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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
NOVER, MICHAEL LEONARD. ADOLESCENT INVOLVEMENT: A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE
OMAR, MOSTAFA MAHMOUD. A PHYTOCHEMICAL AND TOXICITY STUDY OF TRICHODESMA AFRICANUM L. FAMILY BORAGINACEAE
PILCHMAN, DAVID GARY. THE USE OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING AND SELF MONITORING IN ENHANCING SOCIAL SKILLS
PINTAURO, STEPHEN JOSEPH. EVALUATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MAILLARD BROWNED PROTEINS IN THE RAT
Plummer, Barry Alan. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLIVING TO HIGH SCHOOL PREFORMANCE
PLUMMER, BARRY ALAN. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING TO HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
RAMOS, SOCORRO MELEBO. THE SYNTHESES AND REACTIVITY PATTERNS OF SOME OXYPHOSPHONIUM SALTS
REED, LAWRENCE ANDREW III. THE SYNTHESIS OF POTENTIAL ENZYME-INDUCING THIODISACCHARIDES
Riser, Stephen C.. QUASI-LAGRANGIAN SIGNATURES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CIRCULATION
ROBINSON, MADELEINE OLIVIA. DRAMATURGY OF THE ANTI-CATHOLIC MORALITY IN THE TUDOR HALL WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN
ROSE, JONATHAN WHIPPLE. AN INVESTIGATION OF A NUMERICAL ALGORITHM FOR THE COMPUTATION OF EIGENVALUES OF INHOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES
SALVATI, JULIANNE MIA. W. B. YEATS AND HIS "SWEET DANCER"
Salvatore, Caroline M.. National Stereotypes and Their Relationship to Self-Perceptions in Irish, Italian, and American College Students
SAW, CHENG KIONG. DENSE RANDOM PACKED MODELS FOR AMORPHOUS MONATOMIC AND BINARY SYSTEMS
SHEA, PAUL THOMAS. SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION OF CELLULOSE TO ETHANOL
SPARADEO, FRANCIS RAYMOND. COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN ALCOHOL TROUBLED FEMALES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
TASHJIAN, THOMAS ARAM. CONTINGENT SENSORY STIMULATION AND PRODUCTIVE VOCAL RESPONDING IN PROFOUNDLY RETARDED MULTIPLY-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
TAVARES, JOAQUIM FRANCISCO DA PONTE. PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENZYMES FROM ANIMAL WASTE MATERIAL
THOMPSON, THOMAS JOSEPH. TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMPBACK WHALE (MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE) SONGS
WEISEL, CLIFFORD PAUL. THE ATMOSPHERIC FLUX OF ELEMENTS FROM THE OCEAN (ATLANTIC)
ZAKARIA, MONA MARIE-HANNA. REVERSED-PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY OF NUCLEOTIDES, NUCLEOSIDES AND BASES THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Appeldoorn, Richard S.. The Growth and Life-History Strategy of the Soft-Shell Clam, Mya arenaria L.
BAIRD, JEROLD ALAN. A FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL OF THE ANCHOR UPLIFT PROBLEM IN A COHESIONLESS SOIL
BANKS, MARTHA ESTINA. EMOTION AND MUSIC: A CORRELATION STUDY
BECKWITH, RICHARD DOEHNE. DEVELOPMENT OF A SONAR OIL TANKER CARGO MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
BERMAN, JOSEPH MICHAEL. THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF AN "S -> I -> R -> S" MODEL FOR THE SPREAD OF DISEASE
BERMAN, MARK STEVEN. THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF THE CALANOID COPEPODS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND
BIK, EDNA L.. MIRROR-IMAGE DISCRIMINATION IN ADULT FEMALES
Burney, Curtis Michael. Dissolved Carbohydrate Dynamics in the Sea
BURNHAM, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES. AN ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION OF WALT WHITMAN'S COMPOSING PROCESS
Bush, Garret Thayer III. Multisensor Surveillance Data Augmentation and Prediction
BUSH, GARRET THAYER III. MULTISENSOR SURVEILLANCE DATA AUGMENTATION AND PREDICTION (WITH) OPTICAL MULTIPATH SIGNAL PROCESSING
CHEN, SHIH-FONG. THE CHEMISTRY OF CERTAIN IMIDAZO(4, 5-D)PYRIDAZINES AND V-TRIAZOLO (4,5-D)PYRIDAZINES
DAWSON, GEORGE JOSEPH. THE VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF AVIAN ADENOVIRUS ASSOCIATED VIRUS
DERNOEDEN, PETER HAMILTON. SCLEROPHTHORA MACROSPORA (SACC.) THIRUM., SHAW AND NARAS. AND THE ETIOLOGY OF YELLOW TUFT DISEASE
DOERING, PETER HAINES. DEFENSES OF THE HARD CLAM MERCENARIA MERCENARIA AGAINST PREDATION BY THE SEA STAR ASTERIAS FORBESI
DOYLE, PHYLLIS LOUISE. THE SEARCH FOR SELFHOOD IN THE FICTION OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
FISH, STEPHEN RICHARD. A LASER-RAMAN STUDY OF TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS AND BACTERIOPHAGE P22
FORD, MARY ANN F.. PERCEIVED MOTIVATION AND EVALUATION: EFFECTS OF INTENTION CUES AND EFFORT CUES ON ATTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND EVALUATIVE JUDGMENTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
FROELICH, ALINA SZMANT. STUDIES OF THE REPRODUCTION, NUTRITION AND SYMBIOSIS WITH ZOOXANTHELLAE OF THE TEMPERATE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL ASTRANGIA DANAE
Gelineau, Elaine Puntch. The Effects of Hue and Lightness Upon Color Preference and Their Relationship to Five Manifest Needs
Goldberg, Ronald Lee. A MECHANISM OF ACTION OF GOLD IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. A BIOCHEMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DIRECT EFFECT OF GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE (GST) ON HUMAN SYNOVIAL CELLS IN CULTURE
GOLDMAN, HOWARD ALLEN. RESTORATION IDEALISM: THE INFLUENCE OF PRECIOSITE IN THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM WYCHERLEY
GRAY, DONALD JOSEPH. GAS-LIQUID-SOLID CONTACTING IN BATCH AND CONTINUOUS AGITATED VESSELS
GRIFFIN, WILLIAM MICHAEL. SOME ASPECTS OF HYDROCARBON METABOLISM IN PSEUDOMONAS
GRILL, CHARLES MINARD. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPPORTED BIMETALLIC SYSTEMS USING THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF CHEMISORBED SPECIES
HAM, MARTIN WINTHROP. THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGINATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLEGE STUDENTS' RETROSPECTIVE REPORTS OF PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS AND IMAGINAL ACTIVITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
HARNICK, PHYLLIS FREILICH. A MODERN CRITICAL EDITION OF THE 1848-1849 ESSAYS OF THOMAS CARLYLE
HOWARD, WILMONT FREDERICK JR.. SPECTROSCOPIC AND LIGHT-SCATTERING INVESTIGATION OF ANISOTROPIC LIGANDS AS OPTICAL STRUCTURAL PROBES
HOWELL, WILLIAM HUNTTING. SOME ASPECTS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND EARLY LIFE-HISTORY OF YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER, LIMANDA FERRUGINEA (STORER)
JOHNSON, WILLIAM CARTER II. THE RESPONSE OF SELECTED MARINE SPECIES TO SUBTLE LONG-TERM CLIMATIC VARIATIONS
KAO, CHIIMING. INVESTIGATION OF INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMPING BY A CARDIOVASCULAR MODEL
KATAJA, JOHN ALAN. SCREENING FOR SCHOOL READINESS
KIM, YOUNG. STATE-SPACE STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL FILTERS
KNIGHT, STEVEN TROXEL. HAVING A MIND OF WINTER: DIALECTICS IN "THE COLLECTED POEMS" OF WALLACE STEVENS
KRAUS, MURIEL GAYLE. FACTORS CORRELATED WITH THE INTERTIDAL DISTRIBUTION OF MEIOFAUNA ALONG A RHODE ISLAND ESTUARY
LEVASSEUR, KENNETH MAURICE. BEST APPROXIMATION WITH RESPECT TO TWO OBJECTIVES
LINDBLAD, WILLIAM JOHN. DYNAMICS OF COLLAGENASE ACTIVITY DURING CARBON-TETRACHLORIDE INDUCED HEPATIC FIBROSIS
LOVATT, CAROL JEAN. METABOLIC REQUIREMENT OF CUCURBITA PEPO FOR BORON
MACVANE, JOY REED. A STUDY OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING OF SOCIAL DRINKERS
MACY, WILLIAM KINGSLAND III. THE ECOLOGY OF THE COMMON SQUID LOLIGO PEALEI LESUEUR, 1821 IN RHODE ISLAND WATERS
MARZILLI, ROBERT ALEXANDER. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMIPRAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF ENURESIS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TYPE OF ENURESIS AND REPORTED LEVEL OF SLEEP
MEREDITH, EMILY LOUISE. ICELAND AS METAPHOR FOR INTEGRATION IN THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS
MUTHUKRISHNAN, SHANKAR. AORTIC BLOOD FLOW ESTIMATION FROM PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
Rando, Therese Ann. An Investigation of Grief and Adaptation in Parents Whose Children Have Died from Cancer
REED, MARK. A FISHERY-OIL SPILL INTERACTION MODEL: FORMULATION AND APPLICATIONS
RICKLY, JACK DOUGLAS. THE NONLINEAR KINETICS AND THE MECHANISM OF THE REDUCTION OF PERMANGANATE ION BY IODIDE ION IN ALKALINE SOLUTION
RICKLY, PATRICIA. WILLIAM DUNBAR'S "TRETIS OF THE TUA MARIIT WEMEN AND THE WEDO": A CRITICAL EDITION
ROYAL, LEWIS FRANCIS JR.. THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, WATER STRESS, AND HORMONES ON THE GERMINATION AND EARLY GROWTH OF BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L., CV. 'HIMALAYA')
SCOTT, GERALD PRESTON JR.. COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AERIAL AND SHIPBOARD SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING THE ABUNDANCE OF HUMPBACK WHALES (MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE)
Shearman, Gary Terence. THE ANXIOMIMETIC PROPERTIES OF PENTYLENETETRAZOL IN THE RAT
SIGNORINI, SERGIO ROMANO. A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, FINITE-ELEMENT NUMERICAL MODEL OF CIRCULATION AND DIFFUSION-ADVECTION PROCESSES FOR ESTUARINE AND COASTAL APPLICATION (WITH APPLICATION TO BAY OF ILHA GRANDE, BRAZIL)
STEINER, WILLIAM WAYNE II. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PURE TONAL WHISTLE VOCALIZATIONS FROM FIVE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC DOLPHIN SPECIES
STERN, LYNNELL ELIZABETH. THE INFINITE HORIZON OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM
SURYANARAYAN, INDU. A PARALLEL STUDY OF TWO BRITISH WOMEN POETS: RUTH PITTER AND ELIZABETH JENNINGS
SWANN, TIMOTHY RICHARD. THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A GROUP INTERVENTION TECHNIQUE FOR A UNIQUE PARENTING ROLE: SEPARATED AND DIVORCED FATHERS
TEMPLE, PAUL REID. ACOUSTIC SCATTERING FROM SALT FINGERS PRODUCED BY THE TWO-SOLUTE METHOD
THOMPSON, NANCY BRAY. POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE ATLANTIC GREEN SEA TURTLE, CHELONIA MYDAS, (LINNAEUS) 1758
UNNI, SANTHA KANNAN. FLUCTUATIONS OF ACOUSTIC SIGNALS DURING PROPAGATION THROUGH THE OCEAN
VIGERSTAD, TORGNY JOSEF. DETERMINATION OF PRODUCTION BIOLOGY OF CLADOCERA IN A RESERVOIR RECEIVING HYPERTHERMAL EFFLUENTS FROM A NUCLEAR PRODUCTION REACTOR
VONVILLAS, BARBARA ANNE. GEORGE ELIOT AND FEMINISM
WAIT, ALEXANDER DALLAS. ORGANIC MOLECULAR STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LAKE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
WATTANAVIJARN, WATTANA. CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN CHICKEN INFECTED WITH CHICKEN EMBRYO LETHAL ORPHAN (CELO) AND AVIAN ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (A-AV)
Yermakoff, Jeannee Karen. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FIBROTIC LESION IN DIBUTYLTIN-INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL LIVER INJURY
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
ASARE, SETH OHENE. NITROGEN RELATIONS IN SELECTED MACROALGAE FROM CAMP VARNUM AND NINIGRET POND IN RHODE ISLAND
BROOKS, RICHARD DERRICK. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, SUBSTRATE COLONIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF WOOD-INHABITING FUNGI IN A NEW ENGLAND ESTUARY
CHAMPAGNE, GERALD P.. THE USE OF SELF-MONITORING TO PROMOTE VERBAL INTERACTIONS IN PRIMARY GRADE CHILDREN WITH LOW LEVELS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS
CHANDRA, UMESH. EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF PIPE RISER CLAMPS
CHEN, NAI-YUNG. VISUALLY ESTIMATING WORKPIECE POSE IN A ROBOT HAND USING THE FEATURE POINTS METHOD
CHICHESTER, CLINTON OSCAR. CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ENDOGENOUS INHIBITOR OF PROLYL HYDROXYLASE
COOPER, KEITH RAYMOND. THE HEMATOPOIETIC NEOPLASM IN THE COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT BIVALVE MOLLUSK MYA ARENARIA (LINNE)
DAVIGNON, DENISE JACQUELINE. INDUCTION AND EXPRESSION OF LECTIN-DEPENDENT CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY
Fisher, Douglas Otto. CELL PROLIFERATION AND COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS IN EXPLANT CULTURES OF ARTERIOSCLEROTIC RABBIT AORTA
FROELICH, PHILIP NISSEN JR.. MARINE PHOSPHORUS GEOCHEMISTRY
GALLAGHER, JANE CHISPA. THE POPULATION GENETICS OF SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREV.) CLEVE IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
GRIFFIN, JAMES JOSEPH. A SIMULATION MODEL OF A SALMONID REARING FACILITY
HSIEH, JOHN YEH-KANG. HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS