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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Gardner, 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 SYSTEMSCox, Annie M.
. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTON OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS, A BACTERIOPLANKTON SPECIES OF CONCERN FOR HUMAN HEALTH, IN RHODE ISLANDCrocker, 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
Ahern, David C.
. Extreme group comparisons: Nature, prevalence, and impact on psychological researchAlshammari, 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 MarketsAruga, Kentaka
. Essays on the efficiency of non-genetically modified (non-GM) and conventional soybean futures marketsBoveda, Adriana M.
. Yours, mine & ours: The use of social networks in co-creationBrett, Ann M.
. Global behavior of difference equationsBudziszek, Michael John II
. Analysis of the function and evolution of the cellulose synthase-like C gene family using the model organism Physcomitrella patensByron, Carrie Jean
. Carrying capacity of bivalve aquacultureCarrigan, Gillis Joseph
. Evaluation of treatment discontinuation, patterns of respiratory arrest and myocardial infarction and re-hospitalization rates in patients treated for schizophreniaChen, Yanjing
. Lipid bilayer-nanoparticle interactions in nanotoxicology and nanomedicineCorbett, Brian W.
. A novel nanotechtonics approach to nanoparticle assembly for chemical sensing arraysDimond, Elizabeth S.
. The development and validation of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Research MethodsDimos, Christos Sotirios
. Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase-like D (CSLD) gene family in Physcomitrella patensDosunmu, Aderemi
. Lead Exposure, Aging and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's DiseaseDunn, Michael Eugene
. Functional, metabolic and ultrastructural alterations as a result of cardiac hypertrophyEgan, Crystelle A.
. Older adult alcohol misuse: Attitudes, knowledge, and support for prevention policies and practices among aging services practitionersFald, Ahmed
. Valve-less rectification micropumps based on bifurcation geometriesFortuna, Carolyn
. Making waves with critical literacy: A teacher researcher study around the texts, contexts, and recontextualizations of an upper middle class public high schoolFriedman, Carey L.
. Using passive samplers to measure the bioavailability and transport of sedimentary organic contaminantsGlade, Maria Chiancola
. Flight of the mind: Reading Virginia Woolf readingGolding, A. Cassandra
. The Healthy Emotional Reliance Scale and Deconstruction of Dependency: A Latent Variable Model of Relationship Functioning in Female CouplesGraff, Jason Robert
. Physical and chemical interactions between marine phytoplankton and particle-colonizing bacteriaGreenblatt, Theo
. Taking stock of the Warehouse Cooperative School: A personal inventory of the formation of adolescent subjectivity in the context of 1970s alternative educationGreene, Andrew Dale
. DEEP VARIABILITY IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSIONGuidi, Vanina Valeria
. Experimental study of organocatalyzed homodimerization reactions of α,β-unsaturated enonesHeard, Kenneth V.
. Factors Influencing the Evaluation of Expert Witness Testimony in the Behavioral Sciences Under DaubertHodgkins, John
. The drift: Rethinking the affective dynamics of adaptationHolden, Glen L.
. Free energy changes in water clustersHuang, Kezhen
. Structure-function studies of protein tyrosine kinases: Regulation and substrate specificityJohnson, Bruce G.
. Bodies of evidence: Critical theory and audience response to American Gothic narrativesKalkunte, Satyan
. Trophoblasts and endothelial cells in pregnancy-associated vascularizationKaufman, Owen Brian
. Writing Across the Curriculum: Faculty workshop practices (1977-1997)Kissko, Jennifer Joyce
. Homeless chic: Cultural contradictions in contemporary American literatureKoch, Stephanie Lianne
. Shorebird migration ecology at Monomoy National Wildlife RefugeKotowicz, Dawn M.
. BUILDING RESILIENCE TO COASTAL DISASTERS: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE DURING RECOVERY AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI IN THAILANDKrieger, Aliza
. The role of family functioning in ethnic identity and well-being in Jewish late adolescent womenKrishnan, Sanalkumar
. Physiological and molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in Festuca rubra and Lolium perenneKudlak, Zachary A.
. Problems in generalized graph coloringsKue, Mailee Ong Xiong
. Predictors of college persistence: Learning strategies, use of campus services, and beliefs about intelligenceLeBlanc, Robert
. Subjectivities and counterpublics in 20th-century Christian leftist textsLi, Qiang
. Nonlinear internal waves in the South China SeaMarinelli, Bryan D.
. Mitigations of shame: Represented and elicited affect in Vietnam War films of the late 1980sMarshall, Lee H.
. Rewriting the script: Using rhetorical theory to mitigate the effects of media violenceMay, Patricia Jane
. Literacy coaching: The role of reflective thought in teacher decision makingMcKeon, Brian T.
. Utilizing modular upgrades to maintain an effective inventory of complex machinesMonahan, Tony
. An empathetic approach to Physical Education Teacher EducationM. Srinivasan, Ravi Sharma
. Strength prediction of weakly cemented sands from geophysical logsNaumiec, Gregory R.
. The development of novel MR molecular imaging agents towards the visualization of DATNoonan, Nancy
. Possessing new worlds: Eliciting abstract thought and empathic response through image constructionOrtoleva, Matthew
. Rhetorics of place and ecological relationships: The rhetorical construction of Narragansett BayPampati, Praveen Kumar
. Characterizing the advanced glycation endproducts formation of proteins and nucleotides by methylglyoxal and glyoxalPerry, Kimberly M. Hill
. School psychologists' attitudes toward bullying and homosexualityPhelps, Michael Paul
. Regulation of muscle growth in teleost fish by members of the transforming growth factor β superfamilyPotavathri, Shathaverdhan
. Regioselective oxidative arylation of N-acetylindoles and N-alkylindolesRodríguez Boissén, Myriel
. Relationship Between Psychosocial and Interpersonal Factors and Implicit Sex-Submission Associations in Hispanic/Latina and White WomenSarode, Ashish
. Amorphous solid solutions using hot melt extrusionSchibler, John J.
. The social capital of decision-making groupsSevey, Leslie A.
. The role of pedagogical documentation in developing young children's thinking processesShumchenia, Emily J.
. Benthic habitat mapping and assessment using organism-sediment relationshipsSimeone, Jason Charles
. Evaluation of treatment patterns for medications utilized in the management of pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderSkuza, Piotr A.
. Around, alongside, inside, and in-between: The geometries of performance in contemporary U.S. play and filmSmith, Chris P.
. EXTENSIONS FOR THE RIGID-BODY QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHODSmith, Nicole C.
. The effect of perinatal morbidity, child health and maternal influences on social competence at age 12 years in formerly preterm infantsSun, Zhenzhen
. Three essays on institutional investors' holding and trading activities