Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1996
Studies of the gamma form of isotactic polypropylene at atmospheric and elevated pressures, Khaled Mezghani
Microenvironmental effect in polymer-supported reagents for organic chemistry, Dorothy Hong Jiang Miller
The snitch : a sociology of confidential informing, J. Mitchell Miller
Performance of mathematical models for predicting effects of johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) interference and the effects of primisulfuron and nicosulfuron on corn (Zea mays) yield, Robert Foster Montgomery
Globalization and the incorporation of women's labor : the case of garment cooperatives in Northeast Brazil, Maria Vilma Coelho Moreira
Acting on the possible while awaiting perfection : the effect of general education assessment at public two-year institutions of higher education in Tennessee, Lori Colette Morrell
Citizen participation in environmental policy : a study of landfill siting in two Appalachian communities, Janice Morrissey
Development of an assessment instrument to evaluate process layout of food service facilities and evaluation of managers' knowledge of layout and design, Carmen T. Mũnoz
Health education in child day care : needs assessment and current practice, Maureen Ann Nalle
Power and protest in a West Tennessee community : constructing an enhanced social movement theory for the analysis of environmental injustice, Gwendolyn Lachelle Norris
The experience of interpersonal connection, Bethany Campbell Nowell
Evaluation of childspacing practices among peruvian women : application of piecewise exponential hazard model, Madeleine Francis Ocala
Parallel computation for positron emission tomography with reduced processor commuications, Soeren P. Olesen
The roles of mycorrhizae, soil microbes, and microbially-mediated soil processes in forest tree responses to rising atmoshperic CO₂, Elizabeth Gerry O'Neill
The urban informal sector in Burkina Fasco, Idrissa Ouédraogo
Robert A. Heinlein : popular adult educator and philosopher of education, Phillip H. Owenby
The relationship between wellness and self-directed learning among graduate students, Thomas Ross Owen
Characterization of a novel s29x gene and its product of symbiotic bacteria in Amoeba proteus, Jeong Won Pak
Mechanistic studies of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase using isotopically-labeled enzyme analogues and NMR spectroscopy, Kameshwari Mantha Pappu
Designing control strategies from a plant-wide perspective, Erin Scott Percell
Saber poético y modernidad, Matías Pérez-Miñambres
Algorithmic redistribution methods for block cyclic decompositions, Antoine Petitet
Cell envelope dynamics and solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas putida, Holly Chubb Pinkart
Laser-spark ignition and the NH radical, David H. Plemmons
An adaptive nonconforming finite element method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Michael Plexousakis
The training transfer process : an examination of the role of individual, motivational, and work environmental factors, Mark Louis Poteet
The relationships of self-management, time-management, and personality measurements to academic performance, Donald Elliott Price
The effects of prenatal language stimulation on human cognitive development, Lois A. Prislovsky
Sequence-based software specification, Stacy J. Prowell
School choice : parental perceptions, Patricia Ragsdale
VCR viewing by American parents and young teenagers : a family systems perspective, Sarah M. Regan
Preschoolers' language during use of multiethnic books in daycare, Kathleen Anne Reid
The distribution and inheritance of retrons in the proteobacteria and the use of msDNA as a diagnostic probe, Scott A. Rice
Study of shape coexistence in nuclei by alpha decay fine structure studies, John Dirk Richards
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