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Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

SAYMEH, RIYADH AKRAM. CATALYTIC REACTIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) OVER SILICA-SUPPORTED IRIDIUM AND IRIDIUM-RUTHENIUM BIMETALLIC CATALYST

Schennum, Ruth H.. Biological and Environmental Influences on the Cognitive Development of Children with Developmental Disabilities

SIMPSON, RICHARD CHARLES. DEVELOPMENT OF HPLC TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN LARGE CLINICAL STUDIES (HIGH SPEED HPLC, HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY)

STONER, GARY. ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY: MEDICATION EFFECTS ON CLINIC AND CLASSROOM IMPULSIVITY IN CHILDREN

SUNDVIK, MICHAEL TODD. RELATIONSHIP OF ACOUSTIC BASEMENT RELIEF TO SEAFLOOR SPREADING IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC BASIN AND EAST PACIFIC RISE

Swanson, J. Craig. A Three Dimensional Numerical Model System of Coastal Circulation and Water Quality

SWANSON, J. CRAIG. A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL SYSTEM OF COASTAL CIRCULATION AND WATER QUALITY (POLLUTANT TRANSPORT, NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND)

TACKACH, JAMES M.. THE HUCK FINN HERO IN MODERN AMERICAN FICTION

TERCEIRO, MARK. CHANGES IN THE EPIBENTHIC MACRO-INVERTEBRATE AND DEMERSAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY AND RHODE ISLAND SOUND (ASTERIAS, CANCER, PSEUDOPLEURONECTES, REPLACEMENT, DOMINANCE)

VARGAS ZAMORA, JOSE A.. A DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE OF A TROPICAL INTERTIDAL MUD FLAT COMMUNITY (COSTA RICA)

WILCOX, NANCY S.. LEVELS OF ATTRIBUTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

WU, JIA-YAN. IN VIVO ACTIVITY OF A SOLUBLE COMPONENT DERIVED FROM P815Y CONDITIONED SERUM-FREE CULTURE MEDIA

ZIEGLER, PAULA JEAN. THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF TEENAGE FEMALE COMPETITIVE FIGURE SKATERS

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

Armstrong, Jill E.. Factors Influencing Food Habits in Antigua, W.I.

ARMSTRONG, JILL E.. FACTORS INFLUENCING FOOD HABITS IN ANTIGUA, W.I. (WEST INDIES)

BIRELEY, LINDA EBERHARDT. TIME-SERIES MODELING: APPLICATIONS TO LONG-TERM FINFISH MONITORING DATA (HARMONIC, IMPACT, REGRESSION, ASSESSMENT, POWER-PLANT)

Budick, Cynthia. An Investigation of the Effect of Holocaust Survivor Parents on Their Children

BUDICK, CYNTHIA. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PARENTS ON THEIR CHILDREN (CONCENTRATION CAMP, ADOLESCENCE)

CHAOUI, GHAZI MOHAMED. GENERALIZATION OF ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS USING A FORCE/POSITION CONTROLLER

CHERICO, NANCY P.. THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF VIGOROUS EXERCISE ON STRESS-RELATED EMOTIONS IN WOMEN

COLAVECCHIO, BARBARA MARIE. EDITH WHARTON AND THE RE-SHAPING OF LEGEND

DEJESUS, EDMUND XAVIER. A STUDY OF NONPERIODIC FLOW IN THE NUMERICAL INTEGRATION OF A NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF FLUID DYNAMICS (CHAOS, TURBULENCE, BIFURCATION)

DUPAUL, GEORGE JOSEPH. RATE-DEPENDENCY AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER: THE EFFECTS OF METHYLPHENIDATE ON OPERANT BEHAVIOR CONTROLLED BY COMPLEX REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

FABRIZIO, MARY C.. DISCRIMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STRIPED BASS STOCKS (MIXED, ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING, LINEAR FUNCTIONS, MORPHOMETRICS, STOCK COMPOSITION, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND)

FARGNOLI, JOSEPH R.. EDMUND WILSON AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF LITERATURE

FERRANTE, RICHARD JOHN. AN EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL-BASED GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (DIVORCE, COUNSELING)

FRASER NOCHERA, CARMEN L.. NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS PREPARED FROM COMPOSITE FLOURS CONTAINING WHEAT BREADFRUIT AND SOY BEAN, PEANUT OR WHEY PROTEIN FLOURS

Ghanta, Sambasiva Rao. An Investigation of the Effect of Some Formulation and Manufacturing Variables on the Wet Granulation Process

GHANTA, SAMBASIVA RAO. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOME FORMULATION AND MANUFACTURING VARIABLES ON THE WET GRANULATION PROCESS (INSTRUMENTED, TORQUE MEASUREMENTS, HOBART MIXER, OPTIMIZATION)

GLAZMAN, ROMAN EVSEY. FACTORS DETERMINING ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE OCEAN SUBSURFACE LAYER AFFECTED BY WIND WAVE ACTIVITY (BUBBLES, STATISTICAL GEOMETRY, BREAKING, RANDOM FIELDS)

GREBOVAL, DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT UNDER STOCHASTIC CONDITIONS: A BIOECONOMIC SIMULATOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND GROUNDFISH FISHERY

Harris, Robert Stephen. Conditioned Reinforcement: Order Out of Chaos

HARRIS, ROBERT STEPHEN. CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS (SECONDARY CONDITIONED INCENTIVES, INTRA-CRANIAL STIMULATION)

Hasenfeld, Robin H.. Some Factors Related To Self-Esteem in Women

HASENFELD, ROBIN H.. SOME FACTORS RELATED TO SELF-ESTEEM IN WOMEN (MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP)

Hegde, Ramachandra P.. DRUG- CYCLODEXTRIN INCLUSION COMPOUNDS. STUDIES OF THE FORMULATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING CYCLODEXTRINS.

HEGDE, RAMACHANDRA P.. STUDIES OF THE FORMULATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING CYCLODEXTRINS

HUGHES, MARTIN EDWARD. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A COMBINED SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPH WITH FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED DETECTION (FTIR, CARBON DIOXIDE, LIPIDS, HIGH PRESSURE INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY)

IACUZIO, DOMINICK ARTHUR. THE MECHANISM OF INACTIVATION OF CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR C5A BY NORMAL PORCINE SERA

Johnson, Jocelyn J.. Causal Inferences Among Perceived Work and Nonwork Stress and Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress: Empirical Tests of Path-Analytic Models

KAMATA, TADASHI. STUDY OF ASTAXANTHIN DIESTER IN THE FLOWER ADONIS AESTIVALIS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE PIGMENTATION OF RAINBOW TROUT SALMO GAIRDNERI

KANE, MICHAEL EDWARD. DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HETEROPHYLLOUS AQUATIC ANGIOSPERMS (ABSCISIC ACID, HALORAGACEAE, LEAF DEVELOPMENT, WATER STRESS, STOMATA)

KASHMANIAN, RICHARD MICHAEL. EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF PRETREATMENT STANDARDS ON THE UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY REGION (COST-EFFECTIVE, BUBBLE, RHODE ISLAND, COPPER)

KIRSCHENBAUM, SUSAN SCHULMAN. ACQUISITION OF SELF-EFFICACY EXPECTATIONS AS A FUNCTION OF TASK DIFFICULTY, EXPERIENCE AND SOCIAL COMPARISON INFORMATION (ATTRIBUTION)

Libon, David J.. The Role of the Orientation Response in the Cognitive Control of Leveling and Sharpening

LIN, PONAIN. GRIPPER-BASED POSITION/FORCE SENSOR DESIGN AND ROBOT HAND MOTION CONTROL DURING ASSEMBLY (EMPLOYMENT, PLATE THEORY, MATING ANALYSIS, CONTROL ALGORITHMS, PART)

LOWE, BRENDA ANN. THE HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION BETWEEN VITIS SPECIES AND HYBRIDS AND AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS (CROWN GALL, LIMITED HOST RANGE, TUMORIGENESIS)

LUKSNIYANONT, MITTRI. RESISTANCE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI TO BICOZAMYCIN

MACKENZIE, JOHN. THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET FOR FUELWOOD IN RHODE ISLAND: DEMAND, SUPPLY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS (HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION, LOGIT, DISCRETE-CHOICE, WOOD HEAT, WOOD-BURNING)

MARING, HAL BARTON. THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN OPEN OCEAN SURFACE SEAWATER

Martel, Leslie F.. Short Stature in Caucasian Males: Personality Correlates and Social Attribution

MARTINS, ANTONIO MANUEL DE FRIAS. ANATOMY AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ELLOBIIDAE (GASTROPODA: EUTHYNEURA)

McAllister, Joseph R. Jr.. Creativity, Attention Deployment, and Equilibration

MCCLORY, MARY MCLAUGHLIN. REACTIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE ON SILICA-SUPPORTED RUTHENIUM: THE EFFECT OF ADDITION OF ALKALI METAL MODIFIERS AND BIMETALLIC CLUSTER FORMATION ON THE CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF RUTHENIUM

MCMANUS, JOHN WILLIAM. DESCRIPTIVE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS: BACKGROUND AND AN APPLICATION TO TROPICAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (PHILIPPINES)

NYMAN, STEPHEN. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TWO SPECIES OF LARVAL AMPHIBIANS, RANA SYLVATICA (AN ANURAN) AND AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM (A SALAMANDER), AS POTENTIAL REGULATORY CONSUMERS IN A TEMPORARY POND COMMUNITY (PERIPHYTON, PREDATION, PHYTOPLANKTON, COMPETITION, ZOOPLANKTON)

PIELA, THERESA HELEN. PRODUCTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO AVIAN ADENOVIRUS-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FOR DETECTION OF LATENT INFECTION

PRATT, ANNE CAROLINE. THE RELATIONSHIP OF LINGUISTIC AWARENESS TO READING SKILL IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS (LITERACY, DISABILITY, PHONEMIC, LANGUAGE DISORDERS, DYSLEXIA)

Pratt, Anne Csroline. The Relationship of Linguistic Awareness to Reading Skill in Children and Adults

PUESCHEL, SIEGFRIED M.. COGNITIVE AND LEARNING PROCESSES IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME (ASSESSMENT)

RINES, HENRY MARTINDALE. EFFECTS OF BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ALGAL DIETS ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM OF JUVENILE BAY SCALLOPS ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS (LAMARCK) (BIVALVIA, PECTINIDAE)

ROQUES, PATRICK FERNAND. RATE AND STOICHIOMETRY OF NUTRIENT REMINERALIZATION IN AN ANOXIC ESTUARY, THE PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER (RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A.) (SULFATE REDUCTION, REGENERATION, UNITED STATES)

ROSSI, GENE ANTHONY. FREE VIBRATIONS OF A SPECIALLY ORTHOTROPIC PLATE HAVING TWO OPPOSITE SIDES FIXED AND TWO SIDES FREE (COMPOSITES, LAMINATES)

RUSYN, A. STEPHEN. SATIRE IN THE WORKS OF JOE ORTON. THE GOSPEL MESSAGE: "TO AFFLICT THE COMFORTABLE"

SIERACKI, MICHAEL EDWARD. FACTORS CONTROLLING SHORT TERM VARIATIONS IN MARINE BACTERIAL POPULATIONS

SIVISKI, ROBERT WAYNE. ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND METHYLPHENIDATE: PERSONALITY CHANGES FOLLOWING TREATMENT (PSYCHOSTIMULANTS, HYPERACTIVITY)

STEINER, JOANNE BURKHART. DETERMINATION OF IODINE IN BREAD AND FISH USING THE IODIDE ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODE

TAVITIAN, MARK LEON. STUDIES ON THE VALIDITY OF THE FAMILY FUNCTIONING SCALE (ASSESSMENT, SELF-REPORT)

VAN DRAGT, RANDALL G.. EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC FIELD CYCLES ON THE CIRCADIAN ACTIVITY RHYTHM OF THE HOUSE SPARROW, PASSER DOMESTICUS (GEOMAGNETIC, ENTRAINMENT, RELATIVE COORDINATION, MASKING, FREE-RUNNING)

YANG, ZENG HWA. SUBOPTIMAL CONTROL OF A ROBOT MANIPULATOR (TIME)

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

Anderson, Celia Catlett. Style in Children's Literature: A Comparison of Passages from Books for Adults and for Children

BABLANIAN, GAYNE M.. INTRACELLULAR RECORDING AND STIMULATION OF A SINGLE IDENTIFIED NEURON IN AN INTACT PREPARATION OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA

Baker, Earl H.. The Development and Validation of the Student Personality Assessment Form

BALDINI, MARY MARGARET. PLASMID-MEDIATED ADHESION IN ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI

BENNETT, RICHARD ORRIN. THE EFFECT OF SUBLETHAL ENDRIN EXPOSURE ON CORTISOL RELEASE AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE OF RAINBOW TROUT, SALMO GAIRDNERI RICHARDSON

BERARD, WAYNE STEPHEN. THE DETAIL OF THE PATTERN: MUSIC AND THE STRUCTURAL ANALOGY IN T. S. ELIOT'S "FOUR QUARTETS"

BIANCO, DOROTHY M.. ADOLESCENT FEMALE DRUG ABUSERS AND THEIR FAMILIES: SOME VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OUTCOME

BORISH, EDWARD T.. A MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION OF SILVER(III) REDOX REACTIONS (PEROXIDE, AZIDE, CYANOMETALLATES)

CARCHEDI, DAVID R.. MODEL STUDY OF PLATE AND DRAG ANCHORS IN DRY SAND

CHERIAN, MATHEW. DIFFUSION OF SURFACE ACTIVE SOLUTES ACROSS LIQUID INTERFACES (CONVECTIVE)

CHUANG, JAN LUNG. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE MAILLARD REACTION PRODUCTS ON FISH

EDWARDS, STEVEN FRANCIS. AN ANALYSIS OF THE NON-MARKET BENEFITS OF PROTECTING SALT POND WATER QUALITY IN SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND: AN APPLICATION OF THE HEDONIC PRICE AND CONTINGENT VALUATION TECHNIQUES (ZONING, BENEFIT-COST)

ELROD, JANE ANN. ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COLD CORE GULF STREAM RINGS AND THEIR COMPONENT WATERS

FERRANTE, ANN W.. THE DARK WOMAN OF HAWTHORNE'S ART

FRENCH, DEBORAH PERRYMAN. NUTRIENT AND TEMPERATURE-LIMITED CONTINUOUS CULTURE OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREVILLE) CLEVE, ASTERIONELLA GLACIALIS CASTRACANE AND OLISTHODISCUS LUTEUS CARTER, AND MODELING OF THEIR SEASONAL SUCCESSION IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I. (NITROGEN, CHEMOSTAT, AMMONIA UPTAKE; RHODE ISLAND)

FRITHSEN, JEFFREY BRIAN. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BENTHIC MEIOFAUNA IN MESOCOSMS

GIESE, CHARLOTTE I.. PERCEIVED NEED FOR FAMILY SERVICES: ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF NEEDS INFORMATION (NEEDS ASSESSMENT, CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; KEY INFORMANT)

HAMIDZADA, WALI AHMAD. ULTRASONIC RESPONSE OF THIN FILM LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS WITH NORMAL AND OBLIQUE ATTACHMENT ANGLE (NEMATIC, CHOLESTERIC, IMAGING)

HARRISON, NIGEL ANTHONY. GROWTH INHIBITORS ASSOCIATED WITH FUSARIUM WILT OF TOMATO

HAYDEN, BETTY-JEAN. NON-IMMUNE CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY IN SALMONID FISH

Hinga, Kenneth R.. The Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Enclosed Marine Ecosystems

HOEY, JOHN JOSEPH. ANALYSIS OF LONGLINE FISHING EFFORT FOR APEX PREDATORS (SWORDFISH, SHARK, AND TUNA) IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO (SPECIES ASSOCIATION)

Hong, Huasheng. Chemistry of Iron in Different Marine Environments and the Binding of Iron, Copper, Manganese and Aluminum with Particles in a Microcosm System

HONG, HUASHENG. CHEMISTRY OF IRON IN DIFFERENT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE BINDING OF IRON, COPPER, MANGANESE AND ALUMINUM WITH PARTICLES IN A MICROCOSM SYSTEM (REDOX, DISTRIBUTION, SPECIATION)

Huckel, Lorraine Helen. Personality Correlates of Parental Maltreatment

HUCKEL, LORRAINE HELEN. PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF PARENTAL MALTREATMENT (CHILD ABUSE, CHILDREARING, INCEST)

HUDSON, DAVID MARRS. STUDIES ON THE IMMUNOPARASITOLOGY OF EASTERN PAINTED TURTLES (CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA) AND SNAPPING TURTLES (CHELYDRA SERPENTINA) EXPOSED TO SPIRORCHID BLOOD FLUKES (SPIRORCHIS SCRIPTA) (REPTILE)

HUTCHINSON, DEBORAH RUTH. STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE LONG ISLAND PLATFORM (CRUSTAL STRUCTURE, EAST COAST, UNITED STATES, SEISMIC-REFLECTION)

JACKSON, ROBERT PETER. TIME'S FOOLS: TIME IN SHAKESPEARE'S "HENRY IV"

JHAVERI, SUDIP N.. EVALUATION OF PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS FROM CLAM PROCESSING EFFLUENT