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The works in this student research collection have been approved by the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master's and Doctorate degrees conferred by the University.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Novel Optimum Modeling, Design and Analysis of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for Automobile and Space Applications, Md Sadequr Rahman Bhuiyan
Mental Stress Classification Using Physiological Signals from Wearable Sensors, Andrew Blackmon
Assessing the Percieved Barriers to Early Detection, Treatment, and Management of Cervical Cancer among Ghanaian Women, Angela D. Blackwell
An Evaluation Of Georgia Southern University Public Safety Department's Community Policing Program: A Residence Hall Partnership Program, Charles P. Bowen
The Smartphone Addiction Measure, Taylor Bradish
Assessing the Work Climate and Turnover Intention of Home Visitors in Georgia, Katrina M. Brantley
The Medici and a Florentine Plutocracy in the Quattrocento, Robert Dalton Bryant
Accurate Range-based Indoor Localization Using PSO-Kalman Filter Fusion, Paul Bupe Jr
Nitroxide Human Serum Albumin Incorporated Nanoflowers With Dual Enzyme-Like Activities, Can Cai
Representing the Holocaust: Bearing Witness in Levi, Wiesel, and Sebald, Marissa Capizzi
Prediction of the Compressive Strength and Dynamic Modulus of Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Measurement at Early Ages, Daniel A. Castillo Pereira
Imagined Communities: The Individual and the Nation in Aw's Map of the Invisible World and Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Yu Chia Chang
Impact of Historical Borrowing in Bayesian Non-Inferiority Trial with Binary Data, Lingling Chen
Examining Spatial Inequities in Green Space Distribution and Access Around the Historic City of Savannah, Georgia., Chiamaka F. Chimah
Instructor Activity Recognition Using Smartwatch and Smartphone Sensors, Zayed Uddin Chowdhury
Effects of Attentional Focus on Repetitions-to-Failure and Motor Unit Excitation During Submaximal Bench Press Performance, Connor J. Collum
Plot, Meredith F. Conger
Understanding User Interface and User Experience, Marcus Cook
Athletic Identity and Intention to Report Concussions in High School Athletes, Natalie F. Cook
The Effect Of Intermittent Cooling On Simulated Basketball Game Performance, Dalton E. Cousin
Schools for Profit or Schools for Education? A Christian School Principal’s Perspectives, Michael A. Crosby
Optimizing Anti-icing Operation for Winter Roadway Treatment Using A Decision-Making Tool, Jyoti B. Das
Between and Behind the Lines: The Life of High School Coaches, Mary Davis
Comparative Study on Employing the Discrete Phase Model to Simulate γ-Al2O3/Water Nanofluids with ANSYS-Fluent, James F. Degnan
Factors Associated with HIV testing in Liberia: Findings from the 2013 Demographic Health Survey, Miatta M.E. Dennis
Does Dual Enrollment Impact CTAE, Robert J. Dollar
Standardized Knowledge and Behavior of Food-Protection Staff to Help Reduce the Potential for Incidences of Foodborne Illness, Joshua A. Dufresne
A Study on the Visual and Verbal Languages of Typography, Ellyn E. Duncan
Place Vulnerability Assessment in Coastal Georgia, USA, Bless Dupeh
Performing Identities of the Auditory-Verbal Deaf Students in the Classrooms: A Teacher's Performative Memoir, Tracy Edenfield
Alternatives: The Video Game. An Assessment of Bias and Preferences in Uncertain Situations, Vincent Edwards
Association Rules Patterns Discovery From Mixed Data, Welendawa Acharige Charith A. Elson
Investigating Relationships Between Social Networking and Mental Health Outcomes as the Result of Social Comparison, Bryon Jason Gallant
A Phenomenological Exploration of Principals' Influence on Teacher Attrition, Kellie E. Gebhardt
Nine Stories and the Society of the Spectacle: An Exploration into the Alienation of the Individual in the Post-War Era, Margaret E. Geddy
An Examination of the Relationship Between Community Engagement and Military Spouse Marital Satisfaction, Alexandra N. Gilbert
Who Deserves to be in STEM? How Threat and Confirmation of the Gender Hierarchy Impact Helping Behavior Towards Prospective STEM Majors, Samantha A. Gnall
Multiple Imputation Using Influential Exponential Tilting in Case of Non-Ignorable Missing Data, Kavita Gohil
Scaling and Ecological Relationships in the Visual Ecology of Sharks, Brianna Hall
Compliance with Police: Does the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Sex Matter?, Claire L. Halliburton
Attitudes Toward the HPV Vaccine among University Students: Identifying Barriers to Vaccine Uptake, Kristina L. Harbaugh
Analysis on Sharp and Smooth Interface, Elizabeth V. Hawkins
Maladaptive Grief: Irish and American Experiences of Loss, Mourning, and Trauma, Abby Hey
Understanding the Relationships Between Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms and Drinking Motives on Military Parental Satisfaction, Melissa C. Hinely
Surfacant Contamination Alters Freshwater Phytoplankton Community Composition, William H. Hodge
Barriers and Access to Services for Female Victims of Violence in the Dominican Republic, Catalina Hooper Armenteros
Looking Through a Culturally Proficient Lens: Georgia Elementary ESOL Teachers' Perceptions of School Leaders, Mary C. Houser
Breast Cancer Disparities Throughout the Cancer Trajectory in Asian American Women, Li-Ting Huang
A Fast and Robust Leap Motion Interface for Arduino Based Robotics, Conner Hughes
Racial Differences in Factors Influencing Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the US, Brendan C. Ibe
A Study of the Gross Pitaevskii Equation Ground State Solutions Using Artificial Neural Networks, Mehtab Iqbal
Reduced Dataset Neural Network Model for Manuscript Character Recognition, Mohammad Anwarul Islam
The Impact of School Tasks on the Leadership Self-Efficacy of Principals and Assistant Principals, Torri M. Jackson
[P]lace: Reinterpreting the Feminine, Nicole D. James
Plausible Expositions with Possible Expeditions, Nikolaus D. James
Biomechanical Comparison of "Old" and "New" Cheer Shoes in Collegiate Cheerleaders, Abigail C. Johnson
Life Table Analyses of the Impact of Eliminating Particular Causes of Death Using the United States 2016 Population, Deborah A. Kanda
Artificial Neural Network Models for Pattern Discovery from ECG Time Series, Mehakpreet Kaur
Some New Lifetime Distributions: Lindley Log-Logistic And Kumaraswamy Lindley Log-Logistic Distributions With Applications, Elizabeth Kenkwo
A New Measure of Diagnostic Accuracy With Cut-Points Criterion for k-Stage Classification Disease Based on Concordance and Discordance, Jing X. Kersey
Thermal Performance of Sierpinski Carpet Fractal Fins at Various Angles of Inclination in a Natural Convection Environment, Haidar Jamil Khalil
Mining Hidden Markov Models in Sequences of Characters Using Recurrent Neural Networks, Sushmita Khan
The Effects of Boring Sponge Infestation on Condition, Growth, and Sex Change in Crepidula Fornicata, Nicole L. Kleinas
Perceived Credibility of Child Sexual Abuse Reporting, Bridget Lashbaugh-Barney
Assessing Hotel Employee Knowledge on Risk Factors and Risk Management Procedures for Microbial Contamination of Hotel Water Distribution Systems, Brandon Leftwich
Physiological Response of Elasmobrachs During Propofol Immersion, Matthew Levendosky
Differential Effects of Reduced Foot Sole Sensitivity and Nerve Conduction Velocity on Postural Control and Functional Gait, Kelsey D. Lewis
Nonparametric Misclassification Simulation and Extrapolation Method and Its Application, Congjian Liu
Cardio-Metabolic and Perceived Demands Comparison of Circuit Training and Fireground Suppression Tasks, Brandon Loewen
Becoming a Mexican American in the U.S. South: Autobiographical Narrative of Liberation, Claudia Martinez
Explicit Pseudo-Kähler Metrics on Flag Manifolds, Thomas A. Mason III
Examination of Violent Risk-Taking Behaviors in Youth 15-18 Year of Age Associated with Gender, Race, and Ethnicity using the Socio-Ecological Model., Kimberly M. McCreary
Patient-Centered Medical Home Readiness Among Children And Youth With Special Health Care Needs in Alabama: A Pilot Feasibility Study, Lolita A. McLean
Evolution Of Two-Element Directive Antennas, Tyler J. McPherson
Experiments on the Neural Network Approach to the Handwritten Digit Classification Problem, William Meissner
Identifying Protective Factors to Early Suicide Markers: The Buffering Effects of Savoring and Resilience, Matthew Miceli
Perceptions of Physical Activity Engagement among African American Emerging Adults at Georgia Southern University - Statesboro Campus, Addison Mickens
Perceptions of the Impact Mathematics Support Classes Have on Student Achievement, Cordaryl Charles Middleton
The Relationship Between Co-Teaching Partnerships and Student Achievement, Tikki N. Middleton
On Voyeurism: Being Seen on the Modern Stage, Megan M. Mobley
Nanofiber Fabrication and Applications: Direct Contact Water Desalination & Energy Harvesting, Momena Monwar
Power Consumption Optimization in Passive Optical Networks, David Moore
Rey-ifying a New Heroine: Interrogating the Curriculum of Femininity in Star Wars Films, Rebekah S. Morgan
An Investigation of the Effects of N-Butanol on Friction and Wear Patterns When Mixed with Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, John L. Morrison Jr.
Quantitative Performance Assessment of LiDAR-based Vehicle Contour Estimation Algorithms for Integrated Vehicle Safety Applications, David M. Mothershed
Attitude Formation and Malleability in Response to Visual Cues and Counterattitudinal Information, Tyler W. Mueller
Social Media Data Analysis, a Tool for Public Health Emergency Management During Natural Disasters, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez
The Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Teacher Retention and Student Achievement, David Earl Murphy
Reinforcement Learning, Cooperative Output Regulation and Their Applications to Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Mohammed Mynuddin
Professionalizing Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Still at the Crossroads, B. Jeanine Newton-Riner
Control of Voltage-Source Converters Considering Virtual Inertia Dynamics, Tri Nguyen