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Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

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

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

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

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

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

Cousens, Virginia. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF PRECIPITATION AND AIR-SEA GAS EXCHANGE OF CIRCUMPOLAR WATERS IN THE EASTERN AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA

Crawley, Evan. THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL QUALITIES ON MESSAGE COMPREHENSION AND LIKING IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Crowther, Savanna. INVESTIGATING AND TESTING HISTORIC METHODS FOR THE CREATION OF IMITATION PEARLS

Damato, 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 METHODS

Dejesus, Gianni. A CULT CLASSIC: SNEAKER CULTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Ellison, Tyler-Ann. THE ROLE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON IDENTITY EXPLORATION STRATEGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG EMERGING ADULT WOMEN

Galuska, Michael. UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH A FLAT ADJACENT WATER-BACKED STRUCTURE

Gartland, Lindsey. THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTER-PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND PATERNAL CLOSENESS AT AGE 9 ON RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT AGE 15

Grantham-Coogan, Nathan. DYNAMIC BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF 3D-PRINTED POLYMER STRUCTURES

Harkins, Shaina. THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY TO CHANGING NITROGEN INPUT AND TEMPERATURE

Hernandez Valencia, Evelyn. VALIDITY OF THE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF ADVERSITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ACROSS RACE/ETHNICITY AND GENDER

Kennelly, Melissa Jane. PATCHING HOLES IN FASHION HISTORY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO QUEER DESIGNER, CHESTER WEINBERG, IN HISTORICAL TEXTILE COLLECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

Leahy, Annabelle. EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF AMERICAN LOBSTER HABITAT PREFERENCES AND CATCHABILITY IN VENTLESS TRAP SURVEYS

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Ameral, Natalie. ASSESSING HORSESHOE CRAB (LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS) POPULATION STRUCTURE WITHIN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Baez, Daniel. CHANGES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS IN SMOKERS WITH AND WITHOUT COPD

Bailey, Paige. HOME GROWN: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HOME-METHODS OF MOLD REMOVAL ON TEXTILE SUBSTRATES

Bell, Katherine Elizabeth. Seasonal hypoxia impacts nutrient fluxes and microbial communities in Narragansett Bay sediments

Beshara-Flynn, Kevin. Trade-offs among signal correlation, SNR, and number of snapshots for direction of arrival estimation using sparse arrays

Bottenus, Tyson. Equity Impacts of Offshore Wind

Bouchard, Kelly Lynn. MATERNAL EXPERIENCES OF DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING IN PRIMARY CARE

Bruckner, Mark. Proof of Concept Prototype for a Phased Array Radar with In-Sensor Neural Network Preprocessing

Buglio, Matthew S.. MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS USED IN PLAIN WEAVE NYLON REINFORCED INFLATABLE DROP STITCH STRUCTURES

Burke, Noah Alexander. WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSING USING TRANSIENT SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF GLASS CERAMICS

Cao, Wenqiu. Estimating Optimal Treatment Regimes using Pairwise Comparison

Carney, Sarah. The Home Literacy Environment's Effect on Language and Literacy Outcomes in Monolingual and Bilingual First and Second Grade Students

Carper, Mary. DIVING IN: LEARNING BEST PRACTICES FROM BELIZE’S MANAGED ACCESS PROGRAM FISHERIES POLICY

Casteel, Isabella. SHEAR WAVE INVERSION USING FIBER-OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING ON THE SEAFLOOR

Ceres, Emma. CHILDHOOD MEDICAL TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECT ON EMERGING ADULT MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES

Chaloux, Nicholas P.. APPLYING NEW METHODS IN RAPID PROTOTYPING TO ADVANCE LOW-COST DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION

Cirella, Stephen M. Jr.. EXAMINING EATING BEHAVIOR, BODY IMAGE, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY AMONGST NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETES

Clark, Austin. AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF FASTENERS USING DIGITAL TWIN ROBOTICS SOFTWARE AND DCNN VISION SYSTEM

Conley, Elizabeth. ANGLER’S SENSE OF PLACE AS AN INDICATOR FOR PERCEPTIONS OF VULNERABILITY AND LIFE SATISFACTION RELATIVE TO SHIFTING STOCK DISTRIBUTIONS

Deeb, Sandra. Measuring and Modeling Turbulence Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics; Applications to External Flows

Dunton, Katie Lynn. Differentiation of glutamatergic cortical neurons into transcriptionally defined subtypes during motor training

Eastus, Caroline. FIVE YEAR CHANGES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL IN SMOKERS WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Elkus, Jenny. Transnational Construction Site: Building American/Buying Chinese at the Panama Canal, 1885-1887

Fateiger, Anna R.. A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK

Ferreira, Dylan. POPULATION MONITORING OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN RHODE ISLAND

Frink, Travis. ENHANCED DEEP TEMPLATE-BASED OBJECT INSTANCE DETECTION

Gezer, Emir Cem. A Generic Guidance Navigation and Control Framework For Marine Vehicles

Gjergji, Mikel. Graph Learning from code for Heterogeneous Device Mapping

Graham, Kendra. SWIMMERS’ BICEPS AND TRICEPS BRACHII ACTIVATION AND ELBOW ANGLE IN SWIMMERS WITH AND WITHOUT SHOULDER PAIN

Groetsch, Felix. Assessing the impact of subaerial vegetation to mitigate coastal erosion during extreme storms

Haskell, 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 Minnows

Hiltz, Jessica Marie. EXPERT ELICITATION REGARDING EFFECTIVENESS OF RECENT NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE PROTECTION AGREEMENT

Hunter, Justin C.. DEVELOPING A NOVEL SMALL-SCALE TEST TO PREDICT LARGE-SCALE EXPLOSIVITY

Jacobs, Derek. PREDICTING PAIN PRESENCE IN ICU PATIENTS USING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS

Janoudi, Fidaa. Predicting Carbon Stocks in Tidal Marsh Soils

Johnson, Casey L.. CONTROL OF VARROA DESTRUCTOR USING POWDERED SUGAR AND HEAT

Johnson, Chloe Nicole. DISTRIBUTION OF WOOD TURTLE (GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA) POPULATIONS IN RHODE ISLAND

Kelly, Daniel. TREPROSTINIL IMPROVES HEPATIC CYTOCHROME P450 METABOLISM DURING RENAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY

Kennedy, Rogan Daniel. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF WEAVE GEOMETRY ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF WOVEN FABRICS

Kenyon, Emily. A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENT CANNABIS USE AND RELATED PEER FACTORS OVER 12 MONTHS

Kiefer, Reina. FROM CHILDHOOD ABUSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT: ALEXITHYMIA AND RISK PERCEPTION AS SERIAL MEDIATORS

Lachance, Alex. Using Centered Kernel Alignment for Understanding and Pruning Neural Networks

Lamy, Eric. PREDICTORS OF EPI PROCOLON UTILIZATION

Lee, Zachary A.. THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY PREDATION RISK CUES ON CATERPILLAR GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FITNESS

Leger, Matthew A.. PERFORMANCE OF CURVED ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS

Leone, Alexa. PREDICTING MORPHODYNAMIC LONG-TERM CHANGES ALONG THE SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE IN THE NEXT DECADES

Lyons, Kaitlyn. EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF MUSCLE ASYMMETRY ON PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN

Madsen, Bastian A.. PERFORMANCE OF FLAT ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO IN-CONTACT UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS

Martinez, Julianna. Effects of Marine Environments on the Mechanical Response of Polymeric Coatings

Martin-Jourdenais, Luke Norman. ESTIMATING TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND EMISSIONS OF RECYCLABLES IN RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES USING A GIS, ROUTING MACHINE, AND GENETIC ALGORITHM

Martins, Alexia. RAPID AUTOMATIZED NAMING (RAN) AND REAL WORD READING FLUENCY: AN EYE-TRACKING STUDY

Mendillo, Nick. THE ALICE ATOM COMPENDIUM

Meyer, Laura. COASTAL INUNDATION DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE BARRINGTON BRIDGE, BRISTOL COUNTY, RI

Michel, Rebecca. THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE AND ANXIETY

Mikhalyuk, Irena. VALIDITY OF DSM-5 CROSS CUTTING SYMPTOM MEASURE AS IMPLEMENTED IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS

Murray, Cameron. REMOTE SENSING OF WATER COLOR TO ASSESS WATER QUALITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

Mussotter, Moritz. Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Retrofitting Strategies for Residential Buildings in Rhode Island

Neville, Kaitlin. Welding Personal Protective Equipment: Survey, Interview, and Anthropometric Measurement Study

Nilsen, Daniel O.. STAYING IN THE 90s: THE PROCESS OF NOSTALGIC CONSUMPTION THROUGH A TERROR MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Oberg, Nina. Modeling Rhode Island Food Production Potential Under Different Production Scenarios

O'del, Jenna Nadia. DEFINING EVOLUTIONARY AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS OF LATERAL LINE SCALE MERISTICS AMONG TELEOSTS

Olearnick, Sarah. An Exploration of Instagram as an Active Learning Tool for Gaining New Political Knowledge

Panoutsopoulos, Panagiotis. A HIGH-RESOLUTION TEMPERATURE-INDICATING PAINT SYSTEM FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS

Parab, Poonam. THE STRUCTURE, CONSTRAINTS, AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL TEXTILE PRODUCT INDUSTRY WITH A FOCUS ON FABRIC MANUFACTURERS

Presley, Andrew. DECIPHERING BIOGENIC SILICA PRODUCTION TRENDS IN PICOPLANKTON OF THE SUBARCTIC NORTH PACIFIC USING NOVEL DNA BARCODING METHODS

Prows, Broderick. PREDICTING NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES WITH CRY ACOUSTIC DATA

Rathore, Surbhi. MODEL AGNOSTIC FEATURE SELECTION FOR FAIRNESS

Rock, Michael. THE QUANTIFICATION AND REDESIGN OF A GRANULAR JAMMING GRIPPER WITH INTERNAL PRINTED HYDRAULICS

Rossell, Valentina. THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A THIN METALLIC AIR-BACKED PLATE TO A NEARFIELD UNDERWATER EXPLOSION

Ross, Melodie. A SELF-NOISE ANALYSIS OF A SEAGLIDER AUV USING A PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITOR

Sacco, Allegra. COVID-19 VACCINATION: APPLICATIONS OF THE TTM WITH CONSIDERATION FOR MYTHS AND BARRIERS

Sadhu, Shejar. CARE-PORTAL: A CLINICIAN-CENTERED DIGITAL HEALTH PORTAL FOR WEARABLE DATA ANALYTICS

Schuh, Elin. ASSESSING THE MORPHO-DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A NEW ENGLAND BEACH-BARRIER SYSTEM TO ARTIFICIAL REEFS

Shahidi Masouleh, Darya. ANALYZING LAND COVER AND LAND USE CHANGES DETECTION IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER BASIN

Shepard, Emily. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREATMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Sierra, Teresa. A PROTEOMIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING REGULATORY PATHWAYS IN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD)

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