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Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

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

Thompson, Dorothy. Agency/Communion Balance and its Relationship to Sex Role Stereotyping

Wallace, Gordon T. Jr.. Particulate Matter in Surface Seawater: Sources, Chemical Composition, and Affinity for the Sea-Air Interface

Wing, Bruce L.. ECOLOGY OF PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA AND P. PACIFICA (AMPHIPODA: HYPERIIDEA) IN ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS

Theses/Dissertations from 1975 1975

Anagnostopoulos, Konstantinos Nikolaou. Studies in Solid State Image Sensors

Evans, David L.. Large and Small Scale Temperature-Salinity Correlations in the Ocean

Gianutsos, Gerald. MECHANISM AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG-INDUCED AGGRESSION

Hess, Judye Gershman. Sex-Role Development in Psychiatrically Disturbed Adolescent Females and Their Parents

Paskewicz, Charles Walter. Assessment of Visual Memory in Elementary School Children Under Motivating Conditions

Schmults, Theodore Conway. The Relationship of Black Ethnicity to Field Dependence and Adjustment

Sternlight, Dennis L.. Information Seeking Behavior

Theses/Dissertations from 1974 1974

Abgrall, Jean Francois. A Cost-Production Analysis of Trap and Hand Line Fishing in Puerto Rico

Ali, Mohsin. Thiol Amino Acids in Quality Control and Nutritive Value of Fishery Products

Amaya-Farfan, Jaime. Biological Inactivation of Proteins by the Maillard Reaction

Benesch, Howard Israel. Performance of Hyperkinetic and Normal Children Under Two Conditions of Reinforcement

Byrne, Robert Howard Jr.. Iron Speciation and Solubility in Sea Water

Colby, John J.. The Effect of Extinction on the Delayed Learning of a Conditioned Taste Aversion in the Rat

Doerries, Lee E.. Durability of Secondary Reinforcement as a Function of Manipulations in the Training and Testing Situations

Hancur, William A.. Symptom and Dynamic Hierarchies in the Systematic Desensitization of Test Anxiety: An Incentive Approach

Miller, Gerard Roland Jr.. Fluoride in Sea Water: Distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean and Formation of Ion Pairs with Sodium

Monti, Peter M.. Residual Fear of the CS as a Function of Response Prevention After Avoidance or Classical-Defensive Conditioning in the Rat

Schor, Allen G.. Acute Grief in Adulthood: Toward a Cognitive Model of Normal and Pathological Mourning

Silverman, Ira. High Risk Pro-Social Behavior: Who Will Respond Heroically in an Emergency

Small, Arnold Charles. Sex-Role Development in Psychiatrically Disturbed Adolescent Males and Their Parents

Zabik, Joseph David. Operant Analysis of Behavior Associated With Oral Self-Administration Of Drug Solutions in Rats

Zuromski, Edmond S.. The Effect of the Conditioned Orienting Response on Learning a Two-Choice Discrimination Task by Mentally Retarded Individuals

Theses/Dissertations from 1973 1973

Demenkow, James W.. A Study of the Two Layer Salt Finger System