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Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Dumanli, Inayet. MECHANISTIC STUDIES TO ELUCIDATE THE ROLE OF LIPID VEHICLES ON SOLUBILITY, FORMULATION AND BIOA VAILABILITY OF POORLY SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS

Gable, Frank Joseph. THE SCIENCE/POLICY OF THE CONTEMPORARY COASTAL CHALLENGE OF VULNERABILITY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN

Mirsky, Elena. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN TODDLER EMOTION COPING: THE IMPACT OF TEMPERAMENT AND SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES ON REGULATION DEVELOPMENT

Murray, Lynne Dawn. MMPI-2 Scores as a Predictor of Outcomes on the Phase II Profile Integrity Inventory

Russell, Emily D.. An Examination of the Nature of Reading Fluency

Vemavarapu, Chandra S.. PARTICLE FORMATION BY RAPID EXPANSION OF SUPERCRITICAL SOLUTIONS

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

Arciero, Michael Joseph. Some Limit Theorems for Szego Polynomials

Correia, Stephen. The Potential Clinical Utility of Methods for Estimating Prior Standing in Specific Cognitive Domains: A Feasibility and Illustration Study

Desai, Yogita. A MECHANISTIC STUDY OF FLOW AND COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL POWDERS

Johnson, Janet L.. Integrating the Transtheoretical Model: A Quantitative Analysis in the Area of Sun Exposure

Kogut, Stephen Jon. HYPOGLYCEMIC DRUG UTILIZATION AND ADHERENCE TO PRESCRIBED REGIMENS: A PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY USING RETAIL PHARMACY DATA

Meyer, Miriam I.. Effects of Reading Disability in Adolescents on Self-Concept and Future Expectations

Morrow, Jennifer Ann. CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND ADULT HEALTH: PROTECTIVE FACTORS AS MEDIATING VARIABLES

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

Ackley, Margaret Anne. Development and Initial Validation of a Structured Interview for the Detection of Malingered Mild Head Injury

Cox Ashton, Grace. Universal Newborn Screening for Developmental Risk

Disch, William Burton. A Mediational Coping Model of Sociopersonal Well-Being and Quality of Life

Donald, J. J. Agar. Bioeconomic Implications of Modifying the Selectivity Properties of Fishing Gears

Ferszt, Ginette Gosselin. Studies of Grief: Narratives of Incarcerated Women Who Experienced the Death of a Significant Person While in Prison

Little, Arthur Allen. Regulating Tempo in a Continuation Finger-Tapping Task

MacNaught, Carol Lee. Are IQ Discrepancies Between SES Groups Primarily the Result of Verbal Scale Differences?

McCormick, Maureen. Can the Influence of Base Rate Information be Distinguished from the Influence of Gender Stereotypes in the Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision Making Process?

Palaniswamy, Suresh. DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF A PULSED-RELEASE TABLET DOSAGE FORM FOR LOW DOSE WATER SOLUBLE DRUGS

Plummer, Brett A.. To Parcel or Not to Parcel: The Effects of Item Parceling in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Ragsdale, Brian L.. AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE WITH RACISM, AND MEANING IN LIFE AMONG BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS

Sindelar, Holly Anne. Elimination of the Hindsight Bias in Individual Versus Group Decision Making

Stoler, Linda Ribble. RECOVERED AND CONTINUOUS MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Abdullatif, Hanan. Toni Morrison: Rethinking the Past in a Postcolonial Context

Andreozzi, Lynne M.. Attatchment Classification Among 18 Month Old Children of Adolescent Mothers

Armitage, William D.. On the Use of Undefined Logic Values in Digital VLSI

Chan, Christine. Spatial Patterns in Ocean Color and Temperature Maps: Fronts, Fractals, and Ecological Considerations

Jackson, Kimberley Anne. THE APPLICATION OF THE POPULATION APPROACH TO PHARMACOKINETICS IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Jones, Lisa M.. Maltreating Caregivers: An Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change

McKiernan, Kristen A.. How Subject Characteristics Influence Attention Task Performance: A Structural Modeling Approach

McMillan, Bradley Farrell. A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding Psychological Empowerment in Community Prevention Coalitions

Miller, James Allen. Observed Conflict, Sexual Experience, Pornography, and Coercive Behavior as Predictors of Men’s Sexual Arousal to Sexual and Violent Images

Rashed, Suzette F.. PHARMACODYNAMIC PARAMETERS: INFLUENCE ON DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP AND ESTIMATION

Silver, Barbara E.. A Media Skills Intervention for Adolescents on Gender Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors

Uz, B. Mete. GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AIR-SEA INTERACTION UNDER NON-STATIONARY CONDITIONS

Vazquez, Maria. PUERTO RICAN FAMILY FUNCTIONING, ACCULTURATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FAMILY COUNSELING

Ward, Alexandra Jane. PRESCRIBING PATTERNS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN: A HISTORICAL COHORT STUDY

Westrick, Edward Roy. Antihypertensive Pharmacotherapy: Does Prescribing Follow National Guideline Recommendations?

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

Al-Amleh, Amal M.. Boundedness, Periodicity and Stability of Some Difference Equations

Al-Weqaiyan, Adel A.. Examining the Association Between Personal and Cultural Values and Cross-National Customer Satisfaction

Andrade, Glenna M.. (Re)Envisioned (Pre)History: Feminism, Goddess Politics, and Readership Analysis of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of the Horses

Bosco, Susan Blanchard. The Effect of Developmental Process on the Cognitive Complexity of Stereotypes

Bruno, Linda N.. Predicting Mathematics Performance: A Structural Equation Model

Dineen, Anne C.. The Relationship of Physical Activity to Self-Concept and Perceived Stress in Adolescent Females

Evers, Kerry E.. Quantitative Methods for Assessing Change: Application to Condom Use

Jain, Rajeev. CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FROM A NOVEL INJECTABLE IN SITU FORMED BIODEGRADABLE PLGA MICROSPHERE SYSTEM

Levesque, Deborah A.. Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions and the Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change

Mehta, Ketan Arvind. THE DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF A NOVEL MULTI-UNIT ERODING MATRIX SYSTEM FOR POORLY SOLUBLE DRUGS

Meinen, Christopher Stuart. TRANSPORT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT

Norman, Gregory J.. A Cluster Analytic Test of the Transtheoretical Model Applied to Exercise Behavior

Smith, Nancy Ruth. Adolescent Students with Behavior Disorders: Teacher's Current Referral Practices

Tillotson, Mary Ellen K.. Analogue Versus Authentic Data: Prereferral Intervention Strategy Utilization, Effectiveness and Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Twardowski, Michael Stewart. THE FINESCALE DISTRIBUTION, ORIGIN, AND PHOTOBLEACHING OF THE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN COASTAL WATERS

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

Adamowicz, Catherine. Indicated Silences in American Novels

Adeyemi, Olufemi A.. Multifractal Analysis of Unvoiced Speech Signals

Albelaikhi, Abdulaziz Abdurrahman. Development of a Muslim Religiosity Scale

Alfultis, Michael Aaron. Statistical Characterizations of North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water

Cassidy, Linda C.. The Stability of WISC-III Scores: For Whom are Triennial Re-Evaluations Necessary?

Curley, Susan L.. Training Caregivers to Intervene in the Exploratory Play of Young Children with Developmental Delays

Kennedy, Kristen Francis. Cynics, Spaces, and Subjects: Toward a Tactical Ethics of Rhetoric

Klevak, Anna S.. Individual Differences in Timing Measures: Continuation Tapping, Relaxation Time, Reaction Time, and Critical Flicker Fusion

Lang, Michelle A.. A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Adolescent HIV-Risk Predictors

Lopez Kimpton, Jon. THE FATHER'S ROLE IN SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Mack, Andrew P.. HIGH-FREQUENCY INTERNAL WAVES IN THE UPPER EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC

Sato, Olga T.. SEASONAL AND LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY IN THE MERIDIONAL HEAT FLUX AT 36°N IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

Smith, Kevin J.. Variations in Attention as Measured by Accuracy and Reactions Time Over the Course of a Continuous Performance Task

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Abdul Samad, M. Fazilah Binti. Performance of Group-Affiliated Firms: A Study of Politically-Affiliated Business Group in Malaysia

Alam, Shahriar Mahbub. Study and Analysis of the Water Quality of the Blackstone River Watershed

Ames, Gregory H.. Design Optimization of Indium-Gallium-Arsenide-Phosphide Multi-Quantum Well Electroabsorbtion Modulators

Arnold, Eve Maureen. The Rock Magnetic Properties, Grain Size and Mineral Composition of Winborne Dust and Sediment in the North Pacific Ocean

Colby, Suzanne M.. Algorithms for Missing Data Replacement in Time Series Analysis

Gardiner, Erika Natalie. Age Differences in Multidimensional Self-Concept

James, Charles. KUROSHIO INSTABILITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA - OBSERVATIONS, MODELING, AND COMPARISON WITH THE GULF STREAM

Morisseau, Karen Marie. THE EFFECT OF COMPRESSION FORCE ON THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA OFT ABLET DOSAGE FORMS

Saltzberg, Elayne Amy. THE IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER ON WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING

Saris, Renee N.. The Influence of Contemporary Music on Responses to Visually Presented Mainstream Sexually Explicit Images

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

Adler, Gabriela Schalow. Our Beloved Lizzie; Constructing an American Legend

Antonelli, Lynn T.. Pressure Event Detection Based on the Dyadic Wavelet Transform

Cottrill, Sara D.. The Psychological Modulation of the Immune System: A Meta-Analysis

Dua, Ramneik. The Influence of Formulation and Device Variables on the Intransasal Absorption of Salmon Calcitonin

Lee, Elaine C.. An Alternative School: An Alternative Solution

Migneault, Jeffrey Peter. A Transtheoretical Investigation of Immoderate Drinking in College

Pino, Raquel D.. The Exercise and Self-Esteem Model: Inclusion of Physical Acceptance in Tests of Model Constructs

Reed, Gabrielle Richards. Measuring Stage of Change for Exercise

Rocchio, Lisa Marie. The Pursuit of Beauty Through Thinness and the Impact of Advertising on College Women's Attitudes

Shaw, Beth Joann. Protective and Risk Factors for Adolescents in a Residential School Setting

Sienkiewicz, George. An Investigation of the Material and Process Variables in Pharmaceutical Wet Granulation

Tsoh, Janice Yusze. Stages of Change, Dropouts, and Outcome in Substance Abuse Treatment

Williams, Jane. Transcendence as a Human Response to Life Threatening Illness: Description and Understanding Through Narratives

Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

Alias, Mohd Norazmi. Localized Electrochemical Study on Corrosion Behavior of Nitride Thin Films

Almagno, Stephanie A.. An NEH Fellowship Examined: Social Networks and Composition History

Anupindi, Nagesh. Data Partition and Migration for High Performance Computation in Distributed Memory Multiprocessors

Apple, Martha E.. Histochemistry of Spore Mucilage and Inhibition of Spore Adhesion in Champia parvula, A Marine Alga

Arruda, James E.. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Quantified Electroencephalogram Measured During a Continuous Performance Test: A Confirmation of Neurocognitive Systems

Aspel, Andrew D.. Individual Versus Multidisciplinary Team Decision Making

Celebucki, Carolyn Cobb. A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Education on Decision-Making and Satisfaction in Re-Entry Women’s Intimate Relationships

Deiter, Pamela. Sexual Assertiveness Training for College Women: An Intervention Study