Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1990
A numerical study of strongly nonlinear baroclinic instability, Yan-Ming Zheng
Dissertations from 1989
Molecular characterization of the genes for the spike protein ad four putative nonstructural proteins of bovine coronavirus, Sushma E. Abraham
A dynamic model for the advanced neutron source reactor including the xenon oscillation and the utilization of optimal control as a diagnostic tool, Mohammed Abu-Shehadeh
A study of authority relations at "Eastern Military College, " 1979-1989 : the policy-administration dimension, James L. Adams
A preliminary assessment of the Knox County applied mathematics project : (an alternative curricular program for high school students not enrolled in pre-college mathematics), Marcelo Montebon Alquiza
A Theory of Relative Boundedness and Relative Compactness for Ordinary Differential Operators, Terry G. Anderson
A study of maritime and nautical sites associated with St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Richard J. Anuskiewicz
The stone the builders rejected : an initial inquiry into the role of the textbook in the professional culture of the higher education faculty, David Lee Arnold
A comparision of blunting, hybrid, and counterprogramming television strategies and their effects on total network television viewing, Frank Allen Aycock
Excretory Capability of the Male Reproductive Tract, Cindy Sue Backus
The actin genes of candida albicans and candida tropicalis, Jamila Mohammed Ali Bagash
Chromosomal and molecular alterations associated with fibrosarcma development in the mouse, Cheryl Barbati Bast
Particle transport in pellet fueled jet plasmas, Larry R. Baylor
An analysis of profit ratios of Maryland hospitals : 1970-1988, Lorraine Bem
Maternal object representation and mother-infant interaction, Deborah Berntson
Visionary warfare : Blake, Hamann, and Boehme against ideology, Dean Wentworth Bethea
The mechanisms and effects of spider dispersal on community structure, L. Leslie Bishop
Effects of environmental and physiological variables on the uptake of hydrophobic contaminants by the gills of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri (Richardson), Marsha Carolyn Black
An investigation of the effects of employment testing on self-concept, attitudes towards testing, job involvement organizational commitment and life satifaction, Warren Scott Bobrow
Hume and Reid on personal identity, Paul C. Boling
The Alienation of Aggressive Children: A Correlational Analysis Among Child and Maternal Measures of Depression and Behavior, Debra M. Bond
An Examination of Subsistence, Settlement, and Chronology During the Early Woodland Kellogg Phase in the Piedmont Physiographic Province of the Southeastern United States, William Rowe Bowen
Autonomy and masochism in women, Elizabeth Merle Bragdon
Temperament's thumbprint: dispositional factors in the formation of attitude-toward-the-ad, Evelyn L. Brannon
Bank-created money and consumer durable spending, Christopher Brown
Children's attributional style and maternal aversiveness : correlates with children's depression in an unpredictable environment, Sharon Lynn Bryant
Faculty perceptions of the role, goals, and outcomes of freshman composition at private colleges, Bonnie Vick Buckland
The waves : Virginia Woolf's mirror of consciousness, Linda Carol Bullock
Managing the managers of competitive strategic change : an exploratory study of variables of organizational context and individual managerial personnel in four American manufacturing business units, Granville Harlan Carothers
Ethical analysis of trust in therapeutic relationships, Michele A. Carter
A study of the status of aspects of reading instruction in Jamaican new secondary school classrooms with a prototype for improvement, Vinetta Elaine Carter
Predicting patient perceptions of psychotherapy session impact, Robert Joseph Castino
A new sense of power : b Albert Einstein and the publicity campaign for world government, Susan L. Caudill
Localization of the insulin regulatory elements in the 5'-flanking region of the tat gene, Bentley Cheatham
The Aspect ratio effect on natural convection in an enclosure with protruding heat sources, Li Chen
Ternary microprocessor based autopilot design and implementation, Lee-Ju Choi
Echinoderm faunas of the Decatur Limestone and Ross Formation (Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian) of west-central Tennessee, Craig Robert Clement
Reduction of aromatic compounds in basic chloroaluminate melts, James Edward Coffield
Mechanism of destabilization of pH-sensitive liposomes and implications for cellular delivery, David Collins
Thermophoretic transport of particles that act as volumetric heat sources in natural convection flow, J. C. Conklin
Incorporating subsistence into hedonic price and nutrient demand models, Cristanna M. Cook
Fine structure of Eutreptia pertyi (Euglenophyceae) and analytical ultrastructural characterization of the flagellar paraxial rods : functional and phylogenetic implications, Nancy Adams Dawson
The quality of parent-child visitation in foster care and its relation to family background, foster placement characteristics and planned outcome, Harvey Elliot Dean
From intolerance to indifference : access to opportunity for women physicians, 1870-1925, Jayne Crumpler DeFiore
The Effect of Exercise, Diet Restriction and Aging on the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in the Rat, Madeline Dellwo
The transport dynamics of zirconium liquid-liquid extraction based on the purex process used for reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel, Scott F. DeMuth
The Genus Marasmius from the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Dennis Edmund Desjardin
Attitudes of mothers and daughters regarding the female menstrual cycle, Lori Lynn Dewald
External costs to the Carter community from siting a municipal landfill in east Knox County, Tennessee : a contingent valuation analysis, Margaret V. Douglas
A Monte Carlo study: dynamic scaling properties of single, self-avoiding polymer chains as a function of temperature or solvent quality, James Patton Downey
Relationship of free fatty acids and acid degree values to lipolytic flavor of milk, Susan E. Duncan
Attitudes and teaching perceptions related to environmental concerns of prospective middle/high school teachers in colleges and universities of East Tennessee, Neri-Esmundo M. Edralin
Defining and distinguishing "Twisted" lens spaces, John Wesley Emert
Clique graph models for independent computations, Robert E. England
An investigation of content and production differences between children's program-length commercials and standard children's programming, Shu-Ling Chen Everett
Effects of prescription drug warning messages on perceived risk : an elaboration likelihood approach, Stephen E. Everett
Anthropometry of native North American indians from the Northwest Coast, Arctic, Subarctic, Great Basin and California : an examination of scaling phenomena, Anthony Benjamin Falsetti
The generation and relaxation of structure in polymer liquid crystals under shear flow, Gregory W. Farell
Studies on brain ferritin, James Thomas Fleming
A theoretical and experimental investigation of heat transfer involving melting and freezing in encapsulated lithium hydride salt, John Parsons Foote
Host regulation of nodulation genes in Rhizobium meliloti and Bradyrhizobium japonicum, David L. Gerhold
Resource-constrained material requirements planning using parallel linear programming, Selvanayagam Kingsley Gnanendran
Adhesion enhancement of metal-ceramic couples using pulsed excimer laser, Mukund J. Godbole
An analysis of the Rapid adjustment program educational experiences in the Tennessee valley, Morgan D. Gray
Infanticide and society, Gershon B. Grunfeld
Behavioral management of chemotheraphy related nausea and vomiting, Beth Gunn
Cultivation of model predictive control systems, James E. Hackney
Flavor and stability of potato chips fried in soybean, cottonseed and palm olein oils, Myung Joo Han
Preparation of site-selective ion exchange resins, David Allen Harkins
Patterns of trade and payment: South and Southeast Asian Countries, 1970-1985, Baban Hasnat
Job sharing : a survey of knowledge and attitudes of superintendents toward partnership teaching arrangements, Jennifer Gwen Hatcher
Impact of apparel imports on retail profitability, Jan Montgomery Hathcote
A study of learning centers in southeastern two-year and four-year public and private colleges and universities, Carole Ann Schaum Haynes
Self-disclosure in satisfactorily married and remarried couples, Christopher E. Hebb
The primacy of relations, Tracy Branson Henley
Leadership styles of principals and teacher job satisfaction in Christian fundamentalist academic schools, William K. Henry
To sacrifice a child: the development of a theme in medieval and Renaissance drama, Margaret Wilson Hilliard
The relationship between nurturance, parenting attitudes and behaviors, and marital adjustment in black fathers, Barbara Jean Lyons Hines
Comprehensive signal validation for nuclear power plants, Keith Edwin Holbert
3-D scene reconstruction from binocular sequences of noisy images using optimal information fusion, Lang Hong
Aerodynamic design optimization using computational fluid dynamics, David Howard Huddleston
Dermatoglyphic Variation Among Sub- Saharan Africans: A Multivariate Analysis of Population Structure, David R. Hunt
Dermatoglyphic variation among Sub-Saharan Africans: $ba multivariate analysis of population structure, David Roehm Hunt
The impact of the succession of the chief executive officer of a value-laden Christian college culture, Brenda Buckley Hunter
Evaluating news media coverage of a presidential election campaign : multidimensional scaling of audience perceptions and their effects, Robert E. Hurd
Metaphor in psychotherapy reconsidered: a hermeneutic approach, Joyce L. Ingram
Effects of therapists' affect-focused and content-focused responses over four sessions on client expectations about counseling, perceptions of received empathy and therapists' social influence, Stonsa Nerea Insinna
A methodology for the quantification of knowledge work, Denise Ford Jackson
Performance of partially hydrogenated soybean oil versus palm oil olein during laboratory frying of potatoes and the effect of oils on the flavor and acceptability of potatoes, Sajida Sadik Jafar
Intensive parole supervision in Tennessee : an evaluation, Dorothy Elizabeth Jernigan
Ego, initiative, and socialization in three novellas by Stifter : variations of a common thematic interplay, and an analytical model for Bunte Steine, Joseph Carrol Jeter
Disease Related Knowledge, MHLC, and Compliance with Treatment of the Patient with COPD, Ann Putnam Johnson
Loudspeaker-to-listener distance: effects on phoneme recognition of adults with normal hearing and high frequency hearing loss., Carole Johnson
Pricing mortgage-backed securities : an options approach, David W. Johnson
The relationship of depression to guilt and shame in high-aspiring women, Karen Josvanger
Needs for succorance and nurturance in pregnant teenagers, Susan B. Justice