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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 2004 2004

Mendes, Michele A.. Parents' descriptions of ideal home nursing care for their technology dependent child, themselves, and their families

Mercier, Stephen Mark. Revaluing the literary naturalist: John Burroughs's emotive environmental aesthetics

Miller, Philip N.. Assessing craftsmanship at early design in product development

Miranda, Regina L.. The role of glycolytic substrates in the initiation and maintenance phases of colonization of the mouse large intestine by Escherichia coli MG1655 and Escherichia coli EDL933

Moore, Keith M.. The effects of the risk arbitrage process on the trading in securities involved in takeovers

Pardanani, Neeta N.. Ecological determinants of Lyme disease in an endemic community

Perez, Norma Jean. Development and validation of the Proactive Health Lifestyle measures

Peterson, Susan Joan. From discourse to activism: Trajectories of Percy Bysshe Shelley's nonviolence philosophy in literatures of resistance

Podlesak, David William. Metabolic routing of macronutrients in migratory songbirds: Effects of diet quality and macronutrient composition revealed using stable isotopes

Powell, Jean W.. Older lesbian perspectives on advance care planning for the end of life

Rapien, Mary. Macrozooplankton and micronekton in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

Roberts-Clarke, Ivory. Organizational climate for diversity, cultural comfort, and professional relationships: Predicting perceptions of the workplace among employees of color

Rodrigues, Regina Rodrigues. An observational and numerical study of the South Atlantic circulation

Shear, Edward Steven. Prolegomenon to the literary study of hypertext

Skoorka, Michelle E.. The effect of humidity on composite lap joints and an electrochemical study of coatings and galvanic systems

Soboil, Mark Lucas. Transboundary impacts of fishing activities along the northeast continental shelf

Somerville Ruffalo, Jessica. Visuoconstructional Impairment: What Are We Assessing, and How Are We Assessing It?

Spears, Sylvia Carolle. Freedom's children: Fifth graders' perceptions of the effects of peace education in the form of Kingian nonviolence

Stolzenberger, Kathleen M.. Nursing practice in a magnet hospital: A descriptive study

Travers, Brian J.. New results for Z-cyclic generalized whist tournaments and Z-cyclic generalized whist frames

Ulrich, Henry T.. Individual, organizational, and contextual determinants of realized strategy in not-for-profit organizations

Upton, Harold Frank. The economic consequences of fish habitat conservation and management

Vasanthavada, Madhav. A MECHANISTIC STUDY TO IDENTIFY PHYSICALLY STABLE AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSION

Wen, Yuming. Spatial diffusion model for simulation of urban land cover change

Whynacht, Leah Alison. Preschool teachers' sense of teaching efficacy: Scale development and correlates

Wu, Jiang. Instrumentation of the universal clamp and modeling in biochemistry

Yang, Tianle. Preparation of optically pure anti-diolepoxides of 2-fluorobenzo[a]-pyrene and their DNA adducts

Yong, Lynne Ee Lin. Resilience in Ex-Refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam

You, Tao. Preparation and characterization of ceramic sensors for use at elevated temperatures

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Abughosh, Susan M.. Drug Benefit Plans for Elderly Under Managed Care and Utilization of Lipid Lowering Agents

Adams, Candace. Relationship of Early Intervention Service Coordination Model to Qualify of Transition and Family Empowerment

Adams, Candace. Relationship of early intervention service coordination model to quality of transition and family empowerment

Al-Sultan, Muhammed S.. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to Assess Antibiotic Utilization in Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

Amidon, Stevens Russell. Manifestoes: A Study in Genre

Ammirati, Theresa Perri. Making the Grade: Academic Literacies and First-Generation College Students in a Highly Selective Liberal Arts College

Ammirati, Theresa Perri. Making the grade: Academic literacies and first-generation college students in a highly selective liberal arts college

Badger, James Mark. Nurses' experiences of moving from cure-oriented to comfort-oriented care in the medical intensive care unit setting

Baird, Janette. Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Locomotion, Motor Activity, and Infant Development

Basu, Chhandak. Optimizing parameters for efficient introduction of transgenes into turfgrass

Borgos, Marlana Joyce. Validity of the Boston Qualitative Scoring System as a measure of executive functioning in pediatric Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure performance

Bushoven, John T.. The role of nitrate and carbohydrates in modulating the partitioning of nitrate assimilation between leaves and roots in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Cadrin, Steven Xavier. Stock structure of yellowtail flounder off the northeastern United States

Castro, Kathleen Monan. Assessing the impact of habitat and stock enhancement for the American lobster (Homarus americanus), in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Caswell, Caroline Johnson. Personalizing the school environment: Teacher-based advisory programs that support student adjustment and academic outcomes

Chalivendra, Vijaya Bhaskar. Static and dynamic constitutive behavior and fracture of particulate composites

Coleman, Dwight F.. ARCHAEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF INUNDATED COASTAL PREHISTORIC SITES

Conca, Karen Rose. Ferulic acid and peroxidase infusion into disparate vegetables and its effect on texture

Costa, Stephanie Anne. Specializations of whist tournament designs

Davis, Braxton. Area-based management frameworks in the United States coastal zone

Denkin, Steven Michael. Regulation of empA metalloproteinase expression in Vibrio anguillarum

Fausett, Yvonne M.. Elementary school children's stigmatization of children with mental illness

Felice, Brian Roland. Type II collagen differentially degraded epitopes can be used to monitor in vitro and in vivo cartilage degradation

Findeisen, Mary. Client perceptions to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Symptoms and responses over time

Fisher, Kelly Lynn. The effects of distress and depression on exercise behaviors of type 2 diabetics: Applying the transtheoretical model

Ford, Kathryn Hale. Assessment of the Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon Ecosystem

Fox, Christine M.. Writing across cultures: Contrastive rhetoric and a writing center study of one student's journey

Gazabon, Shirley Amanda. Development of culturally tailored measures for Hispanics at-risk for HIV

Gibbons, Carol Herchen. Periodicity, convergence, and boundedness of some difference equations

Gilder, Kye M.. Extensions and application of the modified large-sample approach for constructing confidence intervals on functions of variance components

Gold, Marion Secrest. Biological control of the lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii in North America

Gomaa, Sally. From free/slave binaries to Black/White dialectics: The problem of race in antebellum discourse (1831-1861)

Guo, Yu-Yau. Behavioral modeling and simulations of mixed-signal integrated circuits with process variations and physical defects

Hall, Paul S.. Free and forced convection in Earth's upper mantle

Hurley, Kevin Michael. Creativity in the time of accountability: Lessons from three middle schools

Jones, Julie M.. EXAMPLES OF POPULATION PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT USING NONMEM

Kenna, George Anthony. Prevalence and risk factors associated with substance use and abuse by Rhode Island health care professionals

Kern, Diane Elliott. The relationships between metacomprehension strategy awareness, student reading performance and comprehension strategy instruction

Khan, Fyzodeen. Detection of masses in X-ray mammograms

Kshetri, Nir B.. Globalization of innovations: A multilevel-multimethod framework to explain diffusion and adoption of the Internet

Legendre, Susan Anne. The influence of cognitive reserve on neuropsychological functioning after coronary artery bypass grafting

Lisi, Arthur William Jr.. The personalization of the school environment: The relationship of students' access to support from an adult with student adjustment outcomes and experiences of school climate

Li, Yuxin. THE DEC1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR: ONCOGENIC INVOLVEMENT AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ON TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION

Lyon, Alicia B.. The Offering: Writing a historical screenplay

Martin, Rosemarie A.. Latent Transition Ananlysis as a Sensitive Outcome: Analysis for Longitudinal Data

Martin, Rosemarie Ann. Latent transition analysis as a sensitive outcome analysis for longitudinal data

Mauriello, Leanne Marie. Stress management during pregnancy: An investigation of the psychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive correlates

McCarthy, Elena Marie. International regulation of underwater sound: Establishing rules and standards to address ocean noise pollution

McCool, Jane A.. Life experiences of Cambodian-American refugee women: Segmented life stories

Mitchell, Douglas A.. Upper Current Structure and Variability in the Southwestern Japan/East Sea

Moodley, Mervlyn. Hierarchy of N-body correlations in different dimensions

Moores, Donald J.. Mystical discourse as ideological resistance in Wordsworth and Whitman: A transatlantic bridge

Mott, Sandra Ruth. Parenting the child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Nakao, Megumi. Dynamic games and competition for water resources

Newell, Laurienne Whinstanley. Analyzing public preferences and valuations for forested wetlands in Rhode Island: Comparisons of real-money and hypothetical survey presentations

Norberg, Patricia A.. Managed profiles: The value of personal information in commercial exchange

Obara, Michael J.. Development of an acoustic data storage tag for long range fish tracking in the ocean

Paesano, Beverly A.. The Embedded Writing Institute: A study of professional development

Paldy, Matthew G.. Self-organization, hierarchy, and task structure in workgroups: An empirical study of complexity theory

Pan, Xia. SPC for quality and risk: Monitoring processes with cross-sectional and serial interdependence, and higher moments

Pierce, Barbara Jean. The nutritional ecology of songbirds: How food quality, diet preferences, and food limitation influence nutrient storage and use during migration

Pinnock, Nina June. Factors influencing transition from early intervention

Polwitoon, Sirapat. Essays on United States-based global government bond funds

Qu, Xiuzhi. An integrated approach to finish machining of RP-produced parts

Reimer, Bryan L.. Automated methods of detecting driver distractions

Rodriguez, Wilfrid. Remote sensing and landscape analysis of indicators of estuarine condition in the northeastern United States

Ruffolo, Louis Francis Jr.. Assessing the relationship between neuropsychological constructs and alcohol use among college students

Scappaticci, A. A. Jr.. Neuronal control of nematocyst discharge in hydra

Schwager, Jeanne Marie. Home care nurses' decisions about pain management with older clients

Scott, Nicholas Vicente. Observations of the wind-wave spectrum and steep wave statistics in open ocean waters

Sicotte, Charles. Computerized Behavioral Observation: Implications for Improving Accuracy and Reducing Bias