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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Sisouvong, Lily. EXAMINATION OF VARYING PAIR PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTS
Sternin, Shulmit. A LONGITUDINAL DYADIC ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY MEDIATED SEXUAL INTERACTIONS IN LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS
Tavares, Karina. THE RELATION BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN ADULT WOMEN
Trinh, Catherine D.. INTERACTION OF CANNABIS MOTIVES WITH SAVORING ON CANNABIS-ASSOCIATED CONSEQUENCES
Tulungen, Christian Pieter. A Loosely Coupled Surface and Groundwater Model to Assess Drought in the Chipuxet Watershed, Rhode Island
Tustison, Nathan. MODELING ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION NEAR THE ATLANTIS II SEAMOUNTS
Valentin, Patricia. ASSESSING WELL-BEING IMPACTS OF SARGASSUM EVENTS IN PUERTO RICO
Vieira, Julia J.. BEE VISITATION TO THREE CLOVER SPECIES (TRIFOLIUM SPP.), COMMON SELFHEAL (PRUNELLA VULGARIS) AND CREEPING THYME (THYMUS SERPYLLUM)
Wagstrom, Lilith. THE TREE-DEPTH AND CRITICALITY OF UNICYCLIC GRAPHS
Wallace, Thomas Kinser. ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT HARD TICKS AND ASSOCIATED IXODES-BORNE PATHOGENS IN RHODE ISLAND
Wang, Shuang. VARIABLE SELECTION AND ESTIMATION IN BAYESIAN CAUSAL MEDIATION ANALYSIS
Whaling, Isabel C.. EVOLUTION OF COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEMS IN SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND IN RESPONSE TO STORMS AND ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING
Yanishevsky, Tatyana. CARBON FILTER EFFICIENCY IN REMOVING PFAS FROM DRINKING WATER IN BARNSTABLE, MA
Yonchak, Alexander. DEVELOPMENT OF TARGETED DRUG COMBINATIONS BLOCKING MULTI-DRIVER ONCOGENESIS
Young, Jordan E.. POSITIVE FEEDING PRACTICES, TOTAL FRUIT INTAKE, TOTAL VEGETABLE INTAKE, AND OVERALL DIET QUALITY IN CHILDREN OF ETHNICALLY AND RACIALLY DIVERSE FAMILIES
Theses/Dissertations from 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
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
Gilboa, Roy. DESIGN AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF A LOW-COST USV FOR COASTAL OBSERVATION
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)
Singamaneni, Anusha. Anti-Microbial Peptide Database
Sobus, Rebecca. UNDER GUARD: A CASE STUDY OF THE S.S. BLACK POINT AND U-853 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAR MEMORIALS AND PUBLIC EXHIBITS
Song, Somang. SATELLITE INVESTIGATION OF DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION IN A CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM