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Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

HASPEL, KATHERINE CLAIR. DECREASING THERAPY DROPOUT AT A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE CLIENT EXPECTATIONS AND TO INCREASE THERAPIST MOTIVATION

HAUKE, KATHLEEN ARMSTRONG. A SELF-PORTRAIT OF LANGSTON HUGHES

HYLAND, JEFFREY LYNN. COMPARATIVE STRUCTURE AND RESPONSE TO (PETROLEUM) DISTURBANCE IN TWO NEARSHORE INFAUNAL COMMUNITIES (RHODE ISLAND)

KARAKOLTSIDIS, PAVLOS ACHILLES. THE PREPARATION, PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF CHICKEN BLOOD PLASMA AND ITS ISOLATES

KEISER, JOSEPH THOMAS. THE USE OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN IRON CORROSION STUDIES

KELLY, LINDA JANE. THE EFFECT OF CLINICAL DRUGS ON WARFARIN AND VITAMIN-K METABOLISM AND ACTION

KENNY, JOHN JAMES. A REMOTIVATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH READING PROBLEMS

KUCHARSKI, LONGIN THOMAS. SERUM NEUROLEPTICS, PSYCHIATRIC STATUS, AND NEUROLOGICAL SIDE EFFECTS: A RADIO-RECEPTOR ASSAY INVESTIGATION IN ACUTELY PSYCHOTIC INPATIENTS

LOUTIT, TOM STUART. MIOCENE STABLE ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY (NEW ZEALAND, SPAIN, PACIFIC OCEAN)

LYONS, MARY PHOEBE. ART AND POLITICS IN THE WRITINGS OF KATHERINE ANNE PORTER

MCCRADY, DENNIS DRAKE. ANALYSIS OF ERROR AND NOISE SOURCES IN AN INCOHERENT OPTICAL PROCESSOR

MCLANE, JOHN ARTHUR. AN IN VITRO STUDY OF THE TIME OF COMMITMENT TO MELANOGENESIS IN CELLS OF THE CHICK PIGMENTED RETINAL EPITHELIUM

MEURIOT, ERIC. IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATIONS AND FEE SCHEDULES ON FOREIGN FISHING ACTIVITIES: A LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPROACH

MONTECALVO, JOSEPH JR.. PROTEIN ISOLATES AND ENZYMATICALLY MODIFIED PROTEINS FROM THE FRAME PORTION OF SOLID FISH WASTE

MURRAY, TALBOT EUGENE. BIOLOGICAL VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ESTUARINE POPULATIONS OF LITTORINA LITTOREA (LINNE, 1758) IN NEW ENGLAND

MURTHY, NARAYAN SALIGRAMA. THE SIMPLE INTEGRAL, THE DOMINATED INTEGRAL, AND THE NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF IMPROPER INTEGRALS IN TWO DIMENSIONS

MYHAL, MARY LYNN. RELATIVE COLONIZATION POTENTIALS OF NORMAL AND GENETICALLY-ALTERED ESCHERICHIA COLI K12 AND HUMAN FECAL STRAINS IN MICE: SURFACE PROPERTIES, PLASMIDS AND CHROMOSOMAL GENES

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 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. Perceived Motivation and Evaluation: Effects of Intention Cues and Effort Cues on Attribution of Responsibility and Evaluate Judgements of Elementary School Teachers

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

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)