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Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

Bozicas, George D.. Familial and Behavioral Correlates of Late Adolescent Individuation

Dunn, Robert W.. OPIATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPE MODULATION OF DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY THE EFFECTS OF MU, KAPPA AND SIGMA OPIATES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOPAMINERGIC SUPERSENSITIVITY

Guadagnoli, Edward. A Comparison of Several Component Matching Indices: A Simulation Study

Harrop, John W.. Interrupted Time Series Analysis: Computer Programs and Accuracy of Intervention Parameter Estimates

Lawson, Gail M.. EFFECT OF THE CONTENT OF MORAL DILEMMAS UPON RESPONSES ON THE DEFINING ISSUES TEST

Marques, Diane. THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL/COGNITIVE PROCESSES TO SOCIAL COMPETENCE

Rodrigues, Rui R.. Rehabilitation and Psychological Evaluations of Claimants of Portuguese and Puerto Rican Background

Schennum, Ruth H.. Biological and Environmental Influences on the Cognitive Development of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Swanson, J. Craig. A Three Dimensional Numerical Model System of Coastal Circulation and Water Quality

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

Armstrong, Jill E.. Factors Influencing Food Habits in Antigua, W.I.

Budick, Cynthia. An Investigation of the Effect of Holocaust Survivor Parents on Their Children

Ghanta, Sambasiva Rao. An Investigation of the Effect of Some Formulation and Manufacturing Variables on the Wet Granulation Process

Harris, Robert Stephen. Conditioned Reinforcement: Order Out of Chaos

Hasenfeld, Robin H.. Some Factors Related To Self-Esteem in Women

Hegde, Ramachandra P.. DRUG- CYCLODEXTRIN INCLUSION COMPOUNDS. STUDIES OF THE FORMULATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING CYCLODEXTRINS.

Johnson, Jocelyn J.. Causal Inferences Among Perceived Work and Nonwork Stress and Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress: Empirical Tests of Path-Analytic Models

Libon, David J.. The Role of the Orientation Response in the Cognitive Control of Leveling and Sharpening

Martel, Leslie F.. Short Stature in Caucasian Males: Personality Correlates and Social Attribution

McAllister, Joseph R. Jr.. Creativity, Attention Deployment, and Equilibration

Pratt, Anne Csroline. The Relationship of Linguistic Awareness to Reading Skill in Children and Adults

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

Anderson, Celia Catlett. Style in Children's Literature: A Comparison of Passages from Books for Adults and for Children

Baker, Earl H.. The Development and Validation of the Student Personality Assessment Form

Hinga, Kenneth R.. The Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Enclosed Marine Ecosystems

Hong, Huasheng. Chemistry of Iron in Different Marine Environments and the Binding of Iron, Copper, Manganese and Aluminum with Particles in a Microcosm System

Huckel, Lorraine Helen. Personality Correlates of Parental Maltreatment

Lapsanski, Duane Valentine. The Impact of Personality and Systems Variables on Smoking Cessation and Recidivism: An Extension of the Transtheoretical Model of Change

McConnaughy, Eileen A.. Relationships Among Stages of Change, Types of Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy Outcome

Miller, Laurence L.. Observations of Equatorially Trapped Waves in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Inverted Echo Sounders

Ondari, Clive Ongeri. SOME STUDIES OF THE FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF TABLETS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIRECT COMPRESSION SUGARS

Rossi, Joseph S.. Statistical Power of Psychological Research: The Artifactual Basis of Controversial Results

Thumtrakul, Wilaiwan. THE CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

Aldinger, Paul Bruce. Groundwater Flow Simulation by a Stochastic Representation of Soil

Fogg, Thomas R.. Boron in the Marine Atmosphere

Geary, William P.. The Role-Taking Construct and Its Relationship to Social Acceptance

Kanarian, Mary A.. Factors Predicting Pattern of Math Courses and Mathematical Aptitude Test Scores Among High School Women and Men

Lai, David Y.. Mean and Time-Dependent Motions in the Blake Escarpment Region

Plummer, Kevin. The Effects of Story Consequence and Story Theme on the Moral Reasoning of Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Graders

Pomeroy, Harold. Three-Dimensional Analysis of Turning Within Airborne Bird Flocks

Symes, James Leo III. Geochemical Behavior and Distribution of Copper and Iron in Marine Waters

Weyhing, Mary Cecil. RELATIONSHIPS OF VISIBLE NONVERBAL BEHAVIORS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHERS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF TEACHERS' ABILITIES IN CLASSROOM CONTROL

Zwick, William R.. A Comparison of Five Rules for Determining the Number of Components in Complex Patterns

Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982

Acciardi, Mary A.. Androgen Biosynthesis in the Testis

Agins, Alan Paul. Age Related Changes in the Induction of Hepatic Mixed-Function Monooxygenase System in Miniature Pigs: Effects of Pentachloroanisole, Pentachlorophenol and Phenobarbital

Akinci, Gulden. The Structure of ⁺He Ions in Cryogenic Helium Vapor

Brewer, Valerie L.. The Interaction of Participant Conceptual Level and Structure of Groups Teaching Interpersonal Communication

Cassarino, Paul Robert. The Relationship Between Ethnicity and Self-Concept in Italian-Americans

Davies, Michael Hayden. Children’s Fears: The Development of a New Measure and Preliminary Findings Regarding Age and Sex Differences

Ginpil, Stephen A.. Investigation and Interpretation of an Event with Multiple Causes

Huizenga, Douglas Lee. An Examination of Copper Speciation in Seawater

Kaiser, Edward A.. THE INTEGRATED RELATIONSHIPS OF PROTRIPTYLINE, THYROID STATUS AND NORADRENERGIC MECHANISMS IN RAT BRAIN

Liang, Yu-Jean. Kinetics of Ferrous Iron Oxygenation and Redox Chemistry of Iron in Natural Waters

Neill, Stephen Abbot. The Effects of Delayed Response Prevention on Fear Reduction and Enhancement

Noseworthy, Cathryn M.. A Social Cognitive Analysis of Stereotyping

Ortolano, Girolamo A.. TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND SERUM IONIZED CALCIUM

Panaggio, Andrea. AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME FACTORS CONTROLLING SOLUTE TRANSPORT ACROSS LIQUID MEMBRANES

Underhill, Gwendolyn A.. Nicotine Self-Regultion in Heavy and Light Smokers

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

Berlinsky, Ellen B.. The Child's Adjustment and Development Following the Death of a Parent: A Critical Analysis of the Research and its Implications

Birmingham, Bruce Kenneth. Human Pharmacokinetics of 5-Formyl Tetrahydrofolate

Hanson, Alfred Kenneth Jr.. The Distribution and Biogeochemistry of Transition Metal - Organic Complexes in Marine Waters

Plummer, Barry Alan. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLIVING TO HIGH SCHOOL PREFORMANCE

Riser, Stephen C.. QUASI-LAGRANGIAN SIGNATURES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CIRCULATION

Salvatore, Caroline M.. National Stereotypes and Their Relationship to Self-Perceptions in Irish, Italian, and American College Students

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

Appeldoorn, Richard S.. The Growth and Life-History Strategy of the Soft-Shell Clam, Mya arenaria L.

Burney, Curtis Michael. Dissolved Carbohydrate Dynamics in the Sea

Bush, Garret Thayer III. Multisensor Surveillance Data Augmentation and Prediction

Ford, Mary Ann. Perceived Motivation and Evaluation: Effects of Intention Cues and Effort Cues on Attribution of Responsibility and Evaluate Judgements of Elementary School Teachers

Gelineau, Elaine Puntch. The Effects of Hue and Lightness Upon Color Preference and Their Relationship to Five Manifest Needs

Goldberg, Ronald Lee. A MECHANISM OF ACTION OF GOLD IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. A BIOCHEMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DIRECT EFFECT OF GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE (GST) ON HUMAN SYNOVIAL CELLS IN CULTURE

Rando, Therese Ann. An Investigation of Grief and Adaptation in Parents Whose Children Have Died from Cancer

Shearman, Gary Terence. THE ANXIOMIMETIC PROPERTIES OF PENTYLENETETRAZOL IN THE RAT

Yermakoff, Jeannee Karen. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FIBROTIC LESION IN DIBUTYLTIN-INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL LIVER INJURY

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Fisher, Douglas Otto. CELL PROLIFERATION AND COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS IN EXPLANT CULTURES OF ARTERIOSCLEROTIC RABBIT AORTA

Ham, Martin W.. The Development of Imagination: The Relationship Between College Students’ Retrospective Reports of Parent-Child Interactions and Imaginal Activity in Everyday Life

Moss, Vicki Lynn. The Modification of Impulsive Behavior with Learning Disabled Boys: A Verbal Self-Instructional Approach

Wilkins, Joan E.. Some Factors Affecting College Students' Willingness to Interact with Hospitalized Mental Patients

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

Cohen, Susan F.. The Effect of Systematic Desensitization and Information on Attitudes Toward the Physically Disabled

Corriveau, Donald Paul. A Direct Comparison of Three Fear Assessment Techniques

Goldsmith, Leslie Alan. THE TOXICITY OF PARATHION TO ORCONECTES RUSTICUS AND VIVIPARUS MALLEATUS

Hynes, Martin Dennis III. EFFECTIVENESS OF BUTYROPHENONES AND RELATED DRUGS IN NARCOTIC WITHDRAWAL IN THE RAT

Lemkau, Jeanne Parr. Personality and Background Characteristics of Women in Asextypical Occupations

Miksic, Stephen. Evaluation of Pain as a Discriminative Stimulus in the Rat

Pacitti, William A.. Facilitation of Fear Reduction Following Electrical Stimulation of the Brain in Rats

Schmitt, Raymond W. Jr.. Time Dependent and Rotational Effects in Salt Finger Convection

Snow, Lorraine Luke. The Relationship Between “Rapid Induction” and Placebo Analgesia, Hypnotic Susceptibility, and Chronic Pain Intensity

Thayer, Elizabeth S.. An Investigation of Methodological Problems in the Cognitive Developmental Diagnosis of Transitivity

Wade, Terry Lee. Sedimentary Geochemistry of Hydrocarbons from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Incorporation, Distribution and Fate

Wax, Herbert. Closedmindedness as a Positive Behavior

Theses/Dissertations from 1977 1977

Alovisetti, Max C.. An Investigation of a Simulated Spatial Technique as a Measure of Interpersonal Distancing Behavior

Arena, Dennis James. Time and Frequency Domain Representations of the Left Ventricle: Theoretical and Experimental Results

Boehm, Paul David. The Transport and Fate of Hydrocarbons in Benthic Environments

Drawbaugh, Richard B.. EFFECT OF CONDITIONAL STIMULUS ON MORPHINE WITHDRAWAL SIGNS IN THE RAT

Graham, William F.. Atmospheric Pathways of the Phosphorus Cycle

Kerr, Richard Alan. The Isolation and Partial Characterization of the Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater

Varna Garis, Ann M.. An Empirical Investigation of an Existential Theory as it Appears to the Elderly: The Will to Live

Wilson, William Lawerence. LIFE SATISFACTION IN MOBILE AND NON-MOBILE ADULTS IN THE EARLY 30s

Theses/Dissertations from 1976 1976

Adriasola, Luis Alberto. Analysis of Chilean Fisheries Expansion Alternatives

Comiskey, Thomas J.. The Effect of Two Competitive Conditions and a Non-Competitive Condition on Performance and Retention on a Recognition Task

Lee, Wai-Ping Teresa. Hydrocarbon Analysis of Surface Seawater and Beach Sand by Infrared Absorption Methods

Schooler, Douglas Lee. The Effects of Self-Imposed and Externally Imposed Rewards of Children's Intrinsic Motivation

Starbird, Dannel Hussey. Cognitive Complexity of Clinical Psychology Students in Relation to Their Evaluation of Contributions to Psychology