Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 1994
An approach to empathy training : peer supervision of counselor trainees, Robert Lee Whitaker
Predictive validity of the intellectual constructs identified on the universal nonverbal intelligence test and the woodcock-johnson psychoeducational battery-revised with achievement, Patricia Couch Williams
Attributes of apparel retailing satisfaction across store types : a comparision between retail executives and customers, Theresa D. Williams
A comparision of alternative forecasting techniques : an application of scan data, Kent L. Wolfe
Clio's voice regained : historical novels by four nineteenth-century women, Susan H. Wood
On vorticity-based numerical methods for incompressible viscous flows, Xiao-Hui Wu
Analysis of anchorages in concrete using a plastic-damage model, Shiqiang Xu
Engineering model of ash deposition and its effect on heat transfer to superheater tubes, Xiao-Xiong Yan
A socio-demographic profile and qualitative study of court-referred perpetrators of partner abuse, David Nelson Yarbrough
Dissertations from 1993
A new methodology based on fuzzy set theory and fault tree analysis for failure diagnosis in nuclear power plants, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelhai
Modeling biological processes in aggregation of phytoplankton, Azmy Sima'an Ackleh
Analysis of prosody in the speech of high-functioning autistic children, Lynn Adams
The economic community of West African States and the Liberian crisis, Nana Kwame Agyenim-Boateng
A methodology for the analysis and monitoring of vibration data using artificial neural systems, Israel E. Alguíndigue
The occupational work ethic of vocational students in East Tennessee, Bill Ray Allender
Examining the relationship between media and personal expressive rights : the effect of need for cognition, Julie L. Andsager
An epidemiologic study of Toxoplasma gondii in swine in Tennessee, Amir Mohsen Assadi-Rad
Relationships among self-efficacy, dispositional optimism, trait anger, and modes of expressing anger in college students, Erskine Pond Ausbrooks
Diels-Alder reactions and synthetic methodologies on alumina and study of LiClO4/ether system, Satinder Pal Bains
Early family experience, chronic peer rejection in school, and overgeneralized social problem solving as predictors of child adjustment at age seven, Anuradha Bakshi
The influence of personal, positional, and resource power on equity in dual-earner marriages, Sharon Jeffcoat Bartley
The fiction of Ellen Gilchrist : an intertextual reading with works by Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, and Kate Chopin, Margaret Donovan Bauer
An analysis of administrative discretion in selected students' rights decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Thomas E. Biggs
Semi-inclusive production of light mesons by high energy photoproduction, Gavin R. Blackett
The manufacturing science of thermoplastic composites, David G. Bland
Transformation as a tool to study the genetics of nodulation in Glycine max, James Edward Bond
Serpent-Doves and Sons of Thunder in Mexico : comparing the politics of Latin American Evangelicals, Paul J. Bonicelli
Science and nature as sources for scientific news : are journalistic news values a factor?, Jeffrey Glenn Boone
A phenomenological investigation of participants' experiences of positive events in the therapy process, Kathleen Marie Bradley
An investigation of the appointed versus elected superintendent in the state of Georgia, Carol B. Brand
Effect of cover crop and tillage on fluometuron bioavailability, Blake Alan Brown
Photographic inquiry of the phenomenon premenstrual syndrome within the Rogerian derived theory of perceived dissonance, Kaye I. Bultemeier
Synthesis and chemical properties of some pyrazolato- and 2-hydroxypyridinato-bridged dirhodium complexes, James Lane Edwin Burn
Value in exchange : the consumer perspective, Mary Jane Burns
Orin Benton Graff : personal and professional dimensions of a progressive professor of educational administration and supervision, Lonnie Richard Butler
Removal of hydrogen chloride from flue gas by dry sorbents prepared from the hydrothermal reaction of silica and calcium hydroxide, Parham Mikell Cain
Functional consequences of structural alterations to the isoprenylated yeast mating pheromone a-factor, Guy A. Caldwell
An investigation of the relationship between self-monitoring and leader effectiveness, Denise Roper Campbell
On the nature of recrystallization and ordering phenomena in Ni4Mo, Siqi Cao
DNA regions mediating basal and insulin responsive tyrosine aminotransferase transcription, Douglas S. Carmichael
"Credos and Curios" : James Thurber's practice and spadework on the Columbus Dispatch, Thomas Jackson Carter
An investigation of the relationship between maternal reporting style and parenting behavior, Pamela G. Cartor
Cellular and Enzymatic Basis for Carnitine-Mediated Attenuation of Ethanol Metabolism, Youn-Soo Cha
In vitro studies on the regulatory mechanisms of ciliary activity of frog palate epithelium, Shaoyou Chu
Exploring transformative learning : the identification and description of multiple cases among kidney transplant recipients, Jack Edward Clevinger
Reengineering new product development : macro ends and micro means of improved cross-functional integration, Betty S. Coffey
Structural Development, Strain History, and Timing of Deformation in the Eastern Great Smoky Mountains, Jeffrey B. Connelly
The Population Biology and Demography of Cimicifuga rubifolia Kearney and the Genetic Relationships Among North American Cimicifuga Species, Rebecca Ann Cook
The effect of prior year's errors and irregularities and management's characteristics on audit planning : an empirical investigation, Susan Darlene Coomer
Circular dichroism and photoelectron angular distributions of excited states of cesium and rubidium using resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization techniques, Luis Edgardo Cuéllar
The relationship of academic and social coping to achievement and social adaptability, Jann Darryl Cupp
A phenomenological investigation of the relocation experience by corporate executives, Saundra Leigh Daigle
Where there be mountains : environmental and cultural change in the Appalachian South, 1500-1800, Donald Edward Davis
Auditor experience in preliminary control risk assessments : neural network models of auditor's knowledge structures, Jefferson Toronto Davis
Floristic and phytogeographic studies of the hepatic flora of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Paul Gregory Davison
Lithostratigraphy, Structure, and Metamorphism of a Crystalline Thrust Terrane, Western Inner Piedmont, North Carolina, Timothy L. Davis
Healing : within a multi-layered, multi-dimensional paradigm, Beth Degutis
An evaluation of education for creating industrial democracy, John R. Dew
Novel regulatory mechanisms for the nodulation genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Thomas C. Dockendorff
Intergovernmental relations, civil rights, and policy analysis : the administrative enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, Lola R. Dodge
Changes in mRNA expression of ovine transforming growth factor-B isoforms in late estrous cycle and early gestational endometrium and early gestation embryonic membranes, Jules Joseph Eugene Doré Jr.
Tectonics and sedimentation of the Taconic molasse in southwestern Virginia, Joachim Oskar Dorsch
Self-concept, locus of control, and the home environment as predictors of reading comprehension in eighth-grade students, Karla Jean Driesler
Branched circle packings, discrete complex polynomials, and the approximation of analytic functions, Tomasz Dubejko
A mathematical model correlating catabolic gene activity with biodegradation rates using a bioluminescent reporter strain, Paul Douglas Dunbar
An exploratory study to determine principals' perceptions concerning the effectiveness of a fifth-year teacher preparation program, Allen Brian Dyal
An investigation of the effects of flue gas injection on natural draft cooling tower performance, Thomas Vance Eldredge
2000 together : the situational theory of publics applied to the status of women in journalism and mass communication programs, Betty Anne Farmer
A qualitative study of risk construction and perceptions among a sample of mothers with young children, David Eugene Fowler
Enhanced cohomology and obstruction theory, Marek Alfred Galecki
Atomic fluorescence spectrometry via photofragmentation of volatile beta-diketonate chelates, Priscilla Johnson Gannicott
Diagnostic validity of neuropsychological and discrepancy analysis methods for identification of learning disabled children, Barbara Garland
Influence of intergenerational intimacy, intergenerational autonomy, personal power, and positional power on spousal intimacy and spousal autonomy in dual-earner families, Jennifer Lynn Gilliard
Functional studies of cyclic AMP regulatory element binding proteins, Qingqing Gong
Learning Style Preferences of East Asian ESL Students, Torpong Jamtawee Goodson
Groundwater monitoring network design using minimum well density, Garry L. Grabow
The computer-assisted hypnosis scale : reliability and validity investigations of a computer-administered measure of hypnotic ability, Carolyn Davidson Grant
Building expert systems : a phenomenological approach to accessing expert knowledge, James Ivan Hugh Greene
Academic and vocational teachers' concerns about Tech Prep as measured by the concerns based adoption model, Jill T. Greene
NMR studies of the active site geometry of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase, Jay Gregory
Effect of environment on plant response to DPX-PE350 [sodium 2-chloro-6-(4,5-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-ylthio)benzoate], Mary Angela Harrison
The work ethic of apprentices and instructors in a trade union apprenticeship training program, Timothy Gary Hatcher
Structure and representation at the local level : the relative effects for male and female city council members, Allison Lee Hayes
Studies on the phosphorylation of a signal peptide involved in apoptosis induced by antibody in the human leukemia cell line, K-562., James W. Hodge
Photochemical transformation of polycyclic aromatic compounds sorbed on coal stack ash in the absence and presence of coadsorbates, Paul Scott Holder
Effects and elasticities of import demand, domestic output and factors of production for U.S. textiles and apparel, Jae Kyung Hong
Fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in plant-soil systems : plant responses to a chemical stress in the root zone, Anne Margaret Hoylman
Freeze-drying method for making semi-interpenetrating polymer networks and their fiber reinforced composites, HahnJong Hsiung
Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryo assay for developmental toxicity incorporating individual embryo incubations : evaluation of controls, a pure compound (BaP), soil extracts, and stream effluents, Christine Gettys Hull
Battered/breaded apple and mushroom prepared and baked to resemble their deep-fried counterparts, Lori Lynn Huskey
Plastic and elastic behavior of infilled frames subjected to in-plane loading, Bassam Jamal
Ecology and toxicology of a Tetrahymena pyriformis - Escherichia coli community : a modeling study with an individual based approach, Joanna Jaworska
Baumann Brothers (1887-1913), Knoxville, Tennessee residential architecture and interior design, Margaret Ann Prater Jeffries
Romancing the elderly : place characteristics as lures for retired potential inmigrants [i.e. immigrants], Lori Christine Jenkins de Valerio
Home visitations by trained volunteers : effect on the status of isolated clients in home health care, Elaine Baldwin Johnson
The debate over African-American industrial education, 1901-1914 : post-revisionist historical case study, Thomas Kirkman Jones
Ion mixing in oxide-sapphire systems, Debra L. Joslin