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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 2019 2019

Thomas, Emma Jane. ALONG-STREAM AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE WEST GREENLAND CURRENT SYSTEM

Touhey, Eva. THE INFLUENCE OF PLASTIC BAG BANS ON PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL COMMUNITIES

Venolia, Celeste T.. GROWTH OF SACCHARINA LATISSIMA IN AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS MODELED USING DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET THEORY

Villa, Priscilla. THE EFFECTS OF CONCUSSION ON MOTOR NEURON REFLEX EXCITABILITY

Wang, Hao. AN INTELLIGENT DESIGN EXPLORER FOR NEW VIOLIN SHAPES

Welandawe, Manushi K.V.. A MIXED-EFFECTS REGRESSION MODEL WITH APPLICATION TO LONGITUDINAL MISSING AT RANDOM MICROBIOME DATA

Wilde, Taris Frederic. THE IMPACT OF ROAD TYPES ON THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Wilson, Margaret M.. BIOFILM ADHESION ON THE SULFIDE MINERAL BORNITE & IMPLICATIONS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY

Zheng, Boren. PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS BASED ON DIFFERENT AUTOENCODERS

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Abood, Alla. Saudi Arabian Fashion E-Shopping: Effects of Social Media, Perceived Risks and Innovation Attributes

Abramski, Katherine E.. A NETWORK BASED ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE CRISIS USING GERGMS

Ackermann, Kay Christian. SELF-SENSING CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF SMART INFRASTRUCTURES

Akuoko, Ivy. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COASTAL GHANA

Aldrich, Sarah. Finding the Words: The Impact of VOCA on Language Acquisition

Alghaith, Ghadah. EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY OF CYP2C8 AND 2C9 IN DIABETES MELLITUS AND NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE

AlNaser, Naser Yusuf. MODELING THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF STABILIZED DUNE SYSTEM DURING EXTREME STORM EVENTS

Alvanas, Elizabeth Ann. A LINE ARRAY OF DIRECTIONAL HYDROPHONES FOR IMPROVED DETECTION OF EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACONS

Al Zowelei, Mosa. INSTRUMENTATION OF MEASURING CELLULAR CAPACITANCE VIA SIGNAL PROCESSING TOOL

Armbrecht, Frederik. Three Dimensional Localization of Work Pieces in Assembly Lines with Radio Frequency Identification

Armenti, Samantha M.. COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS

Aroke, Hilary A.. An Evaluation of Provider-Sharing Networks of Patients Using Prescription Opioids

Baker, Nicole. Focusing on College Students' Instagram Use and Body Image

Basnyat, Bonita S.. AN EXAMINATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL CLIMATE, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLS

Beasley, Elizabeth. GRUNGEWAVE: THE AUTHENTICITY OF NEO-TRIBES

Bellows, Martha. EXPLORATION OF CLASSIFYING SENTENCE BIAS IN NEWS ARTICLES WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODELS

Black, Monica L.. Residual Strength of Composite Materials After Exposure to Blast Loading

Bonatt, Nicholas. A NOVEL APPROACH FOR MEASURING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ELECTRO-SPUN NANOFIBERS

Borthakur, Debanjan. QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF MOTOR TASKS ON CORTICOKINEMATIC COHERENCE IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Boukarim, Jessie. CITY OF PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY READINESS FOR AN OBESITY PREVENTION INTERVENTION

Boy, Sebastian. Performance-based Assessment of Bridge Preservation

Brenner, Stephen J.. Early Successional Forest Birds and the Effects of Habitat Management in Different Landscapes

Britto, Jacqueline. THE STUDY OF MULTICULTURAL STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF PROFESSORS’ NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM

Carter, Tayla M.. Are Feeding Practices of Family Child Care Home Providers Related to Child Fruit & Vegetable Intake?

Cashman, Michaela A.. In-Situ Treatment of 1,4-Dioxane Under Column Scale Conditions

Cervantes Osorio, Luis Miguel. POLÍTICAS DE LECTURAS: JUAN L. ORTIZ

Churchill, Erin D.. An Exploratory Analysis of the Student Connections Survey in Rhode Island

Clark, Jack H.. PASSIVE OBJECT DETECTION VIA AN ARTIFICIAL LATERAL LINE AND A 2-D VISCOUS FLOW MODEL

Cobbina, Rosina. EFFORT CONTROL IN THE ARTISANAL CANOE FISHERY OF GHANA: IMPLICATIONS AND LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS

Connelly, Jillian. PRESCHOOL TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLASSROOM QUALITY

Conti, Michael. The Equity And Inclusion Of Underrepresented Populations In AP Computer Science Principles

Cornier, J. Raúl. HANKY PANKY: THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE HANKY CODE

Cruz, Jennifer. Oral Language and Narrative Abilities of Kindergarten Children

Cyril, Khadijah N.. THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SCHOOLS: ITEM DEVELOPMENT, REFINEMENT, AND UTILITY

Dahl, Kimberly. Correlating Speech and Voice Features of Transgender Women with Ratings of Femininity and Gender

Dai, Leichen. EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF THE ACCURACY OF BIOSENSOR IN WEARABLE DEVICE

Damon, Laura. MUSKETS IN MISERY SWAMP: AN INVESTIGATION INTO A KING PHILIP'S WAR BATTLE

Danckert, Daniel C.. Effect of Stainless Steel and Titanium Corrosion on CFRP Structural Integrity

Davis, Teressa. PARENT AND ADOLESCENT REPORTS OF RISKY BEHAVIOR AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTAL MONITORING IN BLACK SOUTHERN FAMILIES

Demarest, Tyson. Positioning by Road Feature Correspondence

DiCenzo, Miranda. Feminism and Fashion of the Twentieth Century: A Material Culture Study

Dio, Kaitlin M.. A Statistical Analysis of Students’ Attitudes and Achievement in Introductory Statistics Courses

Eden, Julian Alexander. Development of a condition-based deterioration model for bridges in Rhode Island

Engome Tchupo, Dominique. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) In Communication

Everett, Annabelle. Making the #Personal #Political: Twitter as a Rhetorical Tool for Activist Campaigning

Forkus, Shannon. Moral Injury, Self-Compassion, and Mental Health

Fouse, William P.. The Power of Narratives: A Cultural History of US Involvement in Axis-Occupied Yugoslavia

Freitag, Patrick. Transient Thermal-hydraulic Simulation of a Small modular Reactor in RELAP 5

Gartzman, Samuel. In-Situ Calibration of Underwater Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer for Simple Dissolved Gases

Gebregiorgis, Semhar Kessete. URI's NetFlow Traffic Logs' Behavioral Analysis and Monitoring Visualization Tool

Gilbert, Christine. Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Offshore Wind Energy in the United States

Gilcrease, Sarah. THE EFFECT OF HUMIDIFICATION ON ARTIFICIALLY AGED TIN-WEIGHTED SILKS

Gyllinsky, Joshua V.. Evolving Encoded Marking for Glove-Based Pose and Posture Recognition

Haak, Annika Juliane. LIFE-CYCLE-COST EVALUATION OF BRIDGES WITH FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERS (FRP)

Hafner, Sabrina G.. Impact of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Intervention of Low-Income 5^th Grade Students' Self-Efficacy

Hale, Wesley R.. The SMS Ostfriesland: A Warship at the Crossroads of Military Technology

Hamilton, Ashley Paige. NITROGEN LOADING, CLIMATE CHANGE, PATHOGENS: IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON RHODE ISLAND SHELLFISH

Hara, Scott. DEVELOPMENT OF A PUMP-DRIVEN VERTICAL PROFILER FOR AN AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE

Hart, Roger. TERRESTRIAL PLANET SERPENTINIZATION IN MELANGE SETTINGS

Hildebrandt, Lars. IMPROVING HELICAL ANCHOR EFFICIENCY: ANALYTICAL MODELING

Hoffman, Melissa. Utilization of Probiotics to Manage Epizootic Shell Disease in American Lobsters, Homarus americanus

Hurley, Leah Marie. Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors to Dietary Management of Parkinson’s Disease

Iannitelli, Benjamin. MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEUTRON FLUX PROFILE INSIDE THE R.I.N.S.C. REACTOR

Imam, Kamran. Personal Health Card: Use of QR Code to Access Medical Data

Janigian, Greta. A stratigraphic and microfossil record of coseismic land-level changes and tsunami deposits from Old Harbor, Central Kodiak Island, Alaska

Just, Michelle M.. The Old Rhode Island Farm: History, Memory, and Interpretation at Bristol's Coggeshall Farm Museum

Knipp, Stefan. DIGITAL PHASE LOCK LOOP DESIGN FOR LINEARIZATION OF CHIRPED LASER

Kunicki, Zachary J.. EXPLORING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ALCOHOL USE, STRESS, AND STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS STATISTICS

Kurtz, Kayla R.. DESIGNING WATER SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: A CASE STUDY IN CUMAYASA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Lemos, Nicholas. Elimination of the Hook Effect Using Microfluidic Valves

Leonard, Timothy. Network Data Analysis of Word Graphs With Applications to Authorship Attribution

Leso, Allison. Efficacy Measures of Tolfenamic Acid in a Tau Knock Out Model: Relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease

Li, Na. SENTIMENT FEATURES FOR YELP NOT-RECOMMENDED ONLINE REVIEWS STUDY

MacDonald Witkin, Taylor. Triggering a Diverse Seafood Diet: Exploring Perceptions of Sustainable Seafood Systems in New England

Matarese, Aaron. Design, Modeling, and Implementation of an Environmental Control Chamber

McAleer, Christopher James. Environmental Factors Affecting Methane Cycling in Narragansett Bay

Meattey, Dustin E.. Annual Cycle Phenology and Winter Habitat Selection of White-Winged Scoters in Eastern North America

Meyer, Ashley. The Impact of Body Composition on Physical Function Performance in Middle-Aged Women

Meyers, Rennie. BODIES OF WATER: DESIGNING RESILIENT DIVE TOURISM THROUGH UNDERWATER SCULPTURE

Miura, Ayako. EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ATTITUDES ON HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS

Moran, Patrick J.. Contributions to Tsunami Detection by High Frequency Radar

Mushkat, Zoe. Evaluating Barriers and Transtheoretical Model Constructs in Kidney Transplant Decision-Making

Naquin, Megan. Examining Diet Quality and Sleep Duration in Overweight/Obese Adults in a Weight Loss Intervention

Nichols, Jonathan. Detection and Discrimination of Natural and Synthetic Polysaccharides in a Solid-State Nanopore

Nunes, John. UTILIZING A LIPID BILAYER-BASED SOLVENT TO ENHANCE BUTANOL PRODUCTION FROM A CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION OF CLOSTRIDIA PASTEURIANUM

Nusrat, Farah. ANALYZING URBAN FLOOD DISASTERS IN EMERGING MEGACITIES USING EARTH OBSERVATIONS

Oberhelman, Steven D.. Active Contours Implementation

Ortiz, Jordan Angel. Corrosion of Different Materials Connected to Carbon Fiber

Osei, Vida Samantha. Influence of Environmental Factors and Fishing Effort on Demersal Fish Species in Ghana

Parker, Haley Wynne. Maternal Sociodemographic Characteristics and Prenatal Diet Quality

Park, Jeong-Yong. Numerical and Experimental Study of Flapping Foils with Dynamic Wall Effect