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Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

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

Jones, Eric Todd. A social fabric model of block satisfaction

Kelly, Patti Ann. Controlled atmosphere and enzymatic process to preserve fresh fish

Killeen, Kevin Patrick. Characterization of the heat shock response and its effect on development in Myxococcus xanthus

King, D. Whitney. Spectrophotometric Determination of pH and Iron in Seawater: Equilibria and Kinetics

Kohler, Nancy E.. Aspects of the feeding ecology of the blue shark, Prionace glauca in the Western North Atlantic

Kornegay, John Carr. Optimum design of strain-gaged load cells

Lally, Martha J.. The relationship of psychoeducational assessment data to learning disability placement decisions

Landschoot, Peter James. Taxonomy and pathogenicity of ectotrophic fungi with Phialophora anamorphs from turfgrasses

Langdon, Christopher. Pulsing technique for improved performance of oxygen sensors and a comparative study of the causes of interspecific differences in the growth-irradiance relationship of three marine phytoplankton species; Skeletonema costatum, Olisthodiscus luteus and Gonyaulax tamarensis

Lemay, Gerald Julien. Reflection functions derived from impulse response estimates as applied to musical instrument tone synthesis

Madsen, John Alfred. The isostasy and crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise and the morphotectonic fabric of the Orozco Transform Fault

McClory, Joseph Patrick. Carbon and oxygen isotopic study of Archaean stromatolites from Zimbabwe

McKenna, Steven R.. Orality, literacy, and Chaucer: A study of performance, textual authority, and proverbs in the major poetry

Melissinos, Constantinos D.. The Prony-Lanczos method for singular-value/vector matrix computations with application to digital signal processing

Mellor, Thomas George. Charles Dickens' self-destructive women

Menard, Francois A.. A PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE COMPLEXATION OF CYCLODEXTRINS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES

Mikkilineni, Sarvani. Hydrodynamic design of multiphase bubble column reactors: An experimental and theoretical study

Mohanty, Rita. Precipitation of impure inorganic particulates from aqueous solution

Muller, Francois. A kinetic approach to zinc speciation in marine and estuarine waters

Ng, Kam Wing. Fluctuating wall pressure and vibratory response of a cylindrical elastic shell due to confined jet excitations

Nigam, Himanshu. Experimental Studies in Dynamic and Elastic-Plastic Fracture

O'Connell, Daniel. Development of an observational coding system for assessing the processes of change in psychotherapy sessions

Oh, Ilwhan. Analysis and design of external cavity semiconductor lasers for coherent lightwave communication systems

Oswald, William T.. Learned Helplessness as a Function of Social Structure

Partheniadis, Evangelos Constantine. Oscillations and asymptotic behavior of solutions of delay and neutral delay differential equations

Patterson, Thomas Lee. The cycle of atmospheric cadmium in the remote North Pacific

Paxson, MaryAnn Araujo. Psychological factors related to contraceptive use by unmarried college women

Pekin, Osman. An experimental and theoretical study of gravity anchors dragged on sand

Penney, Dana Lynn. A comparison of psychotherapy-changers and self-changers in a naturalistic environment

Powers, Meredith Anne. The chthonic heroine: Revision and reemergence of the archetype

Price, Jody Lauren. "A map with utopia": Oscar Wilde's vision for social change

Quinn, Sheila O'Brien. Differential effects of methylphenidate and experience: Dose-response and familiarity

Redmond, Claire Ellen. Professional writers and word processing

Requintina, Pura J.. The isozymes of Artemia spp. as separated by isoelectrofocusing on polyacrylamide gels

Rice, David Michael. Cooperation and competition in children with attention deficit disorder

Richardson, Mark. Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Neogene Gulf of Suez and northern Red Sea rift: Depositional environment and hydrocarbon source potential of evaporites

Rosario, Lourdes Milagros. Automatic geometric part features calculation for design for assembly analysis

Ryder, John Mark. Biogenic ice nucleators in freezing of fish

Sahba, Nazanin. Damage observations on carbon-dioxide laser irradiated glass

Schultz, Stephen W.. Necessary and sufficient conditions for oscillations of neutral differential equations

Simpson, Theresa Comeau. Kinetics and mechanisms of the electroreduction of carbon-dioxide via transition metal catalysts and organic nucleophiles

Stern, Robert Andrew. Mood disorders following stroke

Tannous, George Fouad. Stochastic demand and the valuation of the price and quantity setting firm

Tobin, Kevin Gerard. The interconnection between couples' relationship behavior and their perception of their relationship

Tracey, Gregory Allen. Effects of eutrophication on growth and bioenergetics of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis

Turner-Bowker, Diane M.. Picture Images of Girls and Women in Children's Literature

Twichell, David Cushman Jr.. Erosion of the Florida Escarpment: Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Williams, Paul D.. Self-reports of depression of recently abstinent alcohol troubled persons

Wolfe, James Morrow. The community and chemical ecology of macroalgae in eight Rhode Island tidepools

Woods, Michael J.. 'But we have other lives, I think, I hope': The quest for transcendence in selected novels of Virginia Woolf

Yidana, Prince Van Abdulai. Some analytic investigations of two-nucleon S matrices and wave functions

Yu, Zhong Chen. Particle size distribution and magnetic structure of colloidal ferrite particles

Zachos, James C.. Aspects of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene oceanic climate and productivity

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

Alabdulaly, Abdulrhaman Ibrahim. Optimization of Solid/Liquid Separation Processes Using Particle Size Distribution Analysis

Al-Jassir, Mohammed H. S.. Polyphenol Oxidase Inhibition by Glucose Oxidase in Pink Shrimp (Pandalus borialis)

Al-Jassir, Mohammed Saleh H.. Polyphenol oxidase inhibition by glucose oxidase in pink shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

Al-Muzaini, Saleh Mohammed. Treatment of Refinery Wastewaters Using Various Modified Activated Sludge Process

AL-MUZAINI, SALEH MOHAMMED. TREATMENT OF REFINERY WASTEWATERS USING VARIOUS MODIFIED ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESSES

AMANKWAH, SAMUEL ASARE. COMPARISON OF THREE SEPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR ARSENIC(III) AND ARSENIC(V) IN SEA WATER

Anderson, John Guy Thomas. Foraging Behavior of American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhyncos

Anderson, John Guy Thomas. Foraging behavior of American white pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhyncos in western Nevada

Baek, Mi-Ok Park. Rapid characterization of microorganisms by ultraviolet-resonance Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy

Berry, Walter John. Aspects of the growth and life history of the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus, from Rhode Island and Florida

BLITZER, ROBERT D.. INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MECHANISMS OF NEUROLEPTIC-INDUCED MOTOR EFFECTS IN RATS

CHIN, YU-TUNG. SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED RHODE ISLAND WATER RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM

Clement, Dorothy Bohn. The Relationship Between Children’s Observation of Marital Discord and Play Behavior in a Non-Clinical Sample

Crimi, Pamela M.. Bulimia: A study of the relationship between symptom severity and psychological functioning

Devine, Joseph Driscoll III. Role of volatiles in Lesser Antilles island arc magmas

Doucette, Serge R. Jr.. Caffeinism; impediment to alcohol rehabilitation

ERICKSON, DAVID JULIUS III. GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC SEA-SALT DEPOSITION

FOLKERS, CHARLES ERIC. VISUAL PURSUIT AND ATTENTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Forbes, Michael James. Tomographic reconstruction of sound fields of ultrasonic transducers by means of schlieren visualization techniques

Franek, Cornelia Elizabeth. The relationship between perceived past parental attitudes and adult self-concept

Gedam, Subhash Ganpatrao. Radiation effects and propagation in optical fibers and components

Gemma, Jane Natale. Physiology and ecology of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sand dune systems

Gross, Richard William. Analysis of local oscillator intensity noise in optical homodyne systems

HARRINGTON, JOAN FRANCES. SCHEMA RECOGNITION AND INFERENCE: A STUDY OF READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH WRITING

HITZ, JOHN BENEDICT. NONENZYMATIC GLYCOSYLATION OF BOVINE MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN

Hoag, Jeffrey Taber. Existence and uniqueness of solutions for a delayed-advanced model of the two-body problem of electrodynamics

HORTON, TIMOTHY DALE. CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICT FAMILIES IN RELATION TO 21-DAY OUTPATIENT DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT

Hu, Andong. Theoretical and experimental study of the optical fiber microphone