Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1999
In-line monitoring of polymer processing using fiber-optic spectroscopy, Jigui Li
Synthesis of a silyl complex and studies of mechanistic pathways in chemical vapor deposition of metal-silicon-nitrogen ternary and zirconium carbide thin films, Xiaozhan Vivian Liu
Local television news viewing : the relationship between anchor characteristics and frequency and exclusivity of viewing, John James Lombardi
Accountability in public agency contracting : the case of child protective services in east Tennessee, Christine G. Ludowise
Working memory and writing : a comparison of two types of dynamic assessment of working memory and the relationship to writing ability of heterogeneously grouped seventh grade students, Sandra Regina Machleit
Goal orientation and work environment needs related to the interpretation of multi-rater feedback, Sabine Brigitte Maetzke
Precision farming : an economic and environmental analysis of within-field variability, Shivakumar B. Mahajanashetti
Real-time fault identification for developmental turbine engine testing, Donald J. Malloy
Factors predicting distribution and threat for island and continental birds, Lisa Louise Manne
Perceived effectiveness of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping : the role of appraisal of event controllability and personality traits, Lawrence Ira Marks
A quasi-static model-based control methodology for articulated mechanical systems, Scott K. Marland
Evaluation of nitric oxide production by bovine alveolar macrophages, Gary L. Mason
Middle-class, white-collar offenders: needy women - greedy men?, Karen A. Mason
The assessment of sexual intimacy : a validity study, Roxie F. Massey
Uses of college radio station web sites : an exploratory study, Steven Robert McClung
The Beauties and Beasts of Nineteenth-century French fiction, Patricia Ann McCoy
A phenomenological study of the experience of the spouse of a heart transplant recipient, Alice Hill McCurry
MMPI-2 studies of posttraumatic adjustment following physical or sexual abuse, Elizabeth Anne McKee
The relationship of nursing care to health outcomes of preterm infants : testing a theory of health promotion for preterm infants based on Levine's Conservation Model of Nursing, Linda Carol Mefford
The influence of the undergraduate chemistry department on female chemistry majors, Gail McDade Meyer
A biomechanical analysis of pelvic tilt control and trunk muscle activity during isometric and dynamic lifting, Marisa Anne Miller
Development and application of a genetic algorithm-informational modeling approach to exploatory statistical modeling of lizard-habitat relationships, James J. Minesky
Centrality dependence of antiproton production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 17.5 and 12.3 GeV, Saskia Mioduszewski
Effects of Cis and Trans Unsaturated Fatty Acids on Blood Ethanol Clearance in Rats, Mei-Shin Mong
The development and validation of the scale of interpersonal cynicism, Danny Steven Moore
The rheology of chain molecules under shear, Jonathan D. Moore
The effects of walking volume on blood pressure in hypertensive postmenopausal women, Kerrie L. Moreau
The German discovery of America : commerce and diplomacy in two emerging nations, 1776-1835, Sam Ali Mustafa
Financial statement fraud : capital market effects and ameliorating management actions, Albert Lawrence Nagy
Synthesis and characterization of polymer-supported calix[4]arenes and bifunctional ion-exchange resins for selective metal ion complexation, Subramanian Natesan
The influence of animated spokes-character actions and vocalizations on preschoolers' product knowledge and preferences, Sabrina Moreland Neeley
Georgia's special instructional assistance program : the impact on academic achievement, Leisa Kim Nichols
Dilemmas and prospects for democratization in sub-Saharan Africa : democratic transition and consolidation in Kenya and Zambia, Joseph G. Njoroge
Educational psychology at the millennium: an electronic analysis of doctoral programs, Michael E. Nolan
Synthesis and development of selective ion-exchange resins for the removal of toxic metal ions from water in the environment, Robert Dean Ober
Sulfentrazone behavior in surface soil : dissipation, degradation, adsorption and mobility, George Anthony Ohmes
Intergenerational Programming: Yesterday's Memories, Today's Moments, and Tomorrow's Hopes, Kathleen Ann O'Rourke
The relationship of cognitive learning styles, mathematics attitude, and achievement in a problem posing classroom, Mary Ellen Owens
Flavor and Storage Stability of Potato Chips Fried in Cottonseed and Sunflower Oils and Sunflower:Palm Olein Oil Blends, Philipus Pangloli
The use of radio to increase parental involvement in education of their children, Rita Charlsia Patterson
I'd just be wantin' to go on': gifted students talk about waiting in the regular classroom, Marie E. Peine
Exploring the information processing capabilities of random dendritic neural nets, Tzusheng Pei
Power, resistance, and the state: a case study of economic development in Roane County, Tennessee, Deborah Godwin Perkins
Theoretical and algorithmic approaches to field-programmable gate array partitioning, Barbara Catherine Plaut
The experience of students in a collaborative learning classroom, Melissa Marty Portwood
Permanence of invariant subspaces under functional calculus and related topics, Gabriel Titu Prǎjiturǎ
Oh, flower of Eastern silence' : the influence of Indian religion on American fiction, 1882-1933, Nathaniel Hope Preston
The perceptions of selected older adults about the impact of a university adult education program on their lives : a phenomenological study, Amy Sarah Sue Price
Application of multisolute adsorption equilibrium to the simulation of nonlinear chromatographic band profiles, Igor Quiñones-García
Enhancement of the properties of polymer blends by hydrogen bonding and transesterification, Bijan Radmard
Early analysis of VLSI systems with packaging considerations, Karthikeyan Ramamurthi
The foreign language glossed reader : authentic literary text as comprehensible input, Avigail Rashkovsky
The sedentary relapse experiences of African American women, Serena Reese
Finding Fibonacci : an interdisciplinary liberal arts course based on mathematical patterns, Margaret Stevenson Ribble
Effects of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T metabolites on degradation of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids, dibenzofuran, and dibenzo-p-dioxin by environmental bacteria, James Franklin Rice
Leadership behaviors of principals and student achievement, Craig DeWitt Rigell
Removal Period Cherokee Households in Southwestern North Carolina: Material Perspectives on Ethnicity and Cultural Differentiation, Brett High Riggs
The effects of predator presence on insect behavior: consequences for individual fitness, population growth and pest suppression in agroecosystems, Rebecca Young Rivers
Landscape-level control of population dynamics: late-Quaternary paleoecology of beech in upper Michigan, William Petty Rivers
The perceived impact of childhood parental divorce on young adults, Cheryl Malone Robinson
An analysis of the temporal dynamics in tree species diversity for major tree taxa of two states in the midsouth, USA, James Forrest Rosson
Quaternary Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Central Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Implications for the Initial Human Occupation, Michael William Ruddell
The resource-based and relational views: complementary perspectives of competitive advantage, Joel A. Ryman
Survival of inoculate Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes in soymilk mixtures during fermentation and refrigerated storage, Boonsong Saeng-on
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