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Open Access Master's Theses

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Angelino, Domenic. A COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED CHAIN KNEE EXTENSION EXERCISES ON PATTERNS OF QUADRICEPS HYPERTROPHY

Bailey, Beth A.. AN EXAMINATION OF GOLF MAGAZINES FOR HEALTH BELIEF MODEL APPLICATIONS AND SKIN CANCER PROTECTION ADVICE

Basaly, Veronia. PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AS A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR FOR LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Beatty, Avery. THE EFFECTS OF EARLY CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE ON SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC COMPETENCE IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Bowen, Sarah. NATIVE AMERICAN MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND PRE AND POST CONTACT

Brandes, Jennifer. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL REEF TO PROTECT THE SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE

Brysch, Dominik Rüdiger Daniel. ATTRACTIVENESS OF CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSUMERS IN GERMANY AND THE USA

Buglio, Ryan A.. CHARACTERIZATION OF DROP-STITCH CONSTITUENT MATERIALS AND INFLATED PANEL RESPONSE

Bujanov, Sergio. TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE FOR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY

Camm, Jacqueline Hilary. INVESTIGATING THE INHIBITORY PROPERTIES OF CANDIDATE PROBIOTICS TOWARDS VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS

Cantres-Velez, Juan A.. CELL CYCLE-REGULATION OF THE FANCD2 PROTEIN VIA CDK-MEDIATED S592 PHOSPHORYLATION

Carney, Jessica. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPTICAL SIGNATURES OF COCHLODINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND

Catanzaro, Marjana. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND

Constant, Matthew. ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF PARALLEL LATENCY IN THE PIPELINE

Costa, Kasie. PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BANS IN RHODE ISLAND

Cres, Cecile. TAXONOMIC PROFILING OF METAGENOMIC READS USING DEEP LEARNING

Cullen, Lindsay. STUDY OF ‘DEEP’ HELICAL ANCHOR GROUPS IN SAND

Domogala, Kelly L.. HIGHLIGHTING FIT ISSUES OF WELDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGH ANTHROPOMETRY

Donohue, 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 SYSTEM

Feen, Melanie. CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE CORRECTIONS FROM A RAPID-PROFILING, AUTONOMOUS WIREWALKER

Fenderson, Madeleine. CONSTRUCTING COOPERATION FROM THE SEABED UP: ASSESSING COMMERCIAL FISHERS’ PREFERENCES ON THE DESIGN OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

Flesser, Morten. ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC FLOWS CAUSED BY THE KINGSTON CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Fontaine, Dillon T.. EFFECTS OF LONG TERM DEEP-SEA IMMERSION ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Frawley, 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 FUNWAVE

Gauthier, Daniel L.. AUTOMATED GENERATION OF DETAILED PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK

Georgio, Allisa. PRENATAL VITAMIN USE IN RHODE ISLAND ACCORDING TO WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) PARTICIPATION

Goldstein, Silvi C.. VALIDATION AND APPLICATION OF AN ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEM SCALE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ADOLESCENTS: RACE MODERATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ALCOHOLRELATED PROBLEMS

Graham, 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 ANXIETY

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