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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Honts, Adam, Applications of a U-Net Variant Neural Network: Image Classification for Vegetation Component Identification in Outdoors Images and Image to Image Translation of Ultrasound Images

Hubing, Ben, The Little Man with the Big Mouth Stands Up for Wisconsin: George Wallace and the Political and Constitutional Struggles Between Federalism and Equal Protection in Wisconsin Elections from 1964 to 1976

Huggins, Ashley Ann, Neural Substrates of Fear Generalization and Its Associations with Anxiety and Intolerance of Uncertainty

Huston, Emmaleigh Anita, Power Through Patronage: Examining Margaret of Navarre's Political Influence Through Sicily's Cathedral of Monreale

Iglinski, Trevor, Autumn Tree Phenology in Northern Wisconsin: Humans Versus Photographs

Ikuta, Masaki, A Deep Recurrent Neural Network with Iterative Optimization for Inverse Image Processing Applications

Ives, Elizabeth Rosa Woodford, A South Polar View of Late Paleozoic Glaciation: Physical Sedimentology and Provenance of Glacial Successions in the Tasmanian and Transantarctic Basins

Jafari Fesharaki, Nooshin, Resting-State Versus Breath-Hold for Testing Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Integrity in Pre-Surgical Planning

Jahan, Khorshada, Part I: A Concise Synthesis of Microtubule Inhibitor Tryprostatin A and B and Its Analogs Part II: Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Reactions of Aromatic Ketones with Ethyl Diazoacetate and Its Synthetic Scope

Jean-Pierre, Garry, Design, Control, and Development of a Multilevel Converter Medium Voltage Ac to Low Voltage Dc for Fleet Electric Vehicle Charge Station

Jessen, Mary Catherine, Effects of Provider Support and Psychosocial Stressors on Maternal Health-promoting Behaviors

Jiang, Daqing, The Study of the Phytopathogen Dickeya Dadantii 3937 Cpx Signaling on the Regulation of Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance

Jin, Zihao, A Simulation-as-a-Service (SIMaaS) Cloud Computing Platform for Traffic Management

Johnson, Nicholas, Exploring the Division Algorithm in Euclidean Domains with Exploding Dots

Kahlow, Jessica A., Improving Neurodiverse Relationships: Comparing Relational Quality and Maintenance Channels in Individuals with and Without ADHD

Kay, Brian, Predicting Factors of Re-Hospitalization After Medically Managed Intensive Inpatient Services in Opioid Use Disorder

Kempfert, Michael, A New Connection Type for Use in Intermediate or Special Steel Moment Frames

Kessler, Matthew James, Mental Health Stigma and Its Impact on Experiences of Decent Work for Veterans

Khandge, Rahul Sampat, Synthesis and Characterization of Polyether-Ether Ketone Supported TpPa-1 Covalent Organic Framework Membrane for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

Khani, Masoud, Medical Image Segmentation Using Machine Learning

Kheirandish, Elaheh, Transport, Photoluminescence & Photoconduction Characteristics of Free Standing Two-Dimensional Γ-alumina & Titanium Superlattice Doped Two-dimensional Γ-alumina Grown By Graphene-assisted Atomic Layer Deposition

Kittell, Claire Frances, The Morgan Group of Bestiaries: An Analysis

Kmiecik, Christine, Exploring Predictive Factors of Air Force Servicewomen's Retention

Kocanda, Nicole, School-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication Collaboration During COVID-19

Kopitzke, Grant Joseph, The Gini Index in Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory

Korczyk, Kevin Alexander, Beyond Depraved: Villainy and Self-Deception in Kant's Taxonomy of Evil

Kordijazi, Amir, Applying a Statistical Approach to Develop a Sustainable Technology for Capturing Phosphorous from an Agricultural Tile Drainage System Using By-Product Phosphorous Sorbing Materials (PSM)

Kozlik, Tanya, Effect of Regulatory T Cells on the Humoral Immune Response to Borrelia Burgdorferi

Kuether, Deborah N., A Pulse on Language Equity in First-Grade Urban Classrooms

Kulkarni, Mrinmayi, Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory Regulation

Kunwai, Khwanchai, Regime-Switching Jump Diffusion Processes with Countable Regimes: Feller, Strong Feller, Irreducibility and Exponential Ergodicity

Lahti, Michael Scott, Sara Rahbar and the Art of Loving Otherwise

Lang, Charmaine Renee, “Learning to Take the Excess Baggage Off”: a Study of Black Women Activists’ Self-care Practices

Langenfeld, Mark Edward, People from Everywhere: Metis Identity, Kinship and Mobility 1600s-1800s

Lau, Pikkin, An Insurance Framework for Cyber-Physical Power Systems Considering Integrated Cybersecurity-Reliability Assessment

Lee, Cari Beth, The Influence of Relationship History on Sexual Consent: a Comparison of Idealized and Actual Sexual Experiences

Lee, Eunjung, Online Review Analysis from Two Perspectives: Customers and Business Owners

Li, Jiayi, Deep Learning-Based Object Detection of Barley Seeds

Lim, Sue, Adoption of a Self-Care Therapy Mobile App: Application of Uses and Gratification Theory, Self-Efficacy, and Response Efficacy

Lin, Hui, Molecular Weight Distributions and Size-dependent Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Aquatic Continuum

Liu, Xiaoshu, Extracting Information from Compact Binary Coalescences with Gravitational Waves

Lopez, Abigail, Evidence-Based Practice or Practice-Based Evidence? A Qualitative Examination of School Psychologists’ Implementation of Trauma-Informed Interventions

Lopez, Martha Aracely, Latinos Raising Academically Gifted Middle School Students: Parental Academic Socialization and Consejos

Luken, Jennifer, Non-negotiable: A Case Study of Implementing Antiracist Education in Two Milwaukee Suburban K-12 School Districts

Madabhushi, Praneeth Keshav, Addressing Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Discrimination By Modeling, Selecting and Ordering Actions

Mandal, Ritankar, Two Counting Problems in Geometric Triangulations and Pseudoline Arrangements

Mandelman, Michael, Senior Cohousing: The Social Architecture of Cohousing, Community Design & Well Being

Mardikoraem, Mahsa, Essays on Decision Problems Under Uncertainty

Mascari, Lauren Hsiao-ling, The Afro-brazilian Martial Art of Capoeira: Cultural Healing and Identity

Maurice, Samuel, Using Cost-effectiveness Analysis to Select Mathematics Screening Measures in Middle School

MCCALLUM, James Scott, Human Capital in the Knowledge Economy : A 3-Country Case Study in Healthcare

McGrath, Casey, Gravitational Wave Timing Residual Models for Pulsar Timing Experiments

Meade, Emma, Transcriptomics and Toxcast Data Identify Bioeffects in Zebrafish Embryos Exposed to Chemical Mixtures in an Effluent-dominated Stream

Mersha, Sisay Bekele, Factors That Influence the Health Seeking Behavior and Degree of Health Service Utilization of Ethiopian Immigrants Living in One of the Midwest Cities of the United States: A Mixed Methods

Miner, Kyle, Narratives of Crisis and Independent Cinema: Production, Aesthetics, and Ideology in the Films of Ramin Bahrani

Min, Xiaopeng, Silica-Based Materials for Water Treatment Applications: Adsorption and Supported Noble Metal-based Catalysis

Momtaz, Milad, Functional Material Systems for Stimuli-Responsive Interference Coloration

Monier, Melissa, “Being Myself Paid Off:” Blackness, Feminized Labor, and Authenticity in Black Beauty and Lifestyle Content on Youtube

Mosley, Alannia, Examining Black Americans’ Attitude Towards Mental Health Treatment

Mostaghimi, Soudeh, Developing Optical Imaging Tools to Investigate Metabolic and Structural Biomarkers in Rodent Injury Models

Murayama, Shiho, Transition to Adulthood: Experience of Youth with Spina Bifida in Japan

Mutchie, Tania Roseann, Part I: Development of Small-Molecule-Based Probes for the Vitamin D Receptor; Part II: Development of a Scalable Manufacturing Process for Orcein Dye

Niemuth, Nicholas Joseph, Investigating Mechanisms of Nanotoxicity of a Next-Generation Lithium Cobalt Oxide Nanomaterial

Nitkowski, Jenna C., Exploring the Accessibility, Affordability, and Equitability of Telecontraception Platforms and Their Implications for Reproductive Health Care

NOOR, SYEDA MAHMUDA, Hydrological Impact of Beaver Habitat Restoration in the Milwaukee River Watershed

Novakovic, Bora, Modular Multilevel Converters with Module-Level Energy Storage for Medium Voltage Applications

Obayomi, Ayodeji Oladipo, Milwaukee's Unequally Gendered Commemorative Street Names (1920-2021)

O'Halloran, Joseph, Developing Effective Theories: A Case Study in Monolayer Iron Selenide

Ohene, Selorm, A Puzzle About Information, Probability and Surprise

Olson, Ryan James, Common-Mode Modeling of Neutral Point Clamped Converter Based Dual Active Bridge

Ortiz, Lizeth, Performance of Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Alumina-Forming Alloys in Coking and Decoking Environments

Pacelli, Cassandra Marie, The Application of Mindfulness Practices in the High School Choral Classroom to Impact Music Performance Anxiety During Solo Performance

Paprocki, Joel David, Investigation of G Protein-coupled Receptor Quaternary Structure Through Fluorescence Micro-Spectroscopy and Theoretical Modeling: Interdependence Between Receptor-receptor and Receptor-Ligand Interactions

Park, Gainbi, Vulnerability and Resilience of People and Places to Hurricane Damage in the US. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts from 1950 to 2018

Paswaters, Danielle Lynne, The Interdisciplinary Work of Senga Nengudi: How Abjection in Art Can Lead to Greater Deai in Exhibition Spaces By Danielle Lynne Paswaters

Peng, Ching-Hsuan, Ultrasonography as Biofeedback to Increase Muscle Activation During the Mendelsohn Maneuver in Healthy Adults

Pierson, Haley, Suicide Attempt Types in College Students

Pritchard, Jamee Nicole, That 90's Kind of Love: the Rise of African American Romance Novels in Traditional Romance Publishing

Qandil, Mohammad, Improvements of Renewable Energy: Cavitation Treatment and Optimization of Hybrid System for Remote Areas

Rahmani, Mehran, Development of Novel Compound Controllers to Reduce Chattering of Sliding Mode Control

Rahman, Mohammad Rizwen Ur, Optimization of the Microfluidic Dielectrophoresis Trap Configuration for Nanoparticle Manipulation

Raizada, Aman, Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Contaminant Removal in Porous Water Filters

Rashid, Farjana, Design and Synthesis of Achiral and Chiral Benzodiazepines and Imidazodiazepines to Modulate the Activity of Gabaa Receptors for the Treatment of Cancer, CNS Disorders and Pain

Resch, Kyle William, Working Toward “Achievement”: Key Considerations for Providing Access to Equitable Opportunities to Students with Disability Labels

Rezaee, Maysam, Bonding Evaluation of Graphene-Oxide Layers on Flexible Substrates

Richards, Riley, To Disclose or Not Disclose: the Proposition and Test of the Sexual Self-Disclosure Decision Model (SS-DDM)

Rillie, Hannah, Investigating Provenance and Authenticity Using ICP-MS in the University of Wisconsin-milwaukee Art Collection: a Case Study of Luristan Bronzes

Ritchay, Megan, Resting State Functional Connectivity in the Default Mode Network: Relationships Between Cannabis Use, Gender, and Cognition in Adolescents and Young Adults

Rodenbeck, Kayla, Refactoring SASyLF Proofs

Roni, Md Shadiqur Rashid, Mass Spectrometry Directed Pre-Clinical Studies of Asthma Candidate MIDD0301 and Its Analogs

Rostami, Behrouz, Wound Image Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Russell, Katrina M., Subverting the Selfie: Analysis of Cindy Sherman’s Instagram Photos and Untitled Film Stills

Russo, Daniel James, Social Movement and Reaction: the Joe Rogan Experience and Making Sense of #MeToo with Standup Comedian Podcasters

Rutherford, Joshua Adam, Performance, Representation, Reception, and the Lost Cause: Re-Framing the History of Confederate Monuments Through Embodied Assemblies

Santos Pradana, Óscar, La muerte y la espiritualidad en el poemario Hora última, de José Bergamín

Sapir, Jacob, Slurs Are Verdicts

SAYED, MD ABU, A Simulation Framework for Traffic Safety with Connected Vehicles and V2X Technologies

Scampini, Renee Renee, The Food Police: Food Stamps, Surveillance, and the Construction of the Undeserving Hungry

Scannell, Natasha, The Search for Life: Exoplanet Detection with Deep Learning

Schendl, Andrew, The Spatial Prevalence and Associated Factors of Opioid Overdose Mortality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin