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Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

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 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

Ham, Martin W.. The Development of Imagination: The Relationship Between College Students’ Retrospective Reports of Parent-Child Interactions and Imaginal Activity in Everyday Life

HSIEH, JOHN YEH-KANG. HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS

KAROTKIN, GERALDINE SPIES. IMMOBILIZED FLOUNDER MUSCLE GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE

KEIGWIN, LLOYD D. JR.. CENOZOIC STABLE ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES

KLECKNER, ROBERT CLAUDE. MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE SWIMBLADDER OF ANGUILLA ROSTRATA (LESUER) 1817, DURING METAMORPHOSIS

KLEIN-MACPHEE, GRACE. GROWTH, ACTIVITY AND METABOLISM STUDIES OF SUMMER FLOUNDER PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS (L.) UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS

KLINKHAMMER, GARY PATRICK. THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF MANGANESE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND SOME TRACE METALS IN PELAGIC PORE WATERS

KUKLINSKI, WALTER STEPHEN. CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMPING: STUDIES USING A COMPUTER SIMULATION AND ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS

LABOV, JAY BRIAN. PREGNANCY BLOCKING IN HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS) AND OTHER MAMMALS: SOCIOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND ADAPTIVE ADVANTAGES FOR FEMALES

LAXON, JACLYNNE HORN. A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NORMAL HUMAN SERUM ON STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

LEINEN, MARGARET SANDRA. PALEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES IN CENOZOIC PACIFIC SEDIMENTS

LYNCH, KEVIN RICHARD. PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE FOR TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

LYTLE, ROBERT WINFIELD JR.. PRODUCTIVITY AND CARBON DISTRIBUTION OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA LOISEL. ON A TIDAL SALT MARSH IN RHODE ISLAND

MANN, STEVEN WILLIAM. INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC ROLE OF HEPATIC PROLYL HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE

MAYBERRY, ROBERT LAWRENCE. THEATRE OF DISCORD: THE DISSONANCE OF LANGUAGE AND LIGHT IN SELECTED PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, EDWARD ALBEE AND HAROLD PINTER

MAY, JEFFREY VERNER. PROPERTIES OF MICROSOMAL AND SOLUBILIZED RAT TESTICULAR 17 BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE

Moss, Vicki Lynn. The Modification of Impulsive Behavior with Learning Disabled Boys: A Verbal Self-Instructional Approach

O'CONNOR, WINIFRED UNA. AN APPROACH TO VERSATILE INTERMEDIATES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRACYCLINONE AGLYCONE ANALOGS

PARKER, BARRY M.. SUPPRESSION AND MODULATION OF IMMUNE REACTIVITY

PARKER, HENRY SEABURY III. THE INFLUENCE OF RELATIVE WATER MOTION ON THE GROWTH, AMMONIA UPTAKE AND CARBON AND NITROGEN COMPOSITION OF ULVA LACTUCA (CHLOROPHYTA) AND GRACILARIA TIKVAHIAE (RHODOPHYTA)

PILSUCKI, ROBERT WILLIAM. ESCHERICHIA COLI COLONIZATION OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT: A MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF COLONIZATION MECHANISMS AND THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE

PRINTZ, ADOLPH MALCOLM. STRESS REDUCTION IN THE TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: A CLINICAL TRIAL UTILIZING ASSERTION AND RELAXATION COPING SKILLS

RESNICK, IRVING GARY. BIFIDOBACTERIA: BACTERIAL INDICATORS OF HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION

RIPPEY, SCOTT ROBERT. OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA IN LIMNETIC ENVIRONMENTS

RIVKIN, RICHARD BOB. PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM IN THE OCEANIC DINOFLAGELLATE PYROCYSTIS NOCTILUCA

ROTHSTEIN, BOBBI (ROBERTA) WYNNE. PLAYING THE GAME: THE WORK OF TOM STOPPARD

SALESSES, JOHN JOSEPH. THE LYRIC VOICE FROM WYATT TO DONNE: AN ESSAY IN THE POETIC PROCESS

SCHWARTZ, PETER ALLEN. SOME EFFECTS OF RENAL DISEASE ON DRUG PROTEIN BINDING

SILVERMAN, RICKEY BERNARD. CLASSROOM CLIMATE AS A FUNCTION OF STUDENT AND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, GROUPING POLICIES AND TEACHER MORALE

SOLON, MICHAEL HENRY. THE SENSORY BASIS OF TACTILE COMMUNICATION IN THE AMERICAN LOBSTER

STERNBERGER, WAYNE IRA. SONAR OIL THICKNESS SENSOR

THIBEAU, RICHARD JAMES. CHARACTERIZATION OF OXIDATION PRODUCT FILMS ON LEAD IN AQUEOUS MEDIA BY IN SITU RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

VIK, SUSAN FRANCES. A STUDY OF SEXUALITY IN SELECTED AMERICAN NOVELS SINCE 1945

WADE, MICHAEL JAMES. ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: THEIR TRANSPORT AND FATE

WATKINS, WILLIAM DOUGLAS. STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENIC MARINE BACTERIA VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS AND VIBRO ANGUILLARUM

Wilkins, Joan E.. Some Factors Affecting College Students' Willingness to Interact with Hospitalized Mental Patients

WINDUS, NORMAN DONALD. EFFECTS OF SUCCINIC ACID 2,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZIDE AND 2-CHLOROETHYL PHOSPHONIC ACID ON THE RIPENING OF HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY FRUIT

YODER, JAMES AMOS. MODELING THE EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS OF SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) AND OTHER DIATOMS

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

BARRETT, PHYLLIS WHITESIDE. MORE AMERICAN ADAMS: WOMEN HEROES IN AMERICAN FICTION

BELIN, CHARLES W. JR.. PRODUCTIVITY OF BENTHIC MICROALGAL COMMUNITIES FOUND IN A TEMPERATE, TIDALLY-CONTROLLED ESTUARY

BRETON, JOSEPH RAYMOND. A GENERAL THEORY OF ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION WITH APPLICATIONS TO STRONG ACOUSTIC SCATTERING IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN

BRUNNER, CHARLOTTE A.. LATE NEOGENE AND QUATERNARY PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

CASHDOLLAR, PAULA MAURO. "MY FEMALE FRIENDS": AN EXAMINATION OF WOMEN AND WOMEN'S ROLES IN THE WRITINGS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

Cohen, Susan F.. The Effect of Systematic Desensitization and Information on Attitudes Toward the Physically Disabled

COLLINS, BARCLAY POWERS. GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CARBONIFEROUS NARRAGANSETT BASIN, RHODE ISLAND

CONDON, THOMAS JAMES. IMAGE AS VISION: A STUDY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S EARLY FICTION

CORLISS, BRUCE HAYWARD. STUDIES OF CENOZOIC DEEP-SEA BENTHONIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

Corriveau, Donald Paul. A Direct Comparison of Three Fear Assessment Techniques

CZARNECKI, MICHAEL FRANCIS. PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR SIDE SCANNING SONAR

DEL DONNO, THEODORE ANTHONY. SYNTHESIS OF THE TETRAPHOSPHOROUS MACROCYCLE: 1, 4, 8, 11-TETRAPHENYL-(13, 14-BENZO)-1, 4, 8, 11-TETRAPHOSPHA CYCLOPENTADECANE, AND A STUDY OF ITS NICKEL(II) COMPLEXES

DICLEMENTE, CARLO CARMEN. PERCEIVED CHANGE PROCESSES IN THE SUCCESSFUL CESSATION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS CHANGE