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Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Geldart, Susan Elizabeth. The analysis of nucleotides by capillary electrophoresis with sodium carbonate buffers
Gonzalez, Jose Beselin. Fiction in the Latino autobiography
Gregory, Colleen Jeanette. Resiliency among lesbian and bisexual women during the process of self-acceptance and disclosure of their sexual orientation
Holland, Daniel Saffa. The use of year-round closed areas for the management of New England trawl fisheries
Hu, Yiming. Design and performance evaluation of new input/output architectures
Iem, Byeong-Gwan. Generalization of the Weyl symbol and the spreading function via time-frequency warpings: Theory and application
Jain, Rajeev. CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FROM A NOVEL INJECTABLE IN SITU FORMED BIODEGRADABLE PLGA MICROSPHERE SYSTEM
Jiang, Zhongchun. Utilization of nitrate-nitrogen by Kentucky bluegrass
Jones, Gregory Bennett. Scheduling with temporal and logical constraints
Kamel, Amin M.. Effects of experimental parameters on electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra of tetracyclines and nucleoside antiviral agents
Kavaturu, Mahesh. Dynamic interfacial fracture: Experimental observations and criteria
Keith, Michael Curtis. Commercial underground radio and the sixties: An oral history and narrative
Kent, Candace Marie. Stability and periodicity of some difference equations and applications
Koza, Darrell J.. Polyaromatic heterocycles and azine oxidation chemistry
Lee, Patricia Ann. Factors related to HIV risk: Predictors of risky sexual behavior and attitudes toward microbicide use
Levesque, Deborah A.. Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions and the Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change
Liburd, Oscar Emanuel. Behavioural management techniques for broccoli and blueberry pests
Liu, Yongsheng. Purification and characterization of inositolphosphoryl ceramide synthase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
MacLeod, Robert Bruce. Subspace processing of weak signals masked by underwater reverberation due to active sonar
Markowski, Daniel Mark. Genetic analysis of northeastern populations of Ixodes scapularis using RAPD and FRLP-PCR techniques
Mayers, Timothy Robert. Craft criticism, composition theory, and the future(s) of English studies
Mehta, Ketan Arvind. THE DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF A NOVEL MULTI-UNIT ERODING MATRIX SYSTEM FOR POORLY SOLUBLE DRUGS
Meinen, Christopher Stuart. TRANSPORT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT
Merson, Rebeka Rand. Nursery grounds and maturation of the sandbar shark in the western North Atlantic
Miller, Christopher Jansen. Cooperative behavior and the feasibility of cost sharing in nonpoint source pollution control
Mitchell, Kimberly Jeanne. Childhood sexual abuse and family functioning linked with eating and substance misuse: Mediated structural models
Moul, Diane Wellins. "A certain something": Reclaiming Grace Sartwell Mason
Muller, Kurt Johann. Correlates of early reading performance in a transparent orthography
Norman, Gregory J.. A Cluster Analytic Test of the Transtheoretical Model Applied to Exercise Behavior
Okafor, Ekwutosi Anastasia. Optical sensors: Development and applications in the UV-visible, near and mid infrared spectroscopy
Qu, Xinhua. Free radicals, hair melanin, and human hair. Terephthalate anion: A probe for hydroxyl radicals
Reed, Robyn Lynn. Image and attitude: The impact of media images on the self-esteem, body image and sexual attitudes of college students
Ryan, John Phillip. Enhanced chlorophyll along the continental shelfbreak and shelf-slope front of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank during the spring transition
Schaeffer, Ira. Rites of passage in the plays of David Mamet
Schnoll, Robert Adam. Psychosocial adaptation to cancer: A structural model and classification scheme
Schreiber, Alexander M.. Metamorphosis in the summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus: Developmental and osmoregulatory responses to altered thyroid status
Smith, Nancy Ruth. Adolescent Students with Behavior Disorders: Teacher's Current Referral Practices
Suchman, Cynthia Lee. Factors affecting the vulnerability of Acartia spp. copepods to predation by scyphomedusae
Sun, Fang-Ming. Bioconversion of cis-, trans-cinnamic acids and chlorinated cinnamic acids by resting cell culture of Rhodotorula rubra Y-1529
Sun, Feng. Optimizing machining operations using tool wear information
Tillotson, Mary Ellen K.. Analogue Versus Authentic Data: Prereferral Intervention Strategy Utilization, Effectiveness and Self-Efficacy Beliefs
Twardowski, Michael Stewart. THE FINESCALE DISTRIBUTION, ORIGIN, AND PHOTOBLEACHING OF THE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN COASTAL WATERS
Zucker, David Andrew. Economic analysis of flounder aquaculture
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Adamowicz, Catherine. Indicated Silences in American Novels
Adeyemi, Olufemi A.. Multifractal Analysis of Unvoiced Speech Signals
Albelaikhi, Abdulaziz Abdurrahman. Development of a Muslim Religiosity Scale
Alfultis, Michael Aaron. Statistical Characterizations of North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water
Barber, Elaine Doris. Integrating patient teaching into bedside patient care: A participant-observation study
Barbuto, John E. Jr.. Motivation and leadership: Towards a predictive model of leader influence behaviors
Carboni, Judith Treschuk. Coming home: An investigation of the enfolding-unfolding movement of human environmental energy field patterns within the nursing home setting and the enfoldment of health-as-wholeness-and-harmony by the nurse and client
Casey, Kenneth Scott. Sea surface temperature trends from satellite and in situ data
Cassidy, Linda C.. The Stability of WISC-III Scores: For Whom are Triennial Re-Evaluations Necessary?
Curley, Susan L.. Training Caregivers to Intervene in the Exploratory Play of Young Children with Developmental Delays
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie. Inter-gyre exchange: A process study
Feng, Li. Nonenzymatic glycation of human fibrinogen and myelin basic protein
Fortin, David R.. The impact of interactivity on advertising effectiveness in the New Media
Friday, Nancy Ann. Evaluating photographic capture-recapture estimates of abundance of North Atlantic humpback whales
Fuller, Kelly Molkenthin. Characterization of blow-up solutions to certain nonlinear Volterra integral equations
Grall-Johnson, Helene Marie. The geochemical evolution of Tambora volcano, Indonesia
Greenlee, Timothy Blair. Alternative communication strategies to influence risky behavior: Addressing the AIDS pandemic
Hassan, Scott Edwin. Acoustic wave propagation in fluid-loaded elastic ducts
Hull, Thomas Clinton. Some problems in list coloring bipartite graphs
Johnson, Sara Suzanne. Oral contraceptive use: The application of the transtheoretical model
Johnston-Robledo, Ingrid. The impact of childbirth preparation and support on labor and birth outcomes
Kennedy, Kristen Francis. Cynics, Spaces, and Subjects: Toward a Tactical Ethics of Rhetoric
Khatun, Saiyeda. The representation of women in contemporary Bangladeshi literature: A new challenge in the postcolonial field
Kim, Cheolkyu. Photodetachment studies of negatively charged and metastably excited helium nanodroplets
Kim, Kenneth Andrew. The behavior of large shareholders of banks: Evidence from Japan
Kirby, Victoria Pickett. Fay Weldon: A contemporary critical voice
Klevak, Anna S.. Individual Differences in Timing Measures: Continuation Tapping, Relaxation Time, Reaction Time, and Critical Flicker Fusion
Knapp, Jane Ellen. Molecular analysis of the genetically programmed process of plant senescence
Kowalski, Kellyann Berube. A model of the antecedents and outcomes of work-family conflict as moderated by social support
Lacasse, Christian Michel. Volcaniclastic sedimentation from the Iceland hotspot
Lacey, Elizabeth M.. EVALUATION OF SIMULATION EXTRACTED METALS-ACID VOLATILE SULFIDE (SEM-AVS) IN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT (LAKE CHAMPLAIN), ESTUARINE SEDIMENT (NARRAGANSETT BAY) AND UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS
Lacey, Elizabeth Mary. Evaluation of simultaneously extracted metals-acid volatile sulfide (SEM-AVS) in lacustrine sediment (Lake Champlain), estuarine sediment (Narragansett Bay) and under laboratory conditions
Lang, Michelle A.. A quantitative and qualitative assessment of adolescent HIV risk predictors
Lang, Michelle A.. A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Adolescent HIV-Risk Predictors
Lanoue, Darryl Brent. The complicity of industrial groups in the underdevelopment of the Mexican economy
Lee, Wiwat. Institutional analyses of tourism development in Phang Nga, Thailand
Limpaphayom, Piman. Three essays on Asian capital markets
Liu, Huaibing. Interpolymer complexes of polyaniline and ionic copolymers: A design of conductive polymers for applications
Li, Yue. Spectroscopic analysis and detection of biological systems
Lopez Kimpton, Jon. THE FATHER'S ROLE IN SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Mack, Andrew P.. HIGH-FREQUENCY INTERNAL WAVES IN THE UPPER EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC
Magnuson, Andrea. Chemical variability in coastal and mixed layer waters
Ma, Hai-Ping. Functionality and durability prediction of the thin shell edge welded metal bellows
Mankame, Anil. Orientation and stacking of parts based on internal features
Meierovich, Mark B.. The excited states of the Bosonicvan der Waals clusters: A Monte Carlo study
Nanduri, Madhusarathi. Wear characterization of abrasive waterjet nozzles and nozzle materials
O'Hop, Suzanne Elizabeth. The translation of art into revolution: Visual text, auditory art and the subversive role of the art poet across the cultures
Polito, Paulo Simionatto. Observation of long first-mode baroclinic Rossby waves in the North Atlantic and their connection with wind forcing
Racicot, Robert James. Investigations of conductive polymer coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys
Rao, Ashwin P.. Signal analysis using product expansions inspired by the auditory periphery
Real, Edward Christopher. Detection and classification in a high clutter environment
Reddy, Christopher Michael. Studies on the fates of organic contaminants in aquatic environments
Robertson, Krista L.. Phonological awareness and reading achievement of children from differing socioeconomic status backgrounds
Rowley, Clark David. A modeling study of the North Atlantic Current
Ruiz, Edward-David E.. "The Freiris of Berwik": A critical edition
Sato, Olga T.. SEASONAL AND LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY IN THE MERIDIONAL HEAT FLUX AT 36°N IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC