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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Vinhateiro, Nathan D.. Mechanisms of Shoreline Change on the Rhode Island South Coast: Past, Present, and Future

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Zhang, Lin. TRANSPORT AND PARTITIONING OF ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS IN THE OPEN OCEANS

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Audette, Jennifer Gail. Theoretical Frames and Teaching Styles of Physical Therapy Faculty Who Lead International Service-Learning Experiences

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Burditt, Cailtin. Application of the Transtheoretical Model Parent Facilitation of Healthy Anxiety Management in Their Children

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Caporaso, Alicia Lynn. A NEW MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE FORMATION MODEL: THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

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Chatterjee, Swarbhanu. INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN RESTRICTED SYSTEMS

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Crocker, Steven E.. GEOACOUSTIC INVERSION USING THE VECTOR FIELD

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Dalavi, Swapnil. ANALYSIS OF INTERPHASE FORMED ON THE ELECTRODES OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

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Dossot, Georges Albert. ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATIONS IN SHALLOW WATER DUE TO NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES

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Engqvist, Inger. EXPERIENCES OF POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSES

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Farley, George Thomas. Polyphosphate-Based Industrial Cooling Water Treatment

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Gayle, Trudy-Ann K.. "I'm Telling On You": A Natural History of Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse

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Harris, Jeffrey C.. WAVE-INDUCED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: SIMULATION OF TURBULENT WAVE BOUNDARY LAYERS

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Horn, Matthew G. S.. EXAMINATION OF THE DIATOM-BOUND NITROGEN ISOTOPE PROXY: NITRATE CONSUMPTION IN THE POLAR OCEAN

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Joseph, Shaun N.. RELAXATIONS OF L(1, 1)-LABELING FOR THE BROADCAST SCHEDULING PROBLEM

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King Williams, Patricia. Objectification, Femininity Ideology, and Sexual Assertiveness: A Model of Women’s Sexual Functioning

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Kumar, Puneet. DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS TO SHOCK LOADING

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LeBlanc, James. DYNAMIC RESPONSE AND DAMAGE EVOLUTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE LOADING: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY

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Segala, David B.. MULTIVARIATE MULTISCALE ANALYSIS OF NATURAL AND ENGINEERED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

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Smith, Sarah Lindley. AN ANALYSIS OF MARINE RESERVE CO-MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN: FACTORS INFLUENCING STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION

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Smythe, Tiffany Catherine. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAPACITY OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS TO DEVELOP COASTAL ECOSYSTEM‐BASED MANAGEMENT PLANS

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Sullivan, Karen Anne. THE EFFECT OF RISK, TIME PREFERENCE, AND POVERTY ON THE IMPACTS OF FOREST TENURE REFORM IN CHINA

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Thompson, Marcella Remer. EXPOSURES TO MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS (LEAD, METHYLMERCURY AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS) AMONG CHILDBEARING-AGED WOMEN IN THE U.S.

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Wijesinghe, Dayanjali Diluka. SELECTIVE TRANSLOCATION OF CELL-IMPERMEABLE TOXINS INTO CANCER CELLS: pHLIP MEDIATED DELIVERY OF PHALLOTOXINS INHIBITS CANCER PROLIFERATION

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Alshammari, Thamir M.. Drug Safety Issues Focusing on Liver and Pancreas Toxicity

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Aruga, Kentaka. Essays on the Efficiency of Non-Genetically Modified (Non-GM) and Conventional Soybean Features Markets

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Golding, A. Cassandra. The Healthy Emotional Reliance Scale and Deconstruction of Dependency: A Latent Variable Model of Relationship Functioning in Female Couples

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Greene, Andrew Dale. DEEP VARIABILITY IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION

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Heard, Kenneth V.. Factors Influencing the Evaluation of Expert Witness Testimony in the Behavioral Sciences Under Daubert

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Kotowicz, Dawn M.. BUILDING RESILIENCE TO COASTAL DISASTERS: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE DURING RECOVERY AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI IN THAILAND

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Rodríguez Boissén, Myriel. Relationship Between Psychosocial and Interpersonal Factors and Implicit Sex-Submission Associations in Hispanic/Latina and White Women

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Smith, Chris P.. EXTENSIONS FOR THE RIGID-BODY QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHOD

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Addagulla, Swapna. Functional Silane Based Co-Polymers for Biofunctionalization Studies, Chemical Sensing and Separations

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Anthony, Abigail Walker. Climate Change and Peak Demand for Electricity: Evaluating Policies for Reducing Peak Demand Under Different Climate Change Scenarios

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Dalton, Elizabeth Minchin. The Relationship Between Assistive Technology State Standards for Teachers, Assistive Technology Implementation, and Student Performance in the Context of Evidence-Based Practice

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Doucet, Jennifer M.. Qualitative Examination of Satisfaction with Three Expert System Interventions to Reduce Cancer

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Frost, Megan. A Stereotype Threat Intervention That Examines Causal Attributions, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Faculty Support

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Lubertazzi, Maria Adella Aliberti. Natal Habitat Use by Dragonflies Along Landscape Gradients in Rhode Island

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Stamm, Karen E.. Stereotype Threat and Implicit Attitudes: Implications for the Leaky Pipeline of Women in Science

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Voisine, Deanna Rae. THE INFLUENCE OF DIAGNOSTIC LABELS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY ON TEACHER PERCEPTIONS, EXPECTANCIES, AND ATTRIBUTIONS: A CONSIDERATION OF CLOSURE, ACCEPTANCE, AND STIGMATIZATION

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Agarabi, Cyrus D.. The Formulation and Process Development of a Novel Multiparticulate Extended Release Pharmaceutical Delivery Platform for a Highly Water Soluble Compound

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Agarwal, Hitesh Kumar. Design and Evaluation of Nucleoside Derivatives for Targeted Drug Delivery and Therapeutic Applications

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Amale, Amit. New Approach to the Design and Optimization of Energy Efficient Chemical Processes

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Andrade, Marco S.. Exploring the Decision Making Process of Prevention Providers in Adopting or Rejecting a Community-Level Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention

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Andres, Magdalena. An Observational Study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: Local, Regional and Basin-Wide Perspectives on a Western Boundary Current

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Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela. SEA SURFACE HEIGHT VARIABILITY AND THE STRUCTURE OF EDDIES IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAPE BASIN

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Ritz, Susan Faye. COPING WITH EVERYDAY CLASSISM: EXERIENCES OF LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN A SOUTHEASTERN RURAL COMMUNITY

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Sherman, Kimberly. CLASSROOM-BASED EMPATHY TRAINING: AN EVALUATION OF PROGRAM EFFECTS IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Stephan, Catherine. The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Decisional Balance for Stress Management and Exercise Behavior in an Adolescent Population: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis

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Zhou, Yuyu. High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing for Improved Hydrologic Modeling

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Book, Jeffrey W.. NORTHERN ADRIATIC CIRCULATION AND TIDES

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Bridges, Ana J.. Romantic Couples and Partner Use of Sexually Explicit Material: The Mediating Role of Cognitions for Dyadic and Sexual Satisfaction

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Bujoreanu, I. Simona. Developmental and Neuropsychological Perspectives on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in Normal Children

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Fan, Yalin. EFFECTS OF SURF ACE WAVES ON AIR-SEA MOMENTUM AND ENERGY FLUXES AND OCEAN RESPONSE TO HURRICANES

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Krebs, Paul M.. Computerized, Tailored, Theory-Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis

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Lebeau, Rebecca. Marijuana Abuse in Incarcerated Adolescents: Reasons for Use and Implications for Treatment

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Lockwood, Lea Beth. Enhancing Hardiness in Urban Adolescent Males: A Hardiness Curriculum

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Meshreki, Lotus Makram. RELIGIOSITY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING AMONG MIDDLE EASTERN/ ARAB MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE USA: A STUDY OF POSITIVE EMOTION AS A MEDIATOR

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Whipple, Diane L.. EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE PROMOTION ON DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR:A QUANTITATIVE REVIEW

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Almesallmy, Mohammed. Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Inertial Propulsion Mechanisms and Motion Simulation of Rigid-Multi-Body Mechanical Systems

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Cantwell, Mark G.. MOBILITY AND FATE OF CONTAMINANTS IN ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS

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Damrad, Anne E.. EVALUATING A PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM: SCALE ANALYSIS AND THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE PARENTING (STEP) ON CHILD AND PARENT BEHAVIOR

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Frank, Heather M.. Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Anger Management Program in a Detention Facility

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Ross, Marcus R.. Richness Trends of Mosasaurs (Diapside, Squamata) During the Late Cretaceous

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Xu, Yongsheng. ANALYSES OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT, BOTTOM PRESSURE AND ACOUSTIC TRAVEL TIME IN THE JAPAN/EAST SEA

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Campion, Christopher Lawrence. An Analysis of the Thermal Decomposition Reactions of Organic Electrolytes Used in Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Gallo, Frank Joseph. A Self-Report Approach to Screening Police Candidates’ Aggressive Tendencies

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Trombetti, Isabel A.. Meanings in the Lives of Older Adults: In Their Own Voices

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Yeh, Yating. APPLICABILITY OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL IN WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN AN ADOLESCENT POPULATION IN TAIWAN

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Aflague, John M.. Suicide Assessment by Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses: A Phenomenographic Study

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Agarwal, Vivek. Microstructure Studies in Surfacant Systems

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Allen, James H.. Regulation of cra, A Regulatory Gene of Glycolytic and Gluconeogenic Pathways in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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Anatchkova, Milena D.. Smoking and Stress: Exploring Patterns Among High School Youth in Bulgaria

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Andreozzi Stern, Lucille. The Pros and Cons of the Learned Helplessness Construct and the Battered Woman Syndrome: A Critical Analysis and Possible Reformulation

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Dutton-Greene, Leila B.. Testing a Model of Unwanted Pursuit and Stalking

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Hall, Kara L.. A Meta-Analytic Examination of Decisional Balance Across Stage Transitions: A Cross-Sectional Analysis and Cross-Sequential Cross-Validation

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Johnson, Pamela J.. USING PHARMACY CLAIMS DATA TO EVALUATE ADHERENCE AND PERSISTENCE WITH PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

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Leon, Yolanda M.. COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF COASTAL TOURISM IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Somerville Ruffalo, Jessica. Visuoconstructional Impairment: What Are We Assessing, and How Are We Assessing It?

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Vasanthavada, Madhav. A MECHANISTIC STUDY TO IDENTIFY PHYSICALLY STABLE AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSION

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Yong, Lynne Ee Lin. Resilience in Ex-Refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Abughosh, Susan M.. Drug Benefit Plans for Elderly Under Managed Care and Utilization of Lipid Lowering Agents

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Adams, Candace. Relationship of Early Intervention Service Coordination Model to Qualify of Transition and Family Empowerment

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Al-Sultan, Muhammed S.. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to Assess Antibiotic Utilization in Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

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Amidon, Stevens Russell. Manifestoes: A Study in Genre

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Ammirati, Theresa Perri. Making the Grade: Academic Literacies and First-Generation College Students in a Highly Selective Liberal Arts College

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Baird, Janette. Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Locomotion, Motor Activity, and Infant Development

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Coleman, Dwight F.. ARCHAEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF INUNDATED COASTAL PREHISTORIC SITES

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Jones, Julie M.. EXAMPLES OF POPULATION PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT USING NONMEM

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Li, Yuxin. THE DEC1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR: ONCOGENIC INVOLVEMENT AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ON TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION

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Martin, Rosemarie A.. Latent Transition Ananlysis as a Sensitive Outcome: Analysis for Longitudinal Data

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Mitchell, Douglas A.. Upper Current Structure and Variability in the Southwestern Japan/East Sea

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Sicotte, Charles. Computerized Behavioral Observation: Implications for Improving Accuracy and Reducing Bias

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Turner, Stephen Edward. GAS FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN MICROCHANNELS: AN EXPERIMENT AL INVESTIGATION OF COMPRESSIBILITY, RAREFACTION, AND SURF ACE ROUGHNESS

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Uhnak, Kenneth Stephen. Micropropagation of Carnivorous Plants

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Ward, John A.. Development and Validation of Transtheorectical Measure for College Student Spiritual Expression

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Achanta, Anand S.. Rational Approaches to the Regulation of Nonprescription Medicines

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Adamowicz, Susan C.. New England Salt Marsh Pools: Analysis of Geomorphic and Geographic Parameters, Macrophyte Distribution and Nekton Use

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Alves, Steve Louis. An Examination of Collaborative Practice in Anesthesia Care Team Settings and Occupational Sress in Nurse Anesthetists

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Diehl, Steven Kenneth. Adult Attachment Patterns: The Relationship Between Security of Attachment and Adjustment to Prison and Separation From Loved Ones