Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1996
Locus of control, coping skills and television usage among middle school-aged children, William A. Richter
Advocacy group and news media framing of public policy issues : frame mapping the wetlands debates, Bonnie Parnell Riechert
Morphometric studies of the Sphagnum cuspidatum complex in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, Allen C. Risk
Development and modeling of a radial-flow vapor phase bioreactor for the removal of para-xylene, Nathalie Rouhana-Bhojraj
Predicting the appearance and disappearance of species : from small islands to small genera, Gareth James Russell
Strength and durability characteristics of recycled aggregate concrete, Rohi Mohammed Salem
Dietary, biochemical, and behavioral factors, and breast cancer risk among Asian Indians in India versus Caucasians and Asian Indians in the U.S.A., Priscilla Samuel
A process oriented approach to repairable system reliability, Howard Douglas Sanders
Field-effect transistors as tunable infrared detectors, Marta Silva dos Santos Gusmão
The effectiveness and independent use of a generative strategy to improve reading comprehension by adults enrolled in college developmental reading, Elizabeth McKamy Schroeder
Women engineers : expectations and perceptions, Janie Elaine Seat
Healing through meeting : a phenomenological description of the experience of being together in psychotherapy, Laura Roel Skinner
Safety, elements, and effects of healing touch on chronic non-malignant abdominal pain, Victoria E. Slater
How intern teachers experience underachieving students : a qualitative study of intern teachers at the University of Tennessee, Anne Slauson
Studies of mixed solvent organic electrolyte solutions, Joseph T. Slusher
Kinematic analysis and mechanical modeling of roof sequence response to blind thrusting, Kevin Joseph Smart
A conditional reasoning approach to measuring relative achievement motivation : validation results from an applied setting, Darren H. F. Smith
A Conditional Reasoning Approach to Measuring Relative Achievement Motivation: Validation Results from an Applied Setting, Darren H. F. Smith
Protective shield : a thematic analysis of the experience of having an adult sibling with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Marilyn E. Smith
An investigation of driver exposure to carbon monoxide while traveling in the wake of a snowmobile, Lori Marie Snook
Isolation and characterization of two peptide transporter cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana, Wei Song
Effects of managerial and environmental practices on milk yield, hormone levels, and behavior of lactating dairy cows, Mary Elizabeth Sowerby
Stochastic track-structure simulation methods and the determination of product yields in the radiolysis of water containing various solutes, Michael G. Stabin
Infinite dimensional geometric groups, Cornelius Stallmann
A qualitative study of family resource centers in rural East Tennessee, Carolyn Elizabeth Stinnett
Students' perceptions of educational justice, Eddie Michael Stone
A fuzzy goal programming approach to the management of depleted uranium hexafluoride, Paul C. Stumb
Relationships among affiliation with companion animals, attachment style, depression, loneliness, satisfaction with life, and self-esteem: implications for human candidate selection for adjunctive use of companion animals, Lee Ann Peabody Taggart
The influence of adolescent employment experience on the development of a work ethic, Barbara Ann Taylor
Leadership practices for developing high performance public health agencies, Gary A. Taylor
A moment in the Mediterranean : the experience of American undergraduate students participating in the International Student Exchange Program at the University of Malta, Karen Renee Littlejohn Taylor
Building the Back of Beyond: Government Authority, Community Life, and Economic Development in the Upper Little Tennessee Valley, 1880-1992, Stephen Wallace Taylor
Multijurisdictional cooperation in municipal solid waste management, Kelly Tiller
Limitations of student expression on evangelical Christian college campuses, David W. Tilley
Experimental evaluation and mathematical modeling of the fundamental processes affecting TCE co-oxidation by the sMMO enzyme system of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3B, Michael Ford Tschantz
Qualitative study of capable adult readers who do not choose to read for recreation, Rebecca Turk
The macroeconomics of Sir William Petty and Nicholas Barbon : were their discoveries inevitable?, James Henry Ullmer
Genetic analysis of Candida albicans germ tude mutants, Ronald Arthur Uphoff
The rhetoric of psychopharmacology, Michael John Ursiak
Narrative identity and narrative autonomy: a contextual approach to persons and pediatric decision-making, F. Wayne Vaught
"Bullets ain't got no eyes" : the experience of neighborhood violence for 10 African-American mothers and their children, Janelle Marie Von Bargen
A study of the electrochemical behavior of covalently mercurated uridine nucleotides, Gregory J. Wagner
A phenomenological investigation of doctoral students' experiences with their dissertation committees, Cynthia Dulane Webb
Portraits of experiences : an in-depth interview study of American-women in secondary school administration, Eloise M. Webb
Presidential agendas and Supreme Court performance : an analysis of the Nixon and Reagan justices, John Wilson Wells
Retail service quality : a measurement assessment and exploration of customer and sales personnel perceptions, Scarlett Wesley
Mass transfer to and from and hydrodynamics in and around a single drop, Robert Michael Wham
Construct and content validity bias for the universal nonverbal intelligence test for African Americans and European Americans, Barzanna Anita White
It ain't all about the books : building community-based literacy education programs, Connie L. White
Assessing the HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Representative Football Student-Athletes in the Southern Conference, Jamie N. Whited
An examination of the relationships among the English curriculum guide, English instruction, and student performance on the 1996 T-CAP writing assessment of the middle schools of Rutherford County, Patrick Lannom White
An evaluation of anger control training with male adolescents in a day treatment program, Gary W. Whitfield
A qualitative study of legislated assessment policy in Tennessee, Susan Denise Wilburn
Preventive mental health and a psychosocial program for cancer patients, Craig Stephen Williams
Mammalian meiosis: events of meiotic prophase I in spermatogenesis, Timothy John Wiltshire
A descriptive study of the relationship of interaction disturbance to the organizational health of a metropolitan general hospital, Cynthia Kelsey Winker
The development of an instrument to measure two constructs of mathematics teachers' attitudes toward teaching statistical concepts, Michael Scott Winstead
The relationship between children's self-esteem and parenting styles in Taiwan, Yi-Ju Wu
Identity salience and the life domains of work and nonwork, Jerri Leigh Yates
Mechanisms of Carnitine-Mediated Modulation of Aflatoxin B1-DNA Adduct Formation, Ayub Mohd Yatim
A fundamental study of simulated moving bed chromatography under linear condition, Tong Yun
A study of social support, socioeconomic well-being, attitudes toward women's roles, self-efficacy, and women's psychological adjustment after divorce, Ronna Reneé Zavoina
Heat capacity of solid state proteins by thermal analysis, Ge Zhang
Role of GABAergic and glycinergic inhibitory circuits in auditory processing, Weimin Zheng
Development of a mathematical model for the solution dry spinning process of hollow filaments, Jianguo Zhou
Dissertations from 1995
Comparison of the Effect of Instructional Versus Industry-Specific Computer Simulation on Students Learning in a Front Office Management Course, Mohamed Abdul-Ghani
"Blessings left behind" : self and social obligation in the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, Eileen D. Abel
Association of Insulin Actions with Blood Pressure in Rodent Models of Obesity and Diabetes, Margaret Ann Maher Abel
Substance, power, & the mystery of cohesion, Mashhad Al-ʻAllāf
Rheumatoid arthritis and object relations, Erlete Malveira Ascencao
The role of CD4+ T cells and their effector cytokines in the immunopathology of herpetic stromal keratitis, John S. Babu
Small town in the global economy : a case study of development and resistance in a Southern Appalachian industrial center, Christopher Warren Baker
The Relationship Between Insulin Resistance and Glucose Transport and Transporter (GLUT4) Levels in a Rodent Model of Syndrome X, William Joseph Banz
A study of the perceptions of Belmont University faculty about the evaluation of their teaching, Sheridan Clinton Barker
Carrier type, fat content, capsaicin concentration and sample temperature: effects on perceived pungency, Robert Francis Baron
Application of Pulse Calorimetry to Metal Systems, Debasis Basak
Parallel methods development for a new version of the KENO-V.a critical safety code, Benan Basoglu
The poetic character of Henry Reed, James Stanton Beggs
Utilization of laboratory-scale wetlands to evaluate the applicability of constructed wetland technology to the treatment of a livestock waste, Brian Leslie Benham
Capitalism, regional development, and place formation: an analysis of the upper Tennessee River Valley, 1860-1900, John Edward Benhart
Separating thermal metamorphism from shock metamorphism in the L chondrite asteroidal parent body, Marvin Edward Bennett
Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre et Madame de Lafayette : trois voix féminines et espaces féminins retrouves, Mahdia Ben Salem
Appalachian women learning in community, Mary Beth Bingman
Extraction of uranium by dibutyl carbitol in the system UOℓ(NOℓ)ℓ-HNOℓ-HℓO-Ca(NOℓ)ℓ-DBC, Joseph F. Birdwell
The photoproduction of possible hybrid mesons at =110 GEV, Kathleen Danyo Blackett
Phase contrast transmission electron microscopy using phase plates, John Henry Blackson
Application of a Gaussian plume model to groundwater contaminant transport, Larry S. Blackwelder
Relational equity and household division of labor as predictors of marital, parental, and work satisfaction for dual-earner men and women, Linda Gaile Blanding
The role of figurative language in collaborative discourse : a cross-modal comparison, Michael Andrew Boerger
"What a bloody family" : power, gender, and sexuality in contemporary British drama, William C. Boles
Characterization of HSV-1 induced corneal lesions and immunopathological mechanisms in reconstituted SCID and IFN-y knockout mice, Donna Michelle Bouley
The road to success : experiences of black women students at a predominately white university, Jama L. Bradley
The genetics and conservation of Gaur and Asian elephants on the Malaysian Peninsula, Elizabeth Jean Brennan
A comparative study to determine appropriate roles for parental involvement in selected high schools, Donna Joanne Garver Brian
Studies on high-speed analog memories for physics experiments with emphasis on radiation hardening, Charles Lanier Britton
Exploring the perception and judgment of senior baccalaureate student nurses in clinical decision-making from a nursing theoretical perspective, Ella Mae Brooks