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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Caporaso, Alicia Lynn. A NEW MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE FORMATION MODEL: THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Chatterjee, Swarbhanu. INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN RESTRICTED SYSTEMS
Cox, Annie M.. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTON OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS, A BACTERIOPLANKTON SPECIES OF CONCERN FOR HUMAN HEALTH, IN RHODE ISLAND
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
Williams, Patricia King. Objectification, femininity ideology, and sexual assertiveness: A model of women's sexual functioning
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Ahern, David C.. Extreme group comparisons: Nature, prevalence, and impact on psychological research
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
Aruga, Kentaka. Essays on the efficiency of non-genetically modified (non-GM) and conventional soybean futures markets
Boveda, Adriana M.. Yours, mine & ours: The use of social networks in co-creation
Brett, Ann M.. Global behavior of difference equations
Budziszek, Michael John II. Analysis of the function and evolution of the cellulose synthase-like C gene family using the model organism Physcomitrella patens
Byron, Carrie Jean. Carrying capacity of bivalve aquaculture
Carrigan, Gillis Joseph. Evaluation of treatment discontinuation, patterns of respiratory arrest and myocardial infarction and re-hospitalization rates in patients treated for schizophrenia
Chen, Yanjing. Lipid bilayer-nanoparticle interactions in nanotoxicology and nanomedicine
Corbett, Brian W.. A novel nanotechtonics approach to nanoparticle assembly for chemical sensing arrays
Dimond, Elizabeth S.. The development and validation of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Research Methods
Dimos, Christos Sotirios. Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase-like D (CSLD) gene family in Physcomitrella patens
Dosunmu, Aderemi. Lead Exposure, Aging and Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease
Dunn, Michael Eugene. Functional, metabolic and ultrastructural alterations as a result of cardiac hypertrophy
Egan, Crystelle A.. Older adult alcohol misuse: Attitudes, knowledge, and support for prevention policies and practices among aging services practitioners
Fald, Ahmed. Valve-less rectification micropumps based on bifurcation geometries
Fortuna, Carolyn. Making waves with critical literacy: A teacher researcher study around the texts, contexts, and recontextualizations of an upper middle class public high school
Friedman, Carey L.. Using passive samplers to measure the bioavailability and transport of sedimentary organic contaminants
Glade, Maria Chiancola. Flight of the mind: Reading Virginia Woolf reading
Golding, A. Cassandra. The Healthy Emotional Reliance Scale and Deconstruction of Dependency: A Latent Variable Model of Relationship Functioning in Female Couples
Graff, Jason Robert. Physical and chemical interactions between marine phytoplankton and particle-colonizing bacteria
Greenblatt, Theo. Taking stock of the Warehouse Cooperative School: A personal inventory of the formation of adolescent subjectivity in the context of 1970s alternative education
Greene, Andrew Dale. DEEP VARIABILITY IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION
Guidi, Vanina Valeria. Experimental study of organocatalyzed homodimerization reactions of α,β-unsaturated enones
Heard, Kenneth V.. Factors Influencing the Evaluation of Expert Witness Testimony in the Behavioral Sciences Under Daubert
Hodgkins, John. The drift: Rethinking the affective dynamics of adaptation
Holden, Glen L.. Free energy changes in water clusters
Huang, Kezhen. Structure-function studies of protein tyrosine kinases: Regulation and substrate specificity
Johnson, Bruce G.. Bodies of evidence: Critical theory and audience response to American Gothic narratives
Kalkunte, Satyan. Trophoblasts and endothelial cells in pregnancy-associated vascularization
Kaufman, Owen Brian. Writing Across the Curriculum: Faculty workshop practices (1977-1997)
Kissko, Jennifer Joyce. Homeless chic: Cultural contradictions in contemporary American literature
Koch, Stephanie Lianne. Shorebird migration ecology at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
Kotowicz, Dawn M.. BUILDING RESILIENCE TO COASTAL DISASTERS: AN ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE DURING RECOVERY AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI IN THAILAND
Krieger, Aliza. The role of family functioning in ethnic identity and well-being in Jewish late adolescent women
Krishnan, Sanalkumar. Physiological and molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in Festuca rubra and Lolium perenne
Kudlak, Zachary A.. Problems in generalized graph colorings
Kue, Mailee Ong Xiong. Predictors of college persistence: Learning strategies, use of campus services, and beliefs about intelligence
LeBlanc, Robert. Subjectivities and counterpublics in 20th-century Christian leftist texts
Li, Qiang. Nonlinear internal waves in the South China Sea
Marinelli, Bryan D.. Mitigations of shame: Represented and elicited affect in Vietnam War films of the late 1980s
Marshall, Lee H.. Rewriting the script: Using rhetorical theory to mitigate the effects of media violence
May, Patricia Jane. Literacy coaching: The role of reflective thought in teacher decision making
McKeon, Brian T.. Utilizing modular upgrades to maintain an effective inventory of complex machines
Monahan, Tony. An empathetic approach to Physical Education Teacher Education
M. Srinivasan, Ravi Sharma. Strength prediction of weakly cemented sands from geophysical logs
Naumiec, Gregory R.. The development of novel MR molecular imaging agents towards the visualization of DAT
Noonan, Nancy. Possessing new worlds: Eliciting abstract thought and empathic response through image construction
Ortoleva, Matthew. Rhetorics of place and ecological relationships: The rhetorical construction of Narragansett Bay
Pampati, Praveen Kumar. Characterizing the advanced glycation endproducts formation of proteins and nucleotides by methylglyoxal and glyoxal
Perry, Kimberly M. Hill. School psychologists' attitudes toward bullying and homosexuality
Phelps, Michael Paul. Regulation of muscle growth in teleost fish by members of the transforming growth factor β superfamily
Potavathri, Shathaverdhan. Regioselective oxidative arylation of N-acetylindoles and N-alkylindoles
Rodriguez Boissen, Myriel. Relationship between psychosocial and interpersonal factors and implicit sex-submission associations in Hispanic/Latina and White women
Rodríguez Boissén, Myriel. Relationship Between Psychosocial and Interpersonal Factors and Implicit Sex-Submission Associations in Hispanic/Latina and White Women
Sarode, Ashish. Amorphous solid solutions using hot melt extrusion
Schibler, John J.. The social capital of decision-making groups
Sevey, Leslie A.. The role of pedagogical documentation in developing young children's thinking processes
Shumchenia, Emily J.. Benthic habitat mapping and assessment using organism-sediment relationships
Simeone, Jason Charles. Evaluation of treatment patterns for medications utilized in the management of pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Skuza, Piotr A.. Around, alongside, inside, and in-between: The geometries of performance in contemporary U.S. play and film
Smith, Chris P.. EXTENSIONS FOR THE RIGID-BODY QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHOD
Smith, Nicole C.. The effect of perinatal morbidity, child health and maternal influences on social competence at age 12 years in formerly preterm infants
Sun, Zhenzhen. Three essays on institutional investors' holding and trading activities
Teasdale, Margaret E.. Antagonism of bacterial cell to cell signalling by metabolites of marine gram-positive bacteria
Thikeo, Manivone. Cambodian and Laotian Americans' cultural values and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological services
Trueblood, Lloyd A.. Physiology and behavior of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas
Vancza, Valerie A.. Inside writing assessment: One faculty's collective engagement & active critique within departmental course outcomes
Varina, Maureen. The regulation and processing of the EmpA metalloprotease of Vibrio anguillarum
Vigness-Raposa, Kathleen J.. Spatial patterns of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and its summer habitat in the North Atlantic Ocean
Wang, Erheng. Blast resistance and energy mitigation behavior of sandwich composite materials
Weed, Aaron Scott. Biology and ecology of European natural enemies of swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum) and the potential for biological control
Whitmore, William D.. An expectancy theory analysis of catch shares: Identifying outcomes, preferences, and potential co-management changes in New England groundfish management
Wiersma, Joshua B.. The preferences of commercial fishermen to supply collaborative research in New England: A welfare analysis
Yu, Zhitao. Roll vortices and their impact on the mean flow in the atmospheric boundary layer
Zhang, Zhigang. Full-wave tomography: Method and application to the south-east Tibetan plateau
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Addagulla, Swapna. Functional Silane Based Co-Polymers for Biofunctionalization Studies, Chemical Sensing and Separations