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The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to PhD dissertations through DigitalCommons@URI.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Steinkamp, F. Lucus. Factors Influence the Safety of Unconventional Explosives

Sweetman, Sara B.. Teachers Developing Exemplary Inquiry Practices: Three Longitudinal Case Studies

Szczepanski, John Andrew Jr.. Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware and Narragansett Bays

Thulier, Diane J.. MATERNAL HYDRATION AND INFANT WEIGHT: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN BREASTFEEDING INFANTS DELIVERED BY CESAREAN SECTION

Tominaga, Kaoru. Effect of Manufacturing Methods Used in the Stability of Amorphous Solid Solutions and Predictions to Test them

Vachirayonstien, Thaveechai. Suppression of PXR Expression by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Microrna

Vadlamannati, Sravanthi. ENERGETIC SALTS: DEGRADATION AND TRANSFORMATION

Verdi, Genvieve. Academic and Psychological Factors in Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use in Graduate Students

Weerakkody, Dhammika Anuradha. Study of pH(Low) Insertion Peptides (pHLIPS) Interaction with Lipid Bilayer of Membrane

Weissinger, Kristen. Factors Associated with Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension for Typically-Developing Students and for a Pilot Sample of Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

White, Bryana F. C.. Multicultural Training of Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students: Ideals vs. Practice

Williams, Rebecca. TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE ZOOPLANKTON REVEALED BY CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES

Wood, Thalia. Professional Development in Historical Inquiry: Exploring Changes in Two Social Studies Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices

Zhang, Hongyin. Application of Silver Nanoparticles in Drinking Water Purification

Zhang, Xiaorong. On Design and Implementation of an Embedded System for Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial Legs

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Bishop, Stuart Paul. THE ROLE OF EDDY FLUXES IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION AT 144°–148°E

Brennan, Michael Lee. Cultural Sites as Platforms for Environmental Characterization of Marine Landscapes

Bruce, Aaron Ian. Beyond the Black Horizon: Perspectives of African American Collegians Who Studied Abroad

Chalasani, Dinesh. IMPROVING ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-ION AND LITHIUM OXYGEN BATTERIES

Chiaravalloti, Laura A.. Voices Silenced, Voices Heard: Exploring Status, Discourse, and Learning in Middle School Discussion Groups

Curti, Kiersten Lynn. Age-Structured Multispecies Model of the Georges Bank Fish Community

Dibble, Kimberly Lellis. Quantifying the Effects of Tidal Restrictions and Plant Invasions on Resident Fish in Atlantic Coast Salt Marshes

Duerr, Sunny R.. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MATH ATTITUDES, AND MATH ACHIEVEMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION

Fairlie, Anne M.. Measurement Timing In Growth Mixture Modeling of Alcohol Trajectories

Falvey, Laura J.. GENDERED PATTERNS IN HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS FOR GRADES 4, 6, AND 8

Gardner, Nathaniel W,. NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND SANDWICH STRUCTURES FOR BLAST MITIGATION

Krumholz, Jason Seth. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN NUTRIENT STANDING STOCK AND MASS-BALANCE IN RESPONSE TO LOAD REDUCTIONS IN A TEMPERATE ESTUARY

Kulkarni, Supriya. NRF2 AS A NUTRIENT SENSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR

Monahan, Kris A.. TIME FOR LEARNING: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARD LEARNING IN EXPANDED LEARNING TIME REFORM

Oakley, Bryan Andrew. LATE QUATERNARY DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, TIMING AND RECENT DEPOSITION: NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS

Pires, Armand R.. THE DIALECTICS OF TEACHER CHANGE WTIHIN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Rohr, Nicole. Impacts of Marine Invasive Species on Subtidal and Intertidal Food Web Dynamics

Sherman, Karen J.. Teachers’ Perception of Bullying Among Youth: Hindsight Bias in Relation to Victim Responses

Sipala, Michael W.. HORMONAL AND PHEROMONAL EFFECTS OF 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE IN THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS

Spas, Jayson. MULTIPLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR RISKS: REDEFINING CO-ACTION AND INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE USING THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL

Subaiea, 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 Disease

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

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

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

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

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

Chatterjee, Swarbhanu. INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN RESTRICTED SYSTEMS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thompson, 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 PROLIFERATION

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

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

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

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

Greene, Andrew Dale. DEEP VARIABILITY IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION

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

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

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

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Book, Jeffrey W.. NORTHERN ADRIATIC CIRCULATION AND TIDES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

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

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

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

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

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