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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Agvent, Lindsay. TESTING THE ONTOGENETIC MIGRATION HYPOTHESIS IN THE EMERGING RHODE ISLAND JONAH CRAB (CANCER BOREALIS) FISHERY USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
Alexander, Donald Samuel. Characterization of a Single Bladed Propeller used for Actuating an Autonomous Undersea Vehicle
Ardovino, Marissa. OCCUPANCY OF A NEW MEXICO ENDEMIC SALAMANDER ACROSS A WILDFIRE BURN SEVERITY GRADIENT
Barbera, Gina. DOES NEGLECT AS A CHILD AFFECT LATER LIFE LONELINESS?
Barrett, Gabriel A.. VARIANT GRAPHS IMPROVE ACCURACY OF DOWNSTREAM ANALYSIS IN RESTRICTION SITE-ASSOCIATED SEQUENCING
Bassett, Gregory. CYSTEINE ARYLATION VIA UNCONVENTIONAL NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION
Boiani, Sophia. INNOVATIVE BIOINK FORMULATION FOR 3D BIOPRINTING OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS
Brand, Sawyer V.S.. EDDY HEAT FLUX IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE
Byrne, Alexandra. BLAST MITIGATION PROPERTIES OF BUBBLE SCREENS ON NEARBY UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
Caero, Thomas V.. A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE PACIFIC-ARCTIC REGION
Carrasquillo, Angel. GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA POPULATIONS FOR USE IN AQUACULTURE
Carter, Emily K.. MONETARY INCENTIVE DELAY TASK RESPONSE IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENTS: ADVANCING HEALTH PROMOTION IN THIS AGE GROUP
Caton, Caroline. EXPLORING BOATERS’ INTENTIONS AND AWARENESS TO EXPLAIN WHY SOME ANCHOR ON CORAL REEFS
Colvin, Meaghan. OUTCOMES FOR AN INTERGENERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: A PRE-POST WITH WAITLIST CONTROL STUDY
Crayne, Megan O'Brien. PURITY CULTURE AND TRAUMATIC STRESS IN CATHOLIC WOMEN
Das, Subarna. A C-MET RECEPTOR TARGETING NANOPARTICLE PLATFORM FOR COMBINATION THERAPY AGAINST HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
DeCastro, Lauren. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF O-GLCNACYLATION AND HYPOXIA ON ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION BY BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS
DeFelice, Nicole D.. USING BIRD ODOR TO DETER MAMMALIAN PREDATORS FROM DEPREDATING SHOREBIRD NESTS
Deingeniis, Vincent. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN GREENWICH BAY RHODE ISLAND
DeLoof, Bethany. MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF SAND TIGER SHARKS (CARCHARIAS TAURUS) ALONG THE US EAST COAST
Dey, Anamika. ESTIMATING THE LOGISTIC REGRESSION FROM LABEL PROPORTIONS
Dickey, David Jay. EFFECTS OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON SOLEMYA VELUM POREWATER NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION
Diurczak, Daniel. A NUMERICAL STUDY OF IMPLOSION – PRESSURE PULSE MITIGATION BY USE OF SHROUDS
Donahue, Christopher J.. CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPLOSION PULSE MITIGATION BY ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED FILLER PROFILES THIS
Ferguson, Jewelia J.. POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS AND DRUG USE: ETHNIC-RACIAL IDENTITY AS A MODERATOR FOR WOMEN OF COLOR ENDURING PARTNER VIOLENCE
Fioravanti, Anthony J.. EXERCISE IN THE DARK: THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXERCISE EXPERIENCE
Flecchia, Nicole M.. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE POPULATION OF THE CTENOPHORE MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI
Fontaine, Jacob. ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-FIDELITY HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS OF FLOATING WIND TURBINES IN EXTREME WAVE EVENTS
Gaudreau, Janis. THE INTERACTION OF EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES, PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION IN YOUTH
Gimple, Megan. LIDAR SENSING SYSTEMS: A VIABLE APPROACH TO NEAR-FIELD WAVE ELEVATION MEASUREMENTS
Gotov, Ventsislav. USING BOARD GAMES FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL REDISTRICTING
Greene, Olivia Rose. EVALUATING THE CHANGES IN HIP FUNCTION IN EXPECTANT MOTHERS BEFORE AND AFTER DELIVERY: CORRELATION BETWEEN HIP FUNCTION AND DELIVERY OUTCOME
Grenier, Michael S.. MUSIC-FOR-THE-STATE: HEGEMONY, CULTURE PRODUCTION, AND CREATIVE LABOR IN US ARMY MUSIC
Gutierrez, Arianna. ACCESSIONING PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING COLLECTIONS
Gutiérrez, Raúl A.. PROBING THE ANOXIC WORLD OF COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND: UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROTISTS AND THEIR BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS
Harpin, Ashley M.. THE RELATION BETWEEN INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND STEM ACHIEVEMENT
Harrington, Daniel Jacob. PAST AND FUTURE STORM-DRIVEN CHANGES TO A DYNAMIC SANDY BARRIER SYSTEM: OUTER CAPE COD, MA
Herbst, Adelina. CONCEPTUALIZING A SAFE, MANUAL DISASSEMBLY LINE FOR RECHARGEABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERIES
Hicking, Friederike. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SMARTWATCH DATA IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD AND NON-ADHD
Hill, Margaret. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF MEMBRANE VESICLES ISOLATED FROM PSEUDOALTEROMONAS RUBRA
Hoburg, Adam J.. RCS-SLAM: RANGE OF COMMUNICATION SWARM SLAM
Hyun, Seongbin. ANALYSIS OF THE IMPERIAL AND RACIAL RELATIONSHIP IN SANTO TOMAS INTERMENT CAMP AND MANILA, WWII
Jacob, Tony. ACTIVE SONAR-DRIVEN ICEBERG WALL FOLLOWING PATH PLANNER FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES
Khalil Loo, Behrooz. KNOCKOFF METHODS FOR NONLINEAR FEATURE SELECTION IN DATA WITH CATEGORICAL FEATURES
King, Brendan. IMPACTS OF SEAFLOOR CHARACTERISTICS ON SOUND PROPAGATION IN A SEAMOUNT ENVIRONMENT
Kluglein, Melissa. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF NONWORD REPETITION IN BILINGUAL TYPICALLY-DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND BILINGUAL CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER
Kresge, Colby D.. INVESTIGATING THE MOVEMENTS, BEHAVIORS, AND INTERACTIONS WITH FISHERIES OF THE ENDANGERED SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
LaCroix, Rachel Paige. TESTING THE ROLE OF SUPPORTING POSITIVE BEHAVIORS BETWEEN CHILD-CENTERED PARENTING AND PROSOCIALITY
Leclerc, Haley. USING BLOOD BIOMARKERS TO PREDICT PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Lenehan, Thomas. TRACKING THE SIGNATURE OF AN EXPLOSIVE
Leopold-Brandt, Hannah. AN INVESTIGATION OF ACHROMATIC AND HARMONIOUS CHROMATIC NUMBER OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF GRAPHS
Levesque, Brenna. INVESTIGATING A MAJOR 16S rRNA FOLDING EVENT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE 30S RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT
Lindsey, Hayley M.. MEASURING MOTIVATION FOR EFFECTIVE HEADACHE SELF-MANAGEMENT: AN APPLICATION OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Loffredo, Joseph Anthony. SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN RIPARIAN AND RESTORED TIDAL WETLANDS: MONITORING AND METHOD EVALUATION
Marks, Aracely. ANODAL TDCS AND VIRTUAL REALITY GAIT REHABILITATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC STROKE
McAreavey, Kathleen A.. NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET: COSTUMING FOR COMMUNITY BALLET
McElroy, Dasan L.. EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND ANTHROPOGENIC FORCINGS ON SALT MARSH PERSISTENCE IN UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI
McPartland, Morgan J.. INVESTIGATION OF SERUM RESISTANCE IN HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE
McTighe, Jensen E.. CONTROL OF FLOW INSTABILITIES WITH ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
Meola, Maria. THE URI FREE FARMERS’ MARKET AND FOOD ACCESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Millen, Luke Richard. DEVELOPING A CROSS-PLATFORM REMOTELY OPERATED TOOLSET FOR IN SITU DEEP SEA CORAL PROPAGATION
Molski, Joseph. GATEWAY TO THE MIND: USING EYE TRACKING TO EXPLORE THE BROADER AUTISM PHENOTYPE
Moore, Benjamin. EVALUATING FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS TRANSLATION IN VITRO
Mora, Juliane. USING EDNA AND TRADITIONAL METHODS TO ASSESS FISH DIVERSITY IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
Nadeau, David M.. BENTHIC LANDERS IN OCEANOGRAPHY – THE DESIGN AND JUSTIFICATION OF A MULTI-USE NOVEL BENTHIC LANDER SYSTEM
Narvaez, Isaiah Jesus. NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SACRIFICIAL CONFINING STRUCTURES IN MITIGATING UNDERWATER IMPLOSION PRESSURE SPIKES
Neistat, Raymond Brink. OBSERVABILITY-AWARE PATH PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
Nguyen, Thanh Cong. EVALUATING THE PROTECTIVE EFFICIENCY OF AUXETIC DOUBLE-ARROW-HEAD SHIELDS ON COMPOSITE CYLINDERS SUBJECTED TO NEAR-FIELD UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS
Noori, Bahaa M.. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF FANCD2 IN NEUROGENESIS
Oh, Do Hyun. EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LNG BUNKERING AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
Palazzo, Ludovica. HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN GOLD NANOPARTICLES STUDIED VIA PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS
Papa, Michael. UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH CURVED WATER-BACKED STRUCTURES
Parise, Alyssa. EXPLAINING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ANTI-PLASTIC POLLUTION ORDINANCES IN RHODE ISLAND TOWNS
Peluso, Jessica. IMPLICATIONS OF WATER-ROCK REACTIONS IN LAVA TUBE ENVIRONMENTS AT LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Perrone, David. VISUALIZATION OF HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA IN LOW DIMENSIONAL SPACE VIA CLUSTERED MANIFOLD MAPPING
Points, Bess. CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMICS OF BEACH-UPLAND TRANSITION: INSIGHTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A
Price, Kody. EVALUATING SOIL STIFFNESS FOR COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND RESEARCH PROJECT MONOPILE FOUNDATIONS
Prien, Marlene. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BRICKS CONTAINING PLASTIC WASTE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF GERMANY
Rahming, Benjamin C. S.. UNDERWATER VEHICLE MANEUVERING WITH A SINGLEBLADED PROPELLER
Rainone, Lauren. THE DEVELOPMEMT OF RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM BATTERIES WITH CARBON BASED CATHODE MATERIALS
Rodrigue, Katherine E.. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS
Rojas, Alejandro. SURVEYING SEAFOOD PREFERENCES AND POTENTIAL NEOPHOBIA OF UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES IN RHODE ISLAND CONSUMERS
Rojchanaborworn, Pumee. SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF RHODE ISLAND
Roy, Sankhadip. MOTOR INSURANCE CLAIMS PREDICTION: COMPARATIVE STUDY USING MACHINE LEARNING
Russell, F. Daniel Jr.. RECONSTRUCTION OF LATE HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES FOR THE COASTAL PONDS OF RHODE ISLAND, USA
Santos, Luisa. EFNEP PEER EDUCATOR FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO TEACHING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO ADULT PARTICIPANTS
Schnegas, Max. DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND TESTING OF A PHYSICAL THERAPY DEVICE
Sengsourinho, Chantal. EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS FOR USE AGAINST IXODES SCAPULARIS AND AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM TICKS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)
Stors, Amanda. EFFECT OF RESISTANCE TRAINING ON POWER, STRENGTH, AND PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGIATE CHEERLEADERS
Sullivan, Jenny. CONTESTED LANDSCAPES: THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF RHODE ISLAND’S LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS (1862-1892)
Tadvin, Sayeb Mohammad. HELICSAUTO: AUTOMATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYBER-PHYSICAL CO-SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR SMART GRIDS
Telusma, Mardoche W.. FACTORS RELATED TO SEXUAL FUNCTIONING AMONG BLACK SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN: CHILDHOOD SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE, INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA AND SEXUAL SHAME