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Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Weyandt, Lisa L.. Validity of Tasks of Executive Functions with School-Aged Children: Potential Efficacy in Discriminating Clinical Groups

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Xu, Yi. Study of wave propagation and dynamic load transfer in heterogeneous granular media

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Yang, Biwu. Knowledge acquisition and development of an expert system for type synthesis of mechanisms

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Yong, Joseph Ngwain. Stable isotope ratios of shales from the Archaean Cheshire Formation, Zimbabwe

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Zhou, Xiangdong. Physiological and biochemical studies of the acetone-butanol fermentation with Clostridium acetobutylicum

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Zhuang, Guoshun. The Physical Chemistry of Atmospheric Iron and Its Geochemical Behavior in the Surface Waters of the Open Ocean

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Abrantes, Fatima Guedes. Diatom evidence for latest Quaternary history of upwelling and biogenic productivity: Portugal, NW Africa and Alboran Sea

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Al-Hazmi, Mohammed I.. A Biosurfactant of Bacterial Origin and its Characterization

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Amegashitsi, Leo Lawoe. Varying Isotope Response of Freshwater Molluscs to Environmental Change: Equatorial Africa

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Amr, Zuhair S.. Seasonal Activity of Ixodes dammini in Relation to Lyme Disease-Infected White-Footed Mice, Peromyscus leucopus

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Baggenstoss, Paul Marcel. Optimal processors for detection of broadband planewave signals in Gaussian noise of unknown covariance

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Belisle, Alexander George. A historical and stylistic analysis of "Richard the Redeless" and "Mum and the Sothsegger"

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Berounsky, Veronica Marie. RATES OF NITRIFICATION AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

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Best, Samuel Walter. Visualization and visual perception: The novels of Thomas Hardy

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Bhandarkar, Suhas D.. Vesicle-mediated synthesis of colloidal ceramic particles

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Boothman, Warren Stephen. Characterization of trace metal-particulate matter associations in sediments at a Long Island Sound hazardous material dumping site

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Brainerd, Theophilus Rotimi. An economic analysis of seafood trade in West Africa

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Bricker, Suzanne Boyd. The History of Metals Pollution in Narragansett Bay as Recorded by Salt Marsh Sediments

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Britt, Deborah Elaine. The effects of heat shock on developmentally regulated gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus

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Brown, Sarah Jo. Tailoring nursing care to the individual client: An analysis of client-nurse discourse

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Castro, Maria Margarida Miranda De. The use of length frequency analysis for estimation of the age structure of the catch of Nephrops norvegicus

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Chaloner-Gill, Benjamin M.. (Un)substituted polyazine: Synthesis and characterization

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Cheng, Chi-Yang. An analytical and experimental study of pressure drop and flow characteristics of a heavy-duty air filter

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Chen, Huo-Wang. Acoustic harmonic and transient response of fluid-loaded shells of revolution

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Chu, Bih-Jou. Characterization and evaluation of resource recovery residue in landfill

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Costa, Armenio Santos. Selected parameters of psychotherapy: A transtheoretical investigation

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De Meneses, Jose Gabriel Alamo. Modeling the freshwater inflow into the Pettaquamscutt River

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Djuric, Petar M.. Selection of signal and system models by Bayesian predictive densities

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Dufresne, Robert Louis. Dimensions of schizophrenic symptomatology and their use in defining schizophrenic subtypes

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Ebenezer, Duraisingh Diamond. The transient response of heavily fluid-loaded elastic plates and cylindrical shells

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Edwards, Gwenyth Hughes. Multidimensionality of the male sex role stereotype: An exploration of subtypes

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Erzini, Karim. Variability in length-at-age in marine fishes

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Fava, Joseph L.. The Misspecification of Components and Factors

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Fitzgerald, Terence Edward. Health risk reduction and psychosocial adaptation in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

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Gangopadhyay, Avijit. Wind forcing of the Gulf Stream: A space-time analysis

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Garfield, Newell III. The Brazil Current at subtropical latitudes

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George, Valerie Susan. A consideration of the role of physical factors in the annual succession of copepods in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

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Ghiamati, Ebrahim. Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopic studies of bacteria and bacterial spores

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Hall, Frank Reginald. The rock-magnetic signature of high-latitude northern hemispheric deep-sea sediments and their relationships to Quaternary glacial cycling

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Hansen, Michael. Paternal Acceptance and Nurturance Received and Parents’ Acceptance and Nurturance of Their Children

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Huang, Kelan. Optical responses of linear and nonlinear superlattices

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Isley, Ann Elaine. Geochemical and physical processes influencing the composition of particles in diverse environments, eastern North Atlantic Ocean

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Jang, Nan-In. Optimization strategies for reverse-phase liquid chromatographic separations of deoxyribonucleotides, deoxyribonucleosides, and dideoxyribonucleosides

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Jennings, Karen Elaine. The effect of therapeutic education and class size on college students' belief systems and stage of change

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Kaczmarczyk, Donald. The effect of light regime on the photosynthetic apparatus of Batrachospermum boryanum (Rhodophyta)

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Kaikhah, Khosrow. Natural language processing for intelligent systems

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Keefe, MaryLouise. Chemosensory behavior in wild brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis

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Khan, Arif Mujib. Offset screen and pseudodiffusion models for prediction of filtration phenomena in real fibrous filter media

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Kilduff, Raymond A.. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SELF-REPORT MEASURES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ATTITUDES

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Koerting-Walker, Claudia Patricia. Toxigenicity of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Alexandrium tamarense and associated organisms

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Kouadio, Issifou. A kinetic and mechanistic investigation of tetrahydroxosilver (III) redox reactions with sulfite, iodide, and dl-mandelate ions

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Kuruklis, Spiridon Angelos. Oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of difference equations

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Lee, Sang-Baek. Response of unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester, and acrylic resins to water exposure

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Leibovitz, Henry Elliot. Microencapsulated diets for larvae of the inland silversides, Menidia beryllina

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Lerner, Christine Fiore. The transtheoretical model of change: Self-change in adolescent delinquent behaviors

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Li, Fu. A Unified Performance Analysis of Subspace-Based DOA Estimation Algorithms in Array Signal Processing

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Loprete, Darlene Margaret. Determination of the conditions for the structure and alternative forms of DNA by infrared spectroscopy

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Ludecke, Friedrich George. Calculation of the cross-section for the elastic scattering of photons from calcium 40 nuclei

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Margolis, Eliezer Tzvi. Assessing Beliefs About Depression and Its Treatment

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May, Jeffrey D.. The relationship of nutrient resorption to the evolutionary fitness and ecological dynamics of a deciduous forest shrub (Quercus ilicifolia)

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McCormick, Beth Ann. Role of type 1 fimbriae, motility, and chemotaxis in the colonization of the mouse large intestine by a human fecal Escherichia coli strain and an avirulent Salmonella typhimurium strain

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McKenna, James Edward Jr.. Ecology of an exploited Antarctic fish community

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Medina, Daniel Joseph. Epizootic epitheliotropic disease of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush): Etiology and pathogenesis

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Meyer, Elaine C.. Preventive psychosocial intervention with parents of very low birthweight infants

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Miller, William L.. AN INVESTIGATION OF PEROXIDE, IRON AND IRON BIOAVAILABILITY IN IRRADIATED MARINE WATERS

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Murillo, Louis Manuel. Modelling the shoaling of channels due to the combined action of waves and currents

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Muzzio, Miguel. Sensitivity studies in NMR spectroscopy

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Natanson, Lisa J.. Relationship of vertebral band deposition to age and growth in the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, and the little skate, Raja erinacea

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Pivarnik, Lori Felice. Characterization of hydrolase and transgalactosidase activities of commercial, food-grade yeast lactases

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Pivarnik, Philip Edward. The conversion of beta-carotene to retinal with carotene dioxygenase

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Queiroz de Campos, Luisa Maria Lucas. "The Dunciad" and "Don Juan" as epic metamorphoses: A study in narrative organization

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Randall, Joan L.. Mina Loy: The feminine inscription of modernism

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Rodriguez, Mildred. Studies on the development and regulation of the salmonid testis

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Santawanpas, Smartachai. Metabolism of beta-carotene, echinenone, and lycopene in the rat

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Scioli, Anthony. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOPE AND HOPELESSNESS: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS

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Sichel, Susanna Eleonora. Petrology and geochemistry of South Atlantic Ridge basalts and geochemical variations along the Cameroon Line

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Sun, Yunfu. Kinetics and mechanisms of silver(III) reactions

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Valliath, George Thomas. Spectral dependence of the electro-optic coefficients and the quantum efficiency near the band edge in gallium arsenide/aluminum gallium arsenide multiple quantum well modulator structures

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Vlahos, Panagiotis N.. Global attractivity in delay difference equations

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Vorbach, James Vincent. A unifying logic-based formalism for semantic data models

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Wey, Kwo-Dong. A Social Welfare Analysis of Congestion and Water Quality of Great Salt Pond, Black Island, Rhode Island

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Wey, Kwo-Dong. A social welfare analysis of congestion and water quality of Great Salt Pond, Block Island, Rhode Island

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Whitesel, Timothy Aaron. Performance of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) introduced into a stream: Smolt development and thyroid hormones

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Wilkes, David Michael. Dickens and the pastoral ethic

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Williams-Quinlan, Susan. INTERGENERATIONAL ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

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Yoon, Ki Sun. Physical factors affecting textural hardening of frozen fish mince

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Zapor, Michael Jay. Molecular analysis of the virulence regulon of a limited host range Agrobacterium tumefaciens tumor-inducing plasmid

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Zeitouni, Naomi. Efficient management of groundwater quality: An evaluation of spatially differentiated policies

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Zhu, Changyi. An experimental and numerical study of the effect of microstructure on wave propagation phenomena in granular media

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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Agardy, M. Tundi. Population Dynamics in Two Nesting Groups of the Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys Coriacea and Implications for Management

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Asano, David Ken. Design considerations for automatic guided vehicles in structured environments

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Ayvazian, Suzanne G.. Lateral plate heritability and asymmetric mating preference in Gasterosteus wheatlandi

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Bark, Ki-Min. Mixture analysis and molecular fluorescence properties of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

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Begin, Ann Marie. Levels of attributions of male alcoholics, their significant others and their therapists during the course of inpatient alcohol rehabilitation

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Berlinsky, David L.. Changes in steroid hormones during oocyte development in the striped bass, Morone saxatilis

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Carreiro, Margaret Mary. Ecology and heat shock physiology of low-temperature fungi of temperate and alpine forest soils

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Chung, Kang Hyun. The texture-modifying effect of nonfish protein in surimi gel

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Cichy, Anne Frances. The synthesis of 4'-iso-1',2'-seco-nucleosides and nucleotides as potential enzyme inhibitors

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Cyr, Douglas Martin. On the mechanism for inhibition of ureagenesis by sodium benzoate

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David, Joan B.. Edwin Booth's production of "The Merchant of Venice": A promptbook study