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Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982

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)

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