Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2000
Automated neural network-based instrument validation system, Xiao Xu
Halogenations using sodium halides with sodium perborate in acetic acid and allylboration of β-ketoacids, Kaihong Yang
Evaluation of Factors Affecting Earth Pressures on Buried Box Culverts, Michael Zhiqiang Yang
Applications of boundry vorticity dynamics to flow simulation, airfoil design, and flow control, Fanglin Zhu
Dissertations from 1999
Control of CVD diamond nucleation and effects on microcomponent processing, Samer Sima'an Ackleh
An examination of feedback recipients' reactions to multisource feedback, Danielle McCray Adams
The Deterministic Repeatable Inventory Routing Problem, Anurag Agarwal
Laser Surface Engineering of composite titanium diboride coating on steel : synthesis and characterization, Arvind Agarwal
The feasibility of using Hyperstodio generated applications to accelerate learning, Jenia D. Alfonzo
Optical sensors in harsh environments : determination of concentrated strong acids and bases for process control, Leonardo Resende Allain
Impact of capitation on clinical judgement in suicide risk assessment, Adair Allen
Interparental conflict styles and yourth problem behaviors : the role of selected youth appraisal variables, Christine Marie Anthony
Studies on Leydig cells and their differentiation in the postnatal rat testis, H. B. Siril Ariyaratne
A cross-cultural comparison of student social attributions, Robin C. Armbrister
Collaborative Learning: A Study of Two Classes, Joseph L. Armstrong
The role of professional and managerial experience in interpreting and using managerial assessment center data, Erin Kate Patton Atchley
Constructing a 'good death' : news media framing of the euthanasia debate from 1975 to 1997, Elizabeth Atwood-Gailey
Human rights in Africa : the conflict of implementation, Richard Amoako Baah
Hebbian learning in recurrent neural networks for natural language processing, L. Karlyn Ammons Barilovits
Effect of zinc level and fat source on the performance and immunocompetence of heat-stressed broilers, Jannette Rose Bartlett
Morphosyntactic cues to verb comprehension for typically developing toddlers and children with specific language impairment, Brenda L. Beverly
The development of a conscientiousness measure for African-American college students, Jessica Maria Blalock
Radiobioassay intercomparison studies of U-nat, Pu-238, Pu-239 and Am-241, Norman Bores
Women and philanthropy : making a difference in higher education, Dorothy Elizabeth Bressi
The experience of coping with chronic pain : a phenomenological investigation, Dianne E. Briscoe
Enigmatic ensemble : narrative accounts of gender identity and gender expression from a transgendered perspective, Gina Diane Brooks
The algorithm designer project : a visual programming environment for data structure demonstration, David Randall Brown
Creative high school dropouts' experiences of learning : a phenomenological study, Donna Carol Morrison Browning
Presidential and political perceptions of regional accreditation effectiveness and reform, Nancy Benziger Brown
Aspects of the biology of Daphnia lumhotzi (Sars) in Ft. Loudoun Reservoir, Tennessee, Rebecca S. Brown
Investigation of band dispersion in a liquid chromatography column using a novel visualization technique, Brian Scott Broyles
On the expected number of generators of a submodule of a free module over a finite principal ideal ring, Grady Dewayne Bullington
Development of a work-ethic scale for middle school students, Vivian J. Bush
Comparative mapping for positional cloning and defining homology regions between the mouse and human genomes, Ethan Allan Carver
The treatment of religious issues in psychotherapy : an investigation into the expiences of psychotherapy patients, Jodie Sutton Castellani
Caregiver personal narrative as guidance in children's socialization, Frank D. Castlebury
Understanding what consumers value about brands : an extension of the value hierarchy framework, Amy Stevenson Cathey
Surface studies of chemical vapor deposited and natural (100) diamond, John Andrew Chaney
Asian perspectives on human rights and trade-off thesis : focus on South Korea, Young-Sun Chung
Regulation of virus induced inflammatory immune responses with cytokine DNA, Sangjun Chun
The life world of centenarians, Susan Church
Mechanisms of agouti-induced obesity : effects on adipocyte metabolism and interaction with insulin, Kate J. Claycombe
The politics of transition : Virginia and North Carolina and the 1824 presidential election, Joseph C. Clifft
Prediction of Alcoholics Anonymous affiliation from pretreatment factors : methods and theory to inform provider referrals, Richard N. Cloud
Spontaneous production of figurative language and gesture in college lectures : a comparison across disciplines, Daniel Paul Corts
Interactivity and the ‘Cyber-Fan’: An Exploration of Audience Involvement Within the Electronic Fan Culture of the Internet, Victor Costello
Affective tonal value and perceptions of risk in newspaper readership, Paul Anthony Crandon
Substitute care in Tennessee: a study of placement instability, Maureen Grimes Croft
From cultural autonomy to advertising autonomy : the rise and development of European advertising self-regulation, Anne-Lauren Cunningham
The Experience of Rural, Southern Appalachian, First-Generation College Students at a University: A Narrative Study, Ruth A. Darling
A construct validity assessment of the occupational work ethic inventory, Max Bradley Dawson
Nod signal perception in the Bradyrhizobium-soybean symbiosis, Robert Bradley Day
An investigation of the use of algebra tiles to introduce the basic algebraic concepts of integers, equations, and polynomials in community college developmental algebra classes, Ida McCalip Dell'Isola
Kindergarten dads : paternal participation in early childhood education, Robert Michael Denn
Instructional technology adoption at the University of Tennessee : perceived influences of select faculty members, Jean Ann Derco
Development of dual-fiber separation-based fiber-optic chemical sensors and their applications, Jason Emmett Dickens
Early-transition-metal alkylidene chemistry. Synthesis of tantalum silyl alklidene complexes and reactions of tantalum alkylidene complexes with silanes, Jonathan Bruce Diminnie
An exploration of factors relating to variation among states in the frequency of due process hearings, Sandra L. Earnest
The effects of parent training on parent and child behaviors, Laura Celeste Echols
The fine illusion of free will' : autonomy and selfhood in the major prose works of Evelyn Scott, Timothy O. Edwards
Tungsten fluorides : synthesis and characterization, and electrochemical investigations in the FLINAK molten salt eutectic, Sven Erik Eklund
Paleoenvironmental interpretation of terrestrial deposits : the Cap-aux-Os and Fort Prével Members, Battery Point Formation (Early-Middle Devonian), Gaspé Bay, Québec, Jennifer Mary Elick
Multi-Sensor Fusion for Induction Motor Aging Analysis and Fault Diagnosis, Ali Seyfettin Erbay
Venturi drift reduction nozzles : spray pattern characteristics, efficacy of postemergence herbicides, and accuracy of herbicide placement, Robert E. Etheridge
The role of fetal serotonin (5-HT) in bovine placenta detachment, Kellie A. Fecteau
Incipient fault detection and isolation of sensors and field devices, Paulo Brasko Ferreira
Spatial heterogeneity in ecological models : two case studies, Holly D. Gaff
The effects of adopting shareholder value metric control and reward sysems on firm investment in research and development, John Begley Gallagher
The heart and voice of a playful early childhood teacher, Christy Isbell Gamble
On the role of CD4+ T cells and pathogenic mechanisms in HSV-1-induced ocular disease : herpetic stromal keratitis, Shivaprakash Gangappa
The relationship of parents'/guardians' self-management to their children's self-management, academic performance, and health, Nan McCammon Gaylord
On the reduction of cure-induced stresses in thermoset polymer composites, Mohamed Sayed Genidy
Verification and validation of TRAF-NETSIM model through actual field observations in Amman-Jordan, Sami Said Ghezawi
[Capillary electrophoresis and immobilization strategies research], Timothy Jack Gibson
Application of municipal biosolids for production of tomatoes and snap beans, Rebecca Aynn Gilfillen
Why compete? : a two-part philosophical and narrative rebuttal to competition, Jeffrey James Gorbski
Impleme[n]tation of the marketing concept : an organizational learning perspective, John Robert Graves
The multi-products EMQ model, John Roy Gray
The visual-oral conditional reasoning test : predicting scholastic misconduct and deception, Philip Dwayne Green
Uncertainty : the ethical basis for the economic theories of Frank H. Knight and John M. Keynes, William Burl Greer
An exploration of women's mentoring : graduate students' perspective, Karen Annette Griffin
Tennessee's technology educator's, administrator's and guidance counselor's perceived characteristics of technology education, Rickey Ray Grubb
Ruminant respiratory syncytial virus subgroup distinction using synthetic peptides from the extracellular central region of the attachment protein-g, Steven Timothy Grubbs
On the analysis of emission spectra and interference images, Guoming Guan
The totalitarian model revisited : an assessment of the post-Mao regime change, Sujian Guo
Analysis of mixtures containing isomeric hydrocarbons using process mass spectrometry, Martin L. Haddix
Solventless Suzuki-Coupling reactions on palladium doped potassium fluoride alumina, Clayton Maxwell Hair
Reducing the storage requirements of dataflow constraints using model dependencies, Richard L. Halterman
Factors indicating a change in battering behavior during pregnancy, Helene Kay Halvorson
Romantic Ken : time and perspective in the poetry of Coleridge and Wordsworth, Will Harris
Beyond the glass facade : women deans of education, Denise M. Harvey
Desegregation in Knoxville, Tennessee : a case, Ruby Jewel Anderson Hassan
Remembering what never happened : recollective experience in false autobiographical memories, Christopher Michael Heaps
Carbon dioxide solvent substitute : fundamental study of aqueous dispersions in supercritical carbon dioxide, Kevin D. Heath