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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Altobelli, Kent H.
. PATH PLANNING FOR ROBOT NAVIGATION IN SPARSELY OBSERVABLE ENVIRONMENTSBeason, Jordan W.
. TOWARDS LOW COST REAL-TIME SEAFLOOR FEATURELESS VISUAL ODOMETRYBissonnette, Lauren
. REGIONAL BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR APPLICATION IN NEW ENGLANDCarcieri, Alysia
. THE MODERATING ROLE OF SERVICE UTILIZATION BETWEEN NEWBORN MOTHERS FINANCIAL WORRIES AND DEPRESSIONCass, Letty
. A CASE STUDY OF WHITE SHARK TOURISM IN CAPE COD: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR A GROWING INDUSTRYCharpentier, Alexis R.
. APPLICATION OF SECONDARY CONTROL FOR MICROGRID RESILIENCECirella, Stephen M. Jr.
. HEALTH PERCEPTIONS OF NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETESCirivello, Rowan Murphy
. ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY SIZE COMPOSITION ACROSS THERMAL REGIMES IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEMCousens, Virginia
. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF PRECIPITATION AND AIR-SEA GAS EXCHANGE OF CIRCUMPOLAR WATERS IN THE EASTERN AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICACrawley, Evan
. THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL QUALITIES ON MESSAGE COMPREHENSION AND LIKING IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRYCrowther, Savanna
. INVESTIGATING AND TESTING HISTORIC METHODS FOR THE CREATION OF IMITATION PEARLSDamato, Nikol J.
. AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR EVALUATING COMPLIANCE WITH VESSEL REGULATIONS TO REDUCE DISTURBANCES TO KILLER WHALES (ORCINUS ORCA)Daye, Daniel
. PREDICTING HABITAT SUITABILITY OF MIGRATORY SHARKS USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODSDejesus, Gianni
. A CULT CLASSIC: SNEAKER CULTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOREllison, Tyler-Ann
. THE ROLE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON IDENTITY EXPLORATION STRATEGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG EMERGING ADULT WOMENGaluska, Michael
. UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH A FLAT ADJACENT WATER-BACKED STRUCTUREGartland, Lindsey
. THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTER-PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND PATERNAL CLOSENESS AT AGE 9 ON RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT AGE 15Grantham-Coogan, Nathan
. DYNAMIC BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF 3D-PRINTED POLYMER STRUCTURESHarkins, Shaina
. THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY TO CHANGING NITROGEN INPUT AND TEMPERATUREHernandez Valencia, Evelyn
. VALIDITY OF THE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF ADVERSITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ACROSS RACE/ETHNICITY AND GENDERKennelly, Melissa Jane
. PATCHING HOLES IN FASHION HISTORY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO QUEER DESIGNER, CHESTER WEINBERG, IN HISTORICAL TEXTILE COLLECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE AIDS EPIDEMICLeahy, Annabelle
. EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF AMERICAN LOBSTER HABITAT PREFERENCES AND CATCHABILITY IN VENTLESS TRAP SURVEYSTheses/Dissertations from 2022
Ameral, Natalie
. ASSESSING HORSESHOE CRAB (LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS) POPULATION STRUCTURE WITHIN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLANDBaez, Daniel
. CHANGES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS IN SMOKERS WITH AND WITHOUT COPDBailey, Paige
. HOME GROWN: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HOME-METHODS OF MOLD REMOVAL ON TEXTILE SUBSTRATESBell, Katherine Elizabeth
. Seasonal hypoxia impacts nutrient fluxes and microbial communities in Narragansett Bay sedimentsBeshara-Flynn, Kevin
. Trade-offs among signal correlation, SNR, and number of snapshots for direction of arrival estimation using sparse arraysBottenus, Tyson
. Equity Impacts of Offshore WindBouchard, Kelly Lynn
. MATERNAL EXPERIENCES OF DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING IN PRIMARY CAREBruckner, Mark
. Proof of Concept Prototype for a Phased Array Radar with In-Sensor Neural Network PreprocessingBuglio, Matthew S.
. MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS USED IN PLAIN WEAVE NYLON REINFORCED INFLATABLE DROP STITCH STRUCTURESBurke, Noah Alexander
. WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSING USING TRANSIENT SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF GLASS CERAMICSCao, Wenqiu
. Estimating Optimal Treatment Regimes using Pairwise ComparisonCarney, Sarah
. The Home Literacy Environment's Effect on Language and Literacy Outcomes in Monolingual and Bilingual First and Second Grade StudentsCarper, Mary
. DIVING IN: LEARNING BEST PRACTICES FROM BELIZE’S MANAGED ACCESS PROGRAM FISHERIES POLICYCasteel, Isabella
. SHEAR WAVE INVERSION USING FIBER-OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING ON THE SEAFLOORCeres, Emma
. CHILDHOOD MEDICAL TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECT ON EMERGING ADULT MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMESChaloux, Nicholas P.
. APPLYING NEW METHODS IN RAPID PROTOTYPING TO ADVANCE LOW-COST DEEP-SEA EXPLORATIONCirella, Stephen M. Jr.
. EXAMINING EATING BEHAVIOR, BODY IMAGE, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY AMONGST NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETESClark, Austin
. AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF FASTENERS USING DIGITAL TWIN ROBOTICS SOFTWARE AND DCNN VISION SYSTEMConley, Elizabeth
. ANGLER’S SENSE OF PLACE AS AN INDICATOR FOR PERCEPTIONS OF VULNERABILITY AND LIFE SATISFACTION RELATIVE TO SHIFTING STOCK DISTRIBUTIONSDeeb, Sandra
. Measuring and Modeling Turbulence Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics; Applications to External FlowsDunton, Katie Lynn
. Differentiation of glutamatergic cortical neurons into transcriptionally defined subtypes during motor trainingEastus, Caroline
. FIVE YEAR CHANGES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL IN SMOKERS WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASEElkus, Jenny
. Transnational Construction Site: Building American/Buying Chinese at the Panama Canal, 1885-1887Fateiger, Anna R.
. A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN WOODCOCKFerreira, Dylan
. POPULATION MONITORING OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN RHODE ISLANDFrink, Travis
. ENHANCED DEEP TEMPLATE-BASED OBJECT INSTANCE DETECTIONGezer, Emir Cem
. A Generic Guidance Navigation and Control Framework For Marine VehiclesGjergji, Mikel
. Graph Learning from code for Heterogeneous Device MappingGraham, Kendra
. SWIMMERS’ BICEPS AND TRICEPS BRACHII ACTIVATION AND ELBOW ANGLE IN SWIMMERS WITH AND WITHOUT SHOULDER PAINGroetsch, Felix
. Assessing the impact of subaerial vegetation to mitigate coastal erosion during extreme stormsHaskell, Hannah
. DO ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT CONCENTRATIONS OF MICROPLASTICS POSE A THREAT TO THE EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA?Heer, Maximilian Jakob
. Parallelized implementation of a Genetic Algorithm on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to provide heuristic solutions for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP)Hill, Nicholas
. Bioconcentration of PFAS from AFFF Environmental Exposure: Evidence of Precursor Bioaccumulation in Fathead MinnowsHiltz, Jessica Marie
. EXPERT ELICITATION REGARDING EFFECTIVENESS OF RECENT NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE PROTECTION AGREEMENTHunter, Justin C.
. DEVELOPING A NOVEL SMALL-SCALE TEST TO PREDICT LARGE-SCALE EXPLOSIVITYJacobs, Derek
. PREDICTING PAIN PRESENCE IN ICU PATIENTS USING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALSJanoudi, Fidaa
. Predicting Carbon Stocks in Tidal Marsh SoilsJohnson, Casey L.
. CONTROL OF VARROA DESTRUCTOR USING POWDERED SUGAR AND HEATJohnson, Chloe Nicole
. DISTRIBUTION OF WOOD TURTLE (GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA) POPULATIONS IN RHODE ISLANDKelly, Daniel
. TREPROSTINIL IMPROVES HEPATIC CYTOCHROME P450 METABOLISM DURING RENAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURYKennedy, Rogan Daniel
. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF WEAVE GEOMETRY ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF WOVEN FABRICSKenyon, Emily
. A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENT CANNABIS USE AND RELATED PEER FACTORS OVER 12 MONTHSKiefer, Reina
. FROM CHILDHOOD ABUSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT: ALEXITHYMIA AND RISK PERCEPTION AS SERIAL MEDIATORSLachance, Alex
. Using Centered Kernel Alignment for Understanding and Pruning Neural NetworksLamy, Eric
. PREDICTORS OF EPI PROCOLON UTILIZATIONLee, Zachary A.
. THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY PREDATION RISK CUES ON CATERPILLAR GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FITNESSLeger, Matthew A.
. PERFORMANCE OF CURVED ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONSLeone, Alexa
. PREDICTING MORPHODYNAMIC LONG-TERM CHANGES ALONG THE SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE IN THE NEXT DECADESLyons, Kaitlyn
. EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF MUSCLE ASYMMETRY ON PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMENMadsen, Bastian A.
. PERFORMANCE OF FLAT ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO IN-CONTACT UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONSMartinez, Julianna
. Effects of Marine Environments on the Mechanical Response of Polymeric CoatingsMartin-Jourdenais, Luke Norman
. ESTIMATING TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND EMISSIONS OF RECYCLABLES IN RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES USING A GIS, ROUTING MACHINE, AND GENETIC ALGORITHMMartins, Alexia
. RAPID AUTOMATIZED NAMING (RAN) AND REAL WORD READING FLUENCY: AN EYE-TRACKING STUDYMendillo, Nick
. THE ALICE ATOM COMPENDIUMMeyer, Laura
. COASTAL INUNDATION DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE BARRINGTON BRIDGE, BRISTOL COUNTY, RIMichel, Rebecca
. THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE AND ANXIETYMikhalyuk, Irena
. VALIDITY OF DSM-5 CROSS CUTTING SYMPTOM MEASURE AS IMPLEMENTED IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGSMurray, Cameron
. REMOTE SENSING OF WATER COLOR TO ASSESS WATER QUALITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATEMussotter, Moritz
. Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Retrofitting Strategies for Residential Buildings in Rhode IslandNeville, Kaitlin
. Welding Personal Protective Equipment: Survey, Interview, and Anthropometric Measurement StudyNilsen, Daniel O.
. STAYING IN THE 90s: THE PROCESS OF NOSTALGIC CONSUMPTION THROUGH A TERROR MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKOberg, Nina
. Modeling Rhode Island Food Production Potential Under Different Production ScenariosO'del, Jenna Nadia
. DEFINING EVOLUTIONARY AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS OF LATERAL LINE SCALE MERISTICS AMONG TELEOSTSOlearnick, Sarah
. An Exploration of Instagram as an Active Learning Tool for Gaining New Political KnowledgePanoutsopoulos, Panagiotis
. A HIGH-RESOLUTION TEMPERATURE-INDICATING PAINT SYSTEM FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTSParab, Poonam
. THE STRUCTURE, CONSTRAINTS, AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL TEXTILE PRODUCT INDUSTRY WITH A FOCUS ON FABRIC MANUFACTURERSPresley, Andrew
. DECIPHERING BIOGENIC SILICA PRODUCTION TRENDS IN PICOPLANKTON OF THE SUBARCTIC NORTH PACIFIC USING NOVEL DNA BARCODING METHODSProws, Broderick
. PREDICTING NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES WITH CRY ACOUSTIC DATARathore, Surbhi
. MODEL AGNOSTIC FEATURE SELECTION FOR FAIRNESSRock, Michael
. THE QUANTIFICATION AND REDESIGN OF A GRANULAR JAMMING GRIPPER WITH INTERNAL PRINTED HYDRAULICSRossell, Valentina
. THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A THIN METALLIC AIR-BACKED PLATE TO A NEARFIELD UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONRoss, Melodie
. A SELF-NOISE ANALYSIS OF A SEAGLIDER AUV USING A PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORSacco, Allegra
. COVID-19 VACCINATION: APPLICATIONS OF THE TTM WITH CONSIDERATION FOR MYTHS AND BARRIERSSadhu, Shejar
. CARE-PORTAL: A CLINICIAN-CENTERED DIGITAL HEALTH PORTAL FOR WEARABLE DATA ANALYTICSSchuh, Elin
. ASSESSING THE MORPHO-DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A NEW ENGLAND BEACH-BARRIER SYSTEM TO ARTIFICIAL REEFSShahidi Masouleh, Darya
. ANALYZING LAND COVER AND LAND USE CHANGES DETECTION IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER BASINShepard, Emily
. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREATMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFESierra, Teresa
. A PROTEOMIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING REGULATORY PATHWAYS IN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD)