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Open Access Dissertations

The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to doctoral dissertations through DigitalCommons@URI. Dissertations prior to 2013 may or may not be available here. Please consult the URI library catalog to see all titles. For those dissertations available only in print, the library can usually scan a copy upon request.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Doucet, Jennifer M.. Qualitative Examination of Satisfaction with Three Expert System Interventions to Reduce Cancer

Erickson-Owens, Debra A.. Milking the umbilical cord at term Cesarean section: Effect on hemoglobin levels in the first 48 hours of life

Fero, Julie Ann. Simulating widespread tephra dispersal from explosive volcanic eruptions

Fogg-Matarese, Sarah. The use of cnidarian nematocysts by the aeolidian nudibranch Cratena pilata

Freeman, Matthew Alan. Economic decisions in quota and license fishery management plans

Frost, Megan. A Stereotype Threat Intervention That Examines Causal Attributions, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Faculty Support

Frost, Megan. A stereotype threat intervention that examines causal attributions, self-efficacy, and perceived faculty support

Gamie, Samaa. A study of selected errors in Arab students' English compositions and an investigation of Arabic rhetoric

Golden, Hayley Y.. The effects of wife-abuser socio-economic level, type of abuse, and rater gender, on attribution of blame for wife abuse

Hawes, Katheleen. Nurse job stress, burnout, practice environment and maternal satisfaction in the neonatal intensive care unit

Hettenbach, Kevin. Gas scrubber design in pharmaceutical R & D

Jin, Guanglan. East meets West: Chinese reception and translation of Virginia Woolf

Kang, Kyung Woo. To obtain or to provide? Antecedents of knowledge intentions in virtual knowledge communities: Self-efficacy, individual motivations, and social capital

Kaur, Parminderjit. Resistance to northern root-knot nematode (Meloidygyne hapla Chitwood) in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Kemble, David J.. A biochemical study on the regulation of the Src and FGFR family of protein tyrosine kinases

Kidane, Addis Asmelash. An experimental and analytical study of graded materials under thermo-mechanical dynamic loading

Kluft, Jacqueline Michele. Beach invertebrates of Cape Cod National Seashore: Environmental factors and the effects of off-road vehicles

Kortz, Karen Melissa. Alternative conceptions of introductory geoscience students and a method to decrease them

Kratzmann, David Jon. Petrogenesis and eruption dynamics at Hudson Volcano, southern Chile

Kuehl, Joseph J.. Finite-time invariant manifold detection from experimental phase space trajectories

Kuehl, Joseph J.. On the dynamics of oceanic gap-traversing boundary currents

Kumar, Anurag. Computational modeling of microfluidic processes using dissipative particle dynamics

Li, Gang. Polyaniline as stationary phase for HPLC

Li, Ling. Identification and regulation of hemolysin genes of Vibrio anguillarum

Liu, Chang. Micro-fluidic based numerical simulations and experiments on streaming induced by oscillatory flows

Longval, Brooke A.. Biomass spectra in Narragansett Bay from phytoplankton to fish

Lubertazzi, Maria Adella Aliberti. Natal Habitat Use by Dragonflies Along Landscape Gradients in Rhode Island

Lu, Ping. Quasiparticles in quantum spin chains with strong axial exchange anisotropy

Mateo, Ivan. Assessing essential fish habitat and connectivity using otolith chemistry and growth of temperate and tropical fish

McElroy, William David. Diet, feeding ecology, trophic relationships, morphometric condition, and ontogeny for the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, and smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, within the Delaware Bay estuary

McGreevy, Thomas Joseph Jr.. Conservation genetics of Association of Zoos and Aquariums and wild Matshie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Mouw, Colleen Beckmann. Bio-optical and remote sensing investigation of phytoplankton community size structure

Nargiso, Jessica E.. Adolescent gender differences in risk of alcohol use

Narwal, Rajesh. Evaluation of mixed-effects modeling techniques for the analysis of longitudinal data collected from PK-PD and efficacy clinical trials

Oczkowski, Autumn Jean. Fertilizing the land, lagoons, and sea: A first look at human impacts on the Nile Delta fishery, Egypt

Pabla, Dimple. Solubility and permeability enhancement of levothyroxine sodium for oral administration

Radford, Kari A.. Exploration of the quality of three measures for assessing state anxiety in hospitalized cardiac patients

Ragusa, Daniela Antonina. Writing Ethics in the Writing Major: Rhetorical applications for plagiarism pedagogies in the collaborative age

Ramotowski, Thomas Scott. Synthesis and characterization of polyurethane-urea-clay and polyvinylidene fluoride-clay nanocomposites

Ramoutar, Darryl. Pyrethroid resistance in the annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from southern New England golf courses

Reavy, Racheal Taki. A validation study of the Misbehaviors Questionnaire

Rhee, Beau La. "All the world's a stage": (Re)familiarizing Shakespeare: A study of Romeo and Juliet in the East and the West

Rhodes, Ryan Gregory. Characterization of N-acetylglucosamine utilization by the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

Schembre, Susan M.. Development and validation of a weight-related behaviors questionnaire

Schrum, Heather Nicole. Subseafloor sulfate reduction: Investigation of an unrecognized pathway and quantification of low rates

Segala, James J.. Interface dosimetry for electronic brachytherapy Xoft Axxent intracavitary breast balloon applicators, and, Fluorescence anisotropy imaging of quantum dots

Shamshak, Gina Louise. Economics of bluefin tuna aquaculture in the United States

Sharma, Narendra. Modeling and experiments in microchannels for the separation and detection of bacteria using antibody-coated filter and quantum dots

Sieberg, Christine Barrett. Therapeutic treatments for children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain: A multiple baseline pilot study

Siegel, Bryna L.. Persistence, resistance, and change: Toward a critical praxis for student researched writing

Sipala, Christine E.. Studying the development of word recognition using a pseudoword task

Stamm, Karen E.. Stereotype Threat and Implicit Attitudes: Implications for the Leaky Pipeline of Women in Science

Steele, George. Scoring silent film: Music/nation/affect

Tillman, Aaron. Magical American Jew: The enigma of difference in contemporary Jewish American short fiction and film

Trandafir, Simona Carmen. A strategic model of investment and price competition among container ports

Voisine, Deanna Rae. THE INFLUENCE OF DIAGNOSTIC LABELS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY ON TEACHER PERCEPTIONS, EXPECTANCIES, AND ATTRIBUTIONS: A CONSIDERATION OF CLOSURE, ACCEPTANCE, AND STIGMATIZATION

Wielt, Dustin Brent. A grounded theory analysis of the Rhode Island community response to The Station nightclub fire disaster

Xiao, Weijun. Design and analysis of high-performance and recoverable data storages

Yablonsky, Richard Michael. Assimilating mesoscale oceanic features and understanding their impact on hurricanes

Yang, Li. The improved electrolyte system for lithium battery

Zhang, Ting. Three essays on corporate pension underfunding, securities valuation and market efficiency

Zhou, Long. Mesoscale variability and Lagrangian statistics in the tropical North Atlantic

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Agarabi, Cyrus D.. The Formulation and Process Development of a Novel Multiparticulate Extended Release Pharmaceutical Delivery Platform for a Highly Water Soluble Compound

Agarwal, Hitesh Kumar. Design and Evaluation of Nucleoside Derivatives for Targeted Drug Delivery and Therapeutic Applications

Amale, Amit. New Approach to the Design and Optimization of Energy Efficient Chemical Processes

Andrade, Marco S.. Exploring the Decision Making Process of Prevention Providers in Adopting or Rejecting a Community-Level Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention

Andres, Magdalena. An Observational Study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: Local, Regional and Basin-Wide Perspectives on a Western Boundary Current

Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela. SEA SURFACE HEIGHT VARIABILITY AND THE STRUCTURE OF EDDIES IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAPE BASIN

Banerjee, Syagnik. Consumer ubiquity or anytime anywhere consumption: Scale development and validation

Bernier, Evan Thomas. Explosive signatures: Pre & post blast

Bierman, Donald Bruce. Short title: Teacher-student epistemological interplay

Blackwell, Deidre Lynn. Silane-based copolymers as chromatographic stationary phases

Blake, Roger Holland. Three essays on success factors for information systems

Borrelli, Mark. Sediment transport in a dynamic, tidally-influenced coastal embayment exemplified by Pleasant Bay and Chatham Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Burns, Amy L.. The opportunity to learn: Identification and measurement of school conditions that contextualize student achievement

Chen, Chuen-Song. On-chip current and power measurement techniques for integrated circuits with regulated power

Cohenour, Gretchen M.. Eighteenth-century gothic novels and gendered spaces: What's left to say

Corey, Jonathan. A concurrent validation of the Violence Sensitivity Scale

Coy, Wendy Meredith. Examination of spoT, rpoS and rpoN gene expression in response to fatty acid starvation in Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete

Davis, Xujing Jia. Numerical and theoretical investigations of North Pacific subtropical mode water with implications to Pacific climate variability

Deangelis, Julie Ann. To treat or not to treat: The role of antibiotics in the management of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in an ambulatory setting

DiCecco, John. A sequential algorithm for biological event detection using statistical nonstationarity

Dobrot, Gabriela. Forest management in the presence of harvest restrictions around vernal pools: A metaheuristic approach

Doleski, Robert Francis. Design and analysis of lightweight pressure vessels

Eaton, Mary Anne. Effect of varying inclusion levels of linseed oil on growth, fatty acid profile, membrane fluidity and EPA/DHA production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Gattupalli, Rajeswar R.. Advances in global optimization

Gerry, Shannon Page. Feeding mechanics of a trophic generalist and a specialist shark species: A comparison of diet, behavior and function

Goodwin, Matthew S.. Telemetric assessment of stereotypical motor movements in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Gourlay, Barbara Elas. An investigation of communication patterns and strategies between international teaching assistants and undergraduate students in university-level science labs

Heil, Clifford William Jr.. Paleo-and environmental magnetic studies of Late Cenozoic estuarine, lacustrine, and terrestrial sediments

Hyun, Karen Hae-Myung. Ecosystem-based management in the Colorado River Delta

Jha, Ashish Kumar. Microstructure studies in synthetic and bio-colloids, imaging and applications

Jones, Hilary Brooke. How do you stop the boogeyman? An evaluation of a sexual assault prevention program

Kelley, Andrew Peter. Beyond reflection of job performance: An investigation of how initial status teachers reflect on practice to address the educational needs of their students

Kilgallen, Christina. School psychologists' readiness to implement response to intervention practices

Kresge, Daniel Lee. An examination of the relationships between the peptide hormone ghrelin and appetite, plasma biomarkers of satiety and metabolic response in humans

Kuhn-Hines, Anne. A multiscale approach to breeding habitat model development and evaluation for the common loon, Gavia immer, in New Hampshire, USA

Lennon, Mark Michael. Monetizing mobile factors involved in development of mobile commerce: Korea, China, Japan

Li, Yuyuan. Study on the nonenzymatic glycation of nucleosides/nucleotides and proteins with sugars: An in vitro investigation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) formation

Matsuura, Asako C.. Interpersonal and psychosexual factors predicting HIV-related risky sex behaviors in heterosexually active women and men