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This online collection features the final theses and dissertations approved by the Graduate School of the University of Maine.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Holocene and Last Glacial Period Atmospheric Dynamics and Biogeochemistry Based On South Pole Ice Core Microparticle and Trace Element Records, Aaron Chesler

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The Influence of Processing and Additives on Cellulose Nanofiber Properties for Orthopedic Application, Mitchell P. Chesley

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Identity and Language Socialization of Asian Transnational Adolescents across Communities of Practice: A Critical Narrative Study, Ming-Tso Chien

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Fighting for Home: Northern New England Women and the Civil War, Savannah A. Clark

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Barriers to and Opportunities for Adoption in Maine’s Aquaculture Industry, Caitlin Cleaver

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Assessing Past and Present Changes in the Chemical Climate of Three High Mountain Regions: Himalayas, Andes, European Alps, Heather Clifford

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Cellulosic Foams for Single Use Devices in Biomedical Applications, Aileen Co

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Development of a New Method for Cell Spheroid Formation Through a Hydrogel Dipping Process, Aimee L. Co

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Overlapping Scales of Place Based Indigenous Knowledge and Hydroclimate in Australia, Rachel L. Coleman

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Prophets of Pong: How Newspapers Covered Video Games Between 1972 to 1976, Joseph Collard

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Contact Dewatering of Cellulose Nanofibers for Biopolymer Composite Applications, Alexander Collins

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Role of Microplastics on the Release and Adsorption of Organic Compounds in Natural Waters, Ashton Collins

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Nutrient Removal from Recirculating Aquaculture System Water, Eliza M. Costigan

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Adaptive Leadership Practices: High School Leadership in Maine During the COVID-19 Crisis, Ryan B. Crane

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Integrated Optimization of Microbial and Chemical Compositon of Non-dairy Low Alchol Fermenteted Beverages (NDLAFB): Kombucha and Water Kefir, Adwoa S. Dankwa

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Not All Trails Are Straight: The Effects of Attachment on Rural Youth Residential Aspirations, Zach T. Davis

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Measurement of Airborne Radionuclides and Their Relation to Weather Patterns at Orono, ME, James W. Deaton

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Enhanced Condition Assessment for Maine Lakes, Jeremy Deeds

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Social Capital, Indigenous Storytelling, and Fish Diversity: Learning Together Through Community-university Partnerships in Downeast Maine, Michelle de Leon

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Uncertainty Monitoring in Category Learning and Transfer, Rose Deng

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Examining Factors Predictive of On-Campus Mental Health Services Utilization Among Collegiate Athletes, Margo Diamond

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Continuous, Non-Destructive Detection of Surface Bacterial Growth with Bioinspired Vascularized Polymers, Brandon Dixon

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Rusty Blackbird Use of Commercial Spruce-fir Forests of Northern New England, Luke M. Douglas

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Functionalized 𝜹-hexalactones (FDHLs): Bio-derivable Monomers to Synthesize Renewable Polyester Thermoplastics, Atik Faysal

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Inhibitory Control and Mentalizing: Potential Contributing Factors to Maladaptive Interpersonal Behaviors Associated with Depressive Symptoms, Eliot Fearey

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Trip the Light Fantastic, Connor Ferguson

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Anthropogenic Effects on Tidal Distortion in a Tidal River, Matthew D. Fischer

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Primary Cilia of the Cardiac Neural Crest & Hedgehog-Mediated Mechanisms of Congenital Heart Disease, Lindsey A. Fitzsimons

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Assessment of Historical Climate Variability in Maine with Implications for Future Agricultural Productivity and Adaptation, Carly Frank

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Building Monitoring and Response Capacity for Ocean and Coastal Acidification in the Northeast United States, Parker Gassett

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Numerical Modeling of Localized Heating in Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Laminates, James T. Gayton

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School Principals and Instructional Coaches: an Examination of Their Working Relationships in Maine Schools, Theresa J. Gillis

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Bound by Print: The Baptist Borderlands of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes, 1770-1840, Brittany P. Goetting

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Plasma-Assisted Growth and Characterization of Piezoelectric AlN and Sc(x)Al(1-x)N Films for Microwave Acoustic Sensor Applications, Morton Greenslit

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“Reading Is Everywhere:” A Case Study Situating Children's Book Distribution Within the Literacy Practices of Somali New Mainers, Rachel C H Groenhout

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The Effects of Rising Ambient Temperatures on Thermoregulation and Range Shifts of Northern Flying Squirrels, Elise K. Gudde

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To the First White Woman Here: Performance Intervention in Settler Colonial Narrative & Speculative Modes of Repair, Jennie Hahn

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Genetic Determinants of Primary Nociceptor Sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster, Christine Hale

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Multiscale Anisotropy Analysis of Second-Harmonic Generation Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer, Joshua D. Hamilton

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Immiscible Liquid-infused Filters for Water and Aerosol Filtration, Justin Hardcastle

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First-row Transition Element Distribution Across the Blueschist-Eclogite Transition: a Case Study From New Caledonia, Natalie M. Harmon

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Non-destructive Evaluation of Concrete using Electrical Resistivity and Ultrasonic Wave Propagation, Justin Harris

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Strategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis, Scott Harrison

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Biobased Packaging Materials from Cellulose Nanofibrils Produced from Virgin Wood Pulp or Recycled Cardboard Pulp, Md Ikramul Hasan

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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Embodied Carbon and Operational Energy of Different Building Systems, Marilia Hellmeister

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Investigation of Cryptotephra in Polar Ice Cores, Meredith Helmick

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Examining Women's Psychophysiological Responses Under Increasingly Obvious Sexism, Shelby Helwig

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The Role of Confrontation Effectiveness for Women's Psychological Wellbeing After a Sexist Event, Shelby Helwig

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Sustainability as Justice Engaging With North American Alternative Seafood Networks Through Participatory Action Research, Paloma Henriques

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Testing and Analysis of Paired, Inflated HIAD Tori, Irja Hepler

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Genetic Sources of Resistance To Potato Blackleg Soft Rot Caused by Dickeya dianthicola, Lucas K. Heroux

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Systemic Growth Factor Increases as a Result of Exercise May Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Risk in Midlife Mice and Humans, Amanda Hewes

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Food Recognition and Ingredient Detection Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy With Deep Learning Techniques to Facilitate Human-food Interactions, Chamath Lochana Amarasinghe Hiti Hamillage

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Modeling Life History and Population Dynamics of American Lobster and Atlantic Sea Scallops in a Warming Gulf of Maine, Cameron T. Hodgdon

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Investigating Being Present Through Motion: Connecting Body With Sound and Position, Katarina Hoeger

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Development of Ultra High Performance Composite Impact Panels Using EMAA, Jeffrey Hollstein

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Prevention of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Broccoli-sourced and Microbially-produced Bioactives, Johanna M. Holman

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Weaving an Interdisciplinary Microbiome Career Using Threads From Different Ecosystems, Sarah Hosler

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Gold (I) Tetrathiomolybdate Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Computational Studies, and Reactivity With Thiophenol and Selenophenol, Dhirgam Humaidy

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Fabrication of Particulates for Detecting Trace Level Analytes in Water Using Optical Spectroscopy and for Developing Thermoelectric Materials, Mohammed Nayeem Ibnul

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Generalizing the Negative Binomial-Lindley Model for Accounting Subpopulation Heterogeneity in Crash Data Analysis, A S M Mohaiminul Islam

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Middle School Science Teachers' Vulnerability in the Written Discourse of a Professional Learning Community, Eliza Jacobs

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Outdoor Pursuits and Outdoor Learning at Rural Maine Schools: A Positive Outlier Approach, Lauren E. Jacobs

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An Experimental Investigation into the Effects of Trait and State Self-Criticism on the Benefits and Barriers to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Melissa Jankowski

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Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Marks a Novel Population of Adult Stem Cells in the Mouse Brain That Respond to Metabolic Interventions by Modulating Adult Brain Plasticity, Gabriel S. Jensen

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Understanding the Contribution of Gα to the Yeast Pheromone Response, Cory Johnson

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Photopharmacological Investigation of Transmembrane Proteins in the Central Nervous System, Ameya B. Karapurkar

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Developing an LGBTQIA2+ Affirming Curriculum and Testing its Impact on Allyship, Tausif Karim

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Improving Use of Soil Health Practices in Kansas: a Study of Barriers to Adoption and Novel Incentive Programs, Sara Kelemen

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The Rapid Enumeration of a Mixed Culture of S. cerevisiae & L. plantarum in Beer Using Image-based Cytometry, Kevin M. Kennedy

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Engineering the Development of Neuromuscular Circuitry On-Chip, Inès Khiyara

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Characteristics Contributing to Uncertainty in Image-based Artificial Intelligence Classifications of Colonial Nesting Birds, Logan Kline

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Catalytic Ring Opening of Mono- and Bicyclic Compounds for the Production of Renewable Diesel and Jet Fuel, Matthew J. Kline

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Analysis of U.S. Labor Market Matching Efficiencies and New Hires Rates by Gender and State, Mary K. Klinko

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Developing and Characterizing a Novel TEMPO CNF Hydrogel Adjuvant and Delivery System for Aquatic Vaccines, Kora Kukk

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Sustainability in Forest Operations: Harvesting on Fragile Ground, Best Management Practices Assessment, Perspectives on Forest Certification, and Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products, Alex Kunnathu George

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Modification of Cellulose Nanofibrils (CNFs) to Develop a Hydrophobic and Anti-Oxidative Food Packaging Film, Suriyaprakaash LakshmiBalasubramaniam

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Seabirds as Proxies for Past El Niño Events in Coastal Peru: An Archaeo-Ornithological Approach, Heather A. Landazuri

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The Organizational Evolution of Small Food Buying Clubs, Taylor Lange

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The Home Project: an Examination of How Home Changed During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic Using Socially Engaged Art, Rochelle Lawrence

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Giving Form to Flow: Modeling the Paleohydrological Context for Human Settlement and Water Use in the North-Central Coast of Peru, Elizabeth Leclerc

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Using Reflex Actions to Predict Delayed Post-harvest Mortality of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Maine’s Lobster Supply Chain, Cassandra Leeman

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Implementation and Testing of Surface Acoustic Wave Strain Sensors for Harsh Environment Applications, David W. Leff

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A Bird's Eye View: Observer Uncertainty in Aerial Image Counts of Colonial Seabirds and An Assessment of the Status of Coastal Island Gull and Cormorant Populations, Meredith A. Lewis

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Simulations of Coastal Currents, Transport and Population Connectivity of Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) in the Gulf of Maine, Denghui Li

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“Bacanora for Bats”: a Multispecies Ethnography in the Sonora-Arizona Borderlands, Sara Lowden

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The Category of Modules Over a Leavitt Path Algebra, Davis MacDonald

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Regional Scale Generalizations of Firn Thickness and Snow Accumulation in Southeast Alaska: an Applied Deep Learning Framework, Jonathan Maurer

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Implementation and Teacher Leadership of Collaborative Efforts During the Challenges Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic, George R. Mayfield III

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Development of Thermoplastic Composite External Reinforcing of Concrete Decking System, Jackman A. Mickiewicz

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Supervision to Support Reflective Practices, Laura Susan Miller

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Agency of in-service Elementary Science Teachers During a Global Pandemic, Anica Miller-Rushing

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Stereoselective Synthesis of Pseudosaccharide Derivative and Bisphosphoramidate Core of EM2487, Saad Z. Mohammed Ali

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3D Computer Modeling Offers New Insights Into Diatom Ecology, Joseph Mohan

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Joining Methods For Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites In Structural Applications, Andrew Moran

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Night of the Comet, Haleigh Morgan

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The Art of Surviving: Alchemy of Healing Trauma in Relation to Identity: A Self Study., Rebecca Morgan

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The Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership During COVID-19, Mia L. Morrison

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Numerical Modeling of Vocal Control and Patient-specific Surgical Planning of Type 1 Thyroplasty, Mohammadreza Movahhedi

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The City with a Bathtub Ring: A Century of Shared Industrial Identity in Belfast, Maine, Michael Munson