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Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

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

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)