Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1998
Stature estimation in fossil hominids, Samantha Marie Hens
Hierarchial delays as a source of sticky prices : evidence from two workably competitive industries, Michael Joseph Hicks
Development of the group method of data handling with information-based model evaluation criteria : a new approach to statistical modeling, Cheryl R. Hild
Predicting astronaut radiation doses from major solar particle events using artificial intelligence, Nazila Hosseini-Tehrani
Image analysis of fabric pills and fuzz, Chang-Huei Hsi
Special zoning strategy in the People's Republic of China : state capacity and policy implementation, Jianxin Huang
Quantitative pattern recognition using nonlinear model-based analysis, Martin Anthony Hunt
Demographics of students enrolled in post-secondary credit certificate programs in selected public Georgia institutions with a follow-up survey of certificate students at Dalton College, Carolyn Reynolds Jensen
Information retrieval and filtering using the Riemannian SVD, Eric Peiqing Jiang
The Athlete's Experience of Being Coached: An Existential-Phenomenological Investigation, Matthew Steven Johnson
Specific heat and electrical resistivity of FeAl alloys, Michael Delos Kass
Chromosomally-based bioluminescent reporter strains for monitoring monocyclic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioavailability and biodegradation, Staci Rose Kehrmeyer
Critical events and agenda building in the U.S. and Great Britain : a comparative analysis of the communication effects of terrorist acts on elite newspaper coverage and policy statements, Kenneth C. Killebrew
Factorization in monoid domains, Hwankoo Kim
Codimension two submanifold decompositions that induce approximate fibrations, Yongkuk Kim
The uses and gratifications of the World Wide Web: an audience analysis for local television broadcasters, Randall E. King
Numerical simulation of singular solutions of the Generalized Korteweg - de Vries Equation, Janusz Kolodziejczyk
The role of evidence in Reformed epistemology, Michael Douglas Krogman
The reluctant seducer in the absence of desire : exploring the path of the fractured self in the texts of Albert Cohen through the works of Plato, Lacan and Kristeva, Nelly Grossman Kupper
Sporting femininity : perceptions of femininity and homophobia within the sport and recreation experiences of women, Maria Kwiatkowski
What the grandchildren learned : the relationship between English and indigenous languages in North American Indian autobiography, Leslie M. LaChance
Mediated religion : motivations for religious web site usage : an exploratory study of Christian web site users, Michael Jerome Laney
Minding the gap : a cross-country analysis of wage differentials using the Luxembourg Income Study Database, Mary Kirchner Lanier
Grassroots reform in the age of New South agriculture and Bourbon Democracy : the Agricultural Wheel, the Farmers' Alliance, and the People's Party in Tennessee, 1884-1892, Connie Lee Lester
⁹⁹Tc bioassay by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), Linda A. Lewis
Applications of optimal control theory to wave equations and a predator-prey model, Min Liang
Performance and mastery orientation : implications for teams in complex decision making situations, Kyle Martin Lundby
Developing an instrument to measure middle school children's perceptions of the relationship between school-related behaviors and adult opportunities, Laura Yvonne Malone
The reproductive biology of Cornus florida L. (Cornaceae), Kathleen Renick Malueg
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