Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1982
The effects of alternative treatments of deferred income tax credits on the predictive ability of financial ratios in bond ratings, Harry Fenwick Huss
Geographical and structural change of the mobil home industry in the United States, 1960-1980, Man-ik Hwang
Relationships among teachers' attitudes, teachers' ratings of leadership characteristics, and children's perceptions of leadership opportunities, Virginia Margaret Jett
Ecology and reproductive biology of two species of the Desmognathus Fuscus complex (amphibia : plethodontidae) in the Southern Appalachians, Robert L. Jones
Ralph Waldo Emerson's older brother : the letters and journal of William Emerson, Karen Lynn Kalinevitch
Effects of plastic mulch and fumigation on yield and influence of postharvest handling on quality of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum mill.), Noble S. Kearney
Norm setting as a component of principal effectiveness, John L. Keedy
Thermal decomposition of sodium bicarbonate and its effect on the reaction of sodium bicarbonate and sulfur dioxide in a simulated flue gas, Timothy Clark Keener
Assessment of personal concern about and knowledge of death and dying among future health educators, Georgia Lynn Keeney
The relationships between the adjustment of the widowed and social support, self-esteem, grief experience, and selected demographic variables, Judy Bryant Keith
Use of activated charcoal to reduce injury to selected cucurbits by ethalfluralin or pendimethalin, John Michael Kennedy
Inoculation theory in a direct mail fund raising campaign : controlled field experiment, N. Brent Kennedy
Craniometric Relationships among Plains Indians: Culture-Historical and Evolutionary Implications, Patrick J. Key
Evidence for sex linkage in the heredity of quantitative traits in beef cattle, Adeeb D. S. Kharoofa
Photoionization of organic molecules in dielectric liquids, Gerasimos A. Kourouklis
Optimal imputation of erroneous data, Anand S. Kunnathur
Clothing attitudes of retired men as related to their participation in activities and their life satisfaction, Rosetta S. LaFleur
An empirical examination of the utility of partial interval and momentary time sampling as measurements of behavior, Francis E. Lentz
Stress, rate, and phone duration in apraxia of speech, Linda Byrum Lilley
The radiative decay of plasma oscillations on nonplanar metal surfaces, John W. Little
Magnitude estimation by children : a study of values, Paul Christian Long
Lotic dragonfly (Anisoptera: Odonata) nymphs of the Southeastern United States: identification, distribution and historical biogeography, Jerry A. Louton
High resolution tunable diode laser spectroscopy of carbon monoxide in gas mixtures and flames, Heard Sidney Lowry
A market model analysis of diversification strategies and administrative experience on the performance of merging firms, Michael H. Lubatkin
Selected mountain literature of Will Allen Dromgoole, Kathy J. Lyday-Lee
The electronic newspaper : its prospects and directions for future study, Sara Stone Mantooth
Deregulation and collectively bargained wage outcomes in the domestic passenger airline industry, Pamela Carole Marett
Coincidence anticipation and the space-time concept in mentally retarded and non-retarded individuals, Janis Helen Martin
An examination of the economic side effects of the state licensing of pharmacists, Samuel Claude Martin
An application of diffusion of innovation theory in the analysis of attitudes toward the 1982 World's Energy Exposition, Oliver Thomas Massey
The adulterous wife in renaissance drama, Susan Neal Mayberry
Nutrition education interests of third-grade students, Margaret Payne McCabe
An empirical investigation of the alleged trade-off between relevance and reliability, Thomas Eugene McCaslin
The relationship between learning methods and academic achievement in 10-year-old boys, William Earl McGee
Electron attachment to pentafluorobenzene, to oxygen in a mixture of 90% argon and 10% methane, and to oxygen in various polar/nitrogen mixtures, Clive Metcalfe
A comparative study of school accident frequencies in integrated and non-integrated safety instruction, Ramona Lainhart Miller
Health education needs of Tennessee public secondary school students as perceived by Tennessee legislators, state board of education members, and school board chairpersons, Donnie Gene Mitchell
Population ecology and demography of the freshwater turtles chrysemys picta and Sternotherus odoratus, Joseph Calvin Mitchell
Factors affecting the conjugal proficiency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Frank John Mondello
The genus Laccaria in North America excluding Mexico, Gregory Michael Mueller
An assessment of maternal nutrition in a district in Zimbabwe and a proposal for creating nutrition awareness, Prisca Mugwira
The effects of first-born siblings on the gender identificatin of second-born siblings, Elizabeth Joann Murphey
User evaluation of functionally designed protective clothing for agricultural workers, Nancy K. Murray
Dynamics of steady and unsteady melt spinning, Sehyun Nam
A model for teaching business report writing using modern office technology, Mary Louise Jerrell Noblitt
A comparison of the driving skills of paraplegic and able-bodied individuals, Cynthia Parton Norton
Morphological, chemical, and mineralogical properties of soils and the effects of acid sulfate weathering in the copper basin of Tennessee, Bernard-Shaw Nwadialo
Types of innovation and degrees of social support in status attainment, Lenahan L. OC̓onnell
An interindustry analysis of the economy of Cross River State, Nigeria, Ekpe Efiong Okoh
Molecular cloning and sequence characterization of endogenous murine leukemia virus-related sequences of Balb/c mouse, Chin-Yih Ou
The effects of perceived community pressure on simulated juror guilt attributions : an experimental study, Steve Robert Pasternack
Structure of nucleosome-HMG complexes, Arthur Elliot Paton
The Vietnam veteran and the media : a comparative content analysis of media coverage of the war and the veteran 1968-1973, Oscar Patterson III
A generalized Mie theory solution and its application to particle sizing interferometry, J. David Pendleton
Conflict management strategies in two-child families, Sarah Willard Penegar
Electrochemical reduction of thiophosgene in acetonitrile and studies on the oxidation of tetramercaptotetrathiafulvalene, J. Robert Peterson
A chemotaxonomic evaluation of selected members of the genus Amanita, Shirley Anita Mahoney Peterson
Development of a new two-dimensional cartesian geometry nodal multigroup discrete ordinates method, Ronald Earl Pevey
Intertree competition in open-pollinated progeny plantations of Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.) and white pine (Pinus strobus L.), Basil Eugene Pinker
A study of the adherence of Bordetella bronchiseptica to mammalian cells, Balbina Jean Plotkin
Nutritional, chemical and ultrastructural characterization of the lorica and extracellular mucilage of phacotus lenticularis (Phacotaceae, volvocales), Linda Ann Pocratsky
Evaluation of freshwater mussels (Megalonaias gigantea) as a new protein source, Alan Reed Post
The interrelationship of bacterial lipid composition and the antimicrobial activity of the antioxidant butylated hydroxyanisole, Laurie Sue Post
Business communications instructional materials for large group classes interfaced with modern office technology, Sandra L. Price
Toward a non-hierarchical structure for newswriting : the effects of compound sentences with semicolons on perceptions of readability and objectivity, Florence Clark Riffe
A status study of mathematics education in adult basic education, Kenneth Scott Ross
The development of a simplified valuation model for railroad right-of-way segments for the purpose of consolidation, merger or private purchase, Frank Reeder Scheer
Vegetation of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee and a comparison of reciprocal averaging ordination and binary discriminant analysis, Paul A. Schmalzer
Cellular and soluble factor requirements for induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes against herpes simplex virus type 1, Donald Scott Schmid
The effects of research complexity and type of subjects on the results of laboratory research in the field of union-management relations, Walter G. Schneider
The psychological sense of community : Effects of referent groups and organizational involvement, Laurie Sutherland Schreiner
Feedback Controlled Increases in P300 Visual Evoked Potential Amplitudes and Neurological Functioning and Academic Performance in Learning Disabled Children, Harry Stewart Shabsin
Characterization of exopolysaccharide produced by a corynebacterium in cheese whey substrate, Mohammad Ali Shams
Evaluation of the role of environmental contamination in the microbial degradation of polyaromatic hyrocarbons, Timothy W. Sherrill
An analysis of alternative strategies for energy cost management in Tennessee public schools, Charles Edwin Shoffner
Elemental Times for Estimating Clinical Instructor Demand in a Coordinated Dietetic Program, Erskine Ray Smith
Historical geography of the southern charcoal iron industry, 1800-1860, James Larry Smith
Patterns of Association Between Oral Health Status and Subsistence: A Study of Aboriginal Skeletal Populations from the Tennessee Valley Area, Maria Ostendorf Smith
The base-pairing properties of O⁶-methylguanine during DNA replication in vitro, Elizabeth T. Snow
Study and dynamic modeling of a pressure transducer that is based on the principle of force balance, Adalberto José Soares
Maternal social networks and cognitive development of preschool children : an hypothesis and exploratory study of rural Appalachian families, Robert Monroe Soule
A cross- and intra-cultural perspective of the attitudes of the Mexican-American, Anthony M. Soza
Cross-national knowledge and attitudes of senior high school students in Japan and the United States, Donald Lee Spence
Effective use of fleet vehicles through an analysis of vehicle utilization evaluation models and trip characteristics, Robert E. Stammer
Unifying motifs in the plays of John Banks with special attention to the imagery, Stephen J. Stedman
The surface modifications of poly(vinyl chloride) and high density polyethylene using isocyanate chemistry, James Wayne Taylor
Diet, Anthropometric Characteristics, and Diabetes-Related Attitudes and Knowledge Among Women Residing in the Eastern Cherokee Township of Snowbird, Rhonda Dale Terry
Political socialization and teachers' training in Rhodesia, Robert Thiele
Attrition and retention factors at four private institutions, Jimmy Lee Thomas
A tentative model of the life structures of a selected sample of women ages forty and fifty, Ira Jo Ann Thompson
Effects of hydrogenated soybean oil on sensory, physical, chemical and microbiological properties of ground beef and semi-dry sausage (Thuringer), Ibrahim Musa Tibin
Analysis of mutation in DNA transformed Chinese hamster ovary cells, Kenneth Raymond Tindall
Effects of participation in office design on satisfaction and productivity, Jeraldine Price Town
Food-Related Behavior of Young Childless Couples, Diane S. Traver
Development and acceptability of cured and dried beef prepared at ambient temperatures in a NaCl and papaya brine, Collins Nkeoma Ubbaonu
Comparing the social attitudes and perceptions that Black-African and Black-American students hold toward one another and variables affecting their relationships, Sunday Harrison Umoh
Finite element analysis of soil compaction resulting from vibratory tillage, Hassan Vazin