Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Struggling with Location: A Collaborative Qualitative Study of Multicultural Counseling Competence in U.S. Psychology, Jenny Hwang (Fall 2004)
A Study of the Principle of Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Thought: Implications for Social Justice and Civil Society in Nigeria, Simeon Iber (Fall 2004)
Application of Symphonology Theory in Patient Decision-Making: Triangulation of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Margaret Irwin ( 2004)
Environmental Equity: Gradient Measures of Race and Social Class in the Areas Surrounding Pennsylvania Superfund Sites, Mark A. Jablonski (Summer 2004)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 Pilin Glycan: Surface Location and Induction of Immune Response, Erica Sentgeorge Jewell (Summer 2004)
Figuring Zarathustra, Paul D. Kinsman (Spring 2004)
Using Vignettes to Develop Higher-Order Thinking and Academic Achievement in Adult Learners in an Online Environment, Maria Helen Zanoni Kish (Spring 2004)
Experiences of Pain in Elderly Patients Having Total Knee Arthroplasty, Catherine Kleiner (Fall 2004)
A Comparison of the Perceptions of the Importance of Formal Supervision Training Between Formally Trained Counselor Supervisors and Non-Formally Trained Counselor Supervisors, Maura Krushinski (Fall 2004)
An analysis of the use of web-based instruction in the Physical Education and related Departments in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Joanne Leight (Fall 2004)
Assessing the Frequency and Influences of Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Crisis Intervention Workers, Mark F. Lepore (Summer 2004)
Measuring Educational Gains and Setting Consequences: Charter Schooling and the No Child Left Behind Policy, Erin Lyttle (Fall 2004)
Searching for Mother: Chicana Writers Revise and Renew Malinche and Guadalupe, Diane L. Maldonado ( 2004)
The Baby Out With the Bathwater! Securitization of Corruption and its Impact on Human Security, Shabnam Mallick (Spring 2004)
The Appropriation of the Prospect of Taking Medication for Psychological Complaints: An Empirical-Phenomenological Investigation, Daniel R. Mangine (Spring 2004)
Whiteness as Experienced by People of Color: An Empirical Phenomenological Study, Darryl Mars (Spring 2004)
The Later Heidegger and Contemporary Theology of God, Daniel Martino (Fall 2004)
The Impact of Managed Care Organizations on Pennsylvania Certified Addiction Counselors' Global Assessment of Functioning Rating of Substance Dependent Patients, John D. Massella (Spring 2004)
Examination of the Growth and Development of the Long Term Community Based Jazz Workshop Inc. Program, Anthony McBride (Fall 2004)
Assessment of Constructs Related to Childhood Aggression, Susan B. McLaughlin ( 2004)
Practice, Practice, Practice: Innovative Feminist Literary Criticism, Laurie McMillan (Fall 2004)
The Role of Teacher Education Experiences in Addressing the Concerns of Apprentice Teachers, Mary McVey (Fall 2004)
Up in Smoke: Evaluating Tobacco Use among Native American Adolescents in Montana, Daria Meyer (Spring 2004)
The Role of LOZENGE in Drosophila melanogaster Photoreceptor Axon Extension and Synaptogenesis, Julie Meyers (Fall 2004)
The Influence of Conflict Resolution Training On the Reduction of Ethnic Prejudice Between Greek and Turkish Cypriot Young Adults, Anna Misiaouli (Fall 2004)
Teacher of Holiness: The Holy Spirit in Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Maureen Beyer Moser (Spring 2004)
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter: A Critical Resource Guide and Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Literary Criticism, 1950-2000, Kimberly Free Muirhead (Spring 2004)
Recognizing a Different Other: A Neo-Kleinian Analysis of Lesbian Relationship Violence, Jacqueline Ann Neilson (Summer 2004)
Feuerbach in Context: A Philosophical Reassessment, Joseph Penlong Nietlong (Fall 2004)
Chemistry of Dithiolenes and Their Nickel and Molybdenum Complexes, Archana Nigam (Spring 2004)
The Language Economy: Literature, Violence, Ethics in Sartre, Blanchot, and Said, Agnieszka Patkowska (Summer 2004)
Examining the Perspectives of an Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Regarding the Implementation of a Sensory Motor Group Trauma Curriculum in a Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, Barbara Peck (Fall 2004)
Political Scandals and Policy Creation, Keely Peterson (Spring 2004)
Optimization Techniques for Image Restoration, Melissa Pirolli (Spring 2004)
Outcomes of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation's Curriculum-Mentoring Project, Ingrid Mary Provident (Spring 2004)
Evaluating Human Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells and MG-63 Cells on Vitoss, ChronOS Granulat and ChronOS For Use in Bone Tissue Engineering, Hina Qidwai (Summer 2004)
Development, Research and Validation of Environmental Speciation Methods; and Evaluation by Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry in Mercury and Chromium Speciation Analysis, G. M. Mizanur Rahman (Summer 2004)
The Effects of the Manager's Behavior on the Retention of High Potential Employees for Different Generations, Kimberlee Rhule (Fall 2004)
Jubilee Magazine and the Development of a Vatican II Ecclesiology, Mary Rivera (Fall 2004)
The Rhetorical Dimensions of Radio Propaganda in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945, Frank Rybicki (Summer 2004)
An Examination of Standardized Language, Mathematics, and Reading Achievement Testing Results when Compared for Middle School Aged Student Leaders and Non-Student Leaders, Susan Schaming (Summer 2004)
Struggling with Location: A Collaborative Qualitative Study of Multicultural Counseling Competence in U.S. Psychology, Demmler Schenck (Fall 2004)
The Impact of Utilizing High-Fidelity Computer Simulation on Critical Thinking Abilities and Learning Outcomes in Undergraduate Nursing Students, Lori Schumacher ( 2004)
Teaching Science Through Inquiry in K-5 Classrooms: Analysis of Change in Practice, Joseph Sciulli (Spring 2004)
A Comparison of the Behavioral Adjustment of First-Grade Students that Attended a Full-Day Kindergarten Program and First-Grade Students that Attended a Half-Day Kindergarten Program, Denise Shaffer (Summer 2004)
Understanding the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen: Optical Illusions Versus Aural Realities, Krista Shinew (Spring 2004)
Identification of protein interaction between the Drosophila Runx1 transcription factor Lozenge and ETS-1 factor Pointed using site directed mutagenesis and yeast two-hybrid analysis, Shalini Singh (Summer 2004)
Latin American Polystylism: Structure and Form in Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasión Según San Marcos, Richard Skirpan (Spring 2004)
Vitellogenin Induction as a Biomarker for Environmental Estrogens in Xenopus laevis, Jamie Skoloda (Fall 2004)
Happily Ever After: A Study of Social Correlates of Marital Unhappiness and Policy Implications, Benjamin Sprajcar (Spring 2004)
Template Mediated Nanocluster Formation, Glen Spreitzer (Fall 2004)
Defining the Church's Advocacy Role to the Modern Prison System, Timothy Swope (Spring 2004)
Development of a Biochemical Probe for Arsenate Respiring Bacteria using Bacillus selenitireducens strain MLS10, Mirunalni Thangavelu (Summer 2004)
Learning to be Free: The Print Media of Cotonou, Benin, Stephen Urbanski (Spring 2004)
Functional Characterization of the csp Homologs of E. coli K-12, Christina Ventrice (Spring 2004)
"Buck v. Bell: Brainchild of American Eugenists", Christine Vulgaris-Brehm (Fall 2004)
"Buck v. Bell: Brainchild of American Eugenists", Christine Vulgaris-Brehm (Fall 2004)
The Role of Political Behavior and Socio-Economic Development in the Transition and Consolidation of Liberal Democracy in Sub Saharan Africa, Godfrey Wachira (Fall 2004)
Teacher Perceptions Concerning Bullying and Victimization, Janet Walsh ( 2004)
Plato's Villains: The Ethical Implications of Plato's Portrayal of Alcibiades and Critias, John Baynard Woods Jr. (Fall 2004)
Improving the Study of Gene Rearrangement in Bayesian Phylogeny, Xiting Yang (Summer 2004)
Assessment of Differences in the Balanced Emotional Empathy among Beginning, Practicum and Graduating Students in a Counselor Education Program, Frank Yesko (Spring 2004)
Unsaturated Nitriles: Stereoselective Annulations and Alkylations, Zhiyu Zhang ( 2004)
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Principles of Chemical Reactivity on the Diels-Alder Reaction in Ionic Liquids and Lewis Acid Catalysis using Large-Scale Computations, Orlando Acevedo (Spring 2003)
Socratic Encounters: Plato's Alcibiades, Andre Archie (Fall 2003)
Interart Studies from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era: Stylistic Parallels between English Poetry and the Visual Arts, Roberta Aronson (Fall 2003)
Teaching Styles and Student's Perception of Teaching Effectiveness in Counselor Education, Mwangi K. Benedict (Summer 2003)
Evaluation of Smoking Prevention Television Advertisements by Middle School Youth: Effects of Gender, Ethnicity, and Grade Level, Anne Bongiorno (Summer 2003)
Cloning and expression of Dazl in Rana pipiens, Jamie Boorech (Summer 2003)
Web Based Tutorial for Equilibrium Modeling of Aqueous Systems with MINEQL+, Jason Brown (Spring 2003)
Follow-Up of College Students with a History of Developmental Speech Disorders, Christine Buchheit (Summer 2003)
"All hayll, all hayll, both blithe and glad": Direct Address in Early English Drama, 1400-1585, Michelle Markey Butler (Spring 2003)
Child Care in the United States: Assessing Parental Preferences in the Selection of Nonparental Care, Andrea Castiglione (Spring 2003)
Design and Development of a DNA Delivery System for Murine Dendritic Cells, Sai Prasanth Chamarthy (Fall 2003)
Regulation of Steroid Sulfatase in Human Breast Cancer Cells and Screening of Human Tissues for Steroid Sulfatase Status, Abhinav Chandra (Summer 2003)
Statistically Designed Spheronization and Scale-Up of Ibuprofen Microparticulates Using the Rotor Disk Fluid-Bed Technology: Coating for Prolonged Release and Hard Gelatin Encapsulation of Microparticulates, Beatrice Chukwumezie (Fall 2003)
Isolation of Intragenic Suppressor Mutations of a Dominant-Negative ftsZ Allele, Carla Ciccone (Fall 2003)
Evaluation of the Design, Development, and Implementation of the School Performance Network Portal and Communication Institute, Josephine Crame (Fall 2003)
Discriminant Validity of the Screen For Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): A Methodological Replication Study, Marlane Cully (Fall 2003)
An Analysis of the Difference between the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Team Couples and One-time Participant Couples on Marital Satisfaction, Work Motivation, Couple Activities, and the Relationships among These Variables, Alangaram Durairaj (Spring 2003)
Culture Care of Puerto Rican Elderly in a Community Setting, Rosemary Schleicher Fliszar (Fall 2003)
Feeding identity: The critical hermeneutics of contemporary Kleinian psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy from the perspective of a novice, David M. Greco-Brooks (Spring 2003)
The Influence of Stigma on Help Seeking Attitudes for Depression, Margaret Jordan Halter (Spring 2003)
The Use of Speech Disfluency as an Indicant of Paradigm Development in Pharmacy's Academic Subdisciplines, Erin Renee Holmes (Summer 2003)
Nitrogen metabolism in iron-respiring bacteria, Ching (Tony) Lung Hsieh (Summer 2003)
Oxonitriles: Cyclizations in Total Synthesis, Pravin Iyer ( 2003)
Changes in Islamic Hermeneutics and Social Evolution: A Comparative Study of Turkey and Algeria, Sadik Kirazli (Fall 2003)
Theoretical Aspects of Designing New Vaccines for Breast Cancer: Docking Studies of Peptide/HLA-A2.1 Complexes, Tugba Kucukkal (Summer 2003)
Uncoiling the Gut of Eleutherodactylus coqui: Characterization of the Anatomical Development and Proliferation Pattern, Carrie Elizabeth Langer (Summer 2003)
An Evaluation of the Wider Horizons Program in Pittsburgh form 1989 to 2002, Breandan Gearard Magee (Fall 2003)
Regulation of Vitellogenin and Other Serum Proteins By Estrogen and Xenobiotic Estrogens In Salamanders, Lisa Marie Nespoli (Fall 2003)
Cloning and Characterization of a GIT1 Homolog Gene from Schizosaccharomyces Pombe, Christi Nolder (Fall 2003)
Living with Life-threatening Illness: An Inquiry into Children's Experience of Cancer, Kristy Novinski (Fall 2003)
How Do Undergraduate Mathematics Faculty Learn To Teach Online?, Margaret McDonough Pankowski (Spring 2003)
Transformation of Arsenic Oxyanions in Bacterial and Model Systems, Ganna Polshyna (Fall 2003)
A Descriptive Analysis of the Relationship Between Years of Experience and the Frequency and Style of Consultation Employed by School Counselors with Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and Counselors in Community Agencies, Sandra Wolf Protulipac (Fall 2003)
Factors Effecting Uptake and Visualization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Particles by Macrophages: Relevance for Use in MRI Plaque Imaging, Walter John Rogers (Spring 2003)
Family-based Mental Health Therapists' Perceptions of the Competencies Specific to Home-based Therapy: A Qualitative Study, Tracy Stinchfield (Spring 2003)
Using PC12 cells and rat cortical neurons to evaluate poly(caprolactone) and collagenous microcarriers for applications in nerve guide fabrication, Rebecca Waddell (Summer 2003)
Propensity to engage in interracial dialogue on race: A descriptive study of participants and contributing factors, Rebecca Willow (Fall 2003)