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Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

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 1982

Acciardi, Mary A.. Androgen Biosynthesis in the Testis

ACCIARDI, MARY A.. ANDROGEN BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE TESTIS: I. KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STEROIDOGENIC PATHWAYS IN GUINEA PIG, RABBIT, DOG AND RAT TESTIS MICROSOMES. II. THE EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ON 3-B HYDROXYSTEROID: NADOXIDOREDUCTASE ACTIVITY IN THE TESTIS

Agins, Alan Paul. Age Related Changes in the Induction of Hepatic Mixed-Function Monooxygenase System in Miniature Pigs: Effects of Pentachloroanisole, Pentachlorophenol and Phenobarbital

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

CHEN, HSING-CHEN. MICROBIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF MAILLARD REACTION PRODUCTS

CHILAMKURTI, RAO NAGAMASTHAN. A STUDY OF THE USE OF A COMPUTERIZED, INSTRUMENTED TABLET PRESS IN THE EVALUATION OF TABLET FORMULATIONS

COHENFARD, MENASHI ANWAR. PURIFICATION, IMMOBILIZATION AND KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ALPHA-L-FUCOSIDASE FROM TURBO CORNUTUS

COHEN, ROBERT I.. DIFFERENTIAL ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLES IN DISTRESSED AND NON-DISTRESSED MARRIED COUPLES

Davies, Michael Hayden. Children’s Fears: The Development of a New Measure and Preliminary Findings Regarding Age and Sex Differences

DAVIS, PAUL GRAHAM. BACTERIVOROUS FLAGELLATES IN MARINE WATERS (RHODE ISLAND, NANOPLANKTON)

DEACUTIS, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS. FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF RED HAKE AND TAUTOG, AND RESPONSES TO OIL-TAINTED FOOD

DESHARNAIS, ROBERT ANTHONY. POPULATION DYNAMICS AND THE TRIBOLIUM MODEL

DUNN, DEAN ALAN. MIOCENE SEDIMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN: CARBONATE STRATIGRAPHY AND DISSOLUTION HISTORY

ENGLAND, HARRY RUDOLPH. THE EFFECTS OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ON THE DEPOSITS FORMED UNDER CATHODIC PROTECTION OF IRON IN SEAWATER

EVANS, ROBERT JAMES. HIGH TEMPERATURE SIMULATION OF PETROLEUM FORMATION (COLORADO)

FINNEGAN, MICHAEL JOHN. THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE GROTESQUE: AN EVALUATION OF SHERWOOD ANDERSON'S SHORT FICTION CRAFTSMANSHIP

FLOOK, WILLIAM MOWAT III. SCHOOL READINESS: LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC OUTCOME WITH THE "PRESCHOOL SCREENING SYSTEM"

FRENCH, FRED WELLINGTON III. INVESTIGATIONS ON MARINE DIATOM RESTING SPORES

FURNAS, MILES JONATHAN. THE DYNAMICS OF SUMMER PHYTOPLANKTON POPULATIONS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY (RHODE ISLAND)

GARBER, JONATHAN HUNT. NITROGEN-15-TRACER AND OTHER LABORATORY STUDIES OF NITROGEN REMINERALIZATION IN SEDIMENTS AND WATERS FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

GIBSON, BARBARA L.. THE DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION OF THE EYE IN THE MARINE PROSOBRANCH GASTROPOD, ILYANASSA OBSOLETA

Ginpil, Stephen A.. Investigation and Interpretation of an Event with Multiple Causes

GOLDEN, SARAH JANE. NORMALIZATION IN MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY RESIDENCES

GORDON, ROBERT BRUCE. WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

HEELAN, JUDITH STEPHENSON. THE ROLE OF THE INTESTINAL FLORA IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF INFANT BOTULISM

HOLOGGITAS, JOANNE V.. TESTOSTERONE BIOSYNTHESIS FROM PREGNENOLONE IN RAT AND DOG TESTIS: THE USE OF MICROSOMAL ENZYME KINETICS TO PREDICT DELTA(5) AND DELTA(4) STEROIDOGENIC PATHWAYS

Huizenga, Douglas Lee. An Examination of Copper Speciation in Seawater

Kaiser, Edward A.. THE INTEGRATED RELATIONSHIPS OF PROTRIPTYLINE, THYROID STATUS AND NORADRENERGIC MECHANISMS IN RAT BRAIN

KARENTZ, DENEB. PATTERNS AND RATES OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND CELL DIVISION IN MARINE DINOFLAGELLATES

KATSINIS, CONSTANTINE. STUDY OF A MULTICOMPUTER SYSTEM WITH APPLICATIONS TO ZOOPLANKTON RECOGNITION

KAZANTZIS, DEMETRIOS. FAT DISPERSION MECHANISMS IN PROTEINACEOUS AND FARINACEOUS MATRICES

KELLY, JOHN RUSSELL. BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

KISNER, HAROLD JAY. QUANTITATIVE INFRARED SPECTROMETRY OF MULTICOMPONENT LIPIDS

KOLTES, KAREN HARE. TEMPORAL PATTERNS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES IN THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY OF THE ATLANTIC SILVERSIDE, MENIDIA MENIDIA (L.)

KRAWIEC, RICHARD WILLIAM. COMPETITION AMONG THREE MARINE DIATOMS, SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREVILLE) CLEVE, THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOELDII CLEVE, AND DETONULA CONFERVACEA (CLEVE) GRAN

KUMARESAN, RAMDAS. ESTIMATING THE PARAMETERS OF EXPONENTIALLY DAMPED OR UNDAMPED SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS IN NOISE

LAW, JOHN TOWNLEY JR.. SUPRAOPTIMAL TEMPERATURE STRESS AND NITROGEN NUTRITION IN KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (POA PRATENSIS L.)

Liang, Yu-Jean. Kinetics of Ferrous Iron Oxygenation and Redox Chemistry of Iron in Natural Waters

LOVETT, HERBERT JOSEPH JR.. AN ASSESSMENT OF CHRONICITY AMONG IMMUNOGENETICALLY DETERMINED GROUPS OF CHLORPROMAZINE TREATED SCHIZOPHRENIC MALES

MARTINS, HENRIQUE A. S.. VISION ALGORITHMS TO ACQUIRE WORKPIECES FROM A BIN OF PARTS

MAUGLE, PAUL DAVID. THE USE OF EXOGENOUS DIGESTIVE ENZYMES IN SHRIMP DIETS (CLAM)

MCDERMOTT, MARTIN JOSEPH. ALDOSTERONE METABOLISM IN RAT LIVER AND KIDNEY

MCDOWELL, SCOTT EDWARD. ANALYSES OF NORTH ATLANTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS UPON ISOPYCNAL SURFACES AND WITHIN MESOSCALE EDDIES

MELZIAN, BRIAN DOUGLAS. ACUTE TOXICITY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND BIOCONCENTRATION-RETENTION STUDIES WITH NO. 2 FUEL OIL AND THE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS RATHBUN

MILLS, GARY LAWRENCE. THE CHEMICAL NATURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF DISSOLVED COPPER-ORGANIC COMPLEXES IN THE NARRAGANSETT BAY ESTUARY (IRON, RHODE ISLAND)

MORIN, ROGER HENRI. THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF DEEP SEA SEDIMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON OCEANIC HEAT FLOW

MORISANI, STEPHEN JOSEPH. DISPERSION PROPERTIES FOR LIQUID EXTRACTION

MUERDTER, DAVID ROBERT. LATE QUATERNARY BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE STRAIT OF SICILY AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

NAIR, KRISHNA KUMAR P.. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION IN AMORPHOUS SILICON CARBIDE AND AMORPHOUS GALLIUM-ARSENIDE

NARDONE, STEVEN CRAIG. FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE OF BEARINGS-ONLY TARGET LOCALIZATION AND MOTION ANALYSIS

Neill, Stephen Abbot. The Effects of Delayed Response Prevention on Fear Reduction and Enhancement

NOSEWORTHY, CATHRYN M.. A SOCIAL COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF STEREOTYPES

Noseworthy, Cathryn M.. A Social Cognitive Analysis of Stereotyping

OPRANDY, JOHN JAY. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A VIRUS CAUSING HEMATOPOIETIC NEOPLASIA IN THE SOFT-SHELL CLAM, MYA ARENARIA (LINNE)

Ortolano, Girolamo A.. TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND SERUM IONIZED CALCIUM

OZBILGIN, MELIH MEHMET. MODELING OF SURFACE WATER-GROUND WATER INTERACTIONS

PALDOR, NATHAN. STABLE AND UNSTABLE MODES OF SURFACE FRONTS

Panaggio, Andrea. AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME FACTORS CONTROLLING SOLUTE TRANSPORT ACROSS LIQUID MEMBRANES

Plunkett, Kevin Michael. The Symbol of the Frontier in Selected Novels of Willa Cather

RAYMOND, PATRICIA MARY. THE EFFECT OF AGE VS. LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THE HIGHER CORTICAL FUNCTIONS OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER WOMEN

RUDNIC, EDWARD MICHAEL. THE EFFECT OF VARIATION IN MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ON THE DISINTEGRANT PROPERTIES OF SODIUM STARCH GLYCOLATE IN COMPRESSED TABLET SYSTEMS

SCHAUER, PAUL SCOTT. BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOCONVERSION OF DIETARY LABELED FATTY ACIDS IN THE SHORT FOOD CHAIN: RICE BRAN TO ARTEMIA TO RAINBOW TROUT AND WINTER FLOUNDER

SCOBLE, HUBERT ARTHUR. INVESTIGATION OF ENDOGENOUS CONSTITUENTS OF HUMAN BLOOD IN NORMAL AND DISEASED POPULATIONS BY HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

SEITZINGER, SYBIL PUTNAM. THE IMPORTANCE OF DENITRIFICATION AND NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION IN THE NITROGEN DYNAMICS AND ECOLOGY OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

SOLOMON, RICHARD STREAN. CHILD MALTREATMENT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

SUN, HORNG-JYE. OPTICAL EFFECTS IN MICROWAVE GALLIUM-ARSENIDE MESFET OSCILLATORS

Underhill, Gwendolyn A.. Nicotine Self-Regultion in Heavy and Light Smokers

UNDERHILL, GWENDOLYN ANNE. NICOTINE SELF-REGULATION IN HEAVY AND LIGHT SMOKERS

URBANOWSKI, JOSEPH CHESTER. STUDIES ON THE NONENZYMATIC GLYCOSYLATION OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

VOGEL, JAMES WILLIAM. LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY FACIES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF AND UPPER SLOPE, NORTHWEST AFRICA

WANG, DENIS. THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF COMPETITION AMONG THREE DECAPOD SPECIES, THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS; THE JONAH CRAB, CANCER BOREALIS AND THE ROCK CRAB, CANCER IRRORATUS IN ROCKY HABITATS

WENDLER, PHILIP ALAN. INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PYRIMIDINE AND UREA BIOSYNTHESIS IN ISOLATED HEPATOCYTES

WILCOX, MARLENE CAROLE. DIMENSIONS AND SUBGROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE CHILDREN

WOROBEC, MARY NICHOLE. FIELD ANALYSIS OF WINTER FLOUNDER PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS IN A COASTAL SALT POND: ABUNDANCE, DAILY RATION, AND ANNUAL CONSUMPTION (RHODE ISLAND)

WU, DAVID C. J.. SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TO POTENTIAL ADENOSINE DEAMINASE INHIBITORS

WUNZ, TIMOTHY PAUL. THE SYNTHESIS OF LYSOLIPONUCLEOTIDE ANALOGS: A NEW CLASS OF POTENTIAL ANTICANCER AGENTS

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

BENNETT, DEBRA ANN. INTEROCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI PRODUCED BY CLONIDINE: RELATIONSHIP TO ALPHA(2) ADRENORECEPTOR STIMULATION AND HYPOTENSION

Berlinsky, Ellen B.. The Child's Adjustment and Development Following the Death of a Parent: A Critical Analysis of the Research and its Implications

Birmingham, Bruce Kenneth. Human Pharmacokinetics of 5-Formyl Tetrahydrofolate

CENTOLA, STEVEN RONALD. FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY AFTER THE FALL: A SARTREAN PERSPECTIVE OF ARTHUR MILLER'S EXISTENTIAL HUMANISM

CHIEN, HWA-CHUANG. TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTRAL ESTIMATION FROM AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS WITH VARIOUS AREAS OF SUPPORT

DAGIRMANJIAN, STEVE. THE WORK EXPERIENCE OF SERVICE STAFF IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

DWYER, ROBERT LEO. FREQUENCY DOMAIN STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS OF AN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM

FIELD, CYNTHIA ELLEN. ENZYMATIC PROCESSES TO PRESERVE FRESH FISH

HAMMON, COLIN PAUL. ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM CHANGES AND INTERNAL LABOR ADJUSTMENT COSTS IN SHIPBUILDING

Hanson, Alfred Kenneth Jr.. The Distribution and Biogeochemistry of Transition Metal - Organic Complexes in Marine Waters

HANSON, ALFRED KENNETH JR.. THE DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF TRANSITION METAL-ORGANIC COMPLEXES IN MARINE WATERS (CONNECTICUT, COPPER, IRON)