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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
You, Sangmin
. Bile Acids and Premature Labor in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of PregnancyTheses/Dissertations from 2015
Adesanoye, Damilola Tejumola
. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Bronchodilator Prescribing in COPD and Cardiovascular ComorbidityAntonova, Anna S.
. FAIR FISHING HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN BILATERAL FISHING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIESArmendarez, Joseph J.
. Video Game Use Among Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAudette, Castine Elizabeth
. The Effects of Environmental Education on the Public's Attitudes and Level of Policy Support for Habitat Restoration in Narragansett BayAviles-Rodriguez, Kevin J.
. DO URBAN ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE ANTIPREDATOR AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE LIZARD ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS?Bao, Kehan
. DETECTING AND VERIFYING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE RESISTANCE IN CULTURED POPULATIONS OF EASTERN OYSTERS, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICABennett, Anna Nelson
. “BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT BE GOVERNED”: MEDIEVAL WOMEN, POWER, AND THE POLITICIZATION OF WITCHCRAFTBerwise, Clifton
. Assessing the Influence of Black Racial Identity on Perceived Discrimination and Professional SuccessBigdeli, Arash
. Initial Validation of Surface Ocean Properties in MITgcm Arctic Regional ModelBlake, Matthew S.
. Synthesis of 2-Amino-α-Carboline and Analogues Relevant for Structural Investigations of the Corresponding DNA AdductsBreithaupt, Nikolaus Benedikt
. Dynamic Penetration of a Flying Wing Anchor in Sand in Relation to Floating Offshore Wind TurbinesBrooks, Jessica Rose
. Durability of Water-Repellent Finishes to Accelerated LaunderingCaccioppoli, Brian J.
. Reconstructing Submerged Paleoenvironments: Mud Hole, RI Sound and Greenwich Bay, RICalberry, Valerie
. FOOD SAFETY AND SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMCallaghan, Christine Lee
. The Real and the Ideal in RI National Guard Uniform PracticesCanesi, Kelly
. COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF THE MORPHOLOGICALLY CRYPTIC DIATOM GENUS SKELETONEMA IN NARRAGANSETT BAYCapron, Kelley
. A Master's Degree in Fashion Merchandising: A Valuable Investment?Chang, Joanna K.
. Tolfenamic Acid: A Potential Modifier of Tau Protein in Alzheimer's DiseaseColantuono, Bonnie
. Inducing Heterochronic Shift in Ciona IntestinalisCole, Daphne J.
. Migration experiences of Sierra Leoneans: Acculturation and Psychological AdjustmentCoupland, Catherine M.
. Estimating daily primary production and nighttime respiration in estuaries by an in situ carbon methodCurtis, Ambrose
. RHETORIC OF FLAT DESIGN AND SKEUOMORPHISM IN APPLE'S iOS GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEDa Lomba, Thomas
. Development of State Legal and Overweight Live Load ModelsDash, Miriam Erline
. Human Tau Gene Expression in a Transgenic Animal Model Altered by Developmental Pb ExposureDelSesto, Caitlin Jessica
. Assessing the Pathogenic Cause of Sea Star Wasting Disease in Asterias Forbesi Along the East Coast of the United StatesDunbar, Eva-Molly Petitto
. AN EXAMINATION OF SEQUENTIAL AND SIMULTANEOUS BEHAVIOR CHANGE WITHIN TWO MULTIPLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE CONDITIONSDunne, Andrew
. Low Power Underwater Acoustic DPSK Detection: Theoretical Prediction and Experimental ResultsEdwards, Anne Therese
. Examining Eating Rate in Women Recruited From Low-Income SitesFarrow, Michael L.M.
. Childhood Trauma and Autonomy in College Students: Does Anxiety Mediate This Relationship?Flynn, Rebecca Loberg
. BOAT ANCHORING CONTRIBUTES TO CORAL REEF DEGRADATION IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSFong, Michael Warren
. INVESTIGATING THE INTRASPECIFIC EFFECT OF CELL CONCENTRATION IN MEDIATING OXYRRHIS MARINA SWIMMING BEHAVIORSFrancis, Alyssa
. Playground Use and Executive Function Development During Preschool YearsFuller, Sarah A.
. DISTRIBUTION OF TEPHRA FROM THE 1650 AD SUBMARINE ERUPTION OF KOLUMBO VOLCANO, GREECEGentes, Zoe
. Near-Primary Mantle Melts and Their Implications for the Mechanism of Island Arc Basalt OxidationGent, Gerald W.
. Cloud Signature Creator: An Application to Establish Cloud-Computing Application ArtifactsGhatee, Rosa
. Injectable Conductive Hydrogels for Use in Neuroprosthetic InterventionGiannini, Nicholas J.
. Vulnerable Web Application FrameworkGieschen, Rebekka Gisela
. Including Wind Resource Trends in a Micrositing Optimization of the Block Island Wind Farm, RI, USAGlickman, Jessica A.
. A War at the Heart of Man: The Structure and Construction of Ships Bound for AfricaHardy, Sarah
. EXPLORING CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR AND VOCABULARY LEARNING OUTCOMES IN KINDERGARTENHarper, Sarah La Roque
. TARGETING OBESOGENIC BEHAVIORS: PILOT TESTING A MODIFIED RHODE ISLAND EFNEP CURRICULUMHarry, Charles Thomas II
. LINKAGES BETWEEN NEW ENGLAND DOLPHIN STRANDING FREQUENCY AND NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION VARIABILITYHeidtman, Emma
. "A Great and Terrible Event": Historical Evidence for the 551 CE Tsunami at Akko, IsraelHickin, Mauri
. Effects of Light and Water Availability on the Performance of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges Tsugae)Hong, Kyungwan
. Effects of intensified care management activities and diabetes medication copayment reduction on medication adherence and health care costsHuang, Xinkai
. Forecasting the US Unemployment Rate with Job Openings IndexJones, Annaliese Katrin
. ISOLATION, MOLECULAR & PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SULFATE-REDUCING, HETEROTROPHIC, DIAZOTROPHSKane, Mary
. Winter Vertical Distributions of Antarctic Krill as Seen Through a New Stereo Camera SystemKessner, Linda
. Characterization of Biofilm Formation, Chemotaxis, and the Genome of Aliiroseovarius crassostreaeKonstantinidis, George
. ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE EDITABLE DATABASEKorn, Maggie Arin
. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN IN FACTORS PREDICTING NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD EFFEMINACYKrebsbach, Craig Michael
. MODELING BRAIN DESYNCHRONIZATION BY EEG SENSOR VARIANCE IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTSLauro, Bianca M.
. EFFECTS OF GABAB LIGANDS ON THE GSH-INDUCED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HYPOSTOME IN HYDRALiebscher, Fabian
. DESIGNING A BIOSENSING DEVICE BASED ON WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE EMITTERSLim, Seonjoo
. Functional Site Based Protein Structure Analysis With Self-Organizing MapsLin, Laura
. ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SELECTIVE THERMAL EMITTER DESIGNS FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMSLohmann, Hilary
. MEASURING SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COASTAL COMMUNITIESLong, Rebecca
. ORGANIC WASTE AMENDMENTS AS SOURCES OF CARBON AND FERTILITY FOR VEGETABLELungarini, Alyssa
. Parenting Styles and Their Relationship with Anxiety in ChildrenLyons, Marcia Kimberley
. Longitudinal Study of Physical Functioning in Adults with Chronic Neurological ConditionsMaggio, Daniel
. The Recreational Use of Provincetown Harbor and Attitudes Towards Shellfish AquacultureMarcotte, Melissa
. Individual Differences in Interpretations of Justified and Unjustified ViolenceMarkham, Erin
. EMERGING PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS) IN THE WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC AND ANTARCTIC BIOTAMatsko, Stephen V.
. Predictors of Treatment Completion and Study Retention of Smokers Across Three Population-Based, Tailored Multiple Risk Behavior InterventionsMuller, Manuel
. Enzymatic and Enzyme Inhibitory Activity on a Paper-Based Lateral Flow DeviceMurillo, Pamela
. Navigating College: The Educational Experiences of Hispanic Immigrant-English Language LearnersNavrkal, Brittany
. Fermentable Carbohydrate Intake and Differences in Health Parameters in US College StudentsNobles, Jennifer
. THE EFFECT OF A FAMILY-BASED DIETARY INTERVENTION ON DIETARY FIBER DENSITY IN CHILDREN AGES 6-11Nörmann, Nils
. Cost and Environmental Impacts in Manufacturing: A Case Study ApproachNorton, Christopher Joseph
. Development of a Portable Surface Wave Inversion System for Near-Surface Soil CharacterizationOster, Danielle R.
. COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIORPalmer, Matt
. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A HYDRAULIC SNUBBER WITH RESPECT TO HISTORICAL TEST DATA AND AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS REQUIREMENTSPeddinti, Vijay Kumar
. ION-BOMBARDMENT OF NICKEL (110) AT ELEVATED TEMPERATUREPiserchia, Michael
. A Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Information Diffusion Across Online Social NetworksPonte, David C.
. Mechanics Framework of Pad Scratching in Chemical-Mechanical PlanarizationPurcell, Charlotte
. Effects of Intensive Speech Treatment for an Individual with Spastic Dysarthria Secondary to StrokePytka, Alex S.
. Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip Microfluidic System for the Detection of C-Reactive Protein in Whole Human Blood and an Antibody Biomarker for the Detection of Alzheimer's DiseaseRadin, David S.
. GPS SPOOFING DETECTION USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS AND INDIVIDUAL SPACE VEHICLE PSEUDORANGESRathkey, Emma
. PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARINGRice, Matthew Aaron
. The Development of Guidance for Solving Polymer-Penetrant Diffusion Problems in Marine HardwareRoberts, Elwood Scott
. Evaluating Seedlings of Eastern Hemlock Resistant to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)Rosburg, Kellen C.
. Three-Dimensional Model-Observation Intercomparison in the Loop Current RegionRoy, Kevin R.
. SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATION WITH FLEXIBLE DURATIONSSanders, David John
. The Effect of Caffeine Supplementation on Muscular Power in Recreationally Trained College Aged MalesScott, Allie W.
. Growth Curve Analysis of the Situational Temptations Scale in a College SampleSherman, Daniel
. Developing and Testing a Novel Low Cost Force and Torque Sensor Suitable Robotic ApplicationsShillings, Christopher S.
. Dynamic Behavior of Materials Subjected to Extreme EnvironmentsSivarajah, Sven
. Experimental Study of a Flying Wing Anchor in Sand Under Pure LoadingSnyder, William
. Complementary Control Allocation For Over-Actuated Depth Control In Underwater VehiclesSpirdione, Justin
. Microstructure-Dependent Dynamic Flow Stress in Metallic AlloysStanley, Edward
. Uncovering Orthologous Genes of the Ciona Intestinalis Fanconi Anemia PathwaySun, Caoxin
. PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE ARCTIC, ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANSSzwaja, Sara A.
. The Role of Mantle Residuum in Subduction-Driven Circulation: Implications for the Cascades SystemTalbert, William
. Flourescence-Based Detection of Pesticides via Conjugated Polymer NanoparticlesTortolani, Erica
. DUAL IMAGES OF THE “MONSTROUS FEMININE” IN THREE HORROR FILMSTower, Johanna
. "Fresh and Fashionable Goods": The Daybooks of Elijah Boardman, Connecticut Shopkeeper, 1784-1811Treadaway, Victoria
. Measurement of Formic and Acetic Acid in Air by Chemical Ionization Mass Spectroscopy: Airborne Method DevelopmentTrueman, Rebecca J.
. LANDSCAPE PATTERN AND CHANGE THROUGH INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND STONE WALL FEATURE IDENTIFICATIONTucker, Chelsea A.
. Examining Instructional Behaviors for Improving At-Risk Kindergarten Student Vocabulary Outcomes