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Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wilkes, David Michael. Dickens and the pastoral ethic

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

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

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

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

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

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Davidoff, Amy Jane. CHANGES IN CARDIAC FUNCTION DUE TO THE INTERACTIONS OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION IN THE RAT

Dawoodbhai, Shabbir S.. OPTIMIZATION AND USE OF TALC IN DIRECT COMPRESSION TABLET FORMULATIONS

Diaby, Souleymane. Economic impact analysis of the Ivorian Sardinella fishery

Dufresne, Robert Louis. THE EFFECTS OF ALBUTEROL AND CHRONIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS ON INTRACRANIAL SELF-STIMULATION REWARD THRESHOLDS

Durand, Dorothea Ann. Electrochemical studies of the reaction of carbon dioxide with transition metal complexes in nonaqueous electrolyte

Farahani, Majid Moztarebi. Invariant image recognition using projections

Florio, John Jr.. An analytical and experimental investigation of the decomposition of glass-filled polymer composites

Gibson, Paul Edward. A study of the intermittent nature of transitional boundary layer flows

Goldstein, Norma Walrath. Thomas Hardy's Victorian Gothic: Reassessing Hardy's fiction and his Gothic sensibility

Goodyear, Numi C.. Spatial overlap and dietary preference of the native silver rice rat (Oryzomys argentatus) and the exotic black rat (Rattus rattus) in the Florida Keys

Gupta, Prabhat Kumar. STOCHASTIC AND DETERMINISTIC COMPUTING USING PSEUDO-NOISE SEQUENCES APPLIED TO DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

Hambrook, Julie Anne. Reproductive biology of the freshwater red alga Batrachospermum boryanum Sirodot

Hammen, Susan Chandler Lum. The impact of natural and induced stress on variation and adaptation within populations of Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) Moore

Hill, Darlene Reimers. From Aunt Mashula's coconut cake to Big Macs: References to food in recent Southern women's fiction

Hsu, Tien-Lai. The blood and hematopoietic cells in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and their relation to infectious hematopoietic necrosis disease

Hubbell, Richard Frederick. The near field flow and drag on cylindrical bodies moving concentrically inside very long tubes

Joyce, Paul Stephen. A comparison of methods of stock identification of the silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis

Kennedy, Kristin Tracy. Designing an expert system as a diagnostic tool for work order and purchase order procedures for a small manufacturing business

Kot, Alex Chichung. Perturbation analysis of SVD-based methods

Laboissonniere, Barbara Rose. A study of rock music videos as the poetry of secondary orality

Lai, Mei-Chin. The degenerative processes of Clostridium acetobutylicum

Lakshmanasamy, S.. Inverse scattering theory applications to optical waveguides

Lambert, Rose Marie. Changes in fatty acid and hydrocarbon composition of zooplankton assemblages related to environmental conditions

Latimer, James Stephen. The sources, transport, and fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in Narragansett Bay

Lin, Winnie Hui Chiun. Chemical synthesis and purification of biologically active phosphonolipids: Pulmonary surfactant analogs

Locker, Stanley Dwight. Cenozoic depositional history of the middle U.S. Atlantic continental rise

Lubiner, Judith. Family profiles: Development of an eclectic classification system

Makarios-Laham, Ibrahim. Studies on the obligately psychrophilic Vibrios of fish origin and the characteristics of their proteases

Martasian, Paula J.. Retention of Distributed Versus Massed Response Prevention Treatments in an Animal Model

Mayfield, Marie Elizabeth. Nonreflective boundary conditions for Schrodinger's equation

Medeiros, Mary Ellen. Predicting termination and continuation status in psychotherapy using the transtheoretical model

Messier, Arthur Adelard. Sensitivity of cultured mammalian cells to oxidative stress

Metcalfe, John William. Characterization of porcine small intestine mucus receptors for the Escherichia coli K88 adhesin

Misra, Tushar Kanti. An adsorption model for the filtration of microorganisms from air by nonwoven fibrous filters

Mogawer, Walaa Slah. An evaluation of effects of deicing additives on properties of asphalt mixtures

Notarantonio, Elaine M.. Relationships Between Communication Style Variables and Sales Effectiveness

O'Hare, Kathryn Petrone. A daily school-wide writing program (K-12): Methods and theories, idea handbook, and reference guide

Padmanabhan, Sriram. Wetting of solids by surfactant solutions

Purkayastha, Subhasish. The chemistry of triazine nucleosides

Rachedine, Mohammed. CMOS switched capacitor filters for high-frequency applications

Radian, Talal Abdulmalek. Effect of corrosion, freeze-thaw cycles, and their combined effects on the fatigue behavior of reinforced concrete

Rieg, Thomas S.. Response Elimination Using Response-Contingent and Response-Contiguous Schedules

Rodgers, Mark Randall. Cloning and characterization of the Aeromonas caviae cellobiose utilization operon and its role in late lactose fermentation

Runge, Igor. Nonpoint source pollutant monitoring and modeling in a large reservoir watershed

Sampou, Peter Andre. Effects of eutrophication on the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, oxygen, sulfur and energy in coastal marine ecosystems

Schmultz Tokos, Joseph John. Formic and acetic acids in the boundary layer over the North Atlantic ocean

Schock, Steven Gregory. The chirp sonar--a high-resolution, quantitative subbottom profiler

Schreffler, Mark A.. Peer assessment as a predictor of school outcomes for handicapped and nonhandicapped students in mainstream settings

Schwanke, Mary Lois. Changes in neuromuscular transmission in the claw opener of the lobster (Homarus americanus) during the molt cycle

Stathoplos, Linda. Amino acids in planktonic foraminiferal tests

Stott, Lowell D.. Antarctic paleoceanography

Sylvia, Gilbert. An economic policy model for net-pen salmon aquaculture development: A dynamic multilevel approach

Tournas, Vasiliki Valerie H.. Growth characteristics, heat resistance and ascospore ultrastructure of Neosartorya fischeri

Traniello, Anthony. LOCUS OF CONTROL: DEVELOPMENT OF PERCEIVED CONTINGENCY AND PERCEIVED COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN

Villareal, Tracy Alan. Ecology of oceanic diatoms: Investigations of symbioses, suspension and growth dynamics of selected Rhizosolenia species

Waggoner, David Guy. An isotopic and trace element study of mantle heterogeneity beneath the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Wardwell, James Frederick. George Herbert's temple of sanctification

Wims, Lois Ann. The effect of modality of presentation on judicial processes

Zappardino, Pamela Hope. Language processing in deaf and hearing subjects: A question of hemisphere

Zenger, David Carl. Methodology for Early Material/Process Cost Estimating for Product Design

Ziegert, John Charles. Kinematic calibration for industrial robots

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

Barton, Melbourne. Channel identification and equalization algorithms

Beebe, Janet Marie. High performance liquid chromatographic separation of omega-3 fatty acid esters derived from fish oil sources

Beji, Serdar. Attenuation of heave and pitch motions of floating bodies by means of an active mechanism

Berkman, Paul Arthur. Ecology of the circumpolar Antarctic scallop, Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902)

Bonilla-Leiva, Ana Ruth. Development of a process for the reduction of grape must malic acid content using immobilized Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Bower, Amy Sue. Isopycnal drifter studies in the Gulf Stream

Burns, Philip J.. "Dear Uncle George" Ezra Pound's Letters to Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts

Carey, Jane K.. Locus of Control and Levels of Moral Reasoning Related to Changes in Moral Reasoning Under Coercion

Chen, Tyzz-Yun. Preformulation studies of polyaphrons as a delivery system and hexamethylmelamine as a model drug

Clines, Raymond H.. A descriptive analysis of dialogue and inner speech in selected works of fiction

Colucci, Steven. The relationships among school climate perceptions, student personality, family perceptions, and social strata in explaining school misbehavior

Cornell, Winton Charles. Volcanologic and petrologic studies of tephra from the Neapolitan volcanic area, Italy

Darling, Robert James. The poetry of A. D. Hope

DeBartolomeis, James. The enumeration of F-specific bacteriophages from environmental waters

Denton, Charlotte Elizabeth. Object representation in marital partners

Doh, Seong-Jae. Rock-magnetic and paleomagnetic studies of marine sediments from the central and western North Pacific: Stratigraphic and paleoceanographic implications