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Theses/Dissertations from 1976 1976

CHENG, ANTHONY HOUNG-ROE. EFFECT OF AGE UPON PROTEIN UTILIZATION IN HUMAN SUBJECTS

Comiskey, Thomas J.. The Effect of Two Competitive Conditions and a Non-Competitive Condition on Performance and Retention on a Recognition Task

CRAVEN, ROBERT RUSSELL. A CRITICAL, OLD-SPELLING EDITION OF NAHUM TATE'S "BRUTUS OF ALBA."

DAVIS, ASA SANFORD JR.. HIGH SPEED ANALYSIS OF RELIABLE LIFE DATA USING COMPUTER INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS

DURBIN, ANN GALL. THE ROLE OF FISH MIGRATION IN TWO COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS: I. THE ATLANTIC MENHADEN, BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS, IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I. 2. THE ANADROMOUS ALEWIFE, ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS, IN RHODE ISLAND PONDS

DURBIN, EDWARD GEORGE. STUDIES ON THE AUTECOLOGY OF THE MARINE DIATOM THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOELDII CLEVE

ELLINGTON, WILLIAM ROSS. METABOLIC COMPENSATION OF THE SEA CUCUMBER SCLERADACTYLA BRIAREUS (LESEUR) TO REDUCED OXYGEN TENSIONS

ELLWOOD, BROOKS BERESFORD. DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE STANDARDIZED ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PARAMETER F(X)

FAVOR, JOHN BRUCE. MUTAGENESIS STUDIES IN MICE

FINE, MICHAEL LAWRENCE. VARIATION OF NATURAL AND BRAIN-STIMULATED SOUNDS OF THE OYSTER TOADFISH OPSANUS TAU L

GERBER, RAY PHILIP. ECOLOGY OF LAGOON ZOOPLANKTON AT ENEWETAK ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS

GERSHON, MICHAEL. NONPROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS: A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MANUAL

HARTMAN, PATRICK JAMES. NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS RESULTING FROM CUMULATIVE FATIGUE DAMAGE OF COCHLEAR HAIR CELLS

HECKERMAN, CAROL LANDAU. MODIFICATION OF OBESITY VIA STANDARD SELF-CONTROL PROCEDURES; SELF-CONTROL PROCEDURES PLUS EXTERNAL CONTROL; AND SELF-CONTROL PROCEDURES PLUS INTERNAL CONTROL

HOLLAND, JAN PHILLIP. INVESTIGATION OF THE REDUCTION OF THE TARGET STRENGTH OF A FLAT STEEL TEST PLATE

HOURIGAN, JAMES ARTHUR. KINETIC STUDIES OF THE ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS OF LACTOSE

HUFF, LLOYD CORDER. SYSTEM DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR A DATA BUOY NETWORK

JIMENEZ, UBALDO. CONTROL OF SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION OF TESTICULAR STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES

KALISKI, JUDITH PUTNAM. PATTERNS IN CHILDREARING: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL FEMINISM ON SEX-ROLE DEVELOPMENT, NEED: ACHIEVEMENT, AND AUTONOMY IN CHILDREN

KREMER, PATRICIA MCCARTHY. THE ECOLOGY OF THE CTENOPHORE MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

KUTLIROFF, JEROME ROBERT. CONTACT INHIBITION: I. THE NECESSITY OF THE RESTRICTION OF URIDINE TRANSPORT AND II. THE TIME OF INITIATION OF METABOLIC CHANGES

LATIF, SYED ABDUL. STUDY OF GONADOTROPIC HORMONES IN THE REGULATION OF MICROSOMAL CYTOCHROMEP-450 AND STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES IN THE RAT TESTIS

Lee, Wai-Ping Teresa. Hydrocarbon Analysis of Surface Seawater and Beach Sand by Infrared Absorption Methods

LEVINE, EDWARD RICHARD. THE GENERATION OF OCEANIC INTERNAL WAVES BY ADVECTING AIR PRESSURE FIELDS

MARGOLIS, MARSHALL JEFFREY. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF LAKE TURKANA BASIN SEDIMENTS: NORMAL PARAFFINS OF SEDIMENTS AND IN SITU FOSSILS

MARKOWITZ, ALAN EDWARD. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SELF-NOISE PROPERTIES OF A LONG, FLEXIBLE-WALL,FLUID FILLED CYLINDER TOWED AT SEA

MARSH, DAVID ALLEN. THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHOLIPID ANALOGS FOR STUDIES ON RENIN INHIBITION

MCGRAIL, DAVID WAYNE. MECHANISMS OF SEDIMENTATION ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

MEHR, ARTHUR F.. MEASURING SOCIAL BENEFITS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOOMTOWNS

MERKEL, WILLIAM TAYLOR. THE EFFECTS OF INDUCED EXPECTANCIES IN THERAPISTS AND SUBJECTS ON THE OUTCOME OF SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION OF SNAKE PHOBICS

MOODY, CHARLES EDWARD JR.. INCREASED CELL-MEDIATED LYSIS OF CHICKEN ERYTHROCYTES FOLLOWING THE ADDITION OF METABOLIC INHIBITORS

MUKHERJI, PRITHVIRAJ. TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED EXCHANGE STUDIES OF SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS

NG, SAI-SUN. SIALYLTRANSFERASES IN RAT BRAIN: THEIR MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND MODE OF ACTION

NIPPO, MURN MARCUS. THE EFFECTS OF SOURCE OF SULFUR AND NITROGEN TO SULFUR RATION ON A CONTINUOUS CULTURE ARTIFICIAL RUMEN SYSTEM

PICARD, GERALD LOUIS. LIGNIN PHOSPHATE AND ITS UTILIZATION AS A SLOW RELEASE PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER

POLLACK, MARC LEWIS. EFFECTS OF POTASSIUM DEPLETION ON THE FORMATION OF MACROMOLECULES IN CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS

REN, PETER. EFFECTS OF COUMARIN AND INDANEDIONE ANTICOAGULANTS ON PROTHROMBIN SYNTHESIS AND VITAMIN-K EPOXIDE CYCLE IN NORMAL AND WARFARIN RESISTANT RATS

RHEE, YOUNG OK. CHARACTERIZATION OF AVIAN ADENOVIRUS ASSOCIATED VIRUS

Schooler, Douglas Lee. The Effects of Self-Imposed and Externally Imposed Rewards of Children's Intrinsic Motivation

SCHWARTZ, SHEILA COHEN. AN INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOMETRIC PREDICTOR VARIABLES USED IN THEDIAGNOSIS OF HYPERKINESIS

SCULLY, ANDREA MARIE MOFFA. GENETIC POLYMORPHISM AND DEMOGRAPHIC EQUILIBRIUM IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

SCULLY, ERIK PAUL. HABITAT, SHELL UTILIZATION, AND THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF SOME POPULATIONS OF THE HERMIT CRAB PAGURUS LONGICARPUS SAY, 1817

SEIGEL, CATHARINE FRESSIE. A CELEBRATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THE NOVELS OF CONRAD AIKEN

SIMMONS, JAMES GREGG. STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES AS POTENTIALS FOR UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION

SOUSA, ROBERT JAMES. THE EFFECT OF AMMONIA ON THE OXYGEN DELIVERY SYSTEM OF COHO SALMON HEMOGLOBIN

Starbird, Dannel Hussey. Cognitive Complexity of Clinical Psychology Students in Relation to Their Evaluation of Contributions to Psychology

STEVENSON, DAVID KARL. DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM YIELD CONDITIONS FROM LENGTH FREQUENCY DATA FOR A TROPICAL FISH POT FISHERY

TARUSKI, ALGIS GEORGE. WHISTLES OF THE PILOT WHALE (GLOBICEPHALA SPP.): VARIATIONS IN WHISTLING RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL/ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT, BROADCAST OF UNDERWATER SOUND, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

Thompson, Dorothy. Agency/Communion Balance and its Relationship to Sex Role Stereotyping

UNNI, CHATHUARVEEDU KANNAN. CHLORINE AND BROMINE DEGASSING DURING SUBMARINE AND SUBAERIAL VOLCANISM

VARGO, GABRIEL ANDREW. THE INFLUENCE OF GRAZING AND NUTRIENT EXCRETION BY ZOOPLANKTON ON THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF THE MARINE DIATOM, SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREVILLE) CLEVE, IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

Wallace, Gordon T. Jr.. Particulate Matter in Surface Seawater: Sources, Chemical Composition, and Affinity for the Sea-Air Interface

WANG, HSIN-PANG. MULTI-LEVELED FINITE-ELEMENT HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL OF BLOCK ISLAND SOUND

WHITE, HARRIS HERMAN. ECOLOGY OF BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE GONYAULAX TAMARENSIS LEBOUR

WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS FRANCIS. PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL PALEOECOLOGY IN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

Wing, Bruce L.. ECOLOGY OF PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA AND P. PACIFICA (AMPHIPODA: HYPERIIDEA) IN ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS

YU, CHENG-SEIN. SYNTHESIS OF RENIN INHIBITORS

Theses/Dissertations from 1975 1975

Anagnostopoulos, Konstantinos Nikolaou. Studies in Solid State Image Sensors

BHOPALE, ARVIND M.. OPTIMUM PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF PHASE JITTER AND FREQUENCY OFFSET IN A HIGH-SPEED DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

BHOVICHITRA, MAHN. NITRATE AND AMMONIA UPTAKE OF LARGE OCEANIC DINOFLAGELLATES: PYROCYSTIS NOCTILUCA, PYROCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS, AND DISSODINIUM LUNULA

BOURNE, RICHARD K.. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF PHOSPHOGLYCERIDE MUSTARDS

BREON, THOMAS LEE. A THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION INTO SPATIAL AND CONFIGURATIONAL ASPECTS OF MOLECULES

BUONO, JOHN ARTHUR. THE RAPID SEPARATION AND DETERMINATION OF TRACE METALS IN NEUTRON ACTIVATED HIGH SALINE MATRICES BY PRECIPITATION WITH POLY-5-VINYL-8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE

CAURIE, MATTHEW. IMPROVEMENT IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SUBSEQUENT STABILITY OF HOT-SMOKE FISH CURING IN WEST AFRICA

CHACE, ALDEN BUFFINGTON JR.. PRESSURE AND DENSITY IN MARINE SEDIMENT

CRANDALL, DAVID EUGENE. PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM AND ITS REGULATION IN THE SEA URCHIN (ARBACIA PUNCTULATA)

CURRY, THOMAS JOHN. A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF TRANSIT DETECTOR PERFORMANCE IN THE TIME VARYING NOISE OF THE OCEAN

DALY, FRANCIS PATRICK. RAMAN SPECTRA OF RHOMBIC SULFUR DISSOLVED IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMINES

DEMARS, KENNETH ROLAND. STRENGTH AND STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF DEEP-OCEAN CARBONATE SOILS

DUFOUR, ALFRED P.. BACTERIAL SPECIES OF THE COLIFORM GROUP: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

DU PONT, NORMAN CHARLES. EFFECTS OF INDUCED EXPECTANCY AND SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION ON TEST ANXIETY IN THERAPY, PSEUDODESENSITIZATION, PSEUDOCONTROL, AND CONTROL GROUP SUBJECTS

EDEL, RICHARD KENNETH. LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY OF ADULT-SIZED AMERICAN EELS (ANGUILLA ROSTRATA LESUEUR): EFFECTS OF SHELTER AVAILABILITY, INDUCED MATURATION AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENT

Evans, David L.. Large and Small Scale Temperature-Salinity Correlations in the Ocean

FICORILLI, GEORGE ANTHONY. PARTIAL IMMUNITY AGAINST HYMENOLEPIS NANA INDUCED IN MICE BY INJECTION OF ANTIGENIC EGG FRACTIONS

FRAZIER, ROBERT STEVEN. CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION AND INFORMATION

FRYE, RICHARD. INTERBASIN TRANSFERS OF GROUNDWATER FOR MUNICIPAL SUPPLY: A CASE STUDY IN RHODE ISLAND

GAINES, ARTHUR GEORGE JR.. PAPERS ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY, HYDROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER ESTUARY

GESSNER, ROBERT VALENTINE. THE SEASONAL SUCCESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA AND IN VITRO STUDIES ON THE GROWTH, NUTRITION, AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF SPHAERULINA PEDICELLATA

Gianutsos, Gerald. MECHANISM AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG-INDUCED AGGRESSION

GLASS, RICHARD WILLIAM. CAROTENOIDS IN PLANTS

GOERNER, RICHARD N. JR.. ELECTRONIC EFFECTS OF STRONG ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUPS IN FREE RADICAL REARRANGEMENTS. THE DECARBONYLATION OF SUBSTITUTED (9-PHENYL-9-FLUORENYL) ACETALDEHYDES

GRENIER, RACHEL-ANN. THE ALLITERATIVE "MORTE ARTHURE."

GUHA, DEB KAMAL. IMAGING BY SHADOW CASTING

HAIN, JAMES HENDRIK WENTINK. MIGRATORY ORIENTATION IN THE AMERICAN EEL, ANGUILLA ROSTRATA

Hess, Judye Gershman. Sex-Role Development in Psychiatrically Disturbed Adolescent Females and Their Parents

HOFFMAN, EVA JERNIGAN. CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION AT THE AIR SEA INTERFACE: ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS AND TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON

HSU, PILAN L.. CHEMICAL SYNTHESES AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF SUBSTITUTED 1,3,2-OXAZAPHOSPHOLIDINE 2-OXIDES

HSU, RONG YEW. INTERACTION OF SELECTED ORGANIC MOLECULES AND CHLORINE IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

KREMER, JAMES N.. ANALYSIS OF A PLANKTON-BASED TEMPERATE ECOSYSTEM: AN ECOLOGICAL SIMULATION MODEL OF NARRAGANSETT BAY

LA ROCCA, MARY ANNE KUNZ. CHLAMYDOSPORE FORMATION BY THE FUNGUS BYSSOCHLAMYS FULVA

LA ROCCA, PAUL THOMAS. THE EFFECT OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ON ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY

LEE, CHONG MIN. PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF NON-ENZYMATIC BROWNING

LEE, DAW-YUAN. SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES AS POTENTIAL ANTICANCER AGENTS

LENNON, JOHN MICHAEL. A RADICAL BRIDGE: MAILER'S NARRATIVE ART

LOWE, TERRENCE PETER. REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF OYSTER TOADFISH (OPSANUS TAU) IN CHARLESTOWN POND, RHODE ISLAND

MACCARDELL, LESLIE HART. THE INFLUENCE OF SEXUAL IDENTITY ON THE EVALUATION OF EMOTIONAL PAIN IN SELF AND OTHERS: THE THERAPIST'S EXPERIENCE

MC CARTHY, JOHN F.. TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN PROTEIN AND RNA SYNTHESIS DURING THE INTERMOLT CYCLE OF THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS

MCCRADY, BARBARA SACHS. PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN THE ALCOHOL MISUSER: AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL

MORROW, GARY ROBERT. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SOME BASIC THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: A DYADIC, PSYCHOMETRIC MODEL FOR ASSESSING ELEMENTS OF THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP

NOLAN, JOSEPH CLARENCE. ON THE CONFORMATION OF 23S RIBOSOMAL-RNA AND ITS ROLE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS