Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1983
An Experimental Study of Temperature Separation in Swirling Flow, Hiromoto Kuroda
Development of interpersonal cognitive problem-solving skills : a comparison of aggressive versus normal children and their primary caretakers, Louise Bellerive Lampron
Nonlinear elastic behavior of piezoelectric trigonal crystals : measurements on quartz and LiNbO₃₊, Paul Jerry Latimer
Theoretical studies of recirculating duct flows for the UTSI MHD combustor and diffuser designs, Jiunn-Jiu Lee
Finite deformation--finite element formulations for elastic-viscoplastic materials, Robert Allen LeMaster
Simulation of starting transients in the UTSI MHD Generator, Yi-Fu Liao
An exploration of the relationships among union commitment, union democracy, and union effectiveness, Seth Jay Liebowitz
Orlando : A Biography by Virginia Woolf : a stylistic analysis based on speech act theory, case grammar, and women's language theory, Kay Bosgraaf Limburg
Spent mushroom compost : its physical and chemical characteristics and its use in soilless growth media for the production of vegetable transplants, Virginia I. Lohr
Heuristic learning parameter identification for surveillance and diagnostics of nuclear power plants, Eduardo Lavenère Machado
Structural and behavioral anomalies of highly malignant respiratory tract epithelial cells, Ronald Louis Manger
Principals' perceptions of vocational education in Tennessee, John Baxter Marrs
Humor in therapy : an observational study, Jacquelynn Ferguson Martin
Interagency collaboration : related services for low-incidence handicapped learners in Tennessee, Robert Joseph McCracken
An exploratory investigation of the relationship between cerebral dominance and problem solving strategies used by selected high school chemistry students, Saundra Yancy McGuire
The phenomenon of splitting in normal populations, David H. Mindes
Experimental and theoretical investigation of multiaxial elongational flow and processing of polymer melts, Wataru Minoshima
The relationship between social network variables, a therapy preparation technique, and therapy attendance, Mary Ellen Mitchell
Studies of speech in thinking, Enrique J. Molina
Isolation and partial characterization of the ARO1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Clarence C. Morse
The myth of the Morte D'Arthur, Anthony K. Moses
Quiescent and stress induced crystallization studies of nucleated and nonnucleated polyolefins, Hari P. Nadella
Alienated rebels : John Rechy and James Baldwin, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson
Theoretical orientation, experience, and the observation of patient behavior in a supervisory setting, David Martin O'Brien
Biaxial orientation and mechanical properties of amorphous polymers, Mopelola Abeke Omotoso
An investigation of job involvement and work alienation : their relationships to each other and to a psychological sense of community, Emily McAuley Passino
The relationship of counselor confrontation responses, androgyny, self-disclosure, flexibility, and assertiveness, Sarah Carolyn Patton
Ab initio calculations using bond polarization functions, Robert A. Paysen
A direct characterization of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content of solid solvent-refined coal by matrix isolation fluorescence spectroscopy, Mildred Elizabeth Bateman Perry
The status attainment process in Appalachian youth, David F. Peters
Binding of beryllium and other divalent metal ions to ferritin in relation to metal requiring enzymes, Daniel Jonathan Price
The impact of first birth interval length on economic success over time, James C. Raymondo
The Scarlet Letter and the art of reading, Rosalind Brock Reilly
Clinical Dietetic Practice in Hospitals and Public Health Agencies in Tennessee: Implications for Educational Development, Lynne Maria Roberson
Aerosol direct fluorination : syntheses of perfluoroketones, Mark Lester Robin
Effects of positive versus negative news on newspaper advertising response, Martha Rogers
Los personajes femeninos en las novelas de Gabriel Miro, Roberto Rojas
Interest patterns and occupational themes of administrators of rehabilitation facilities accreditated by the commission of accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, Robert G. Rosenbaum
Activation of tyrosine aminotransferase expression in hepatic differentiation, Robin Stephanie Rothrock
The job satisfaction level of New Brunswick's French Business and Trade and Industrial Education teachers in relation to attitudes and other demographic variables, Rodolphe J. Savoie
Identification of perceptual learning style differences and the impact thereof upon individual university students, Leonard L. Schaiper
The economic consequences of valuing railroads for ad valorem tax purposes using the unit rule methodology, Niles Craig Schoening
Food consumption and growth in three species of water snakes of the genus Nerodia (Colubridae), Leroy M. Scudder
Habitat availability and animal community characteristics, Steven W. Seagle
The effect of in-service training on the perceived abilities of vocational special needs teachers in Tennessee, Cheryl Bartley Seale
The effects of nuclear motion in the photoelectron spectra of diatomic molecules, Peter Senn
Analysis of fluctuations in a combustion-driven open-cycle MHD generator, Malgorzata Bozena Skorska
The effect of 4-H foods and nutrition projects and demonstrations on food and nutrition knowledge and dietary adequacy of 4-H'ers in North Carolina, Mary Ann Spruill-Pollock
Attachment of low-energy electrons (O-10 eV) to polyatomic molecules, Spyros Michael Spyrou
An investigation of the effect of structure of intellect training on academic achievement with low achieving primary students, Carole Stubbs
Michael Sparke, puritan and printer, Susan Agnes Stussy
An economic analysis of alternative means of family support for volunteer activities, Dulcie Lynne Sybouts-Peccolo
Information seekers : the case of Turkish consumers, Faruk I. Tanyeloglu
A Profile of Panhandling Black Bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jane Tate
The construct validity of the expectancy-value model of the functional theory of attitude, Uday S. Tate
The impact of amenity landownership on agriculture in Talbot County, Maryland, Calvin Rutherford Thomas
The relationship between selected psychological, environmental, and behavioral variables and health status of Americans in middle adulthood, Sandra Paul Thomas
Image enhancement via specification of moments of the intensity distribution, Daniel Davis Thompson
Families of oppositional children : a study of social insularity among rural populations, Laurie Kay Thompson
Defining the purpose of criminal justice programs in higher education, Roger D. Thompson
A study of ochratoxin toxicity in laying hens, Saad Hussain Tohala
Multivariate identification of delinquent behavior in males, Patrick H. Tolan
Investigation of the relationship between disciplinary experiences, television viewing and social violence, Richard B. Townsend
Thermodynamic study of nickel-molybdenum and nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloys by using solid oxide electrolytes, Hsien-Lung Tsai
A minimum fuel minimum range error controller for a surface-to-surface missile, Yun-Ching Tsuei
The language of the Nürnberg city chancery of 1519 and its position in the development of modern standard German, Carol Jean Tullos
Mechanisms structuring a guild of raptorial spiders, Marie Turner
Winning is everything : myths and realities in selected contemporary adolescent novels of sport, Michael A. Vanlandingham
The development and applications of open tubular liquid chromatography, John David Vargo
An investigation of users' perceptions concerning corporate funds flow information, David Barthe Vicknair
Anhydrobiosis in selected species of tardigrada : with new taxonomic data for two Echiniscus species, Robert Howard Wainberg
The elevation of blood levels of zinc protoporphyrin in mice following whole body irradiation, Thomas L. Walden
The development of FORCAT : a spatial gap model of stand dynamics for forests of the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area, Thomas A. Waldrop
Studies in molten chloroaluminates : A. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using metallic dispersions, B. Infrared spectroelectrochemistry using attenuated total reflectance, Scott Edward Walters
Spent mushroom compost as a soil amendment for vegetables, Sherry H. Wang
Modeling and simulation of pressurized water reactor power plant, Shiren Wang
Life events and resistance to disease : an uncontrolled clinical study, Peter Watrous
Product salience, puffery and perceived deceptiveness : a comparative treatments experiment, David Arnold Wesson
Construction and validation of a first aid knowledge test for secondary school teachers, David M. White
A systematic investigation of role conflict between work and nonwork roles, Donna L. Wiley
A descriptive analysis of the writing performance and progress of a selected group of high-risk students in developmental English at a two-year state community college, Willardean Smith Wiley
A family with schizophrenic offspring : a study of social interaction, Joshua Williams
The design, implementation and evaluation of a sexuality education program for parents, Rush B. Winchester
Galician aspects in four novels by Elena Quiroga, Dorothy Reimer Winkles
Reaction time and coincidence anticipation performance of retarded and nonretarded subjects, Margaret Ellen Wooddy
The development and validation of a scale for measuring social competence in young children, William C. Work
A comparison of the receptor and perceptual anticipation performance of hearing and hearing-impaired children, Cheryl A. Wren
An experimental investigation of pollutant mass transfer from an open section in an intermittently covered depressed highway, L. E. Wright
The effects of semantic and stylistic variations in language on perceptions of social influence characteristics, Elizabeth Ann Wyman
A regional econometric model of the demand for faculty in public higher education, You Xing
A Study of the Predictive Value of the Diagnostic Reading Scales and the Woodcock Reading Mastery Testes for Instructional Level Basal Placement, Sandra Zecchini
Postcraniometric Variation Among the Arikara, Terry Stewert Zobeck
Dissertations from 1982
The influence of dietary sulfur upon polyamine biosynthesis in the rat, Robert V. Acuff
Preferences for the Ideal Classroom Environment: A Comparison Between Gifted and Nongifted Students, John R. Adams
The optimal design of a physical distribution system on a multicommodity multi-echelon network, C. Harold Aikens
Secondary learning disabilities programs in Tennessee : a survey of curricular approaches and curriculum development procedures, Deborah Radford Alexander
Projecting the Hospitality Needs of International Visitors to the Knoxville Area During the 1982 World's Fair, Youssri Allam
Individual differences and cardiovascular reactivity in college-age students, Michael Thomas Allen