Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2000
Psychometric Analysis of the Self-Test; A Newly developed Brief Screening Test For Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairments In Early Alzheimer's Disease, Mateja de Leonni Stanonik
A qualitative study of a collaborative learning group of novice teachers, Joy Neal Stapleton
Spillover effects of interparental conflict styles : parenting behaviors as linking mechanisms, Melody Gaye Stone
A revision of the pit scale species in the subfamily Asterolecaniinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in North and South America, Christof Friedrich Stumpf
Selection and performance of weed management systems in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) utilizing conventional and herbicide tolerant crop varieties, Jimmy Ray Summerlin
Analysis of ultra-sensitive fluorescence experiments, Yuxing Sun
Meaning in life among Japanese elders: development and validation of a four-factor ikigai scale, Akenori Takeda
Development of the adolescent big five inventory, Holly Elizabeth Tatum
Enhanced electron attachment to vibrationally and electronically excited molecules, Cumali Tav
Computational studies of the He-LiH system, Brian Keith Taylor
Analysis of a Local Food System Policy: Evaluating Implementation and Impact, Julie Lynne Thies
Numerical simulation of pulsed plasma thrusters, Herbert Daniel Thomas
Positional cloning of l7Rn3 and phenotypic analysis of l7Rn3¹⁷⁷⁷SB and l7Rn3²⁵²¹SB, Sharon E. Thomas
The experience of being lost, George Michael Thweatt
Caregiver attitudes and beliefs associated with compliance to childhood immunization in Bamenda, Cameroon, Jude N. Tuma
A comparative study of middle school and k-8 school value-added gains in the areas of reading, language, math, science, and social studies, David Anthony Vaccaro
An investigation into the motivational design qualities of web-based instructional materials, Jun Wang
Speeds of invasion for models with Allee effects, Mei-Hui Wang
Formulation and Assessment of a Customizable Procedure for Pavement Distress Index, Zongren Wang
Foreign language teacher educators and the diffusion of educational innovations, Mark Kellison Warford
Feeding behavior of crayfish snakes (Regina) : allometry, ontogeny and adaptations to an extremely specialized diet, Roy Mark Waters
A comparative study of health risk profile results between Seventh-Day Adventist college students and public college students, Cecilia Michelle Watkins
Six friendships : the social experiences of preschool-aged children with and without disabilities, Sylvia Lynne Webster
Self-report personality measures of fake good in employment selection, Adam D. Weilbaecher
Confidence and the elite athlete: a qualitative investigation, Bernard Joseph Whitney
High resolution photonic analysis with scanned probes, Andrew G. Wig
The relationship between chronic hassles, cardiovascular responsivity and physical health symptomatology: an examination of the allostatic model of stress and health, Zachary Clay Wilcox
A normative subtest taxonomy developed from the universal nonverbal intellegence test : implications and applications, Brian Eugene Wilhoit
A comparison of self-reported parenting behaviors for an at-risk group and a group not identified to be at-risk, Sandra Scruggs Wilson
After the fall: coverage of Richard M. Nixon in Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report, 1974-1994, Russ Witcher
Help-seeking by older wife caregivers of demented husbands: a grounded theory approach, Janet Witucki
Addressing inappropriate professional behaviors demonstrated by physical therapy students on clinical rotations, Melissa Wolff
Critical-thinking ability as a predictor of success in a large undergraduate course, Stephen Worth
Agouti modulation of both adipocyte and pancreatic islet function via a Ca²⁺-dependent mechanism, Bingzhong Xue
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