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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Nutritional and Chemical Factors Shaping Diet Selection for Two Sagebrush Specialists: Pygmy Rabbits and Sage-Grouse, Amy Colleen Ulappa

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Design Guide for CMOS Process On-Chip 3D Inductor using Thru-Wafer Vias, Gary VanAckern

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Geochronologic and Isotopic Investigation of the Koipato Formation, Northwestern Great Basin, Nevada: Implications for Late Permian-Early Triassic Tectonics along the Western U.S. Cordillera, Nicholas Quentin Vetz

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Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Stream and Groundwater Interactions, Ryan Eugene Warden

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How Do Human Disturbance, Beach Characteristics, and Coastal Engineering Affect Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Habitat Selection on the Florida Panhandle?, Alyson F. Webber

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Magnetic Field Induced Strain in Polycrystalline Magnetic Shape Memory Foam, Cassie Lynne Witherspoon

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The Design, Fabrication, and Calibration of a Micro-Newton Thrust Measurement Stand, Jack T. Woldtvedt

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Introducing Dialogue Back Into the Classroom: Blending Narrative Storytelling in Social Studies, Eun Kyoung Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

The Fourth-Century Rediscovery of Christian Jerusalem, Daniella Makram Morgos Abdelmasih

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Review of Randomized Control Trials Assessing the Efficacy of Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF) in Non-COPD and Non-Trauma Cases, Marja AlYami

I Want to Steal Your Stop Sign, Amanda Bennett

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Bio-Terror Agent Multiplex Detection Compatible with Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Jason Besecker

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High-Voltage Programmable Delta-Sigma Modulation Voltage-Control Circuit, Lucien Jan Bissey

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Religiosity and Fear of Crime, Jonathan Bolen

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Developmental Understanding of the Equals Sign and Its Effects on Success in Algebra, Ryan W. Brown

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The Inquiry Learning Model as an Approach to Mathematics Instruction, Michael C. Brune

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High Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior and Microstructural Evolution in Alloy 230, Jatuporn Burns

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An Exploratory Study of 2007-08 Idaho Early Childhood Special Education Outcome Data, Brenda Mortensen Cannon

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Impact of Ground-level Aviation Emissions on Air Quality in the Western United States, Eric Edward Clark

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Differentially Encoded Quadrature Phase Shift Key Communication and Real-Time Implementation, Robert Walton Conant

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Geochemical and Geochronological Constraints on the Tectonothermal History of the Central and Eastern Nepal Himalaya: Implications for Thermal-Mechanical Models, Stacey Lynn Corrie

Trigger Men: Novel Excerpt and Stories, Matt Crosby

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Ancient and Recent Demographic Events Influence Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in an Immigrant Basque Population, Michael Christopher Davis

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Fabrication Utilizing Novel Metal-Doped Germanium Selenide Phase-Change Memory Materials, Morgan Gregory Davis

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Burning Down the Trailer Park, Timothy Owen Davis

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The Elderly Somali Bantu Experience of American Health Care: The New Way, Cathy Marie Deckys

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Jesús Urquides: Idaho’s Premier Muleteer, Max Aaron Delgado III

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Does Mean Osteon Size Change with Age, Sex or Handedness? Analysis of the Second Metacarpal in a 19th Century Sample from Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Bridget Jennifer Denny

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Galois Theory for Differential Equations, Soheila Eghbali

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Sex Education Decision Making at the Independent School District of Boise, Annabeth D. Elliott

Transitioning New Graduates into Practice, Anne Erickson

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The Role of Minor Fibrillar Collagens During Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish, Ming Fang

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Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform to Characterize Differences Between Impact Signals from Non-Cleated and Cleated Turf Shoes, Wayne Robert Fischer

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A Culture Of Divisions: Cultural Representations of La Bruja and La Curandera in Nuevo Mexicano Folklore and Literature, Annemarie Lynette García

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Stepping Away From the Ring: An Autoethnographic Study of Hero Worship Created Through Media Consumption, James Ross Gatfield

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Hardware Implementation of Real-Time Operating System’s Thread Context Switch, Deepak Kumar Gauba

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A Reconfigurable Pattern Matching Hardware Implementation Using On-Chip Ram-Based FSM, Indrawati Gauba

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How Do Idaho’s Lineups Line Up? An Exploratory Study on Congruence to Nationally Recommended Practices in Eyewitness Identification Procedure, Nichole Jolein Gerhard

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Factors Influencing Soil Moisture at the Hillslope Scale in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Environment, Ivan John Geroy

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Determining Intensity Levels for Selected Wii Fit Activities in College Aged Individuals, Joshua D. Grieser

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Child Mothers in Children’s Literature: Victorian Gender Negotiations in Burnett’s Girlhood Fiction, Hailey Siobhan Grist

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A Case Study on the Use of Athletic Performance Strategies in an Elite Athlete’s Management of Pancreatic Cancer, Brooke Elisabeth Harris

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"Sore Vexation," The Utah Saints and the Gentile War: The Development of the LDS Church During the Civil War, Rebecca Ann Hawks

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CELL(F), Nicole Lynn Herden

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An Examination of the Effectiveness of an 8-week Bikram Yoga Program on Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, and Physical Fitness, Zoe Louise Hewett

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The Effects of Interaction on Adolescent Reading Motivation, Greg A. Hoetker

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Camp Cooke: The First Army Post in Montana – Success and Failure on the Missouri, Rodger Lee Huckabee

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Crime is Not Just a Man's World: Perceptions of Female Offenders Through a Feminist Lens, Marianne Hudson

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Exploring Brain-Based Instructional Practices in Secondary Education Classes, Constance Darcy Jack

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School Size and Student Academic Achievement in Idaho High Schools, Barbara J. James

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Teaching for Social Justice with Students from Privileged Groups: Integrating Social Justice into Middle School Curriculum, Bong Seok Jang

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Exploring Managed NAND Media Endurance, Mark G. Jurenka

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Energy-Efficient Fault Tolerant Coverage for Wireless Sensor Networks, Rahul Kavalapara

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Caspase Activation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Classified as Tauopathies and Alpha-Synucleinopathies: Caspase-Cleaved TAR DNA-Binding Protein-43 in Pick's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Polina Kokoulina

The Law of Marine Constancy, Breonna Vinikas Krafft

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Seditio Saturnini: The Sedition of Saturninus, Joseph Michael Kurth

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Geochemical, Isotopic, and U-Pb Geochronologic Investigations of Intrusive Basement Rocks from the Wallowa and Olds Ferry Arc Terranes, Blue Mountains Province, Oregon-Idaho, Gene Alan Kurz

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Identifying Controls on Surface Carbon Dioxide Efflux in a Semi-Arid Ecosystem, Katrina Elsie Ladd

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Stepfamily Stories: How Stories about Rituals Communicate a Sense of Family, Donna Jean Lang

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Use(ful In(form)ation, Dustin Lapray

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Between the Great Idea and Kemalism: The YMCA at İzmir in the 1920s, Samuel David Lenser

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Design of Computer-Based Assessment Secondary Education for Understanding of Mathematics, Mark Damian Lewis

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Microstructural Evolution of Nickel During Spark Plasma Sintering, Matthew Thomas Luke

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Still Flying: The Communicative Constitution of Browncoat Fandom as Culture, Jonathon Nicholas Lundy

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A Great Appearance of Force: Puritan Family Government in Colonial Connecticut, 1672-1725, Alicia Desiree Martin-Cowger

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Design and Analysis of a Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Micro Combustor, Matthew H. McCrink

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Hip Power Asymmetry in Older Adult Fallers and Non-Fallers, Lauren Grace McDonald

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Stably Free Modules Over the Klein Bottle, Andrew Misseldine

Crystallization Characteristics of Thermally-Induced Phase Transformations of Chalcogenide Alloys for Non-Volatile Memory Applications, Rebecca L. Munoz

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Revisiting the Margaria-Kalamen Staircase Test: Reliability and Validity in a Modified Anaerobic Power Test for Recreational Masters Athletes, Elizabeth Ellsworth Murdock

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Energy-Efficient Reliable Sensor-to-Sink Data Transfer for Wireless Sensor Networks, Vamsi Krishna Venkata Naga Nandanavanam

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Trading in Spirits: European Alcohol and the Indigenous Population of New France, Stacy Jo Nation-Knapper

Electric General, Amber Nelson

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Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Ground Water from Municipal Lagoon Treatment, Teresa Nicholas

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Characterization of Englacial Voids Using Radar Velocity Anisotropy, Joshua D. Nichols

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Douçaine Vivant: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of a Cylindrical Survivor, Aage Bent Nielsen

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To a Landscape Unknown: The Mythology and Ecology of Land in John Steinbeck’s To A God Unknown, Danielle Packard

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Islands in the Stream: Searching for Structure in the Aboriginal Fishery Along the Snake River, Travis Jay Pitkin

Notes on a Downer Peninsula, Jacob Patrick Powers

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The Effects of Walking on Measures of Depression and Anxiety with Court-Ordered Clients, Michael Ray

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An Examination of Strength Training Practices in a Sample of Varsity High School Athletic Programs in Idaho, Monica Lynn Reynolds

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Effects of Old Nest Material on Occupancy and Reuse of Artificial Burrows, and Breeding Dispersal by Burrowing Owls (Athene Cunicularia) in Southwestern Idaho, Corey S. Riding

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Schools, Community, and Family: The Promises of Community-Based School Reform and School Success, Shannon Sue Rishky

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Extending Transfer in Composition: Exploring a Model for Conceptualizing Rhetorical Problems, Janet Roser

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Combinatorics and Topology of Curves and Knots, Bailey Ann Ross

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K-Delta-1-Sigma Modulators for Wideband Analog-to-Digital Conversion, Vishal Saxena

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Differences in Muscle Activation in the Lower Extremities While Performing Traditional Squats and Non-Traditional Squats, Christopher M. Scotten

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Ldcommunity.Com: Helping Educate Students and Postsecondary Instructors About Learning Disabilities, Ryan Stauffer Scott

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A MATLAB®-Based FM Demodulator for the Radio Broadcast Data System, Sandeep Subhash Shende

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Using Soil Moisture Trends Across Topographic Gradients to Examine Controls on Semi-arid Ecosystem Dynamics, Toni Jo Smith

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An Investigation of Carrier Transport in Hafnium Oxide/Silicon Dioxide MOS Gate Dielectric Stacks from 5.6-400K, Richard G. Southwick III

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Reproductive Failure and the Stress Response in American Kestrels Nesting Along a Human Disturbance Gradient, Erin Hennegan Strasser

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Fire and Climate in a Lodgepole Forest of Central Idaho: Annual, Decadal, Centennial, and Millennial Perspectives, Lar Osvard Svenson

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Age and Isotopic Investigations of the Olds Ferry Terrane and its Relations to Other Terranes of the Blue Mountains Province, Eastern Oregon and West-Central Idaho, Kyle P. Tumpane

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Degradation Specific OCR, Subramaniam Venkatraman

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Convergent Validity between Field Tests of Isometric Core Strength, Functional Core Strength, and Sport Performance Variables in Female Soccer Players, Jeffrey Scott Wagner

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Environmental Impact of the Euro-American Emigration Through Southwestern Idaho (1840-1862): Effect on Native Lifeways, Garrett G. Webb

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Costs and Benefits of Variable Nest Density in Burrowing Owls: Effects on Predation, Ectoparasites, Egg Yolk Hormones, and Productivity, Justin Lamar Welty

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Structural and Stratigraphic Age Constraints of the Inskip Formation, East Range, Nevada: Implications for Mesozoic Tectonics of Western North America, Joshua David Wilkins

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Extending the Page Segmentation Algorithms of the OCRopus Documentation Layout Analysis System, Amy Alison Winder

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Gain and Offset Error Correction for CMOS Image Sensor Using Delta-Sigma Modulation, Kuang Ming Yap

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Oppression, an Artist’s Experience, Asaad Zangana

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Boeing's Impact on Seattle, William Anderson

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Household and Property Relations in Tuva, Tayana Arakchaa

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Mouse Oncostatin M Receptor RNA Interference and Novel RNA Analysis Gel, Patrick S. Aranda

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Phase Change Memory: Array Development and Sensing Circuits Using Delta-Sigma Modulation, Mahesh Balasubramanian

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Electrical Switching Properties of Ternary and Layered Chalcogenide Phase-Change Memory Devices, Martin Jared Barclay

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New Species and Expanded Geographic Ranges of Gut Fungi and Their Symbiotic Relationship with Insect Hosts, Molly Elizabeth Bench

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Differences in Upper Body Posture and Postural Muscle Activation in Females with Larger Breast Sizes, Mindy Bennett

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Yolk Androgens and Development in American Kestrel Nestlings, Melanie Dawn Berg

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The Effects of Gender on the Biomechanics of the Hip During Athletic Maneuvers, Mikaela Boham

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Women in White Coats: Female Physician Role Enactment in Medical Clinic Interactions, Katie Lynn Bohannon

Memory Line: Poems, Steffen A. Brown III

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Improving Success of Translocating Southern Idaho Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Endemicus), Katie Lea Busscher

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Elders with Diabetes: Implications for Depression Screening, Cynthia Clinkingbeard

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Among the Stars, Bradley Cook

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Traction Characteristics of Cleated Athletic Shoes at Various Angles of Internal Rotation on Artificial Turf, Benjamin S. Cooper

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Internal Structure and Geochronology of the Gerrei Unit in the Flumendosa Area, Variscan External Nappe Zone, Sardinia, Italy, Ashley V. Dack

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Assessment of Lactate Response after the Completion of Three Different Volume Patterns of Power Clean, Anand Date

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Writing in the Middle: A Qualitative Study of Seventh Grade Language Arts Teachers, Cherie Jolene Dockstader

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Exploring Red-tailed Hawk Migration Using Stable Isotope Analysis and DNA Sexing Techniques, Kara Clare Donohue

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The Root Causes of Errant Ordered Radiology Exams, Benjamin Duman

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Survey of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Parents of Cystic Fibrosis Patients on Nutrition Education, Dixie Lea Durham

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Bringing Science to Scale Through Increased Technical Assistance, Marybeth Flachbart

The G.A.P.S. Project: Development of an Interactive Data-Mapping Tool, Chris Florez

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Concept Booklets: Examining the Performance Effects of Journaling of Mathematics Course Concepts, Todd Stephen Fogdall

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Criterion Validity of the Air Displacement Plethysmography Technique in the Assessment of Percent Body Fat, David Gonzalez

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Differential Cellular Responses to Metal Oxide Based Nanoparticles and Potential Biomedical Applications, Cory L. Hanley

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Wide I/O Dram Architecture Utilizing Proximity Communication, Qawi IbnZayd Harvard

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Hadrian’s Wall: Romanization on Rome’s Northern Frontier, Joshua P. Haskett

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Digitally-Tunable Surface Acoustic Wave Resonator, Robert Russell Hay

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Opium Use in Victorian England: The Works of Gaskell, Eliot, and Dickens, Jessica Rae Henderson

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Rubrics and Revision: What are the Effects of 3rd Graders Using Rubrics to Self-Assess or Peer-Assess Drafts of Writing?, Gabriel Cameron Horn

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Dependence of Bone Microarchitecture Upon Collagen α1(XI) Expression During Embryonic Development, Nathan James Hoskins

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Introduction and Spread of Bromus tectorum (Cheatgrass) into Midwestern United States: Population Genetic and Evolutionary Consequences, Temsha D. Huttanus

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The Archaeology and Mobility at 10-Cn-05, an Archaeological Site, Middle Snake River, Idaho, Tedd D. Jacobs

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Visions/Versions of the Medieval in C.S. Lewis’s the Chronicles of Narnia, Heather Herrick Jennings

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Constructing Marriage: A Thematic Analysis of Self-Help Books on Marriage, Stephanie Mae Jones

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Information Technology Infrastructure Library Problem Management Practices in Higher Education: A Maturity Model Approach, Peter Allyn Jurhs

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Histomorphometry of the Human Rib Cortex in Methamphetamine Users, Robert Chancey Karinen

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Diet and Behavior of Ferruginous Hawks Nesting in Two Grasslands in New Mexico with Differing Anthropogenic Alteration, William Hanlon Keeley

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Numerical Modeling of Time-Lapse Seismic Experiments to Monitor CO2 Sequestration in a Layered Basalt Reservoir, Murari Khatiwada

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A Wireless Sensor Data Fusion Framework for Contaminant Detection, Joshua Kiepert

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Behavioral Interactions of Breeding Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus luecocephalus) at Lake Cascade, Idaho, Scott Allen Kimball

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Idaho Building Capacity: Developing a Statewide System of Support for Districts and Schools in Need of Improvement, Lisa L. Kinnaman

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Another Look at Reflection: Promoting Student Voice, Self-Efficacy and Student/Teacher Dialogue Through Structured, Guided Reflection Prompts in a College Reading and Study Skills Course, Linda Kirby

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A Descriptive Study Examining Motivation, Goal Orientations, Coaching, and Training Habits of Women Ultrarunners, Rhonna Zena Krouse

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Characterization and Quantification of Ground Heat Flux for Late Season Shallow Snow, Aurele LaMontagne

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Continuity in Iranian Leadership Legitimization: Farr-i Izadi, Shi’ism, and Vilayet-i Faqih, Tamara C. Mackenthun

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Immunomodulatory Effects of Diesel Exhaust Particles, Ashley Kay Masterson

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Effective Sample Size in Order Statistics of Correlated Data, Neill McGrath

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A Bold, Hopeful, Tolerant, Progressive Way” – Progressives in the Idaho Legislature, 1908-1915, Michael Carl Moore

A Comparison of Two Types of Warm-Up to Improve Cricket Bowler's Speed, Pravin More

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Holocene Fire and Climate in Rangeland Ecosystems of Southwestern Idaho, Nathan Alfred Nelson

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Limitless and Free, David Nicholas

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Materials Consideration for Nanoionic Nonvolatile Memory Solutions, Manasseh Okocha Obi

A Plan of Action for Victims' Rights Week Events, Katherine Elizabeth Orcher

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Conservative Conservationists: Water Rights, Wilderness, and Idahoan Political Identity, Kelly M. Orgill

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Cross Sections Used to Elucidate Differences in Wavelet Transforms of Ground Force Reactions, Wesley John Orme

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Comparison of Four Techniques of Body Composition Assessment in Older Adults, Nilesh D. Pawar

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Traditions in Transition: Basques in America, Alissa Peterson

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Transparency in Formal Proof, Cap Petschulat

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A Parallel Computing Test Bed for Performing an Unsupervised Fluoroscopic Analysis of Knee Joint Kinematics, Renu Ramanatha

A Snake in Eden, Susan Bruns Rowe

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Atmospheric Flow Applied to Wind Energy Research, Alan Russell

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Virtually There: Social Structure Over Time and Space, Wayne Erik Rysavy

Evaluation of Biotic Metrics to Distinguish Between Reference and Impacted Rheocrenes (Springbrooks) in Southern Idaho, Johnna Lyn Sandow

Weight Selection by Misfit Surfaces for Least Squares Estimation, Garrett Saunders

Daniel Deronda Steps Out of the Closet: Examining the Queer/Jewish Strategies of Identity-Formation, David Scott

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Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level: Identifying Students At Risk for High School Dropout, Carrie Lisa Semmelroth

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The Effects of a Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum on the Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of Previously Unsuccessful Students, Cindy Chesley Shaw

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Carbon-Free Compressed Air Energy Storage, Dustin Andrew Shively

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The Sweet Air, Ann Braley Smith

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Analytical Upstream Collocation Solution of a Quadratic Forced Steady-State Convection-Diffusion Equation, Eric Paul Smith

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Solvability Characterizations of Pell Like Equations, Jason Smith

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Investigating Raptor Migration Behavior Using Orientation Cages and Wing Measurements: A Comparison of the Flammulated Owl and Northern Saw-whet Owl in Southwestern Idaho, Rhonda F. Smith

Proposal for Integration of Economics, Global Perspectives and the Senior Project, Mark A. Snodgrass

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Static Postural Variables and Patellofemoral Pain in Females, Daniel E. Stenger

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Mental Health Provision to Hispanics in Idaho: Findings from a Provider Survey, Nicole Stickney

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Static and Accent, Naomi Beth Tarle

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Implementation of a Cartesian Grid Incompressible Navier-Stokes Solver on Multi-GPU Desktop Platforms Using CUDA, Julien C. Thibault

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From Screen to Page: Japanese Film as a Historical Document, 1931-1959, Olivia Umphrey

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“The Greenery of a Nightmare”: Paradise Sought, Found and Lost in the Essays of Joan Didion, Christy Claymore Vance

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Confronting Environmental and Social Crises: Octavia E. Butler’s Critique of the Spiritual Roots of Environmental Injustice in Her Parable Novels, Melissa Vargas

Speaking Engagement: The Correlation Between Communication Apprehension and Student Involvement in the University Environment, Danielle Ashley Verhulp

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The King and His Council, Karen I. Wadley

Singles Going Steady: Poems, Jason Richard Walsh

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Evaluating the Effects of Credit-Based Transitional Programs on High School Students' Critical Thinking Skills, Jane M. Walther

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Seed Predation on Slickspot Peppergrass by the Owyhee Harvester Ant, Joshua P. White

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Searching for Patterns of Discourse in a Sea of Professional Development: Professional Learning and Teacher Discourse, Brian T. Whitney

Lateral Water Redistribution During Spring Snowmelt and Simulated Rain-On Snow Events, Michael David Whitson

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American Friends Service Committee Efforts to Aid Japanese American Citizens During World War II, Theodore Wilbur

A Geochemical Investigation of Groundwater Sources, Blackfoot River, Idaho, Jennifer S. Wilson

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An Organizational Communication Perspective on the University: Understanding How Individuals Constitute Organizations, Charles Ritchie Woffinden

A Modern Case of Feral Children, April Wolfe

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Biomechanical Evaluation of Glenohumeral Joint Stabilizing Muscles During Provocative Tests Designed to Diagnose Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior Lesions, Vanessa J. C. Wood

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Rational Drug Design: An Information Driven Approach to the Design of an Anthracycline Analog, Charlene Rebecca Young

Educator Learning: Certainty or Untidy Diversity, Julia A. Zarbnisky

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

Collagen Type XI in Zebrafish Axial Skeletal Development, Jason Samuel Adams

Hardware Implementation of Finite State Machine Watermarking Technique, Sudhangi Ambekar

Design of an Integrated Half-Cycle Delay Line Duty Cycle Corrector Delay-Locked Loop, Eric A. Becker

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Analyzing Leaders’ Perceptions to Enhance the Use of an Employee Engagement Survey, Shelley A. Berg

The Impact of Crystal Orientation on Initial Stage Oxidation of Polycrystalline Nickel and Chromium, Louis P. Bonfrisco

Captivating Distractions: Marketing Music in Consolidated Markets, Jaclyn Dawn Brandt

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Ground-Penetrating Radar and Thermal Modeling of Active Layer Thaw Beneath Arctic Streams, Troy Richard Brosten

Factors Controlling the Concentration of Arsenic in the Treasure Valley Shallow Aquifer, Idaho, Montague W. Busbee

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Title I Program Models of Delivery: The Impact of Paraeducator Instruction on Idaho Fourth Grade Reading Proficiency, Janet S. Byers-Kirsch

Low-Voltage CMOS Temperature Sensor Design Using Schottky Diode-Based References, Curtis Wayne Cahoon

Transient Liquid Phase Sintering and Joining of Lanthanum Calcium Ferrite, Patrick G. Callahan

The Application of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys in Power Generation Devices, David R. Carpenter

Love Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Media, Gottumukkula Vijaya Raghavendra Chakravarthy

Influence of Towing Force Magnitude on the Kinematics of Supramaximal Sprinting, David A. Clark

Tube-Equivalence of Spanning Surfaces and Seifert Surfaces, Thomas Glass

Characterization of Mechanical and Magnetic Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga Shape Memory Thin Films Deposited onto Silicon and Alumina Substrates, Michael Hagler

Seasonal Variation in Immunocompetence and Other Physiological Parameters of the American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius), Eric C. Hallingstad

Scale and Heterogeneity in Hydraulic Properties of the Fractured Granitic Boise Front, Boise, Idaho, Bernadette Acker Hoffman

The Development and Evaluation of Ground, Model and Satellite-Based Snowmelt Depletion Curves, Joel William Homan

Simple Tests for Short Memory in ARFIMA Models, Timothy A. C. Hughes

Incomparable Metrics on the Cantor Space, Trevor Jack

Brick: Investigations of History, Architecture, Sculpture and Metaphor, William Jamieson

The Synthesis and Sintering of Nitrides of Uranium and Dysprosium, Brian J. Jaques

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MOSFET Modulated Dual Conversion Gain CMOS Image Sensors, Xiangli Li

Hardware and Software Design for a Large Gas Engine Detonation Simulator, Tracy Lowder

Using Delta-Sigma Modulation for Sensing in a CMOS Imager, Dennis Glen Montierth

Richards' Equation and Its Constitutive Relations as a System of Differential-Algebraic Equations, Shannon K. Murray

Comparison of the Trunk and Pelvis Range of Motion Between Gymnasts and Non-Gymnasts, Teri J. Penza

Compatability Assessment of HfN, ZrN, and Graphite with Molten LiCl-NaCl-KCl-UCl₃, Prakash Periasamy

In Search of Lingua Franca: The Myths of English Only, Michael K. Peterson

Soft-Core Processors in Computer Engineering Education, C. Arlen Planting

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Utilization of Idaho's Tobacco Cessation Program from 2000 to 2007, Kathryn R. Quinn

A Geochemical and Multi-Isotopic Approach to Determine Mantle Source and Petrogenesis of Late Cenozoic Basalts in the Western Snake River Plain, Idaho, Tiffany A. Rivera

Microstructural Stability in Grain Boundary Engineered Copper and Creep-Tested Inconel 617, Scott Michael Schlegel

Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments Using Bit Torrent and Bargaining, Barsha Shrestha

A Novel Approach to Investigate the Reliability of Titanium Nitride/Hafnium Oxide/Silicon Dioxide/Silicon Gate Stacks, Richard G. Southwick III

Evaluation of the Spatially Varying Water Balance Processes in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Watershed of Idaho Using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model, Benjamin T. Stratton

Investigating Recharge Routes to the Treasure Valley Aquifer System, Idaho Using Noble Gas Thermometry, Michael Thoma

Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Nickel Doped Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles, Aaron Paul Thurber

Image Registration Using Phase Correlation, Geng Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

Geochronology of the House Mountain Gneiss Complex in the Atlanta Lobe of the Idaho Batholith, Jeremy Alexander

PTK: A Parallel Toolkit Library, Kirsten Ann Allison

A Dynamic Loop Detection, Profiling and Optimization Tool, Ravi Ayyagari

Ecology, Habitat Use, and Probability of Detection of Flammulated Owls in the Boise National Forest, Keith P. Barnes

The Effects of Functional Fatigue Elicited by Rapid, Repetitive Acceleration and Deceleration on the Ground Reaction Forces of a Jump Landing in Female Collegiate Soccer Players, Kathleen Berg

The Effects of Functional Fatigue on Ground Reaction Forces of a Jump, Land, and Cut Task in Female Collegiate Soccer Athletes, Mikaela Boham

The Effects of Roadway Mortality on Barn Owls in Southern Idaho and a Study of Ornamentation in North American Barn Owls, Than James Boves

On the Contradictory Effects of Oncostatin M in Human Breast Cancer, Amanda Joy Bruesch

Code Crackers and Meaning Makers: An Exploration of Comprehension Strategy Instruction in Kindergarten, Mary Ann Cahill

Fusing Parameters Effect on Gloss, Brandon Micheal Chaffin

Training, Microstructure, and Magneto-Mechanical Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga Magnetic Shape-Memory Alloys, Markus Chmielus

The Use of a Field Programmable Gate Array in a Compact Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Subsurface Volatile Organic Compound Detection, Jonathan Paul Cole

Design and Validation of an Automated Multistep Outflow Apparatus for Measuring Soil Hydraulic Properties, Jordi Figueras

Ground Water Modeling of an Arsenic Contaminated Sandy Aquifer with Response to Transient River Level, Mekong Delta, Cambodia, Somenath Ganguly

Theorem Proving in Elementary Analysis, Joanna Porter Guild

Active Drive Train Control to Improve Energy Capture of Wind Turbines, Nathaniel Haro

Ferromagnetism in Transition Metal Doped Nanoscale Tin Dioxide, Jason Hays

An Investigation of Lucas Sequences, Dustin E. Hinkel

Regulation of CD40 Ligand Gene Expression: Implications in Asthma, Alma Hodzic

A Canonical Countryman Line, William Russell Hudson

Migratory Landbird Stopover Habitats in Southern Idaho: A GIS and Geostatistical Approach, Bonnie C. Hunt

Automated Installation of Linux High-Performance Computing Clusters, Paul Kreiner

Biomechanical Evaluation of Provocative Tests for Superior Glenoid Labrum Lesions, Seth M. Kuhlman

Emplacement and Compositional Variations of the Dikes at Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho, Kimberly R. Kurz

Pollination and Florivory by Insects Visiting the Flowers of Lepidium Papilliferum (Brassicaceae), Hollie Leavitt

Dendroclimatological Reconstruction of Streamflow Variability in a Small, Semi-Arid Mountain Catchment, Valerie Joy Lenhartzen

Noise-Shaping Sense Amplifier for Cross-Point Arrays, Matthew B. Leslie

Early Food Restriction and Phenotypic Development in Captive American Kestrels (Faldo Sparverius), Vittoria G. Marzot

Quantifying Noise Effects in Bilevel Document Images, Craig D. McGillivary

Inversion and Resolution Analysis of Electromagnetic Data: Examples from Geothermal and Watershed Characterization, Carlyle Richard Miller

A High Resolution Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Seawater ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr Curve, Lyndsey Needham

Deterministic Modeling of Bromide Tracer Transport During the Tracer/Time-Lapse Radar Imaging Test at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site in August, 2001, Gregory Nelson

Portable Wireless Multipurpose Sensor System for Environmental Monitoring, Michael Owen

Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity from SH-Waves, Laura Pool

Influence of Topography, Soils, and Vegetation on Densities and Body Condition of Southern Idaho Ground Squirrels, Kristin L. Ross

Design and Implementation of a PCI Express (PCIe) Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Memory Functional Tester, Naovarat Sajjapongse

Indirect Feedback Compensation Technique for Multi-Stage Operational Amplifiers, Vishal Saxena

Movements of and Habitat Use by Bull Trout in Arrowrock Reservoir, Idaho, Carl Bernard Stiefel

The Effects of Wildfire and Debris Flows on Small Headwater Stream Ecosystems in Central Idaho, Quenton Tuckett

Preventing Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease Following Over-Expression of BCL-2, Veera Vyas

Host Selection in the Douglas-Fir Beetle Following Extended Periods of Flight: The Effect of Depleted Fat Reserves on Pioneer Behavior, Wyatt I. Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

Influence of Saturated Wedge Hydrodynamics on Hillslope-Stream Connectivity, Daniella Makram Morgos Abdelmasih

Groundwater Recharge Estimation Using Chloride Mass Balance Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Pamella Sarah Aishlin

Invasion by nonnative brook trout in Panther Creek, Idaho : roles of habitat Quality, Connectivity and Biotic Resistance, Joseph R. Benjamin

Deposition and Characterization of a Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Chromium Doped Zinc Oxide, Russell Benson

Reproductive Performance as a Function of Outcrossing Distance in Lepidium Papilliferum (Brassicaceae), a Rare Plant Endemic to Southwest Idaho, Stephanie A. Billinge

Wide Range, Low Jitter Delay-Locked Loop Using a Graduated Digital Delay Line and Phase Interpolator, Eric R. Booth

Home Ranges, Movements, and Multi-Scale Habitat Use of Pygmy Rabbits (Brachylagus Idahoensis) in Southwestern Idaho, Gregory S. Burak

Neonatal Stress and Avian Development: Effects on Growth, Immune Function, and Plumage, Michael W. Butler

Application of Borehole Radar and Fresnel Volume Tomography to Characterize a Heterogeneous Alluvial Aquifer, Mark Leonard Buursink

Development and Implementation of the Circuit-Level Oxide Reliability Switch Matrix Technique for Evaluation of CMOS DC and AC Circuit Performance Characteristics, Betsy J. Cheek

Germination, Initial Seedling Establishment and Water Status of Bromus Tectorum and Vulpia Microstachys on Lichen-Dominated Biological Soil Crusts of the Northern Great Basin, Lynell D. Deines

Analytical Modeling of Fully Penetrating Pumping Tests at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site for Aquifer Parameters and Wellbore Skin, Jessica Joan Fox

Pattern-Based Fault Diagnosis Using an Artificial Neural Network Implemented in VHDL, Corey Dean Gates

Immuno-SEM Characterization of Developing Bovine Cartilage, Michelle Lee Gerritsen

Differential Regulation of Soluble and Membrane CD40L Proteins in T Cells: Implication of ADAM-10, Kelli Michelle Gertsch Matthies

Fuzzy Conservation-Based Algorithm for Protein Family Classification, Valerie Storrs Hatcher

The Effect of Idaho's Clean Indoor Air Law on Myocardial Infarction Admission Rates in the City of Boise, Jill Heinz

Characterization of an Active Fault Zone Using the Three-Dimensional Reflection Seismic Method, Scott Hess

Sites of Nurse Production: A Post-Structuralist Examination, Manda V. Hicks

Assessment of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho Focus Clinic: A Pilot Study, Jaime E. Hineman

Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modeling for the Boise Metropolitan Area, Suseel Dev Indrakanti

Fresnel Volume Ground Penetrating Radar Attenuation Difference Tomography and Incorporating Geostatistical Constraints in Nonlinear Inverse Problems, Timothy Chad Johnson

Education Under Enemy Occupation: Experiences of Selected Dutch Students During World War II, Rebecca Celia Maria King

A Comparative Study of Antecedent Factors for Weight Loss, Andrea Lambe

Improving Garbage Collector Performance and Adding Debug Features to Tinyscheme, Gordon McNutt

Caspase Cleavage of GFAP within Degenerating Astrocytes of the Alzheimer's Disease Brain, Peter E. Mouser

The Influence of Disturbance Events and Rehabilitation on Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems, Stuart W. Murray

Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Population of Young Athletes: Correlation with Echocardiographic Parameters, Kurt J. Nilsson

Advances in Electrical Resistivity Tomography: Modeling, Electrode Position Errors, Time-Lapse Monitoring of an Injection/Withdrawal Experiment and Solution Appraisal, Greg Arthur Oldenborger

Population Genetics and Food Habits of Raptors in Southern Idaho, Dusty Neil Perkins

Design and Fabrication of a MEMS Chemicapacitive Sensor for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds, Todd Jackson Plum

Priorities in K-12 Distance Education: A Delphi Study Examining Multiple Perspectives on Policy, Practice, and Research, Kerry Lynn Rice

A Gas Sampling Module for a Subsurface Ion Mobility Spectrometer, Kevin P. Ryan

Multimedia-Enhanced Instruction in Online Learning Environments, Barbara Ann Schroeder

Exploring Raptor Migration Using Stable Isotope Analysis: The Northern Goshawk in Western North America, Adam D. Smith

Population Genetics and Mating System of the Rare Polyploid Lepidium Papilliferum (Brassicaceae), a Southwestern Idaho Endemic, Amy J. Stillman

Muscle Recruitment Strategies in Preadolescent Male and Female Soccer Players Performing a Landing Task, Jeanie Sutter

Holistic Care of the Mentally Ill in Christian Healing Camps: Global Health Ministries' Pharmacotherapy Project in Madagascar, Candace Kay Trautman

Systematically Distorted Communication as Opposition to Freedom: The Case of Theocracy in America, Brianna Travis

Mapping of Biological Communities in Northwestern Montana, F. Jack Triepke

Stand Dynamics and Its Relationship to Fire and Climate History in the Cottonwood Creek Drainage, Boise Front Range, Idaho, Melanie Vining

The Effects of Neonatal Handling on Adrenocortical Responsiveness, Morphological Development, and Corticosterone Binding Globulin in American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius) and European Starlings (Sturnus Vulgaris), Buddy A. Whitman

Mini- and Micro- Channel Devices in Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics, John McKay Youngsman

A Low-Cost DSP Platform for High-Performance Digital Motor Control, Yishan Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

Toddler Attachment in an Accredited Childcare: A Study Using the Strange Situation, Melissa S. Bandy

Using Pipelining to Save Power in Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, Steve Bard

Population Viability of the Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Brunneus Endemicus): Effects of an Altered Landscape, Justin Shane Barrett

Family Involvement at Home: Increasing Literacy Achievement of Diverse At-Risk Kindergarten Students, Ruth Hill Calnon

Perceived Impact of Curriculum Management Audit Recommendations on Increased Student Achievement, Kelly L. Cross

Comparative Study of VHDL Coding Styles as Applied to Finite State Machines, Brett L. Davis

Home Range Size and Foraging Habitat of Black-Backed Woodpeckers, Jonathan G. Dudley

Image Alignment Method for Matching a Telescope Image with a Star Catalog, Darin Dutson

Bird-Habitat Relationships and the Effects of Spring Versus Fall Prescribed Burning on Forest Birds in the Blue Mountains, Northeastern Oregon, Craig R. Fosdick

Distribution of Soil Water Dynamics in a Small Mountain Catchment, Laura Ellyn Grant

Immunomodulatory Properties of the Novel Anthracycline Analog, GPX-150: Implications for the Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Disease, Mark Bryan Headley

The Effect of Ice Immersion of the Elbow on Wrist Proprioception, Kimberly J. Herbert

Influences of Body Size and Environmental Factors on Autumn Downstream Migration of Bull Trout in the Boise River Basin, Lauri A. Hostettler

Comparison of Empirical Relationships for Hydraulic Conductivity Using Grain Size Distribution, Packing, and Porosity Information from the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site, Boise, Idaho, Clinton Hughes

Oncostatin M Induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Breast Cancer Cells Promotes Angiogenesis, Alexander E. Ide

Accounting for Time and Space Variations of δ18 in a Snowmelt Isotopic Hydrograph Separation in the Boise Front, Patrick R. Kormos

Accounting for Time and Space Variations of δ18 in a Snowmelt Isotopic Hydrograph Separation in the Boise Front, Patrick R. Kormos

Thermal Stability of Barrier Layers for Copper Metallization, Bhavna Mantha

Enforcing Non-Hierarchical Access Control Policy Without Public Key Cryptography, Quan Ma

Hate Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Strategy of Typology, Transfer, and Dramatic Presentation: A Critical Analysis of Four Sermons by Wesley A. Swift, Dean L. Matlock

Finite Resource Reconfigurable Hardware/Software Codesign: Case Studies, David Lee McCarver

Determining Storm Water Quality Awareness Among Boise City and Garden City Communities, Brian Michael McGovern

Changing Students' Ideas of Social Justice Through Narrative Pedagogy, Fernanda M. Morales

Science Pedagogy, Teacher Attitudes and Student Success, Miriam Munck

Bacterial Secondary Production in the Snake River, Timothy J. O'Donnell

Dispersal, Translocation, and Population Connectivity in Fragmented Populations of Southern Idaho Ground Squirrels, Karen Christine Panek

Novel Methods in Fabricating Silicon Knives for Surgical Applications, Srikar Reddy Peesari

Development of an Areal Snow Depletion Curve in the Dry Creek Experimental Watershed Using MODIS Satellite Imagery and the Utah Energy Balance Snow Accumulation and Melt Model, Michael Procsal

Breast Cancer Cells Stimulate Neutrophils to Produce Ocostatin M: Potential Implications for Tumor Progression, Marisa M. Queen

Rill Erosion: Evidence for Adjustments in Hill-Slope Hydrology After Wildfire, Brian William Ragan

Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Polythiophene Gate Electrode ChemFETs for Environmental Pollutant Sensing, Vamsi Krishna Thouti Reddy

The Influence of Hyporheic Flow on the Temperature of a Riffle-Step-Pool Stream, Eric L. Rothwell

A Case Study of PN Charter School Conditions for Multiliteracies, Penelope Link Saurino

Statics and Dynamics of BEC Vortex Matter, Aaron James Sup

Burrowing Owl Offspring Sex Ratios: Long-Term Trends and a Test of the Triver and Willard Hypothesis, Nicole A. Taylor

Development of a Queue Growth and Dissipation Model, Wei Wang

Characterization of the Spatial and Temporal Controls on Soil Moisture and Streamflow Generation in a Semi-Arid Headwater Catchment, Christopher Jason Williams

Using Data From the Idaho Achievement Test as a Tool for School Improvement, Laurie Wolfe

Portrait of an Alternative School: Using Narratives to Explore Teacher-Student Relationships, Debra L. Yates

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

Improving the Informed Consent Process Through the Use of a Question and Answer Tool, Loretta S. Amy

Nesting Ecology and Breeding Success of Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius Monachus) in Central Mongolia, Nyambayar Batbayar

Nest Lining Behavior, Nest Microclimate, and Nest Defense Behavior of Burrowing Owls, Ryan S. Brady

Stratigraphy and Origin of the Phreatomagmatic Deposits at Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plains, Idaho, Brittany Dawn Brand

Post-Fire Establishment of Vegetation Communities Following Reseeding on Southern Idaho's Snake River Plain, Cynthia R. Dalzell

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis) Population Analysis and Food Habits Study in the Independence and Bull Run Mountains, Nevada, Graham David Fairhurst

Finger Injuries in Recreational Rock Climbers—An MRI Study, Cheryl A. Fakler-Patterson

Cross-Well Radar Attenuation-Difference Tomography to Monitor a Bromide Tracer Test, Sarah Elaine Goldstein

Micro-Controller Based Potentiostat, Ashwini Vittal Gopinath

Effects of the SportsmetricsTM Exercise Program on Landing Mechanics in Female U-11 Soccer Players, Sara Lynn Grandstrand

The Tension of Expressiveness: Reading Adorno on Behalf of the Subject, Kevin R. Harrison

Northern Goshawk Home Ranges and Habitat Selection in the Great Basin of Southern Idaho, Kristin Wood Hasselblad

A Study of Rural Hospital Antimicrobial Resistance Proficiency, Heidi L. Hawkins

The Cisuralian Ammonoid Genus Uraloceras, Nikki Theresa Hemmesch

In-Situ, Across Wafer Temperature Measurement Apparatus for Semiconductor Fabrication Equipment, Mark Hofhine

Evaluation of the Effect of Implementing an Impact Evaluation within the Idaho and Community-Based Waiver Program, Stacy Knipple

Evaluating the Marketing Practices of Rural Hospitals in Idaho, Shaun D. Menchaca

Design and Development of Heavy Metal Sensors Using Semi-Conductive, Chelating Polymers, Ryan L. Meyer

Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Electro-Plated Copper Through-Wafer Interconnects, Peter Anthony Miranda

Caspase Cleaved Tau Accumulation in Neurodegenerative Diseases is Associated with Tau and Synuclein Pathology, Jodie L. Newman

Modeling of Toner Coverage in Laser Printers, Margaret Ann Wasko Lord Norris

Multi-Scale Habitat Relationships for the Great Basin Collared Lizard in Southwestern Idaho, Von R. Pope

Population Genetics of the Invasive Grass Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae (L.) Nevski (Poaceae), Joseph Howard Rausch

The Idaho Militia from 1863-1899, James M. Riley

Ideologies Implicit in the War on Terrorism: A Rhetorical Analysis of Speeches from Opposing Voices, Kellie A. Rose

Comparison of Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Design Technologies Using a 16-Bit Binary Adder, Michael Brandon Roth

Evaluation of Abstinence-Only Education Strategies in Idaho, Chandra R. Story

Reading and Writing Flash Memory Using Delta Sigma Modulation, Jennifer Taylor

Fracture Characterization in Fine-Grained Sedimentary Systems: Miocene Monterey Formation, California, Jennifer M. Titcze

Outcrop-Scale Ground-Penetrating Radar and Seismic Imaging of Unsaturated Lacustrine Delta Sediments, Suwimon Udphuay

Estimating Degradation Model Parameters from Character Images, Hok Sum Yam

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

Improving Patient Satisfaction of Pediatric Dietary Services, John David Bishop

Modeling of RF CMOS Devices for Wireless System-on-a-Chip Applications, Franklyn George Burke

Listening with Ricoeur: A Hermeneutic for Listening Theory, Jerald Catt-Oliason

Speedup of Optical Scanner Characterization System, Roger D. Clements

Nonvitamin, Nonmineral Dietary Supplement Use Among Intercollegiate Athletes, Crystal Sue Collier

Suppression of the Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2, MeCP2, Inhibits Neurite Extension in PC12 Cells, Sorcha M. Cusack

Great Horned Owl Distribution and Habitat Use Relative to Post-Release Survival of Endangered Attwater's Prairie Chickens, Karl Monroe DeHart

Beyond Sugar and Spice: Femmachismo and Relational Aggression in the Personal Narratives of Adolescent Females, Amy Beth Gardner

Exploratory Study of Telemedicine Medicaid Reimbursement Status : Participating and Non-Participating States and Its Impact on Idaho's Policy Making Process, Gayle A. Gray

Principal Component Analysis and Bayesian Classifier Based Character Recognition, Gopal Krishna Gupta

Breast Cancer: Development and Characterization of an In vitro Model and an Investigation into the Capacity of Oncostatin M to Act as a Multi-Functional Tumor Promoter, Ryan G. Holzer

Idaho Storm Warning System II, Kumiko Izawa

Habermas, Nietzsche, and West: Critiquing and Complementing Notions of Social Democracy Via Existential Ethics and Aesthetics, Ann K. Johnson

Lower Permian Conodont Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Aktasty Hills Section, Southern Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, Dale A. Kerner

The Life History and Ecology of Two Endangered Snake River Gastropods: Utah Valvata (Valvata utahensis: Call) and Idaho Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis idahoensis: Pilsbry), Steven John Lysne

BMP-1 Mediated Proteolytic Processing of Alternatively Spliced Isoforms of Collagen Type XI, Ryan J. Medeck

P-Wave Velocity Characterization of the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site, Geoff J. M. Moret

Ecology of Burrowing Owls in Southwestern Idaho: Association with Agriculture, Food Habits and Territorial Behavior, Colleen Elizabeth Moulton

Fabrication of a Miniature Ion Mobility Spectrometer in Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics, Donald Gene Plumlee

Embedded System Design for Multi-Purpose Sensors to Detect and Analyze Environmental Contaminants, Wesley A. Prouty

Investigation of Sub-50nm Non-classical CMOS Transistor Structures, Arun Rambhatla

Quantitative Analysis of Unconsolidated Coarse Fluvial Sediments from the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site: Statistical Analysis of Core and Porosity Data, Edward C. Reboulet

The Effect of a Knee Ligament Injury Prevention Program (KLIP) on Muscular Activation Patterns of Five Dynamic Stabilizers of the Knee, Dana K. Roberts

Modulation of the Adrenocortical Stress Response in North American Accipiters During Fall Migration and the Effect of Flight Strategies and Energy Expenditure on Their Baseline Corticosterone Secretion, Heather M. Rogers

Using Software Design Methodology for Hardware Design and Synthesis, Rolando Rubalcava

Influence of Fragmentation on Shrubsteppe-Obligate Passerines, Bruce C. Schoeberl

The Failure of Public Land Law on Owyhee County Rangelands, Richard Slack

Quaternary Movements on an Inherited Mesozoic Structure: The Rush Peak Fault, West-Central Idaho, Sara C. Smith

Nest-Site Selection and Reliable Indicators of Habitat Quality for the Winter Wren in Western Washington, Jennifer Soules

Noninvasive Fecal Steroid Measures for Assessing Gonadal and Adrenal Function in the Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos) and Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus), Airica M. Staley

The Late Paleozoic Tectonostratigraphy of the Central Pequop Mountains, Elko County, Nevada, Dustin Sweet

The Effects of Ice Massage to the Tibialis Anterior Muscle on Proprioception at the Ankle, Jo Han Wang

Hydrometric and Geochemical Evidence of Streamflow Sources in the Upper Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Southwestern Idaho, Melissa K. Yenko

System Performance Investigation of the IVC System, Yuxiang Zhai

Development, Implementation, and Simulation of a Source Policy Route Discovery Protocol, Wei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

Development of a High Frequency Probe Station Built to Study Spin Valves, Jake Anderson

Interspecific Hybridization in the Seed-Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Evidence for a Mosaic Hybrid Zone, Kirk E. Anderson

An Exploratory Study on Impact of Participation in Youth Action Councils on Development of Assets, Rhiannon N. Avery

The Influence of Ice on Channel Morphology of the Kuparuk River, Alaska, Heather R. Best

Gyrfalcon Food Habits in Central West Greenland During the Nestling Period, Travis L. Booms

Childhood Immunizations: A Pilot Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reminder/Recall Systems and Perceptions of Patient Tracking Systems, Aaron D. Campbell

Geology and Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks of the Menagerie Wilderness, Western Cascades, Oregon, Geoffrey William Cook

Analysis of the Stability and Maneuverability of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) with Applications to Biomimetic Robotics, Frank William DelRio

Changes in Local Groundwater Elevation Following Stream Restoration in the Lower Red River Meadow, Idaho, Kenneth Douglas Donley

The Pre-Cenozoic Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Clearwater Canyon, Sonoma Range, Nevada: Implications for the Timing of Golconda Thrusting, Jacob Franklin Dunston

Ethnography of Everquest: Fehr's Four Factor Friendship Formation Model in an Online MMORPG Environment, Kimberly Edmundson

Current Density Limitations of Spin-Valves, Terry Gafron

A Pilot Study on Perceptions of Environmental Health Risk in Kootenai County, Idaho, Kimberly Anne Harding

The Geology of the Inskip Canyon Area, East Range, Nevada, Robert N. Hargett

Microbial Functional Diversity and Growth Strategies in Response to Disturbance, Angela Hemingway

Effects of a Knee Ligament Injury Prevention (KLIP) Exercise Program on Impact Forces in Females, Bobbie Susan Irmischer

An Educator's Guide to Impact Cratering in the Inner and Outer Solar System and Scientific Investigation at the Secondary Level, Frederick Eugene Johnson

Internet-Based, Asynchronous Connected Learning and the Role of Course Management Software in Higher Education, Eric Kellerer

Heterophil to Lymphocyte Ratios and DNA Sexing in Fall Migrating Northern Saw-Whet Owls and Flammulated Owls in Idaho, Lynda L. Leppert

Ranking Groundwater Pollution Potential Using a Standardized Decision Tool: Commercial and Industrial Business in Kootenai County, Idaho, Douglas C. Lowe

Methods of Reducing Maintenance Impacts by Building Maintainability into Information Systems, Paul Richard Schneider

Breeding Biology, Nesting Habitat, Dietary Analysis and Breeding Behaviors of Northern Hawk Owls (Surnia Ulula) in Interior Alaska, John E. Shook

Development and Characterization of an In vitro Model of Prostate Cancer Progression, Colin R. Soares

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

Graphic Correlation of the Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian Strata in Spitsbergen and Loppa High, Barents Sea: Independent Tool for Testing Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Models, Ruslan Mikhaylovich Anisimov

Attendance Patterns of Invasively and Non-Invasively Treated Myocardial Infarction Patients in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase 2 Program, Charles F. Barnhart

A Comparison of Sediment Monitoring to Sediment Facies Mapping in the Middle Fork Payette River, Central Idaho, John Carter Borden

Design and Modeling of Device Characteristics and Process of a 0.13 μm Silicon-on-Insulator MOSFET for High Performance, Bryan G. Cole

Cellular Automata Rules for Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata, Teresa Cole

Population Biology and Natural History of Columbia Spotted Frogs (Rana Luteiventris) in the Owyhee Uplands of Southwest Idaho: Implications for Monitoring and Management, Janice Carol Engle

Assertive Community Treatment: A Comparative Study Between Independent and Dependent Living, Kirby L. Farner

CMOS Radio Frequency System-on-a-Chip Design & Modeling Methodology, David Phillip Goldman

The Effects of Velocity, Occlusion and Gender on Coincidence of Anticipation, Darin Harrold

The Adrenocortical Reponse to Handling Stress in Two Temperate-Breeding Blackbird Species, Shanie L. Holman

Structure and Geochemistry of the Cougar Creek Complex, Northeastern Oregon and West-Central Idaho, Gene A. Kurz

Breeding Season Diet of Northern Goshawks in Southeast Alaska with a Comparison of Techniques Used to Examine Raptor Diet, Stephen B. Lewis

Late Quaternary Geochronology and Recent Faulting Along the Eastern Margin of the Shukash Basin, Central Cascade Range, Oregon, Edward W. Lyon Jr.

Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Shrub-Steppe Birds in Southeastern Idaho, Catherine Ward Rideout

Factors Influencing Public Health Nurses' Job Satisfaction, Helen L. Root

Population Structure and Movement Patterns of Adfluvial Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the North Fork Boise River Basin, Idaho, Tammy Dee Salow

Landslides and Wildfire: An Example from the Boise National Forest, Suzanne Shaub

The Army's Reserve Component Leader Development System: A Needs Assessment, Teresa L. Taylor

Forest Songbirds in the Blue Mountains, Oregon: Habitat Relationships and Response to Prescribed Burning, Allyson L. Turner

Patterns Associated with Habitat Selection by Peregrine Falcons in Central West Greenland, Catherine Strahl Wightman

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

Geophysical and Geological Investigation of Sediment Boils at Chilly Buttes, Idaho, Robert D. Bolger

Western Snake River Plain, Idaho, Fluvial-Lacustrine Sediments: Exhumation Estimates from Mudstone Compaction, Unconformity Identification by Buried Soil Carbonate, Hydraulic Conductivity Estimates from Well Cuttings, Brian Christopher Cavanagh

Multi-Scale Habitat Influences on Northern Goshawk Occupancy and Reproduction on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, Sean Paul Finn

Lithostratigraphy and Permeability of Neogene Deltaic, Lacustrine and Fluvial Sediments Along the Northwestern Margin of the Western Snake River Plain, Emmett and Boise, Idaho, Michael Edward Guilbert

Evaluation of Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis) Productivity, Nestling Growth, and Adult Health in Relation to a Central Idaho Habitat Potential Model, Lauri A. Hanauska-Brown

A Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and Its Evaluation Tool: A Case Study, Lisa L. Hatfield

The Effects of Cattle Grazing on Columbia Spotted Frogs (Rana Luteiventris) in the Owyhee Mountains, Idaho, Amy K. Howard

Performance Relationship Between Parents and Their Offspring on a Tapping Task, ChungGon Kim

Sedimentation Rates and Pacific Plate Motion Calculated Using Seismic Cross-Sections of the Neogene Equatorial Sediment Bulge, Marie B. Knappenberger

The Effect of Clear or Unclear Teaching on the Number of Student Disruptions in the Classroom, Christopher C. Nordfelt

Flammulated Owl (Otus Flammeolus) Breeding Ecology in Aspen Forests of Northern Utah: Including Responses to Ski Area Development, M. David Oleyar

Structural Analysis of the Pioneer Thrust Fault, Big and Little Fall Creek Drainages, Pioneer Mountains, Blaine and Custer Counties, Idaho, David M. Palleiko

Fate of Nutrients and Pathogens from On-Site Disposal Systems to Ground Water and Application of Different Models Used as Screening Tools to Detect Hazardous Parameters, Hala G. Rafla

The Effects of AccessTM Bar Supplementation on Aerobic Endurance, Andrew A. Sheldahl

Qualitative Assessment of an Electronic Health Record in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System, Corey Surber

Breeding Ecology of the Crane Hawk in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Jason A. Sutter

Outcomes Assessment Study Comparing High Schools Employing an Nataboc Certified Athletic Trainer with High Schools that Do Not Employ an NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer, Eric A. Taylor

Antibiotic Resistance Rates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in Idaho Hospitals from 1994 to 1998, Richard S. Taylor

Artificial Nests, Their Predators, and Their Ability to Represent Real Nests, Kevin S. Warner

Environmental Conflict Resolution Through the Use of a Citizen Advisory Group, Stephen E. West

Toward a Framework of Covert Interaction, Kerenza Williams

Mouse Oncostatin M Transgene Construction, Yumei Lynda Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

Hydrogeologic Investigation of Ground Water Nitrate for Analysis of Implemented Best Management Practices, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, David John Baumgarten

Ferritin Iron Release by Anthracyclines: Investigations of the Basis for Cardiotoxicity and Implications for Drug Development, Julie L. Brown

Geostatistical Assessment and Hydrogeologic Implications of Agricultural Best Management Practices to Reduce Nonpoint Source Nitrate Pollution Southern Minidoka County, Idaho, Rick A. Carlson

Palynology of the Carboniferous-Permian Boundary Stratotype, Aidaralash Creek, Kazakhstan, Michael Thomas Dunn

Investing in the Public Sphere: A Public Service Proposal Based on the Theory of Communicative Action for Mass Communication Research, Ines Hoess

What are the Differences in Treatment Outcomes Between Alpha-Theta Neurofeedback and Traditional Inpatient Treatment for Alcoholic Men?, Sandra Kugler

Juvenile Ferruginous Hawk Movements and Flight Skill Development During the Post-Fledging Dependency Period in South-Central Washington, Aimee L. Pope