Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1995
Alkylation of aldehyde arenesulfonylhydrazones via trialkylboranes, John Thortan Maddox
Perceived causes for reading problems of first semester remedial and developmental reading students at the Campbell County extension of Roane State Community College, James Earl Martin
NCAA division I athletes' attitudes toward seeking sport psychology consultation, Scott Brian Martin
High resolution multi- and single photon electron spectroscopy using a hemispherical electron spectrometer with position-sensitive detection, John Eilef Mathis
A numerical study of fuel droplet ignition, Robert Wood McAmis
Life history of Andrew David Holt : an interpretive biography of one of Tennessee's leading educators, Susan Harris McCue
A developmental study of effective instructional activities for perceptual modality dominance in Tennessee marketing education, Patricia Sue McCurry
An evaluation of Project B.A.S.I.C., Jama M. McDonald
Hangin' in tough : the life of superintendent Mildred E. Doyle, 1904-1989, Kellie W. McGarrh
A feasibility study of a conditional reasoning measure of aggressiveness and prosociability, Michael D. McIntyre
A practitioner validated list of competencies needed for courseware authoring, Sara Goodsell McNeil
Computation of vortex formation over ELAC-1 configuration using vorticty confinement, Thomas Hermann Mersch
Work team diversity and team effectiveness : a correlational field study, Vergil Leonard Metts
Future hiring practices and required competencies for professional positions within the apparel industry, Phyllis Bell Miller
Contextual processes of success and failure : African-American urban men and the experience of work, Glenna Adell Mosby
Prepubertal indicators of potential sperm-producing capacity in the beef bull, Arlindo A. Moura
Moments method solution of the Boltzmann transport equation using Padé approximants, M. D. Muhlheim
A decomposition-based approach to the traveling salesman problem with time windows, Vanditha Mukund
The systematics of the sculpins (Cottus) of the Holston River systems, Patrick Allan Myer
Dimensional stability of melt blown PET nonwovens, Vasanthakumar Narayanan
A new design procedure for variable structure control systems, Tarek M. M. Nassab
An Analysis of Study Abroad Administration at U.S. Colleges and Universities, Trevor Nelson
A methodology for designing parallel/pipelined systems, Danny F. Newport
The enhancement of analytical structural models including consideration of elastic boundary conditions, Kurt Lancaster Nichol
Cynewulf's The ascension : a critical edition, Alice Parham Nunnery
The Effect of School Size and the Interaction of School Size and Class Type on Selected Student Achievement Measures in Tennessee Elementary Schools, Kenneth Earl Nye
Phosphorus speciation, mineralization, and uptake by corn in a soil amended with liquid swine manure, James David O'Dell
Missed messages : interruptions to instructional contexts in a bicultural fifth grade classroom, Sally M. Oran
Factors predictive of injury severity in cases of physical child abuse among Air Force families : a cross-validation study, Jeffrey B. Paddock
Staging communities in early twentieth-century American labor drama, Lee Papa
Vibronic coupling interactions in organic radical cations : a matrix ESR study, Robert S. Pappas
Adhesion mechanisms of metallic thin films deposited on surface-modified ceramics, Jae-Won Park
Photon scanning tunneling microscopy in the ultraviolet and soft x-ray regions, James Edgar Parks
Investigation of a new positron emission tomography detector using bismuth germanate, avalanche photodiodes and low noise, wide band CMOS preamplifiers, Michael Joseph Paulus
The third-person effect and attitudes toward freedom of expression, Mark A. Paxton
The Experience of Place, Rosemary Kehoe Peacher
Human resiliency : the experience and the phenomenon, Nina D. Pennewell
The genetic basis for peptide transport : in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Jack R. Perry
Professional development needs of science teachers in the middle grades in Chattanooga and Hamilton County Tennessee, Albert E. Piatt
Boosters, Bureaucrats, Politicians and Philanthropists: Coalition Building in the Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Daniel Smith Pierce
Assessment of health care providers' capacity to deliver services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in East Tennessee, Laura Pilotto
The impact of a vacation from work on acute work stressors, strains, and subjective well-being, Jeffrey Raymond Polik
A model for multiple preserve selection for endangered plants, Larry R. Pounds
Molecular mapping in soybean using DNA amplification fingerprinting, Rekha Prabhu
Television and the functions of framing : a content analysis of water pollution stories on network news, Robert M. Prisco
Experimental and numerical simulation of boron transport in a nuclear reactor vessel, Thomas D. Radcliff
Family relationships in selected young adult novels by Cynthia Voigt and Sue Ellen Bridgers, Janet Claire Rahamut
Characterization of iron implanted sapphire nanocomposites, Shelly Xinlei Ren
Time-dependend fracture mechanics characterization of HAYNES HR160 superalloy, Weiju Ren
Population redistribution and the restructuring of rural settlement : a western Virginia case study, Lisa Sue Roberts
Creating collaborative cultures : is it tinkering with educational reform or improving student learning?, Sharon Roberts
Domestic shopkeepers in mid-victorian Lancashire : middlemen and women of the working-class community, James L. Rogers
Strategy, strategic planning, and performance : an information-processing view, Patrick Randall Rogers
Automatic sensor placement for volumetric object characterization, Besma Roui-Abidi
Quantification of the value of logistics : creating an understanding of the value process, Stephen M. Rutner
The life histories of six college-aged intellectuals, Michael Desha Sanders
EEG beta and theta training with learning disabled children : variables associated with individual responsivity, Ellen Rae Schnoll
Intelligent control system design, Bipin Mavji Shah
Modeling the market growth of new products, Zheng-Ming Richard Sha
Synthesis and characterization of novel lanthanide- and actinide-containing titanates and zircono-titanates; relevance to nuclear waste disposal, Shara Leeann Stoddard Shoup
Social control and environmental degradation by the military : the case of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Thomas E. Shriver
The Gothic Tradition in Southern Local Color Fiction, Lucia Ann Stretcher Sigmar
Fuzzy logic and neural network based advanced control and estimation techniques in power electronics and ac drives, M. Godoy Simões
MNE planning systems and effective foreign direct investment implementation : an empirical analysis, Harjit Singh
An empirical analysis of industrial buyer behavior and benefit based segmentation in the third party logistics market, Harry Lee Sink
The Business Development Corporation of North Carolina, 1955 - 1981 : a record of the first statewide development credit corporation in the South, James Wesley Slate
Effects of awareness of timing on attitude toward computers and item response latency in a computer-administered survey medium, Allen L. Smith
On Lp Solutions of Second Order Linear Differential Equations, James C. Smith
Ion implantation applications for pitting corrosion inhibition : Tungsten beam implantation of Aluminum and Nitrogen plasma ion implantation of 304L stainless steel, Preston Paul Smith
A social exchange perspective of environmental change and normative response in marketing relationships, Russell K. Smith
Assessing the Role of the Domestic Dog as a Native American Food Resource in the Middle Missouri Subarea AD 1000 - 1840, Lynn M. Snyder
Variable-structure cell theory of liquids and glasses, Frank Lynn Somer
Environmental enrichment and its effect on the behavior of young pigs (sus scrofa) maintained in intensive housing, Debi M. Spitzfaden
Novel detection alternatives for capillary electrokinetic separations, Tracy Damian Staller
Culture and development, Dragan Stefanović
Perceived family functioning, interpersonal orientation, and Rorschach measures of aggression and mutuality of autonomy, Andrew Michael Stewart
MMN and P3 auditory evoked potentials within and across phonetic categories, Martha Ann Stokes
Asset deflation and extended recessions : economic policies and evidence from the United States and Japan, Robert H. Stretcher
An existential phenomenological investigation of the experience of values, John H. Stuhl
A portrait of the woman as artist : woman's struggle for artistic expression in the fiction of six Appalachian women writers, Donna Jan Summerlin
ESL learners' perceptions of their motivation, Jianying Sun
Developing a model for using the outdoor laboratory in elementary school science, Carleton Lee Swafford
Social construction : a redefinition in context, Stuart F. Swain
The conserved tyrosine residues of human epidermal growth factor : analysis of their structure and function by protein engineering and computer modeling, Douglas Katsumi Tadaki
Effects of swim training on blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with hypertension, Hirofumi Tanaka
Molecular and genetic analysis of soybean CDC2 related sequences, Natalia Taranenko
Psychotherapists' experiences of empathy : a phenomenological inquiry, Barbara L. Taylor
The electromagnetic armature force in railguns, Jaime R. Taylor
Parallel approaches for the the vehicle routing problem, Benjamin Thomas
Correlates of elderly female suicide : a cross-national ecological study, Billy M. Thomas
Individual and organizational factors related to customer service behaviors : an initial integration, James Britton Thomas
The relationship between alexithymia, stress, and coping in cancer patients, Jane Guion Tillman
The Evolving Economic Impact of Tourism on the Greater Smoky Mountain Region of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, L. Alex Tooman