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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 2021 2021

Adhikari, Neeraj. GRAPH PLAYGROUND: A PEDAGOGIC TOOL FOR GRAPH THEORY AND ALGORITHMS

Akanji, Toyosi. AN IN VITRO INVESTIGATION OF THE STABILITY AND PERMEABILITY OF PHYTOCANNABINOIDS FOR SKINCARE FORMULATIONS

Amani, Ali. DATA DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION THROUGH CLUSTER TREES AND MANIFOLD LEARNING

Awkerman, Nathaniel. VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS RE22 TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO TEMPERATE CORAL LYSIS AND ENDOSYMBIONT DEATH

Banaszak, Lennart. SECOND-LIFE SOLUTIONS FOR END-OF-LIFE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES

Baranowski, Alex K.. SEVERAL FACTORS AND THEIR ROLE IN CONTROL OF LEPIDOPTERA POPULATIONS

Baron Lopez, Eliya M.. MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL: A CASE STUDY ON SOUTH KOREAN MARINE LITTER MANAGEMENT

Bätge, Tjard. ENHANCEMENT AND BENCHMARKING OF THE PRESCRIBED MATERIAL REDISTRIBUTION TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION SCHEME

Black, Lotte. INFLUENCE OF SEX ON LOWER LIMB SKELETAL MUSCLE OXIDATIVE CAPACITY AND MUSCLE DIFFUSION IN ENDURANCE TRAINED INDIVIDUALS

Bonney, Jacob. CHARACTERIZING THE SEASONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON HIGH FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC FISH TAG DETECTION IN SHALLOW WATER SETTINGS

Brown, Emma. TRANSITIONING FIELD COURSES IN PLANT IDENTIFICATION TO REMOTE INSTRUCTION: AN ANALYSIS

Brown, Nathan M.. UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SELECTIVE BREEDING PRACTICES IN RHODE ISLAND OYSTER AQUACULTURE

Capolino, Alexandria. ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES: A CLUSTER ANALYSIS DIFFERENTIATING INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS OF CHILDREN

Cato, Adrian. RECLAIMING BLACK AND INDIGENOUS ECOLOGIES ON BLOCK ISLAND THROUGH ORAL HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY

Chen, Bing. INTERVAL-CENSORED DATA WITH INACCURATE TIME BOUNDS AND TIME-DEPENDENT COVARIATES

Chille, Erin Elizabeth. CONTRIBUTION OF MATERNAL mRNA PROVISIONING TO EMBRYONIC STRESS RESPONSE IN A REEF-BUILDING CORAL

Chu, Tyler. EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM DEEP-SEA IMMERSION ON THE IMPLOSION AND EXPLOSION OF HOLLOW COMPOSITE CYLINDERS

Conetta, Dennis A.. PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN ACROPORA PULCHRA UNDER VARIED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Cote, Mikayla. ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH AND GRAZING MORTALITY

Cox, Jackson. INDIGENIZING ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND

Crowley, Patrick. REVISITING SAYLESVILLE: A DEEPER EXPLORATION OF THE SAYLESVILLE MASSACRE OF 1934

Decker, Carolyn. POST-EMERGENCE MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY HATCHLING DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS (MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN)

DeVos, Tyler B.. HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN A NATIVE LIZARD (ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS) AND A CRYPTIC INVADER (A. PORCATUS) ACROSS AN URBAN LANDSCAPE

DiPaolo, Emma. THE EFFECT OF MORPHOLOGY, SUBSTRATE AND WIND ON THE CLINGING ABILITY OF ANOLIS LIZARDS DURING HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS

Doyle, Ian M.. INVESTIGATION OF A MULTIMODE TRANSDUCER USING PIEZOELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTALS

Farnsworth, Lauren Elizabeth. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: UNDERSTANDING BOATERS’ ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RHODE ISLAND NO DISCHARGE ZONE AND MARINE PUMP-OUT FACILITIES

Fellers, Justin C.. ALGORITHM SELECTION FOR THE CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM USING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFIERS

Finnegan, Olivia. EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MUSCULAR FATIGUE INDEX AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN

Fox, Chelsea. DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METAL ALLOYS

Garcia, Vincent Marcus. SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF USAGE PATTERNS IN A PUBLIC BIKE SHARING SYSTEM DURING A PANDEMIC

Ghumman, Moez. DUAL-DRUG NANOPARTICLE FORMULATION FOR INHALED DELIVERY IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS TREATMENT

Gray, Kyle E.. COGNITIVE AND PERCEPTUAL BARRIERS TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: LOCAL DECISION-MAKING IN RHODE ISLAND

Grill, Garrett. THE DIETARY INTAKE OF MALE AND FEMALE BODYBUILDERS DURING COMPETITION PREPARATION

Hallisey, Noah. DEVELOPMENT OF A ROAD MORTALITY HOTSPOT MODEL FOR AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN RHODE ISLAND

Hammett, Caroline A.. REVISITING TEAM COHESION: A SYSTEMATIC MIXED METHODS APPROACH

Heinichen, Margaret A.. INCORPORATING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FISH BIOENERGETICS INTO A NARRAGANSETT BAY FOOD WEB MODEL

Heinichen, Margaret A.. INCORPORATING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FISH BIOENERGETICS INTO A NARRAGANSETT BAY FOOD WEB MODEL

Henrikson, Kathryn. TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF SOX5 AND WWOX BY FANCD2

Hou, Joyce. HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF TREPROSTINIL DURING RENAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY

Howard, Thomas J. III. USING A DIGITAL APPLICATION TO REFRESH KNOWLEDGE OF ABUSE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Johnson, Kyle P.. TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF THE NUSCALE POWER HELICAL-COIL STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE USING RELAP5-3D

Kalaidjian, Ellis. INSTITUTIONALIZING RESILIENCE: INSIGHTS FROM ASSESSMENT INITIATIVES AT SEAPORTS

Katz, Samuel D.. CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW SEDIMENT POREWATER PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS

Keenan, Mark. DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED 17-4PH1100 SS TO SHOCK LOADING GENERATED BY PLATE IMPACT EXPERIMENTS

Kelter, Nora-Kristin. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF 3D PRINTED AUXETIC CEMENTITIOUS CELLULAR COMPOSITES

Kieser, Jonas. OPTIMIZING A HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM WITH A FOCUS ON OFFSHORE WIND IN THE US NORTHEAST

Kinzinger, Janis. DESIGN OF A PLATFORM FOR INTERACTION WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY

Klempt, Felix N.. SIMULATION METHODS FOR WOVEN FABRIC MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO BIAXIAL LOADING

Klepacki, Jeremy. INVESTIGATING THE BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE STRING BASS EDUCATION IN RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LaChapelle, Lindsay Jordan. SUPPORTING PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE: A VIRTUAL SPEAKING CENTER INTERVENTION

Langan, Joseph A.. A BAYESIAN STATE-SPACE APPROACH TO IMPROVE BIOMASS PROJECTIONS FOR MANAGING NEW ENGLAND GROUNDFISH

Lavigueur, Beatrix Anne. THE ROLE OF MATERNAL EDUCATION AND CHILD GENDER ON CHILDREN’S FINE MOTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Leger, Rosemary. THE INITIAL RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES’ TEXTILE RECYCLING INDUSTRY TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Lindner, Luisa. MODELLING AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A LONG-RANGE FUEL CELL POWERED AIRCRAFT

Little, Matthew. A NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER FOR A WALL-ROLLING FULLY ACTUATED UAV

Machado, Lauren. THE SUSTAINABLE JEWELRY CONTEXT IN BRAZIL

Manz, Maria H.. WHO’S MINDING THE MAKOS? APPLICATIONS OF MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND HABITAT UTILIZATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK AND INTERSECTION WITH OFFSHORE ENERGY EXPLORATION

Maragkopoulou, Kassandra. DIGITAL MEDIA AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN KINDERGARTEN

Masseloux, Juliana. FOREST STRUCTURE SHAPES TROPICAL TERRESTRIAL AND ARBOREAL MESOMAMMAL COMMUNITIES UNDER MODERATE DISTURBANCE

McCooey, Christopher. PROCEDURAL GENERATION OF GAME-WORLDS

McCool-Guglielmo, Emma C.. IMPACT OF FACILITIES LAYOUT METHODS ON IN-PERSON ELECTIONS: A THEORETICAL EXPLORATION

McManus, Kelly. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN US17 IN 30S RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT ASSEMBLY

Milley, Courtney. THE EFFECTS OF MESSAGE FRAMING ON RESPONSE TO PLASTIC REDUCTION POLICIES

Monahan, Kathleen. TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL FOR EXERCISE: MEASURE REDEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSING THE ROLE OF BARRIERS IN A DIVERSE POPULATION

Morales-McDevitt, Maya Erin. THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE: NEUTRAL PFAS IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR

Mullens, Ryleigh. TRANSFORMING CAMPUS FOOD SYSTEMS THROUGH AGROECOLOGY: PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE

Murphy, Corey. SMALL DUAL-CHANNEL WATERJET PROPULSION MODULE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Musella, Katharine E.. THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AS A MEDIATOR IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND SOCIAL ANXIETY

Nash, Melanie. SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES IN NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER FISHERIES: POLICY, PERSPECTIVE, AND COMMUNITY IN MIDCOAST MAINE

Pascuzzi, Emma. ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PERSONALITY AND RELATIONSHIP FACTORS AS PREDICTORS OF ADULT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP QUALITY

Perera, Rupasinghe Thivanka. A PHD FILTER BASED RELATIVE LOCALIZATION FILTER FOR ROBOTIC SWARMS

Potvin, Jacquelyn. FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF A STEAM AND NUTRITION EDUCATION SUMMER PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH

Proffitt, Lisa. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH DEFICITS AND ORAL HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION

Quiroz Santos, Esther. SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES

Rahmani, Negar. ANALYZING HSP104 CHAPERONE FUNCTION IN DISASSEMBLY OF AMYLOID AGGREGATES IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE YEAST MODEL SYSTEM

Raudales, Alexa. EMOTION DYSREGULATION IN NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY FOLLOWING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS

Ravichandran, Vignesh. WEAR-IOTEX: WEARABLE E-TEXTILE GLOVE KIT FOR IN-HOME PARKINSON'S MOTOR ASSESSMENT

Reich, Charlotte. ANALYSIS OF HYSTERETIC DAMPING IN AXIALLY LOADED PILES

Rhoads, Alexandria C.. PASSIVE ACOUSTICS AS A SENTINEL INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT A COLD-WATER CORAL REEF

Ricci, Matthew T.. TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED STRAIN GAUGES USING METALSEMICONDUCTOR NANOCOMPOSITES

Rivera, Kimberly. RETHINKING HABITAT AND HOW WE STUDY HUMAN-WILDLIFE RELATIONSHIPS

Roberts, Nicole. FROM CATCH TO CONSUMPTION: FOOD SECURITY DYNAMICS IN AN INDONESIAN FISHING COMMUNITY

Schicho, Jamie. Measurement of the Free Surface in the Wake of a Submerged Foil

Shah, Kanya K.. REAL-WORLD UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURE OF TOP-DOWN AND STEP-UP THERAPY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Skaden, Janelle E.. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COASTAL EROSION AND RECOVERY DURING AND FOLLOWING STORM EVENTS

Stahl, Angela. IDENTIFYING NOVEL ISOTOPIC TRACERS OF MARINE PRIMARY PRODUCERS TO STUDY FOOD WEB CARBON CYCLES

Strock, Jacob P.. INVESTIGATING LONG-TERM PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY USING BAYESIAN MULTIVARIATE DYNAMIC LINEAR MODELS

Tanzer, Joshua Ray. RELIABILITY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL VALIDITY: BAYESIAN PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS AND GROUP COMPARISON

Tauchnitz, Stefan. APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED CONTAINMENT CONTROL TO MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS

Terpis, Kristina Xenia. A PHYLOGENOMIC APPROACH TO EXPLORE PHOTOSYNTHETHIC STRAMENOPILE EVOLUTION

Thiele, Niklas. SIMULATION BASED EVALUATION OF PALLET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY

Thompson, Lauren. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH COMORBID ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

Vega, William. EFFECTS OF IDENTITY STYLES AND INSECURE ATTACHMENT DIMENSIONS ON INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS

Wampole, Erin M.. EXAMINING ANTHORPOGENIC PRESSURES ON MADGASCAR CARNIVORANS

Williams, Kayla N.. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM IN ADDRESSING OCEAN NOISE EFFECTS ON MARINE MAMMALS

Zeyl, Gabrielle. IS PARENT REPORT OF BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT AS VALID AS WE THINK?

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Addison, Erika. PHYSICOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CYANOBACTERIA OXIDATION WITH FE(VI)

Aguero Barrantes, Mariela. POST-SUBCULTURAL GROUPS IN COSTA RICA: MUSIC SCENES, THE UNDERGROUND, AND CLOTHING STYLES DURING THE 1990s

Aiello, Gabriella M.. SYNTHETIC SCENE BASED OBJECT DETECTION: CAN YOU TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS WITH SYNTHETICALLY GENERATED DATA TO RECOGNIZE REAL OBJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING?

Alam, Shajratul. ANALYSIS OF MISSING DATA IN MARINE DISSOLVED OXYGEN TIME SERIES USING DYNAMIC LINEAR MODELS