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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 2022 2022

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

Soulier, Colette. ANALYZING THE DIFFERENTIAL NEWS COVERAGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES: A CASE STUDY OF AGENDA SETTING, FRAMING, AND TONE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMUNICATION

Spencer, Evelyn Anna. INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF PARASITIC APICOMPLEXANS ON THE GUT MICROBIOME OF MARINE TUNICATE CIONA INTESTINALIS

Stark, Margaret. PARENT-CHILD ATTACHMENT, PARENTING PRACTICES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ADOLESCENT SOCIAL COMPETENCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INCOME AMONG VULNERABLE FAMILIES

Starr, Clayton K.. THE ROLE OF FEDERALISM IN INITIATING OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE

St. Hilaire, Megan Lee. Bulk Recycling: Density Separation Models for Mixed Plastic Waste

Story, Maeve Clare. Foundation and Structural Dynamics of the Block Island Wind Farm

Sundermann, Leon. MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF LEAN AND GREEN MANUFACTURING PRACTICES ON THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

Swanberg, Jamie Vittoria. Unmasking Covid-19: The Pandemics Effect on Mental Health Through the Lens of Social Media

Thomas, Emmanuel D.. EXAMINING THE PROXIMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGIOUS COPING AND DEPRESSION AMONG TRAUMA-EXPOSED ADULTS

Thomas, Kate. FREQUENCY OF FOOD CRAVINGS IN ADULTS CONSUMING ANIMAL- OR PLANT-BASED DIETS

Torrey, Kara. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF MAPLE (Acer saccharum) SAP WATER

Trickett, Justin. TRANSLATION AND VALIDATION OF MYELOID DERIVED SUPPRESSOR CELL PROTEOMIC TARGETS IN LIVER AND LUNG TUMORS

Ummie, Sabah. RISE ABOVE: A PATIENT-CENTERED WEB-BASED INTERVENTION FOR REDUCING INTERNALIZED STIGMA IN PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY

Unkelbach, Wilhelm. Numerical Analysis of Thermal Distributions and Localized Melting in Solids

Urbanski, Kaitlin M.. TAKING STOCK: ASSESSING RHODE ISLAND RECREATIONAL ANGLER CONSERVATION ETHIC AND COASTAL IDENTITY

Varkonyi, Elizabeth. BUMBLE BEES (BOMBUS SPP.) OF RHODE ISLAND: RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND FLORAL VISITATION

Viscione, Elizabeth-Ann Rando. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUBJECTIVE ORGASM EXPERIENCE IN SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN

Waltz, Nicholas. AN EVALUATION OF HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES ACQUISITION OF NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION A SURVEY BASED APPROACH

White, Anthony J.. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF PLAIN WEAVE NYLON REINFORCED DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE PANELS

Williams-O'Donnell, Katherine E.. THE 1697 PROJECT: UNRAVELING A MYSTERY SURROUNDING A SET OF PATCHWORK BLOCKS

Willuhn, Caroline. ADDITION OF NANOPARTICLES TO ENHANCE THE IONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF A PEO-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE

Wulandari, Ita. SEDIMENTARY ACCUMULATION OF BLACK CARBON ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

Yanoff, Callan J.. OPINIONS ON THE HALFSHELL: EXAMINING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

Zheng, Zian. CHARACTERIZING GAME-PLAY STYLES IN NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

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