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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Roethlein, Christopher John
. Quality and strategy within United States based manufacturing supply chainsSarkisov, Dmitry
. Study of the magnetic structure of multilayers and of an ultracold neutron storage anomalySilverman, Amy Beth
. Evaluating the efficacy of the Rhode Island Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program (TDVPP): A process and outcome approach to determining the success of both primary and secondary prevention projectsSindelar, Holly Anne
. Elimination of the Hindsight Bias in Individual Versus Group Decision MakingStoler, Linda Ribble
. RECOVERED AND CONTINUOUS MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSISSullivan, James Michael
. The effects of small-scale turbulence on the physiology of marine dinoflagellatesTang, Weifeng
. Mechanisms of cadmium nephrotoxicityThomas, Kimberly A.
. Sensors: An optical waveguide strain sensor and an electrochemical oxygen sensorTsou, Tien-Shui
. Multispecies modeling of the Georges Bank fish communityWagner, Julie Ann
. Blood glucose estimation accuracy in children with diabetes: An investigation of repeated practice with latent growth curve modelingWagner, Melissa M.
. Nucleic acids as indicators of growth rates and nutritional condition of Calanus finmarchicus (Copepoda: Calanoida)Wang, Zhongwei
. Early estimates of the economic impacts during microelectronics product designWilliams, Jason D.
. Systematics, ecology, feeding biology, and reproduction of polydorids (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West PacificZhang, Jun
. A kinetics and mechanism study of the thermal decomposition of energetic materialsZheng, Mei
. The sources and characteristics of atmospheric particulates during the wet and dry seasons in Hong KongTheses/Dissertations from 1999
Abdullatif, Hanan
. Toni Morrison: Rethinking the Past in a Postcolonial ContextAndreozzi, Lynne M.
. Attatchment Classification Among 18 Month Old Children of Adolescent MothersAndreozzi, Lynne Meredith
. Attachment classifications among eighteen-month-old children of adolescent mothersArmitage, William D.
. On the Use of Undefined Logic Values in Digital VLSIAsselin, Marilyn Eliza
. A descriptive, exploratory study of knowledge utilization among experienced staff nurses in an acute care settingBarboza, Helen Christina
. Comparing the achievement of eighth-grade boys and girls on norm referenced and performance tests in language arts, reading and mathematicsBeliveau, John J.
. The influence of individual differences in preferences for sources of motivation in the resolution of intrapersonal conflictBergen, Barbara Jane
. The relationship between lipid class composition and the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in marine musselsBoisvert, Charles Miga
. Practitioners' familiarity with psychotherapy research and their relative weighting of research and experience in formulating beliefsCase, Mark Benton
. A multivariate analysis of the contrarian investment strategy in the Japanese stock marketChan, Christine
. Spatial Patterns in Ocean Color and Temperature Maps: Fronts, Fractals, and Ecological ConsiderationsChang, Hui-Fang
. Mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons carcinogenesis: Synthesis and DNA binding studies of anti-and syn-3,4-dihydrodiol-5,5a-epoxide benzo(ghi);fluorantheneChan, Soon Huat
. Essay on financial "circuit breaker" mechanismCremesti, Aida Elias
. Ceramides: Quantification, and regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to hypoxiaCurran, James M.
. The determinants of consumer attitudes and intentions toward technology-based customer interfaces used in service delivery: An empirical investigationDabaghian, Yuri Alexander
. Nonperturbative aspects of the quantum chaos theoryde Groot, Mary K.
. The relationship of ethnicity to diabetes self-care and medical outcomes in African-Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitusDevine, Barry Edward
. The golf course as a nature reserve: An evaluation of land use and diversity applied to ecosystem designDietrich, Jean A.
. Phonological representations of adult poor readers: An investigation of specificity and stabilityDoshi, Kaushik
. Bench-scale study of a liquid phase oxidation reactionDuffy, Kathleen Ann
. Feeding, growth and bioenergetics of the chain dogfish, Scyliorhinus retiferEpstein, Bonnie Loren
. Constraining the alkenone unsaturation indexFong, Quentin Sai Wing
. Assessment of Hong Kong shark fin market: Implication for fishery managementGarcia, Todd E.
. Characterization of the effects of the mugA and ACCD genes on the growth and virulence of Vibrio anguillarumGeldart, Roderick William
. Applications of image analysis in the development of recombinant protein processesGiannopoulos, Evangelos H.
. Optimum techniques in multisensor multitarget tracking and track associationHamlett, Anthony Cleophas
. Dose selection study designs in early phase II clinical trialsHarrison, Stanley D.
. Foundations for the study of American rhapsodyHein, Richard Gust
. Age, growth, and factors controlling post-settlement habitat use of juvenile French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) near Tobacco Caye, Belize, Central AmericaHikmet, Neset
. Factors affecting the intent to use information technology in health care organizations: A comparative studyHird, Anne
. Middle school students' classroom Internet use: An ethnographic study of technology use and constructivist learningHoogeveen, Jeffrey Laurence
. Student desire and the history of compositionHope, Penelope
. Blood on the tracks: Biblical law and sacrifice in the eighteenth-century English novelHuang, Suilou
. Trace elements over the North Atlantic Ocean: Sources and transport pathwaysHu, Bi-Huang
. Synthesis and bioactivity of thiazole and oxazole-containing peptidomimeticsHu, Chih-Ching
. Photodetachment of metastable helium molecules from helium clustersIakoubovski, Mikhail Alexander
. Constrained optimization and analytic spectral factorizationJackson, Kimberley Anne
. THE APPLICATION OF THE POPULATION APPROACH TO PHARMACOKINETICS IN DRUG DEVELOPMENTJavorsky, Debbie Jo
. A validation study of the Boston Qualitative Scoring System (BQSS) for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure TestJohnston, Robert Kenneth
. Assessing the ecological risk of toxic chemicals on coastal and estuarine ecosystemsJones, Lisa M.
. Maltreating Caregivers: An Application of the Transtheoretical Model of ChangeJones, William Hollis
. Test-based decoding for digital communication systemsKennedy, Holly Powell
. Linking midwifery practice to outcomesKopp, Blaine S.
. Effects of nitrate fertilization and shading on physiological and biomechanical properties of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)Lau, Kam Fui
. Quantifying temporal and logical consistencies for index arbitrage transaction schedulingLee, Samuel Sangwon
. A modeling study on vadose zone leaching, saturated zone mixing, and groundwater flow in heterogeneous aquiferLee, Sangkug
. An investigation of factors that regulate the size of tracheary elements in plantsLevine, Peter Jonathan
. Monte Carlo simulation of block-coded dataLewis, Scott J.
. Pitch tournaments: A new class of combinatorial designsMaddock, Jason Edward
. Statistical power and effect size in the field of health psychologyMa, Jun
. Systematic type synthesis of variable-constraint mechanismsMartin-Webb, Elena Berneita
. The effect of solar ultraviolet radiation on marine planktonic ciliate survival and the penetration of ultraviolet irradiance on Georges BankMcGurl, Katherine A.
. Representations of violence in Gothic literature: Consumer practices and cultural identityMcKiernan, Kristen A.
. How Subject Characteristics Influence Attention Task Performance: A Structural Modeling ApproachMcMillan, Bradley Farrell
. A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding Psychological Empowerment in Community Prevention CoalitionsMerritt, Adele Johanna Josiger
. Advances in Z-cyclic whist and triplewhist tournamentsMiller, James Allen
. Observed Conflict, Sexual Experience, Pornography, and Coercive Behavior as Predictors of Men’s Sexual Arousal to Sexual and Violent ImagesNadeau, Jean-Paul
. Webbed text: A new tool for teachers of rhetoric and compositionNigg, Claudio Renato
. Predicting, explaining and understanding adolescent exercise behavior using longitudinal and cross-sectional approachesO'Connell, John Thomas
. The employer/employee relationship: Identifying type and level of employee involvement and the relationship to extra-role behavior and intent to remainO'Grady, Helen M.
. Part-time practitioners: Deliberating the contradictionsOlinsky, Alan David
. The comparative efficacy of imputation methods for missing data in structural equation modelingO'Neill, John William
. Determinant factors and strategic consequences of an interorganizational microculture: An analysis of the lodging industryParameswaran, Venkitanarayanan
. Dynamic crack propagation and damage evolution in functionally gradient materialsPerry, Evelyn Mooar
. Maid in voyage: Maid Marian and female heroism in twentieth century retellings of the legend of Robin HoodPrentice, Jennifer Eileen
. Solar ultraviolet radiation in the sea and photoinhibitory effects on natural phytoplankton populationsQuadir, Muhammad Anisul
. Development and optimization of nasal delivery of ketorolacQuan, Liang
. Contact melting of phase-change material with effect of vibrationRajabzadeh, Masoumeh
. Optimum window function for sensitivity enhancement in NMR and fluorine-19 NMR of arylamine-DNA adductsRajamony, Jayendran
. Meander-induced exchange across the Gulf StreamRashed, Suzette F.
. PHARMACODYNAMIC PARAMETERS: INFLUENCE ON DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP AND ESTIMATIONRegan, John J.
. Runaway nuns, runaway bestsellers: Representations of gender and *class in antebellum convent captivity narratives and fictionsRoy, Joanne F.
. Self-efficacy in women following myocardial infarction: An investigation into the effects of a cognitive-interactive nursing intervention on efficacy enhancementRutherford, Scott David
. Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in deep sea sediments during the Plio-PleistoceneSavin, Mary Cathleen
. Interactions among pore size distribution, nematodes and carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soilSeelenbinder, John Arthur
. Enhanced infrared spectroscopy for the detection of chemical and biological analytesSeitsinger, Anne M.
. By whom and how is service-learning implemented in middle-level schools involved in documenting school improvement: A quantitative study of opportunity-to-learn conditions and practicesSilver, Barbara E.
. A Media Skills Intervention for Adolescents on Gender Attitudes, Beliefs, and BehaviorsStepaniants, Armen Boris
. Transport phenomena in nanoscale systemsStepanov, Vyacheslav V.
. Quantum integrability and nonintegrability of Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedomSwanson, Jennifer Ann
. Sports participation: An organizational perspectiveTeegarden, Gregory Joseph
. Mechanisms, ecology, and toxicology of zooplankton feeding processes in the presence of harmful algae (Alexandrium spp.)Uz, Baris Mete
. Gravity-capillary waves and their influence on air-sea interaction under non-stationary conditionsUz, B. Mete
. GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AIR-SEA INTERACTION UNDER NON-STATIONARY CONDITIONSValicenti, Soudabeh
. Periodicity and global attractivity of some difference equations