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Open Access Dissertations

The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to doctoral dissertations through DigitalCommons@URI. Dissertations prior to 2013 may or may not be available here. Please consult the URI library catalog to see all titles. For those dissertations available only in print, the library can usually scan a copy upon request.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Matos, Geraldo. Producers' Perspectives on What Makes (and Keeps) Brands Cool

Mauzole, Yackar L.. Dynamical Typology of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Fronts Based on Satellite Observations

McArdle, David T.. Global Dynamics and Boundedness of Discrete Population Models

McCue, Pamela L.. The Pre-Collegiate Pipeline to Diversify the Nursing Workforce

McDonough, Carrie A.. Spatial Distribution, Air-Water Exchange, and Toxicity of Organic Pollutants Using Passive Samplers

McManus, Michael Conor. Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Population and Habitat Trends in the Northwest Atlantic

Miao, Haoran. Three Essays on the Impact of Information on Nonpoint Source Polluters' Behavior

Montanio, Kyle. Evaluating Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania and Ethiopia

Morton-Aiken, Jenna. Metadata and Relational Architecture: Advancing Arrangement, Agency, and Access with New Methodology

Motamedi, Sanaz. Text Driving, Senior Mobility and Automated Sidewalk Assessment

Mullen, Matthew J.. An Investigation into the Influence of Interfacial Effects in a Three Layer Solid Phase Sensing Platform

Murillo, Pamela. The High School and Community College Experiences of Immigrant-English Language Learners

Newman, Thomas R.. Computer Science Lesson Study: Building Computing Skills Among Elementary School Teachers

Oster, Danielle R.. Pathways to Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among College Students with ADHD Symptomatology

Paquin, Karissa Lynn. Characterization of a H4K20ME2 Methyl-Binding Domain in the Fanconi Anemia Protein FANCD2

Platz, Jenny. Agency in Eating Disorders: American Literary and Visual Memoirs of Anorexia and Bulimia

Porter, Matthew Michael. Tools to Fight the Terrorist Threat

Pumaccahua, Tessy Tatiana. Challenging and Supportive Factors Encountered by Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Ramirez, Amanda Elizabeth. Investigating LGBTQ Advocacy Efforts Among Heterosexual Parent Allies

Remillard, Jamie. Teaching Writing with Play: A Study of Community-Based Science Education in a National Park

Romaguera, Gabriel E.. To Start, Continue, and Conclude: Foregrounding Narrative Production in Serial Fiction Publishing

Salomaki, Eric. Organellar Genome Evolution in Red Algal Parasites: Differences in Adelpho- and Alloparasites

Schrader, Joseph Michael. Novel Pharmacological Action of Clozapine at D2 Dopamine Receptors

Scott, Allie W.. Investigating and Comparing the Mechanisms of Behavior Change to Prevent Smoking Acquisition in Middle School Students

Segal, Caroline M.. Testing the Effectiveness of Brief Psychoeducation to Improve Parent Problem Recognition

Sega Matos, Helio David. Implosion and Blast Response of Metallic and Composite Structures in Underwater Environments

Shaw, Shelby A.. Gender's Role in Abolitionist Pedagogy: A Fictionalized Autoethnography

Shekari Namin, Elmira. Three Essays on Corporate Bonds Yield Spreads, Credit Ratings and Liquidity

Shen, Yuanjun. CES Involved Inhibition and Regulation

Shrontz, Jason. "You Will Hold This Book in Your Hands": The Novel and Corporeality in the New Media Ecology

Skierkowski, Dorothy D.. Assessing Reading Grade Level of Online Mental Health Materials: Practical and Methodological Considerations

Slattery, Mary F.. A Phenomenological Exploration of How Public School Administrators Balance Teacher Evaluation and Support of Teacher Growth

Snowe, Alyson. Exploring the Use of NoRedInk as a Tool for Composition Instruction

Spinard, Edward. The Effects of TCA Cycle Mutations on the Virulence of Vibrio Aguillarum Strains M93SM and NB10SM

Subramanian Parimalam, Bharathy. Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Lithium-Ion Battery Solid Electrolyte Interphase

Thomsen, Brian M.. Strength in Numbers: How Computational Estimation Impacts Mathematics Achievement of High School Students With and Without Disabilities

Trotman, April D.. Relationship and Power Dynamics in Women's Same Sex Abusive Couples

Tucker, Chelsea A.. Investigating the Influence of Word Properties on Vocabulary Outcomes of At-Risk Kindergarteners

Verma, Ruchi. Novel Methods for Delivering and Promoting the Endosomal Escape of Nucleic Acid Based Drugs: Chiral Polyamines and Hydrophobic Nanoparticle-Containing Liposomes

Vierra, David II. Insights Into Chromatin Modification and FANCD2 Phosphorylation in DNA Damage Repair

Viola, Marissa Grace. Direct Substrate Recognition by the ATP-Dependent Chaperone Protease CLPXP and Roles in Proteostasis

Visser, William. High Strain Rate Deformation Mechanisms of Body Centered Cubic Material Subjected to Impact Loading

Watters, Pamela. Measuring the Creativity of Architecture Students

Wegener, Johanna E.. Genetic, Demographic and Ecological Factors Contributing to the Evolution of Anolis Lizard Populations

Wharton, Kelly N.. Using Advanced Technologies to Assess Deterioration in Concrete Bridge Decks

Whelan, Julie Christine. Molecular-Level Design of Nanoscale Environments for Enhanced Single-Molecule Sensing

White, Charles E.. Asymptotic Stepwise Coupled Modes for Horizontally-Variable Acoustic Media

Wright, Jefferson Townsend. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sandwich Structures Subject to Blast Loading

Wyatt, Linden C.. Using the Energy of Membrane-Associated Folding for Tumor Targeting and Intracellular Cargo Delivery

Yalcin, Mehmet G.. Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX)

Yan, Jun. Smart Grid Security Against Massive Blackouts

Ye, Yizhou. Cardiovascular Adverse Events in Patients Receiveing QT Interval Prolonging Medications

Yu, Degan. Three Essays on Mobile Application Developers’ Product Offering Strategies

Zhang, Bo. Investigation of Novel Electrolyte Additives in Lithium Ion Batteries at Elevated Temperatures

Zhang, Yuzi. Performance Analysis and Morphology of Lithium Ion Battery Anodes Prepared by Colloidal Processing

Zhong, Xiangnan. On-Line Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control

Zhu, Zhenghan. Some Contributions to Radar Detection Theory

Zou, Chao. A Study of Chinese Consumer Preferences for Sustainably Farmed Seafood

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Ampadu, Gifty. Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior of Ghanaian American Immigrants

Anaya-Archila, Nelson M.. Nanoparticles Toxicity on Escherichia coli: Batch and Kinetic Approach

Armstrong, Addie. Degree-Limited Defective Three Colorings of Planar Graphs Containing No 4-Cycles or 5-Cycles

Baird, Grayson Luderman. Seizure Clusters in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures

Bilgin, Arzu. Global Dynamics of Some Discrete Dynamical Systems With Applications

Bockus, Abigail Brittany. A Study of the Regulatory and Environmental Factors Affecting Trimethylamine Oxide Accumulation in Marine Organisms

Boslett, Andrew J.. Valuation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

Burton, Katelyn Leigh. You Are What You Eat: Investigating Food Discourse and Digitally-Mediated Identities

Campbell, Alolade Oyinlola. Hurricane Emergency Evacuation Study for Coastal Regions of Rhode Island

Capraro, Karen L.. An Explanatory Case Study of the Implementation of Co-Teaching as a Student Teaching Method

Cogun, Fuat. Multimodal Moving Target Detection and Data Processing Via Distributed Sensors

Cooper, Jennifer Anne. Onsite Wastewarer Treatment Systems in a Changing Climate: Technology Robustness and Mechanisms

Costa, Russell. Information Geometric Probability Models in Statistical Signal Processing

Cotton, Brandi Parker. Residential Mobility and Delinquent Behaviors in Adolescence

D'Aloisio, Brooke Elise. Investigating Predictors of Academic Success in a Foundational Business Mathematics Course

Daniels, Jennifer L.. Synthesis, Characterization, and Tumor Targeting of Novel pH Sensitive Nanoparticles

Denette, Erin. Minimal Cantor Sets: The Combinatorial Construction of Ergodic Families and Semi-Conjugations

Deshazer, Garron. Improved Modeling of Image-Guided Thermal Ablation Procedures Towards Patient-Specific Treatment Planning Applications

Deshpande, Chinmay. Healthcare Costs and Impact of Medication Adherence on Outcomes in Patients on Novel Anticoagulant Therapy

DiBari, Julie A.. Studying School Improvement Teams to Analyze Multiple Stakeholder Engagement in Decision-Making in Public Education

DiFilippo, Nicholas M.. Framework for the Automated Disassembly of Electronic Waste Using the Soar Cognitive Architecture

Dipippo, Mark. Global Dynamics of Some Quadratic Difference Equations

Dong, Yingnan. Exploration of Additives for Improving Performance of High Voltage LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄/Graphite Cells (Applied)

Duan, Jingyi. The Antecedents and Consequences of Consumption-Related Posting Behavior on Social Media

Dzaugis, Mary Elizabeth. Water Radiolysis and Chemical Production Rates Near Solid-Water Boundaries

Egan, Justine N.. Prescriptions of Intergroup Conflict: The Role of Implicit and Explicit Associations of Violence

Eid, Aseel. Epigenetic Pathways Involved in Response to Lead (PB) Exposure in the Aging Brain: Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease

Faust, Kyle Aaron. Applying the Transtheoretical Model to Problematic Digital Game Use

Feltane, Amal. Time-Frequency Based Methods for Non-Stationary Signal Analysis with Application To EEG Signals

Flinders, Ashton F.. A Multidisciplinary Study on the Crustal Nature of Volcanic Conduits and Magma Reservoirs

Gaibor, Nikita. Technical and Management Aspects and Socio-Cultural Perceptions of Sea Turtle Bycatch in Ecuador

García-Ramírez, Grisel M.. Victim, Perpetrator and Bystander Perspectives: Vatiations in Language Usage, Empathy and Violence Sensitivity

Gauch, Erin. Experimental and Computational Study of the Response of Composite Structures to Extreme Loading

Greene, Rebekah C.. Exquisite Clutter: Material Culture and the Scottish Reinvention of the Adventure Narrative

Greene-Smith Keefe, Rosaleen. “A Peculiar Power of Perception”: Scottish Enlightenment Rhetoric and the New Aesthetic of Language

Guiérrez Núñez, Andres H.. Development and Validation of Immunoinformatics Tools for Swine Vaccine Development

Halloran, Katherine M.. Head Start Teacher Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes and Diet as Predictors of Classroom Mealtime Behaviors with Children

Hamilton-Read, Paige. Evaluating the Implementation Quality and Utility of Response to Intervention Practices

Hardy, Sarah. Kindergarten Story Retell: Considering the Influence of Vocabulary on Quality of Production

Hirth, Brittany B.. Absurdity and Artistry in Twentieth Century American War Literature

Hobbs, Niels-Viggo Schou. Agonistic Behavior and Costs of Aggression in Decapod Crustaceans

Hospod, Thomas J.. World Class(ed) Talk: The Reflective Discourse of Pell Grant Students About Their Study Abroad Experience