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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 2014 2014

Killea, Lauren. MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF MARINE BIOFILMS IN A NORTHERN TEMPERATE

Korpacz, Danika. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON INDIVIDUALS’ RESULTS OF 12-WEEKS OF CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Krebsbach, Craig Michael. BOOTSTRAPPING WITH SMALL SAMPLES IN STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: GOODNESS OF FIT AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS

Krueger, Sean C.. INFLUENCE OF A WITHIN MEAL EATING RATE INTERVENTION ON OVERALL DIET QUALITY IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE WOMEN

Kurz, Alexander Yuki. AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION OF COOPERATIVE DRIVING

Kutcher, Thomas E.. BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING FRESHWATER WETLAND CONDITION IN RHODE ISLAND

LaLiberty, Ryan P.. AURAL (RE)POSITIONING AND THE AESTHETICS OF REALISM IN FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER GAMES

LiVolsi, Frank. RESPONSE OF MARINE COMPOSITES SUBJECTED TO NEAR FIELD BLAST LOADING

Li, Yanan. FORECASTING STOCK MARKET RETURNS VOLATILITY

LoBuono, Dara Lyn. THE NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Logan, Luke Andrew. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF AN UNDERWATER WIRE FLYING PROFILING VEHICLE

Lovely, Ann. THE EFFECTS OF SEA ICE ON GAS TRANSFER VELOCITIES AND GAS PARTITIONING BETWEEN WATER AND SEA ICE

Mackinson, Brendan L.. ESTIMATES OF MICRO-, NANO-, AND PICOPLANKTON CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICLE EXPORT IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Mallin, Daniel. INCREASING THE SELECTIVITY AND SENSITIVITY OF GAS SENSORS FOR THE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES

Maris, Stephen. THE EFFECTS OF TAI CHI, RESISTANCE TRAINING, AND DIET ON PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN OBESE OLDER WOMEN

Masterson, Daniel P.. CREATING REUSABLE VIRTUAL MACHINES TO SIMULATE NETWORKS FOR CYBER CHALLENGES

Mauzole, Yackar L.. SEA SPRAY IMPACT ON MOMENTUM EXCHANGES AT THE AIR-SEA INTERFACE DURING HIGH WIND CONDITIONS

Mena, Noereem Zenaida. CONTEXTUAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON PARENTAL FEEDING PRACTICES AND INVOVLEMENT IN CHILD-CARE CENTERS AMONG HISPANICS

Miller, Octavia C.. AN INTENSIVE TOTAL SPEECH TREATMENT USING PRINCIPLES OF MOTOR LEARNING IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DYSARTHRIA

Morison, Francoise. EARLY SPRING PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS IN THE SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC: THE INFLUENCE OF HETEROTROPHIC-PROTIST HERBIVORY

Morissette, Cameron E.. PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOLANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF GREENWICH BAY REGION, RI

Munro, Bailey. IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF THE NEUROPEPTIDE RFAMIDE IN THE HYPOSTOMAL NERVE NET OF HYDRA VULGARIS

Murphy, Andrew. CORROSION PROTECTION OF AL5086 AND SENSITIZED AL5086 USING A TITANATE BASED CONVERSION COATING

Murphy, Kelly. THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ATHLETIC PLAYING SURFACES ON JUMP HEIGHT, FORCE AND POWER

Nelson, Pilar Juliet. LEUKOCYTE RECRUITMENT TO THE PERITONEUM OF CULTURED SUMMER FLOUNDER (PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS) DURING BACTERIAL

Nicoll, Justin. THYROID HORMONES, PERFORMANCE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES ON OVERTRAINING IN FEMALE DISTANCE RUNNERS

O'Connell, Brooke. THE EVALUATION OF DOCTOR OF PHYSICALTHERAPY STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE AND SATISFACTION USING HUMAN PATIENT SIMULATION

Okruta, Matthew. THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF STATICALLY LOADED POROUS AND MULTI-PHASE STRUCTURES

O'Toole, James. EFFECT OF HIGH- AND LOW-FODMAP DIET INSTRUCTION ON FODMAP INTAKE AND DIETARY QUALITY IN HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS

Pagano, Giovanni. STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND EVOLUTION OF PHOSPHOPROTEIN P0 AND ITS UNIQUE INSERT IN TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA

Paquin, Gregory J.. AUTOMATIC OR STANDARD: CAN WE SHIFT IMPLICIT RACIAL ATTITUDES?

Payne, Justin Heath. STILL HOPEFUL IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR: A CRITICAL CULTURAL STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND’S KINESIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Pemmaraju Venkata, Bhanu Priya. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF 5′-O-DICARBOXYLIC AND POLYARGININE FATTY ACYL DERIVATIVES OF ANTI-HIV NUCLEOSIDES

Phelps, Peter Thomas. STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF MINIMUM WEIGHT STRUCTURES

Poenitz, Richard. ASSESSING GLOBAL PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS – DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

Potter, Elaine. LIFE CYCLE DYNAMICS OF THE HARMFUL BLOOM FORMING MACROALGAE ULVA SPP. IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI

Procopio, Andrew M.. IMPACT OF RESISTANCE TRAINING ON BONE MINERAL DENSITYAND PERFORMANCE IN COMPETITIVE FEMALE GYMNASTS

Pryor, Christina. THE EFFECT OF AN IPAD APPLICATION ON THE QUALITY OF LUNCHES BROUGHT FROM HOME BY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Quintanilla, Dinah. EFFECTS OF COMBINED TAI CHI, RESISTANCE TRAINING AND DIET ON PERCENT BODY FAT IN OBESE OLDER WOMEN

Rauworth, Samuel L.. DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERWATER FLAPPING FOIL TOW-TEST SYSTEM

Reilly-Collette, Marina Iizuka. PREDICTION METHOD OF THE VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION OF A ONE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SPRING-MASS SYSTEM.

Roberts, Travis. THE ROMAN NATION: RETHINKING ANCIENT NATIONALISM

Scarboro, Travis. FORENSICS STEADY STATE

Scavuzzo-Duggan, Tess. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CELLULOSE SYNTHASE CLASS SPECIFIC REGION IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS

Scheimer, Jaclyn. INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF DYSARTHRIA IN AN ADULT WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Schubert, Eike M.. THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS – ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES

Schulze, Fabian. CLASSIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND SIMULATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Schumacher, Justin D.. EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF NATURAL PRODUCT GENE CLUSTERS TO ENHANCE DRUG DISCOVERY FROM BACTERIA

Scott, Emily. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS: THE RI SHORELINE CHANGE SPECIAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN

Scott, Tabetha Juliann. HABITABILITY OF ULTRABASIC, SERPENTINITE-ASSOCIATED WATERS FROM COAST RANGE AND PHILIPPINES OPHIOLITES

Segal, Caroline. INTERPERSONAL SENSITIVITY, FRIENDSHIP, AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS AMONG VICTIMS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

Sender, Maximillian. EFFECT OF SILICA NANOPARTICLE AGGRE-GATE STATE ON PICKERING EMULSION FOR-MATION AND STABILITY

Shores, Victorine. COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS EATING BEHAVIORS: A FORMATIVE EVALUATION

Simone, Marissa. I. FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CRYTPOHANE CAGES FOR XENON MRI II. VANADIUM CATALYZED OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF SP³ C – H BONDS TO HETEROARENES

Slader, Aaron. EVALUATION OF A SNAP-ED FAMILY MEAL BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Solomon, Farrah. MICROPLATE METHODOLOGIES APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Sorensen, Donya. PREDICTORS OF SURROGATE INVOLVEMENT IN ADVANCE CARE PLANNING BEHAVIORS

Sridharan, Suboojitha. INTRODUCING SERENDIPITY IN RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE METHODS

Stander, Amy. REDOX STATUS OF FE IN SERPENTINITES OF THE COAST RANGE AND ZAMBALES OPHIOLITES

Stellfeld, Patrick. EMULSION-TEMPLATED SILICON/CARBON ANODES WITH REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE

Sun, Qihua. TUMOR-PENETRATING ACETALATED DEXTRAN NANOPARTICLES CAPABLE OF TANDEM DELIVERY OF AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER

Taetzsch, Amy. IMPACT ON NUTRITION RISK IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OBESE WOMEN WITH NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION

Tang, Stephanie. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE MATHUP CURRICULUM

Teiwes, Hanno. A PAPER‐BASED LATERAL FLOW DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF IαIP VIA ELISA

Tendhar, Thupten. INNER-PEACE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH: PEACE OF MIND AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AMONG RHODE ISLAND OLDER ADULTS

Van Asch, Patrick Cooper. PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE RHODE ISLAND EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM

Vandeputte, Elizabeth Gran. ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SAFETY HANDLING PRACTICES AT FARMERS’ MARKETS IN RHODE ISLAND

Wasserman, Staci A.. MODELING THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION AS A RANDOM PROCESS

Wei, Zhengxi. CADMIUM PROMOTES PROLIFERATION OF TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER CELLS THROUGH EGFR-MEDIATED CELL CYCLE REGULATION

Witt, Alan Nicholas. FRONTIER THEORY AND THE RECONQUISTA: THE ROLE OF LAWS IN DEFINING THE FRONTIERS OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN

Wyatt, Janan. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND STAGES OF CONSISTENT CONDOM USE IN SEXUALLY ACTIVE ADOLESCENT FEMALES

Xi, Aihong. CENTRIFUGATION-BASED ASSAY FOR EXAMINING NANOPARTICLE-LIPID MEMBRANE BINDING AND DISRUPTION

Yang, Sarah. WEDDING DRESS PURCHASE INTENTIONS OF TATTOOED BRIDES

Yang, Si. A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF ZERO-INFLATED DATA ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION IN HEALTH SURVEYS

Zhu, Liwei. IDENTIFICATION OF SECONDARY METABOLITE GENE CLUSTERS OF BACTERIA FROM SOUTH PACIFIC GYRE SUBSEAFLOOR SEDIMENT

Zimmer, Harrison. MODAL EXCITATION OF A FLEXIBLE CYLINDER UNDERGOING VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATIONS

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Adediran, Jimmy. MODIFICATION OF THE ESCHERICHIA coli NISSLE 1917 envZ GENE TO IMPROVE ITS PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL

Ahmed, Aseef H.. THE ABILITY OF POMEGRANATE TO AMELIORATE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN AGED TRANSGENIC MICE

Airan, Ashish Gaurav. FIRST PRINCIPLES, UNSTRUCTURED, DYNAMIC MODEL FOR REGULATING CO₂ AND pH IN BICARBONATE BUFFERED PERFUSION BIOREACTOR

Anderson, Elizabeth Jane. Are Full-Length mRNA In Bos taurus Spermatozoa Transferred to the Oocyte During Fertilization?

Aribisala, Henry A.. IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM

Armitano, Cortney. Effectiveness of a Surfing Intervention on Children with Disabilities

Ashmankas, Cristin. A History of Sea Ice in the Cenzoic Arctic Ocean

Aydin, Hakan. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A CLOSED-CYCLE OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH SOLAR PREHEATING AND SUPERHEATING

Baffer, Brian A.. Relationship Between Small Strain Shear Modulus and Undrained Shear Strength in Direct Simple Shear

Balaban, Jordan. THE MORPHOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS OF JAW STRUCTURES IN CHONDRICHTHYES

Barr, Simon P.. Networked Differential GPS Methods

Becker, Alissa H.. Soil Quality in Rhode Island Pastures Grazed by Different Types of Livestock

Becker, Emily Anne. The Distribution and Ontogeny of Neuromast Receptor Organs and a Comparison of Methods for Chemical Albation of the Lateral Line System in Two Cichlid Fishes

Becker, Martin. Identification of Salivary Antigens from the Deer Tick Ixodes Scapularis as Novel Vaccine Candidates

Behrend, Moritz. MULTIPLE BRINE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM FOR SNOW REMOVAL

Bekke, Jillian M.. Effects of a Community-Based Tai Chi and Dietary Weight Loss Intervention on Body Composition in Obese Older Women

Bennett, Erin. Trends in the Use of Preventive Care by Women in the U. S. General Population

Beuth, Joshua M.. BODY COMPOSITION, MOVEMENT PHENOLOGY AND HABITAT USE OF COMMON EIDER ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST

Bone, Rachel Michelle. Pathological Effects of Soybean Anti-Nutritional Factors on Summer Flounder (Paralichthys Dentatus) Tissues

Bowman, Alexandrea. Using a GIS Site Suitability Analysis to Locate Springs in Mantle Units of Ophiolites

Bregnard, Thomas Andrew. EFFECTS OF POSITION AND ORIENTATION ON PAX6 UPSTREAM ENHANCERS IN CIONA INTESTINALIS

Brick, Leslie Ann Daline. Testing Theory-Based Quantitative Predictions with New Behaviors

Brown, Garrick. Green Eating and Dietary Quality in University Students

Carnevale, Daniel C.. Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Coast Range Ophiolite in California