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Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

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

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