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Open Access Dissertations

The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to doctoral dissertations through DigitalCommons@URI. Dissertations prior to 2013 may or may not be available here. Please consult the URI library catalog to see all titles. For those dissertations available only in print, the library can usually scan a copy upon request.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Chakraborty, Indrani. Fabrication of Multifunctional Graphenebased Polymer Composite Materials Using Different Fillers

Charland, Bonnie J.. Organizational Context, Shared Governance Structure and Outcomes in Veteran Affairs Hospitals

Chung, Miri. Price Reframing: Role of Price Familiarity in Consumer Choice

Cleary, Alison Clare. Distributions and Interactions in Three Groups of Polar Marine Plankton

Dao, Christine Anh. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF CANDIDATE PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE AND FORMULATION OF A PROBIOTIC AGENT FOR OYSTER LARVICULURE

DiMaria, Lisa Adorno. Understanding the Barrier and Facilitators of Lifestyle Intervention Programs for Preventing Diabetes in High Risk Hispanic Adults

Donnelly, Maria A.. THERMAL STABILITY AND SENSITIVITY OF ENERGETIC FORMULATIONS

Du, Jiang. BOND COVENANTS, BOND ISSUE SIZE, AND CREDIT DEFAULT SPERED PREMIUMS

Eberle, Dylan E.H.. ISCO of Volatile Organic Contaminants Using Peroxone Activated Persulfate & Cyclodextrin

Escobar, Mauricio. QUANTUM DIFFUSION OF ULTRA-COLD NEUTRONS IN A ROUGH WAVEGUIDE IN A GRAVITY FIELD

Evelyn, Kim Caroline. AT HOME IN THE DIASPORA: DOMESTICITY AND NATIONALISM IN POSTWAR AND CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN-BRITISH FICTION

Frechette, Jennifer Ann Dupont. CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EXECUTIVE SKILLS WITHIN AN INPATIENT SETTING

Friesem, Yonty. On Becoming a Digital Literacy Mentor: Self-Determination and Media Production in Elementary Education

Gao, Kun. Dynamics and Impacts of Roll Vortices in the Hurricane Boundary Layer

Ghareeb, Mwlod A.. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Immunosuppresive

Gokbayrak, N. Simay. Mental Health, Health Behaviors, Social Support, Self-Efficacy and Disease: An Integrative Model

Grosskopf, Wendy Lee. AN EXAMINATION OF ARGUMENTATION IN UNDERGRADUATE COMPOSITION TEXTBOOKS

Gudmundsdottir, Bergljot Gyda. Prescription Stimulant Misuse and ADHD Symptomatology Among College Students in Iceland

Gupta, Sachin. UNDERWATER IMPLOSION OF CYLINDRICAL METALLIC SHELLS IN CONFINING ENVIRONMENTS

Hang, Ducha. “I AM A HMONG AMERICAN”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF HMONG STUDENTS IN COLLEGE

Howes-Masnik, Sarah. EXPLORING THE SOCIOCULTURAL PATHWAY MODEL AS IT PREDICTS BODY SATISFACION IN ATHLETES AND NONATHLETES

Isabella, Marcy. Stories That Shape: The Work of Writing Program Administration

Jamieson, William T.. PLANAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS: ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS AND 1-1 RESONANT POINTS

Kanost, Rebecca. OFF THE HIP: A THERMODYNAMICS OF THE COOL

Kingston, Sarah. INSOMNIA AND IDENTITY: THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTION OF SLEEPLESSNESS IN MODERNIST LITERATURE

Lazar, Michael L.. Performance Analysis of Separators and Electrolyte and Effects on Solid Electrolyte Interface

Lipschittz, Jessica. Expanding the Foundation for Population-Based Anxiety Management Interventions

Liu, Qianqian. Dynamics of Rhode Island Coastal Waters

Li, Yajuan. DEVELOPMENT OF COPPER SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR PHOTOTHERMAL AND CHEMO THERAPY OF CANCER CELLS

Lubiner, Anna G.. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHOOL CLIMATE AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Maitland, Sarah Hattie. TEMPERANCE IN THE AGE OF FEELING: SENSIBILITY, PEDAGOGY, AND POETRY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Malek, Anna. An Investigation of the Fisheries Ecosystem Dynamics in Rhode Island's Nearshore Waters

Marchetti, Louis. REGIOSELECTIVE CARBON-NITROGEN BOND FORMATION VIA OXIDATIVE TRANSITION METAL CATALYSIS

Marraccini, Marisa E.. A META-ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIPTION STIMULANT EFFICACY: ARE STIMULANTS NEUROCOGNITIVE ENHANCERS?

Marshall, Stephanie M.. THE IDENTIFICATION OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHER IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO STUDENTS' INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS

Martin, Rose Marie. Mensurative and Manipulative Experiments Test Effects of Global Change Drivers on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Coastal Marshes

Masoori, Mohammad. RHEOLOGICAL AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MODEL ASPHALT USING FFT AND GROUP CONTRIBUTION METHODS

May, Rachel. UNCONSCIOUS STATES: A NOVEL

McGee, James A.. APPLYING DIVERSITY TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

McLaughlin, Barnaby. Life vs. Unlife: Interspecies Solidarity and Companionism in Contemporary American Literature

McSheffrey, Savannah. Sociocultural Factors Related to Parents' and Caregivers' Decisions to Vaccinate Children Against HPV

Merrill, Nathaniel Henry. Climate and Weather Risk in Natural Resource Models

Meyer, Joseph F. III. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF A CLINICAL BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR LICENSED PSYCHOLOGISTS

Moen, Mary H.. Teachers' Self-Directed Informal Learning for Technology Integration in 1:1 Device High Schools

Mokszycki, Matthew E.. An Investigation of the Interactions Between Escherichia coli and the Intestinal Microbiota In Vivo and In Vitro

Monteiro, Kristina. PREDICTING CO-RELAPSE AMONG NUTRITION AND EXERCISE FROM ADOLESCENCE THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD

Morales Parra, Ivan. Modeling Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contaminants in Current and Climate Changing Conditions

Murphy, Sara E.. TOWARD A PSYCHOSOCIAL UNDERSTANDING OF SUICIDE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE 1990’S

Nahar, Pragati P.. EVALUATION OF IN VITRO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-DIABETIC AND ANTI-LIPOGENIC ACTIVITY OF NATURAL POLYPHENOLIC EXTRACTS AND THEIR PURE CONSTITUENTS

Nanda, Monica M.. Parental Psychological Control and Emotion Dysregulation Among Anxious Children: A Transactional Model

Ni, Zhen. Goal Representation Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Machine Intelligence

Palumbo, Richard Vincent. INTERPERSONAL PHYSIOLOGY: ASSESSING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH PHYSIOLOGY

Paquette, Katherine Margaret. Perspectives on Hope of Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses

Peddinti, Vijay Kumar. SYNCHRONY CAPTURE FILTERBANK (SCFB): AUDITORY-INSPIRED SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR FREQUENCY TRACKING

Peters, Jason. THE SENTINELLE AFFAIR: A STUDY IN MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE PRACTICES

Phelps, Aimeé DuVall. Reflections of Undergraduate Business Education Alumnae: Shifting Perspectives on Gender and Work

Pingitore, Francine Rose Bianca. EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF ADOLESCENTS PARTICIPATING IN INTERPERSONAL GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

Popolizio, Thea Ruth. INTEGRATING MOLECULAR AND TRADITIONAL SYSTEMATIC TECHNIQUES TO REDEFINE RED ALGAL (RHODOPHYTE) DIVERSITY IN THE BERMUDA ISLANDS

Radaram, Bhasker. DESIGN, SYNTHESIS OF A NEW CLASS OF DISSYMMETRIC MACROCYCLES FOR CARCINOGENIC BENZO[a]PYRENE DETECTION

Rafter, Jamie L.. PREDATORY BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF CHINESE MANTIDS TO TOXIC AND NON-TOXIC LEPIDOPTERAN PREY

Reichl, Brandon G.. Surface Wave Impacts on Air-Sea Momentum Flux and Upper Ocean Turbulence Under Tropical Cyclones

Reis, Jenna. THE SPECTRAL CONNECTION MATRIX FOR CLASSICAL REAL ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS

Saha, Amitesh. UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR OF PARTICLE STABILIZED EMULSIONS AND TRANFORMATIONS IN COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS

Salter, Deanna M.. EFFECTS OF PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS (PFCs) ON METABOLIC TISSUES AND THE BENEFITS OF CALORIC RESTRICTION

Serio, Nicole Cook. Cyclodexrtrins as Hosts for the Array-Based Detection of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Complex Media

Sewchuk, Dennis H. Jr.. The Stigma of Obesity: Examining the Relationship Between BMI and the Treatment of Pain in Surgery Patients

Shimpi, Prajakta. Role of Nuclear Factor E2 Related Factor 2 (Nrf2) in Environmental Chemical Induced Steatosis and Adipogenesis

Sirois, John Joseph. Iron-Catalyzed Arylation of Heterocycles and Transition-Metal Free C-N Bond Formation

Steinhaus, Meghan. The Application of the Self Organizing Map to the Vehicle Routing Problem

Sudhakaran, Pratheesh Omana. Three Essays on Shellfish Management in Rhode Island

Suryadevara, Keerthi S.. Assessing Climate for Systems Improvement Initiatives in Healthcare

Tegawa, Mihoko. THREE ESSAYS ON CO-MANAGEMENT IN A FISHERY

Tran, Mai Linh. Cellulose synthesis in Physcomitrella patens: gene expression and mutational analysis

Ufholz, Kelsey Elise. Multivariate Measurement of Multiple Health Behavior Change and Its Relation to Baseline Severity

Vaughn, James Ian. Factor Graphs and Submap Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Microbathymetry

Villegas, David Lee. Predictors of Change in College Freshmen and Sophomore Cognitions of Alcohol Expectancies

Wang, Huiqiang. AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FOOD SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH: MILK PASTEURIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Washor, Kim Stack. BRIDGING THE SOFT-SKILL GAP FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH INTERNSHIPS

Younes-Alhourani, Shima. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ENJOYMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL

Zavras, Brynheld Martinez. PERCEIVED LIFE SATISFACTION OF EXPATRIATE STUDENTS ATTENDING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

Zeng, Yongbo. Attack-Resistant Digital Reputation and Privacy Assessment in Social Media

Zhang, Man. Virtuality, Virtual Consumption, and the China Market

Zhang, Shuwen. A Numerical Study of the Circulation, Ecology and Biogeochemistry on the Southern New England Shelf

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Almond, Amanda Lee. Taking Race Out of the Picture: Health Communication and Disease Prevention for Black Americans

Amidon, Timothy R.. Firefighters’ Multimodal Literacy Practices

Amoyal, Nicole. Moral Elevation and its Relation to the Altruistic Health Behavior of Becoming an Organ and Tissue Donor

Arts, Jennifer. A Population-Based Nutrition Intervention in College Students

Babbin, Steven Francis. Investigating the Mechanisms of Smoking Behavior Change With Statistical Mediation Analysis

Balt, Christelle. Subestuarine Circulation and Dispersion in Narragansett Bay

Banari, Amir. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Multiphase Flows; Application to Wave Breaking and Sea Spray Generation

Bloom, Elizabeth M.. Horizontal Violence Among Nurses: Experiences, Responses and Job Performance

Brounce, Maryjo N.. A Geochemical Investigation of Oxygen Fugacity in the Marianas Subduction Factory

Brown, Alexander IV. Novel Strategies for the Purification and Inhibition of Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

Bueti, Michael R.. Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Ocean Heat Content and Transport

Canino, Jonathan N.. APPLICATION OF POLYMER SYSTEMS TO THE DETECTION AND RETENTION OF EXPLOSIVES

Card, Christopher James. THE BOVINE SPERMATOZOAL TRANSCRIPTOME AND SIRE FERTILITY

Carpenter, Lisa Ann. ENGAGING STUDENTS IN AUTHENTIC DISCUSSION IN THE SECONDARY ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Caviness, Celeste. HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Chen, Hui. USING ACTIVATED CARBON TO ENHANCE THE VOCS AND HEAVY METALS REMOVAL OF A POROUS ASPHALT PAVEMENT SYSTEM

Chen, Yi-Tzai. MOLECULAR INTERACTION IN CARBOXYLESTERASES-BASED CATALYSIS: ONTOGENIC EXPRESSION AND INDUCTION THROUGH A NOVEL ELEMENT