Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 1997
Ecophysiological significance of nonhydraulic root-to-shoot signaling in control of stomatal behavior during soil drying, Jennifer L. Croker
Energy cost of using Hydroforce equipment and a comparison of heart rate and subjective responses to land cycling, Jason Patrick Crum
Laboratory scale investigations into the influence of particle diameter on colloid transport in highly weathered and fractured shale saprolite, Dennis H. Cumbie
The effects of a therapeutic recreation program on community transition : a case study, Sharon Cunningham
Recommendations for correcting the flying qualities deficiencies of the Gazelle HT Mk-3 helicopter, Keith W. Danel
4-H recruitment possibilities among Tennessee suburban seventh grade students : a focus group study, Sharon Ann Davis
Water and solute transporting properties of soybean nodulin 26 : an integral symbiosome membrane protein, Robert Michael Dean
Evolutionary flux in fossil echinoids : new metrics for old dogmas, William Gray Dean
A visual basic application for design of an ionizing wet scrubber system, Kaushik Deb
Waking muses, Elizabeth Kate Derting
An investigation of catalyst characteristics in the slurry-phase decarbonylation of furfural to furan, Frederic C. Doll
Effects of arterial pCO2 on IgG absorption efficiency in neonatal Holstein calves, Jacqueline Paradeis Drewry
X-Y-Z vibration amplitude risk assessment for 3/8" hobby grade hand-held electric drills based upon current occupational safety standards, Howard Thomas Joseph Duffey
An expert system for international mail loss investigation, Linda Jean Dupont
Application of Fresnel diffraction to distance metrology, Dennis Duncan Earl
An analysis of the differential impact the Camp Koinonia experience had on University of Tennessee students who served as counselors and activity staff : 1995-1997, Melissa Ann Edwards
The effect of solid and solution phase Lewis acids on acetal formation and the Diels-Alder reaction, Chanda L. Elam
Desktop videoconferencing : a network study, Raymond M. El-Bitar
Volumetric modeling through fusion of multiple range images with confidence estimate, David L. Elsner
Technostress in the reference environment : a survey of U.S. Association of Research Libraries academic reference librarians, Lisa A. Ennis
Continuing Eligibility: A Reason for Change, Louise L. Ericson
Greek advisors' perceptions of sorority hazing : a replication study, Josephine W. Evans
Our communities : our urban forests, Valarie Reese Evans
Media exposure : the zone of optimal functioning, Regina LaShon Faulkerson
Influence of heat-stress, apple variety and preservatives in cider on viability of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Tomeka Lynn Fisher
Effect of cultural practices on incidence and severity of sudden death syndrome and yield of soybean, and soybean cyst nematode population density and fungal infection, Jay Edward Follis
Application of artificial neural networks in the prediction of maximum absorbed dose during a major solar particle event, Garth Mark Forde
Super-time-stepping for advection-diffusion, Lisa French
Connecting boundaries : creating a dialog between interior and exterior identities-a nautical museum in Figueira da Foz, Scot William Frontis
Preliminary assessment of current threatened and endangered vertebrates on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Cynthia Lefever Gabrielsen
Synthesis of isobutyl and pentyl C-4 substituted derivatives of naturally occurring (+)-calanolide A and (-)-calanolide B, Michael Sean Gaines
A study of the fatigue crack propagation behavior of Haynes [Registered] alloy 242 [Trademark], Laxminarayana Garimella
Vocal jitter in trained and untrained female voices, Christopher Somers Gaskill
Multiple family risk factors and youth problem behaviors, Jean Marie Gerard
An investigation into the effects of a nutrient-surfactant compound on the bioremediation of trichloroethylene, Marie T. Gillespie
Inhibition of aflatoxin production by myxobacteria : Nannocystis exedens, Stigmatella erecta, Francis N. Githire
A comparison of methods for computing sum-of-products in programmable logic devices, Rashara Nichelle Givhan
The Department of State's efforts toward protection and repatriation of American citizens in Europe between 1933 and 1945, A. Johnny Goins
A study of opinions on free expression and use of personal computers by Tennessee attorneys and newspaper journalists, Richard Barton Goins
The intercondylar notch angle as observed in two Native American samples, Brent G. Goodman
Numerical modeling of a 3-D buoyancy driven convective flow, Gregory James Gosian
Distribution of function words in mothers' speech to young children, Janna Campbell Graber
The investigation of the relight performance of the CT-114 aircraft with JP-8 fuel, Darcy Robert Granley
Growth and protection of selected northern red oak planted on old field sites in Tennessee, Diane Warwick Graveline
Quasi-Newton Iterations, preconditioning, and numerical diffusion for a 4th-order operator compact compressible Navier-Stokes solver, Joseph René Sylvain Graveline
Driven by two hearts : poems, Juliana Gray
In-plane and out-of-plane approximations for main lobe clutter in the presence of a passive radar, Linda Joyce Green
Analysis of gene expression during prophase I of meiosis, Susan Gurwitch
How leisure participation affects the perceptions of inactive older adults as compared to active ones, from a biological, psychological, and social perspective, Amanda Lea Gutridge
Effect of calcium on yield and incidence of fruit disorders in three tomato cultivars, Muhammad Syamsoel Hadi
Separate but equal? a system comparison study of Medline's controlled vocabulary mesh, Karin Schreier Hallett
A readership survey of the alumni magazine of a small, church-related university, Stuart Davidson Hames
Behavioral responses of the common marmoset in the presence of different environmental enrichment devices, David B. Hamilton
Community housing development organizations : a case study in Mississippi, David Hancock
A portable, scalable implementation of a multifrontal Cholesky algorithm on a distributed memory machine, Thomas Robert Harrold
Behavior and analysis of integral abutments, Kenneth Ryan Harvey
The effects of message framing on the media : an analysis of interest group influence on the issue of forest salvage, Cynthia Ann Hassil
Object-oriented signal modeling using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system, Arthur Pedro Heath
Interaction and adhesion forces between polystyrene spheres and flat mica substrates, Kevin D. Heath
Transparent cross-platform source code compatibility through the use of translation libraries, Kirk Hedden
Biodegradable staple fiber nonwovens calendered with the assistance of an aqueous solvent : $btheir fabrication, properties, and structural characteristics, Greta Marie Heismeyer
Debris Slide Susceptibility Analysis in the Mount Leconte-Newfound Gap Area of the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee and North Carolina, Joseph P. Henderson
Pathway to professionalism : the development of professionalism in the United States Marine Corps between the World Wars, John Creigh Hendrickson
Human variation in fetal long bones : an allometric approach, Mary Arlena Herbert-Ray
The psychological readiness of student-athletes to return to sport after injury, Frances Catherine Herring
Damage assessment of a swirl glass mat reinforced polyurethane composite using nondestructive test methods, Helen Marie Herring
The impact of the elimination of the reserve clause on domination, economics, and labor-management relations in Major League Baseball, Jack Walton Hewett
Hybrid electric vehicle simulation and evaluation, Xiaoling He
A preliminary case study of a leased research-demonstration farm using linear programming, Tara Elizabeth Hobbs
The reduction of scale force uncertainty in low thrust regions, Gregory Darin Hollis
Agribusiness attitudes towards exporting and assistance needs, Scott E. Hollis
An intrasite spatial analysis of surface collections at Chattooga (38OC18) : a lower town Cherokee village, Anthony Eric Howard
Recidivism for offenders who successfully completed the Community Alternatives to Prison Program in relation to age, race, and substance addiction, Elizabeth Lynne Howard
Behavior of fluorobenzoic acid groundwater tracers in a highly fractured shale saprolite, Kevin Matthew Howard
Relating geographic range, abundance, and species richness in living and fossil echinoids, Stacy Yvette Butler Howard
Diazoxide effects on glucose transporter 4 expression in the skeletal muscle of Zucker rats, To-Yu Huang
An individual-based model for phytoplankton assemblages with application to Skeletonema costatum, Jochen Hurlebaus
Wavelet methods for boundary value problems, Raymond R. Igharas
Phytoplankton community composition in Watts Bar Reservoir, Tennessee, and some relationships to environmental variables, Pamela L. Bruce Inklebarger
Caloric Production of Black Bear Foods in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Michael Inman
Experimental planning for industrial separation of pure lutetium, Wade Phillip Ivey
Exposure and risk assessment of the printed wiring board industry : making holes conductive process, Nicholas David Jackson
Construction and evaluation of a bale weighing gantry, Deron Scott Jaggers
Development of a hybrid probe for gas turbine combustor measurements, Paul Armand Jalbert
Using latent semantic indexing for data mining, Jingqian Jiang
Perceptions of safety and the physical environment : a case study of the Old City in Knoxville, Tennessee, Daniel Evan Johnson
Development of a Versatile Wide-angle Lens Characterization Strategy for Use in the OMNIster Stereo Vision System, Keith B. Johnson
Frequency of superior yielding segregates from soybean crosses ranked on the basis of best linear unbiased predictions of parents, Richard DeWayne Johnson
Effect of endophyte-infected tall fescue on reproduction of Pratylenchus scribneri, and possible relationship to chitinase, Christopher Sherman Jones
The emergence of accessing skills of typically-developing school-age children, Heather Leigh Jones
Infill housing : a case study on residential development in inner city neighborhoods, Nedra Lucille Jones
Evaluation of Bt cottons for heliothine complex control and yield potential in Tennessee, Randy Sherman Jones
A design process and design features to accommodate emerging work styles, Christian Kasper
Assessing distance learners' needs : a study of distance education students at the Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador, Allison Cameron Keating
Community organization and cohesion : investigating the impact of community-oriented policing strategies on communities, Kent Ryan Kerley
Use of predicted rainfall in forecasting inflows for reservoir operations, Randall Z. Kerr
Design of reinforced concrete columns subjected to biaxial bending, Amjad Jamal Khayat
Modeling the impact of risk-based corrective action on overall underground storage tank site management costs, Christian Andrew Kiernan
Scanning Electron Microscopy, Histological, and Tissue Culture Studies of Powdery Mildews Infecting Dogwoods, Leigh Ann Klein
Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the epidemiology of beech bark disease in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Nicholas Klein