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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
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, 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
Pothier, Neil J.. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy at a silver electrode as a detection system in flowing streams
Pothier, Robyn Charlene. Resolution of overlapped FT-NMR components
Potter, Karen Lee. Optical allusions: Technologies of the body visible
Qian, Chuanxi. Oscillation and global attractivity of differential and difference equations
Redding, Colleen A.. The Transtheoretical Model Applied to Safer Sex Behavior Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Investigation
Richardson, Edward James. American lobster (Homarus americanus) market study with analysis for management
Roman, Mark Christopher. A new method of scaling up free flow electrophoresis
Rosenberger, Andrew Henry. An experimental investigation of transient fatigue crack growth phenomena under elevated temperature conditions in superalloy 718 and titanium titanium-1100
Rossi, Susan Rose. Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to dietary fat reduction in a naturalistic environment
Schmitz, Brian Keith. An experimental and computational study of nitrogen-containing molecules in the poly(oligoazine) and the poly(oligonaphthylamine) systems
Sergi, Jennifer Leigh. Narrativity and representation in Louise Erdrich's fiction
Shah, Chirag B.. Interfacial interactions in layered polyesters
Shaunesey, Kimberly. The Relationship Between Prior Abuse and Personality Functioning in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients
Shi, Xiaorong. Core level photoemission investigations of alkali atoms on metal surfaces
Squillante, Emilio. Physicochemical properties affecting the percutaneous absorption of nifedipine
Squillante, Emilio. PHYSTCOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AFFECTING THE PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF NIFEDIPINE
Tai, Qiming. Computer simulation of dynamic load transfer and wave propagation in particulate media
Tang, Daixing. The properties of alkali metal and alkali-coadsorbate overlayers on metal surfaces
Teixeira, Luz C. H.. Comparison of EEG of depressed and non-depressed college students during an attention task
Tian, Huawei. Development of an interactive, object-oriented sketching system for mechanism design
Trevino, Belzahet. Diffusion dialysis of sulfuric and nitric acids
Trottier, C. Michael. High-temperature dielectrics for thin film sensors
Uchmanowicz, Pauline. Movements and moments: Violence as rhetoric and transgression in American popular culture, 1962-1992
Umesh, S.. Fast maximum likelihood estimation of parameters in crowded signal environments
Von Mettenheim, Barbara Gall. Marie de France and Layamon: Cultural subversives
Voos, Gerard. Dissipation of herbicides within a heterogeneous landscape