Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2004
Ecology of the Cerulean Warbler in the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee, Charles Patrick Nicholson
Compatibilizing Polymer Blends Using Reactive Telechelic Oligomers and Copolymers, Charles Paul O'Brien
Volatile Fatty Acids Effects on Nitrite Removal and Nitrate Formation during Activated Sludge Treatment, Merve Oguz
Pluralism and Practical Reason: The Problem of Decisiveness, James Michael Okapal
Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Women and Rape, Amy D. Page
Cognitive Theory of War: Why Do Weak States Choose War against Stronger States?, Sang Hyun Park
In Vitro Propagation, Regeneration, Attempted Tetraploid Induction, and Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation of Euphorbia pulchurrima ‘Winter Rose’™, Kimberly Ann Pickens
Tolerance for Role Ambiguity among Executive Teams of Voluntary Organizations: A Nomological Network and Some Prescriptive Interventions, Mark Fletcher Pierce
Factors Influencing Calcium Intake and Foodservice Satisfaction in South Carolina Middle School Children, Vivian Bowie Pilant
Reflexión sobre la realidad mexicana: Una mirada crítica de la Historia a través de la dramaturgia posmoderna de Juan Tovar.” (Reflexion on Mexican Reality: A Critical View of History through Postmodern Drama Plays by Juan Tovar), Perla Xochitl Zamitiz Pineda
Three-Dimensional Mechanical Behavior of Kaolin Clay with Controlled Microfabric Using True Triaxial Testing, Amit Prashant
Estimation of Skeletal Age-at-Death from Dental Root Translucency, Debra A. Prince
Travel Characteristics of Urban Freight Vehicles and their Effects on Air Quality, Annie Protopapas
Development and Implementation of Technology Plans in Tennessee Public School Systems, Raj Kumar Rai
Inter- and Intra-species Variation in Three Crown Condition Indicators for Seven Tree Species in the Southeastern United States, KaDonna Cheryl Randolph
Online Atmospherics: An Investigation of Feeling and Internet Purchase Intention, Kelly Price Rankin
A Multi-state Molecular Epidemiological Survey of 16 Beef, Dairy, Poultry and Swine Farms to Facilitate Risk Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes, David Dean Rasmussen
'Just Through Talking': A Collaborative Learning Approach for Human Resource Change Agents, Dorothy Wilson Roberts
Personality and Work Situational Predictors of Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Neglect: An Interactionist Perspective, Michelle Lynne Roberts
Structure and Properties of Cotton-based Biodegradable/Compostable Nonwovens, Haoming Rong
The Work and Role Orientations of Personal Staff in Four State Senates, Brian Edward Russell
Parent and Student Perspectives on Mathematics Education in Four Rural East Tennessee Communities, Tracie McLemore Salinas
Accuracy of Pedometers and their use in a 10,000 Steps Per Day Intervention Study, Patrick L. Schneider
Inside the Confederate Hospital: Community and Conflict during the Civil War, Nancy Schurr
Mother-loss: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience of Losing a Mother, Catherine Trayer Shafer
The Function of the Stress Hormone Cortisol in Disease Susceptibility of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, Todd David Sink
Molecular Systematics of North American Eupatorium, Kunsiri Chaw Siripun
Framing by media and social movement organizations: Cross-cultural prestige press coverage of the Kyoto Protocol, Ronald William Sitton
Three Essays in Market Microstructure, Kenneth Wayne Small, Jr.
In TheirOwn Voices: Attitudes about Mental Health Utilization by African American Females at a Predominantly White Institution, Dionne Maria Smith
Endangered Species and U.S. Military Training - What’s the Value?, Jeffrey S. Smith
The Effects of Nursing Back Rub on Pain and Wound Cytokines and The Relationship Between Pre-CABG Mood and Post-CABG Wound Cytokines, Kathlene D. Smith
Graph Theoretic Properties of the Zero-Divisor Graph of a Ring, Neal Oliver Smith
Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Abdominal Anatomy of the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida), Hrvoje Smodlaka
Geometric Morphometry Analysis of the Scapula: Implications for the Determination of Sex and Ancestry, Frederick John Snow
Identification of Ligand-Receptor Interactions Between Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-factor Pheromone Receptor (Ste2p) and its Tridecapeptide Ligand, Çağdaş Devrim Son
Have We Resolved The Issues Related to International Capital Structure? Empirical Evidence from The OECD Countries, Joon-Young Song
Does Alliance Formation between National Labor Unions and National Environmental Organizations Exist?, David Foster Steele
Computational Studies of Molecules Adsorbed on Surfaces, Phil J. Stimac
Contributions of Q67 and Y69 Residues to Ligand Binding and Catalysis in R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase, Lori Gail Stinnett
People Centered Law Bringing Life Back to Lawyer - Client Relations Through Collaborative Lawyering, Dorothy Bonnell Stulberg
Space-Time Codes Concatenated with Turbo Codes over Fading Channels, Junghoon Suh
Fundamental Investigations and Analysis of Chiral Matter Using Simple Spectroscopic Techniques, Rodney Jamel Sullivan
Role of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 (UCP2) in Modulation of Adiposity, Xiaocun Sun
An Exploratory Study of the Impact of an Inquiry-Based Professional Development Course on the Beliefs and Instructional Practices of Urban Inservice Teachers, Leslie Ann Suters
A Study of Charging in the Presence of a Gaseous Environment, Xiaohu Tang
Using MOM:TIPS as a Short-Term Inservice with Four Day-Care Teachers, Kathryn M. Tanner
Suggestion and Suggestibility: A Factor Analysis, Anthony F. Tasso
Picturing the Catastrophic Space of Imagination: The Aesthetic of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Lauren Todd Taylor
Tuition Policy Setting: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1960 - 2000, Mary Hodge Taylor
The Socialization of Compulsive Buyers: The Roles of Families and Mass-Mediated Sources, Saovanee Tesgim
Higher Education Accountability in Tennessee: A Corporate Perspective, Donna Ann Tipton-Rogers
Structure-Function and Regulation of Yeast Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor, Sml1, Tomoaki Uchiki
Effects of an Increasingly Precise Socioeconomic Match on Mean Score Differences in Nonverbal Intelligence Test Scores, LaRonta Michelle Upson
Feminine Modesty as a Thematic and Structural Principle in Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra’s Navidades de Madrid y noches entretenidas, Shane Elizabeth Vande Brake
Fibrator Properties of PL Manifolds, Violeta Vasilevska
The Health Related Behaviors and Attitudes of Student Nurses, Maribeth Vowell
Current and Best Practices for Recruiting Qualified Rehabilitation Counselors, Kristi Turner Walker
Justification of Antisocial Behavior, Wiliam Robert Walton
Immunotoxicological Study of Depleted Uranium, Bin Wan
High Accuracy Distributed Target Detection and Classification in Sensor Networks Based on Mobile Agent Framework, Xiaoling Wang
Application of Polymer Rheology in Melt Blowing Process and Online Rheological Sensor, Yizhong Wang
The Political Roles of Presidential Children: Kennedy through Clinton, Tabitha Alissa Warters
The Effects of Participation in Extracurricular Activities on the Mean Grade Point Average of High School Students in a Rural Setting, Anthony Brian Watkins
The Meaning of the Death of Adult Child to an Elder, Latricia Diane Weed
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing with Spatial Economic and Mixed Logit Models for Environmental Valuation, Aaron Raymond Wells
The Experiences of Undergraduate Reentry Collegiate Males During Times Of Perceived Psychological Stress, Elaine West-Anderson
Reframing the Subject: Abjection in Twentieth-Century American Literature, Amy Leigh White
Two Essays on Corporate Income Tax Rates and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, Hapuarachilage Albert Wijeweera
A Study of the Perceptions of Job Satisfaction of General and Special Education Teachers in Selected Georgia Elementary Schools Implementing the Inclusion Model, Jonathan Edward Willard
The Characteristics of Successful and Effective Teachers of the Gifted, Jeffrey Wayne Woods
Efficacy of Solution-focused Brief Counseling on Math Assignment Completion and Accuracy in an Elementary School, Jamie Leigh Yarbrough
Comparison of chemical fractions and ruminal degradation of dry matter in situ of tall fescue, Musa Yavuz
Convergence and Robustness Issues in Computational Fluids, Xiaoqiang Zeng
An Adaptive Tool-Based Telerobot Control System, Ge Zhang
Free Radical (Co)Polymeirzation of Methyl methacrylate and Styrene in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Hongwei Zhang
The Benefits and Costs of Concentrated Ownership of Firms in East Asia and Western European Economies: A Simultaneous Equations Approach, Rongrong Zhang
Dissertations from 2003
Topics in Graph Algorithms: Structural Results and Algorithmic Techniques, with Applications, Faisal Nabih Abu Khzam
The Singing Schools of New Salem, Georgia, Kathy Forester Adkins
Probabilistic Based Design of FRP Structures, Maha Khader Alqam
Perceived sense of safety for children in out-of-home care who have experienced multiple moves, Keith Allen Bailey
The role of marital quality and social support in pregnancy adaptation in an Internet sample of pregnant women, Alicia R. Baird-Fassardi
An Analysis of Crime Control Policies in Knoxville’s Public Housing, John W. Barbrey
Eigenvalue Dependence on Problem Parameters for Stieltjes Sturm-Liouville Problems, Laurie Elizabeth Battle
Directional Solidification, Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Cr-Cr3Si Eutectic Alloys, Hongbin Bei
Varying problem effort and problem completion rates : an investigation of the interspersal procedure and student assignment choice, Eric J. Billington
A Study of the Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Library Services Available to Students Enrolled in Online Degree Programs, Robin Felecia Blackman
Theory and Construction Methods for Large Regular Resolution IV Designs, Robert M. Block
Critical thinking as a predictor of test performance and as an outcome measure in a large undergraduate human development course, Carrie Sara Booher
Do increased opportunities to respond enhance generalization from multiplication to division, Joshua David Booher
Physiological reactivity to mental imagery as a construct relating to somatization and hypnotizability, Jeffrey J. Borckardt
Formulaic language in learner discourse : how study abroad affects oral production, JoBeth Bradley
An Evaluation of Influences on Preadolescent Boys' Body Mass Index and Body Composition, Lynn Samson Brann
Perceived Severity, Expected Improvement and Goal of Change as Factors of Appointment Keeping Behaviors in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment, Charlene P. Bruley
Data Access in Wide Area Networks of Heterogeneous Workstations, Kim Buckner