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Theses/Dissertations from 1984
MILLER, LAURENCE L.. OBSERVATIONS OF EQUATORIALLY TRAPPED WAVES IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM INVERTED ECHO SOUNDERS (INERTIA-GRAVITY, KELVIN)
MUNNS, WAYNE ROBERT JR.. ASPECTS OF THE POPULATION BIOLOGY OF THREE SUBTIDAL MARINE INVERTEBRATES AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (POLYCHAETA, GASTROPODA, FUCUS)
NAGARAJ, N.. BUBBLE COALESCENCE AND DISPERSION IN MULTIPHASE STIRRED TANKS AND OTHER TURBULENT FLOWS
NELSON, THOMAS JOHN. SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF OXYGENATED DERIVATIVES OF VITAMIN K1 (PEROXIDE, HYDROPEROXIDE, CARBOXYLATION)
NOBLE, MARLENE ANN. SHELF CIRCULATION STUDIES ON THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL SHELF
NORCROSS, JOHN C.. WOMEN COPING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS: THE SELF-CHANGE AND THERAPY-CHANGE EXPERIENCES OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, AND LAYPERSONS
OBOLENSKY, MICHAEL R.. RECIDIVISM AMONG MALE DWI FIRST OFFENDERS AND INTERVENTION
Ondari, Clive Ongeri. SOME STUDIES OF THE FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF TABLETS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIRECT COMPRESSION SUGARS
O'REILLY, JAMES EDWARD. CARBON FLOW IN A COASTAL MARINE BOTTOM COMMUNITY (REMINERALIZATION, MASS TRANSFER RATES, DETRITUS)
PETERS, ESTHER CAROLINE. A SURVEY OF THE NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL HISTOLOGY OF SCLERACTINIAN CORALS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTATION STRESS (ASTRANGIA DANAE, CARIBBEAN, HISTOPATHOLOGY)
PETERSON, TODD ALAN. SODIUM-FLUX, ION-COMPARTMENTATION AND MEMBRANE-ULTRASTRUCTURE STUDIES RELATED TO PLANT SALT TOLERANCE (HALOPHYTE, ENDOCYTOSIS, SODIUM)
PLAKAS, STEVEN MICHAEL. IDENTIFICATION AND BIOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF NONENZYMATIC BROWNING REACTION IN THE DIET OF RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI)
PRAGER, MICHAEL HASKELL. THE GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING: APPLICATIONS IN OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERY SCIENCE (GMDH, IVAKHNENKO, MODELING)
PRUELL, RICHARD JOSEPH. THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY SEDIMENTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE COMPOUNDS TO THE BLUE MUSSEL, MYTILUS EDULIS (PCB, PAH, CLAMS)
RICE, JOHN M.. TRANSIENT DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS OF SOME HALF SPACE PROBLEMS BY THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD
RICHARDS, R. ANNE. RELATIVE BODY SIZE, COMPETITION AND HABITAT SELECTION IN THE AMERICAN LOBSTER (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) AND THE JONAH CRAB (CANCER BOREALIS) (LOOP ANALYSIS, NARRAGANSETT BAY)
ROGERS, DEBORAH WESTIN. EFFECTS OF ARTEMIA DIETS CONTAINING FOUR CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS ON STRIPED BASS (MORONE SAXATILIS) LARVAL SURVIVAL GROWTH, AND BODY BURDEN CHANGES
Rossi, Joseph S.. Statistical Power of Psychological Research: The Artifactual Basis of Controversial Results
RUDNICK, DAVID THORNTON. SEASONALITY OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND CARBON FLOW IN NARRAGANSETT BAY SEDIMENTS (BENTHOS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, DETRITUS)
SCHENCK, RITA CLARE. COPPER AND GONYAULAX TAMARENSIS: PHYSIOLOGY, TOXICITY AND REQUIREMENT (LOCALIZATION, FRACTIONATION, FLAGELLA)
SEYMOUR, PATRICIA ANN. THE EFFECT OF DESIPRAMINE, MIANSERIN, AND YOHIMBINE ON ALPHA(2)-ADRENOCEPTOR FUNCTIONAL SENSITIVITY IN THE RAT: A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
SORENSEN, PETER WILLIAM. THE USE OF OLFACTION BY MIGRATING ELVERS OF THE AMERICAN EEL, ANGUILLA ROSTRATA (LESUEUR) (FRESHWATER, ATTRACTANT, CHARACTERIZATION)
STOUT, DAVID PAUL. A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED, CHEMICAL SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH NEUTRON-ACTIVATED SAMPLES
Thumtrakul, Wilaiwan. THE CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
THUMTRAKUL, WILAIWAN. THE CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT (MANGANESE, SPECIATION, ALKALINITY, PERU)
TZENG, CHERNG CHYI. THE CHEMISTRY OF CERTAIN IMIDAZO(4,5-E)-AS-TRIAZINES AND PYRAZINO(2,3-E)-AS-TRIAZINES
VERITY, PETER GORDON. THE PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF TINTINNIDS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
AGUERO NEGRETE, MAX FRANCISCO. A BIOECONOMIC SPATIAL CONDITIONAL PREDICTIVE TRADE MODEL IN FISHERIES: THE HAKE FISHERY (CHILE, PERU, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, SOUTH AFRICA)
Aldinger, Paul Bruce. Groundwater Flow Simulation by a Stochastic Representation of Soil
ASSENZA, SEBASTIAN PAUL. PURINE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM PHYSICOCHEMICAL DATA AND REVERSED-PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC)
BUBIEN, JAMES KONSTANTY. A HYPOTHESIS FOR THE TOXIC MECHANISM OF AMMONIA TO FISH
BUCHTHAL, STEVEN DANIEL. VITAMIN K-DEPENDENT CARBOXYLATION IN EXTRA-HEPATIC TISSUES AND TUMORS
BUSKEY, EDWARD JOSEPH. THE EFFECTS OF SMALL SCALE PATCHINESS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ON COPEPOD SWIMMING BEHAVIOR (PSEUDOCALANUS MINUTUS, ACARTIA HUDSONICA)
CAMPBELL, DAVID BRUCE. DETERMINATION OF THE FORAGING STRATEGY OF ASTERIAS FORBESI (ECHINODERMATA: ASTEROIDEA)
CHEN, CHING-JU. A STUDY OF THE LONGITUDINAL BODY WALL MUSCLE OF THE SEA CUCUMBER SCLERODACTYLA BRIAREUS
CHESNEY, EDWARD JOSEPH JR.. LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE POPULATION DYNAMICS, SECONDARY PRODUCTION AND ENERGETICS OF THE OPPORTUNISTIC POLYCHAETE, CAPITELLA CAPITATA (TYPE I) (OSCILLATIONS)
COSGROVE, JOHN PATRICK. A STUDY OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF 4-CHLOROPYRIDINE AND N-(4'-PYRIDYL)-4-PYRIDONE
CUMMINGS, CAROL ELIZABETH. THE BIOLOGY OF ASTRANGIA DANAE (MILNE EDWARDS AND HAIME 1849): STUDIES OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN STAR CORAL
DAS, DEBENDRA KUMAR. AN INTEGRAL METHOD FOR ANALYZING INCOMPRESSIBLE TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS WITH SEPARATION
DAUPHIN, JOSEPH PAUL. EOLIAN QUARTZ GRANULOMETRY AS A PALEOWIND INDICATOR IN THE NORTHEAST EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC, NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHEAST EQUATORIAL PACIFIC
DAVIES, MICHAEL HAYDEN. CHILDREN'S FEARS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MEASURE AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS REGARDING AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES
DI SCIULLO, STEVEN ORESTE. THE INDUCTION OF LECTIN DEPENDENT CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY BY A SOLUBLE FACTOR PRODUCED BY P815Y TUMOR CELLS
DUTTA, RANJAN. HYDROGEN AND FLUORINE INCORPORATION IN TETRAHEDRALLY BONDED AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS
Fogg, Thomas R.. Boron in the Marine Atmosphere
FOGG, THOMAS R.. BORON IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERE (RHODE ISLAND)
Geary, William P.. The Role-Taking Construct and Its Relationship to Social Acceptance
GULKA, GARY J.. THE PATHOGENICITY OF A RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISM IN THE DEEP SEA SCALLOP, PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS (NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND)
HALFPENNY, ANNE PATRICIA. OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL FLUIDS (HPLC)
HEITZ, EUGENE FRANCIS. THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL ANGLE AND STIMULUS ORIENTATION ON TRANSIENT-SUSTAINED PROCESSING
HOENIG, JOHN MAURICE. ESTIMATING TOTAL MORTALITY RATE FROM LONGEVITY DATA (FISH, MOLLUSKS, CETACEANS)
Kanarian, Mary A.. Factors Predicting Pattern of Math Courses and Mathematical Aptitude Test Scores Among High School Women and Men
KULOS, MARGARET SABE. DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCAN: A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR SCENE ANALYSIS
Lai, David Y.. Mean and Time-Dependent Motions in the Blake Escarpment Region
LANDRINE, HOPE. THE POLITICS OF MADNESS
LEIMKUHLER, MARY ELIZABETH. AUDITORY ATTENTION AND VIGILANCE IN PRESENILE DEMENTIA AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION IN MALES
LIFRAK, MARIA DEINZER. LANGUAGE DEFICITS FOLLOWING TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX PARTIAL EPILEPSY
MACK, JULIE M.. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE CHILDREN
MARIS, CYNTHIA ROBIN PARMELEE. CHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR ADVECTION OF HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS IN RIDGE FLANK SEDIMENTS
MCALLISTER, CATHY G.. IN VIVO ACTIVATION OF CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTES BY A SOLUBLE FACTOR PRODUCED BY MASTOCYTOMA CELLS IN VITRO
MCGREGOR, MICHAEL ANDREW. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY; COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION AND SEASONAL VARIATION (RHODE ISLAND)
MOTOLA, NANCY CARMEN. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF ANALOGS OF PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE POLAR RENOMEDULLARY LIPID
O'NEILL, KATHERINE ANNE. ACUTE AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS ON OPIATE SYSTEMS
PARKER, ALICE C.. ART AND HOMOSEXUALITY IN FRANK O'HARA'S POETRY
PATTERSON, LOIS KUNZ. THE CONTRIBUTION OF MIGRATORY CELLS TO REGENERATING LIMBS IN AXOLOTLS
PERRONE, PAMELA ANN. ION-PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY OF NUCLEIC ACID CONSTITUENTS IN BLOOD (AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS, HPLC)
Plummer, Kevin. The Effects of Story Consequence and Story Theme on the Moral Reasoning of Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Graders
PLUMMER, KEVIN GERARD. A STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT: THE EFFECTS OF STORY CONSEQUENCE AND STORY THEME ON THE REASONING OF SEVENTH, NINTH AND ELEVENTH GRADERS
Pomeroy, Harold. Three-Dimensional Analysis of Turning Within Airborne Bird Flocks
RATTEY, PAUL ANDREW. TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF PROJECTIONS
REQUEJO, ADOLFO GUSTAVO. GEOCHEMISTRY OF BIOGENIC ALKENES IN ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS (NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND)
ROMINE, KAREN KAY. NEOGENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE EQUATORIAL AND NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
RUSH, JAMES DAVID. REACTIONS OF THE TETRAHYDROXOARGENTATE(III) ION
SAUL, STEVEN JAMES. THE METABOLISM OF SESAMOL BY RAT LIVER MICROSOMES AND THE ROLE OF CYTOCHROME B5 AND THE MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE SYSTEM IN SESAMOL METABOLISM
SULLIVAN, MICHAEL PATRICK. RECONCILIATION AND SUBVERSION IN THE NOVELS OF CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN
Symes, James Leo III. Geochemical Behavior and Distribution of Copper and Iron in Marine Waters
SYMES, JAMES LEO III. GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR AND DISTRIBUTION OF COPPER AND IRON IN MARINE WATERS (NORTHWEST/ATLANTIC OCEAN)
TAYLOR, JAMES HENRY. STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF COOPERATIVE PHENOMENA
THURSBY, GLEN BAILEY. CULTURE-NUTRIENT RELATIONS IN THE AQUATIC ANGIOSPERMS ZOSTERA MARINA L. AND RUPPIA MARITIMA L
Weyhing, Mary Cecil. RELATIONSHIPS OF VISIBLE NONVERBAL BEHAVIORS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHERS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF TEACHERS' ABILITIES IN CLASSROOM CONTROL
WILDE, DIXON WILLIAMS. THE IDENTIFICATION AND ACTION OF TWO PUTATIVE NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN TWO REGIONS OF THE ANTERIOR ESOPHAGUS OF BUSYCON CANALICULATUM L
WILK, JACQUELINE BREAULT. DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CONTEXT UPON CHILDREN'S CONCEPTIONS OF PEERS (FRIENDS, PLAYMATES, WORK PARTNERS)
Zwick, William R.. A Comparison of Five Rules for Determining the Number of Components in Complex Patterns
ZWICK, WILLIAM RYAN. A COMPARISON OF FIVE RULES FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS IN COMPLEX PATTERNS (FACTOR ANALYSIS)
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Acciardi, Mary A.. Androgen Biosynthesis in the Testis
AKINCI, GULDEN. THE STRUCTURE OF HELIUM IONS IN CRYOGENIC HELIUM VAPOR
Akinci, Gulden. The Structure of +He Ions in Cryogenic Helium Vapor
BALDWIN, KENNETH CHARLES. AN ANALYSIS OF 3.5 KHZ NORMAL INCIDENCE ACOUSTIC REFLECTIONS AND SEDIMENT PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
BENGTSON, DAVID ALBIN. RESOURCE PARTITIONING BY MENIDIA MENIDIA (L.) AND MENIDIA BERYLLINA (COPE) IN TWO RHODE ISLAND ESTUARIES
BLAZEK, JULIA ELIZABETH. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HOST FACTORS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF PATHOGENIC MUCORALES
BLAZER, VICKI SUZETTE. THE EFFECTS OF MARGINAL DEFICIENCIES OF ASCORBIC ACID AND ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ON THE NATURAL RESISTENCE AND IMMUNE RESPONSE OF RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI)
BOULANGER-CAREY, MICHELE FRANCOISE. ANALYTICAL STUDY OF GENERALIZED RIDGE REGRESSION
Brewer, Valerie L.. The Interaction of Participant Conceptual Level and Structure of Groups Teaching Interpersonal Communication
CAREY, STEVEN NORMAN. STUDIES ON THE GENERATION, DISPERSAL AND DEPOSITION OF TEPHRA IN THE MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
Cassarino, Paul Robert. The Relationship Between Ethnicity and Self-Concept in Italian-Americans