Theses and Dissertations from UMD: Recent submissions
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THE PROBIOTICS OF BIOFUEL: A METAGENOMIC STUDY OF MICROALGAE GROWN FOR FUEL PRODUCTION
(2018)Ponds in Frederick, MD were fertilized with chicken manure to increase the nutrient load in the water and stimulate microalgal growth. Nutrient analyses indicate that fertilization results in significant increases in the ... -
Understanding and remembering pragmatic inferences
(2018)This dissertation examines the extent to which sentence interpretations are incrementally encoded in memory. While traditional models of sentence processing assume that comprehension results in a single interpretation, ... -
Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Adaptation Pathways
(2018)This dissertation seeks to ethnographically understand the role of cultural heritage in climate change adaptation decision-making, and the mechanisms by which heritage is used to shape adaptation pathways for responding ... -
The Earth’s Thorium and Uranium Abundance and Distribution
(2018)The abundance and distribution of thorium (Th) and uranium (U) in the Earth can provide important data for constraining its composition, heat budget, and processes of differentiation. This project seeks to constrain the ... -
Portraits of the (In)visible: Examining the Intersections of Race, Religion, and Gender for Black Muslim Women in College
(2017)Although anti-Islamic sentiments have existed before 9/11, the past 15 years have brought about a distinct set of challenges for Muslim Americans, ones that have seldom been explored within the context of college campuses. ...