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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 2018 2018

Prendergast, Patrick. Essays on Measuring Dynamic Community Responses to Environmental Events

Ruise, Brandis. The School Connections Survey and Middle School Students: Concurrent Validity with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Sadighi, Armin. EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON GASTROINTESTINAL TIGHT JUNCTIONS AND P-GLYCOPROTEIN EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONALITY

Santos, Cláudia Yang. Cardiovascular and Retinal Vascular Changes in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Sauvage, Justine Flore. Sedimentary Catalysis of Radiolytic Hydrogen Production

Sfinarolakis, Georgios. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Sharma, Ganga P.. CONFORMATIONS, ENERGETICS, AND KINETICS OF PEPTIDES IN MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENT

Shrestha, Samana. USE OF RADIATION TO KILL CANCER BY NANOPARTICLES AND IN A BIODOSIMETER USING GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS

Simmonds, Katherine Elisabeth. Nurse Practitioners’ and Certified Nurse Midwives’ Experiences Providing Comprehensive Early Abortion Care in New England

Smith, Daniel Martin. COLLECTIVE SYNCHRONY IN TEAM SPORTS

Staniszewski, Christopher. On Possible Limit Functions on a Fatou Component in Non-Autonomous Iteration

Stempel, Peter. DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF STORM SURGE RISK COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICS

Still, Bryan. Design of Complex Engineered Systems and the Effectiveness of Organizational Networks

Thomas, Edward Alan. Understanding Confined Fluids in Shale Gas Systems

Tolouei, Anita E.. STIMULI-RESPONSIVE BIOMATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO IMPROVE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHRONIC WOUND HEALING

Toole, Christopher. Source Localization of Tripolar Electroencephalography

Wallace, Joselynn. THALASSIOSIROID DIATOM RESPONSES TO SILICON STRESS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Wang, Xiaodong. Facilitated Excretion of Gold Nanoparticles by Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Through the ATP7B Transporter

Wei, Da. PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WARBURG EFFECT IN CANCER CELLS

Wertman, Christina Anne. Circulation & Exchange Within Shelf & Estuarine Waters Driven by the Atmosphere, Tides and Buoyancy

White, Jade A.. INCREASING CRITICAL THINKING IN PERSONAL DECISION MAKING- A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Wickham, Kimberly. Questing Feminism: Narrative Tensions and Magical Women in Modern Fantasy

Wyatt, Janan Patrice. EXPLORING THE TREATMENT EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBSTANCE USING WOMEN AND PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Adhibhatta, Syama S.. Biological Process: Characterization, Establishment of Shelf Life and Optimizing Method Transfers

Adusumalli, Sravani. Biotransformation and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of PF-5190457, A Novel Drug Candidate for Alcoholism

Al Harfi Albluwi, Qutaiba. Framework for Performance Evaluation of Computer Security Incident Response Capabilities

Alhasani, Ahmed Salem. Assessing Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers to Reduce Infectious Disease

Alhasani, Mona Abdulmuti. The Influence of Interfacial Effects by PVDF on the Fluorescent Properties of Rhodamine 6G

Anish, Beth O'Leary. Writing Irish America: Communal Memory and the Narrative of Nation in Diaspora

Barone, Carly. Anthelmintic Efficacy of Bioactive Compounds Within Cranberry Vine and Birdsfoot Trefoil

Bauerband, Loren Andrew. Investigation of Health Risk Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Minority Identities

Beiram, Rami. Health Outcomes Research of Novel Disease Modifying Medications in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cost Burden of Early Onset Dementia

Belanger, Jillian. Speaking Truth to Power: Stand-Up Comedians as Sophists, Jesters, Public Intellectuals and Activists

Bell, Samuel D.. Understanding Pregnancy Centered Medications: Characterizing the Interactions of a Series of Sulfonylurea Analogs and the ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Proteins, P-Glycoprotein and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein

Benharris, Lyndsey A.. Exploring Critical Literacy with Early Childhood Educators

Bernstein, Michael. A Personalized Normative Feedback Text-Message Intervention to Reduce 21st Birthday Alcohol Use and Problems

Bigdeli, Arash. Modeling Gas Budgets in Marginal Sea Ice Zones

Boccio, Rachel. Architectures of Captivity: Imagining Freedom in Antebellum America

Brannon, Elizabeth Quinn. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biological Nutrient Removal During Wastewater Treatment

Brown, Austin Collins. Improvised Explosives: X-Ray Detection & Euthectics of Erythritol Tetranitrate

Buchanan, Scott W.. The Influence of Altered Habitat: Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Turtles in Rhode Island

Cai, Ang. Conformational Insights Into Aminobiphenyl-Modified DNA: Implications for Mutation and Repair

Chae, Younghun. Representing Statistical Network-Based Anomaly Detection by Using Trust

Chapman, Mingyu. Development of Rhodamine 6G Thin Filmn as a Fluorescent Sensor for Explosive Vapor Detection

Chaudhuri, Sauradip. Derivatized Cyclodextrins and Their Modified Synthetic Architectures for Sensing and Catalysis

Chen, Bing. Extending TTM-Based Quantitative Predictions to HIV Prevention Among MSM

Chen, Zhen. Sub-Terahertz Range Fiber Optic Devices for Sensing Applications

Clark, Jodi L.. Teachers' Experiences of Induction Coaching: A Narrative Retrospective Inquiry

Coia, Bethany J.. A Description of Approachable Nurses: The Voice of the Hospitalized Child

Cui, Yixin. High Throughput and Mechanistic Analysis of the HRD Motif of Src Protein Tyrosine Kinase

Deering, Robert W.. Using Natural Products to Treat Resistant and Persistent Bacterial Infections

Ducharme, Daniel N.. Machine Learning for the Automated Identification of Cyberbullying and Cyberharassment

Dunn, Hailee K.. Exploring Ways to Enhance Teens' Participation in Social Media Interventions: A Formative Research Study

Foppert, Annie. Southern Ocean Eddy Heat Flux and Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions in Drake Passage

Fullerton, Bridget. Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Electronic Portfolio Assessment in College Composition Courses

Fuvich, Jennifer Irene. Exploring the Perceptions of Nursing Students’ Self-Confidence in the Acute Care Setting

Gayle, Crystal Nicole. European American Students' Supports, Challenges, and Perceptions of Their Peers of Color

Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz. Dynamic Response and Active Control of Flexible Cylindrical Structures Undergoing Vortex-Induced Vibrations

Giampa, Joseph Robert. Experimental Study of Plate Anchor-Soil Interaction in Sand for the Development of a Novel Anchor

Gill, Carrie A.. Encouraging Energy Efficiancy: Pricing, Education, and Framing

Grattan, Amy S.. Early Childhood Educators' Perspectives on Autism and Evidence-Based Practices

Hayes, David Brian. Identity, Awareness, Action: A Study of White Anti-Racist Faculty Praxis at Two Predominantly White Institutions

Henley, Heath. Modeling Phase Behavior in Complex Systems Using the Gibbs-Helmholtz Constrained Equation of State

Hernandez, Wilfred. Development of a Sustainable Quality Assurance Program for Transportation Infrastructure

Hickey, Joyce Ellen. Stress, Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Health and Cortisol in Premature Infants, at Age 23

Ilbeigi, Shahab. A New Framework for Model Reduction of Complex Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Jacobsen, Stephanie L.. The Blame Game: The Effect of Recommendation Context on Product Outcome Attributions

Jones, Uchenna J.. School Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Child Mental Health: Child Diagnosis, Gender, and Ethnicity

Joseph, Emilie B.. Impact of Multicultural Ethnic Identity on Emerging Adult Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Khyat, Toufik. Bifurcations of Some Planar Discrete Dynamical Systems with Applications

Korn, Maggie Arin. Being a Man with an Invisible Disability: College Men's Experiences

Kunicki, Zachary J.. The Factor Structure of Resilience and the Relationship Between Resiliance and Physical Activity

Li, Xingxing. Characterization of Cellulose Synthesis Complexes in Physcomitrella patens

Makki, Emad Ahmad. Experimental Studies on Mitigating the Risk of Air Blast Loading

Marcotte, Melissa. Differential Effects of State Shame and Self-Affirmation on Reactive Aggression

Mathews, Deborah K.. Predictors of Success in Learning Computer Programming

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