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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Chang, Kaiguo
. Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer-inorganic composite materialsClement, Gregory T.
. Evaluation of transient and highly localized acoustic fields using acoustooptic phase contrast imagingCox Ashton, Grace
. Universal Newborn Screening for Developmental RiskDavis, Alan Joseph
. Parasitic error compensation in cascaded sigma-delta modulatorsDe Gennaro, Nicholas
. The engineering feasibility of a tidal siphon, and alternative to the jetty hardened coastal inletDeLaurentis Schultz, Dawn Marie
. Dyspnea as a perceptual-interpretive response process: A qualitative inductive study of the concept in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseDeRosa, Susan L.
. Encouraging a civic literacy: A pedagogy of self-reflection, agency, and actionde Sa, Paula F. G.
. Formation of advanced glycation end products by glyceraldehyde and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate with proteinsDiamantides, Jerry
. Relating objective and subjective measures of water quality in the travel cost method: An application to the Peconic Estuary SystemDisch, William Burton
. A Mediational Coping Model of Sociopersonal Well-Being and Quality of LifeDoherty Mary Ellen
. Decision-making between nurse-midwives and clients regarding the formulation of a birth planDonald, J. J. Agar
. Bioeconomic Implications of Modifying the Selectivity Properties of Fishing GearsDouglass, Jill
. Isotopic and trace element variations along the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (40 degrees-50 degrees S): An evaluation of regional plume-ridge interaction and large scale mantle heterogeneitiesFerszt, Ginette Gosselin
. Studies of Grief: Narratives of Incarcerated Women Who Experienced the Death of a Significant Person While in PrisonForsyth, Karyn Mary
. The design and implementation of a depression prevention programFort, Timothy John
. Interaction of neurotransmitters on the proboscis muscles of the North American channeled whelk Busycon canaliculatumFoster, Jeffrey Matthew
. Historical uncertainty and moral ambiguity in postwar America: An examination of selected black humor novels of Kurt Vonnegut, JrFreburger, Brian Edward
. Principal components inverse: Comparisons and applications for rapidly adaptive detectionGhebremeskel, Alazar Negusse
. Hybrid magnetic field gradient, rotating wall device for enhanced colloidal magnetic affinity separationsGomez, Jason Thomas
. Penetration and induced damage evolution of concrete and granite when subjected to multiple projectile impactsGriffin, Martha Ellen
. Insured women's access to infertility care: A comparative survey studyGriffin, Mary Lee Prescott
. Emergent readers' joint text construction: A descriptive study of reading in social contextGuilbault, Beatrice Rose
. Becoming long-term caregivers: A qualitative study of meaning-making and transformation in families of persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilitiesHall, Rosemary Fedrigon
. Maintaining behavioral changes: A descriptive account from individuals with type 2 diabetesHan, S. Bruce
. The effects of ISO 9000 registration efforts on Total Quality Management practices and business performanceHeitzman, Timothy John
. An investigation of children's timing abilities as a model for understanding the nature of ADHD deficitsHyun, Deokhwan
. Limit cycles and pattern noise in single-stage delta-sigma modulatorsJaya, Peruvemba S.
. The new global worker in organizations: Implications for international managementKayakachoian, Gary
. On agency costs and firms' decisionsKetteman, Kerstin Elizabeth
. Lars Saabye Christensen's "Beatles": A study in literary translation and cross-cultural influenceKnight, Margaret M.
. Cognitive function and food preparation ability in schizophreniaLesser, Eliana Shavitt
. The influence of cultural values in the judgment of student behaviorLittle, Arthur Allen
. Regulating tempo in a continuation finger-tapping taskLittle, Arthur Allen
. Regulating Tempo in a Continuation Finger-Tapping TaskLiu, Chunlin
. Market making in dealership marketsMacNaught, Carol Lee
. Are IQ Discrepancies Between SES Groups Primarily the Result of Verbal Scale Differences?Mahmood, Azhar
. Regeneration of activated carbon using hot vapors under reduced pressureMartinez-Garmendia, Josue
. Hedging effectiveness, market efficiency and forecasting in the shrimp futures marketMassa, Janet L.
. Whose Story Is It, AnywayMcCormick, Maureen
. Can the Influence of Base Rate Information be Distinguished from the Influence of Gender Stereotypes in the Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision Making Process?McNabb, Thomas John
. The analysis of polar lipid classes by high performance liquid chromatography/evaporative light scattering detectionMulcahey, Christine Anne
. Understanding children's perspectives: Sixth graders talk about their artMurray, Robin Lynn
. New classes of higher order time-frequency representationsMyren-Manbeck, Lori Kay
. Staff support of parents in the pediatric intensive care unit: What are we doing and is it what parents wantNacci, Diane Ellen
. Retinoid homeostasis of an oviparous fishNeedham, Shane Roy
. Investigation of optimized stationary phases for the high performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis of basic pharmaceuticalsNeeman, Sol
. Application of wavelets and principal component analysis in image query and mammographyNugranad, Jarunee
. Patterns and correlates of landscape change in northern ThailandPalaniswamy, Suresh
. DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF A PULSED-RELEASE TABLET DOSAGE FORM FOR LOW DOSE WATER SOLUBLE DRUGSPlummer, Brett A.
. To Parcel or Not to Parcel: The Effects of Item Parceling in Confirmatory Factor AnalysisPotty, Gopu R.
. Broadband nonlinear inversion for geoacoustic parameters in shallow waterProkup, Norman Ray
. Boundedness, global stability, and periodicity of some difference equationsRagsdale, Brian L.
. AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE WITH RACISM, AND MEANING IN LIFE AMONG BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTSRaposa, Kenneth Bryan
. Nekton utilization of tidally restricted, restoring, and reference New England salt marshesRead, Jennifer Parsons
. Health promoting behaviors in women with and without sexual assault historiesResende, Elmo
. Forensic evaluation of explosive power and contamination issuesRoethlein, 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 America