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Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

JIANG, SHANN-TZONG. EFFECT OF FREE AMINO ACIDS AND FREEZING CONDITIONS ON PROTEIN DENATURATION OF FROZEN FISH

JOHNS, ELIZABETH. GEOSTROPHY AND POTENTIAL VORTICITY IN THE GULF STREAM NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA

JOHNS, WILLIAM EDWARD. DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE OF GULF STREAM MEANDERS NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (NORTH CAROLINA)

JONES, CYNTHIA MARGURITE. THE OTOLITH INCREMENT AGEING TECHNIQUE: APPLICATION IN LARVAL FISH

KENNEY, ROBERT DENNIS. DISTRIBUTIONAL BIOLOGY OF THE CETACEAN FAUNA OF THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL SHELF (MEGAPTERA, ECOLOGY, HUMPBACK)

KHATIB, MEHRAN VAEZZADEH. PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEASE IM-3 FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAIN, F-17

KOH, YOUNGNAM. VITAMIN A AND CAROTENOIDS STUDY IN MILK AND SERUM (HPLC, BETA-CAROTENE, ALPHA-CAROTENE, LYCOPENE, LUTEIN)

KOLBERG, WILLIAM CONRAD. A COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE INSTRUMENTS OF FISHERY REGULATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY: AN APPLICATION TO THE NORTHERN ANCHOVY FISHERY OF CALIFORNIA

Lapsanski, Duane Valentine. The Impact of Personality and Systems Variables on Smoking Cessation and Recidivism: An Extension of the Transtheoretical Model of Change

LAPSANSKI, DUANE VALENTINE. THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY AND SYSTEMS VARIABLES ON SMOKING CESSATION AND RECIDIVISM: AN EXTENSION OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE (LIFE EVENTS)

LESSARD, EVELYN J.. OCEANIC HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATES: DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND ROLE AS MICROZOOPLANKTON (SARGASSO SEA)

LOGAN, PHILIP NERI JR.. LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND BIOECONOMIC MODELING OF AN ARTISANAL FISHERY

MARIS, MARK ALAN. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MULTICOMPONENT INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY (LEAST-SQUARES, REGRESSION, MATRIX)

MCCARTY, HARRY BRINTON JR.. STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THERMOCATALYTICALLY GENERATED LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCARBON GASES

McConnaughy, Eileen A.. Relationships Among Stages of Change, Types of Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy Outcome

MCCONNAUGHY, EILEEN A.. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG STAGES OF CHANGE, TYPES OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY OUTCOME (SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, CLIENT MOTIVATION)

MCSWEEGAN, EDWARD. IN VITRO ADHESION OF ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI TO SOLUBLE COMPONENTS OF INTESTINAL MUCUS GEL

MEYER, PETER SHEAFE. PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ICELAND BASALTS: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS

Miller, Laurence L.. Observations of Equatorially Trapped Waves in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Inverted Echo Sounders

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

YEN, WEN YI. XANTHAN GUM FERMENTATION USING SHRIMP SHELLS AS SUBSTRATE FOR THE GROWTH OF XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS NRRL B-1459 (CHITIN, RHEOLOGY, SHELLFISH WASTES, CHITINASE, POLYSACCHARIDE)

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 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

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

LORDA, ERNESTO. THE STOCHASTIC MODELING OF THE DYNAMICS OF FISH POPULATIONS USING NONLINEAR LESLIE MATRICES: METHODOLOGY, PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATION TO THE GEORGES BANK COD FISHERY

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

ROSEN, CRAIG A.. TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS-INFECTED CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELLS AND IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW PROTEIN PRESENT IN INFECTED CELLS AS A DEGRADATION PRODUCT OF THE VIRAL MATRIX PROTEIN M

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