Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2002
Secondary school principals' perceptions and understandings of the Tennessee School Improvement Planning Process, Donna Lawlor Wright
Development of a valid parent potentiation instrument for prospective parents, Kris Wilks Wright
Analysis of terrestrial and Martian volcanic compositions using thermal emission spectroscopy, Michael Bruce Wyatt
Toward a Dynamic Model of State Choice: Gains Pursuit Debate and the World System, Soo-Lyon Yon
Spectroscopic studies on high-spin states in ¹²⁸,¹²⁹Nd and ¹³⁰La, Omar A. Zeidan
Colonization History and Alternative Community States in Experimental Microcosms, Craig Richard Zimmermann
Dissertations from 2001
A study of the effectiveness of the national collegiate athletic association's athletics certification program, Robert Hunter Adams
Voluntary simplicity : an organizational analysis, Patricia Anne Allen
Continuous morphological data in phylogenetic analyses : an example from the otters (Carnivora: Lutrinae), Charles Gregory Anderson
Determination of the uncertainties in radiation doses from ingestion of ⁹⁰Sr, Iulian Iuelian Apostoaei
Leader traits and leadership competencies necessary during organizational change, Susan B. Arnold
The diagnosis of depression using psychometric instruments and quantitative measures of electroencephalographic activity, John Hancock Askew
Mitochondrial DNA haplotype and sequence analysis of historic Choctaw and Menominee hair shaft samples, Lori Elmore Baker
Use of Case Studies in ABET Accredited Engineering Technology Associate Degree Programs in the United States, James L. Barrott
"Because that's where my roots are": searching for patterns of African-American ethnicity in Arrow Rock, Missouri, Timothy E. Baumann
Evaluating the effectiveness of the community-based project Witnessing in Tennessee to increase breast cancer screening and awareness among African American women, Precilla Lorene Belin
El metateatro en la obra de Guillermo Schmidhuber, Lourdes Betanzos
Characteristics of laser heat treating during processing of a low carbon steel, Brent W. Blaha
The implementation of enterprise resource planning : an innovation diffusion approach, Marianne Bradford
Roles, relationships, and thought : using collaborative action research to improve facilitator practice, Ralph Edwin Brickey
Private practice, personal expectations: an exploration of factors influencing first job choice of law school graduates, Karen Reagan Britton
A phenomenological study of the experiences of welfare-to-work mothers in selecting child care, Marilyn E. Bruckman
The relationship between elementary school girls' perceptions of their parents' body satisfaction and the girls' satisfaction with their own bodies, Marsha Parsons Burdette
The role of dispositional aggressiveness and organizational injustice on deviant workplace behavior, Susan M. Burroughs
Dimensions of addictive experience and 12-step program participation, Paul Busby
An improved method for text summarization using lexical chains, Charles Ray Byler
Beta-Adrenergic, Arachidonic Acid and Potassium Channel Associated-Regulation of Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines, Yavuz Cakir
The Relationship Between Self-Directed Learning and Learning Styles, James Boyd Canipe
Diagenesis of Upper Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone in the Illinois Basin - Microscale Investigation of Basinal Fluid Migration and Mass Transfer, Zhensheng Chen
The beleaguered individual : a study of twentieth-century American war novels, Patrick Paul Christle
Patterns of sentencing reform adoption in American states, Keith E. Clement
Development of a simulation backplane with dynamic configurability, Lloyd Gabriel Clonts
Mediated and collaborative learning for students with learning disabilities : "This is about life, it's the rules of life.", Gail L. Collins
A study of selected non-pending, Supreme Court cases held between 1965-2000 on K-12 public, intradistrict, race-based, dual systems of education, LaRonda J. Conley-Townsend
Phenomenology of spiritual experience, Kim Ann Cornish
Conversations in the zone : collaborative learning in the counselor/student relationship, Mark S. Cotter
I Never Thought About Thinking: Experiences of Participants in a Reflective Learning Group, Donal Martin Crosse
Analysis of finite element based numerical methods for acoustic waves, elastic waves, and fluid-solid interactions in the frequency domain, Peter Cummings
Modulators of transit peptide activity in targeting and translocation of precursors into plastides : the mature domain, lipids and Toc-Tic components, Amanda Carole Dabney Smith
Design and analysis of a novel electric machine and drive, Daniel Steven Daniel
Expression and Characterization of the MHC Class II Transactivator in K-562 Cells, Noel Elyssa Day
Pathogenic mechanisms involved in the ocular immunoinflammatory lesions : herpetic stromal keratitis, Shilpa Deshpande
Advanced off-column technologies for capillary electrophoresis : microfluidic deposition, two-dimensional separations, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based detection, Gerald Lynn DeVault
First-year law student retention and the use of academic support programs, Judith Jane Jones Devine
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies and behavioral risks of exposure among women of childbearing age from the Knoxville, Tennessee area, Vina Rachel Diderrich
Facilitating the acquisition of healthy social attributions in sixth grade students, Mary Natalie Dillivan
An investigation of the learning outcomes of distance learning students versus traditional classroom students attempting the masters of business administration, Elizabeth Crawford Dodd
"Soldiers of the Cross": Confederate Soldier-Christians and the Impact of War on Their Faith, Kent Toby Dollar
From Second Creek to New Pangea: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Patterns and Trends in Aquatic Biodiversity, Jeffrey Robert Duncan
Analysis of Events Governing the Meiotic Division in Mouse Spermatocytes, Shannon Stewart Eaker
Working against the sadness : personal loss and poetic healing in the poetry of Jane Kenyon, Donald Hall, Raymond Carver, and Tess Gallagher, Jo Angela Edwins
An investigation of notetaking as a predictor of course performance and course evaluation, Alan Christopher Eggert
Molecular genetic analysis of bile salt hydrolase expression and transport in Lactobacillus Johnsonii strain 100-100, Christopher Anthony Elkins
Changing perspectives in early childhood education : recasting the Reggio Emillia approach, Elizabeth M. Elliott
Attitudes of Tennessee physicians towards euthanasia and assisted death, Douglas Essinger
Characterization of the tumor supressor activity of the FHIT gene in association with application of innovative detection technologies, Minoo Askari Dermenaki Farahani
Factors affecting the transfer of related training in a trade union apprenticeship program, Mark Stuart Farris
Technology and Tradition: Jewish Bioethics in the Age of Genetics, Toby Lee Fey
Reconciling utility with liberal justice : John Stuart Mill's minimalist utilitarianism, John Robert Fitzpatrick
An artificial neural network model for the prediction of child physical abuse recurrences, Chris W. Flaherty
Employees' perceptions of deterrents to participation in an employer-provided educational assistance program, Frances Jeannine Fogerson
EEG Coherence and Amplitude Effects of Rhythmic Auditory and Visual Stimulation with an Emphasis in Computational Methods, Jon Alan Frederick
Clergy referral for counseling problems, Steven Allen Fultz
Relationships Among Registered Nurses' Moral Judgment and Their Perception and Judgment of Pain and Selected Nurse Factors, David S. Gerstle
Development of a unified probabilistic framework for segmentation and recognition of semi-rigid objects in complex backgrounds via deformable shape models, Shaun Scott Gleason
The Meaning of High-Quality Nursing Care as Derived from King's Interacting Systems, Mary Ellen Gunther
Temporal column abundances of atmospheric nitrous oxide at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, John Stewart Hager
Hafters and crafters : verbal unruliness and the contest for artistic discourse in the english renaissance, David A. Haines
Numerical investigation of a binary solidification design problem, Scott Wayne Hale
--"something more exactly related then a fixion" : Lady Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania and Jacobean religio-political controversy, Jennifer Wallace Hall
Synthesis of the S and C-linked diaccharide analogues related to hyaluronic acid, Sean K. Hamilton
I love being with my family : the mediating role of family rituals between family environment and identity achievement during late adolescence, Howard Jerome Hammond
Governor Jack : from the announcer's booth to the governor's office, Roger Wayne Heinrich
Relationships of plasma corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) and CBG mRNA expression during development and stress in pigs, Jeonghoon Heo
Naturalistic generalization of social behaviors in children : the examination of personal style and practice, Melissa Herring
The applicability of the stage of change construct of the transtheoretical model of behavior change to the problem of Type II diabetic adherence, Laura Elizabeth Holcomb
Characterization of factors that affect charge decay in fibrous electret, Hsu-Yeh Huang
The effects of financial stress and interparental conflict on poor adolescent adjustment: the role of fathering behaviors, Shann-Hwa Hwang
Artificial intelligence methods in deregulated power systems operations, Jovan Ilić
EFFECT OF BONDING VARIABLES IN THERMAL BONDING OF POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVENS, Praveen Kumar Jangala
A case study of the performance improvement program at an acute care facility, Patricia Cagley Jenkins
Flour protein content and fat and sugar replacers : effects on wire-cut cookie spread and texture and sensory perception of cookie attributes, Kimberly A. Johnson
Application of data mining techniques of batch profiles for process understanding and improvement, Mark Johnson
Homosexuality and the black church : perceptions of church leaders, Dutchess Renee Jones
A study of mathematics learning centers in Tennessee two-year colleges, Angela Lee Jordan
Beowulf and the floating wreck of history, Eileen A. Joy
Family physician's adoption of innovations in distance learning, Deborah Hall Joyner
Race, criminal embeddedness, and the American Dream, Kent Ryan Kerley
A preconditioned Krylov subspace approach to a tightly coupled aeromechanical system, Kevin Kilpatrick
Dissociation: an examination of memory processes, Brenda Jayne King
Effect of body composition on growth hormone response to exercise in postmenopausal women, George Austin King
The impact of interest group and news media framing on public opinion : the rise and fall of the Clinton health care plan, Jennifer Campbell Koella
An Individual-based Approach to Population Dynamics with Applications to Sockeye Salmon and Iteroparous Organisms, Cynthia Moira Krohn
Physician-assisted suicide in the States : public opinion, public policy and direct democracy, Dina Michele Krois