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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 1982 1982

Ericson, Robert M.. A PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS NOTEBOOK FOR PRACTICING PLANNERS

Govia, Joseph Michael. A Comparison of Multi-Dimensional Measures of Aggression

Haupt, Kenneth Daniel. LOST IN THE IRON TRIANGLE: PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN RHODE ISLAND

Horak, Margaret M.. The Role of the Boston Redevelopment Authority in the Planning and Implementation of Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts

Hughes, William David. Peat Resources and Glacial Geology of Chapman Swamp and Adjacent Area Westerly, Rhode Island

Kasaian, Martha. INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CIRCUMCISION CONTROVERSY ON KIKUYU-MISSIONARY RELATIONS

Kilduff, Raymond A.. Reliability, Faking Susceptibility, and Discriminant Validity of the Basic Personality Inventory

Laan, Margus. The Search for a New Regional Water Utility Order: The Managerial Politics of Tax Revenue Flows, Open Space, and the Urban-Suburban Conflict in South Central Connecticut

Landry, Therese Anne. Delimitatin of the Seaward Extent of United States Jurisdiction over the Mineral Resources of its Continental Shelf

Miller, Jeanmarie. EVALUATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMERCIAL AREA REVITALIZATION DISTRICT PROGRAM

Parker, Miles D. III. A CRITICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE STUDY OF GALWAY KINNELL'S THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES

Plummer, Kevin. Review and Evaluation of Two Models of Moral Development

Reynolds, Thomas R.. Digital Computer Model of the Mink Brook Aquifer Kingston, Rhode Island

Vasconcelos, Lia T.. A Case Study on the Development of Social Indicators Model: The Assessment of the Effects of Italy's Membership in the EEC on the Quality of Life

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

Alaidaros, Ali. Determination of Animal Fat in Margarine by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography of the Sterols

Al-Awfy, Hamad. Identification and Differentiation of Species in Cooked Meat by Vertical Plate Gel Electrophoresis

Alvarado, Juan Gerardo. A Microprocessor Implementation of a Controller for a Dectape Transporter

Anderson, Lyle A. III. Systematic Analysis of Algorithms

Anthony, Janice L.. Dwarf Plants Produced Directly from Seeds Treated with Growth Retardants and Indirectly from Seeds Produced by Plants Treated with Growth Retardants

Arenas Santiago, Adilades A.. Potato Waste as a Substrate for Single Cell Protein and Enzyme Production

Boutin, David R.. THE PLANNING BOARD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE A HANDBOOK FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS

Chatowsky, Anthony P.. Where Have All the Stripers Gone?: An Analysis of the Decline in the East Coast Striped Bass Fishery

Chew, Richard T.. Coventry: A Guide to Future Growth Through Environmental Suitability and Land-Use Regulations

Cronin, John C.. THE BEHAVIOR OF RURAL LANDOWNERS IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF WEST GREENWICH, R.I.

Dein, Margaret Gertrude. A QUANTITATIVE, PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE CHANGES, 1938-1975

Dekay, Lloyd Edward. Morphodynamics of an Undernourished Barrier Beach, East Beach, Rhode Island

Flint, Diane Lee. A REVITALIZATION STUDY OF MERRIMAC SQUARE - MERRIMAC, MASSACHUSETTS

Haring, Philip Erwin. Maritime Boundary Disputes as a Constraint to the Commercialization of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in the Caribbean Sea

Harris, Robert Stephen. The Establishment of Conditioned Reinforcement in Rats: Information Value or Contiguity

Horsley, Scott W.. Trace Metal Pollution in Narragansett Bay A Case Study of the Rhode Island Quahog Fishery

Horsley, Scott W.. Trace Metal Pollution in Narragansett Bay: A Case Study of the Rhode Island Quahog Fishery

Johnson, Herrick J.. Optimum Yield and the FCMA: Uneven Distribution of Management Burden

Kelberg, Sharon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Interest Review: An Evaluation of Implementation Effectiveness

Mannarino, Joseph S.. QUONSET-DAVISVILLE REDEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS ON AN AREA OF NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND

Marston, Patricia Elizabeth. ENERGY PLANNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY RHODE ISLAND

Martin, Bruce A.. Purification of the Chelating Polymer Poly-5-Vinyl-8-Hydroxyquinoline

McConnaughy, Eileen A.. Development of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) Scale: A Device for the Measurement of Stages of Change

Mitchell, Thomas H.. INCREASING THE AGE OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT AND THE IMPACTS ON JOB MOBILITY IN RHODE ISLAND

O'Neill, Katherine A.. The Effect of Forced Warm Swim on Escape Learning in Rats

Peters, Colen R.. Peat Resources of Selected Wetlands on Block Island, Rhode Island

Reiter, Paul Frederick. A Computer Study of the Correlation Between Aquifer Hydraulic and Aquifer Electric Properties

Riegler, Paul William. An Aerial Photogrammetric Study of Erosion and Accretion Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts

Rinebold, Joel. Environmental Assessment of Industrial Development Hopkins Hill Industrial Zone, Coventry-West Greenwich, Rhode Island

Seymour, Patricia A.. The Effect of Adrenalectomy and Stress on Autoanalgesia in the Rat

Silverson, Donald. AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND

Slater, Ralph Herbert. Kant on the Theoretical Arguments for God's Existence

Sowa, Maureen Melvin. Go Anywhere We Damn Well Please The American Naval Presence in the Mediterranean

Vanderbroek, Margaret M. M.. Woman, Utopia and Ideology: A Case Study in Sociology of Knowledge

Verber, Eric. EARLS, THEIR NEW ROLE IN ENGLAND: A CASE STUDY OF THE FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH EARL INTO FRANKISH FEUDALISM

Wershaw, Barry Howard. A REGIONAL APPROACH TO LAND USE PLANNING IN THE CATSKILLS

Whitaker, Lee R.. A Review and Evaluation of the State of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

Adamu, Stephen Atsekhagbo. Correlation of In Vitro Chemotaxis with In Vitro Virulence of Bacteroides Fragilis Products

Agins, Alan Paul. EFFECTS OF LIQUID MEMBRANES ON GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF DRUGS IN RATS

Akers, Stephen A.. Stress-Strain and Strength Properties of Marine Sediments from the North Pacfic

Ares, John A.. Development and Use of a Proficiency Test Specimen for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

Benishin, Christina G.. ACETYLATION OF THE CHOLINE ANALOG HOMOCHOLINE BY MEMBRANE BOUND CHOLINE-0-ACETYLTRANSFERASE IN MOUSE FOREBRAIN

Diorio, Veronica A.. Public Transportation Travel Needs of Women: A Subgroup Approach to Transportation Planning

Dunne, Lorie A.. Depositional Environments of the Upper Devonian Oneonta Formation of South-Central New York

Flynn, Kevin M.. Federal Coastal Flood Hazard Policy

Graham, David. Stronium and Sodium in Fossil Biogenic Calcium Carbonates

Griswold, Carolyn A.. Oil and Gas Development on Georges Bank: The Responsibility of Federal Agencies for Assessment and Mitigation of Potential Impacts on the Ecosystem

Hall, Jeanne Antionette. AN ANALYSIS AND AN EVALUATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT'S SECTION 8 PILOT MOBILITY PROGRAM

Heinmiller, Paul A.. Statistical Analysis Techniques Applied to North Atlantic Temperature-Salinity Data

Hilliard, Dennis Charles. RADIOIMMUNOASSAY OF TESTOSTERONE AND ESTROGENS IN BLOODSTAINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEX IDENTIFICATION

Klein, Madeline J.. AN ANALYSIS OF UNSUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OUTCOME AMONG JOB TRAINING CLIENTS

Krause, Patricia Anne. The Investment in Public Education and the Social Welfare of a City: Exploring Relationships

LaPosta-Frazier, Nancy A.. DEVELOPMENT OF A MAMMALIAN COLLAGENASE ASSAY USING A SOLUBLE SUBSTRATE

Mancuso, Michael L.. Farmland Preservation In Massachusetts and Rhode Island

McCarten, Michael D.. A STUDY OF THE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS PROPERTIES AND SOME ANALGESIC PROPERTIES OF THE NARCOTIC AGONIST-ANTAGONIST CYCLAZOCINE

McLean, Scott. The Effects of Cis-Chlordane and Dieldrin on the Short Food Chain: Artemia to Winter Flounder

Morrison, Gordon Everett. A Distributed Computing Network for Real-Time Systems

Nakagawa, John D.. Environmental Mediation: A New Strategy for Environmental Conflict Resolution

Neill, Stephen Abbot. Persistence of Fear Reduction Resulting from Response Prevention

Nelson, Stephen Harold. A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF PRECURSOR AND ACETYLATED PRODUCT TO REFILL CHOLINERGIC VESICLES INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CYTOPLASM

Palma, James Gilbert Jr.. COMPUTER SIMULATION OF CHANGES IN TOWN'S GROWTH POLICIES

Rudnic, Edward M.. Some aspects of formulation and optimization of tablet disintegrants in direct compression systems

Ruggiero, Peter David. EVALUATIVE ANALYSIS A SELECT PLANNING ISSUE AND ITS PROCESS

Slocomb, Walter A.. Housing Codes in Rhode Island

Smail, Donald S. Jr.. Neighborhood Planning

Tonnessen, David M. and Rinde-Thorsen, Mark F.. A Study of Housing Assistance Plans in Rhode Island

Valla, Drew M.. An Evaluation of Resistance to the Black Vine Weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (F.), in Taxus and Rhododendron

Voelker, William S.. The Evolution of Regional Cooperation: The Case of the Martha's Vineyard Commission

Walton, Steven Paul. The Balance Between Economic Development and Environmental Protection: A Case Study of the Rhode Island Jewelry Industry

Zwick, William R.. Factors Influencing Four Rules for Determining the Number of Principal Components to Retain

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

Abbott, Harold S.. A Study of Trends in Pharmacy Consumer Credit Operations

Aidala, Donald. Fermentation of Cellulose

Beaudreau, Bernard J.. Youth Unemployment and High School Dropouts in Providence: An Analysis of the Dropout-Unemployment Problem and the Job Training Programs Available for Dropouts

Bender, Bruce Dean and Windsor, David Smith. Marina Study: Marina Facilities Planning At Two Case Study Locations

Blumberg, Kenneth. The Massachusetts Approach to Regional Resource Recovery

Bridge, Jeffrey Alan. FUELWOOD PRODUCTION OF MIXED HARDWOODS ON MESIC SITES IN SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND

Chilamkurti, Rao Nagamasthan. STUDIES ON EFFECT OF MOLECULAB STRUCTURE OF SOME AROMATIC COMPOUNDS ON THEIR UPTAKE RATES BY A LIQUID MEMBRANE SYSTEM

Costello, Robert E.. Interlocal Cooperation in the Delivery of Services

Daub, Gerald Jacob. Stratigraphic Interpretation of a Possible Paleostream Channel of the Ancient Nueces River, South Texas

DeMallie, Peter Runels. Residential Land Subdivision Regulation in Connecticut: Model Town Regulations

Elrod, Jane A.. Determination of the Stability Constants of Ferric Borate at the Ionic Strength of Seawater

Ferguson, William. PLANNER'S GUIDE TO COMMUNITY ENERGY CONSERVATION

Gallagher, Stephen C.. Accessibility of Public Outdoor Recreational Areas to Low Income Neighborhoods in Boston

Hara, Hiroshi. Impact of the USSR's 200 Mile Fishery Zone on the Japanese-Soviet Fishery Negotiations

Hooper, Thomas Bigelow. The Extent of Exclusionary Zoning Practices in Washington County, Rhode Island

Hurlbut, Mary Lou DeCiantis. THE "CATHOLIC ETHIC" AND THE "SPIRIT OF FINANCIAL CAPITALISM"