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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 1996 1996

Colby, Suzanne M.. Algorithms for Missing Data Replacement in Time Series Analysis

Costa, Laura. Use of an auditory continuous performance task in the assessment of QEEG measures in asymptomatic HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women

Crapo, Charles Alan. Texture modification of the soft-fleshed giant grenadier (Albatrossia pectoralis)

Devault, Richard Charles. Permanence and stability in models of a perennial grass

Ding, Lin. Evaluation of structural modeling fit indices under misspecification conditions

Ellis, Paul Christopher. Categorization of seafood quality using discriminant function analysis over several decomposition variables

Farris, Charles Norman. Oxygen exchange and nutrient transformation rates under fluctuating salinity treatments in two subtidal marsh habitats

Fernald, Julian Lee. Mediators of aggression against lesbians and gay men: A laboratory experiment

Filipi, Ivan. Mechanism for texture modifying effects of hydrodynamically active biopolymers in composite surimi gel

Finlow, David Edward. Numerical simulation of wetting hydrodynamics for pure liquids and surfactant solutions

Ganapathy, Uma. Interactions between wage employment and subsistence lifestyle: Oil development on the North Slope, Alaska

Gardiner, Erika Natalie. Age Differences in Multidimensional Self-Concept

Ge, Ping. Modeling and control of hysteresis in piezoceramic actuators

Germano, Marilyn Urban. An investigation of dissociation, attentional focus, affective response, and sexual arousal in women

Griffin, Robert Bruce. Community ecology of cetacean habitat

Habboosh, Amir Wadi. Delay/Doppler estimation in a multipath environment

Harrison, Brian Francis. Robust matched-field processing: A subspace approach

Hayden, Michael Barry. NEWTON: An interactive environment for exploring mathematics

Heil, Cynthia Ann. The influence of dissolved humic material (humic, fulvic and hydrophilic acids) on marine phytoplankton

Howden, Stephan Dixon. Processes associated with steep meander development in the Gulf Stream near 68 degrees West

Howell, Steven G.. Determination of marine aerosol composition, mass distribution, and optical properties

Huang, Jiun Tang. Aggregation and precipitation phenomena in N-Phenyl poly(iminomethylene)

Huang, Liyue. Effects of thyroid hormones on growth, survival, early development, and epithelial cell proliferation of larval teleosts

Hu, Renjie. Human babesiosis in Rhode Island: Epizootiological, epidemiological, and vector competency studies

James, Charles. KUROSHIO INSTABILITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA - OBSERVATIONS, MODELING, AND COMPARISON WITH THE GULF STREAM

James-Pirri, Mary-Jane. Growth and behavior during the settlement period of the American lobster, Homarus americanus

Jeng, U-Ser. Study of liquid surfaces and interfaces using neutron reflection

Johnsen, Laura Whitmire. The relationship between sexual victimization and HIV risk behaviors and attitudes in a community sample of women: A structural equation analysis

Johnson, Donna. Exposure, affective responses and sexual arousal to sexually explicit materials

Johnston, Robert John. Environmental factors and the demand for nonconsumptive wildlife recreation: A time allocation approach

Kane, Michael John. Corrosion mechanisms of steel reinforcement in concrete

Kearns, Edward Joseph. A description of the North Atlantic current system from historical hydrography

Kerman, Benjamin David. Towards an integrated model of participation in community-based alcohol and other drug problem prevention coalitions

Kesslen, Eric C.. Synthesis and characterization of pyridine-capped oligoazine-bridged ruthenium dimers

Kim, Misoo. Synthesis of poly(iminomethylene)s having para-substituted phenyl side groups

Kline, Jeffrey David. Measuring public preferences to improve the design of farmland preservation programs

Lebduska, Lisa Terese. Rhetorics, politics, and ecologic: The production of nature in American culture, 1840-1990

Li, Yaqin. Growth, grazing and bioluminescence of marine heterotrophic dinoflagellates

Mapes, Theodore Jerome. Waves in cylindrical systems

Matheny, Jonathan Andrew. A model of culture-based identity and action

Mazzotta, Marisa Joan. Measuring public values and priorities for natural resources: An application to the Peconic Estuary system

McKenna, James H.. Seasonal dissolved organic carbon dynamics in estuarine and near-shore waters

Morisseau, Karen Marie. THE EFFECT OF COMPRESSION FORCE ON THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA OF TABLET DOSAGE FORMS

Newbury, Penny Ann. Who To Watch Out For

Pacheco, Carlos Roberto. The use of inverse detected NMR for the analyses of diesel oil extracts

Pang, Jiongdong. Olfactory glutamate reception in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Pierce, Richard William. Morphology and infraciliature of selected species of Tintinnina with a phylogenetic analysis of the Tintinnina based on infraciliature

Pinnell, Lorraina Barr. Space-time and the city: Glasgow and the literature of the urban peripheries

Pornpinatepong, Somboon. Numerical model of salinity intrusion in Pak Phanang Estuary

Prakash, Pankaj. Beta-carotene's metabolism, distribution and influence upon cell proliferation and structure in NCl-H69 small cell lung cancer cells

Qian, Xiaoshu. Tracking the frequency components in speech and music signals

Reynolds, William Henry Ejner. Degradation of carbon fiber composites in the maritime environment

Rowe, George Dail. Nonlinearly forced equatorial deep jets

Ruiz-Riquer, Gustavo O.. Novel results on propagation characteristics in optical fibers

Saltzberg, Elayne Amy. THE IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER ON WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING

Sargent, Norah Mary. Self-esteem, depression, substance usage, and locus of control in sexually abused adolescents

Saris, Renee N.. The Influence of Contemporary Music on Responses to Visually Presented Mainstream Sexually Explicit Images

Silliman, Barbara Ann. Conserving the balance: Frank Herbert's "Dune" as propaganda

Sun, Jie. Acoustic bullets: Generation and propagation

Sun, Tong. Design and performance evaluation of cache memories for high-performance computers

Suriyapperuma, Sardha Peiris. The application of molecular mapping strategies to Festuca spp. (fine fescues)

Talukdar, Piyali. Economics of sustainable resource management in a dynamic optimization framework

Thomas, Kenneth A.. The reproductive biology of Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata): Ultrastructural aspects of spermatogenesis and oogenesis

Tobin, David Jonathan. Conceptualization and facilitation of community organizations: A multiple case study

Tzanetopoulos, George K.. Stability of some difference equations with nonhyperbolic equilibria

Wallace, Jeanette T.. One health care organization: A study in workplace motivation and organizational culture

Wang, Chi-Jeng. Bid-ask spread and stock return behavior: An empirical investigation of the Taiwan stock market

West, David Allen. Neural networks in the decision sciences

Wolfner, Glenn D.. Family functioning and physical child abuse: Are certain family types more prone to abuse

Wu, Lian-Chung. Solid-state photochemical approaches to absolute asymmetric synthesis by irradiation of crystalline 4-alkoxy-2-pyridones

Xiong, Xuefeng. Design and implementation of parallel algorithms for automata

Young, Diane Duchon. Predicting psychotherapy dropout

Yu, Yongmin. Dynamics of one-dimensional quantum spin systems with competing interactions at zero temperature

Zhang, Shu. Dynamical properties of systems of localized electron spins and systems of itinerant electrons at zero temperature

Zhu, Yan. Particle shape effects on dynamic load transfer in granular media

Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995

Adler, Gabriela Schalow. Our Beloved Lizzie; Constructing an American Legend

Antonelli, Lynn T.. Pressure Event Detection Based on the Dyadic Wavelet Transform

Auger, Philip George. ReWrighting Afro-American manhood: Negotiations of discursive space in the fiction of James Baldwin, Alice Walker, ohn Edgar Wideman, and Ernest Gaines

Augustoni, Marylynn. The renewed recognition of dissociation in clinical assessment

Berard, Jane Helen. Dickens' search for freedom: The landscape of "Martin Chuzzlewit"

Bontatibus, Donna R.. The seduction novel of the early nation: A call for sociopolitical reform

Braga, Mary C.. More about Jane Austen

Bullock, Heather Ellen. Attributions for poverty: A comparison of middle class and welfare recipient attitudes

Castillo, Marina Rafaela. Calcium ion-dependent mechanisms of cell injury: The role of calcium ion-dependent proteases, phospholipases, and microtubule depolymerization in neurotoxicity

Chen, Chi-Shi. Applications of multicomponent analysis and fiber optic in un-visible, near and mid infrared spectroscopy

Clancy, Michael. Recruitment of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus: The influence of larval supply, settlement and post-settlement processes to benthic distribution patterns

Cottrill, Sara D.. The Psychological Modulation of the Immune System: A Meta-Analysis

Craghead, S. Elaine. Of subversion and sexuality: A discursive analysis of late twentieth-century American popular culture

Cromarty, Stuart Ian. Neuroethology of the escape response of the juvenile and adult American lobster, Homarus americanus, over the molt cycle

Dalton, Joanne Marie. Client-caregiver-nurse interaction in a home care setting

De Antonis, Kathryn Marie. The analysis of amino acids and peptides by high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis using the novel derivatizing agent, 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate

Dipippo, Lisa Beth. Object-based semantic real-time concurrency control

Donohue, Kathleen Ann. Wave propagation in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean

Donohue, Rebecca Koeniger. An exploratory study of a women's health nurse practitioner-client interaction as resource exchange in a clinic environment

Dua, Ramneik. The influence of formulation and device variables on the intranasal absorption of salmon calcitonin

Dua, Ramneik. The Influence of Formulation and Device Variables on the Intransasal Absorption of Salmon Calcitonin

Fagermoen, May Solveig. The meaning of nurses' work: A descriptive study of values fundamental to professional identity in nursing

Felix, Christina Hunter. Domesticity, home and the culture of the everyday in four American twentieth-century novels

Gleason, Timothy Ross. The relationship between size and survival for the early life history stages of Menidia beryllina (Cope) in a Rhode Island estuary

Gordon, Susan Holly. Cold hardiness and growth in azalea buds