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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Prudence, Cynthia N.
. Protein Structure Modeling and Its Application to the Mechanics of Actomyosin InteractionReichert, Elizabeth
. Childhood Maltreatment, Posttraumatic Cognitions, and Health Outcomes Among Young AdultsRodrigues, Laurie
. Affective Reconfigurations: A New Politics of DifferenceSargent, Shirley A.
. Asleep Behind the Wheel: Experiences of Night Shift Nurses on the Commute HomeSchwalbe, Margot Anita Bergstrom
. THE ROLE OF FLOW SENSING BY THE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM IN PREY DETECTION IN TWO AFRICAN CICHLID FISHESSheth, Pratik
. Producing In-Situ Nanoparticles of Griseofulvin using Supercritical Antisolvent MethodologySmith, Adam D.
. MIGRATION AND STOPOVER ECOLOGY OF SONGBIRDS AND BATS ALONG A MAJOR ECOLOGICAL BARRIERSmith, Allison M.
. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Anxiety: Examining a Parent Consultation ModelSteinkamp, F. Lucus
. Factors Influence the Safety of Unconventional ExplosivesSweetman, Sara B.
. Teachers Developing Exemplary Inquiry Practices: Three Longitudinal Case StudiesSzczepanski, John Andrew Jr.
. Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware and Narragansett BaysThulier, Diane J.
. MATERNAL HYDRATION AND INFANT WEIGHT: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN BREASTFEEDING INFANTS DELIVERED BY CESAREAN SECTIONTominaga, Kaoru
. Effect of Manufacturing Methods Used in the Stability of Amorphous Solid Solutions and Predictions to Test themVachirayonstien, Thaveechai
. Suppression of PXR Expression by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and MicrornaVadlamannati, Sravanthi
. ENERGETIC SALTS: DEGRADATION AND TRANSFORMATIONVerdi, Genvieve
. Academic and Psychological Factors in Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use in Graduate StudentsWeerakkody, Dhammika Anuradha
. Study of pH(Low) Insertion Peptides (pHLIPS) Interaction with Lipid Bilayer of MembraneWeissinger, Kristen
. Factors Associated with Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension for Typically-Developing Students and for a Pilot Sample of Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum DisorderWhite, Bryana F. C.
. Multicultural Training of Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students: Ideals vs. PracticeWilliams, Rebecca
. TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE ZOOPLANKTON REVEALED BY CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPESWood, Thalia
. Professional Development in Historical Inquiry: Exploring Changes in Two Social Studies Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, and PracticesZhang, Hongyin
. Application of Silver Nanoparticles in Drinking Water PurificationZhang, Xiaorong
. On Design and Implementation of an Embedded System for Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial LegsTheses/Dissertations from 2012
Brennan, Michael Lee
. Cultural Sites as Platforms for Environmental Characterization of Marine LandscapesBruce, Aaron Ian
. Beyond the Black Horizon: Perspectives of African American Collegians Who Studied AbroadChalasani, Dinesh
. IMPROVING ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-ION AND LITHIUM OXYGEN BATTERIESChiaravalloti, Laura A.
. Voices Silenced, Voices Heard: Exploring Status, Discourse, and Learning in Middle School Discussion GroupsCurti, Kiersten Lynn
. Age-Structured Multispecies Model of the Georges Bank Fish CommunityDibble, Kimberly Lellis
. Quantifying the Effects of Tidal Restrictions and Plant Invasions on Resident Fish in Atlantic Coast Salt MarshesDuerr, Sunny R.
. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MATH ATTITUDES, AND MATH ACHIEVEMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONFairlie, Anne M.
. Measurement Timing In Growth Mixture Modeling of Alcohol TrajectoriesFalvey, Laura J.
. GENDERED PATTERNS IN HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS FOR GRADES 4, 6, AND 8Gardner, Nathaniel W,
. NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND SANDWICH STRUCTURES FOR BLAST MITIGATIONKrumholz, Jason Seth
. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN NUTRIENT STANDING STOCK AND MASS-BALANCE IN RESPONSE TO LOAD REDUCTIONS IN A TEMPERATE ESTUARYKulkarni, Supriya
. NRF2 AS A NUTRIENT SENSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORMonahan, Kris A.
. TIME FOR LEARNING: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARD LEARNING IN EXPANDED LEARNING TIME REFORMOakley, Bryan Andrew
. LATE QUATERNARY DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, TIMING AND RECENT DEPOSITION: NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTSPires, Armand R.
. THE DIALECTICS OF TEACHER CHANGE WTIHIN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICERohr, Nicole
. Impacts of Marine Invasive Species on Subtidal and Intertidal Food Web DynamicsSherman, Karen J.
. Teachers’ Perception of Bullying Among Youth: Hindsight Bias in Relation to Victim ResponsesSipala, Michael W.
. HORMONAL AND PHEROMONAL EFFECTS OF 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE IN THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUSSpas, Jayson
. MULTIPLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR RISKS: REDEFINING CO-ACTION AND INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE USING THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODELSubaiea, Gehad Mohammed
. Brain Penetration of Tolfenamic Acid and its Ability to Enhance the Cognitive Functions and to Lower Amyloid Pathology in Animal Models of Alzheimer's DiseaseVinhateiro, Nathan D.
. Mechanisms of Shoreline Change on the Rhode Island South Coast: Past, Present, and FutureZhang, Lin
. TRANSPORT AND PARTITIONING OF ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS IN THE OPEN OCEANSTheses/Dissertations from 2011
Audette, Jennifer Gail
. Theoretical Frames and Teaching Styles of Physical Therapy Faculty Who Lead International Service-Learning ExperiencesBurditt, Cailtin
. Application of the Transtheoretical Model Parent Facilitation of Healthy Anxiety Management in Their ChildrenCaporaso, Alicia Lynn
. A NEW MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE FORMATION MODEL: THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARYChatterjee, Swarbhanu
. INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN RESTRICTED SYSTEMSCrocker, Steven E.
. GEOACOUSTIC INVERSION USING THE VECTOR FIELDDalavi, Swapnil
. ANALYSIS OF INTERPHASE FORMED ON THE ELECTRODES OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIESDossot, Georges Albert
. ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATIONS IN SHALLOW WATER DUE TO NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVESEngqvist, Inger
. EXPERIENCES OF POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSESFarley, George Thomas
. Polyphosphate-Based Industrial Cooling Water TreatmentGayle, Trudy-Ann K.
. "I'm Telling On You": A Natural History of Disclosure of Childhood Sexual AbuseHarris, Jeffrey C.
. WAVE-INDUCED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: SIMULATION OF TURBULENT WAVE BOUNDARY LAYERSHorn, Matthew G. S.
. EXAMINATION OF THE DIATOM-BOUND NITROGEN ISOTOPE PROXY: NITRATE CONSUMPTION IN THE POLAR OCEANJoseph, Shaun N.
. RELAXATIONS OF L(1, 1)-LABELING FOR THE BROADCAST SCHEDULING PROBLEMKing Williams, Patricia
. Objectification, Femininity Ideology, and Sexual Assertiveness: A Model of Women’s Sexual FunctioningKumar, Puneet
. DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS TO SHOCK LOADINGLeBlanc, James
. DYNAMIC RESPONSE AND DAMAGE EVOLUTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE LOADING: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDYSegala, David B.
. MULTIVARIATE MULTISCALE ANALYSIS OF NATURAL AND ENGINEERED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMSSmith, Sarah Lindley
. AN ANALYSIS OF MARINE RESERVE CO-MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN: FACTORS INFLUENCING STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSmythe, Tiffany Catherine
. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAPACITY OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS TO DEVELOP COASTAL ECOSYSTEM‐BASED MANAGEMENT PLANSSullivan, Karen Anne
. THE EFFECT OF RISK, TIME PREFERENCE, AND POVERTY ON THE IMPACTS OF FOREST TENURE REFORM IN CHINAThompson, Marcella Remer
. EXPOSURES TO MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS (LEAD, METHYLMERCURY AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS) AMONG CHILDBEARING-AGED WOMEN IN THE U.S.Wijesinghe, Dayanjali Diluka
. SELECTIVE TRANSLOCATION OF CELL-IMPERMEABLE TOXINS INTO CANCER CELLS: pHLIP MEDIATED DELIVERY OF PHALLOTOXINS INHIBITS CANCER PROLIFERATIONTheses/Dissertations from 2010
Alshammari, Thamir M.
. Drug Safety Issues Focusing on Liver and Pancreas ToxicityAruga, Kentaka
. Essays on the Efficiency of Non-Genetically Modified (Non-GM) and Conventional Soybean Features MarketsGolding, A. Cassandra
. The Healthy Emotional Reliance Scale and Deconstruction of Dependency: A Latent Variable Model of Relationship Functioning in Female CouplesHeard, Kenneth V.
. Factors Influencing the Evaluation of Expert Witness Testimony in the Behavioral Sciences Under DaubertRodríguez Boissén, Myriel
. Relationship Between Psychosocial and Interpersonal Factors and Implicit Sex-Submission Associations in Hispanic/Latina and White WomenSmith, Chris P.
. EXTENSIONS FOR THE RIGID-BODY QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHODTheses/Dissertations from 2009
Addagulla, Swapna
. Functional Silane Based Co-Polymers for Biofunctionalization Studies, Chemical Sensing and SeparationsAnthony, Abigail Walker
. Climate Change and Peak Demand for Electricity: Evaluating Policies for Reducing Peak Demand Under Different Climate Change ScenariosDalton, Elizabeth Minchin
. The Relationship Between Assistive Technology State Standards for Teachers, Assistive Technology Implementation, and Student Performance in the Context of Evidence-Based PracticeDoucet, Jennifer M.
. Qualitative Examination of Satisfaction with Three Expert System Interventions to Reduce CancerFrost, Megan
. A Stereotype Threat Intervention That Examines Causal Attributions, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Faculty SupportLubertazzi, Maria Adella Aliberti
. Natal Habitat Use by Dragonflies Along Landscape Gradients in Rhode IslandStamm, Karen E.
. Stereotype Threat and Implicit Attitudes: Implications for the Leaky Pipeline of Women in ScienceVoisine, Deanna Rae
. THE INFLUENCE OF DIAGNOSTIC LABELS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY ON TEACHER PERCEPTIONS, EXPECTANCIES, AND ATTRIBUTIONS: A CONSIDERATION OF CLOSURE, ACCEPTANCE, AND STIGMATIZATIONTheses/Dissertations from 2008
Agarabi, Cyrus D.
. The Formulation and Process Development of a Novel Multiparticulate Extended Release Pharmaceutical Delivery Platform for a Highly Water Soluble CompoundAgarwal, Hitesh Kumar
. Design and Evaluation of Nucleoside Derivatives for Targeted Drug Delivery and Therapeutic ApplicationsAmale, Amit
. New Approach to the Design and Optimization of Energy Efficient Chemical ProcessesAndrade, Marco S.
. Exploring the Decision Making Process of Prevention Providers in Adopting or Rejecting a Community-Level Approach to Substance Abuse PreventionAndres, Magdalena
. An Observational Study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: Local, Regional and Basin-Wide Perspectives on a Western Boundary CurrentRitz, Susan Faye
. COPING WITH EVERYDAY CLASSISM: EXERIENCES OF LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN A SOUTHEASTERN RURAL COMMUNITYSherman, Kimberly
. CLASSROOM-BASED EMPATHY TRAINING: AN EVALUATION OF PROGRAM EFFECTS IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLStephan, Catherine
. The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Decisional Balance for Stress Management and Exercise Behavior in an Adolescent Population: A Cross-Lagged Panel AnalysisZhou, Yuyu
. High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing for Improved Hydrologic ModelingTheses/Dissertations from 2007
Bridges, Ana J.
. Romantic Couples and Partner Use of Sexually Explicit Material: The Mediating Role of Cognitions for Dyadic and Sexual SatisfactionBujoreanu, I. Simona
. Developmental and Neuropsychological Perspectives on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in Normal ChildrenKrebs, Paul M.
. Computerized, Tailored, Theory-Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change: A Comprehensive Meta-AnalysisLebeau, Rebecca
. Marijuana Abuse in Incarcerated Adolescents: Reasons for Use and Implications for TreatmentLockwood, Lea Beth
. Enhancing Hardiness in Urban Adolescent Males: A Hardiness CurriculumMeshreki, Lotus Makram
. RELIGIOSITY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING AMONG MIDDLE EASTERN/ ARAB MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE USA: A STUDY OF POSITIVE EMOTION AS A MEDIATORWhipple, Diane L.
. EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE PROMOTION ON DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR:A QUANTITATIVE REVIEWTheses/Dissertations from 2006
Almesallmy, Mohammed
. Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Inertial Propulsion Mechanisms and Motion Simulation of Rigid-Multi-Body Mechanical SystemsDamrad, Anne E.
. EVALUATING A PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM: SCALE ANALYSIS AND THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE PARENTING (STEP) ON CHILD AND PARENT BEHAVIORFrank, Heather M.
. Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Anger Management Program in a Detention Facility