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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 2020 2020

Griffith, Jaclyn. “IF I WAS A MAN, THEN I’D BE THE MAN”: UNDERSTANDINGS OF GENDER, RACE, AND SOCIAL CLASS IN POSTFEMINIST POPULAR CULTURE

Harrelson, Clea. STEALTH SANCTUARY: THE CHALLENGE OF PROTECTION AT STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

Haynes, Anna Zocchi. METHODS IN THE DETECTION OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS IN β‑CYCLODEXTRIN SOLUTIONS

Hellmuth, Jan Friedrich. STUDY OF THE AUTOMATION OF DISASSEMBLY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES

Hoenow, Christina Marie. MPAS AND MARINE CITIZEN SCIENCE: ACCESSIBILITY IN THE MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

Holshoe, Erika. LIFTING THE VEIL: HIJBABI FASHION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Hunter, Elizabeth Sage. INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS ON HOST PARASITE RELATIONS IN APICOMPLEXANS

Innes-Gold, Anne A.. HOW MODIFIED TROPHIC INTERACTIONS CREATE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRADEOFFS: A CASE STUDY OF NARRAGANSETT BAY FISHERIES

Johnson, Alexis. EVOLUTION OF A SUBDUCTED CARBON-RICH FILAMENT ON THE EDGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE

Keefe, Timothy. FIELD STUDY OF PILE AXIAL CYCLIC DEGRADATION AND AGING

Kekulandara, Madhukara. A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED AUDITABLE AND SECURE VOTING SYSTEM

Khaleghikarahrodi, Mehrsa. PATTERNS, OR NO PATTERNS, THAT IS THE QUESTION

Kinahan, Ian Gerard. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID, EASTERN HEMLOCK, AND GYPSY MOTH

Kulman, Ethan. IDENTIFYING OPIOID WITHDRAWAL USING WEARABLE BIOSENSORS

Liu, Jiayin. THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TRANSGENIC SORGHUM LINES FOR CONFERRED PHENOTYPES

Liu, Ming. A DESIGN OF WIRELESS LOW POWER STRAIN MEASUREMENT BASED ON IOT TECHNOLOGY

Ma, Ilkyeong. NUMERICAL STUDY OF EFFECTS OF WARM OCEAN EDDIES AND OCEANIC BARRIER LAYERS ON TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY IN NORTHWEST PACIFIC

McNulty, Kelsey. ASSOCIATIONS OF WEIGHT DISSATISFACTION ON DIET QUALITY, PERCENT BODY FAT, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

Meiners, Florian. FRICTION COMPENSATION USING LINEAR CONTROL METHODS

Miescke, Fenia Mika. QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES FOR CYCLIC SIMPLE SHEAR TESTS ON SAND

Moore, Jesse. TRACKING MIGRATORY BIRDS: APPLYING A PASSIVE TRACKING TECHNIQUE USING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL FROM VHF RADIO TAGS

Nalven, Tessa. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, RACIAL IDENTITY AFFILIATION, AND ALCOHOL USE IN MULTIRACIAL INDIVIDUALS

Naumann, Aleksandra. INFLUENCE OF PFAS ON THE THERMODYNAMIC MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND GROWTH OF A. BORKUMENSIS

Nowinowski, Isabel S.. STUDENT COLLABORATIONS IN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSES; A NETWORK STUDY

Ohnemus, Kimberly P.. THE (EN)TANGLED WEB THEY WEAVE: STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS OF THE LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN PROCESS

Orr, Emily. SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS

Palmer, Celia. DIETARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL MAGNESIUM INTAKE DURING PREGNANCY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES

Peng, Zhiyuan. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PECTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM VACCINIUM MACROCARPON

Pita-Aquino, Jessica N.. DEWLAP EVOLUTION AMONG NON-NATIVE POPULATIONS OF THE LIZARD ANOLIS SAGREI

Puleo, Joseph. EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS

Ramirez-Sanabria, Andrea. DIETARY CONTRIBUTORS TO FOOD GROUP INTAKE IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ATTENDING FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES

Reigle, Sydney. EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LEAN MASS, MUSCULAR STRENGTH, MUSCLE QUALITY AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION

Rojas, Austin. REFRAMING THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF JAMAICA IN THE ATLANTIC CONTEXT

Roy, Amanda A.. EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELFCOMPASSION AND DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIORS

Ryan, Valerie. GRAPH MODELS WITH MISSING DATA TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATIONS IN DRUG USE NETWORKS

Sabaragamuwe Jayasundarakorale, Shashika Gunathilaka. FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOEMULSIONS FOR ULTRASENSITIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

Samson, Margaret Doyle. CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A VIDEO CODING TOOL FOR AN INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE PARENTAL FEEDING

Santos, Nina. TROPHIC NICHE OVERLAP OF ATLANTIC COD AND BLACK SEA BASS IN RELATION TO WARMING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERS

Schelling, Miles. REVERSE BANK FILTRATION FOR CLEANING WATER IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN SOUTH INDIA

Schurig, Roland G.. APPROXIMATE INVERSION OF MIMO SYSTEMS FOR PRECISION TRACKING

Scro, Sean D.. AN INVERSE METHOD FOR MATERIAL PROPERTY DERIVATION USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION AND THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Shanahan, Tina. CHANGING MOODS, BREAKING & BUILDING BONDS: EXPLORING EVT THROUGH LITERARY REPRESENTATION

Shea, Patricia. “JOIN OUR COMMUNITY”: PODCASTER USE OF COMMUNAL APPEALS IN CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS

Shepard, Zachary. PERFORMANCE OF SILVER NANOPARTICLE-IMPREGNATED CERAMIC WATER FILTERS

Siemon, Lukas. IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS USING DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT

Skov, Benjamin. EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENTRALITY AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG PWID

Soukup, Jennifer. COMBINED EFFECT OF HERBIVORY AND SALINITY STRESS ON THE COMMON REED, PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS

Spellman, Charles D. Jr.. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE AND MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER CO-TREATMENT

Steele, Preston. SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION IN MOTOR NEURONS AND JOINT RESISTANCE IN RABBIT MODEL OF CEREBRAL PALSY

Stephanik, Dylan. MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF WATER-FILLED DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE STRUCTURES

Stubbs, Victoria. APPLICATIONS TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE OR DESTROY ENERGETICS AND CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS

Sugar, Jackson. CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LOW-COST MINIATURE ISOPYCNAL FLOATS (MINIONS)' TARGETING DISTRIBUTED OBSERVATIONS OF THE OCEANIC BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP

Sweck, Sydney. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN AGE, MENOPAUSAL STATUS, AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN

Thach, Angela. CHARACTERIZATION OF ZN²⁺-DOPED POLY(VINYLIDENE DIFLUORIDE) FILMS BY X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY

Thilges, Kayla M.. MODELING CORAL REEF ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION LOSS

Turner, Kyle J.. REMOTE SENSING OF PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE CLASSES ON THE NORTHEAST U.S. CONTINENTAL SHELF

Tyler, Jacob Grant. OFFSHORE WIND AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN KITTY HAWK, NC

Visgilio, Lili Lan Lebrun. THE IMPACTS OF HEARING LOSS ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Wandzilak, Jamie. INVESTIGATING THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A NOVEL ANTI-VIRULENCE FACTOR

Whittaker, Zachary. DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CORNER BRICK ASSEMBLY PROCESS

Wilson, Cassandra. UNDERLYING VALUES IN CORAL RESTORATION: RESPONSES TO THE CORAL CRISIS

Yehle, Justin. ACOUSTIC AND PERCEPTUAL OUTCOMES OF VOCAL TRAINING FOR TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Yuan, Kai. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CSLD GENES IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS BY CRISPR/CAS9 GENE KNOCKOUT

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Abreu, Alyssa. MATERNAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN RELATION TO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND THE EFFECT OF A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT

Ahern, Kelly. MY SELFIE-IMAGE: AN ARTIST’S MULTIMEDIA PERSPECTIVE TO SELF-DISCOVERY

Alharbi, Abdullah G.. COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF TOLFENAMIC ACID AND DONEPEZIL ON BEHAVIOR AND TAU PATHOLOGY BIOMARKER LEVELS

Alich, Alena M.. MODELING, SIMULATION AND INVESTIGATION OF INFLATABLE DROP-STITCH PANELS WITH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Asgari, Kian M.. DEVELOPMENT OF AN RFID-ENABLED SERIAL KANBAN PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH REAL TIME ORDER SCHEDULING

Bartels, Rachel L.. FROM BREAST PUMP TO BEST PUMP: A HUMAN-CENTERED EVALUATION

Beatty, Kristen. DEVELOPING STUDENT VOICE THROUGH TWITTER: USING MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION TO INSPIRE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Bedoyan, Janette Nazeli. ROLE OF CRITICAL NUTRITION LITERACY IN MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT DIETARY BEHAVIOR

Berlinsky, Taylor Benson. PILOT TESTING A NUTRITION AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING CURRICULUM FOR NURSING STUDENTS

Bernardo, Nicholas D.. QUANTIFICATION OF VOTING ERROR: THE 2018 RHODE ISLAND MIDTERMS

Bilecki, Danielle. THE BURDEN OF INVISIBILITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE FISHERIES CRISIS IN GHANA, AND USAID/GHANA SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROJECT’S GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY

Bodurtha, Nidhi Mehta. DYNAMIC INSTABILITY OF REINFORCED CYLINDERS IN A CONFINING ENVIRONMENT

Bopp, Tobias. ANALYZING THE CORRELATIONS AMONG DRIVER DISTRACTIONS AND THE PROBABILITY OF AN ACCIDENT

Brummett, Marissa. THE EFFECT OF SEASON UPON THE LIFE CYCLE OF HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS IN EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED LAMBS

Buck, Jamie. INDICATORS OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS: ASSESSING THE COMMONWEALTH’S CURRENT SOCIO-POLITICAL, MARKET AND COMMUNITY CONDITIONS

Cao, Wenqiu. LONGITUDINAL DATA PREDICTION IN EHR: COMPARISON OF GLMM AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS

Carlin, John P.. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE IN-PLANE AND CROSS-PLANE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF POLYMER NANOFIBER THIN FILM UTILIZING THE 3-OMEGA METHOD

Chalut, Bailey. ANTHELMINTIC EFFICACY OF PELLETED CRANBERRY VINE AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF SHEEP

Chen, Xiaotian. UGV DIRECTION CONTROL BY HUMAN ARM GESTURE RECOGNITION VIA DETERMINISTIC LEARNING

Cipoletta, David O.. STATE MACHINE APPROACH FOR GESTURE CLASSIFICATION

Cobbina, Enoch. DEVELOPMENT OF BAYESIAN AND NON-BAYESIAN MELPHALAN PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL FROM LITERATURE-GENERATED DATA

Creighton, Tyler. SYSTEM MODELING OF A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY

Cromwell, Benjamin B.. IDENTIFICATION OF 15 PHTHALATE ESTERS IN COMMERCIAL CHEESE POWDER VIA CYCLODEXTRIN-PROMOTED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION

Crowe, Patrick. WHEN THE ALTERNATIVE BECOMES HEGEMONIC: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

Cutshaw, Larynn. ASSESSING CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY, AND WELFARE IN THE AQUARIUM TRADE

De Pace, Lisa Marie. Frazil ice growth and ice production during katabatic wind events in Ross Sea polynyas, Antarctica

Descoteaux, Andrew. BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS OF NOVEL ABUSE DETERRENT OPIOID FORMULATIONS IN A POPULATION OF CHRONIC OPIOID USE

Desilets, Alexander. DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT

Diouf, Rassoul. DATA ANALYTICS FOR WEARABLE IOT-BASED TELEMEDICINE

Dixon-Anderson, Erik R.. POLYETHYLENE PASSIVE SAMPLER METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS AND OTHER NEUTRAL PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES

Duwe, Lukas. ALL-SOLID LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR HIGH SAFETY AND STABILITY

Evron, Lauren. Yoga, Mindfulness and Interpersonal Relationship

Fedorenko, Michael. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PROTEIN BINDING BY PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASs)

Feldman, Leah. COASTAL ZONE ACCESS AND THE PELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAIL NEWPORT PROGRAM: EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

Fenn, Natalie. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT’S ROLE IN WELL-BEING: EXAMINING A MEDIATIONAL MODEL ACROSS TWO SAMPLES

Fernandez Scarioni, Javier. CYCLIC CONSTANT NORMAL STIFFNESS TESTS ON SAND

Ferrazzoli, Milo. EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND SCALE MODELING OF A VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE