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Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

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

Dutton, Deborah M.. Girls' and Boys' Beliefs About Adult Work: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School-Based Program

Ginsburg, Florence. Developmental Correlates of Incest: An Analysis of Research Relevant to the Alleged Impact of Intrafamilial Abuse on the Short and Long Term Adjustment of Children

Gold, Sherri M.. Quantitative EEG Effects Due to Task Related Processing of Lateralized Auditory Continuous Performance Tests, Separate from Attentional and Motor Components of the Tasks

Grimley, Diane Marie. Contraceptive and Condom Use for the Prevention of Pregnancy, STDs, and AIDS: A Transtheoretical Approach

Hecht, Philip J.. The "Fine Line" of Otto Rank

Hewitt, Nancy Maria. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF LABELING AND ADVERTISING ON THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RX-TO-OTC SWITCH PRODUCTS

Kennedy, Mary Lynne. The Base-Rate Fallacy in School Psychology: Implications for Decision-Making

Little, Sara S.. Altruism in College Volunteers: Relationships to Prosocial Personality, Constructive Thinking, and Parenting Variables

Rose, Jennifer S.. Toward an Integrated Model of Relapse from Exercise: Review, Measurement, Classification, and Prediction

Schiller, Maria. MATERNAL INTERACTION STYLE, THE FAMILY AND ATTACHMENT OUTCOMES

Van Savage, Gary. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE HYDROXETHYLCELLULOSE MEMBRANES FOR SUSTAINED RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS

Viekman, Bruce Eric. STEAMWISE VORTICES IN THE OCEANIC BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER

Yeh, Min-Tsung. VECTOR COMPETENCE IN LYME DISEASE : STUDIES ON IXODES SCAPULARIS, DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS, AND AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Aguiar, Linda. Reading Ability, Vocabulary Acquisition, and Phonological Processes: An Investigation of Vocabulary Acquisition by Skilled and Less-Skilled Readers

Bellis, Jeffrey Mark. THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE APPLIED TO PSYCHOTHERAPY: A PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF RELATED INSTRUMENTS

Blais, Linelle Marie. Structural Integration of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change: An Application to Smoking Cessation

Connelly, Cynthia D.. Relationships Between Self-Esteem, Social Support and Adolescent Hopefulness

Franklin, Martin Edward. Blood/Injury and Snake Phobias: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physiological Characteristics

Kiddon, John Afton. O2 and 18O: CO-Tracers of Oceanic Productivity

Lemay, Patricia M.. Stress, Temperament, and Academic Achievement

Lotto, Susan Maria. The Methodological Characteristics of an Independent Living Skills Assessment Form for Adolescents in Placement

O'Sullivan, Daniel William. Analysis, Distribution, and Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry of Fe(II) in Seawater

Redding, Colleen A.. The Transtheoretical Model Applied to Safer Sex Behavior Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Investigation

Shaunesey, Kimberly. The Relationship Between Prior Abuse and Personality Functioning in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients

Squillante, Emilio. PHYSTCOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AFFECTING THE PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF NIFEDIPINE

Whitworth, Donald R.. A Structural Equation Model of a Set of Operationalized Cognitive Social Learning Variables and Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations

Theses/Dissertations from 1992 1992

Abdelkader, Hatem. Electroabsorbtion in Multiple Quantum Well Structures

Abrams, Lewis Julius. The Seismic Stratigraphy, Crustal Structure, Volcanic and Sedimentary History of the East Mariana and Pigafetta Basins of the Western Pacific

Ahmadjian, Mark. Infared Spectral Measurement of Space Shuttle Glow

Amato-Vealey, Elaine. Determinants of Exercise Behavior After a Myocardial Infraction: Beliefs, Intention, Behavior

Anderson, James A.. Out of the Shadows: A Structuralist Approach to Understanding the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft

Dibiasio, Paige A.. An Analysis of Altering the Value of a Classically Conditioned Predictive Cue

Fitts, Sherri Nelson. Models of Shame, Family Functioning, and Psychosocial Outcomes in a College Population

Futransky, Joanna S.. Relations Among Verbal Working Memory, Listening Comprehension, and Reading Skills

Gibbes, Bertram S.. The Cognitive Control of Leveling-Sharpening and Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence in Adults

Kenner, Ellen Lee. The Clinical Psychologist Practitioner: Job Autonomy and Burnout

Picariello, Carla M.. PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL MALTREATMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM: POTENTIAL MEDIATING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

Stone, Brenda H.. VERBAL WORKING MEMORY AND SPEECH PRODUCTION ABILITIES IN CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENTIAL READING SKILL: A CHRONOLOGICAL- AND READING-AGE COMPARISON

Weiler, Michael David. A Measurement Model for Spectral Analyzed EEG

Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991

Adley, Mark David. Computation of the Effective Properties of Materials with Microstructure

Amari, John V.. Development of High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separations for the Purification and Analysis of Phospholipids and Related Liponucleotides - A New Class of Anti-AIDS Drugs

Boucher, Joceline M.. Nutrient and Phosphorus Geochemistry in the Taunton River Estuary, Massachusetts

Bray, James L.. Transformational and Transactional Church Leadership Perspectives of Pastors and Parishioners – An Extension

Burkhardt, William III. Accumulation, Persistence, and Elimination of Microbial Indicators by Molluscan Shellfish

Chinman, Richard. Phosphorus Dynamics in the Parker River Estuary

Chrappa, Rita C.. Great Expectations: A Workshop on Responsible Dating

Chueh, Hann Rong. Optimization and Its Applications on Pharmaceutical Conventional and Extended Release Solid Dosage Forms

Cosby, Stanley Gene. FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-DISCLOSURE PATTERNS OF BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS

Deering, Catherine Gray. Correlates of Sibling Jealousy and Parental Favoritism

Evans, Bernadette F.. The Role of Working Memory in Phoneme Awareness

Hess, Jennifer. The Strontium Isotope Geochemistry of the Cenozoic Ocean

King, Jay T.. Preconscious Factors in Romantic Attraction

Romero, Alain Joseph. OPTIMIZATION OF IBUPROFEN FORMULATION: MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS OF THE BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE STEREOISOMER

Skrmetti, Thomas J.. Experientially-Modulated Neuronal Death in Overconnected Neural Networks

Surrette, Michael Anthony. Level of Satisfaction and Commitment to a Decisional Choice as Mediated by Locus of Control

Toepper, Lorin K.. RECONCILING THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN COMMUNITIES

Ward, John Michael. Modeling Vessel Mobility: The Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fleet

Weyandt, Lisa L.. Validity of Tasks of Executive Functions with School-Aged Children: Potential Efficacy in Discriminating Clinical Groups

Zhuang, Guoshun. The Physical Chemistry of Atmospheric Iron and Its Geochemical Behavior in the Surface Waters of the Open Ocean

Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

Al-Hazmi, Mohammed I.. A Biosurfactant of Bacterial Origin and its Characterization

Amegashitsi, Leo Lawoe. Varying Isotope Response of Freshwater Molluscs to Environmental Change: Equatorial Africa

Amr, Zuhair S.. Seasonal Activity of Ixodes dammini in Relation to Lyme Disease-Infected White-Footed Mice, Peromyscus leucopus

Berounsky, Veronica Marie. RATES OF NITRIFICATION AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

Bricker, Suzanne Boyd. The History of Metals Pollution in Narragansett Bay as Recorded by Salt Marsh Sediments

Fava, Joseph L.. The Misspecification of Components and Factors

Hansen, Michael. Paternal Acceptance and Nurturance Received and Parents’ Acceptance and Nurturance of Their Children

Kilduff, Raymond A.. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SELF-REPORT MEASURES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ATTITUDES

Li, Fu. A Unified Performance Analysis of Subspace-Based DOA Estimation Algorithms in Array Signal Processing

Margolis, Eliezer Tzvi. Assessing Beliefs About Depression and Its Treatment

Miller, William L.. AN INVESTIGATION OF PEROXIDE, IRON AND IRON BIOAVAILABILITY IN IRRADIATED MARINE WATERS

Scioli, Anthony. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOPE AND HOPELESSNESS: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS

Wey, Kwo-Dong. A Social Welfare Analysis of Congestion and Water Quality of Great Salt Pond, Black Island, Rhode Island

Williams-Quinlan, Susan. INTERGENERATIONAL ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

Agardy, M. Tundi. Population Dynamics in Two Nesting Groups of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys Coriacea and Implications for Management

Davidoff, Amy Jane. CHANGES IN CARDIAC FUNCTION DUE TO THE INTERACTIONS OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION IN THE RAT

Dawoodbhai, Shabbir S.. OPTIMIZATION AND USE OF TALC IN DIRECT COMPRESSION TABLET FORMULATIONS

Dufresne, Robert Louis. THE EFFECTS OF ALBUTEROL AND CHRONIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS ON INTRACRANIAL SELF-STIMULATION REWARD THRESHOLDS

Martasian, Paula J.. Retention of Distributed Versus Massed Response Prevention Treatments in an Animal Model

Notarantonio, Elaine M.. Relationships Between Communication Style Variables and Sales Effectiveness

Rieg, Thomas S.. Response Elimination Using Response-Contingent and Response-Contiguous Schedules

Traniello, Anthony. LOCUS OF CONTROL: DEVELOPMENT OF PERCEIVED CONTINGENCY AND PERCEIVED COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

Burns, Philip J.. "Dear Uncle George" Ezra Pound's Letters to Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts

Carey, Jane K.. Locus of Control and Levels of Moral Reasoning Related to Changes in Moral Reasoning Under Coercion

King, D. Whitney. Spectrophotometric Determination of pH and Iron in Seawater: Equilibria and Kinetics

Menard, Francois A.. A PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE COMPLEXATION OF CYCLODEXTRINS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES

Nigam, Himanshu. Experimental Studies in Dynamic and Elastic-Plastic Fracture

Oswald, William T.. Learned Helplessness as a Function of Social Structure

Turner-Bowker, Diane M.. Picture Images of Girls and Women in Children's Literature

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

Alabdulaly, Abdulrhaman Ibrahim. Optimization of Solid/Liquid Separation Processes Using Particle Size Distribution Analysis

Al-Jassir, Mohammed H. S.. Polyphenol Oxidase Inhibition by Glucose Oxidase in Pink Shrimp (Pandalus borialis)

Al-Muzaini, Saleh Mohammed. Treatment of Refinery Wastewaters Using Various Modified Activated Sludge Process

Anderson, John Guy Thomas. Foraging Behavior of American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhyncos

Clement, Dorothy Bohn. The Relationship Between Children’s Observation of Marital Discord and Play Behavior in a Non-Clinical Sample

Okere, Vivian Okechuku. A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC IMPACT FORECASTING MODEL FOR SHORT-TERM TOURISM EVENTS: A PRELIMINARY FRAMEWORK

Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

Abbott, John David. Anatomical and Morphological Response of Highbush Blueberry to Flooding Stress

Al-Abdulaly, Abdulaly B.. Determination of Retinol by Aqueous Reverse Phase Open Column System

Al-Awfy, Hamad A.. A Method for the Immobilization of Xanthine Oxidase in CA-Alginate Membranes to Measure Hypoxanthine Concentration in Order to Assess Flesh Food Quality

Al-Khalifah, Abdulrhaman Salih. Studies on the Metabolism of Astaxanthin in the Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Alkhatib, Eid Abdelmuti. Prediction of Specific Priority Organics Adsoption on Activated Carbon in Complex Background Mixtures