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Ohio University
1.
Leger, Daniel J.
The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island.
Degree: MS, Biological Sciences (Arts and Sciences), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555087011078087
► The use of artificial or restored nesting habitats for diamondback terrapin conservation has received increased interest due to its early success and the continued degradation…
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▼ The use of artificial or restored nesting habitats for
diamondback terrapin conservation has received increased interest
due to its early success and the continued degradation of natural
nesting sites. Terrapins nesting on Poplar Island, a man-made
island in the Chesapeake Bay, show a strong avoidance of vegetation
which, coupled with vegetational encroachment over time, has
resulted in a pattern of nest compression within the island’s most
active nesting beaches. This pattern, while currently not
detrimental, could make the Poplar Island population susceptible to
increased predation rates. For the success of the island’s terrapin
population to continue, measures should be taken to remove and
control vegetation within the current nesting beaches. Modeling of
terrapin nest site choice further emphasizes the importance of open
and elevated areas. Additionally, vegetation was found to directly
influence the incubation temperature within the nest. However, the
effect of the low-lying vegetation was not dramatic enough to shift
the expected sex-ratio of the offspring away from a significant
female-bias. The expected 6:1 female-biased sex ratio is not as
dramatic as the observed population sex ratio. This could be
evidence of the effect of male-biased sources of mortality within
the population, however further research is necessary to verify
these findings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Roosenburg, Willem (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Animals; Biology; Conservation; Ecology; Diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys terrapin; Poplar Island; Conservation; Habitat construction; Island; Nest site; Nest site choice; Nesting; Habitat degradation
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Leger, D. J. (2019). The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555087011078087
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Leger, Daniel J. “The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555087011078087.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Leger, Daniel J. “The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Leger DJ. The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555087011078087.
Council of Science Editors:
Leger DJ. The Influences and Consequences of Nest Site Choice by the
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on a Man-made
Island. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555087011078087

Ohio University
2.
Saheli, Massih.
Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory.
Degree: MS, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering and
Technology), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555140817600694
► Continued understanding of fatigue and its impact on material performance is an important aspect on the longevity and safety of a part. The pursuit of…
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▼ Continued understanding of fatigue and its impact on
material performance is an important aspect on the longevity and
safety of a part. The pursuit of testing methods which achieve
higher cycle rates per unit time has led to interest in
cantilevered resonance of Krouse fatigue samples. This
displacement-based method must be related back to stress-level, and
the Young’s modulus must be known to do so. A test protocol to
calculate Young’s modulus from the vibrational relationship of
Krouse and rectangular samples at room and elevated temperatures
was developed, using AISI 316 stainless steel and AA 6061-T6
aluminum. The natural frequency is used to calculate a rectangular
material’s modulus based on resonance. The goal was to relate the
natural resonance of a Krouse specimen to a conventional
rectangular shape. The modulus of a short rectangular sample was
calculated directly with a correction factor to account for the
sample’s small length/width ratio. Krouse specimens had lower
resonant frequencies than rectangular samples of the same material
due to geometrical differences. A modulus correction factor of 1.42
was determined for both materials, which exhibited a threefold
difference in elastic modulus. Due to the geometry of the Krouse
specimen, the decrease in frequency at elevated temperature is not
as pronounced as a rectangular specimen, and the difference in
resonance can be accounted for.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cyders, Timothy (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Engineering; Materials Science; Youngs Modulus; elastic modulus; Resonance; Krouse; vibration; elevated temperature; cantilever beam; frequency
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Saheli, M. (2019). Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555140817600694
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Saheli, Massih. “Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555140817600694.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Saheli, Massih. “Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Saheli M. Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555140817600694.
Council of Science Editors:
Saheli M. Elastic Modulus Determination of Krouse Specimens through
Resonance using Simple Beam Theory. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555140817600694

Ohio University
3.
Siesky, Ryne.
Remnants for Orchestra.
Degree: MM, Music Composition (Fine Arts), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555162313247312
► Remnants is a two-movement work for orchestra scored for three flutes (third flute doubling piccolo), two oboes, one english horn in F, two clarinets in…
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▼ Remnants is a two-movement work for orchestra scored
for three flutes (third flute doubling piccolo), two oboes, one
english horn in F, two clarinets in Bb, one bass clarinet in Bb,
two bassoons, one contrabassoon, four horns in F, three trumpets in
C, two tenor trombones, one bass trombone, tuba, timpani, three
percussion, piano, and strings. The title represents two women who
have heavily influenced me as a person but are no longer a part of
my life due to extreme circumstances. “…of a forgotten path” was
created to celebrate my affection for my best friend. Soon after
writing began, she expelled me from her life, with no plausible
explanation. I thought that composing would help me heal and let me
escape my distress: my escape became my prison. Perhaps it was for
the best, as the movement closely parallels the troubles of
re-contextualizing her in my life. “…of a dying star” is a delicate
reflection of a former best friend. In contrast, she committed
suicide in my second year of high school. Not much is known of the
incident. In fact, most of my memories of her passing are
fragmented. The things I do remember about her are her voice,
charisma, and her empathy for others. Remnants utilizes elements of
George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept in which color, harmony,
and shape act as structural pillars for each movement. The piece
shifts between varying levels of the Lydian Chromatic Scale,
inherently creating systematic variations in texture and harmony
with the system. The three shape-based motifs heard throughout the
work often function as micro-levels of within the
form.
Advisors/Committee Members: McClure, Robert (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Music; Orchestra; Lydian Chromatic; Remnants
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Siesky, R. (2019). Remnants for Orchestra. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555162313247312
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Siesky, Ryne. “Remnants for Orchestra.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555162313247312.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Siesky, Ryne. “Remnants for Orchestra.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Siesky R. Remnants for Orchestra. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555162313247312.
Council of Science Editors:
Siesky R. Remnants for Orchestra. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555162313247312

Ohio University
4.
Cai, Tianyi.
Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices.
Degree: MS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
(Engineering and Technology), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555327711882411
► Flexible electronics has become a burgeoning research field, and it has shown high potential in the industrial field due to its material and functional flexibility,…
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▼ Flexible electronics has become a burgeoning research
field, and it has shown high potential in the industrial field due
to its material and functional flexibility, as well as its low cost
and environmentally-friendly features. Predominantly additive
printing-based technologies have been utilized to fabricate
flexible electronics on various substrates. Direct laser-writing is
an alternative approach that can selectively modify the surface of
a layer to form lasting chemical or physical changes that can
further lower cost and expand fabrication toolsets for
high-resolution flexible devices. The first part of this thesis
methodically explores a low-cost compact laser scribing or
engraving tool that carbonizes the surface of polyimide polymer
(Kapton®), paper, and wood layers that turned into conductive upon
irradiation. The optimal drive parameters for the blue-violet laser
(=445nm) scriber with ~0.5mm beam size are shown to have a linear
speed of 1200mm/min, laser power of 60 unit (~0.75W) and line
spacing of 16line/mm. In addition, the carbon allotropic
composition and lifetime of produced conductive layers were
investigated. The second part of this thesis focuses on
applications of the laser scribed conductive layers for electrical
components. Passive resistors and capacitors, possessing different
designing parameters, were fabricated and tested. Moreover, working
examples of resistive strain sensors and a three-electrode
electrochemical cells are fabricated using the laser engraver,
which demonstrate the industrial relevance and extremely attractive
features of this method.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kaya, Savas (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Electrical Engineering; Nanotechnology; Polymers; Flexible Electronics; Electronic Fabrication
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Cai, T. (2019). Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555327711882411
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cai, Tianyi. “Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555327711882411.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cai, Tianyi. “Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Cai T. Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555327711882411.
Council of Science Editors:
Cai T. Optimization and Characterization of a Laser Engraving
System for Carbon-Based Electronic Devices. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555327711882411

Ohio University
5.
Angers, Kaley.
An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy.
Degree: MS, Social Sciences (Arts and Sciences), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155536072867341
► Schizotypy refers to a cluster of personality traits including unusual perceptual experiences, ideas of reference, suspiciousness, magical thinking, constricted affect, no close friends, social anxiety,…
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▼ Schizotypy refers to a cluster of personality traits
including unusual perceptual experiences, ideas of reference,
suspiciousness, magical thinking, constricted affect, no close
friends, social anxiety, eccentric behavior, and odd/disorganized
speech. One core deficit observed in individuals with schizotypy is
social impairment; however, the underlying mechanisms of social
impairment are not well understood. Neurocognitive performance may
provide an avenue for understanding social impairment in
schizotypy. Empirical evidence suggests a relationship between
neurocognitive variables such as language and functional outcomes,
including social impairment, across schizophrenia spectrum
populations. Schizotypal personality characteristics are also
related to performance on language tasks and to social functioning.
Some literature suggests that in samples of individuals with
schizophrenia, neurocognition is indirectly related to functional
outcomes through clinical symptoms. Across the schizophrenia
spectrum, cognitive deficits precede the development of clinical
symptoms and social impairment. As such, there is reason to believe
that in schizotypy samples, cognitive functioning may also be
indirectly related to social functioning through schizotypal
personality traits; however, to our knowledge, this relationship
has not yet been explored. The present thesis utilized archival
data to examine the relationships among language performance,
schizotypal personality characteristics, and social function in an
undergraduate sample. Results indicated the high schizotypy group
performed poorer on some tasks of language, reported greater social
impairment, and were objectively rated as exhibiting more socially
aberrant behaviors than was the low schizotypy group. In the high
group only, schizotypal personality traits were negatively related
to performance on some language tasks, and to self-reported social
functioning. In the high group only, support for an indirect
relationship between language performance and social functioning
through schizotypal personality characteristics was found. Our
findings may help to provide insight as to the mechanisms of social
dysfunction to better target treatment efforts in schizophrenia
spectrum populations. Limitations and future research are
discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Suhr, Julie (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Psychology; schizotypy; schizotypal personality characteristics; language; semantic priming; category fluency; social functioning
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Angers, K. (2019). An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155536072867341
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Angers, Kaley. “An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155536072867341.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Angers, Kaley. “An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Angers K. An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155536072867341.
Council of Science Editors:
Angers K. An Investigation of Language Performance and Social
Functioning in Schizotypy. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155536072867341

Ohio University
6.
Feng, Yunyi.
Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning.
Degree: MS, Computer Science (Engineering and
Technology), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555421482252775
► Electronic health records (EHR) data have great potential to benefit public health, clinical research and healthcare administration. However, the application is limited by the complexity…
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▼ Electronic health records (EHR) data have great
potential to benefit public health, clinical research and
healthcare administration. However, the application is limited by
the complexity of the multi-source health data in different forms.
In recent years, machine learning and deep learning approaches have
been applied and shown to have promising improvement in utilizing
EHR health data for patient subtyping, future disease prediction,
learning of medical concept embedding and so on, yet in need of
broader and further investigations. This article, first, proposes a
data-driven approach using a stack of logistic regression, support
vector machine and random forest to help identify medical coding
errors and demonstrates its feasibility through experiments on EHR
data of Diagnosis Related Groups. Secondly, this article presents a
study on the adoption of multiple neural network-based text
representation methods (Word2Vec, Doc2Vec, and k-competitive
autoencoder) for clinical narratives and shows that these dense and
relatively short representations are suitable for clinical notes
and exhibits their benefits in diagnosis identification using
real-world discharge summaries in an intensive care
unit.
Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Chang (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Health Sciences; Health Care; Computer Science; medical coding; clinical notes; machine learning; Diagnosis-Related Group
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Feng, Y. (2019). Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555421482252775
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Feng, Yunyi. “Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555421482252775.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Feng, Yunyi. “Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Feng Y. Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555421482252775.
Council of Science Editors:
Feng Y. Identification of Medical Coding Errors and Evaluation of
Representation Methods for Clinical Notes Using Machine
Learning. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555421482252775

Ohio University
7.
Steinberg, Rebecca M.
Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building.
Degree: MS, Environmental Studies (Voinovich), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555429886192267
► Coal mining activities can result in a variety of environmental issues and, worldwide, one of the greatest threats from coal mining is acid mine drainage…
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▼ Coal mining activities can result in a variety of
environmental issues and, worldwide, one of the greatest threats
from coal mining is acid mine drainage (AMD). In the eastern U.S.
coal bearing regions, AMD is a wide spread environmental impairment
to waterways, especially from abandoned or closed underground coal
mines. Pollutional discharge can result from flooding of
underground mines, or mine pools, resulting in reactions that
create AMD and discharge to surface water. Research has focused on
improving reclamation and treatment methods for AMD to address
ongoing pollution problems, but there is a need for more reliable
prediction methods for use in continued permitting of lands for
coal mining. Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(SMCRA), coal companies are required to estimate the post-mining
water levels to determine if a mine pool will form and if there may
be a pollutional discharge, but there is a lack of a science-based
method for determining the hydrologic response to mining. This
thesis sought to address the gap in prediction by expanding
previously explored parameters of mine pool formation in post-SMCRA
mines through expanding previous multivariate statistical analyses.
Analyses were done in both the Unscrambler X and Neuroshell. An
algorithm produced in Neuroshell, an artificial neural network
program, resulted in the least amount of error and was incorporated
into a tool for modeling post-mining potentiometric head elevation
through ArcGIS Pro model building function. The predictive tool
developed in ArcGIS Pro was made to output points of predicted
post-mining water levels. The tool only requires input of data that
would be required for an underground mine permit application. This
work has continued the work of an ongoing project to provide mine
companies and regulators with a predictive ArcGIS tool that
determines if a mine pool will form and discharge to the surface.
This project’s final output is an empirically predictive ArcGIS
tool that is publicly available for download to be used as a new
approach to science-based estimation of underground mining effects
on area hydrology. Methods used to develop both the algorithm and
the tool in ArcGIS Pro can be used in other coal bearing regions
around the world to develop a similarly useful tool for
understanding connections between hydrology and underground
mining.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kruse, Natalie (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental Geology; Environmental Science; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Studies; Environmental Management; Geographic Information Science; Geological; Geography; Geology; Hydrology; Hydrologic Sciences; Information Science; Mining; Natural Resource Management; Water Resource Management; acid mine drainage; mine pools; prediction methods; modeling; gis; geographic information systems
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APA (6th Edition):
Steinberg, R. M. (2019). Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555429886192267
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Steinberg, Rebecca M. “Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555429886192267.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Steinberg, Rebecca M. “Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Steinberg RM. Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555429886192267.
Council of Science Editors:
Steinberg RM. Predicting Post-Mining Hydrologic Effects of Underground
Coal Mines in Ohio throughMultivariate Statistical Analyses and GIS
Tool Building. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555429886192267

Ohio University
8.
Rubinsky, Valerie.
Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships.
Degree: PhD, Communication Studies (Communication), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155559131230807
► Despite sociocultural shifts in sexual politics and perceptions of normativity at the larger cultural levels (Parker, 2010), intergroup communication and interpersonal communication both characterize sexual…
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▼ Despite sociocultural shifts in sexual politics and
perceptions of normativity at the larger cultural levels (Parker,
2010), intergroup communication and interpersonal communication
both characterize sexual communication. Intimate interactions are
not immune from group-based practices and categorization that
filter and influence partnered communication. To address these
concerns, this dissertation involved a survey of 689 individuals in
intimate relationships for at least three months who believed their
relationship was less common or less accepted than other kinds of
relationships (i.e., non- normative). Framed through the
Communication Theory of Identity (Hecht, 1993), the present study
tested the mediating role and management of identity gaps in sexual
communication as a vehicle through which to examine the roles of
social and personal identity in intimate partner communication.
Findings supported the mediating role of identity gaps between
communication input variables and satisfaction. In addition, the
present study produced a typology of identity gaps in sexual
partner communication and describes strategies individuals employ
to manage the adverse state of identity gaps in their partner
communication. Findings offer support for the contention that
sexual partner communication constitutes an intergroup theoretical
arena. Practical and scholarly recommendations for future research
into this area are outlined. Approaching sexual communication as an
intergroup arena has the potential to generate more informative
research, grow interpersonal and intergroup communication theories,
and provide useful insights to practitioners working with sexual
activity, sexual identity, and sexual health.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hosek, Angela (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Communication; Sexual communication; intergroup communication; communication theory of identity
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Rubinsky, V. (2019). Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155559131230807
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rubinsky, Valerie. “Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155559131230807.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rubinsky, Valerie. “Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Rubinsky V. Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155559131230807.
Council of Science Editors:
Rubinsky V. Extending Sex as an Intergroup Arena: Testing the Mediating
Role and Management of Identity Gaps in Sexual Communication on
Relational, Sexual, and Health Outcomes in “Non-Normative”
Relationships. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou155559131230807

Ohio University
9.
Ankawi, Brett.
The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?.
Degree: PhD, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555859155663961
► Psychological research on pain has primarily focused on factors that confer vulnerability to pain-related outcomes; however, the past fifteen years have seen an increase in…
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▼ Psychological research on pain has primarily focused
on factors that confer vulnerability to pain-related outcomes;
however, the past fifteen years have seen an increase in studies
investigating factors that confer resilience to pain outcomes. One
such factor is pain resilience, one’s ability to maintain
behavioral engagement and regulate emotions as well as cognitions
despite intense or prolonged pain. A weakness in not only the pain
resilience literature, but pain research in general, has been the
lack of rationale behind the selection of experimental pain
stimuli. These pain stimuli can activate different nociceptive
fibers, meaning that stimuli are not interchangeable. The present
study examined the relationship between pain resilience and
reported pain during three pain stimuli that stimulate different
combinations of nociceptors: pinprick (primarily Aδ fibers), cold
water immersion (Aδ and C fibers), and ischemic tourniquet
(primarily C fibers). Results indicated that individuals with high
pain resilience reported lower cold water immersion pain ratings
over time than those with low pain resilience; however, here was no
relationship between pain resilience and either pinprick or
ischemic tourniquet pain ratings. Pain resilience was also more
closely related to pain ratings than a generic resilience measure.
This study provides further support for the use of multiple pain
stimuli for pain assessment given their unique characteristics,
further support for the use of a pain-specific measure of
resilience, and concludes that outcome variables aside from pain
ratings may provide additional insight into the role of resilience
on pain adaptation.
Advisors/Committee Members: France, Christopher (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Psychology; pain; resilience; pain stimuli
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Ankawi, B. (2019). The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555859155663961
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ankawi, Brett. “The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555859155663961.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ankawi, Brett. “The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Ankawi B. The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555859155663961.
Council of Science Editors:
Ankawi B. The Effect of Pain Resilience on Pain Experience: Does
Stimulus Matter?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555859155663961

Ohio University
10.
McTernan, Michael F.
Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm.
Degree: MS, Environmental Studies (Voinovich), 2019, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738
► Protected area conservation is not enough to stem increasing biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is important to consider private-owned lands when developing a long-term conservation strategy…
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▼ Protected area conservation is not enough to stem
increasing biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is important to
consider private-owned lands when developing a long-term
conservation strategy in a region. Agricultural lands, which cover
more than 30 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, are a good
place to start. However, further research is needed to understand
how species use the landscape, and what types of best practices
should be encouraged to increase levels of biodiversity.This study
was conducted on a 2500 ha semi-forested Ugandan Robusta coffee
farm. The system is a hybrid of shade and full sun coffee
production, with intense cultivation on production land and
corridors of reserved indigenous forest. Using point counts, I
found that the forest and farm held substantial numbers of avian
species, comparable to nearby protected areas. I also found that
there were three distinct communities of birds, inhabiting the
coffee, the edge, and the forest. The forest habitat seemed drive
diversity, and held the highest effective number of species. This
study showed that farmed land can act as a reserve, but that forest
must be reserved in these landscapes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Stevens , Nancy (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Biology; Conservation; Agriculture; Ecology; Zoology; Wildlife Conservation; coffee; Africa; birds; biodiversity; robusta; Uganda; private conservation; protected areas; agriculture; agroecology
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McTernan, M. F. (2019). Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McTernan, Michael F. “Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McTernan, Michael F. “Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm.” 2019. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
McTernan MF. Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738.
Council of Science Editors:
McTernan MF. Conservation Potential of a Semi-Forested Agricultural
Landscape: Diversity and SpatialDistribution of Birds within a
Large-Scale Ugandan Coffee Farm. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556008272220738

Ohio University
11.
Acevedo Callejas, Michelle L.
"When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition.
Degree: MA, International Development Studies (International
Studies), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1434972064
► This study applied Lazarus and Folkman’s (1984) stress and coping framework and the concept of dyadic coping (Bodenmann, 1995, 1997) to explain why individuals with…
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▼ This study applied Lazarus and Folkman’s (1984) stress
and coping framework and the concept of dyadic coping (Bodenmann,
1995, 1997) to explain why individuals with mental health
conditions have less successful romantic relationships. I
constructed a direct path model to test the extent to which: stress
is negatively associated with relational quality, frequency of
challenges is negatively associated with relational quality, and
frequency of challenges moderates the negative association between
stress and relational quality. I also constructed simple and
multiple mediation models to show which coping strategies, and at
which level of dyadic and individual coping, mediate the
aforementioned associations.The models partially supported the
study’s hypotheses. Specifically, findings fully supported the
hypotheses that stress and the frequency of challenges due to
mental health conditions are negatively associated with relational
quality, and partially supported the hypothesis that frequency of
challenges moderates the negative association between stress and
relational quality. Additionally, results showed that dyadic coping
and several individual coping strategies (e.g., behavioral
disengagement) mediate the association between stress and
relational quality. Furthermore, findings from the simple mediation
models suggest that frequency of challenges might exacerbate the
negative association between stress and relational quality through
strengthening the negative association between stress and dyadic
coping.
Advisors/Committee Members: Thompson, Charee (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Communication; Health; Health Sciences; Families and Family Life; Psychology; Public Health; Social Psychology; Social Structure; Social Research; Mental health conditions; relational quality; relational satisfaction; stress; dyadic coping; individual coping
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Acevedo Callejas, M. L. (2015). "When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1434972064
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Acevedo Callejas, Michelle L. “"When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1434972064.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Acevedo Callejas, Michelle L. “"When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Acevedo Callejas ML. "When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1434972064.
Council of Science Editors:
Acevedo Callejas ML. "When He Forgets Them [Medicines]…I Can Hardly Stand to be
Around Him": The Influence of Stress, Frequency of Challenges, and
Coping on the Relational Quality of Partners whose Significant
Other Has a Mental Health Condition. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1434972064

Ohio University
12.
Tsikata, Prosper Y.
HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh.
Degree: PhD, Communication Studies (Communication), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1435674780
► In this dissertation, I interrogated the claims to origin and cure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and…
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▼ In this dissertation, I interrogated the
claims to origin and cure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the economics
of Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) in the rhetoric of the Gambian
President, Yahya Jammeh. This study was motivated by two research
questions: (1) How does Jammeh’s claims fit into or depart from the
known HIV/AIDS and ARVs discourses; and (2) to what extent can
Kenneth Burke’s terministic screens, in conjunction with the
dramatistic pentad, be applied to Jammeh’s claims to distill the
values embedded in them for Jammeh’s motives and their
articulation? Regarding the origin of the HIV
virus, I unearthed three competing theories—the natural transfer,
the conspiratorial, and the Congo-jungle accident. Concerning the
therapeutic landscape of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, I
unraveled four predominant treatment models—the biomedical,
Christian, Islamic, and traditional. For the economic views on
ARVs, I synthesized four paradigms—the postcolonial, the
avant-garde, the humanitarian, and the activist—for the explication
of ARVs. I distilled five pentadic acts from
Jammeh’s claims. The first pentadic act is dominated by agency with
pragmatism as its philosophical mooring. This is followed by two
pentadic acts dominated by purpose with mystical philosophical
inclinations, while another two of the pentadic acts are dominated
by agent with idealistic philosophical
outlook. The pentadic mapping of Jammeh’s claims
revealed that, with regard to the origin of the HIV virus,
Jammeh—Allah’s agency—speaks from a conspiratorial terministic
screen. For the therapeutic map, it revealed Jammeh speaks from the
Islamic-prophetic terministic screen; while for the economic map,
it points to Jammeh’s claims as postcolonial terministic
constructions, whereby a purposeful neocolonial West employs ARVs
to exploit and dominate Black African bodies. For
the most part, Jammeh’s claims lack evidence in the known
scientific ways. Jammeh employs fear appeals, equivocation, and
identification and disassociation to attract PLWHAs to his
treatment sessions. With health-dictatorship in the Gambia, there
is the need to reset the pentad in ways that encourage civil
participation in the HIV/AIDS and ARVs discourse in the Gambia. KEY
WORDS: Rhetorical values; Yahya Jammeh; the Gambia; Conspiracy
theory, Islamic-prophetic; Postcolonial.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bates , Benjamin (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Health; Communication; Rhetorical values; Yahya Jammeh; the Gambia; Conspiracy theory, Islamic-prophetic; Postcolonial
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Tsikata, P. Y. (2015). HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1435674780
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tsikata, Prosper Y. “HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1435674780.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tsikata, Prosper Y. “HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Tsikata PY. HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1435674780.
Council of Science Editors:
Tsikata PY. HIV/AIDS and Terministic Screens: A Pentadic Interrogation
of the Claims to Origin, Cure, and Economics in the Rhetoric of
Yahya Jammeh. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1435674780

Ohio University
13.
Li, Yingchao.
Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia.
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering (Engineering and
Technology), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436306238
► Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) has been a popular research topic in the corrosion field due to continuous failures caused by MIC. It has caused billions…
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▼ Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) has been
a popular research topic in the corrosion field due to continuous
failures caused by MIC. It has caused billions of dollars in
financial losses in the United States alone every year. Biofilms
areoften blamed for causing MIC. Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)
are the principalspecies in publications about MIC research and
case studies of MIC failure. Other than SRB, some other species are
capable ofinitiating MIC as well. More attention and resources have
been focused on MIC research than ever before. Many mechanisms and
models have been reported to explain how MIC occurs. The cathodic
depolarization theory (CDT) was well-accepted and inspired most of
the other theories, although with a few limitations. In 2009, the
Biocatalytic Cathodic Sulfate Reduction (BCSR) theory was proposed
to describe the process of MIC caused by SRB from an electrogenic
perspective.In this research, the starvation test and the electron
mediator testwere doneusing a field collected biofilm consortium to
study the BCSR theory. Biofilms caused more severecorrosion in the
modified ATCC 1249 medium, in which the carbon sources were
reduced, than in the full strength ATCC 1249 medium. This supports
the BCSR theory that when sessile cells lack a carbon source, they
switch the electrondonorsfroma carbonsource to elementaliron. The
electron mediator test was done in the modified ATCC 1249 medium,
in which all carbon sources were completely removed. Riboflavin was
chosen as the electron mediator. The maximum pit depth in the
presence of riboflavin was less, however,more weight loss was
obtained. It indicated that in the presence of the electron
mediator the biofilm wasable to attack the coupon evenly.
Therefore, more general corrosion instead of localized corrosion
was observed on the coupon surface when riboflavin was added.After
the mechanistic studies had beenaddressed, the mitigation of the
field collectedbiofilm consortia was investigated. First of all,
twoD-amino acids,D-serine and D-threonine, were individuallytested
as biocide enhancers of tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfate
(THPS)in the mitigation of Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms. The
results show that they are effective biocide enhancers for THPS.
The mechanism of D-amino acids triggering the biofilm dispersal was
investigated.Secondly, a novel biocide cocktail of glyceryl
trinitrate(GTN) and caprylic acid (CA) was tested. D-methionine
enhanced the efficacy of GTN + CA.Finally, D-amino acid mixtures
were tested as biocide enhancers of THPS,
alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC), and tributyl
tetradecyl phosphonium chloride(TTPC) in the mitigation of field
collectedbiofilm consortia. Individual D-amino acids were not able
to enhance the efficacy of biocides since the effect of D-amino
acids triggering biofilm disassembly was specific to the types of
D-amino acid and the species. Different species require different
D-amino acids as signal molecules. Three different D-amino acid
mixturesincluding 4, 8, and 12 different D-amino…
Advisors/Committee Members: Gu, Tingyue (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Chemical Engineering; Microbiologically influenced corrosion; MIC mechanism; field biofilm consortia; biofilm mitigation; biocide enhancer; CLSM
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Li, Y. (2015). Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436306238
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Yingchao. “Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436306238.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Yingchao. “Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Li Y. Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436306238.
Council of Science Editors:
Li Y. Investigation of Mechanisms of Microbiologically Influenced
Corrosion and Mitigation of Field Biofilm Consortia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436306238

Ohio University
14.
Sauvage, Katlyn M.
Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students.
Degree: MA, Sociology (Arts and Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436438742
► This research draws on data from four qualitative interviews to understand the experiences of first-generation, low-income college students from rural Appalachia have as they decide…
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▼ This research draws on data from four qualitative
interviews to understand the experiences of first-generation,
low-income college students from rural Appalachia have as they
decide to attend college and transition into college. Previous
research shows that Appalachian students in general are less likely
than students across the nation to enroll in and successfully
complete college. The current study uses the theoretical framework
of social capital to evaluate the social and instrumental support
these students have received as well as the challenges they have
faced throughout their journey to college. The findings indicate
that although there is a high level of social support from
students’ families to attend college, instrumental support is
lacking. More importantly, when these students turn toward their
high school guidance counselors, often their only resource for
college information, they still experience a lack of instrumental
assistance such as help applying for college and financial aid.
Additionally, the findings show that once students arrive at
college, they experience difficulty transitioning academically and
navigating the differences between their previous home life and new
college life.
Advisors/Committee Members: Henderson, Debra (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Sociology; Appalachia; rural Appalachia; first-generation; low-income college students; Appalachian college students
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Sauvage, K. M. (2015). Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436438742
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sauvage, Katlyn M. “Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436438742.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sauvage, Katlyn M. “Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Sauvage KM. Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436438742.
Council of Science Editors:
Sauvage KM. Going to College in Rural Appalachia: Experiences of
Low-income, First-generation Students. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1436438742
15.
Jiang, Nan.
Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat.
Degree: PhD, Environmental and Plant Biology (Arts and
Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437153132
► It is believed that Golgi-localized, multi-protein complexes synthesize plant hemicellulosic polysaccharides. However, such complexes are not well characterized in plants, which is in sharp contrast…
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▼ It is believed that Golgi-localized, multi-protein
complexes synthesize plant hemicellulosic polysaccharides. However,
such complexes are not well characterized in plants, which is in
sharp contrast with mammalian and yeast cells. This dissertation
describes the characterization of the first hemicellulose synthase
complex involved in xylan biosynthesis in wheat (named a Xylan
Polymerase-1, TaXPol-1). Xylan is the most abundant plant
hemicellulosic polysaccharide on Earth and plays an important role
in the integrity of cell walls. It consists of a ß-(1,4)-linked
xylose backbone that can be substituted with a-(1,2)-D-glucuronic
acid residues and/or a-L-arabinofuranosyl residues at the C-2
and/or C-3 positions of xylose residues. A xylan synthase activity
was immuno-purified from etiolated wheat seedlings and its protein
composition determined by proteomics analysis. Four
glycosyltransferases (GTs) were identified: CAZy GT43 family member
(named TaGT43-4), GT47 family member (named TaGT47-13), and two
GT75 family members (named TaGT75-3 and TaGT75-4). In addition, two
new proteins were identified: a germin-like protein (TaGLP)
belonging to the cupin family and a 26kDa protein annotated as
vernalization-related 2 (TaVER2). Heterologous co-expression of
<i>TaGT43-4, TaGT47-13, TaGT75-3, TaGT75-4,</i> and
<i>TaGLP</i> in <i>Pichia pastoris</i>
cells resulted in reconstitution of xylan synthase activity in
micosomes from transgenic yeast lines. The results showed that
(<i>i</i>) TaGT43-4 and TaGT47-13 form a central core
that is necessary and sufficient for synergistic incorporation of
xylose and glucuronic acid, but requires TaGT75-3 and/or TaGT75-4
(putative mutases) for synergistic incorporation of xylose and
arabinose, and (<i>ii</i>) TaGLP was needed for optimal
xylan synthase activity. Furthermore, radio labeled products
generated by microsomes from transgenic yeast cells have xylan
characteristics. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC)
and confocal microscopy were used to show that TaGT43-4 interacts
with TaGT47-13, TaGT75-3, TaGT75-4, and TaGLP, and these proteins
assemble into a complex in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) before
export to the <i>trans</i>-Golgi. Importantly, ER
export of TaXPol-1 requires that TaGT43-4 and TaGT47-13
interact.
Advisors/Committee Members: Ahmed, Faik (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Biology; Botany; Plant Biology; Plant Sciences; Biochemistry; Plant cell wall; xylan; co-immunoprecipitation; proteomics; pichia; cofocal microscopy; protein complex
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Jiang, N. (2015). Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437153132
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jiang, Nan. “Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437153132.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jiang, Nan. “Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Jiang N. Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437153132.
Council of Science Editors:
Jiang N. Characterization of TaXPol-1, a Xylan Synthase Complex from
Wheat. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437153132
16.
McInerney, Katalina Fernandez.
Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults.
Degree: PhD, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437161437
► Hazard perception is the ability to detect and react to dangerous situations on the road, with reported strong associations with crash involvement (Horswill & McKenna,…
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▼ Hazard perception is the ability to detect and react
to dangerous situations on the road, with reported strong
associations with crash involvement (Horswill & McKenna, 2004).
The present study investigated the neurocognitive correlates of
hazard perception in a population of older adults without dementia.
The final sample consisted of 22 males and 42 females between the
ages of 60 and 88, X=70.36 (SD=6.88). Participants were screened
for dementia using the RBANS. They were also administered a series
of neuropsychological measures as well as a Hazard Perception Test
(HPT). Better reaction time to touching the target hazards on the
HPT was correlated with better performance on Trail Making Test
Part B, <i>r</i> = .28, <i>p</i> = .012,
Inhibition, <i>r</i> = .22, <i>p</i> = .041
and Switching, <i>r</i> = .23, <i>p</i> =
.033 subtests of the Color-Word Interference Test and Useful Field
of View part III, <i>r</i> = .28, <i>p</i>
= .011. A lower number of errors on the HPT was associated with
worse performance on Line Orientation, <i>r</i> =- .22,
<i>p</i> = .042, Block Design subtest,
<i>r</i> = -.36, <i>p</i> = .002, Trail
Making Test Part B, <i>r</i> = .34,
<i>p</i> = .003, and Useful Field of View parts II,
<i>r</i> = .25, <i>p</i> = .022 and III,
<i>r</i> = .28, <i>p</i> = .012. Findings
provide preliminary evidence of a relationship between
visuospatial/constructional skills, executive functioning and
hazard perception in healthy aging older adults. The present study
adds to the limited literature on hazard perception in this
population and helps guide future research.
Advisors/Committee Members: Suhr, Julie (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Psychology; Psychological Tests; Hazard Perception; Healthy Older Adults; Cognitive Predictors of Hazard Perception in Healthy Older
Adults
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McInerney, K. F. (2015). Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437161437
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McInerney, Katalina Fernandez. “Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437161437.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McInerney, Katalina Fernandez. “Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
McInerney KF. Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437161437.
Council of Science Editors:
McInerney KF. Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Hazard Perception
Ability in Older Adults. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437161437

Ohio University
17.
Phinney, Terese.
The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education.
Degree: MS, Environmental Studies (Voinovich), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437214946
► Now more than ever before, in the face of dire environmental consequences, colleges and universities bear a profound responsibility to graduate stewards of the environment.…
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▼ Now more than ever before, in the face of dire
environmental consequences, colleges and universities bear a
profound responsibility to graduate stewards of the environment.
This study examines sustainability and explores the role of
behavior change initiatives at five institutions of higher
education in the state of
Ohio. A thematic analysis was conducted
using the perspectives of sustainability practitioners and each
institution’s sustainability-planning document. The most
significant finding of this research includes the dichotomy that
emerged between institutional and individual behavior change
efforts. This dichotomy and other guiding themes were explored to
ultimately form a foundation for future research involving behavior
change implementation efforts on college and
university
campuses.
Advisors/Committee Members: Manring, Nancy (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental Studies; sustainability; higher education; behavior change; pro-environmental; sustainability planning
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Phinney, T. (2015). The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437214946
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Phinney, Terese. “The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437214946.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Phinney, Terese. “The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Phinney T. The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437214946.
Council of Science Editors:
Phinney T. The Role of Pro-Environmental Behavior Change in
Sustainability Planning and Programming in Higher Education. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437214946

Ohio University
18.
Lu, Mei.
Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms.
Degree: PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry (Arts and
Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437474195
► This dissertation research focuses on the monitoring of electrochemistry (EC) redox reactions and the elucidation of organic reaction mechanisms by mass spectrometry (MS). First, the…
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▼ This dissertation research focuses on the monitoring
of electrochemistry (EC) redox reactions and the elucidation of
organic reaction mechanisms by mass spectrometry (MS). First, the
online coupling of EC with MS using desorption electrospray
ionization (DESI) was developed for elucidating the redox reaction
mechanisms of several biologically relevant reduction and oxidation
reactions and exploring their analytical applications. The complete
electrochemical reduction of complicated disulfides in peptides
greatly enhanced the sequence coverage from tandem MS analysis,
which helps sequence the peptides. The stepwise nitro-reduction
mechanism was also confirmed for several nitroaromatic drug
compounds. The transient one-electron transfer product
chlorpromazine radical cation was also captured successfully by MS
for the first time. Electrochemical reactions taking place in water
are rarely studied using online MS techniques. The second project
presents EC/DESI-MS applications in some aqueous phase redox
reactions with biological significance. The MS evidence that
nitrosothiol reduction leads to free thiol species by loss of NO
was obtained. The characteristic mass decrease of 29 Da and the
reduced intensity of the precursor peptide ions provide a quick way
to identify nitrosylated species. In addition, it was also found
that saccharides undergo electrooxidation to produce the
corresponding carboxylic acid in alkaline aqueous solution, but not
at neutral and acidic pHs. Upon electrochemical oxidation,
carbamazepine was found to undergo ring contraction and amide bond
cleavage, which parallels the oxidative metabolism observed for
this drug in leucocytes. MS is also of great importance for
fundamental gas phase ion chemistry study. In the third project,
the MS instrument was successfully modified to perform ion/molecule
reactions. The reactivity and structure investigation of oxidized
metal thiolate compounds by MS in conjunction with ion/molecule
reactions was conducted. The addition reactions of isolated
intermediate ions with alkenes and methyl ketones in the gas phase
were confirmed. More importantly, the thiyl radical nature (i.e.,
the distonic ion nature) of the oxidized metal thiolate ions was
verified by the gas-phase reaction with dimethyl disulfide
(CH3SSCH3). Last, MS was also applied for silver- and
gold-catalyzed organometallic reaction monitoring. A surprisingly
ligand effect was uncovered in the silver-catalyzed alkyne
activation: the proper ligand to silver ratio is crucial for
maintaining the activity of the catalyst. MS also provided strong
evidence for the reaction mechanism elucidation of the
ligand-assisted gold-catalyzed cross-coupling of terminal alkynes
with aryldiazonium salts.
Advisors/Committee Members: Chen, Hao (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Chemistry; Mass spectrometry
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Lu, M. (2015). Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437474195
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lu, Mei. “Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437474195.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lu, Mei. “Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Lu M. Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437474195.
Council of Science Editors:
Lu M. Mass Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical and Organic
Reaction Mechanisms. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437474195
19.
Gahagen, Benjamin A.
A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae).
Degree: PhD, Plant Biology (Arts and Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437438136
► <i>Tovomita</i> Aubl. is a small genus of trees, shrubs, and hemi-epiphytes distributed in Central America, the West Indies, northern South America, and the Atlantic Coast…
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▼ <i>Tovomita</i> Aubl. is a small genus of
trees, shrubs, and hemi-epiphytes distributed in Central America,
the West Indies, northern South America, and the Atlantic Coast of
Brazil. Species in <i>Tovomita</i> are distinguished
from other genera in Clusiaceae by exhibiting sepals that
completely envelope the bud, sympodial branching, evident styles
and stylodia, and a vascularized arilloid structure covering the
seed. Little is known about the foliar micromorphology and anatomy
of <i>Tovomita</i>. The genus was last revised in 1892
by Julian Vesque, who described and provided a key for 36 species.
Several species have been recognized since that time. The primary
aim of this research project was to conduct systematic studies
resulting in a taxonomic revision of the genus
<i>Tovomita</i>. The systematic studies encompassed a
range of methods and diverse objectives. One objective was a
phenetic investigation of the large <i>Tovomita
weddelliana</i> species complex using traits from herbarium
specimens, analyzed with univariate and multivariate approaches.
Analyses resulted in the resurrection of several species names and
description of five new species. Other objectives examined leaf
anatomy and micromorphology. Foliar micromorphology and petiole
vasculature of several <i>Tovomita</i> species was also
examined. Comparative analysis of stomatal and epidermal cell
characteristics, in addition to variations in petiole vasculature
patterns, showed taxonomic value in distinguishing individual
species and larger species groups. These foliar characteristics
appear to reflect the evolutionary history of the genus and may
provide insights into phylogenetic groups in
<i>Tovomita</i>. Future studies in
<i>Tovomita</i> should focus on defining other
micromorphological and anatomical characters to use for species
circumscriptionand phylogenetic inference. The cumulative results
of systematic investigations of <i>Tovomita</i> were
applied to a monographic revision of the genus in two parts, one on
Central American taxa and the other on South American taxa.
Hundreds of herbarium specimens were examined, and treatments were
produced, complete with keys, typifications and synonymy, and
descriptions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Ballard, Harvey (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Plant Biology; Clusiaceae; micromorphology; stomata; Tovomita
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Gahagen, B. A. (2015). A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae). (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437438136
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gahagen, Benjamin A. “A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae).” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437438136.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gahagen, Benjamin A. “A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae).” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gahagen BA. A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437438136.
Council of Science Editors:
Gahagen BA. A Taxonomic Revision of <i>Tovomita</i>
(Clusiaceae). [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437438136

Ohio University
20.
Morelli, Dante E.
The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body.
Degree: PhD, Communication Studies (Communication), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437488020
► This project studies the phenomena of PrEP, gay health, gay sexuality and HIV/AIDS within the context of the gay male body. To understand all of…
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▼ This project studies the phenomena of PrEP, gay
health, gay sexuality and HIV/AIDS within the context of the gay
male body. To understand all of these phenomena, and how they are
mapped on the gay male body, this project will take interviews from
20 Gay Men in addition to various resources to help gain an
understanding of this new HIV prevention measure (i.e. PrEP). This
dissertation will also discuss the various challenges and
opportunities associated with PrEP as it is introduced to the gay
community.
Advisors/Committee Members: McKerrow, Raymie (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Communication; Health; PrEP; Bareback Sex; Barebacking; HIV Prevention; Gay Male Body; Gay Health
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Morelli, D. E. (2015). The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437488020
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Morelli, Dante E. “The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437488020.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Morelli, Dante E. “The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Morelli DE. The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437488020.
Council of Science Editors:
Morelli DE. The Medical Condom: Contentions, Challenges and
Opportunities for PrEP, HIVPrevention, Gay Sexuality and the Gay
Male Body. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437488020

Ohio University
21.
Asmar, Mahmoud M.
Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems.
Degree: PhD, Physics and Astronomy (Arts and Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437564830
► In this dissertation we study transport properties of graphene within the low energy Dirac approximation. We utilize partial wave scattering methods and relate the scattering…
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▼ In this dissertation we study transport properties of
graphene within the low energy Dirac approximation. We utilize
partial wave scattering methods and relate the scattering matrix
elements to physical observables such as the elastic time,
transport time, and skewness of scattering. We suggest that
experimentally measurable quantities, such as the transport to
elastic time ratio, indicate the presence of perturbations that
lead to the reduction of symmetries of graphene, as well as
spin-orbit interactions. This result relies on the fact that
perturbations that leave graphene symmetries untouched, such as
potential scatterers, display a constant ratio of transport to
elastic times at low energies, making this ratio robust to random
scatterer size and strength disorder. We also show that this ratio
is not robust to either symmetry breaking perturbations or
spin-orbit interactions, as these interactions lead to the ratio
deviating from its ideal value. Even though both kinds of
perturbations, symmetry breaking and spin-orbit interactions, lead
to changes in the ratio, we show that the qualitatively different
dependence on energy for each of these perturbations allows the
experimental identification and quantification of both effects
simultaneously.We have also shown, in relation to the spin Hall
effect detection in graphene, that even though the local
enhancement of spin-orbit interactions leads to the appearance of a
spin Hall effect signal robust to potential and size disorder, the
breaking of effective time reversal symmetry through local
perturbations leads to the appearance of a valley Hall effect
through skew scattering. This valley skew processes contribute to
the non-local resistance that helps quantify the Hall effect.
Similarly, we show that multiple potential scatterers with space
dependence that breaks parity in graphene, also lead to the
appearance of a valley Hall effect due to the separation of
electrons from different valleys in space through skew scattering.
These results suggest that measured spin Hall effect in graphene is
not robust to the latter perturbations, indicating that this effect
may not be completely produced by local enhancement of spin orbit
interactions alone, but as suggested before, may be accompanied by
a competing valley Hall effect that overestimates the measured
effect.Finally, in the high energy regime we show that long-lived
quasi-bound states in graphene gated regions mimic the behavior of
whispering gallery modes. In the limit of electron optics, we have
also shown how gated regions in graphene are analogous to lenses
with variable index of refraction, and that the presence of
spin-orbit interactions makes these lenses birefringent, with a
degree of birefringence that indicates the strength of the
spin-orbit enhancement.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sergio E., Ulloa (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Solid State Physics; Graphene; Dirac-Like Systems; Scattering of Dirac Fermions; Symmetry Breaking Effects; Spin Orbit Interactions; Spin and Valley Hall Effect
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Asmar, Mahmoud M. “Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437564830.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Asmar, Mahmoud M. “Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Asmar MM. Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437564830.
Council of Science Editors:
Asmar MM. Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437564830

Ohio University
22.
Gomez, Nancy Regina.
Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories.
Degree: PhD, Communication Studies (Communication), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437645477
► This dissertation examines the ways Quechua women communicate embodied memories of political violence from their experience during the conflict between state forces and Shining Path…
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▼ This dissertation examines the ways Quechua women
communicate embodied memories of political violence from their
experience during the conflict between state forces and Shining
Path in Peru (1980s-1992). To answer this question, I ask three
subsidiary research questions: How does the film, <i>The Milk
of Sorrow,</i> illustrate Quechua women's embodied memories
of political violence in Peru (1980s-1992)? How do contemporary
Quechua women discuss their embodied memories of political violence
from the conflict? How do Quechua women draw upon these embodied
memories as they negotiate their contemporary lives in the hills
outside of Lima? By performing a thematic analysis of the film,
conducting two focus groups and a photovoice project, I analyze how
Quechua women communicate embodied memories of political violence
(1980s-1992). After analyzing participants' responses, I argue that
the film enables the exploration of memories of political violence
in Peru within the Quechua female body. To develop this argument, I
draw on Marks's (2000) use of a theory of embodied visuality to
examine the film-viewing process as "an exchange of two bodies"
(the viewer and the film) in which the body and culture
meet.Chapter 1 offers a synopsis of the film, emphasizing how it
reflects the stories of Quechua women who experienced political
violence. Chapter 2 provides a feminist explanation for the ways
women enact embodied memories in post-conflict societies. Chapter 3
discusses the methods that I followed to answer the research
questions and presents the thematic analysis that examines how the
film illustrates Quechua women's memories of the conflict. In other
words, in chapter 3, I explain the ways I use the film as a
starting point for the discussion to explore women's embodied
memories of the conflict. Chapter 4 illustrates how Quechua women
in focus groups discuss their embodied memories of terrorism.
Chapter 5 discusses the results of the photovoice project, which
describe how Quechua women draw upon these embodied memories in the
hills outside of Lima. Finally, Chapter 6 offers a more detailed
connection between Chapters 4 and 5, and, therefore, the film and
participants’ embodied memories of the conflict in contemporary
times. It also summarizes how this dissertation points to a
methodological challenge about the ways researchers learn how
others' memories are embodied in their encounters in everyday
practices.
Advisors/Committee Members: Aden, Roger (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Communication; Gender; Gender Studies; Womens Studies; Latin American Studies; The female body; memory; embodiment; space; post-conflict and Latin America
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APA (6th Edition):
Gomez, N. R. (2015). Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437645477
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gomez, Nancy Regina. “Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437645477.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gomez, Nancy Regina. “Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gomez NR. Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437645477.
Council of Science Editors:
Gomez NR. Quechua Women's Embodied Memories of Political Violence in
Peru (1980s-1992):The Female Body Communicates Memories. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437645477

Ohio University
23.
Khade, Nilesh V.
A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans.
Degree: PhD, Biological Sciences (Arts and Sciences), 2015, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437664889
► Homologous recombination (HR) is critical for double strand break repair and maintenance of genome stability. The recombination mediator proteins in HR play key roles by…
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▼ Homologous recombination (HR) is critical for double
strand break repair and maintenance of genome stability. The
recombination mediator proteins in HR play key roles by recruiting
RecA-family recombinases like Rad51 to single-stranded DNA. In
vitro, mediator proteins bind to their cognate Rad51 recombinases
and mediate their loading onto single-stranded DNA which catalyses
homology search and DNA strand invasion, a unique and essential
process in HR. In yeast, the mediator function is characteristic of
the Rad52 (yRad52) protein which also promotes ssDNA annealing. In
humans, the breast cancer susceptibility protein (BRCA2) possess
the mediator function while the human Rad52 protein is thought to
anneal complementary single stranded DNA. However, the role of
human Rad52 (hRad52) in HR has remained elusive and no in vitro
mediator activity of human Rad52 has been reported. In this study,
the loss of mediator function in hRad52 was investigated by
examining interspecies interactions between the yeast and human
mediators with human Rad51 (hRad51) recombinase. Interestingly,
yRad52 successfully mediated loading of hRad51 recombinase onto the
single-stranded DNA complexed with yeast RPA in vitro. This
recombinase-loading activity was abolished when yeast RPA (E.coli
SSB homolog in yeast) was replaced with human RPA, suggesting that
species-specific interaction between Rad52 and RPA is important for
mediator activity. In this study, the hRad51 binding domain was
identified in the yRad52 C-terminus; deletion of the C-terminus
(yRad52NM) resulted in loss of mediator function. hRad52 was also
tested for mediator activity but it failed to mediate loading of
hRad51 in presence of either hRPA or yRPA. As yeast and human Rad52
share similarity between their N-terminal domains, the C-terminal
Rad51-binding domain of human Rad52 was replaced with BRC repeats
of BRCA2, which is known to interact with hRad51. In another
experiment, the hRad52 C-terminal domain was replaced with the
yRad52 C-terminal region. Unexpectedly, hRad52-BRC4 and
hRad52NM-y52C fusions did not attain mediator activity for human
Rad51. Mediator function was not present even when the yRad52
C-terminal domain was replaced with either multiple BRC4 repeats or
the BRC3-BRC4 repeat of BRCA2. Taken together, these results
indicate that BRC repeats cannot substitute the function of the
C-terminal Rad51-binding domain of human or yeast Rad52 and
furthermore, an intact yRad52 is required for hRad51 mediator
function. In addition, the yRad52 C-terminal domain was determined
to be required for efficient ssDNA annealing.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sugiyama, Tomohiko (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Biochemistry; Biology; DNA Repair; Double Strand Break; Homologous Recombination; Mediator Activity; Annealing Activity; Rad52; BRCA2
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Khade, N. V. (2015). A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437664889
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Khade, Nilesh V. “A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437664889.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Khade, Nilesh V. “A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans.” 2015. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Khade NV. A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437664889.
Council of Science Editors:
Khade NV. A Study of DNA Homologous Recombination Mechanism through
Biochemical Characterization of Rad52 and BRCA2 in Yeast and
Humans. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2015. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1437664889
24.
Menatti, Alison R.
The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences.
Degree: PhD, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468411273
► Research has yet to examine thoroughly how the socio-evaluative fears that typify social anxiety affect the characteristics of sexual assault and post-assault recovery. Accordingly, the…
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▼ Research has yet to examine thoroughly how the
socio-evaluative fears that typify social anxiety affect the
characteristics of sexual assault and post-assault recovery.
Accordingly, the present study sought to examine how social anxiety
influences sexual assault correlates (e.g., alcohol consumption,
tactics used by a perpetrator to compel unwanted sexual activity,
and victim resistance to assault) and sequelae (e.g., help-seeking
behavior, and interpersonal and sexual functioning difficulties).
College women (<i>N</i> = 203) completed a battery of
online questionnaires for partial course credit. Results supported
that social anxiety significantly predicted the frequency of
coercion, attempted rape, and rape. Potential mediators of these
relationships were examined. Difficulties with interpersonal
functioning and sexual aversion (but not sexual dysfunction) were
particularly pronounced for women high in social anxiety with
past-year assault histories. In addition, although social anxiety
exacerbated some psychological barriers to resistance, social
anxiety also significantly predicted assertive, but not
non-assertive, behavioral resistance to sexual assault. Further,
social anxiety and victimization history independently predicted
drinking-related consequences. Lastly, post-assault help-seeking
was found to be particularly challenging for socially anxious
individuals, although social anxiety may not act as a barrier to
disclosure of sexual assault to others. In all, current findings
underscore the need for continued research to further elucidate the
relationship between sexual assault and social anxiety to augment
sexual assault prevention and treatment efforts.
Advisors/Committee Members: Gidycz, Christine (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Social anxiety; Sexual assault; College women; Help-seeking; Interpersonal problems; Sexual functioning
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Menatti, A. R. (2016). The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468411273
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Menatti, Alison R. “The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468411273.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Menatti, Alison R. “The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Menatti AR. The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468411273.
Council of Science Editors:
Menatti AR. The Interface between Social Anxiety and Sexual
Victimization: A Study of College Women's Experiences. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468411273

Ohio University
25.
Zeigler, Derek E.
Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification.
Degree: PhD, Experimental Psychology (Arts and
Sciences), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468418263
► The way in which category specific knowledge is acquired over time has been a longstanding central topic in the cognitive and perceptual sciences. Accordingly, the…
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▼ The way in which category specific knowledge is
acquired over time has been a longstanding central topic in the
cognitive and perceptual sciences. Accordingly, the influence of
training and experience on learning has been the focus of much
empirical work. This research often involves accounting for the
results of concept learning tasks that necessitate classifying
category members and non-members. Studies in this area explore
questions like the following. Can different concepts be ordered by
their relative learning difficulty? Does repeated exposure to a
concept result in perceptual expertise and/or expert
classification? Is concept acquisition inherently easier for some
individuals? The relative difficulty between categories tells us
something fundamental about the conceptual system by revealing
which relational structures humans are most sensitive. As such,
concept learning difficulty orderings for categorical stimuli form
an important part of the empirical foundation of concept learning
research. However, it is rare that the stability of such orderings
is tested over a period of extended learning. Further, this
research rarely explores dependent variables beyond classification
accuracy that may also indicate relative learning difficulty.
Accordingly, this investigation explores the relationship between
accuracy and response times (RTs) when practice is gained over
multiple category learning sessions. Of particular interest is the
extent to which the relative learning difficulty between categories
remains stable over sessions of learning. Of additional interest
are measures of perceptual fluency (classification RTs) that might
reflect category difficulty. Learning difficulty orderings in terms
of classification RTs provide an alternative to the conventional
approach that construes difficulty solely in terms of mean
proportion of correct/incorrect responses. In light of recent
empirical support for an invariance–based structural account of
conceptual representations (Vigo, 2011a; 2013; 2014), the acquired
data is interpreted in the context of generalized invariance
structure theory (GIST; Vigo, 2013, 2014) in order to reveal how
task experience influences the way concepts are learned and
represented over time.
Advisors/Committee Members: Vigo, Ronaldo (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Cognitive Psychology; concept learning; categorization; perceptual fluency; expertise
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Zeigler, D. E. (2016). Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468418263
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zeigler, Derek E. “Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468418263.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zeigler, Derek E. “Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Zeigler DE. Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468418263.
Council of Science Editors:
Zeigler DE. Concept Learning, Perceptual Fluency, and Expert
Classification. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468418263

Ohio University
26.
Niechayev, Nicholas Alexander.
The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock.
Degree: MS, Environmental Studies (Voinovich), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468518584
► The potential for the desert succulent species <i>Agave americana</i> (L.) as an advanced biofuel crop in water limited regions has recently been recognized. However, the…
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▼ The potential for the desert succulent species
<i>Agave americana</i> (L.) as an advanced biofuel crop
in water limited regions has recently been recognized. However, the
potential productivity of <i>A. americana</i> in the
United States is not yet fully understood. This study developed an
environmental productivity index (EPI) model that can be used to
estimate the actual growth of <i>A. americana</i> based
on the seasonal patterns of water, temperature, and
photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) on a monthly time scale
for any given region. Previously published research was used to
construct indices that predict growth responses of <i>A.
americana</i> to water and temperature. Light responses,
however, have not previously been determined for this species, and
this study is the first to experimentally resolve the physiological
response of <i>A. americana</i> to varying intensities
of PAR. The photosynthetic response to light was determined by
measuring gas exchange over 24 hours in plants that were acclimated
to varied light levels over 10 days. Results were used to derive a
predictive index of the growth response to light. Maximum
CO
2 fixation rates were observed at a light
intensity of 1250 µmol photons m
-2
s
-1. A monthly EPI was calculated as the
product of the water, temperature, and light indices appropriate
for the monthly environmental conditions in Maricopa, AZ, where the
first trial of <i>A. americana</i> was recently
completed. Growth predicted using the EPI was compared to actual
production. The summed EPI values were highly correlated (R2 =
0.99) with the average total biomass of healthy 2 and 3 year old
plants. Quantitative relationships derived here between
environmental conditions and production of <i>A.
americana</i> provide a simple tool to estimate and compare
potential productivity across regions where this species has not
yet been grown, and to determine potential geographic ranges in the
future as climate changes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Davis, Sarah (Advisor), Rosenthal, David (Advisor), Faik, Ahmed (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Agriculture; Agronomy; Alternative Energy; Biochemistry; Biology; Botany; Cellular Biology; Energy; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Horticulture; Plant Biology; Plant Sciences; crassulacean acid metabolism; light response; Li-Cor 6400; environmental productivity index; abiotic responses; agave americana; CAM; arid; semi-arid; bioenergy; climate change; PEPC; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; scyphophorus acupunctatus; range; GIS
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Niechayev, N. A. (2016). The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468518584
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Niechayev, Nicholas Alexander. “The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468518584.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Niechayev, Nicholas Alexander. “The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Niechayev NA. The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468518584.
Council of Science Editors:
Niechayev NA. The Environmental Productivity and Photosynthetic Light
Response of <i>Agave americana</i>:A Potential
Semi-Arid Biofuel Feedstock. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468518584

Ohio University
27.
Fanning, Golden G.
Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students.
Degree: PhD, Counselor Education (Education), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469453518
► Previous research has indicated that psychological health, academic self-efficacy, and academic stress are significant factors in the personal and academic lives of many college…
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▼ Previous research has indicated that
psychological health, academic self-efficacy, and academic stress
are significant factors in the personal and academic lives of many
college students. Each of these issues has been found to influence
academic performance, adjustment to college, and many other aspects
of students' lives. The impact that academic self-efficacy and
academic stress have on psychological health has not been examined
in detail however. In this study, the researcher
examined gender, academic self-efficacy, and academic stress as
predictors of psychological health in college students. An online
survey comprised of instruments assessing these variables was
distributed to a sample of college students at one Midwestern
university in the USA. The final sample size consisted of 146
participants. A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to
analyze the results, where gender was the first variable entered
into the regression analysis, academic self-efficacy second, and
academic stress was entered last as it was predicted to account for
the most variation in psychological health
scores. The results of the analysis indicated
that gender was not a significant predictor of psychological health
in this sample. Academic self-efficacy and academic stress were
both significant predictors of psychological health. Academic
self-efficacy accounted for 12.6% of the variation in psychological
health scores and academic stress accounted for an additional 11.7%
of the variation in psychological health scores. Academic stress
did not account for more variation than academic self-efficacy as
was hypothesized. Academic stress was found to have a negative
correlation with psychological health as expected, but academic
self-efficacy also had a negative correlation with psychological
health unexpectedly. These results are discussed and possible
implications for counselors and others who work with college
students are outlined. The limitations of the study and possible
directions for future research on these topics are also
detailed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Pillay, Yegan (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Counseling Education; Higher Education; Psychological Health; Mental Health; Academic Self-Efficacy; Academic Stress; College Students; Counseling; College Counseling
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Fanning, G. G. (2016). Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469453518
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fanning, Golden G. “Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469453518.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fanning, Golden G. “Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Fanning GG. Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469453518.
Council of Science Editors:
Fanning GG. Academic Stress and Academic Self-Efficacy as Predictors of
Psychological Health in College Students. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469453518
28.
Muccioli, Brian S.
Equations of State for Simulations of Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Binary Mergers.
Degree: PhD, Physics and Astronomy (Arts and Sciences), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469610808
► We investigate the thermal properties of hot and dense matter using the potential model of Akmal, Pandharipande and Ravenhall (APR) as well as the finite-range…
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▼ We investigate the thermal properties of hot and dense
matter using the potential model of Akmal, Pandharipande and
Ravenhall (APR) as well as the finite-range model of Das et al.
(MDI), and contrast their results with the conventional zero-range
Skyrme models. We study the role of the pion condensate at
supra-nuclear densities which is implicitly included in the APR
force. For both models, we treat the bulk homogeneous phase for
iso-spin asymmetries ranging from symmetric nuclear matter to pure
neutron matter, and for temperatures relevant for simulations of
core collapse supernovae, neutron stars and binary mergers. A
highlight of this work is its focus on thermal response functions
in the degenerate and non-degenerate limits, which provide
analytical checks for the numerical calculations performed for
arbitrary degeneracy. Additionally, analytic formulas in Fermi
liquid theory for next-to-leading order temperature corrections to
the thermal state variables of interacting nucleons are derived in
the degenerate limit. We consider the general case of arbitrary
dimensionality of momentum space. Including this correction extends
the region in density and temperature for which the degenerate
limit is in good agreement with the exact numerical results.
Furthermore, we investigate the inhomogeneous phases of matter at
finite temperatures using the APR force. We tabulate the resulting
equation of state for use in large scale simulations of supernovae,
neutron stars and binary mergers. Altogether, this work provides a
complete description of nuclear matter relevant for simulations of
astrophysical phenomena involving neutron stars from their birth to
old age.
Advisors/Committee Members: Prakash, Madappa (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Physics; Astrophysics; Nuclear Physics; Equation of state; Supernovae; Neutron Stars; APR
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Stars and Binary Mergers. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469610808
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Muccioli, Brian S. “Equations of State for Simulations of Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Binary Mergers.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469610808.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Muccioli, Brian S. “Equations of State for Simulations of Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Binary Mergers.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Muccioli BS. Equations of State for Simulations of Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Binary Mergers. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469610808.
Council of Science Editors:
Muccioli BS. Equations of State for Simulations of Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Binary Mergers. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469610808

Ohio University
29.
Conti, Alexander A.
Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?.
Degree: MS, Geological Sciences (Arts and Sciences), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469716254
► The lacustrine, playa, and alluvial Jurassic East Berlin Formation is one of four understudied sedimentologic units in the Hartford Basin, a fault-bounded half-graben in southern…
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▼ The lacustrine, playa, and alluvial Jurassic East
Berlin Formation is one of four understudied sedimentologic units
in the Hartford Basin, a fault-bounded half-graben in southern New
England. Past studies identified six complete lake successions, or
source rocks with kerogen-rich black shale, in the southern and
northern extents of the upper 107 m of the East Berlin. A geologic
analysis of eight fresh cores, collectively penetrating the entire
East Berlin for the first time in the central region of the basin,
has synthesized the (1) sedimentology, (2) clay-sized mineralogy,
(3) stratigraphy, and (4) biogeochemistry of an otherwise
poorly-understood sedimentary formation.Facies are analogous to
those found by previous workers and characterize three main
depositional environments—(a) sheetflood-dominated sandflats, (b)
pedogenically-altered dry playa mudflats, and (c) shallow and deep
lakes. Travertine is found in the lower East Berlin for the first
time in central Connecticut. Eight complete lake successions, the
upper six of which are correlative to exposures in the southern and
northern regions of the basin, are dominated by chlorite-smectite
with 50% smectite layers (lakes 1a and 1b), illite-smectite with
20% smectite layers (lakes 2, 5, 7, and 8), and illite-smectite
with 90% smectite layers (lakes 3, 4, and 6). Biomarker results are
inconclusive and ongoing. These data suggest a gradient from
balance-filled (lakes 1a and 1b) to under-filled (lakes 2-8)
conditions during East Berlin time, which records a complex dynamic
of tectonic and climatic forcings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Gierlowski-Kordesch, Elizabeth (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Geology; Geochemistry; Sedimentary Geology; Geology; Sedimentology; Geochemistry; Jurassic; Hartford Basin; Newark Supergroup; Limnogeology; Biomarkers
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APA (6th Edition):
Conti, A. A. (2016). Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469716254
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Conti, Alexander A. “Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469716254.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Conti, Alexander A. “Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Conti AA. Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469716254.
Council of Science Editors:
Conti AA. Lacustrine Deposits of the Jurassic East Berlin Formation,
Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup: Balance-filled or Under-filled
Lakes?. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469716254

Ohio University
30.
Jennings Crabtree, Cherie D.
School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment.
Degree: Doctor of Education (EdD), Educational Administration (Education), 2016, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469718025
► This qualitative comparative case study identified the factors that educational professionals from rural Western Appalachian Ohio perceive impact successful student outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade…
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▼ This qualitative comparative case study identified the
factors that educational professionals from rural Western
Appalachian
Ohio perceive impact successful student outcomes on
Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement Assessment. Data were
collected from two high-poverty elementary schools. To be
considered for this study, one school had to consistently meet the
state's standard to earn the report card point by attaining 75%
passage or higher on
Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement, and
the other school had to historically struggle to achieve 75%
passage. Interviews were the primary source of data collection and
consisted of teachers, principals, and superintendents,
respectively. Results indicate instructional strategies utilized by
the teachers, supportive leadership, and both self- and collective
efficacy are all variables that discriminate between the higher
performing and struggling schools.
Advisors/Committee Members: Machtmes, Krisanna (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Education; Appalachian; Reading; Ohio Achievement Assessment; Rural; Education; Third Grade
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APA (6th Edition):
Jennings Crabtree, C. D. (2016). School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469718025
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jennings Crabtree, Cherie D. “School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio University. Accessed April 20, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469718025.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jennings Crabtree, Cherie D. “School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment.” 2016. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Jennings Crabtree CD. School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 20].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469718025.
Council of Science Editors:
Jennings Crabtree CD. School-Based Factors Perceived to Impact Successful Student
Outcomes on Ohio's Third Grade Reading Achievement
Assessment. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ohio University; 2016. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469718025
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