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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 1994 1994

Rose, Jennifer S.. Toward an Integrated Model of Relapse from Exercise: Review, Measurement, Classification, and Prediction

Santos, Antelmo F.. Development of a piezoelectric biosensor for determination of toxic amines in seafood

Schiller, Maria. MATERNAL INTERACTION STYLE, THE FAMILY AND ATTACHMENT OUTCOMES

Shah, Abhijit Aroon. Development and analysis of techniques for order determination and signal enhancement

Sherman, Bradford Charles. The spectroscopy and photochemistry of polyazine

Song, Tao. Float observations and numerical simulations of particle motion in Gulf Stream meanders

Sullivan, Mary Cunningham. Maternal control style in preschool children born at medical risk

Sun, Linfeng. Molecular complexes of polyaniline and polyelectrolyte: Synthesis, properties and applications of novel conducting polymers

Suppappola, Seth Bowen. Modeling electrocardiogram waveforms and evaluating QRS detectors

Symecko, Carl William. The functional evaluation of binders in the wet granulation process

Thiam, Mamadou Djiby. Synthesis of fish oil derived omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid analogs

Tonn, Victor Lux. An inquiry into the theory of strategic continuity: Optimal control systems of marketism and enlightened Confucianism

Van Keuren, Jeffrey Robert. A study of the bioluminescence of larger zooplankton and the effects of low-level light changes on their behavior

Van Savage, Gary. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE HYDROXETHYLCELLULOSE MEMBRANES FOR SUSTAINED RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS

Viekman, Bruce Eric. STEAMWISE VORTICES IN THE OCEANIC BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER

Viekman, Bruce Eric. Streamwise vortices in the oceanic bottom boundary layer

Viswanath, V. S.. The recursion method applied to one-dimensional spin systems

Vredenburgh, Joan Robinson. Bath and the English country house in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey"

Whitehouse, Sandra Thornton. The abundance and distribution of Crangon septemspinosa in Narragansett Bay and the importance of C. septemspinosa as a predator of benthic macrofauna and newly metamorphosed Pleuronectes americanus

Wilson, Julie Marie. Psychosocial adjustment of adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in childhood

Wu, Chunfa. Non-nitrogen fixing nodules elicited by an auxin transport inhibitor on symbiotic mutants of white sweetclover (Melilotus alba): Histology and expression of an early nodulin gene

Yaacob, Iskandar Idris. Spontaneous cat-anionic vesicle mediated synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles

Yeh, Min-Tsung. VECTOR COMPETENCE IN LYME DISEASE : STUDIES ON IXODES SCAPULARIS, DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS, AND AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM

Yeh, Tamson Shari. Control of scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and curculionid (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) pests of turf with entomopathogenic nematodes (Nematoda: Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae)

Zhu, Qiming. Externalities, technology investment and drainage water reduction

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Aguiar, Linda. Reading Ability, Vocabulary Acquisition, and Phonological Processes: An Investigation of Vocabulary Acquisition by Skilled and Less-Skilled Readers

Azar, Mahin. Bioavailability of zinc in sangak bread with different extraction rates of flour and in zinc fortified bread

Babich, Mark Peter. Development of a scale to predict adherence to treatment of hypertension

Bastien, Steven Paul. Experimental and theoretical study of erbium-doped fiber optical amplifiers

Bellis, Jeffrey Mark. THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE APPLIED TO PSYCHOTHERAPY: A PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF RELATED INSTRUMENTS

Bellis, Susan Lynn. Biochemical characterization of the hydra glutathione chemoreceptor and isolation of hydra glutathione binding proteins

Bhardwaj, Poonam. Dielectric coated monolithic hollow metallic waveguide for carbon dioxide laser transmission

Bisbal, Gustavo Adrian. Early feeding in larval summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus: Gut development and starvation effects

Blais, Linelle Marie. Structural Integration of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change: An Application to Smoking Cessation

Brito, Rosendo Evora. Translation of the Capeverdean novel, "Chuva Braba" ("Wild Rain")

Broadhead, Joanne. A study of the potential of spray drying for the production of respirable particles of protein drugs

Brown, Christopher Wendell. Distribution patterns of coccolithophorid blooms and their biogeochemical significance

Burns, Deborah Hughes. Marriage and money in Charles Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend"

Callaway, Mary Elizabeth. A study of a marriage preparation program

Campbell, Robert George. Studies of feeding behavior, development, and food limitation in first feeding nauplii of the copepod Acartia tonsa (Copepoda: Calanoida)

Cayula, Jean-Francois Paul. Automatic front detection using a sequence of SST images

Chadha, Suneet. Applications of UV resonance Raman and micro-Raman spectroscopy for the rapid characterization of bacteria and the study of polymers

Cheng, Tai-Sheng. Biochemical and genetic studies of variegated leaf mutants of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)

Connelly, Cynthia D.. Relationships Between Self-Esteem, Social Support and Adolescent Hopefulness

Corey, Roger Lyman Jr.. Technology and competition in the tuna industry

Corwin Mook, Karen. Early Start: An early intervention with teenage mothers and their newborn babies

Cronin, Meghan. Eddy-mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68 degrees W

DeSpirito, Karen Ann. Social class differences in treatment effectiveness for preterm children

Dinneen, Marcia Bentley. Travel as Metaphor: Traveling Heroines in Novels by Jane Austen, George Eliot, and the Brontes

Dluhy, Nancy M.. Metatheoretical Blueprint for cumulating nursing knowledge: A reconstructed theory of chronic illness

Downey, Theresa Ann. Staff approaches during episodes of fear in children

Duncanson, Robert Alan. Enumeration and differentiation of chloramine-stressed total coliform bacteria

Dunstan, Christopher Darby. Masculinity salience and homophobic reactions: Affective and cognitive responses of sex-typed men to a gay male individual

Edelson, Geoffrey S.. On the estimation of source location using a passive towed array

Farahani, Alireza Moztarebi. Optimal control in cancer chemotherapy

Farris, John Paul. Methodology for the selection of sequences of manufacturing processes and materials at the conceptual stage of design

Fortin, Christopher Shane. Computer-aided segmentation of magnetic resonance images of the human heart

Franklin, David Peter. Isolation and characterization of mouse intestinal mucus derived phosphatidylserine that serves as a Salmonella nutrient: Its role in pathogenesis and the competitive colonization of the streptomycin-treated mouse

Franklin, Martin Edward. Blood/Injury and Snake Phobias: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physiological Characteristics

Gallo, David Gerald. The structural character of oceanic transforms: Implications for tectonic processes

Gao, Huirong. Polygenic resistance of tomato plants to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici

Gardner, James Edward. Compositional diversity in volcanic deposits: Implications for processes operating within magma chambers and the withdrawal of magma during explosive plinian eruptions

Giuliano, Anthony Joseph. Multiple determinants of postdivorce nonresidential fathering

Goldman, Judith Anne. Explaining drug abuse through the intergenerational transmission of family functioning

Grosvenor, William. Aspects of the behavior and physiology of feeding in hydra

Gunturi, Srinivas Reddiah. Quantitative immunoassays to type II collagen and their application in rat chondrosarcoma cultures: A model for screening antiarthritic agents

Harris, Barbara Warren. Would it matter if her hair were brown? The ethical contract between the writer and the reader of historical fiction

Holter, Inger Margrethe. Critical action research and the changing role of nurse executives: A case study

Huang, Wenrui. Three dimensional numerical modeling of estuarine circulation and water quality induced by combined sewage overflow discharges

Hughes, Jeffrey Ellis. Causes and consequences of small-scale spatial pattern in the capitellid polychaete, Mediomastus ambiseta

Hyslop, Gary Anthony. Bucketing algorithms for sorting, selection and computational geometry

Jaroma, John Horace. Global asymptotic stability and oscillations of certain difference equations

Kann, Lisa Marie. Zooplankton distributions in the Great South Channel and the genetic population structure of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine

Kaomini, Mien. Chromosomal arrangement and fine structure mapping of the chorion genes of the domesticated silkmoth (Bombyx mori)

Kiddon, John Afton. Molecular oxygen and oxygen-18: Co-tracers of oceanic productivity

Kiddon, John Afton. O2 and 18O: CO-Tracers of Oceanic Productivity

Kishida, Mitsuyo. Tilapia vitellogenins: Isolation, partial characterization, quantification in plasma and mucus, and availability for embryos

Ko, Je Sang. The biosynthesis and metabolism of inositol-containing sphingolipids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Kota, Prakash. Dynamic wetting of solids by surfactant solutions

Kottke, Dane Peter. Motion analysis of image sequences containing deformable objects with variable intensity

Kottke, Mary Kathryn Zichelli. Development and evaluation of drug delivery systems for geriatric patients

Lee, Young-Soo. Toxic substance model in a shallow river/reservoir system

Lemay, Patricia M.. Stress, Temperament, and Academic Achievement

Li, Zhengong. A general and facile synthesis of beta-and gamma-hydroxyphosphonates from epoxides: Application in phospholipid synthesis

Lotto, Susan Maria. The Methodological Characteristics of an Independent Living Skills Assessment Form for Adolescents in Placement

Luo, Wenhong. Serum retinol analysis, and complex formation between retinyl acetate and beta-cyclodextrin

Lusardi, Paula Tripp. Making sense of it: The ICU experience. A participant observation-patient centered study

McIlroy, David Nevil. An experimental study of the electronic surface bands of bismuth overlayers on III-V compound semiconductors

Moore, Kathleen. Dance of re-membered life: An analysis of memory process in the novels of Toni Morrison

Muin, Muslim. A three-dimensional boundary fitted circulation model in spherical coordinates

Musaelian, Karen Albert. Transverse dynamics in spin-polarized and binary Fermi liquids

Nagesha, Venkatesh. Spectral analysis based on the canonical autoregressive decomposition

Norwood, Curtis Bridge. DNA adduct investigations with capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

Oeschger, John Willet. Acoustic scattering from a laminar plume

Oh, Jin Sook. The politics of representation/reading: A feminist critique of Virginia Woolf

O'Sullivan, Daniel William. Analysis, Distribution, and Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry of Fe(II) in Seawater

O'Sullivan, Daniel William. Analysis, distribution, and oxidation-reduction chemistry of iron(II) in seawater

Park, Eugene. Oil/water separation using nanofiltration membrane technology

Pathak, Ardhendu G.. Acoustic harmonic radiation and scattering from fluid-loaded plates and shells with impedance discontinuities

Petit, Karen Marie. Editing as parallel to writing and reading, subordinate to communication, and connected to teaching