Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1999
The status of environmental education in elementary and middle public schools of East Tennessee : a teacher perspective, Amadou Bocar Cire Sall
The impact of teacher effect on student math competency achievement, June C. Rivers Sanders
Existence of certain compact contractible manifolds containing disjoint spines, Manuel Jackson Sanders
Improved techniques for software testing based on Markov chain usage models, Kirk D. Sayre
The role of nucleation in the electrochemistry of organic conducting salt electrodes, Kristian Michael Scaboo
A macroeconomic and sub-macroeconomic evaluation of divisia monetary aggregates : $bevidence from three time series applications, Donald L. Schunk
The role of calcium channels in the growth regulation of normal and neoplastic neuroendocrine lung cells, Barbara Jane Sheppard
The uranyl adsorption capacity and selectivity studies on organic/inorganic hybrid sol-gel sorbents, Yongsoon Shin
On black holes and d-branes, Marina Valentinovna Shmakova
A study of the leadership skills developed through the experiences of eight superintendents in Tennessee, Patricia Lauper Smith
Molecular and genetic analysis of the orpk mouse model of polycystic kidney disease : searching for treatments and modifer genes, Carla S. Sommardahl
Superconducting study of the intermettalic YNi₂B₂C single crystal and several high-Tc materials, Kyu Jeong Song
Identification and characterization of genes potentially involved in meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster males, Wendy Bradberry Stapleton
A study of the variational aspects for the Fock expansion of the solution of hydrogenic atoms in constant magnetic fields, James B. Sternberg
Growing pains: a qualitative study of personal growth experiences of collegiate student-athletes, William Henry Shawn Stewart
A ground-based real-time remote sensing system for diagnosing nitrogen status in cotton plants, Ruixiu Sui
Understanding isothermal crystallization and subsequent melting behavior of syndiotactic polypropylene, Pitt Supaphol
Living as subject : the stories of five women with disabilities, Lois M. Symington
Gentlemen prefer modernism : 'middlebrow' culture and the transmutation of realism in the works of Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and Fannie Hurst, Stephanie Lewis Thompson
Facilitating dialogue and decision-making in a family business, Linda Tisue
Elementary preservice teachers' conceptual understandings of the cause of moon phases, Kathy Cabe Trundle
Betting the farm : the effect of prior performance on the framing of strategic risk decisions, Craig A. Turner
Does it matter where you live? : social disorganization, gender-role attitudes, financial satisfaction, and male-to-female partner violence, Judy Allene Van Wyk
Premedical values related to rural family practice, Jeri Jones Veenstra
Team Conflict, Integrative Conflict-Management Strategies, and Team Effectiveness: A Field Study, DonnaMaria Christina Vigil-King
Pedagogy and power relations in English studies ; insights from literary and rhetorical theory, Jeffrey Walter Walkington
The c-Jun n-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK) pathway in paclitaxel-induced apoptosis of cancer cells, Tzu-Hao Wang
The effects of the intensity of racial identity attitudes on predicting college preference for African-American high school seniors, Candace L. Washington
The ecology and management of black bears in the Tensas River Basin of Louisiana, Keith Marshall Weaver
This gaudy, gilded stage, Jeremy W. Webster
Interaction of beta-adrenergic receptors, NNK, and ethanol in selected pancreatic carcinoma cell lines, Diann Lynn Weddle
Conformational studies of monoacylated anthocyanins : factors that affect their color stability, Neil Andrew Whittemore
Analysis of a transmission-based robotic servoactuator concept, Thomas Christopher Widner
Discrete conformal welding, George Brock Williams
The experience of religious serpent handling : a phenomenological study, William Paul Williamson
Citizen participation in environmental decisionmaking [sic] : the Department of Energy experience with site specific advisory boards, Walter Lee Williams
Electron-phonon effects in graphene and an armchair (10,10) single wall carbon nanotube, Lilia Milcheva Rapatinska Woods
Cometabolic oxidation of TCE (trichloroethylene) by Pseudomonas putida F1 in biofiltration, Hae-Jin Woo
Damage assessment and progression in a polyisocyanurate based continuous swirl mat composite, Darnell Carlton Worley II
Stability analysis of rock blocks around tunnels, Yan Wu
A survey of Knox County, Tennessee residents on the use and disposal of household hazardous waste, Charles Richard Yard
Quantum chaos in the periodically kicked Rydberg atom, Shuhei Yoshida
New solution methodologies for multi-period stochastic programming decision models, Guey-Mei You
The murine mutation scurfy (sf) results in an antigen-dependent disease with altered T-cell sensitivity, Joanne Louise Zahorsky-Reeves
Dissertations from 1998
Modeling highway construction tasks to determine project duration, Abdulrazak B. Abdulghafour
Ethnic self-identity and the role of Islam : a study of the Yemeni community in the south end of Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan, Abdullah Azib Al-Ahmary
Literacy and literacy instruction : interns' perceptions, Cathleen Frances Allred
Control of Food Intake and Expression of Hunger in the Northern Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon (L.), Paul Timothy Andreadis
Tarnished silver : the silver-fork novel and the rhetoric for reform, Maria K. Bachman
The meaning of solitude in the lives of creative writers, Helen Angelyn Bales
Isolation and characterization of PTR3 : a novel gene required for amino acid-responsive signal transduction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, R. David Barnes
Population and molecular effects of nonpolar narcotics on Tetrahymena pyriformis, Anna Pate Bearden
Albert Schweitzer's ethic of reverence for life : analysis, defense and applications to the veterinary profession, Rebecca Ann Bennett
An analysis of the effect of computer work station associated pain on work performance, Mary Lockhart Benton
Comparison of traditional and reentry students and the attribution of learned helplessness, Linda Blair
The beginning and end of health insurance in the United States, Lynne Marie Bownds
Soil genesis and classification in the Whiteoak Mountain fault block in East Tennessee, Janice L. Branson
Significant leadership developmental experiences of five pioneering women executives in higher education, Janet Brooker
Predicting bird extinctions following tropical deforestation, Thomas Matthew Brooks
Where the rule perscribes not' : duty and narrative mediation in the eighteenth-century British novel, Kenneth Michael Brothers
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Janie L. Burney
An analysis of academic factors associated with a transition program integrated with first grade, Stephanie Spencer Carroll
Couples' beliefs in myths about marriage, remarriage, and parenting, Susan Alford Carter
Stochastic models for performance analyses of iterative algorithms in distributed environments, Henri Casanova
Economic analysis of sustainable agriculture in the tropical rain forest of Brazil : agricultural techniques in Rondônia, Jill L. Caviglia
A profile of visitors according to lifestyle and activity level preferences and personal values at heritage tourism destinations, James Arthur Chandler
Evaluation of mechanisms whereby normal cells modulate expression of the neoplastic phenotype, Gin-Wen Chang
Laser-induced gas breakdown and ignition, Ying-Ling A. Chen
Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated plant root transformation for study of genes important in legume nodulation, Ru-Ju Chian
The effect of modifying eicosanoid biosynthesis on intestinal tumor load in the Min/+ mouse, Chun-Hung Chiu
The Effect of Modifying Eicosanoid Biosynthesis on Tumor Load in the Min/+ Mouse, Chun-Hung Chiu
Changing the Court's ideological direction : the Burger and Rehnquist Courts, Doug Clouatre
The transition from meiotic prophase to metaphase I during mouse spermatogenesis, John Andrew Cobb
Influence of pragmatic performance on functional communication in aphasic adults, Kimberly L. Collins
Selected TESOL teacher preparation programs in the southeastern United States : and the implementation of TESOL guidelines, Angela Crespo Cozart
The roles of fitness, family history of hypertension, and stressor novelty/familiarity in moderating the cardiovascular stress response in college men and women, Francis W. Craig
The teachers' voice : a qualitative study of teachers' views of the impact of computers on teaching and learning, Basma Damiri-Khader
An analysis of the immunological consequences of the lack of normal secondary lymphoid tissue : the lymphotoxin-alpha knock-out mouse model, Ila Anne Davis
The multiple convolution integral approach to uncertainty analysis in fate and transport models used in risk assessment, Emran A. Dawoud
The proliferation of Olympic meanings : interpretation of Olympic texts, Tracy Ann Delphia
Tribal ecopoesis in the Eastern United States, Roger E. Dendinger
A longitudinal investigation of psychological sense of community on campus, Daniel L. DeNeui
Investigations into the modes of substrate binding to aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes, Enrico Leo DiGiammarino
Molecular analysis of the constitutive and barbiturate-induced expression of a Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 gene, Cyp6a2, Susan M. Dombrowski
Metal ion selectivity influences in polymer-supported reagents, Cheryl E. Duffey
Advances in alpha liquid scintillation spectrometry, Jonathan Micah Duffey
Being Cherokee in a White World: Ethnic Identity in a Post-Removal American Indian Enclave, Betty J. Duggan
The effects of early menarche on health risk behaviors, Phyllis MacDonald Du Mont
Retinoid associated proteins in the ovary and oviduct and retinol's effect on oocyte maturation and embryonic development, Dawn M. Eberhardt
The function of per curiam summary dispositions in the supreme court : the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist eras, Loretta Maxwell Edgemon
Romancing the smokestack : formula-apportioned corporate income taxes and regional economic development, Kelly Dane Edmiston
Mediated inequality : the role of governmental, business, and scientific elites in public education, Wanda Rushing Edwards