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Theses/Dissertations from 1989
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
Gupta, Prabhat Kumar. Stochastic and deterministic computing using pseudonoise 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
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
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
Carey, Jane Kay. 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
Donahue, Steven M.. Processing chemical absorption spectra in the Fourier domain
Edmond Rouan, S. Kathryn. Specific, high affinity colchicine binding monoclonal antibodies: Development, characterization and application
Efron, Adam Joshua. Robust detection in impulsive environments
Emerson, William Key Bond. A spatial allocation model for the New England fisheries
Fan, Zhigang. Segmentation and classification of textured images
Farrell, Kevin J.. Neutral delay differential equations with positive and negative coefficients
Franz, Craig Joseph. The feeding ecology of the genus Fissurella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
George, Anita. Investigation of salmonid erythrocytes comparative and smoltification-associated characteristics
Gerrior, Shirley Ann. Riboflavin status in multiple trauma accident victims and in wounded rats
Gibbs, Robin Eva. Psychological attachment among eating disordered adolescents
Glenn, Craig Richard. Phosphorus fluxes, phosphorite sedimentation and associated diagenesis in oxygen-deficient basins: The modern Black Sea and Peru margin and the Upper Cretaceous of Egypt
Grande, Karen Diane. The use of the stable isotope, oxygen-18, as a tracer to measure gross primary production in coastal and oligotrophic waters and in monoclonal cultures of marine phytoplankton
Gruszka, Margaret Ann. Family functioning and sibling adjustment in families with a handicapped child
Hammel, Sherry Elizabeth. Optimal observer motion for bearings-only localization and tracking
Hanidu, Ganiyu Ademola. Compensation and doping of amorphous semiconductor alloys
Hedquist, Ann Marie. The iron status of physically active women
Hill, Simon D.. Trajectory following for robot manipulators
Hwang, Taein. Reliability modeling and analysis of a loosely-coupled distributed computing system (LCDCS)
Irwin, Kenneth James. A study of concentration polarization and solution-membrane interactions in the electrodialytic desalination process