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Open Access Dissertations

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Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

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

Sun, Jingxian. Kinetics of the aggregation of poly(N-phenylisocyanide), optical detection of strain using polymer sensors, and photochemistry of azobenzene analogues

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 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

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

Sato, Olga Tiemi. Seasonal and low-frequency variability in the meridional heat flux at 36 degrees N in the North Atlantic

Sienkiewicz, Frank Joseph. Inter-particle cementation, particle porosity, and moisture effects on wave propagation in granular materials

Smith, Kevin J.. Variations in Attention as Measured by Accuracy and Reactions Time Over the Course of a Continuous Performance Task

Smith, Kevin Joseph. Variations in attention as measured by accuracy and reaction time over the course of a continuous performance task

Smith, Todd Russell. Characterization of heat-and osmotic-shock proteins in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) tissues

Song, Peilin. Unified approach for digital VLSI test generation

Spencer, Lynne Renee. An NMR analysis of N-phenyl polyiminomethylene analogs accompanied by the development of an apodization function

Spencer, Paul David. The dynamics and optimal harvesting of multispecies fisheries in fluctuating environments

Swafford, Kevin Ray. Narratives of toil: A study of labor, ideology, and narrative form in late-Victorian social fiction

Tamin, Mohd Nasir. Fatigue crack growth bridging mechanisms in titanium metal-matrix composites

Tighe, Stacey Ann. The morphological characteristics and geological implications of prime segments and axial volcanoes along the East Pacific Rise

Tisch, Nancy. Ecology and evolution of life history variation in the marine amphipod Jassa marmorata Holmes

Underhill, Lori Ann Hayes. An in vivo evaluation of the LHRH agonist deslorelin for therapeutic application

Vemuri, Sriram. Development and evaluation of liposome process methods and in-vitro drug release rate technique

Wong, Siu-Ming Samuel. Piezoelectric biosensor for the detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

You, Rong. Establishing an animal model to study the effects of sine wave electromagnetic fields on chondrosarcoma tumor growth and an investigating of the use of ion-pair HPLC analysis of nucleotides in chondrosarcoma tumor

Yusuf, Gellwynn D. H.. Economic analysis of sustainable development on the Indonesian coastal resources

Zhang, Jiaping. Study of dinoflagellate life cycle and its role in population dynamics

Zhou, Chonghua. Fiber-optic sensors for acoustic studies and biological applications

Ziamou, Paschalina. Investigating the effect of the degree of newness of a discontinuous technological innovation on individuals' judgments

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Abdul Samad, M. Fazilah Binti. Performance of group-affiliated firms: A study of a politically affiliated business group in Malaysia

Abdul Samad, M. Fazilah Binti. Performance of Group-Affiliated Firms: A Study of Politically-Affiliated Business Group in Malaysia

Alam, Shahriar Mahbub. Study and Analysis of the Water Quality of the Blackstone River Watershed

Ames, Gregory H.. Design Optimization of Indium-Gallium-Arsenide-Phosphide Multi-Quantum Well Electroabsorbtion Modulators

Ames, Gregory H.. Design optimization of indium gallium arsenide phosphide multi-quantum well electroabsorption modulators

Arnold, Eve Maureen. The Rock Magnetic Properties, Grain Size and Mineral Composition of Winborne Dust and Sediment in the North Pacific Ocean

Arnold, Eve Maureen. The rock-magnetic properties, grain size and mineral composition of windborne dust and sediment in the North Pacific Ocean

Besedin, Elena Y.. Economics of aquifer protection in a stochastic environment

Burgess, Robert M.. Aspects of colloid and pollutant geochemistry in marine sediments

Byrd, Mary E.. Making maternal-child home visits: A field research investigation

Campbell, Suzanne Hetzel. Breastfeeding self-efficacy: The effects of a breastfeeding promotion nursing intervention

Carr, Virgil E.. Digital modeling of pollutants to the Narrow River Estuary

Chen, Shi-Ping. Chemical monitoring of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) at a silver electrode

Chung, Chun-Shiang. Development of an animal model of alcohol withdrawal and further studies of alcohol and Na,K-ATPase