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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 1995 1995

Rocchio, Lisa Marie. The Pursuit of Beauty Through Thinness and the Impact of Advertising on College Women's Attitudes

Roy, Matthew H.. The important of cognitive adaptability for communicative performance across cooperative interactions

Saltzman, Jennifer. Zooplankton ecology in relation to a prominent oxygen minimum zone and a seamount in the eastern tropical Pacific

Schmitt, Ronald Emil. The reclamation of the future dream: Dreams in British science fiction

Scorpio, Angelo. Stress response proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi: Subcellular localization and physiological function of the chaperone proteins Hsp60 and Hsp70; regulation of stress protein synthesis by exposure to Ixodes scapularis saliva (Acari: Ixodidae)

Shaw, Beth Joann. Protective and Risk Factors for Adolescents in a Residential School Setting

Sienkiewicz, George. An Investigation of the Material and Process Variables in Pharmaceutical Wet Granulation

Singh, Raman Pal. Catastrophic failure of bimaterial interfaces

Sobrinho, Jose Antonio Honorio. Investion of a jet flocculation/adsorption system

Sonti, Srinivas V.. Surface functionalized magnetic nanoclusters for bioseparations

Sridhar, Balakrishnan. Rare-earth doped fiber amplifiers for the first telecommunication window

Stepaniants, Sergey Boris. Ballistic and transverse transport in classical and quantum systems

Sullivan, Megan Mary. Gendered states: Literature, film, and theatre in Northern Ireland

Swartz, Michael Edward. Separation and detection of enantiomeric compounds by liquid chromatography and chiral micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

Sweeney, Neal Joseph. The role offim-linked genes and the eda gene in the ability of Escherichia coli to colonize the streptomycin-treated mouse intestine

Tsoh, Janice Yusze. Stages of Change, Dropouts, and Outcome in Substance Abuse Treatment

Vaillancourt, Robert David. Photosynthesis and light absorption in the large marine dinoflagellate, Pyrocystis noctiluca Murray ex Haeckel (1890) grown in laboratory culture

Vallee, Glenn E.. A study of the dynamic mechanical behavior of elastomers under impact loading

Vessella, Joseph Anthony. Characterization of the stress response of Clostridium difficile and its effects on virulence

Wang, Hong. Resource allocation for high performance computer systems

Wang, Jian. Characterization and purification of a regulatory protein of sodium,potassium-ATPase and molecular basis of the effects of chronic ethanol consumption on sodium,potassium-ATPase

Wei, Lu. Electrochemical polymerization of ethylene for coating of metals

Weiner, Jennifer K.. Subclinical eating difficulties, family functioning and psychological distress

Wen, Yin. Thermal stress effects in composite materials and engineering components

Williams, Jane. Transcendence as a Human Response to Life Threatening Illness: Description and Understanding Through Narratives

Yang, Renyi. Design and modeling of single-axis, flexure-hinge type, micro-positioning stages

Zervas, Harry. Study of stress wave propagation in damaged particulate media

Zhang, Qian. The oceanic response to atmospheric forcing in the western equatorial Pacific

Zhou, Xin. Isolation and characterization of attenuated strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AC869 and PAO1

Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

Alias, Mohd Norazmi. Localized Electrochemical Study on Corrosion Behavior of Nitride Thin Films

Almagno, Stephanie A.. An NEH Fellowship Examined: Social Networks and Composition History

Anupindi, Nagesh. Data Partition and Migration for High Performance Computation in Distributed Memory Multiprocessors

Apple, Martha E.. Histochemistry of Spore Mucilage and Inhibition of Spore Adhesion in Champia parvula, A Marine Alga

Apple, Martha Elizabeth. Histochemistry of spore mucilage and inhibition of spore adhesion in Champia parvula, a marine red alga

Arruda, James E.. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Quantified Electroencephalogram Measured During a Continuous Performance Test: A Confirmation of Neurocognitive Systems

Arruda, James Edward. Confirmatory factor analyses of quantified electroencephalogram measured during a continuous performance test: A confirmation of neurocognitive systems

Aspel, Andrew D.. Individual Versus Multidisciplinary Team Decision Making

Austin, Michele Morse. Balancing work and family: Impact of child care responsibilities on employee attitudes and perceptions

Bao, Jun. Gain flattened, wideband erbium doped fiber amplifiers

Bartczak, Andrew Janusz. Hardware implementation of adaptive self-organizing concurrent systems

Bayers, Peter Lawrence. Mountaineering and heroic masculinity: Nationalist topographies in modernist mountaineering narratives

Bird, Robert Thomas. Studies of the origin and tectonic development of the Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates, and seafloor and oceanic basement roughness

Celebucki, Carolyn Cobb. A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Education on Decision-Making and Satisfaction in Re-Entry Women’s Intimate Relationships

Chang, Kaisyang. Multicomponent analysis of biologically important compounds by laser-induced molecular fluorescence spectroscopy

Cheng, Lee-Ju. Olfactory signal transduction in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Christe, Michael Edward. Diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac dysfunction: The contribution of altered hemodynamics and energy metabolism

Comiskey, Dianne. Within and without margins: Cross-cultural spaces in novels by Louise Erdrich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Alice Walker

Costa, Antonio Horacio. Multiform, tiltable time-frequency representations and masked auto Wigner distribution synthesis

Cote, Joyce Carol. The power of a whisper: Subversive words in a dominant text

Currivan, Donald Joseph. Thomas De Quincey: Subjective unification and the representation of gender

Dan, Li. Synthesis of and biological evaluation of phosphonate analogs of platelet activating factor

Deardorff, Donald Lee II. American masculinity and the gridiron: The development of the football narrative

Deiter, Pamela. Sexual Assertiveness Training for College Women: An Intervention Study

Deshpande, Arati A.. Development of a novel gastric retention system for controlled release

Ding, Yinong. Subspace-based parameter estimation for array signal processing

Dondeti, Polireddy. Optimization of nasal delivery of insulin

Donkervoet, John Cornelius. Dissociation, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans

Dorf, Barbara Ann. Ecology of juvenile tautog (Tautoga onitis) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Dutton, Deborah M.. Girls' and Boys' Beliefs About Adult Work: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School-Based Program

Farmer, Bonnie Cashin. The Meadows of Madison: An ethnographic study of the organizational climate of a nursing home

Flynn, Mary Margaret. Diet caloric level and blood lipid control

Fofonoff, Paul Wynn. Marine cladocerans in Narragansett Bay

Galligan, Laura Judith. The effect of carotenoids on small cell lung cancer cells

Gao, Yuan. Characterization of atmospheric aerosols over East Asia and the western North Pacific

Ge, Hongya. Parameter estimation and ambiguity resolution

Ge, Zhengfang. Fiber optic and clinical applications of near-and mid-infrared spectroscopy

Ginsburg, Florence. Developmental correlates of incest: An analysis of research relevant to the alleged impact of intrafamilial abuse on the short and long term adjusment of children

Ginsburg, Florence. Developmental Correlates of Incest: An Analysis of Research Relevant to the Alleged Impact of Intrafamilial Abuse on the Short and Long Term Adjustment of Children

Gold, Sherri M.. Quantitative EEG Effects Due to Task Related Processing of Lateralized Auditory Continuous Performance Tests, Separate from Attentional and Motor Components of the Tasks

Grimley, Diane Marie. Contraceptive and Condom Use for the Prevention of Pregnancy, STDs, and AIDS: A Transtheoretical Approach

Gurumoorthy, Vanchinath. A design study of aerodynamically efficient automotive air induction systems

Hayden, Lisa Creane. Individual resiliency and vulnerability in the Providence Longitudinal Study: A study of social competence and antisocial behavior

Hecht, Philip J.. The "Fine Line" of Otto Rank

Hewitt, Nancy Maria. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF LABELING AND ADVERTISING ON THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RX-TO-OTC SWITCH PRODUCTS

Hewitt, Nancy Maria. A critical investigation of the impact of labeling and advertising on the state and effective use of Rx-to-OTC switch products

Hu, Zhimin. A study of turbulent curved jet in a confined space

Ito, Marina Kiyomi. The biosynthesis of omega-three fatty acids from linoleic acid in Artemia

Jackson, James Roger Jr.. Molecular genetics of the human BCGF-12kD locus

Janekarnkij, Penporn. Economic incentives for water resource management in the Pak Phanang River Basin of southern Thailand

Johanning, Karla M.. Characterization of yolk proteins during oocyte development of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus

Kennedy, Mary Lynne. The Base-Rate Fallacy in School Psychology: Implications for Decision-Making

Kim, Chang Heung. A computer simulation of intra aortic balloon pump: A timing control algorithm in the presence of arrhythmia

Kim, Hyun-Sook. An equivalent-barotropic data-assimilating model of Gulf Stream meanders

Kosmider, Alexia M.. Tricky tribal discourse: The poetry, short stories, and fables of Creek writer, Alex Posey

Laquale, Kathleen Marie. Dietary practices of collegiate wrestlers

Lee, Tong. Variability of the Gulf Stream path observed from satellite infrared images

Lin, Di. X-ray and polarized neutron powder diffraction investigation of the magnetization density distribution in colloidal magnetic fine particles

Lin, Jie. Novel applications of near-IR spectroscopy of water and aqueous solutions

Little, Sara S.. Altruism in College Volunteers: Relationships to Prosocial Personality, Constructive Thinking, and Parenting Variables

Manickam, Thulasinath G.. Estimation in a multipath environment

Manton, Anne Phyllis. Making the decision to seek care for a non-urgent illness: A qualitative study

Mao, John W. Z.. Identification and characterization of nitrogenous species in Brazilian petroleum by particle beam LC/MS

Miriyala, Shravan Kumar. Galvanic blistering in carbon fiber polymer composites

Nekovei, Reza. Adaptive detection of coronary arteries from angiogram

Newman, Joseph Vincent. Characterization of the effects of the Escherichia colileuX and GLGR genes upon intestinal colonization

Newman, Linda G.. Recognition of Borrelia burgdorferi HSP60 and human HSP60 by Lyme disease patient sera

Oliveira, Kenneth. Age, size, sex, growth, and migrations of yellow and silver phase American eels

Pantanahiran, Wichai. The use of Landsat imagery and digital terrain models to assess and predict landslide activity in tropical areas

Rampone, William Reginald Jr.. Women's negotiation of power in early modern ballads, prose romances, and plays

Rines, Jan Elizabeth B.. Systematics of selected species of the marine diatom genus Chaetoceros Ehrenberg 1844