair!" Mothers' experiences with perinatal loss upon confirmation of a lethal prenatal diagnosis, Teske Renee Drake
The study of the impact of the M.S. in Agronomy Distance Education Program on student careers, Jesse Duane Drew
Inverse Sturm-Liouville problems using multiple spectra, Mihaela Cristina Drignei
Holes in the health care safety net: an ethnographic study of a free medical clinic, Pamela Ann Duffy
Youth voter mobilization techniques and their effectiveness in the 2008 Iowa Democratic caucuses, Jacqueline Amy Dycke-Norris
Syncretism: a study of Toshodai-ji Wayo architectural and cultural elements, Carole N. Edginton
Nutrient recycling in biofuel production systems: biomass ash pelleting, ethanol co-product allocation, and a beef-ethanol production system analysis, Katherine A. Edwards
The land, it's everything: women farmland owners and the institution of agricultural conservation in the U.S. Midwest, Jean Crim Eells
IseHarvest: TCP packet data re-assembler framework for network traffic content, Stephen Michael Eilers
