Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1996
Extensions of Green's Function Discretization for Modeling Acoustics in Inhomogeneous Media, Jonathan C. French
An analytical study to determine the effectiveness of the better education program in equalizing available educational opportunities in select Tennessee public schools, Charles Thomas Frye
Nicosulfuron and primisulfuron activiy, absorption, translocation, and metabolism in broadleaf signalgrass (Brachiaria platyphylla), Kent Gallaher
The Influence of Point-of-Purchase Cafeteria-Based Nutrition Education Program on High School Students, Magali O. Gamio
Function and regulation of the nolA gene of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Minviluz Luna Garcia
The impact of team leader behavior on team effectiveness : a leader-member exchange theoretic perspective, Jill George
Extensions of Commutative Rings With Linearly Ordered Intermediate Rings, Michael Scott Gilbert
The Nature of Hope Among Men and Women Living with HIV-AIDS, Jeannie Vaughn Gillian
The effects of viewing episodes of violence on the level of felt hostility among African American college students, Gilbert Wade Gipson
Evaluating and modeling flood potential in ungaged high relief basins in East Tennessee : a hydrogeomorphic approach, Gailya Talbert Glawson
Effects of a motor enriched environment on the Lurcher Mutant, a behavioral and histological study, Karen C. Goss
Synthesis, characterization, and computational analysis of a series of butyrothiophenones and 3-carbamoyl ecgonines, James Timothy Gotsick
The study of the characteristics of packing material for preparative liquid chromatography, Hong Guan
Parental perceptions of stress and coping : families of preschoolers with and without disabilities, Pamela E. Guess
Cultural Value Orientations as an Antecedent to the Formation of International Interfirm Relationships: The Developmentof Cultural Value Dimensions in a Business Context, Susan Forquer Gupta
Negative voting in congressional elections : does representation really matter?, Sissie Hadjiharalambous
Isolation of the calmodulin N-methyltransferase and characterization of its interaction with calmodulin, Chang-Hoon Han
Black doctoral graduates from a predominantly White university, Elisabeth S. Wright Harrison
Troubling gender : transgression and postmodern fiction, Kristi Larkin Havens
Troubling gender : transgression and postmodern fiction, Kristi Larkin Havens
Measuring achievement motives : the process of conditional reasoning through the reading comprehension and inference test, Anthony L. Hemmelgarn
The Advertising Council and its Religion in American Life campaign, Volker Rudi Henning
Sustaining the hope : African American women's perceptions of high school experiences, Faye L. Hicks-Townes
Jordan : an allegorical novel exploring meaning in educational and counseling psychology, Graham Egerton Higgs
A multidimensional assessment of narcissistic personality disorder, Mark J. Hilsenroth
The interactive effect of shade and drought on seedling growth and survival, Milena Holmgren
The effect of reading instruction on calibration abilities of at-risk college reading students, Peggy F. Hopper
An effective algorithm for enhancing a non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram, Steven L. Horner
Becoming a writer : the personal and pedagogical effects of participating in a writing group on teachers of writing, Sandra Padgett Horn
Fuzzy expert system for predicting financial performance of small, technology-based companies, Michael William Howard
Evaluating the quality of a behavioral assessment instrument : a treatment validity study, Katherine Hulse-Trotter
Analysis of travel behavior characteristics of individuals through work-related trip-chaining, Tae Youn Jang
Secular Change and Allometry in the Long Limb Bones of Americans from the Mid 1700s through the 1970s, Lee Meadows Jantz
Analysis of academic and social coping of African American and Caucasian elementary school students, Linda C. Jessie-Jones
Toxins! Tocsin: The North Hollywood Dump in Memphis, Tennessee: A Community's Struggle Against Environmental Racism, Glenn Steve Johnson
Fate of Pseudomonas fluorescens 5RL and its reporter plasmid for naphthalene biodegradation in soil environments, Wade Hampton Johnston
Regulation and physiological actions of the renin-angiotensin system in adipocytes, Brynn Harrison Jones
Orang Asli amidst ethnic diversity : a case study in aboriginal political development in West Malaysia, Roy Davis Linville Jumper
A study of the predictive validity of the Urban Teacher Perceiver Interview in the Knox County School System, Mary Lou Smith Kanipe
Optimal fuzzy control design using simulated annealing and application to feedwater heater control, Kadir Kavaklioglu
Canine Hypoadrenocorticism (Canine Addison's Disease): History, Contemporary Diagnosis by Practicing Veterinarians, and Epidemiology, William James Kelch
Cost allocation pricing (cap) in the motor carrier industry, Gregory Michael Kellar
Defining anatomically modern Homo sapiens in the context of modern human origins : a size and shape approach, James H. Kidder
Facilitated transport of sodium perrhenate across supported liquid membranes, Srinivas Kilambi
Role of Intracellular Free Calcium in the Obesity and Insulin Resistance Associated with Dominant Agouti Mutations, Jung Han Kim
The melting behavior and structure of ethylene copolymers from metallocene catalysts, Man-ho Kim
Fault tolerant matrix operations for parallel and distributed systems, Youngbae Kim
The chemistry of alkyne adduct complexes of the cyclopentadienyl-based cobalt cluster (CpCo)₃(CO)₂, William D. King
3-D MHD plasma armature railgun simulations, Dmitri A. Kondrashov
Muon-pion discrimination using a sampling calorimeter and discriminant analysis techniques, Joseph G. Kreke
Impact Biomechanics of the Human Body, Tyler A. Kress
An empirical examination of factors affecting the adoption and infusion of activity-based costing, Kip R. Krumwiede
Factors related to participants' acceptance of developmental assessment center feedback, Jeffrey Darren Kudisch
The criterion-related validity of a test of implicit phonological awareness, Dee Misenheimer Lance
The preparation of nano-structured polymeric systems of polyurethane/polyimide blends, Mouh-Wahng Lee
Mentorship as an Intervention Strategy in Relapse Reduction Among Native American Youth, Lisa Jane Lefler
U.S. regional and super-regional mall attributes and their relationship to retail productivity : an exploratory investigation, Melody Lanette Adkins LeHew
In pursuit of consistency BOE chairs' experiences in conducting NCATE accreditation on-site visits, Jun Li
Interactions of predator-prey ecological processes and advective movement in a spatially heterogeneous environment, Konstadia Lika
Convoy electron emission produced in ion-atom, ion-foil, and grazing angle ion-surface collisions, Jong Yeon Lim
Use of a spatially explicit model to study the distributional dynamics of Unionid mussels, Lee Hooi Ling
Microbially influenced corrosion of austenitic stainless steel weldments, Ping Li
The attitudes of Chinese students at The University of Tennessee toward the computer, Gonghua Liu
Perceptions of business educators about information systems competencies required by business professionals, Sandra L. Loop
Mixed-model assembly line sequencing problem, Robin Ann Hutcheson Lovgren
Anti-inflammatory effects of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in endotoxin-induced lung injury, Peter Mancuso
Improved vehicle speed estimation procedures for air quality and planning applications, Richard A. Margiotta
A phenomenological investigation of the experiences of adolescents who were apprehended while carrying a gun to school, Sonya Lambdin Marsh
Antecedents, moderators, and consequences of the extended construct of market orientation, K. Kenichi Matsuno
A discrete choice conjoint analysis and a discrete contingent valuation assessment of Southern Appalachian resources: a comparison and contrast, Peter William Maynard
The tobacco culture of Wilson County, North Carolina, Robert C. McAdams
"A question of silence" : the not-said as narrative space in selected works by twentieth-century American women, Kecia Driver McBride
Design Methodology for Composite Structures Consisting of Reinforced Hollow Brick Walls and Concrete Beams Connected at a Joint With Flashing and Subject to In-Plane Bending, John Kennedy McCall
The college and university community inventory: assessing student perceptions of community in higher education, William Moore McDonald
The place of central places in rural development: evidence from Grenada and St. Vincent, West Indies, Bruce R. McFarling
Studies of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae [alpha]-factor mating pheromone and its recepter (the Ste2 gene product), Angela L. McKinney
The perception of transition for double-a male professional baseball players, Jay Neil McKnight
Deadly brotherhood: the American combat soldier in World War II, John Coyne McManus
Delayed harvest effects on the moisture sorption properties of soybeans, Samuel Gaither McNeill
"Duties best fitted" : servant characters, sensibility, and domesticity in the Victorian novel, Sara Emily Melton
Le statut de la femme : une et́ude multiculturelle : Chedid, Desvignes, Sarraute, Inas T. Messiha
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