Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1998
Making the switcheroo : the experiences of veteran teachers of aggressive and challenging students, Carol A. Marchel
The gentlemen Sabbatarians : the Sabbath Movement in the upper south, 1826-1836, Forrest L. Marion
A phenomenological investigation of the experience of teaching for graduate teaching assistants, James Gary Marsh
High order statistical signatures from source-driven measurements of subcritical fissile systems, John Kelly Mattingly
A critical edition of "The Gravestones Wept" by Evelyn Scott, with commentary and textual notes, Caroline C. Maun
Synthetic and structural studies on anti-HIV agents, Anand Mayasundari
Mismatch negativity and P300 evoked response potentials : perception and discrimination of /r/ and /l/ in Korean and English listeners, Cynthia Anne McCormick
An individual-based modeling study of lake fish communities in Lake Mendota Wisconsin : the importance of considering food web interactions, Dennis Michael McDermot
The validation of market beliefs and their relationship with dimensions of the price cue, Karen M. McGowan
A Formative Evaluation of an Empathy Training Model, Beverly McKee
Testing a nursing intervention to enhance paternal-infant interaction and promote paternal role assumption, Mary Margaret Meighan
The Experimental Analysis of Aqueous Lithium Bromide Vertical Film Absorption, William A. Miller
Making the computer a part of teaching : a piece of the puzzle, Karen Little Milligan
The Zen of modern poetry : reading Eliot, Stevens, and Williams in a Zen context, Claudia Milstead
Cascade arc studies of nonequilibrium hydrogen/nitrogen plasmas, Trevor Michael Moeller
Annealing, structure, and melting in random metallocene ethylene/octene copolymers, Kenneth Monar
The experience of faith, Murray Jay Moses
Determining the value of radio station web sites : an exploratory study, Reginald E. Murphy
Audit committee effectiveness : an examination of audit committee composition and auditor switching, Terry Linden Neal
Rural and urban differences in people living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers : social support, types of need, and caregiver burden, Mary Maureen Newton
Critical thinking in nursing students : a comparison of designs, Barbara Rohrer Norwood
Mothers' Perceptions of Family-Centered Early Intervention Service Coordination, Elsa MacMillan Nownes
The melody lingers on : the persistence of the elegy in British poetry, Frances Elaine Oswald
Hidden traumas : the experience of multiple sclerosis, Stephen John Page
Manufacturing a New South : the business biography of John Gary Anderson, Craig S. Pascoe
Measuring personal reliability via conditional reasoning : identifying people who will work reliably, Timothy Walker Patton
Voices through the margins : a qualitative study exploring voice and marginality in the experiences of three women who have physical disabilities, Laura Mellen Payne
Is there a relationship between child sexual abuse and chronic pain?, Patricia Lynn Peacock
The diffusion of internet technology in the workplace, James W. Pearce
A Life of Paradox: The Experience of Eating Disorders in Five University Women Athletes, DeeAnne K. Pearson
A study to ascertain law enforcement officers' perceived risk of occupational exposure to HIV and HBV, Kenneth M. Pearson
No way out : mothers' experiences of living with children who are hard-to-manage, Marian Beck Phillips
Electrophysiologic correlates of stop consonant perception in normal and hearing-impaired listeners, Patrick N. Plyler
Activity organization in Mississippian households : a case study from the Loy Site in East Tennessee, Richard R. Polhemus
The effect of a holistic wellness course on community college students' wellness behaviors, Christy T. Price
The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians, Joseph M. Prince
Turkistan: Kazak Religion and Collective Memory, Bruce G. Privratsky
Teaching about patriotism : an assessment of teacher attitudes and classroom practices, Errol David Putman
Induced Altruism in the Maintenance of Institutionalized Celibacy, Hector N. Qirko
Iterative reconstruction of three-dimensional magnetic resonance images from boron data, Fernando Rodrigo Rannou
Quantitative EEG differences during the administration of a continuous performance task among adults with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Howard Wheeler Rasey
Multi-scale analysis of Unionid freshwater mussel community structure in the upper Tennessee River basin, Brenda Rashleigh
The experience of longing, Li Ravicz
A study of the health risk behaviors of students attending historically black colleges and universities, Deitra Mechelle Reese
The re-production of violence in the lives of domestically violent men : a phenomenological study, Ronda Redden Reitz
Predicting risk for early exit from foster care for newly approved foster parents, Kathryn Woodcock Rhodes
The value relevance of non-financial performance variables and accounting information : the case of the airline industry, Richard Anthony Riley
The development of the performance environment perception scale and its underlying theoretical model, David E. Ripley
The Manaus Free Trade Zone and deforestation in the State of Amazonas, Alexandre A. F. Rivas
Determinants of diet and physical activity of fifth-grade children, Carolyn Huff Robinson
Lyric suspicion : a defense of a mode through the study of four recent American poets, Curt Nelson Rode
The world we would inherit : state department planning for the postwar world, 1939-1945, Mark David Roehrs
Power, sex, and relationship quality in late adolescent dating relationships, Sharon Scales Rostosky
The case for risk-based environmental taxation, Thomas Robert Sadler
Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in 2D aggregation, Ilya Moiseevich Sandler
Sustainable development in Amazonia : can industrial innovation increase competitiveness and contribute to environmental enhancement?, William Edward Schramm
Crystallization of random copolymers based on poly(hexamethylene adipamide), Stein Lee Schreiber
Rulemaking and the assumptions of regulatory theories : an empirical test of influences on state rulemaking output, B. Thomas Schuman
Cadmium toxicity in Glycine max and analysis of the model legume, Lotus japonicus, Gerry Lynn Sexton
Antecedents and effects of privacy concern among on-line consumers, Kim Bartel Sheehan
Degradation of toluene and trichloroethylene in a radial flow reactor, Justin Thomas Shingleton
Surfactant-enhanced dissolution and photolysis of chlorinated aromatic compounds (CACS), Zhou Shi
Transfer of training as perceived by trainers and supervisors in the workplace, Harold L. Shoemaker
In vitro reversal of glutathione-S-transferase mediated resistance in canine osteosarcoma (COS31) cells : implications for patient manag[e]ment, Ahmed Mohamed Shoieb
State dependent polling models, Mahender Pal Singh
Expression and function of southern bean mosaic virus genes, Kailayapillai Sivakumaran
Partial purification and characterization of Aflatoxin B₁ degrading enzyme produced by Flavobacterium aurantiacum, Ronald Derike Smiley
Reestablishing connections between bioethics and Christianity : narratives and virtues in caring for a Christian patient, Bradford Ray Smith
Rotational bands representing a multiplicity of shapes in ¹²⁷⁻¹³¹Pr, Bradley Hagood Smith
An examination of the construct maternal myth and its relationship to mothering behavior, Greta Griffith Smith
Experiencing Abortion: A Phenomenological Investigation, Kathryn Rea Smith
Experimental and analytical investigations of low pressure wall-stabilized segmented arc heaters, Robert Kenneth Smith
Health care reform in the Baltic States, Zigrida L. Smith
A Monte Carlo investigation of the statistical thermodynamics for polymers in various solvent types : simulations of the free chain, the grafted chain, and two chains grafted to a common wall, Charlene Carpenter Sorensen
Technology and test scores : the impact of technology funding on student achievement as measured by standardized test scores on the Georgia High School Graduation Tests, Virginia Peck Souders
Automatic identification of organ/tissue regions in CT image data for the implementation of patient specific phantoms for treatment planning in cancer therapy, Richard Blaine Sparks
Assessing older worker perceived climate of occupational health and safety : a descriptive study, Charles Keith Stalnaker
Training medical students to care compassionately, Robert Matthew Stolick
Economic effects of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program on the Western Tennessee economy, Otto Patricio Suarez
Evaluation of two in vitro ciliated epithelial systems, dog trachea and frog palate, for potential as screens for acute inhalation toxicity, Jerilyn M. Swann
Organisms and identities : the essentiality of genetic constitution at origin, Carolyn Teresa Szetela
Fractal and Rayleigh particle scattering for size determination, Yuanji Tang
Fusing traditions : the epic conventions of Anglo-Saxon poetry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Keith P. Taylor
New reactions of carbonyl compounds with organoboranes and haloboranes, David Tejedor
Task-domain vision : theory and architecture, Scott M. Thayer
Neutrophils, chemokines and CD4+ T-cells in the pathogenesis of Herpetic Stromal Keratitis, Johnson Thomas
Sowing seeds : the daily press and the evolution of Tennessee's agricultural extension service, James G. Thornton
An assessment of the effects of multi-session audio-visual stimulation on cognitive measures and the cortical EEG, DeAnna Lee Timmermann
Diatom succession across the late Pleistocene/Holocene interval : an example from the southeastern United States, Robert L. Tolliver
The theology of grace, justification, and Baptism in Pearl, Jena Theresa Trammell
Evaluation of a site-specific weed management strategy, Joyce Allison Tredaway
Making do : case studies of Disciple of Christ congregations in the Great Depression, Donald Wesley Trotter
Characterization of the relationship of mixing height development and collapse to surface-level ozone concentrations, Steven Mack Trotter
Sexual risk behaviors and knowledge of STDs/AIDS reported by tractor-trailer drivers : a baseline for education, Elizabeth Anne Boyd Tuning
Using prescribed fire to regenerate Pinus echinata, P. pungens, and P. rigida communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains, Nicole Leigh Turrill
Control of chaotic and nonlinear systems influenced by dynamic noise, Nicolaas Aaldert Van Goor
Photochemistry of chlorobenzene interacting with the surface of amorphous ice, Terry Evans Vaughn