Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1997
Analysis of fatigue prone details on a continuous steel girder bridge, Shima Najem Clarke
On environmental interventions and management strategies, Bruce Clemens
Auditory evoked potentials for words with high positive and high negative connotative values, Steven J. Cloud
Salvaged cargo : Herman Melville, John Wiley, and the revised edition of Typee, Carl Randall Cluff
The experience of identity development for adopted adolescents : a phenomenological investigation, James L. Coffield
A theory on perturbations of the Dirac operator, Suzanne Elizabeth Collier
A national survey to determine the status of the design and teaching techniques of young adult literature courses at the college or university level, Melissa Jean Reese Comer
A theoretical study of Cooper minima in Rydberg atoms, Ivan L. Cordrey
NMR studies of aminoglycoside antibiotics bound to an aminoglycoside antibiotic 3'-phosphotransferase, James Richard Cox
Mao Zedong's traditionalism, Caimu Cui
Population dynamics, range-size, and the risk of extinction, John L. Curnutt
Pathogenesis and modulation of herpetic stromal keratitis, Massoud Daheshia
An integrated approach for plant monitoring and diagnosis using multiresolution wavelet analysis, Aucyone Augusto Da Silva
Metabolic effects of cortisol during exercise in humans, Pedro Del Corral Salcedo
Rewarding the team : an investigation of the direct and indirect effects of team-based reward practices on team cooperation and performance, Jacquelyn Suzanne DeMatteo
Numerical study of lift augmentation in massively separated turbulent flows with forcing, Andrew Gregory Denny
Electron emission in collisions of 0.5 MeV/u C²⁺₂ai, Dharmin Dhananjay Desai
Women in higher education administration : a cultural approach, Linda D. Dietz
Platelet-derived growth factor : a regulatory link to endometrial epithelial growth, Robert Lindsey Donnell
Adopting a total quality strategy for competitive advantage : a resource-based evaluation, Thomas J. Douglas
Comparative mapping of human chromosome 19P and the identification of Cacnl1a4 : the gene responsible for the mouse neurological mutant, tottering, Johannah Lynn Doyle
Metabolic and perceptual responses to short-term cycle training in children, Glen E. Duncan
An analysis of the effects of ownership structure on corporate policy choices, Amitabh Shanker Dutta
Dosimetry and stability studies of the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy agent F-BPA-Fr using PET and MRI, Jonathan P. Dyke
Women and the ethics of clinical research : broadening conceptions of justice, Lisa Eckenwiler
Stretching the boundaries : space, gender, and sentimental education in four novels by British women 1791-1853, Catherine Bowen Emanuel
Predictive and concurrent validity of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test and the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence-II with achievement, Connie Theriot England
Effects of spatial scale on play and language behaviors of preschool children, Lea Helen Evans
The study of column packing homogeneity and flow profiles in packed chromatographic columns, Tivadar Farcas
A qualitative study of males in the dental hygiene profession, Charles Carroll Faust
The self-commutator of a subnormal operator, Nathan Stephen Feldman
The problematics of gender specificity in Sarraute's Enfance, Yourcenar's Quoi? L'eérniteℓ́and Desvignes's Le Grain du chanvre ou l'histoire de Jeanne, Brenda Young Ferrell
Optimal monitoring systems using statistical experimental design, Deborah M. Flanagan
A new method for the prediction of combustion instability, Steven Neville Flanagan
Spatial and temporal characteristics of lotic periphyton assemblages : do species matter?, Terry Eugene Flum
Marital, parental, and life satisfaction in clergy families : work-stressor effects and religious coping styles as moderators, Curtis Anthony Fox
The minimum data set as a predictor of resident outcome in long term care facilities, Omar Dale Franklin
Examination of dynamical behavior and estimation of toxicant levels in chemically stressed population models, Eric Takeo Funasaki
Evaluating the effectiveness of two instructional techniques for teaching food safety principles to food service employees, Thomas F. Gaddis
The social acceptability of intimate expression in same- and mixed-sex dyads, Ameera Celeste Gaia
The legacy of John Law's preclassical research program in monetary theory and policy, Thomas Parkinson Garst
"'Anglican frontiersmen' : the lives and ministries of missionaries serving the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in eighteenth century New England", Benton Earl Gates
The English methods course as viewed by English educators and leaders in secondary school English, Marshall Anthony George
A thermal model for the differentiation of Asteroid 4 Vesta, based on radiogenic and collisional heating, Amitabha Ghosh
Pose and motion estimation from vision using dual quaternion-based extended Kalman filtering, James Samuel Goddard
A deterministic method for transient, three-dimensional neutron transport, Sedat Goluoglu
Negativism and academic underachievement during adolescence, Dan Goodkind
Stability analysis of a high velocity liquid lithium jet over a concave surface, Karani Gulec
Rheology of confined liquid alkanes by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics, Sunil A. Gupta
An evaluation of the effectiveness of cardiac education and rehabilitation on self-efficacy and activity of coronary artery disease patients, Jeanette D. Guyton-Krishnan
The effect of animal-assisted therapy on levels of measured anxiety and depression in residents of assisted living and health care communities, Catherine Smith Hagmann
Loves hete celestial : earthly and divine love in Chaucer's poetry, Edward Patrick Hamilton
An optimal control strategy for a gas phase bioreactor for the biodegradation of para-xylene, Nareshkumar Bernard Handagama
Images of the female adolescent in exile in select works of Russian and German women writers, Xenia Srebrianski Harwell
A correlational study of the ministry skills and aptitudes of church lay persons as perceived by themselves and as perceived by ministry supervisors, Donald Wayne Haston
A survey of specific individualized instruction strategies in elementary science methods courses in Tennessee teacher education institutions, Alan A. Hazari
Women and power : a qualitative study of leadership experiences and perspectives of female principals in selected school systems of East Tennessee, Larrissa Diana Henderson
Intuition and deliberation : a study of women's sexual choices, Reva Lee Heron
Economic feasibility of switchgrass production and utilization in Tennessee, William Joseph Hewitt
Rarefaction effects in small particle combustion, Robert S. Hiers
An exploratory study of mass media use among gay males, Charles T. Hoy
Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Estimation of Skeletal Age-at-Death from the Human Pubic Symphysis, B. S. L. Hurst
A molecular analysis of the relatedness of anamorphic yeasts currently classified as Candida pintolopesii, Richard Ashley Hurt
Sediment transfer in the Rio Pacuare watershed and neighboring basins of Costa Rica, Glenn Graham Hyman
Investigation and Demonstration of a Rich Combustor Cold Start Device for Alcohol Fueled Engines, David Kim Irick
Systematics of the Xeromphalina campanella complex, James Edward Johnson
Examination of select factors contributing to performance on hip joint range-of-motion tests, Kelly Rebecca Johnson
CEO trustworthiness : a universal or context-specific organizational advantage?, Kathryn Ann Jones
The young, the restless, the content : early entry in the NFL, Gerald Richard Kaforey
An experimental investigation of how ethical orientations, tax rates, penalty rates, and audit rates affect tax compliance decisions, Carl Edward Keller
Bioprocess design and control using bioluminescent bacterial reporters, Christine Jo Kelly
The effect of investment in interorganizational information technology in a retail supply chain, John L. Kent
Effect of independent reading time in day care classrooms, Hae Won Kim
Assimilation and life satisfaction of elderly Korean immigrants in the Atlanta area, Hee-Nyon Kim
Effects of computer-enhanced instruction in college level mathematics as determined by a meta-analysis, Helen Johnson King
"The limits of individualism" : family and community in the fiction of William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft and George Eliot, Rebecca Bruch King
An Investigation of Unsteady Vortex Flow Over A Maneuvering Delta Wing, Harry James Kowal
An analysis of capital debt and capital debt service at CCCU member colleges and universities 1975-1994, James L. Krall
The development and validation of a customer service orientation scale for university resident assistants, Mark David Krautheim
Overt conflict style, parenting behaviors, and youth problem behaviors : an ethnic profile, Ambika Krishnakumar
Mucosal immunity to HSV infection, Nelly Alexandrova Kuklin
On-line customers : identifying store, product and consumer attributes which influence shopping on the internet, Michelle B. Kunz
Mountain aid : geographic assessment of the Appalachian Regional Commission's social programs, Craig R. Laing
Site-specific isotope labeling studies of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase, John Allan Lamerdin
Cometabolic versatility of the NAH system of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Jeffrey David Leblond
A policy deadlock in South Korea : the case study of siting nuclear facilities, Sung Roe Lee
A thematic analysis of opening statements and closing arguments in a well-publicized criminal trial, Michelle Renee LeValley
Performance outcomes related to the implementation of teaming in a telecommunications organization, Priscilla Wisner Linderman
Identification and characterization of genes involved in hematopoiesis using Cmyb mutant mice as a model system, Hsi-Hsien Lin
Management of personal and perceived parental expectations for educational and career achievements of Chinese-American undergraduates, Ruth Wang Liu
Assembling ecological communities : investigations into theory and applications, Julie L. Lockwood
Crisis or adjustment? : The long view of changing employment in one southern city, Jennifer Sue Long