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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 2025 2025

Addae, Kenneth. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VITAMIN D STATUS AND CORTISOL CONCENTRATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

Addo, Fred Baffour. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DIETARY SODIUM AND POTASSIUM INTAKES, URINARY SODIUM AND POTASSIUM EXCRETION AND BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG ADULT FEMALES IN OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Aldenberg, Paige. PREDICTING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, QUICK FLOW, AND RECHARGE IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES THROUGH 2100

Biswas, Supti. RISK FACTORS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A STATISTICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE

Burgess, Margit. FROM LAWNS TO LIFE: LANDSCAPING FOR BIODIVERSITY ON MASON’S ISLAND

Cannon, Liam. THE BODHI APP: A POST-TRAUMA SELF-REGULATION APP FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Cardoza, Erin. QUEER COASTS: BEACH SPACE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE AMERICAN QUEER COMMUNITY

Carroll, Atticus. THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON PERCEPTIONS OF WARMTH AND COMPETENCE IN LEADERS

Cerveira-Bianchi, Julia. A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY: USING EYE TRACKING & COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS WITH L1 AND L2 SPANISH READERS

Cheney, Georgia. A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS IN RHODE ISLAND

Costa, Kyle B.. EVALUATING MONOPILE FOUNDATION STIFFNESS AT COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND FARM

Ellis, Carrie. ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION OF MANGANESE OXIDE (MnOx)- COATED MEDIA

Esposito, Elena. THROUGH THEIR EYES: INVESTIGATING THE BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE IN PARENTS AN EXPLORATION IN EYE TRACKING DURING A PHONEMIC RESTORATION PARADIGM IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOCIAL COMMUNICATION MEASURES

Fry, Malinda P.. THE STATE OF ACCESSIBLE VOTING EQUIPMENT: A REVIEW FROM 2000 TO 2024

Gardner, David. FINANCIAL FACTORS AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW USING THE TCCM FRAMEWORK

Giordano, Brendan J.. FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF OFFSHORE WIND MONOPILE IMPACT PILE DRIVING IN COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS

Hausmann, Giselle. NAVIGATING ONLINE PERCEPTIONS OF OFFSHORE WIND ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK DISCUSSIONS ON RECENT WHALE STRANDINGS

Hayden, Samuel. IMPLOSION OF ALUMINUM CYLINDRICAL SHELLS WITHIN VARYING CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES

Iacoi, Sydney. THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND ALCOHOL USE IN RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM MARGINALIZED BACKGROUNDS

Izzio, Kevin. ANALYSIS OF THE UTILIZATION OF VEGFINHIBITORS IN RHODE ISLAND AND IN MEDICARE PART B NATIONALLY

Jouaneh, Gina M.. JOINT MODELING OF EVENT TIMES AND VISIT PATTERNS IN INTERVAL-CENSORED DATA WITH INFORMATIVE CENSORING

Kaht, Allison. IDENTIFICATION OF THE UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF ROCK FROM A PRESSUREMETER TEST

Kamau, Lucy N.. THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON WATER SCARCITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASES IN EASTERN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI

Kowalski, Lauren. INVESTIGATING VENTILATION IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA USING AN EDDY-PERMITTING REGIONAL OCEAN MODEL

Lockwood, Dominique Jae. BIG CELLS, BIG IMPACT: UNRAVELLING SEASONAL PATTERNS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

Lora, Richeila. IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION ON ADULT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS

Marasco, Daniel A.. A SYSTEM TO TEST SELECTIVE DIRECTIONAL LASER MELTING OF 3D PRINTED METAL SURFACES

Mather, Ricky. THE ANATOMY OF EFFICIENCY: CHANGES IN BRITISH MILITARY MEDICINE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

Michael, Lauren. ON ISLAND TIME: A HALF CENTURY OF CHANGES IN AUTUMN MIGRATORY SONGBIRD ABUNDANCE AND PHENOLOGY ON BLOCK ISLAND, AN OFFSHORE STOPOVER SITE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Mineau, Ashlee. THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS ON CHILD BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES DURING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Monroy Lopez, Rodrigo. NANOTUBE SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMIZED BIOIMAGING/SENSING AND DISEASE DETECTION APPLICATIONS IN ALS

Nields, Anne C.. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF EMOTION REGULATION IN PREDICTING BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYMPTOMS AMONG SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH

Nunes, Sara R.. SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER BALLOTS

Pellegrini, Brooke. HERBIVORE KAIROMONES AFFECT GERMINATION SPEED, SEEDLING GROWTH, AND HERBIVORY

Peters, Michael. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM THAT CHARACTERIZES HIGHINTENSITY GAMMA FIELDS FROM RINSC NUCLEAR FUEL

Seng, Alex Visal. THE P3 EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL (ERP) IN VISUAL AND AUDITORY TASKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN ADHD PREADOLESCENT CHILDREN

Seo, Sungyoun. A COMPACT FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR FOR LARGE-FORMAT SUPERCONDUCTING MICROWAVE KINETIC INDUCTANCE DETECTORS

Tierney, Elizabeth. DIET QUALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Tran, Tyler. THE EFFECTS OF SHOE FOREFOOT DESIGN ON CENTER OF PRESSURE AND KNEE MOMENTS DURING RUNNING IN A FATIGUED AND NON-FATIGUED STATE

Trivisonno, Jacob. TRACKING CONTROL OF A STRING ACTUATED SOFT TRUNK ROBOT USING STATE-SPACE MODELING

Wadowski, Gianna M.. A Comparative Study of Electronic and Paper Ballot Systems in Modern U.S. Elections

Ward, Jamie-Lynn. COASTAL PERSPECTIVES: AN ANALYSIS OF RESIDENT AND VISITOR ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS OF COASTAL RESILIENCE MEASURES IN RHODE ISLAND

Webber, Frances. METABARCODING-BIOMASS RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERNAL STANDARDS FOR QUANTITATIVE DNA METABARCODING

Winters, Keevan. QUANTIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION ON THE DYNAMIC COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF NAVAL MATERIALS

Wood, Joshua F.. DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A COMPACT ROV FOR DEEP-SEA RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Adeseyoju, Oreoluwa. CHARACTERIZATION OF ADHESIVE STRENGTH IN METAL-POLYMER BONDS

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

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

Chowdhury, Devleena. DEVELOPING SMART TEXTILES ENCAPSULATED WITH SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

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

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

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

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

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, Aaron J.. ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION DURING PROLONGED WAKEFULNESS

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