Each month ProQuest updates this list of the top 25 Most-Accessed Dissertations and Theses across all subjects, based upon total PDF downloads.
January 2014
Dissertations
- Neural Pathways Integrating Circadian Information into the Decision to Trigger Ovulation
SMARR, BENJAMIN, University of Washington, 2012, Ph.D.
Subjects: Biology, Neuroscience
- Intramolecular carbene rearrangements: Experimental and theoretical studies
BUTCHKO, MARK ANTHONY, University of Notre Dame, 2000, Ph.D.
Subjects: Chemistry, Organic
- The nature of the liaison in developing and sustaining successful business partnerships with high schools
MURRAY, MAUREEN S., University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2010, Ed.D.
Subjects: Education, Secondary
- Measurement of perceived organizational readiness for change and employees' attitudes toward change in the public sector
CINITE, INTA, Carleton University (Canada), 2006, Ph.D.
Subjects: Business Administration, Management
- The relationship between international law and morality: The claims of offenders
ZEMACH, ARIEL, Columbia University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Law
- Effective versus destructive leader behavior: The motivating role of personal values
ILLIES, JODY J., The University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2001, Ph.D.
Subjects: Psychology, Industrial
- Agent based modeling and simulation framework for supply chain risk management
HARPER, TIFFANY J., Air Force Institute of Technology, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Operations Research
- Developing intercultural communication competence for leadership
JONES, DOROTHY L., Temple University, 2000, Ed.D.
Subjects: Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
- Seeing red: Anger, femininity, and the American Indian of nineteenth-century sentimental literature
CARPENTER, CARI MICHELLE, University of Michigan, 2002, Ph.D.
Subjects: Literature, American
- A phenomenological comparison of the attitudes and perceptions of police officers and mental health professionals when responding to female domestic violence victims in a rural and a suburban setting
DAHL, AMY RENAE, Walden University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical
- Leadership and management skills of preservice teachers
KOH, SHANA E., The Claremont Graduate University, 2008, Ph.D.
Subjects: Education, Teacher Training
- A study of the fragmentation-fission of uranium-238 on a beryllium-9 target at 81 MeV/u
NETTLETON, ANTHONY STEVEN, Michigan State University, 2011, Ph.D.
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear
- A theory of scenario planning
CHERMACK, THOMAS JAMES, University of Minnesota, 2003, Ph.D.
Subjects: Education, Business
- Synthesis and characterization of nano-scale vanadium oxides, vanadium phosphates as cathodes for lithium batteries
BAN, CHUNMEI, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2008, Ph.D.
Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic
- Social Media and Risk Communication: The Role of Social Networking Sites in Food-safety Communication
MOU, YI, University of Connecticut, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Mass Communications
- Cinema and architecture: Towards understanding the cinematic sense of place and its relationship to the built environment
DERCLE, JULIE DRAPKIN, University of California, Berkeley, 1992, PH.D.
Subject: Architecture
- Human resource management systems and firm performance
FERGUSON, KAREN L., University of Louisville, 2006, Ph.D.
Subjects: Education, Business
- Strategy as competitive moves: Extending competitive dynamics research to new markets and new moves
CHEN, ERIC LI-CHAIN, Stanford University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subjects: Business Administration, Management
- The impact of balanced scorecard usage on organization performance
CHRISTESEN, DAVID ALLEN, University of Minnesota, 2008, Ph.D.
Subjects: Business Administration, Management
- The influence of Glasser's control theory and reality therapy on educators: A case study
CULLINANE, DEBRA KAYE, University of San Diego, 1995, Ed.D.
Subjects: Education, Teacher Training
- Modeling of Fluid Flow in Spiral Wound Reverse Osmosis Membranes
G, SRIVATHSAN, University of Minnesota, 2013, Ph.D.
Subjects: Engineering, Mechanical
- Adsorption, chromatographic, and thermogravimetric studies of mesoporous carbon materials with deposited silica
ZIMMERMAN, DORIS BRIGGS, Kent State University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subjects: Chemistry, Analytical
- The transformation of Tamar (Genesis 38) in the history of Jewish interpretation
BLACHMAN, ESTHER TERRY, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (California), 2003, D.H.S.
Subjects: Religion, Biblical Studies
- Capsules and cavitands: Concave molecules built on the cyclotribenzylene (CTB) scaffold
DRAKE, STEPHEN D., Georgetown University, 2011, Ph.D.
Subjects: Chemistry, Organic
- Metal thiolate and metal sufide clusters in proteins
SAVELIEFF, MASHA GEORGES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008, Ph.D.
Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic
Masters Theses
- The aerodynamic effects of roughness on the performance of a turbine cascade
ABBOTT, MICHAEL WILLIAM PAUL, Carleton University (Canada), 1994, M.Eng.
Subjects: Engineering, Aerospace
- Advances in the electrodeposition of tantalum from ionic liquids in a technical plating setup
COWART, SAM V., The University of North Dakota, 2012, M.S.
Subjects: Engineering, Chemical
- Ethnography of communication: A case study of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, "Air Command South"
LONG, GREGORY B., Gonzaga University, 2010, M.A.
Subject: Speech Communication
- An exploration of William Glasser's choice theory in classroom management
PAULARINNE, ROBERT P.J., Lakehead University (Canada), 2007, M.Ed.
Subjects: Education, Teacher Training
- An investigation of the effects of roughness on the performance of a turbine cascade
SERJAK, PETER JOHN, Carleton University (Canada), 1995, M.Eng.
Subjects: Engineering, Mechanical
- Measurements and computations of roughness effects on performance of a HP turbine cascade in compressible flow
YUAN, LAN QIN, Carleton University (Canada), 2004, M.A.Sc.
Subjects: Engineering, Aerospace
- Determination numerique des instabilites 3D dans une cavite infinie a section carree
NON, ETIENNE, Universite Laval (Canada), 2003, M.Sc.
Subject: Mathematics
- Development and benefits of a LEED project management database
SCHMIG, TERI, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009, M.S.
Subjects: Engineering, Civil
- Organizational strategies that inspire and improve employee retention and morale
SALIBA, SORAYA, Royal Roads University (Canada), 2007, M.A.
Subjects: Business Administration, Management
- On the Energy Minimization of Large Molecules
DAVEY, JAMES A., Carleton University (Canada), 2011, M.Sc.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physical
- Study of Properties of Cryolite -- Lithium Fluoride Melt containing Silica
THOMAS, SRIDEVI MARIYAM, University of Toronto (Canada), 2012, M.A.Sc.
Subjects: Engineering, Chemical
- Nursing documentation of pain assessment and management in hospitalized pediatric patients
LOPEZ-CASTOR, ALESSA, Gonzaga University, 2005, M.S.N.
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing
- Slope stability monitoring using remote sensing techniques
CONTE ROBLES, OMAR A., University of Arkansas, 2012, M.S.C.E.
Subjects: Engineering, Civil
- A study of customer satisfaction factors and employee satisfaction in the hospitality industry
NOVIKOVA, KSENIA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2009, M.S.
Subject: Recreation
- Multiscale modeling and simulation of material phase change problems: Ice melting and copper crystallization
WEI, XIUPENG, The University of Iowa, 2010, M.S.
Subjects: Engineering, Mechanical
- Development of Platinum-copper Core-shell Nanocatalyst on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
ADAME, ANTHONY, Arizona State University, 2012, MST
Subject: Alternative Energy
- Evolution of leadership theories
MASLANKA, ANN M., Grand Valley State University, 2004, M.S.
Subjects: Sociology, Theory and Methods
- Transformation of formaldehyde aminals into diaminocarbenes and carbenium salts
RODEZNO, JOSE MANUEL, University of Toronto (Canada), 2001, M.Sc.
Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic
- Miscibility and organization of organic monolayers: A solid-state NMR approach
YACH, KIMBERLY A., McGill University (Canada), 2001, M.Sc.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physical
- Laccases from Pleurotus ostreatus: Production, characterization and application in organic solvent systems with special respect to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon oxidation
REIMER, PATRICK DANIEL, University of Alberta (Canada), 2001, M.Sc.
Subjects: Chemistry, Organic
- Conjugation of biological and carbon nanoparticles for applications in electronics and cell imaging
OXSHER, JERRY RICHARD, II, University of South Carolina, 2011, M.S.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physical
- Prediction of rainfall and snowmelt-produced runoff: Linking a hydrologic model with remote sensing and GIS
LEVICK, LAINIE ROBIN, The University of Arizona, 1998, M.S.
Subject: Hydrology
- Commande de robots manipulants un objet en temps reel
HASSANE, ABDELKADER, Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada), 2003, M.Ing.
Subjects: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
- High temperature ceramic superconductors: Oxalate co-precipitation procedure for synthesis and influence of compositional variations
AL-SHAFEI, MANSOUR AHMED, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia), 1990, M.S.
Subjects: Chemistry, General
- Assessing sustainable rural development: A participatory impact assessment of the IPCA project in Honduras
CLASSEN, LAUREN STEPHANIE, University of Guelph (Canada), 2003, M.A.
Subjects: Sociology, Social Structure and Development