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Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

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

Zenger, David Carl. Methodology for Early Material/Process Cost Estimating for Product Design

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

Amankwah, Samuel Asare. Comparison of Three Separation Tecnniques for Arsenic (III) and Arsenic (V) in Sea Water

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