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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 1993 1993

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

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

Wang, Juming. Nucleation behavior of saccharides in aqueous solutions

Whitworth, Donald R.. A Structural Equation Model of a Set of Operationalized Cognitive Social Learning Variables and Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations

Whitworth, Donald Ray. A structural equation model of a set of operationalized cognitive social earning variables and citizen participation in neighborhood organizations

Wilson, Elizabeth J.. Transient detection and feature extraction using neural networks

Wisehart, Marilyn Perkins. Housework redone: The representation of domestic work and homemakers in depictions of the middle class in American literature and film

Wojcik, Marek K.. Morphological and physiological features influencing drought tolerance of turfgrasses

Youssef, Mohamed Mohamed. The behavior of the near ocean surface under the combined action of waves and currents in shallow water

Zhang, Hanzhong. Study of a numerical turbulence model for flow pass smooth and rough surfaces

Zia, Majid. A statistical model for prediction of pressure drop and collection efficiency of poly-disperse non-woven fibrous filters

Zlotnick, Caron Lyn. The incidence of university sexual harassment complaints related to institutional factors

Theses/Dissertations from 1992 1992

Abdelkader, Hatem. Electroabsorbtion in Multiple Quantum Well Structures

Abdelkader, Hatem Helmy. Electroabsorption in multiple quantum well structures

Abrams, Lewis Julius. The Seismic Stratigraphy, Crustal Structure, Volcanic and Sedimentary History of the East Mariana and Pigafetta Basins of the Western Pacific

Ahmadjian, Mark. Infared Spectral Measurement of Space Shuttle Glow

Ahmadjian, Mark. Infrared spectral measurement of space shuttle glow

Amato-Vealey, Elaine. Determinants of Exercise Behavior After a Myocardial Infraction: Beliefs, Intention, Behavior

Amato-Vealey, Elaine J.. Determinants of exercise behavior after a myocardial infarction: Beliefs, intention, behavior

Anderson, James A.. Out of the Shadows: A Structuralist Approach to Understanding the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft