Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1996
A comparative study of economic literacy of high school students taking economics and marketing education in Tennessee public secondary schools, Janice Demarest Staley Cole
An assessment of the effectiveness of a diabetes education program, James LeRoy Coleman
Characterization of the tumor and ocular phenotype in transgenic line TgN3261Rpw, Carmen Maria Helena Colitz
Computational experiments concerning the effects of pollution abatement capital investment on U.S. manufacturing productivity, Jeffery Thomas Collins
Situational concerns regarding manipulated factors and noise in industrial experiments with restrictions on randomization, Antony Nicholas Cooper
Image metrics for human search and discrimination of textured targets and backgrounds, Anthony C. Copeland
Cognitive certainty : trust and betrayal in interpersonal relationships, Laurie L. Couch
The conception of self of left-handed individuals, Lyle Milford Craig
It takes more than good intentions : a qualitative study of cross-cultural teaching, Diane Creitz Cudahy
Factors related to the perceived effectiveness of a career development workshop, Lynn Bauer Curtis
Determinants and effects of growth strategies in the banking industry, Kendall Brian Cyree
A structural monetary model under de facto federal funds rate targeting, Russell Edward Dabbs
Dose Response and Functional Consequences of Choline Induced Changes in Carnitine Homeostasis in Guinea Pigs, James William Daily
A phenomenological analysis of the performance experience for elite female collegiate basketball players, Janine M. D'Anniballe
Propagation of ultrasonic pulses in flawed media : applications to nondestructive testing and evaluation, Georgi Metodiev Daskalov
Perceptions of first-grade teachers of the transition from kindergarten to first grade, Barbara Jean Davis
Party leadership and floor management in the United States Senate, David Davis
Investigations of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor lipopeptide : structure-function relationships and target cell responses, Angus L. Dawe
The persistence of allegory in modern and comtemporary American poetry, Lance Marshall Dean
Organizational effectiveness through work situation and transfer of training influences on employee computer use self-efficacy, Carol A. Decker
The utility of chemical signals as characters in phylogenetic studies : examples from the Felidae, Denise M. Decker
Anonymous attribution and official news sources in the reporting of Bosnia and Somalia : a study of conflict coverage in American newspapers, Bryan E. Denham
The structure of moral perspective in experiences of anger expression in women, Gayle Denham
A structural equations analysis of the relationship between personality and performance in a supervisory assessment center, David W. Denton
Design and Fabrication of a Mechanical Device for "in-situ" Measurement of Density of a Wood Particle Mat during Pressing, Estevao V.C.M. de Paula
Cross Sectional Study of Growth in Developed and Developing Countries An Analysis of the Endogeneity of Human Capital and Income Inequality, Luiz A. de Paula
Adaptive range image segmentation and direct graph matching for 3-D object recognition : algorithms, integrated framework and implementations, Frederick W. DePiero
Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of novel orthometallated platinum phosphine complexes, Jeffrey Craig DePriest
The Study of The Kinetics Of Crystallization Of Polymers During Rapid Cooling And Computer Modeling Of Melt Spinning Process, Zhuomin Ding
Size and shape variation in early East African Homo and the validity of Homo habilis as single species, Steven M. Donnelly
Social, cognitive and academic factors associated with high school seniors' educational expectations, Gwynetta F. Draper
Development of a continuous energy version of the Monte Carlo code KENO V.a, Michael E. Dunn
An ex ante test of the Jenkins Committee disclosure recommendations, Tim V. Eaton
The GA heuristic generically has hyperbolic fixed points, Mary Vann Eberlein
Possible role for neopterin: control of purine metabolism, Samuel John Ebong
Intra-organizational mobility : an examination of factors related to employees' willingness to relocate, Lillian Turner Eby
A comparison of sustained attention in subjects with learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit\Hyperactivity Disorder, Joel David Effler
A supply response model for Indonesian palm oil, Retno Augustina Ekaputri
The Second Creek war : the unexplored conflict, John Thaddeus Ellisor
The absent therapist's presence : a thematic analysis of patients' experiences of their therapist in imagination, David R. Eskra
Family memorials : domestic imagery in the life and death of Princess Charlotte Augusta, Kevin Eubanks
Yankees in Dixie : the story of Chattanooga, 1870-1898, Timothy P. Ezzell
Managers' behavioral responses to subordinate appraisal feedback : predictors and outcomes, Carolyn Lehr Facteau
Traffic assignment procedures and the impacts on mobile source emission estimates, Li-Yang Feng
Applications of Optimal Control, Katherine Renee Fister
Synthesis and fluxional behavior of mixed metal trinuclear clusters of the cobalt group containing carbene, carbyne and alkyne ligands, Frank Holger Försterling
Extensions of Green's Function Discretization for Modeling Acoustics in Inhomogeneous Media, Jonathan C. French
An analytical study to determine the effectiveness of the better education program in equalizing available educational opportunities in select Tennessee public schools, Charles Thomas Frye
Nicosulfuron and primisulfuron activiy, absorption, translocation, and metabolism in broadleaf signalgrass (Brachiaria platyphylla), Kent Gallaher
The Influence of Point-of-Purchase Cafeteria-Based Nutrition Education Program on High School Students, Magali O. Gamio
Function and regulation of the nolA gene of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Minviluz Luna Garcia
The impact of team leader behavior on team effectiveness : a leader-member exchange theoretic perspective, Jill George
Extensions of Commutative Rings With Linearly Ordered Intermediate Rings, Michael Scott Gilbert
The Nature of Hope Among Men and Women Living with HIV-AIDS, Jeannie Vaughn Gillian
The effects of viewing episodes of violence on the level of felt hostility among African American college students, Gilbert Wade Gipson
Evaluating and modeling flood potential in ungaged high relief basins in East Tennessee : a hydrogeomorphic approach, Gailya Talbert Glawson
Effects of a motor enriched environment on the Lurcher Mutant, a behavioral and histological study, Karen C. Goss
Synthesis, characterization, and computational analysis of a series of butyrothiophenones and 3-carbamoyl ecgonines, James Timothy Gotsick
The study of the characteristics of packing material for preparative liquid chromatography, Hong Guan
Parental perceptions of stress and coping : families of preschoolers with and without disabilities, Pamela E. Guess
Cultural Value Orientations as an Antecedent to the Formation of International Interfirm Relationships: The Developmentof Cultural Value Dimensions in a Business Context, Susan Forquer Gupta
Negative voting in congressional elections : does representation really matter?, Sissie Hadjiharalambous
Isolation of the calmodulin N-methyltransferase and characterization of its interaction with calmodulin, Chang-Hoon Han
Black doctoral graduates from a predominantly White university, Elisabeth S. Wright Harrison
Troubling gender : transgression and postmodern fiction, Kristi Larkin Havens
Troubling gender : transgression and postmodern fiction, Kristi Larkin Havens
Measuring achievement motives : the process of conditional reasoning through the reading comprehension and inference test, Anthony L. Hemmelgarn
The Advertising Council and its Religion in American Life campaign, Volker Rudi Henning
Sustaining the hope : African American women's perceptions of high school experiences, Faye L. Hicks-Townes
Jordan : an allegorical novel exploring meaning in educational and counseling psychology, Graham Egerton Higgs
A multidimensional assessment of narcissistic personality disorder, Mark J. Hilsenroth
The interactive effect of shade and drought on seedling growth and survival, Milena Holmgren
The effect of reading instruction on calibration abilities of at-risk college reading students, Peggy F. Hopper
An effective algorithm for enhancing a non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram, Steven L. Horner
Becoming a writer : the personal and pedagogical effects of participating in a writing group on teachers of writing, Sandra Padgett Horn
Fuzzy expert system for predicting financial performance of small, technology-based companies, Michael William Howard
Evaluating the quality of a behavioral assessment instrument : a treatment validity study, Katherine Hulse-Trotter
Analysis of travel behavior characteristics of individuals through work-related trip-chaining, Tae Youn Jang
Secular Change and Allometry in the Long Limb Bones of Americans from the Mid 1700s through the 1970s, Lee Meadows Jantz
Analysis of academic and social coping of African American and Caucasian elementary school students, Linda C. Jessie-Jones
Toxins! Tocsin: The North Hollywood Dump in Memphis, Tennessee: A Community's Struggle Against Environmental Racism, Glenn Steve Johnson
Fate of Pseudomonas fluorescens 5RL and its reporter plasmid for naphthalene biodegradation in soil environments, Wade Hampton Johnston
Regulation and physiological actions of the renin-angiotensin system in adipocytes, Brynn Harrison Jones
Orang Asli amidst ethnic diversity : a case study in aboriginal political development in West Malaysia, Roy Davis Linville Jumper
A study of the predictive validity of the Urban Teacher Perceiver Interview in the Knox County School System, Mary Lou Smith Kanipe
Optimal fuzzy control design using simulated annealing and application to feedwater heater control, Kadir Kavaklioglu
Canine Hypoadrenocorticism (Canine Addison's Disease): History, Contemporary Diagnosis by Practicing Veterinarians, and Epidemiology, William James Kelch
Cost allocation pricing (cap) in the motor carrier industry, Gregory Michael Kellar
Defining anatomically modern Homo sapiens in the context of modern human origins : a size and shape approach, James H. Kidder
Facilitated transport of sodium perrhenate across supported liquid membranes, Srinivas Kilambi
Role of Intracellular Free Calcium in the Obesity and Insulin Resistance Associated with Dominant Agouti Mutations, Jung Han Kim
The melting behavior and structure of ethylene copolymers from metallocene catalysts, Man-ho Kim
Fault tolerant matrix operations for parallel and distributed systems, Youngbae Kim
The chemistry of alkyne adduct complexes of the cyclopentadienyl-based cobalt cluster (CpCo)₃(CO)₂, William D. King
3-D MHD plasma armature railgun simulations, Dmitri A. Kondrashov