Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1997
Oligopeptide transport : cloning and characterization of a new gene family, Mark Lubkowitz
An Experimental Investigation of Creep and Viscoelastic Properties Using Depth-Sensing Indentation Techniques, Barry Neal Lucas
Studies on the premature bolting of the chicory cultivar 'Daliva', Jomo MacDermott
Perceptions of instructional marketing education competencies by marketing education instructors, Debra Louise Mackey
The relationship between critical thinking and attitudes toward reading of the community college student enrolled in a critical reading course at Roane State Community College, Wanda June Hembree Manning
Conflict of interest in the pharmacy benefits management industry, Michael Lee Manolakis
Selling the Southern Highlands: Tourism and Community Development in the Mountain South, Christopher Brenden Martin
The hidden cost of special education : a study of the amount of time spent by regular education public school teachers and principals on special education, Christy S. Martin
The impact of planned and unplanned layoffs from training on withdrawal symptoms of exercise-addicted individuals, James Kip Matthews
Elements of success in environmental education, through practitioner eyes, Theodore S. May
Group 4 alkyl silyl complexes free of anionic [pi]-ligands : their syntheses, reactivities and applications in molecular approaches to metal silicide materials, Lenore Hoyt McAlexander
Tissue culture and transformation studies with selected genotypes of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.), Raymond Everett McDonnell
The use of B-haloboranes in solution and on alumina in organic chemistry, Michael Boyd McGinnis
Experimental study of the effect of void reactivity feedback on the behavior of the scaled model boiling water reactor, Khaled Meftah
A study of the factors influencing the morphology of diamond thin films grown via hot filament chemical vapor deposition, Prabhjot Mehta
A multistage neural network using local learning rules, Ronald Brett Michaels
Learning experiences of rural Guatemalans engaged in formal social development training, D. Rosemarie Mincey
Electron emission in grazing ion-surface collisions, Ronaldo Minniti
Fabric orientation effects on the monotonic and fatigue behavior of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CFCCs), Narendernath Miriyala
Deformation properties of drip-line nuclei, Toshiyuki Misu
Patenting life : an examination of some ethical implications of biopatents, Carl Benjamin Mitchell
New innovations for contrast enhancement in electron microscopy, A. Mohan
Employees' satisfaction with provided health care services, Carl O. Morgan
Readings as responsibility : literary interpretation and ethical articulation, Mary Frances Moss
High-spin spectroscopy on Au and a systematic study of moments of inertia in prolate rotational bands from Dy to Tl, Wilhelm Friedrich Mueller
Dental Microwear Analysis of Averbuch: A Dietary Reconstruction of a Mississippian Culture, Melissa G. Muendel
A study of computing education needs among college of education faculty, Limin Mu
The role of person, outcome, environmental, and learning variables in training effectiveness, Stephanie Dawn Myers
The roles of leucine 15 and histidine 16 of human epidermal growth factor in the reception and relay of mitogenic signals by the epidermal growth factor receptor, Krishnadas Nandagopal
Knox County Tenncare head of household enrollees' attitudes toward their health care services, Cyrus Bernard Nasseri
The nature of middle school read aloud : profiles of four teachers, Judith A. C. M. Neff
Ælfric : a subject index to the homilies, saints' lives, and pastoral letters, Nathan Karl Nelson
Success attributes for quality improvement strategy : an organizing framework, Richard L. Neubert
A comparison of parent and teacher ratings of adaptive behavior : the Universal Brief Adaptive Behavior Index (UBABI), Ramona Michelle Noland
The quantitative genetics of epidermal ridges using multivariate maximum likelihood estimation, Steven David Ousley
Local television news photographers and newsroom structures : a structurational look at technology, one-man-bands and news input, David Nelson Ozmun
An analysis of the coping strategies used by males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, A. Graham Parker
Creation and characterization of asymmetric mutations in R67 dihydrofolate reductases, Heonyong Park
Sets of uniqueness for Vilenkin series of bounded type, Stanley O. Perrine
Human resource practices and organizational effectiveness : an organization-level analysis, Carey L. Peters
Indian and riverboat casino patrons : an analytic description of demographic characteristics, expectations, and items of importance, Carl J. Pfaffenberg
The efficacy of material safety data sheets and worker acceptability, Charles Clifford Phillips
Synthetic and structural studies on carbohydrate-derived cardioprotective and anticancer agents, Kenneth Nathan Price
Double ionization of He and H⁻ by high-energy photons, Yanghui Qiu
Relationship between personality type, learning style preference, and mathematics achievement in college developmental mathematics, Azar D. Raiszadeh
Female philopatry and spatial organization in the raccoon (Procyon lotor), Shyamala Ratnayeke
Construct and predictive validity of inattention and impulsivity/hyperactivity, Francine Lydia Reynolds
The role of right-hand side endogenous variables in travel cost models, Scott Rickard
Synthesis and characterization of novel polymer-supported ion-complexing reagents : applications of the Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, Kelly P. Ripperger
"I always knew that mom and dad loved me best" : the experience of being an only child, Lisen Christina Roberts
English language acquisition of adopted children from the Philippines and Latin America, Norma Diane Robinette
An adaptive systems approach to image reconstruction with a positron emission tomography application, Alberto F. Rodriguez
Working in our disadvantages : the perceptions of selected Nicaraguan teachers about the effect of war on their professional roles, Talbot Wentworth Rogers
The experience of laughing in prisoner of war camps, Gail Horst Romer
Lake-sediment-based evaluation of sediment yield and dynamics, crooked run drainage basin, Virginia, P. Daniel Royall
The experiences of five inner-city interns, Stephen Philippe Rushton
A case study investigating the funding of public education K-12 in urban versus rural school systems in Tennessee, Valerie Copeland Rutledge
Violence in secondary schools as perceived by business and marketing educators, William Hobert Salyer
Organizational culture in the service industries : developing a diagnostic tool, Karen S. Sanborn
Adsorption of mercury onto variable charge surfaces, Dibyendu Sarkar
Living responsibly : a study of sustainable living in East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian bioregion, Jonathan Matthew Scherch
The impact computers have had on instruction in grades five through eight, as perceived by classroom teachers from selected rural school districts in East Tennessee, Nancy Ellen Long Schultz
Repressive coping and the experience of anger, Elizabeth Godwin Seabrook
Quality of Life Following Stroke: The Survivors' Perspective, Janet A. Secrest
Stabilization of a lead-salt tunable diode laser : measuring and controlling chaotic frequency emission, Lawrence Reynold Senesac
Processing and mechanical behavior of Nicalon/SiC and Nextel/SiC composites with sol-gel derived oxide interfacial coatings, Subramaniam Shanmugham
Study of nonlinear QED effects in interactions of terawatt laser with high energy electron beam, Konstantin Dmitrievich Shmakov
Predicting women's use of the structural role redefinition strategy for coping with role conflict, Kristin Michelle Siebrecht
Observable teacher effectiveness and personality types of family and consumer sciences teachers, Doris Ann Sikora
Early adolescents' levels of cognition and personal fable ideation as related to lesson activities in decision-making skills, Selene Diane Skonie-Hardin
Visual and verbal claimsmaking about the endangered species issue on network television : a media framing analysis, Jon M. Smith
Mantle metasomatism beneath the Siberian platform, Vladimir Sobolev
'Þe bok as I herde say' : orality as a rhetoric in medieval and modern discursive contexts, Melissa C. Putnam Sprenkle
Natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater, Raymond D. Stapleton
Reasons influencing the probability of dropping out of school in an East Tennessee rural county, Mariah Long Starling
Development of strategies for biochemical analysis using capillary electrophoresis, Michael Allen Stebbins
Postpartum body weight and body composition of adolescents in Eastern Tennessee : an examination of the patterns and an analysis of the influence of some physiological, psychosocial, and behavioral factors, Brenda Sheffield Stephens
An asset pricing model that corrects for variance expectation bias, David Bruce Stewart
Who receives the benefit of credit unions' tax exemption? : an examination of net interest margins and agency costs, Yvonne Hinson Stewart
Courts, legislatures, and school finance reform : a comparative analysis of judicial impact, Kara Elizabeth Stooksbury
The effects of rational-emotive education on academic performance and career perspectives of at-risk elementary students, Karen Ranique Streeter
Chronic physical and emotional distress : fighting a battle or finding a balance?, Susan Reagan Strickler
Biodegradability and process characterization of nonwovens formed from cotton and cellulose acetate fibers, Hageun Suh
Process development and modeling of fluidized bed reactor with co-immobilized biocatalyst for fuel ethanol production, May Yongmei Sun
Physical design of area-array integrated circuits, Chandra C. Tan
Parent's experience of culture with their children's schools, Nancy L. Tarsi
Perceived levels of success of a total quality management program in an institution of higher learning, Constance D. Thomas
Social support and health care utilization in an aged population : a comparison of private residence and assisted living dwellers in East Tennessee, Mary Jane Tremethick
Women and the experience of later-life divorce after long-term marriage : a phenomenological investigation, Janet Pauline Turner
Investigation of the vorticity confinement method for flows with separation, David Brian Underhill
In-line fiber-optic spectroscopy : applications to polymer process monitoring, Srinivas Vedula
Conservation reserve program abandonment impacts under general equilibrium conditions, Jose A. Velasquez
An examination of antecedents of international retail involvement, Irena Vida
Control mechanisms, interpartner trust, and performance in international joint ventures : a transaction cost approach, Maria Vryza
Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of lipids from Pythium irregulare, Terry Hill. Walker
A mystery of the January effect : single or multiple driving forces?, Chu-San Edward Wang
The influences of openness to experience and reflection-in-action upon the attainment of legal expertise, William Matthew Ward