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Open Access Master's Theses

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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024 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

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

Becker, Payton. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTILES: FACT OR FICTION? AN INVESTIGATION OF TEXTILE FRAGMENTS WITH UNCERTAIN PROVENANCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S HISTORIC TEXTILE AND COSTUME COLLECTION

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

Diurczak, Daniel. A NUMERICAL STUDY OF IMPLOSION – PRESSURE PULSE MITIGATION BY USE OF SHROUDS

Ferreira, Sam. THE ASSOCIATION AMONG VARIOUS TYPES OF SUBSTANCE USE AND THE PERPETRATION AND VICTIMIZATION OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

Fioravanti, Anthony J.. EXERCISE IN THE DARK: THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXERCISE EXPERIENCE

Gaudreau, Janis. THE INTERACTION OF EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES, PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION IN YOUTH

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

Ho, Diana. ETHNIC-RACIAL IDENTITY MODULATES EMOTION DYSREGULATION AND ALCOHOL USE IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF ASIAN AMERICANS

Hussain, Rafeed. EXAMINING THE NARRATIVES, MISINFORMATION, AND DELAY TACTICS IN NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO WHALE STRANDINGS ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

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

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

Marks, Aracely. ANODAL TDCS AND VIRTUAL REALITY GAIT REHABILITATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC STROKE

Maurer, Julie. APPLYING COMMUNITY ECOLOGY PRINCIPLES TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF THE HARMFUL ALGAL GENUS, PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA, ON MARINE BACTERIOPLANKTON AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES

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

Molski, Joseph. GATEWAY TO THE MIND: USING EYE TRACKING TO EXPLORE THE BROADER AUTISM PHENOTYPE

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

Noori, Bahaa M.. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF FANCD2 IN NEUROGENESIS

Oh, Do Hyun. EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LNG BUNKERING AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE

Omer, Grace. POLICY ASSESSMENT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Palazzo, Ludovica. HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN GOLD NANOPARTICLES STUDIED VIA PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS

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

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

Sachs, Madison. RANGE-EXPANDING ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) ABUNDANCE AND HABITAT SELECTION IN AN ANTHROPOGENICALLYALTERED TIDAL RIVER OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

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

Seibold, Ilayna. COMPOSITE HEDONIC SCORES AND SUBJECTIVE PALATABILITY RATINGS IN YOUNG ADULTS CONSUMING THREE BREAKFAST MEALS DIFFERING BY LEVEL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND NUTRITIONAL QUALITY

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)

Tharmrasan, Arthiha. CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION - LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Treacy, Collin P.. TARGETED ENERGY TRANSFER IN A BISTABLE ROTARY NONLINEAR ENERGY SINK

Vad, Nicolas Maximilian. TOTAL HYDROGEN EMISSIONS OF THE U.S. HYDROGEN SUPPLY CHAIN: CURRENT INVENTORY AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS

Zarka, Kelly L.. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN FATTY ACID STATUS AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN GHANAIAN WOMEN AT 6 MONTHS POSTPARTUM: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Ahorklo, Reuben Mawuena Kwadzo. Classification Models for Predicting Mouse Spinal Motoneuron Physiological Type based on their Electrical Properties

Albertson, Shawn. REAL TIME PHASE RESOLVED WAVE FORECASTING FOR THE ACTIVE CONTROL OF FLOATING BODIES

Altobelli, Kent H.. PATH PLANNING FOR ROBOT NAVIGATION IN SPARSELY OBSERVABLE ENVIRONMENTS

Banas, Daniel Alexander. ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE IN QUIESCENT UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI

Beason, Jordan W.. TOWARDS LOW COST REAL-TIME SEAFLOOR FEATURELESS VISUAL ODOMETRY

Becker, Thomas. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDRO- AND MORPHO-DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL REEF DESIGNS

Bejin, Eli. PUTTING ON A GRAVE FACE: THE TRANSITION OF MOURNING DRESS FROM 1900 TO 1920

Beyer, Robert. HUMAN-INSPIRED VISION-BASED REACHING AND GRASPING FOR ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC ARMS WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

Bissonnette, Lauren. REGIONAL BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR APPLICATION IN NEW ENGLAND

Cantón Leal, José Miguel. ReBoot: A wearable sensing system for in-home Parkinon's motor assessments

Carcieri, Alysia. THE MODERATING ROLE OF SERVICE UTILIZATION BETWEEN NEWBORN MOTHERS FINANCIAL WORRIES AND DEPRESSION

Cass, Letty. A CASE STUDY OF WHITE SHARK TOURISM IN CAPE COD: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR A GROWING INDUSTRY

Charpentier, Alexis R.. APPLICATION OF SECONDARY CONTROL FOR MICROGRID RESILIENCE

Chiappelli, Julia. DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL 3D PRINTED FURNITURE MADE FROM PLASTIC WASTE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES

Cirella, Stephen M. Jr.. HEALTH PERCEPTIONS OF NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETES

Cirivello, Rowan Murphy. ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY SIZE COMPOSITION ACROSS THERMAL REGIMES IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM

Clavette, Nicholas. A SAMPLE EFFICIENT OFF-POLICY ACTOR-CRITIC APPROACH FOR DISCRETE ACTION ENVIRONMENTS