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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Agvent, Lindsay. TESTING THE ONTOGENETIC MIGRATION HYPOTHESIS IN THE EMERGING RHODE ISLAND JONAH CRAB (CANCER BOREALIS) FISHERY USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
Alexander, Donald Samuel. Characterization of a Single Bladed Propeller used for Actuating an Autonomous Undersea Vehicle
Barbera, Gina. DOES NEGLECT AS A CHILD AFFECT LATER LIFE LONELINESS?
Barrett, Gabriel A.. VARIANT GRAPHS IMPROVE ACCURACY OF DOWNSTREAM ANALYSIS IN RESTRICTION SITE-ASSOCIATED SEQUENCING
Bassett, Gregory. CYSTEINE ARYLATION VIA UNCONVENTIONAL NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION
Boiani, Sophia. INNOVATIVE BIOINK FORMULATION FOR 3D BIOPRINTING OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS
Brand, Sawyer V.S.. EDDY HEAT FLUX IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE
Byrne, Alexandra. BLAST MITIGATION PROPERTIES OF BUBBLE SCREENS ON NEARBY UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
Caero, Thomas V.. A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE PACIFIC-ARCTIC REGION
Carrasquillo, Angel. GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA POPULATIONS FOR USE IN AQUACULTURE
Carter, Emily K.. MONETARY INCENTIVE DELAY TASK RESPONSE IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENTS: ADVANCING HEALTH PROMOTION IN THIS AGE GROUP
Caton, Caroline. EXPLORING BOATERS’ INTENTIONS AND AWARENESS TO EXPLAIN WHY SOME ANCHOR ON CORAL REEFS
Colvin, Meaghan. OUTCOMES FOR AN INTERGENERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: A PRE-POST WITH WAITLIST CONTROL STUDY
Crayne, Megan O'Brien. PURITY CULTURE AND TRAUMATIC STRESS IN CATHOLIC WOMEN
Das, Subarna. A C-MET RECEPTOR TARGETING NANOPARTICLE PLATFORM FOR COMBINATION THERAPY AGAINST HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
DeCastro, Lauren. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF O-GLCNACYLATION AND HYPOXIA ON ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION BY BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS
DeFelice, Nicole D.. USING BIRD ODOR TO DETER MAMMALIAN PREDATORS FROM DEPREDATING SHOREBIRD NESTS
Deingeniis, Vincent. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN GREENWICH BAY RHODE ISLAND
DeLoof, Bethany. MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF SAND TIGER SHARKS (CARCHARIAS TAURUS) ALONG THE US EAST COAST
Diurczak, Daniel. A NUMERICAL STUDY OF IMPLOSION – PRESSURE PULSE MITIGATION BY USE OF SHROUDS
Fioravanti, Anthony J.. EXERCISE IN THE DARK: THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXERCISE EXPERIENCE
Gaudreau, Janis. THE INTERACTION OF EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES, PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION IN YOUTH
Gotov, Ventsislav. USING BOARD GAMES FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL REDISTRICTING
Greene, Olivia Rose. EVALUATING THE CHANGES IN HIP FUNCTION IN EXPECTANT MOTHERS BEFORE AND AFTER DELIVERY: CORRELATION BETWEEN HIP FUNCTION AND DELIVERY OUTCOME
Grenier, Michael S.. MUSIC-FOR-THE-STATE: HEGEMONY, CULTURE PRODUCTION, AND CREATIVE LABOR IN US ARMY MUSIC
Gutierrez, Arianna. ACCESSIONING PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING COLLECTIONS
Gutiérrez, Raúl A.. PROBING THE ANOXIC WORLD OF COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND: UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROTISTS AND THEIR BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS
Harpin, Ashley M.. THE RELATION BETWEEN INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND STEM ACHIEVEMENT
Harrington, Daniel Jacob. PAST AND FUTURE STORM-DRIVEN CHANGES TO A DYNAMIC SANDY BARRIER SYSTEM: OUTER CAPE COD, MA
Herbst, Adelina. CONCEPTUALIZING A SAFE, MANUAL DISASSEMBLY LINE FOR RECHARGEABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERIES
Hicking, Friederike. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SMARTWATCH DATA IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD AND NON-ADHD
Hill, Margaret. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF MEMBRANE VESICLES ISOLATED FROM PSEUDOALTEROMONAS RUBRA
Hoburg, Adam J.. RCS-SLAM: RANGE OF COMMUNICATION SWARM SLAM
Khalil Loo, Behrooz. KNOCKOFF METHODS FOR NONLINEAR FEATURE SELECTION IN DATA WITH CATEGORICAL FEATURES
King, Brendan. IMPACTS OF SEAFLOOR CHARACTERISTICS ON SOUND PROPAGATION IN A SEAMOUNT ENVIRONMENT
Kluglein, Melissa. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF NONWORD REPETITION IN BILINGUAL TYPICALLY-DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND BILINGUAL CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER
Kresge, Colby D.. INVESTIGATING THE MOVEMENTS, BEHAVIORS, AND INTERACTIONS WITH FISHERIES OF THE ENDANGERED SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
LaCroix, Rachel Paige. TESTING THE ROLE OF SUPPORTING POSITIVE BEHAVIORS BETWEEN CHILD-CENTERED PARENTING AND PROSOCIALITY
Leclerc, Haley. USING BLOOD BIOMARKERS TO PREDICT PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Leopold-Brandt, Hannah. AN INVESTIGATION OF ACHROMATIC AND HARMONIOUS CHROMATIC NUMBER OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF GRAPHS
Levesque, Brenna. INVESTIGATING A MAJOR 16S rRNA FOLDING EVENT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE 30S RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT
Lindsey, Hayley M.. MEASURING MOTIVATION FOR EFFECTIVE HEADACHE SELF-MANAGEMENT: AN APPLICATION OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Marks, Aracely. ANODAL TDCS AND VIRTUAL REALITY GAIT REHABILITATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC STROKE
McElroy, Dasan L.. EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND ANTHROPOGENIC FORCINGS ON SALT MARSH PERSISTENCE IN UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI
McPartland, Morgan J.. INVESTIGATION OF SERUM RESISTANCE IN HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE
McTighe, Jensen E.. CONTROL OF FLOW INSTABILITIES WITH ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
Meola, Maria. THE URI FREE FARMERS’ MARKET AND FOOD ACCESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Molski, Joseph. GATEWAY TO THE MIND: USING EYE TRACKING TO EXPLORE THE BROADER AUTISM PHENOTYPE
Mora, Juliane. USING EDNA AND TRADITIONAL METHODS TO ASSESS FISH DIVERSITY IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
Nadeau, David M.. BENTHIC LANDERS IN OCEANOGRAPHY – THE DESIGN AND JUSTIFICATION OF A MULTI-USE NOVEL BENTHIC LANDER SYSTEM
Narvaez, Isaiah Jesus. NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SACRIFICIAL CONFINING STRUCTURES IN MITIGATING UNDERWATER IMPLOSION PRESSURE SPIKES
Neistat, Raymond Brink. OBSERVABILITY-AWARE PATH PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
Noori, Bahaa M.. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF FANCD2 IN NEUROGENESIS
Oh, Do Hyun. EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LNG BUNKERING AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
Palazzo, Ludovica. HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN GOLD NANOPARTICLES STUDIED VIA PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS
Peluso, Jessica. IMPLICATIONS OF WATER-ROCK REACTIONS IN LAVA TUBE ENVIRONMENTS AT LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Perrone, David. VISUALIZATION OF HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA IN LOW DIMENSIONAL SPACE VIA CLUSTERED MANIFOLD MAPPING
Points, Bess. CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMICS OF BEACH-UPLAND TRANSITION: INSIGHTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A
Price, Kody. EVALUATING SOIL STIFFNESS FOR COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND RESEARCH PROJECT MONOPILE FOUNDATIONS
Prien, Marlene. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BRICKS CONTAINING PLASTIC WASTE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF GERMANY
Rahming, Benjamin C. S.. UNDERWATER VEHICLE MANEUVERING WITH A SINGLEBLADED PROPELLER
Rodrigue, Katherine E.. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS
Rojas, Alejandro. SURVEYING SEAFOOD PREFERENCES AND POTENTIAL NEOPHOBIA OF UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES IN RHODE ISLAND CONSUMERS
Rojchanaborworn, Pumee. SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF RHODE ISLAND
Roy, Sankhadip. MOTOR INSURANCE CLAIMS PREDICTION: COMPARATIVE STUDY USING MACHINE LEARNING
Russell, F. Daniel Jr.. RECONSTRUCTION OF LATE HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES FOR THE COASTAL PONDS OF RHODE ISLAND, USA
Santos, Luisa. EFNEP PEER EDUCATOR FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO TEACHING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO ADULT PARTICIPANTS
Schnegas, Max. DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND TESTING OF A PHYSICAL THERAPY DEVICE
Sengsourinho, Chantal. EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS FOR USE AGAINST IXODES SCAPULARIS AND AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM TICKS (ACARI: IXODIDAE)
Stors, Amanda. EFFECT OF RESISTANCE TRAINING ON POWER, STRENGTH, AND PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGIATE CHEERLEADERS
Sullivan, Jenny. CONTESTED LANDSCAPES: THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF RHODE ISLAND’S LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS (1862-1892)
Tharmrasan, Arthiha. CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION - LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Treacy, Collin P.. TARGETED ENERGY TRANSFER IN A BISTABLE ROTARY NONLINEAR ENERGY SINK
Vad, Nicolas Maximilian. TOTAL HYDROGEN EMISSIONS OF THE U.S. HYDROGEN SUPPLY CHAIN: CURRENT INVENTORY AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS
Zarka, Kelly L.. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN FATTY ACID STATUS AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN GHANAIAN WOMEN AT 6 MONTHS POSTPARTUM: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Ahorklo, Reuben Mawuena Kwadzo. Classification Models for Predicting Mouse Spinal Motoneuron Physiological Type based on their Electrical Properties
Albertson, Shawn. REAL TIME PHASE RESOLVED WAVE FORECASTING FOR THE ACTIVE CONTROL OF FLOATING BODIES
Altobelli, Kent H.. PATH PLANNING FOR ROBOT NAVIGATION IN SPARSELY OBSERVABLE ENVIRONMENTS
Banas, Daniel Alexander. ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE IN QUIESCENT UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
Beason, Jordan W.. TOWARDS LOW COST REAL-TIME SEAFLOOR FEATURELESS VISUAL ODOMETRY
Becker, Thomas. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDRO- AND MORPHO-DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL REEF DESIGNS
Bejin, Eli. PUTTING ON A GRAVE FACE: THE TRANSITION OF MOURNING DRESS FROM 1900 TO 1920
Beyer, Robert. HUMAN-INSPIRED VISION-BASED REACHING AND GRASPING FOR ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC ARMS WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
Bissonnette, Lauren. REGIONAL BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR APPLICATION IN NEW ENGLAND
Cantón Leal, José Miguel. ReBoot: A wearable sensing system for in-home Parkinon's motor assessments
Carcieri, Alysia. THE MODERATING ROLE OF SERVICE UTILIZATION BETWEEN NEWBORN MOTHERS FINANCIAL WORRIES AND DEPRESSION
Cass, Letty. A CASE STUDY OF WHITE SHARK TOURISM IN CAPE COD: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR A GROWING INDUSTRY
Charpentier, Alexis R.. APPLICATION OF SECONDARY CONTROL FOR MICROGRID RESILIENCE
Chiappelli, Julia. DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL 3D PRINTED FURNITURE MADE FROM PLASTIC WASTE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES
Cirella, Stephen M. Jr.. HEALTH PERCEPTIONS OF NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETES
Cirivello, Rowan Murphy. ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY SIZE COMPOSITION ACROSS THERMAL REGIMES IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM
Clavette, Nicholas. A SAMPLE EFFICIENT OFF-POLICY ACTOR-CRITIC APPROACH FOR DISCRETE ACTION ENVIRONMENTS