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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 2003 2003

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

Soffientino, Bruno. Thyroidal regulation of stomach development and toxicity of PCB 126 in metamorphosing summer flounder

Somers, Renee Dara. Gilded Age spaces, actual and imagined: Edith Wharton as a spatial activist and analyst

Sousa, Kenneth J.. Factors influencing the adoption of electronic business in the purchasing activities within a business organization using an extended technology acceptance model

Staroscik, Andrew M.. Bacterioplankton seasonal dynamics in Narragansett Bay

Tamse, Catherine T.. Intracellular dynamics of lead and calcium in lead-exposed cultured neurons of Aplysia californica (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)

Taylor, David Lenox. Predation on the early life history stages of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) by the sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa)

Turner, Stephen Edward. GAS FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN MICROCHANNELS: AN EXPERIMENT AL INVESTIGATION OF COMPRESSIBILITY, RAREFACTION, AND SURF ACE ROUGHNESS

Uhnak, Kenneth Stephen. Micropropagation of Carnivorous Plants

Wang, Yadong. Representing signals using only timing information and feature extraction for automatic speech recognition

Ward, John A.. Development and Validation of Transtheorectical Measure for College Student Spiritual Expression

Ward, John A.. Development and validation of transtheoretical measures for college student spiritual expression

Webb, Howarlene Sabrina. Testing of an intervention to decrease certified nursing assistant (CNA) turnover in a nursing home

Weinstein, Sarah Elizabeth. Sources, transport, and fates of particulate trace metals in the Gulf of Maine-Scotian Shelf and Labrador Sea

White, Steven Lee. Predictors for readiness to engage in low-risk HIV behaviors in men who have sex with men

Xia, Tian. On-chip timing measurement

Yang, Feng. Global terrain methods for process simulation

Yang, Jiansheng. Remote sensing modeling of land surface temperature

Yang, Shaohua. Improving the aluminum-air battery system for use in electrical vehicles

Zhang, Xinfeng. Nonenzymatic formation of advanced glycation endproducts by glucosamine autocondensation and glucosamine with proteins

Zhao, Miao. Attribute-level interactivity, satisfaction, and loyalty in the online environment

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Achanta, Anand S.. Rational Approaches to the Regulation of Nonprescription Medicines

Adamowicz, Susan C.. New England Salt Marsh Pools: Analysis of Geomorphic and Geographic Parameters, Macrophyte Distribution and Nekton Use

Alves, Steve Louis. An Examination of Collaborative Practice in Anesthesia Care Team Settings and Occupational Sress in Nurse Anesthetists

Alves, Steve Louis. An examination of collaborative practice in anesthesia care team settings and occupational stress in nurse anesthetists

Barton-Burke, Margaret. Breast cancer experiences: Women's reflections years after diagnosis

Benz, Marcel. The fundamental study of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and its application in a pyroelectric IR sensor device

Bintz, Joanne C.. The ecology and morphology of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) and its associated macrophyte community in relation to environmental variables

Borkman, David Gerald. Analysis and simulation of Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve annual abundance patterns in lower Narragansett Bay 1959 to 1996

Browdy, Angeleah Arlene. The regulation and function of inositol phosphorylceramide synthase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Brush, Mark James. Development of a numerical model for shallow marine ecosystems with application to Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island

Cannon, Gerardine. A study of the relation between reading achievement and less-than-proficient urban adolescent readers' world view of reading

Capalbo, Linda Greene. Peer group instructional conversation: Collaboration in context

Chang, Wonil. Influence of turbulent transport and chemistry on the distributions of hydrogen peroxide, methyl peroxide and formaldehyde in the remote marine boundary layer

Cheng, Meng. New one-dimensional ruthenium polymers

Chiang, Kuan-Pin. Why all clicks are not created equal: Consumer information search in the Web-based marketspace

Collis, Leon Paul. Regulation and mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in the ventricular myocardium of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima

Coppa, Denise Ann. The internal process of therapeutic touch as nursing action

Cornelius, Michael Gary. A friend of Edward's: Identity, homosexuality, and the literature of Edward II, 1300-1630

Curtin, Alicia J.. An exploratory study of the effects of a training program on the ability to prepare a breakfast meal by clients with mild Alzheimer's disease

Diehl, Steven Kenneth. Adult Attachment Patterns: The Relationship Between Security of Attachment and Adjustment to Prison and Separation From Loved Ones

Duarte, Cecilia Maria. Help-seeking behaviors among Latino and Latina college students

Dumanli, Inayet. MECHANISTIC STUDIES TO ELUCIDATE THE ROLE OF LIPID VEHICLES ON SOLUBILITY, FORMULATION AND BIOA VAILABILITY OF POORLY SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS

Farrell, Mary E. McGinn. An exploration of the nature of nursing practice related to the presence of visitors in the critical care setting

Frolov, Sergey Alexander. A numerical study of Gulf Stream meandering and associated physical processes

Gable, Frank Joseph. THE SCIENCE/POLICY OF THE CONTEMPORARY COASTAL CHALLENGE OF VULNERABILITY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN

Gauthier, Benoit George Jr.. Demand-based configuration of modular product architecture

Gionta, Dana Anne. A proposed model of medical staff-family communication in the context of cancer: Psychometric, model and mediational testing

Gudmundsson, Eyjolfur. Market information and fisheries management: Improving efficiency in private property right management systems

Guo, Ruiguang. An alternate to chromate conversion coatings for the corrosion protection of aluminum 2024-T3

Hermsen, Jerome Michael Jr.. Effects of mobile fishing gear on the benthic megafauna and production of Georges Bank

He, Xubin. Design and performance evaluation of networked storage architectures

Holmes, Sarah Catherine. Leftist literature and the ideology of eugenics during the American Depression

Hsieh, Chih-Jou. The short-run and long-run performance of Singapore initial public offerings

Kenyon, Lisa Renee. Digging up roots in "Gardens of Eden": Michelene Wandor's feminist midrash

Kingsley, Richard Hale. The geochemistry of basalts from the Easter microplate boundaries and the western Easter-Salas y Gomez seamount chain: A comprehensive study of mantle plume-spreading center interaction

Kobokovich, Linda Jean. The nature of infant relinquishment as described by two voices: The relinquishing mother and the obstetrical nurse

Kochurov, Alexander Gennadievich. The ocean response to atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Ko, Seok-Bum. Efficient FPGA realizations based on AND/XOR expressions

Lacroix, Shirley E.. The effect of an integrated curriculum on fourth graders' achievement in and attitude toward music instruction

Lazarevich, Peter. Lagrangian studies of oxygen variability in the North Atlantic Ocean

Leite-Morris, Kimberly Anne. GABA B receptors in the ventral tegmental area regulate morphine-induced motor sensitization and accumbal fos expression in C57BL/6 mice

Li, Wenguang. Studies of inter-polymer complexes of conducting polymers

Luo, Meifeng. Container transportation service demand simulation model for United States coastal container ports

Managi, Shunsuke. Technological change, depletion and environmental policy in the offshore oil and gas industry

Mashikian, Sonia C.. Quality of discourse organization on a story-reconstruction task in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and normally developing peers

McGovern, Charles Eugene. Fish landmarks for chromosome 11 of Bombyx mori: An in situ analysis

Mirsky, Elena. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN TODDLER EMOTION COPING: THE IMPACT OF TEMPERAMENT AND SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES ON REGULATION DEVELOPMENT

Mogawer, Hanan S.. Corrosion protection of aluminum alloys using a chromate conversion coating

Murray, Lynne Dawn. MMPI-2 Scores as a Predictor of Outcomes on the Phase II Profile Integrity Inventory

Osterman, Paulette Anne. A participant observation study of experienced nurses' presence in daily care

Pacheco, Andrada Ioana. Papers in spatial analysis of regional economic growth

Perez Brunius, Paula. The North Atlantic current-subpolar front system: A study combining float data and historical hydrography

Quigley, M. Patricia Burnside. Female coping with cardiac rehabilitation after a cardiac event: A qualitative study

Reid, Sean Frederick. Non-normality of asset returns in the assessment of risk-adjusted performance: Three empirical tests of the Leland alternative asset pricing model

Robb, Christina Susan. Conductive polymer coatings for CE

Russell, Emily D.. An Examination of the Nature of Reading Fluency

Setlik, Brian Joseph. Electromigration characterization of aluminum-copper alloy interconnects

Shaw, Sylvia Montgomery. Ghosts at the table: Historiography and nonfiction narrative as rhetorical constructs of the Mexican Counter-Revolution of 1913

Sheehan, Margaret Mary. Holistic grading of essays written by native and non-native writers by instructors and independent raters: A comparative study

Sila, Ismail. An empirical investigation of the critical linkages among best practice factors and their impact on business results