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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 1999 1999

Maddock, Jason Edward. Statistical power and effect size in the field of health psychology

Ma, Jun. Systematic type synthesis of variable-constraint mechanisms

Martin-Webb, Elena Berneita. The effect of solar ultraviolet radiation on marine planktonic ciliate survival and the penetration of ultraviolet irradiance on Georges Bank

McGurl, Katherine A.. Representations of violence in Gothic literature: Consumer practices and cultural identity

McKiernan, Kristen A.. How Subject Characteristics Influence Attention Task Performance: A Structural Modeling Approach

McMillan, Bradley Farrell. A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding Psychological Empowerment in Community Prevention Coalitions

Merritt, Adele Johanna Josiger. Advances in Z-cyclic whist and triplewhist tournaments

Miller, James Allen. Observed Conflict, Sexual Experience, Pornography, and Coercive Behavior as Predictors of Men’s Sexual Arousal to Sexual and Violent Images

Nadeau, Jean-Paul. Webbed text: A new tool for teachers of rhetoric and composition

Nigg, Claudio Renato. Predicting, explaining and understanding adolescent exercise behavior using longitudinal and cross-sectional approaches

O'Connell, John Thomas. The employer/employee relationship: Identifying type and level of employee involvement and the relationship to extra-role behavior and intent to remain

O'Grady, Helen M.. Part-time practitioners: Deliberating the contradictions

Olinsky, Alan David. The comparative efficacy of imputation methods for missing data in structural equation modeling

O'Neill, John William. Determinant factors and strategic consequences of an interorganizational microculture: An analysis of the lodging industry

Parameswaran, Venkitanarayanan. Dynamic crack propagation and damage evolution in functionally gradient materials

Perry, Evelyn Mooar. Maid in voyage: Maid Marian and female heroism in twentieth century retellings of the legend of Robin Hood

Prentice, Jennifer Eileen. Solar ultraviolet radiation in the sea and photoinhibitory effects on natural phytoplankton populations

Quadir, Muhammad Anisul. Development and optimization of nasal delivery of ketorolac

Quan, Liang. Contact melting of phase-change material with effect of vibration

Rajabzadeh, Masoumeh. Optimum window function for sensitivity enhancement in NMR and fluorine-19 NMR of arylamine-DNA adducts

Rajamony, Jayendran. Meander-induced exchange across the Gulf Stream

Rashed, Suzette F.. PHARMACODYNAMIC PARAMETERS: INFLUENCE ON DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP AND ESTIMATION

Regan, John J.. Runaway nuns, runaway bestsellers: Representations of gender and *class in antebellum convent captivity narratives and fictions

Roy, Joanne F.. Self-efficacy in women following myocardial infarction: An investigation into the effects of a cognitive-interactive nursing intervention on efficacy enhancement

Rutherford, Scott David. Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in deep sea sediments during the Plio-Pleistocene

Savin, Mary Cathleen. Interactions among pore size distribution, nematodes and carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil

Seelenbinder, John Arthur. Enhanced infrared spectroscopy for the detection of chemical and biological analytes

Seitsinger, 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 practices

Silver, Barbara E.. A Media Skills Intervention for Adolescents on Gender Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors

Stepaniants, Armen Boris. Transport phenomena in nanoscale systems

Stepanov, Vyacheslav V.. Quantum integrability and nonintegrability of Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedom

Swanson, Jennifer Ann. Sports participation: An organizational perspective

Teegarden, 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 conditions

Uz, B. Mete. GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AIR-SEA INTERACTION UNDER NON-STATIONARY CONDITIONS

Valicenti, Soudabeh. Periodicity and global attractivity of some difference equations

Vazquez, Maria. PUERTO RICAN FAMILY FUNCTIONING, ACCULTURATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FAMILY COUNSELING

Ward, Alexandra Jane. PRESCRIBING PATTERNS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN: A HISTORICAL COHORT STUDY

Washkwich, Jacque Lynne. How diverse is ethnic diversity in books for young children

Westrick, Edward Roy. Antihypertensive Pharmacotherapy: Does Prescribing Follow National Guideline Recommendations?

Willis, Christopher Scott. The Learning Network Model of School Psychological Services: A heuristic framework for a formative program evaluation and organizational development plan

Wu, Qiang. Applications of resonance Raman spectroscopy to algae and bacteria

Ye, Jianming. Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus using a membrane fiber-optic biosensor

Yu, Genqiang. Computer simulation of fluid flow and particle diffusion within human upper airways system

Zeng, Peiyu. Developmental regulation of gene expression during senescence in soybean (Glycine max L.)

Zheng, Naiyu. Studies on the production of bioactive metabolites by marine microalgae

Zucker, Donna Moser. Two contrasting cases of men's experiences with chronic coronary heart disease post 1985

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

Al-Amleh, Amal M.. Boundedness, Periodicity and Stability of Some Difference Equations

Al-Weqaiyan, Adel A.. Examining the Association Between Personal and Cultural Values and Cross-National Customer Satisfaction

Andrade, Glenna M.. (Re)Envisioned (Pre)History: Feminism, Goddess Politics, and Readership Analysis of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of the Horses

Aylward, Susan L.. "Accidents of terrain": The native and foreign worlds of David Plante

Bosco, Susan Blanchard. The Effect of Developmental Process on the Cognitive Complexity of Stereotypes

Bruno, Linda N.. Predicting Mathematics Performance: A Structural Equation Model

Charette, Matthew Adam. Thorium-234 as a tracer of the oceanic export of particulate organic carbon

Culver-Rymsza, Karen E.. The effect of nitrogen source on photoinhibition in marine phytoplankton

Cunningham, David Philip. EDS: The Experimental Design Simulator

Dick, Karen L.. Acute confusion in the elderly hospitalized patient: An exploration of experienced nursing care

Dineen, Anne C.. The Relationship of Physical Activity to Self-Concept and Perceived Stress in Adolescent Females

Dryfoos, Janet Marie. The relationship of glucose testing attitudes and behavior to the stages of change: Application of the transtheoretical model to diabetes

England, Raymond Oliver. Unified high-temperature behavior of thin-gauge superalloys

Esibov, Levon A.. Dynamics of pseudo-partial wetting studied by neutron reflectometry

Esposito, Mary Beth. An exploration of the nature of nursing practice in patient-focused care

Evers, Kerry E.. Quantitative Methods for Assessing Change: Application to Condom Use

Evers, Kerry Elizabeth. Quantitive methods for assessing change: Application to condom use

Faulkner, Carol Jeanne. Borderline personality disorder subtypes among hospitalized female adolescents

Feuer, Jeffrey Jacob. Invariants and invariant regions of Lyness-type difference equations

Flint, Thomas W.. Performance analysis of subspace methods in state-space system identification

Friedman-Lombardo, Jaclyn. An empirical analysis of personality disorders in female adolescents

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