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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Rahmani, Negar
. ANALYZING HSP104 CHAPERONE FUNCTION IN DISASSEMBLY OF AMYLOID AGGREGATES IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE YEAST MODEL SYSTEMRaudales, Alexa
. EMOTION DYSREGULATION IN NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY FOLLOWING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMSRavichandran, Vignesh
. WEAR-IOTEX: WEARABLE E-TEXTILE GLOVE KIT FOR IN-HOME PARKINSON'S MOTOR ASSESSMENTReich, Charlotte
. ANALYSIS OF HYSTERETIC DAMPING IN AXIALLY LOADED PILESRhoads, Alexandria C.
. PASSIVE ACOUSTICS AS A SENTINEL INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT A COLD-WATER CORAL REEFRicci, Matthew T.
. TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED STRAIN GAUGES USING METALSEMICONDUCTOR NANOCOMPOSITESRivera, Kimberly
. RETHINKING HABITAT AND HOW WE STUDY HUMAN-WILDLIFE RELATIONSHIPSRoberts, Nicole
. FROM CATCH TO CONSUMPTION: FOOD SECURITY DYNAMICS IN AN INDONESIAN FISHING COMMUNITYSchicho, Jamie
. Measurement of the Free Surface in the Wake of a Submerged FoilShah, Kanya K.
. REAL-WORLD UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURE OF TOP-DOWN AND STEP-UP THERAPY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASESkaden, Janelle E.
. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COASTAL EROSION AND RECOVERY DURING AND FOLLOWING STORM EVENTSStahl, Angela
. IDENTIFYING NOVEL ISOTOPIC TRACERS OF MARINE PRIMARY PRODUCERS TO STUDY FOOD WEB CARBON CYCLESStrock, Jacob P.
. INVESTIGATING LONG-TERM PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY USING BAYESIAN MULTIVARIATE DYNAMIC LINEAR MODELSTanzer, Joshua Ray
. RELIABILITY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL VALIDITY: BAYESIAN PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS AND GROUP COMPARISONTauchnitz, Stefan
. APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED CONTAINMENT CONTROL TO MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMSTerpis, Kristina Xenia
. A PHYLOGENOMIC APPROACH TO EXPLORE PHOTOSYNTHETHIC STRAMENOPILE EVOLUTIONThiele, Niklas
. SIMULATION BASED EVALUATION OF PALLET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITYThompson, Lauren
. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH COMORBID ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SYMPTOMSVega, William
. EFFECTS OF IDENTITY STYLES AND INSECURE ATTACHMENT DIMENSIONS ON INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORSWampole, Erin M.
. EXAMINING ANTHORPOGENIC PRESSURES ON MADGASCAR CARNIVORANSWilliams, Kayla N.
. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM IN ADDRESSING OCEAN NOISE EFFECTS ON MARINE MAMMALSZeyl, Gabrielle
. IS PARENT REPORT OF BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT AS VALID AS WE THINK?Theses/Dissertations from 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 1990sAiello, 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 MODELSAngelino, Domenic
. A COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED CHAIN KNEE EXTENSION EXERCISES ON PATTERNS OF QUADRICEPS HYPERTROPHYBailey, Beth A.
. AN EXAMINATION OF GOLF MAGAZINES FOR HEALTH BELIEF MODEL APPLICATIONS AND SKIN CANCER PROTECTION ADVICEBasaly, Veronia
. PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AS A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR FOR LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEBeatty, Avery
. THE EFFECTS OF EARLY CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE ON SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC COMPETENCE IN MIDDLE CHILDHOODBowen, Sarah
. NATIVE AMERICAN MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND PRE AND POST CONTACTBrandes, Jennifer
. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL REEF TO PROTECT THE SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHORELINEBrysch, Dominik Rüdiger Daniel
. ATTRACTIVENESS OF CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSUMERS IN GERMANY AND THE USABuglio, Ryan A.
. CHARACTERIZATION OF DROP-STITCH CONSTITUENT MATERIALS AND INFLATED PANEL RESPONSEBujanov, Sergio
. TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE FOR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANYCamm, Jacqueline Hilary
. INVESTIGATING THE INHIBITORY PROPERTIES OF CANDIDATE PROBIOTICS TOWARDS VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUSCantres-Velez, Juan A.
. CELL CYCLE-REGULATION OF THE FANCD2 PROTEIN VIA CDK-MEDIATED S592 PHOSPHORYLATIONCarney, Jessica
. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPTICAL SIGNATURES OF COCHLODINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLANDCatanzaro, Marjana
. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLANDConstant, Matthew
. ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF PARALLEL LATENCY IN THE PIPELINECosta, Kasie
. PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BANS IN RHODE ISLANDCres, Cecile
. TAXONOMIC PROFILING OF METAGENOMIC READS USING DEEP LEARNINGCullen, Lindsay
. STUDY OF ‘DEEP’ HELICAL ANCHOR GROUPS IN SANDDomogala, Kelly L.
. HIGHLIGHTING FIT ISSUES OF WELDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGH ANTHROPOMETRYDonohue, Brandon
. “THE ‘REAL COST’ OF CAMPAIGNS: ENDS CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF AWARENESS AND CONTENT”Falter, Carl Constantin
. ENHANCED VISUAL BRIDGE INSPECTION PRACTICES FOR AN IMPROVED BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFeen, Melanie
. CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE CORRECTIONS FROM A RAPID-PROFILING, AUTONOMOUS WIREWALKERFenderson, Madeleine
. CONSTRUCTING COOPERATION FROM THE SEABED UP: ASSESSING COMMERCIAL FISHERS’ PREFERENCES ON THE DESIGN OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMSFlesser, Morten
. ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC FLOWS CAUSED BY THE KINGSTON CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDFontaine, Dillon T.
. EFFECTS OF LONG TERM DEEP-SEA IMMERSION ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURESFrawley, Abigail E.
. THE EFFECTS OF ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTATION, MIGRATORY SEASON, AND FLIGHT TRAINING ON KEY COMPONENTS OF THE ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM OF MIGRATORY EUROPEAN STARLINGS (STURNUS VULGARIS)Gardner, Michael
. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AN ARTIFICIAL REEF TO MITIGATE COASTAL EROSION USING THE PHASE RESOLVING WAVE MODEL FUNWAVEGauthier, Daniel L.
. AUTOMATED GENERATION OF DETAILED PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACKGeorgio, Allisa
. PRENATAL VITAMIN USE IN RHODE ISLAND ACCORDING TO WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) PARTICIPATIONGoldstein, Silvi C.
. VALIDATION AND APPLICATION OF AN ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEM SCALE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ADOLESCENTS: RACE MODERATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ALCOHOLRELATED PROBLEMSGraham, Clayton Lee
. THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-MIGRATORY BODY COMPOSITION AND HABITAT QUALITY ON FALL MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK (SCOLOPAX MINOR)Green, Elaine
. THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ANXIETYGriffith, Jaclyn
. “IF I WAS A MAN, THEN I’D BE THE MAN”: UNDERSTANDINGS OF GENDER, RACE, AND SOCIAL CLASS IN POSTFEMINIST POPULAR CULTUREHarrelson, Clea
. STEALTH SANCTUARY: THE CHALLENGE OF PROTECTION AT STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARYHaynes, Anna Zocchi
. METHODS IN THE DETECTION OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS IN β‑CYCLODEXTRIN SOLUTIONSHellmuth, Jan Friedrich
. STUDY OF THE AUTOMATION OF DISASSEMBLY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIESHoenow, Christina Marie
. MPAS AND MARINE CITIZEN SCIENCE: ACCESSIBILITY IN THE MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARYHolshoe, Erika
. LIFTING THE VEIL: HIJBABI FASHION ON SOCIAL MEDIAHunter, Elizabeth Sage
. INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS ON HOST PARASITE RELATIONS IN APICOMPLEXANSInnes-Gold, Anne A.
. HOW MODIFIED TROPHIC INTERACTIONS CREATE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRADEOFFS: A CASE STUDY OF NARRAGANSETT BAY FISHERIESJohnson, Alexis
. EVOLUTION OF A SUBDUCTED CARBON-RICH FILAMENT ON THE EDGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYREKeefe, Timothy
. FIELD STUDY OF PILE AXIAL CYCLIC DEGRADATION AND AGINGKekulandara, Madhukara
. A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED AUDITABLE AND SECURE VOTING SYSTEMKhaleghikarahrodi, Mehrsa
. PATTERNS, OR NO PATTERNS, THAT IS THE QUESTIONKinahan, Ian Gerard
. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID, EASTERN HEMLOCK, AND GYPSY MOTHKulman, Ethan
. IDENTIFYING OPIOID WITHDRAWAL USING WEARABLE BIOSENSORSLiu, Jiayin
. THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TRANSGENIC SORGHUM LINES FOR CONFERRED PHENOTYPESLiu, Ming
. A DESIGN OF WIRELESS LOW POWER STRAIN MEASUREMENT BASED ON IOT TECHNOLOGYMa, Ilkyeong
. NUMERICAL STUDY OF EFFECTS OF WARM OCEAN EDDIES AND OCEANIC BARRIER LAYERS ON TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY IN NORTHWEST PACIFICMcNulty, Kelsey
. ASSOCIATIONS OF WEIGHT DISSATISFACTION ON DIET QUALITY, PERCENT BODY FAT, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN COLLEGE STUDENTSMeiners, Florian
. FRICTION COMPENSATION USING LINEAR CONTROL METHODSMiescke, Fenia Mika
. QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES FOR CYCLIC SIMPLE SHEAR TESTS ON SANDMoore, Jesse
. TRACKING MIGRATORY BIRDS: APPLYING A PASSIVE TRACKING TECHNIQUE USING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL FROM VHF RADIO TAGSNalven, Tessa
. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, RACIAL IDENTITY AFFILIATION, AND ALCOHOL USE IN MULTIRACIAL INDIVIDUALSNaumann, Aleksandra
. INFLUENCE OF PFAS ON THE THERMODYNAMIC MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND GROWTH OF A. BORKUMENSISNowinowski, Isabel S.
. STUDENT COLLABORATIONS IN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSES; A NETWORK STUDYOhnemus, Kimberly P.
. THE (EN)TANGLED WEB THEY WEAVE: STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS OF THE LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN PROCESSOrr, Emily
. SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLSPalmer, Celia
. DIETARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL MAGNESIUM INTAKE DURING PREGNANCY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETESPeng, Zhiyuan
. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PECTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM VACCINIUM MACROCARPONPita-Aquino, Jessica N.
. DEWLAP EVOLUTION AMONG NON-NATIVE POPULATIONS OF THE LIZARD ANOLIS SAGREIPuleo, Joseph
. EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGSRamirez-Sanabria, Andrea
. DIETARY CONTRIBUTORS TO FOOD GROUP INTAKE IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ATTENDING FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMESReigle, Sydney
. EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LEAN MASS, MUSCULAR STRENGTH, MUSCLE QUALITY AND PHYSICAL FUNCTIONRojas, Austin
. REFRAMING THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF JAMAICA IN THE ATLANTIC CONTEXTRoy, Amanda A.
. EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELFCOMPASSION AND DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIORSRyan, Valerie
. GRAPH MODELS WITH MISSING DATA TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATIONS IN DRUG USE NETWORKSSabaragamuwe Jayasundarakorale, Shashika Gunathilaka
. FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOEMULSIONS FOR ULTRASENSITIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSISSamson, Margaret Doyle
. CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A VIDEO CODING TOOL FOR AN INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE PARENTAL FEEDINGSantos, Nina
. TROPHIC NICHE OVERLAP OF ATLANTIC COD AND BLACK SEA BASS IN RELATION TO WARMING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERSSchelling, Miles
. REVERSE BANK FILTRATION FOR CLEANING WATER IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN SOUTH INDIASchurig, Roland G.
. APPROXIMATE INVERSION OF MIMO SYSTEMS FOR PRECISION TRACKINGScro, Sean D.
. AN INVERSE METHOD FOR MATERIAL PROPERTY DERIVATION USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION AND THE FINITE ELEMENT METHODShanahan, Tina
. CHANGING MOODS, BREAKING & BUILDING BONDS: EXPLORING EVT THROUGH LITERARY REPRESENTATIONShea, Patricia
. “JOIN OUR COMMUNITY”: PODCASTER USE OF COMMUNAL APPEALS IN CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS