Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1995
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
Factors which discriminate between addicted and non-addicted runners as measured by the running addiction scale, Ladona Tornabene
State-local fiscal centralization in Tennessee : the impact of "new federalism", Russell G. Treadway
MCNP-DSP : a neutron and gamma ray Monte Carlo calculation of source-driven noise-measured parameters, Timothy Eugene Valentine
Engagement and Training Outcomes : extending the concept of motivation to learn, A. Kent Van Cleave
Air express market entry in Latin America, 1988-1992, Dennis R. Vanden Bloomen
Estimating the largest singular values/vectors of large sparce matrices via modified moments, Sowmini Varadhan
Value : based on consumer's user experience and importance attributes, Kathleen R. Wachter
Transfer pricing within an organizational context : an expansion of the theory and an experiment in bilateral negotiation, Theresa Beth Walter
Generating transition probabilities for Markov chain usage models, Gwendolyn H. Walton
An investigation of differences between clergy children and non-clergy children : moral-religious emphasis, stressors, and self-esteem, Jenny Owensby Warren
The founding curse: the Cain myth and its avatars in nineteenth century French poetry, Mark Edward West
A study of small angle radiative Bhabha scattering and measurement of the luminosity at SLD, Sharon Leigh White
Design and efficiency optimization of an axial gap permanent magnet sychronous machine adjustable speed drive system, Ajith H. Wijenayake
Relationships between learning style preferences, mathematics attitudes, calculator usage, and achievement in calculus, Catherine Westbrook Williams
Adsorption, dissipation and movement of fluometuron and norflurazon in three southeastern soils, William Thomas Willian
Visits to public gardens : its meaning for avid gardeners, Susan L. Wilson
An investigation of three core cultural values in American advertising : the role of the individual, time, and space, Joyce Marie Wolburg
Fire modeling : application of a finite element CFD method to three dimensional fire simulation based on buoyant viscous flow with thermal radiation, Dee Hak-ki Wong
A parallel finite element algorithm for 3D incompressible flow in velocity-vorticity form, Kwai Lambeck Wong
Science teaching methods and strategies of exemplary fifth grade teachers : a comparison between science as preferred and non-preferred subject, Jacqueline Margaret Woodbury
How a self is told : a methodology for analyzing formal features of narrative discourse, Margaret Elizabeth Woodruff
A gaps analysis of consumer behavior and legal perspectives on advertising processing and deceptive advertising, Linda Berns Wright
Interactions of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)with CD14 receptors, bovine alveolar macrophages, and vascular endothelial cells, Zhengang Yang
Identification of benchmark practices for an apprenticeship system for young adults, Bing Yao
Perceptions of thinking styles and group environment among adults, Sharon Roden Yarbrough
Surfactant-enhanced dissolution and biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coal tar contaminated soil, Ick Tae Yeom
Ab initio calculation of dipole polarizabilities for nonlinear optics applications, Peter Chien-Nan Yih
The effects of uncertainty on producer response to environmental policies : the case of integrated pest management by lawn care firms, Thomas Neil Yoder
Risk and Material Conditions of the African American Slaves at Locust Grove, Amy Lambeck Young
Rima de Valbona y la evolucion de una narrativa femenina costarricense, Maritza Fernández Zarif
Fundamental investigation of the spunbonding process, Dong Zhang
A study of fluorinated diamond-oid cage molecules : alcohols, esters, and other carbonyl compounds, H. Huqiu Zhang
A selective Taylor Weak statement based, quadrature-free finite element algorithm for aerodynamic flow, Jing Zhang
Study of shape coexistence in lead and thallium isotopes, Ming Zhang
Existence, uniqueness and regularity of solutions to elastic-plastic problems with the traction boundary condition, Huanyu Zhao
The soft x-ray spectra of sulfur compounds, Ling Zhou
Dissertations from 1994
The effect technician gender has on sexual arousal responses of male sexual offenders, James Michael Adler
Income potential and stability of diversified Tennessee farms with emphasis on environmental horticulture plants, Sarfraz Ahmad
Isolation and characterization of PTR1 : a gene required for peptide transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kumar Alagramam
Realization of general extended state-space fixed-point digital filters with minimum roundoff noise, Keith Marlin Anspach
Design, development, and evaluation of fiber-optic chemical sensors for Fluoroimmunoassays, Melissa McManis Armstrong
A Meta-analysis of selected K through 12 sexuality education studies, Judith Ann Ausherman
Social work students' attitudes toward the poor, Paul David Baggett
Development of a valid and reliable first aid and emergency care test for college and university students, Michael David Ballard
Pulling time in Appalachia : a comparative study of prison argot, Walton Thomas Beckner
A phenomenological study of the experience of having family stories told about oneself, Barbara Frances Beier
The effectiveness of post-discharge head injury facilities on family adaptability and differentiation, Donald Raymond Bilardello
Analysis of the thymus gland and its components in the lymphoreticular disease of the scurfy mouse, Patrick James Blair
Political economy and public-utility inefficiency : inputs, constraints, and prices under a politically motivated regulator, Larry Robert Blank
Comparisons of desorption ionization mass spectrometric techniques, William Cecil Boggess Jr.
Thin film drying on a permeable surface, Timothy Joel Bowser
Fluorometric studies of the interaction of bee venom melittin with model biological membranes, Thomas Dale Bradrick
Implementing an activity-based cost management system : a cross-cultural field study, Peter C. Brewer
The political, historical, and economic aspects of the Canadian-American free trade agreement, John David Briley
Relationship Patterns Among Men and Women from Stepfather Families, Susan Montgomery Brinn
Ecology of the fishing bat, Noctilio leporinus, Anne Phillips Brooke
Sublimations of the sublime : boundaries of Romanticism in Modern painters, Paula Wood Brown
An upper echelons view of the antecedents to effectiveness : the financial and environmental performance of oil refiners, Robert Lael Brown
Transgressive triangles : desire, gender, and the text in five American novels 1852-1905, Christina Gloria Bucher
Informed consent and Rawl's "political" theory of justice, Jeffrey W. Bulger
Personal identity and advance directives, Thomas Gilbert Buller
Molecular characterization of the mouse agouti locus, Scott Justin Bultman
Student and faculty perceptions of interaction in two-way interactive television classrooms, Michael A. Burke